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How To Get Your First 10 eBook Sales With ZERO Audience

Your first buyers are closer than you think.

4 min readOct 15, 2026

If you have no audience yet and want to make your first sales, creating content and waiting for buyers might not be your best strategy.

One of the mistakes I made when I want to sell my eBook is creating content, trying to go viral and hoping for immediate sale.

Viral is slow. We want money in 72 hours🤑.

STRATEGY 1: Be A Goddamn Hero In The Comments (Borrowed Audience)

This is an underrated strategy. Is like borrowing other people’s audience.

Here how to do it:

Go to Facebook ,X or Thread(meta app).
Search for groups where your buyer is crying for help.
Search terms:

“How do I stop masturbating”

Distinct, I like that you’ve focused on finding the first buyers rather than building an audience first. I’m curious: how would you approach reaching out if you’re still figuring out whether your eBook solves a problem people would pay for?

We share similar interests, and I’d love to connect with you on Medium.

Great advice, Distinct! I especially like the idea of solving part of someone’s problem through thoughtful comments instead of directly pushing a product. Building trust before selling is a lesson every ebook creator should learn. ✨

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How To Get Your First 10 eBook Sales With ZERO Audience

Your first buyers are closer than you think.

STRATEGY 1: Be A Goddamn Hero In The Comments (Borrowed Audience)

Here how to do it:

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