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Getting users for what you built.
Short, specific guides for founders who shipped something and need people to use it.
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How we use Jev to run a GTM autopilot
Most of the work in marketing automation is not writing. It is deciding: is this thread worth answering, what does this reply mean, how warm is this lead, is this draft safe to send. Here is how AutoTraction hands those decisions to Jev, TypeSafe's decision model, with the actual request shapes and thresholds.
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How to get your first 100 users for an app you built with Lovable, Cursor or Bolt
A step-by-step plan for the week after you ship: fix the landing page, find the ten threads where people already ask for what you built, post where the rules allow it, and turn the first replies into users.
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Where to post your side project in 2026 (the full list, with rules)
Every place worth posting a side project or new app in 2026, with the rule that gets you removed from each one: launch boards, Hacker News, Reddit, directories, social and communities.
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Reddit self-promotion rules by subreddit: where founders can post without getting banned
A subreddit-by-subreddit table of self-promotion rules for founders in 2026: which ones welcome your product, which allow it once with a flair, which only allow it in a pinned thread, and which ban it outright.
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How to pitch journalists as a solo founder (with a press release template)
How a solo founder gets press without a PR agency: what counts as news, how to find the right reporter, the three-paragraph pitch email, the source-request services that replaced HARO, and a press release template you can copy.
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Why replies beat posts on X: what the open-source algorithm weights
X has published its ranking code twice. The 2023 release weighted a reply at 13.5 against 0.5 for a like, and a reply the author answered at 75. The 2026 code keeps the same shape. Here is what the numbers say and what a small account should do about it.
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The four-minute-a-day marketing routine for founders who would rather build
A daily marketing routine that fits in four minutes: one alert check, one reply, one post, one number. Plus the twenty-minute weekly block and the tools that make it possible.