Ask HN: 3 must do things for building user base?

[kinj28]

We are building a userbase for our new product teamgum, which is a saas tool for link sharing & knowledge management.

At this point we are looking at kick starting the mission to create a user base. But if you were to list top 3 things that worked for you & 3 things that you did but did not work, what would that be?

[mc_hammer]

1) ad words

2) follow a bunch of people on social media, start some chats, and then release your product.

3) email a bunch of authors (blog or media) and tell them a little about yourself and your project, ask if you can send them a demo key or link

[kinj28 → mc_hammer]

Thanks for your insight. will try & apply.