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I'm a marketer and I know about HN, and actively participate, for many years. With that said, even before when I was just lurking that I've seen HN being used
by libertine 5y ago
I'm a marketer and I know about HN, and actively participate, for many years.
With that said, even before when I was just lurking that I've seen HN being used for marketing purposes, daily.
Some more obvious, others less, and certainly some that weren't aware they were doing marketing.
I don't get why marketing gets such bad rep here.
- randomsearch 5y agoBecause it decreases the SNR
- onion2k 5y agoOnly for people who don't understand startups. Anyone who's done the whole startup thing knows that marketing is hugely important for getting traction, and thus revenue, and thus profit. If you think that marketing and sales are just noise then your startup is pretty much guaranteed to fail. Show HN posts can be a great place to start if HN readers are a likely source of customers.
- whatshisface 5y agoThe OP is talking about the SNR received by the readers of HN, not the potential value of the HN customer base and their importance to businesses.