The 5 GTM actions to do before opening Cursor or Lovable
Fifty minutes. That is roughly what these five actions cost you combined - and it is the difference between building blind and building with signal. Run through them before your build tools open, every day.
1. Send 10 targeted DMs
~15 minNot to random accounts - to people who match your actual target audience. Quality over volume, but volume still matters.
2. Publish 1 build update
~5 minA short post about what you shipped or learned yesterday. Keeps your audience warm without needing a big announcement.
3. Ask 5 users for feedback
~10 minExisting users, trial users, or people who churned. One specific question beats a generic "any thoughts?"
4. Comment on 10 relevant posts
~10 minIn communities and threads where your target audience already hangs out. Visibility compounds quietly over weeks.
5. Follow up with 3 warm leads
~10 minThe conversations that went quiet are often one message away from moving forward. Do not let them die from neglect.
"Whatever you build today will be shaped by whatever you learned this morning. Learn something first."
The order matters more than you think
Doing these five actions after a coding session almost never happens - momentum keeps you in the editor, and "later" quietly becomes "tomorrow." Doing them first means the hardest, most avoidable tasks get done while your willpower is freshest, and building becomes something you have earned rather than defaulted to.
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