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Ask HN: How do you market a Chrome extension?
I recently launched a Chrome extension that adds audio voice commenting capability on top of Facebook, called "Talk and Comment".
Question is, have you ever marketed correctly a Chrome extension? given the fact that they're not being featured on the Chrome webstore.
Any real-life case would be appreciated.
- benologist 13y agoLifeHacker and similar blogs?
- zakelfassi 13y agoSimilar blogs such as ...?
- arikrak 13y agohttps://www.google.com/search?q=related%3Alifehacker.com https://www.google.com/search?q=related%3Alifehacker.com
- benologist 13y agoIt's your job to figure out what's in those ...s!
- niftylettuce 13y agoi got wakeup.io in lifehacker within 24 hours of building it you just have to be clever we have chrome extension w/200 users
- zakelfassi 13y agoWell ... TalkAndComment kinda got 600+ active users in 24hours. I might be lucky, but not clever enough lol
- danso 13y agoI have no experience. Just wanted to mention the prominent case of a solo teenager winning a hackathon for her Chrome-extension relating to TV shows http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/05/meet-17-year-old-saving-you-game-thrones-twitter-spoilers http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/05/meet-17-year-old-sa... I'm kind of kicking myself for not doing more chrome extension work. We consume such a variety of information and Chrome has huge flexibility in working with that info...seems to have a lot more potential usefulness in our day to day lives, and plus, you don't have to learn a new IDE and language
- zakelfassi 13y agoI do 80% on my recreational programming building Chrome extensions. It's exiting, challenging, and really fun. Try it.
- hayksaakian 13y agoI have a chrome app (similar). Make an informational website. Basic "5 page site" with marketing information and documentation can be a great source of drip traffic. Make sure the "download" link is on every page and within reach. The whole concept is similar to marketing an app, albeit on a different store. Somebody else might know about how to get featured, and much like the app store, that also certainly helps your numbers. If I type "your extensions name" into Google, it's feasible to cover the first page in properties related to your extension: 1 chrome store link 2 your marketing site 3 prominent app/extension review 4-6 social media pages 7 - 10 get creative
- thekevan 13y agoThe fact that a majority of the reviews you have so far mention you by name makes it look like you encouraged friends and/or colleagues to post them.
- zakelfassi 13y agoNever.
- toiruto 13y agoyou ask Moad to do it for you !!