Consumer Club · B2C · Discord for app founders
Start with app builders, then invite info-product and e-commerce marketers moving into apps
Host says the mix made the community better; no numbers
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What they did
Consumer Club first gathered app builders obsessed with distribution in a Discord, then went after people from info products, e-commerce and other non-tech spaces who want to get into apps and are strong at marketing.
What happened
Host says having both groups made the product better.
In their words
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