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I'm building a small tool for people growing on X. Last month I tried Meta ads for the first time. Here's what 867 USD got me: 16,968 views 1,608 clicks 6 signups 2 trials 0 paying So I posted those numbers on X. That post cost nothing. It got 118 replies and almost 5k views in a few hours. That's when it clicked. My users aren't on Facebook. They're on X. I was paying to reach the wrong people. What the replies said Some people pushed back. Some of it was fair. "Under 1k isn't enough to test a platform." True. But none of the 6 signups were my target user. More money on bad traffic is still bad traffic. "Your click rate is too high to be real." I think that's right. It looked like cheap placements and accidental taps, not buyers. "You need to spend 1k a day." I don't buy that. But my setup could've been better. That's on me, not Meta. "Fix your landing page first." Fair. But a better page won't help if the wrong people are clicking. Someone asked about X ads. I'm testing them now. Better, but not amazing yet. What I'm doing instead If your users are on X, show up where they already are. In the replies. Pick 20 to 30 accounts your users follow. Mid-size, not huge, so your reply actually gets seen. Use X advanced search to find fresh posts. Your topic plus min_faves:20, sorted by latest. Reply early. The first 30 to 60 minutes matter most. Write like you talk. One real thought, a number, or a question. Never "great post!" Share your own numbers, even the bad ones. My failed ads post did more than the ads. It's slow. It's boring. But it's free, and you're talking to the right people. (I built ClimbX to do the finding and timing for me, but all of this works by hand.) Builders, where do your paying users actually come from? Did paid ads ever work for you before you had an audience?   submitted by   /u/Majestic_Maybe6605 [link]   [comments]

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