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here are my notes as someone who studied this stuff extensively for my book launch (just crossed $200k revenue) https://github.com/sw-yx/brain/blob/906dbc6fd6d2

by swyx 4y ago

here are my notes as someone who studied this stuff extensively for my book launch (just crossed $200k revenue) https://github.com/sw-yx/brain/blob/906dbc6fd6d22fa69968ebc6b79a73988a235af0/R%20-%20Product/Launch%20Cheatsheet.md https://github.com/sw-yx/brain/blob/906dbc6fd6d22fa69968ebc6... in generally for OP's stuff i would disagree on launching on product hunt first. PH is a giant pyramid scheme where people just compete for the #1 badge each day. what the most successful products do is launch everywhere else first, and then after a few months email their happy customers to support them on PH. this is why you are #20 because you didnt study the game

harryvederci 4y ago
That's amazing, I wouldn't have expected anyone to take action when they get an email saying "Please upvote me on ${website}!" Do you find your customers are dedicated enough to create a Product Hunt account for you, or do they happen to already have one?
- mkl95 4y ago
  It sounds odd to me. It's the usual thing employees do, but how many employees does the average startup have right after launch? The only time I considered promoting an app on PH I was the only stakeholder. On the other hand "Please upvote me on ${website}! And get a free yearly subscription" could work, but it's going to make your product look cheap.
- swyx 4y ago
  i mean given that you just need ~500 to get #1 slot, emailing a few thousand customers and giving them some discount might do it
ilrwbwrkhv 4y ago
Product hunt is the cheap zone. Any product there means they are marketing heavy and lack quality. That is my take anyways. Quality software simply won't show up there these days.
- klabb3 4y ago
  I can imagine as a PH user this could be the case, but if you're a developer it can't hurt to post there, right?
  - ilrwbwrkhv 4y ago
    I can't speak for others but none of my portfolio companies post there. Of course someone might hunt us but that's different.
- dvnguyen 4y ago
  What would be the signals for a high quality software?

by swyx 4y ago

harryvederci 4y ago

That's amazing, I wouldn't have expected anyone to take action when they get an email saying "Please upvote me on ${website}!" Do you find your customers are dedicated enough to create a Product Hunt account for you, or do they happen to already have one?

mkl95 4y ago
It sounds odd to me. It's the usual thing employees do, but how many employees does the average startup have right after launch? The only time I considered promoting an app on PH I was the only stakeholder. On the other hand "Please upvote me on ${website}! And get a free yearly subscription" could work, but it's going to make your product look cheap.
swyx 4y ago
i mean given that you just need ~500 to get #1 slot, emailing a few thousand customers and giving them some discount might do it

ilrwbwrkhv 4y ago

Product hunt is the cheap zone. Any product there means they are marketing heavy and lack quality. That is my take anyways. Quality software simply won't show up there these days.

klabb3 4y ago
I can imagine as a PH user this could be the case, but if you're a developer it can't hurt to post there, right?
- ilrwbwrkhv 4y ago
  I can't speak for others but none of my portfolio companies post there. Of course someone might hunt us but that's different.
dvnguyen 4y ago
What would be the signals for a high quality software?