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Format 3. "Problem I had while running my business, and my solution." Engineering blog posts are very popular on HN or /r/programming. Marketing, growth or prod
by flashman 9y ago
Format 3. "Problem I had while running my business, and my solution." Engineering blog posts are very popular on HN or /r/programming. Marketing, growth or product development might do better shared on Twitter or LinkedIn.
People read it because the solution is interesting to them, but get exposed to your business as a consequence. CandyJapan's posts on dealing with credit card fraud were how I found out about their service, for instance: https://www.candyjapan.com/behind-the-scenes/how-i-got-credit-card-fraud-somewhat-under-control https://www.candyjapan.com/behind-the-scenes/how-i-got-credi...
- flashman 9y agoAs an example, less than a day after my comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16612536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16612536 "I'm doing ____. Recently I encountered an issue: ____. I've solved it by ____ and as a result ____."