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This is probably one of the best advices I've read in recent weeks. It's exactly why for Fork the Cookbook[0] we only ever soft-launched. No Show HNs, no sendin
by chewxy 14y ago
This is probably one of the best advices I've read in recent weeks. It's exactly why for Fork the Cookbook[0] we only ever soft-launched. No Show HNs, no sending out messages to Techcrunch or whatever.
We've learned from our experience with Strangers for Dinner, and agree very much with the author's sentiments that "“Launching” screws with your metrics – and you need clean metrics to evaluate and iterate on your business."
Even for Fork the Cookbook, we're not there yet with Product/Market fit, and our marketing activities have changed a lot since being set live to the public at the end of Jan/beginning of Feb.
[0] http://forkthecookbook.com http://forkthecookbook.com (can't resist spruiking now, can I?)
- pseut 14y agoDude, this is the second comment in this thread plugging your non-HN-launched product. But don't worry, we all backslide from time to time. I know you can do it! I know you can keep HN free of links to forkthewhatevs!
- chewxy 14y agoIt's actually the first. My other comment was added later. But yes, I agree with you, I do overpromote at times
- zizee 14y agoDon't take pseut's comments to heart. You're obviously excited about your product, which no one should begrudge you. I think the HN audience is pretty accepting of self promotion, as long as it is not too in your face. Mind you, you have to admit, promoting your product on HN by saying "we skipped doing a show HN" is a little ironic.