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There is really no good answer to this. Just keep trying stuff. My language learning website (www.captionpop.com) was ignored by HN, reddit, and the other rand

There is really no good answer to this. Just keep trying stuff. My language learning website (www.captionpop.com) was ignored by HN, reddit, and the other random places I posted it. Finally, I put a post on producthunt and it spent the whole day in the top 5. From there, other blogs started writing about it. Ironically, it was then passed all over reddit. I had another web property that was totally ignored, and then one day the Google Chrome Webstore decided to feature it. From then on, I had more than enough traffic. So, there is no magic formula. You just have to keep trying stuff and wait for the internet gods to bless you. Blogging is a popular approach, but I think people underestimate how much work this is. You have to consistently write good quality blog articles that are actually solving problems for people. This can be as much work as building your actual product.

hpen 6y ago
Cool website! I was thinking about paying someone to write a handful of articles for a blog. As It would be a lot of work, and work that I'm not especially good at. "You just have to keep trying stuff and wait for the internet gods to bless you." I like this quote
- xenospn 6y ago
  It's what I'm doing. I tried generating my own content - it's tons of work, and you might work for hours on a piece of content that won't interest anybody. I find it's better to delegate/pay someone who is good at writing while I'm focused on building product.
  - hpen 6y ago
    This exactly. Mind sharing your product?
    - xenospn 6y ago
      https://ppn.gethuan.com/ https://ppn.gethuan.com/
  - cpach 6y ago
    May I ask where you find writers? At Upwork?
lilsoso 6y ago
Great idea, I've bookmarked your service. I once briefly looked for this feature and gave up thinking it didn't exist.
seanwilson 6y ago
> I had another web property that was totally ignored, and then one day the Google Chrome Webstore decided to feature it. Any hints on how this happened? Anything about how many downloads and reviews you had? Did it happen around a time when it was promoted online elsewhere? Whenever I've checked the Chrome Webstore for maybe the last 2 years, I see the same extensions being featured often like they don't update them very often.

hpen 6y ago

Cool website! I was thinking about paying someone to write a handful of articles for a blog. As It would be a lot of work, and work that I'm not especially good at. "You just have to keep trying stuff and wait for the internet gods to bless you." I like this quote

xenospn 6y ago
It's what I'm doing. I tried generating my own content - it's tons of work, and you might work for hours on a piece of content that won't interest anybody. I find it's better to delegate/pay someone who is good at writing while I'm focused on building product.
- hpen 6y ago
  This exactly. Mind sharing your product?
  - xenospn 6y ago
    https://ppn.gethuan.com/ https://ppn.gethuan.com/
- cpach 6y ago
  May I ask where you find writers? At Upwork?

lilsoso 6y ago

Great idea, I've bookmarked your service. I once briefly looked for this feature and gave up thinking it didn't exist.

seanwilson 6y ago

> I had another web property that was totally ignored, and then one day the Google Chrome Webstore decided to feature it. Any hints on how this happened? Anything about how many downloads and reviews you had? Did it happen around a time when it was promoted online elsewhere? Whenever I've checked the Chrome Webstore for maybe the last 2 years, I see the same extensions being featured often like they don't update them very often.