Independent creators struggle to find audiences without constant promotion
Independent writers, artists, comic creators, and musicians find it hard to get their work in front of people who might enjoy it. Promoting across sites and maintaining a constant presence takes time, while creators describe results as uncertain and hard to evaluate. Their current approach often amounts to self-promotion and trying multiple channels without clear guidance on what is working.
For independent creators. Mentioned from Apr 2024 to Sep 2026 on Bluesky.
7 different people described this problem in 7 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 3.0/10
- Pain
- 5.4/10
- Frequency
- 7.5/10
- Willingness to pay
- 3.8/10
- Momentum
- 5.6/10
- Who pays
- Professionals
- Competition
- High
- Build difficulty
- Medium
What people said
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Took 2 years to write a novel that no one is reading. I'd PAY others to just PAY ATTENTION. 🤬
The only viable approach might just be going fishing. By casting as many nets to different sites as possible. See what kind of audience each net gets and go from there. It be very tedious and probably hard work
Build brief
See what to build and who will buy it
- 2 product ideas with the smallest useful version and pricing
- 3 places to find your first customers
- 5 more quotes from people who have this problem
- Current workarounds, existing solutions and risks