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I’m also pretty bad at marketing, so I’m still figuring this out myself. What I’ve been trying recently is to treat “visibility” as a side effect of building,
by victorymakes 9mo ago
I’m also pretty bad at marketing, so I’m still figuring this out myself.
What I’ve been trying recently is to treat “visibility” as a side effect of building, not a separate activity.
A few things that seem at least directionally helpful for me:
• Sharing my work-in-progress on social platforms — not launches, but the actual process: what I’m building, problems I hit, and how I solved them. This feels more like documenting than promoting.
• Writing about concrete technical or product decisions I made, especially when I had to compare different approaches or tools. Those posts sometimes get picked up organically because they’re useful on their own.
• Analyzing competitors carefully, then selectively submitting my product to directories or communities where similar tools already exist. I avoid mass submission and try to match the audience instead.
None of this has “worked” in a big way yet, but it feels sustainable and doesn’t get me blocked or downvoted. For me, that’s already a win.