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If you clicked the link expecting to read about the "How" part, you're not going to get anything useful. I think there's a larger gap here, in that the audienc
by forgingahead 6y ago
If you clicked the link expecting to read about the "How" part, you're not going to get anything useful.
I think there's a larger gap here, in that the audience of HN (largely being engineers or "makers" or some sort) generally use "How" as "a piece of advice that is repeatable", ie, we can get the same result if we implement the same steps.
So searching for eg: "how do I crop a video using ffmpeg" will produce a nice set of results on the internet that will give you a replicable set of steps that lead to a pretty clear outcome.
"How do I get my first 1000 customers" isn't the same, and it's a disservice to publish clickbait headlines like that.
- mateus1 6y agoAs someone who works in Growth this is what I hate about most of my industry. A lot of growth hackers sell this BS of "simple tips & fast hacks" whereas the awesome professionals I know have "boring" methods and experiments. So the market gets crowded with clickbait stupid drivel while the real science is lost.
- forgingahead 6y agoCan you share some legitimate resources for those who are looking to improve their skills? Perhaps for the different stages, first 10 customers, first 100, etc. It seems like the work would be different for each stage (finding product/market fit, finding a niche, scaling that niche, finding another niche, etc etc).
- shadowprofile77 6y agoSecond this, any sources for genuinely good, more widely actionable advice that you could recommend?
- sukilot 6y agoI thought HN had code to automatically remove clickbait words like "How" from titles. (Not sure why they aren't simply banned)
- dang 6y agoIt does, but there are a lot of exceptions and this one fell in one of those buckets. Stripping all leading Hows turns out to produce too much collateral damage. For example, consider a title like "How Paper Is Made". Edit: this one worked nicely though: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23597937 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23597937
- gbacon 6y ago1. Launch MVP 2. Perform basic SEO 3. Founders made initial deliveries themselves 4. Market to a nearby, reachable customer base via email 5. Pass out fliers 6. Capitalize on their email list to encourage repeat customers
- omerg 6y agoDo you have any recommended resources for SEO. Something along the lines of SEO for hackers... Thanks!