I loved the part where you mentioned we should ‘Shut up and listen to them’. This worked exceptionally well for DarwinMail [1], which I built to replace Google

I loved the part where you mentioned we should ‘Shut up and listen to them’. This worked exceptionally well for DarwinMail [1], which I built to replace Google Inbox months before it was due to be shut down. DarwinMail received initial traction from a Product Hunt release and a submission to the Show HN section (on the same day). 1. From day 1, I had a contact us option from which I received tremendous amounts of feedback which was instrumental to DarwinMail's development. Many requests & fixes were added to our Trello board via email feedback. 2. I created a public Trello board, from which every single user could see that I am adding their suggestions to the roadmap & working on them too. They could also see the future features. 3. For every user that joined our mailing list, I updated them every other week with the latest updates/fixes and features to DarwinMail. 4. I posted to Twitter regularly on various changes such as UI enhancements and mini-feature releases. I also had a lot of correspondence with users via this medium. 5. I gave away free lifetime coupons to anyone who would share DarwinMail with their friends. This generated a lot of momentum. I hope this helps. While there is no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to getting your first users, I have learned so much from the experiences of others and so I hope I have provided the same kind of useful information for you. [1] https://www.DarwinMail.app https://www.DarwinMail.app