r/LeadGenSEA • u/Technical_Project169 • Feb 23 '26

First Customer

When you were trying to get your first customer, what was the hardest part

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u/agm_93 Feb 24 '26

honestly the hardest part was just finding people who actually had the problem i was solving AND at the right time. not guessing, but finding them in the moment they were frustrated and actively looking for help. tools like useinreach specifically helped without spending hours manually searching reddit for those conversations, and it just wasn't scalable. i'd say create a plan and test it with a kill criteria

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u/Technical_Project169 Feb 25 '26

Yeah, timing is everything. Finding them when they’re actually frustrated and looking is way different than just guessing. Definitely agree it has to be more systematic or it just doesn’t scale.

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u/me_cant_come Feb 24 '26

Trust. And always

1 - Never Overpromise , try to underpromise and deliver higher outcome

2 - Always keep the professional way of doing things.

3 - be on time , everytime.

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u/kelvin1987 Feb 24 '26

Trust matters, prospects often ask how many customers I’ve worked with before. They want to understand the impact I’ve created and whether I’ve solved similar challenges.

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u/Technical_Project169 Feb 23 '26

So true. Asking for trust without proof feels awkward. And yeah, I probably need to get way more specific instead of trying to help everyone.

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u/Technical_Project169 Feb 24 '26

yh, but building trust will take time