5 Ways to Acquire Users For Free

The difference between a struggling startup and a "hot," funded startup is traction. Traction is having thousands of active users and signing up more users today than you did yesterday.

But, how do you get all those users to sign-up without spending money on advertising? Google SEM is too expensive. No one clicks on Facebook ads.

You may have word of mouth but without many users to spread the word, it will be a long, slow journey.

Both Carbonmade and Yipit have gotten to traction and acquired hundreds of thousands of users without spending money.

We'll share five techniques we used to accelerate our user growth.

* This class will be filmed. If you are uncomfortable being on video, please let us know!

* This class will be co-taught with Spencer Fry. See his bio below.

Project Guide by Vinicius Vacanti

Co-Founder and CEO of Yipit

Vin Vacanti is co-founder and CEO of Yipit, a services that recommends the best sales from around the web. Vin has grown Yipit's userbase to hundreds of thousands of users using free marketing techniques.

You can follow Vin on Twitter: @vacanti

Co-Teacher: Spencer Fry

Spencer Fry co-founded TypeF... view full bio