This is super encouraging! I’ve been dragging my feet on a project because I thought I needed cash for marketing. Gonna follow your lead and see where it gets me. Thanks for sharing!

Not to rain on your parade, but while organic growth is cool and all, I've seen too many startups hit a plateau after the initial hype. What’s your plan for sustainable growth? DK if the zero-budget thing is viable long-term.

Stories like yours are so inspiring for the community here! You've shown that with the right approach and tenacity, anything is possible. I'd love to highlight your story to some of the new startup owners I mentor, it could really give them some hope and direction.

haha brilliant, I did something similar during my app's early days. People underestimate the power of personal networks and just being genuine on forums. Got my first 1k users like that.

That's impressive! A zero-dollar budget takes immense perseverance. I'm curious, what metrics are you tracking to measure the effectiveness of your efforts? And any thoughts on how to scale this approach, or at some point do you think you'll need to inject some capital to maintain momentum?

Organic growth FTW... until it stalls and reality hits you like a brick lol. But hey, milk it while it lasts.

Kudos! That’s the way to do it. Used a similar strategy for my travel blog before it picked up steam. Would you mind PMing me your app? Would love to check it out and maybe feature it, always looking for new apps that aid my digital nomad lifestyle!

Nice, gotta respect the hustle! Just goes to show that even without a budget, creativity and good ol' hard work can make things happen. Care to share any of those PR opportunities you found?