My First Million
The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.
Helpful Community Member Lead Generation
Why It Works
Builds trust through helpful contributions, people check profile and discover business organically, targets people already discussing problems you solve
Prerequisites
How to Execute
Join groups where target customers congregate
Spend weeks reading and understanding community dynamics
Answer questions and provide value without selling
Let people discover your business through profile clicks
DM people privately for deeper problem understanding
When It Fails
When being too salesy too early, not understanding community norms, or solving wrong problems for the community
Real Example
“Follow-up Boss founder helped real estate agents in Facebook groups, people clicked his profile, discovered his CRM, and became customers organically”