# Get your first 10 users

URL: https://gocutline.com/playbooks/first-10-users/

Get your first 10 users: Ten people using it for real beat a thousand visitors who leave. 1) Write down where your users already are: three communities, groups or places. 2) Show up as a person first: answer a question, share something useful. Then mention what you built. 3) Message people who have the problem. Ask for 15 minutes, not for a sign-up.

## The steps
1. Write down where your users already are: three communities, groups or places.
2. Show up as a person first: answer a question, share something useful. Then mention what you built.
3. Message people who have the problem. Ask for 15 minutes, not for a sign-up.
4. Set up every user yourself, on a call. Watch where they get stuck and write it down.
5. Fix the biggest stuck point every week. Ask every user who else should try it.

## Your first move in Cutline
Plan it in a sentence: "user outreach weekdays 10-11, user calls tue thu 15".

## Copy this
> Hi [name], I saw you [their problem, in their words]. I built [thing] to fix exactly that. Could I show you in 15 minutes and hear what you think?

## Ask an AI
Tap the box to copy the prompt. Put the answer in the block's notes.

```prompt
I built [product] for [who] to solve [problem]. Name 10 specific places online where these people already talk about this problem, how to show up there helpfully, and a short message inviting one of them to try it. No spam.
```

## Make it a block
[Add it to your week in Cutline](https://app.gocutline.com/?lib=playbooks/first-10-users): the steps go into the block, so the next one is always written down.

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