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Waitlist Strategy (Content → Email → Webinar)

Reusability

A four-step customer acquisition strategy that builds demand before launch through content marketing, email nurturing, and scarcity tactics

How It Works

Creates artificial scarcity and validates demand before product launch, reducing risk and increasing conversion rates through pre-commitment

Components

1

Create 'edgy sales' content that subtly teases your product

2

Drive traffic to a waitlist with early-bird lifetime discounts

3

Launch beta to first 500 users with limited access

4

Iterate based on customer feedback and relaunch to second cohort

When to Use

When launching a new SaaS product, especially if you have content creation capabilities and can build an audience

When Not to Use

When you need immediate revenue, have no content creation skills, or are in a market where scarcity doesn't create value

Anti-Patterns to Avoid

Hard-selling your product overtly in contentMaking the waitlist unlimited or without scarcityNot actually talking to early users for feedbackPricing lifetime deals without understanding unit costs

Example

A content creation tool launches with LinkedIn posts about viral content tips, drives signups to a waitlist for 500 beta users at $59 lifetime access (normally $99), then iterates based on user feedback before public launch