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These got Readlang's first 100 users:

1. This post to a language learning forum: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T...

2. This post to r/LanguageLearning: https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/1b08ly/re...

If there's a subreddit where your potential audience hangs out that's a good bet. Try to be honest, humble, and non-spammy.

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I didn't knew about your website, and I was planning to improve my Italian soon. Seems I'll be starting right now, and it comes really handy to read the newspapers.

Good stuff!

[Readlang] You are missing a sign up link on your home page... I can sign up after installing the chrome extension, but that's just strange.

Alongside the "Install Web Reader" link there's a "Start Learning" link which will take you into the web-app and allow you to sign up. I figured "Start Learning" would be more inviting than "Sign Up" but this is something it might be worth AB testing.

I know, but almost every site has sign-in and sign-up link at the home page. I am a developer, but was confused how to sign up. I thought it was some kind of invitation model... I do not see any problem with putting a sign up link on the homepage. The more ways for your to sign up, the better.

Cool product. I noticed that in the reddit post you offered it to people for free. How did that pan out?

Thanks! It worked fine to get some initial feedback and users. A few months later I added some limits to the free plan and offered a premium subscription, currently at $5 / month or $48 / year. Around 2% of free signups end up converting to paid.

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