Attention Idea: My first $X in revenue

My first $X in revenue

IndieHackers

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Pat Walls

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Updated: March 26th, 2025

The Post

Title/Hook: My first $X in revenue
Format: Revenue Post
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How many followers they had at the time:

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Why it works

Why it works:

We’ve interviewed a lot of people on Starter Story that share success from IndieHackers.

One thing I’ve noticed is that majority of these founders focused first on building a community within Indiehackers. It’s not a one-shot approach, but rather, a series of vulnerable posts/updates on the platform that allows you to build this little community.

I think IH is an amazing strategy, but only if you’re willing to commit/post often on the platform and build that community on there. This goes for all forums/public channels.

How you can do it:

Throw yourself into the community and start engaging/commenting/exploring peoples stuff.

Provide value to other people and support them (don’t just plug your own stuff).

Look at the people who are in a similar stage as you (pre-revenue, post-revenue, etc) and see what does well. Scroll through their post history. What worked? What didn’t?

meet the author

Pat Walls

I'm Pat Walls and I created Starter Story - a website dedicated to helping people start businesses. We interview entrepreneurs from around the world about how they started and grew their businesses.

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