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How do you promote a new idea?

11 points by thanesh 12y ago

I'm new to HN. Any advice would help. Thanks.

ejr 12y ago
I suppose the first step would be to discuss the idea. What do you have in mind? Who do you want to target?
- thanesh 12y ago
  I made this website (somevid.com) with one of my friends, so that anyone can easily share videos. No signup, no ads etc. It's fast, flexible. I posted two videos on reddit, tried approaching bloggers. No luck so far. How do you get video posters to use our site? We think it is great. But not sure what everyone else thinks.
  - sanketsaurav 12y ago
    Why don't you do a Show HN? It's look like a cool product!
    - thanesh 12y ago
      I would love to. But not sure how to post to Show HN. I submitted my URL already without "Show HN" on title and it is now lost in the many discussions. Now, I'm unable to submit again.
      - sanketsaurav 12y ago
        Yes, you cannot post the same URL twice. If you had submitted with Show HN, it should show up in the "new" section. It it gets a lot of upvotes, it'd show up on the frontpage. You might want to delete the earlier post and post it again.
        thanesh 12y ago
        Thanks for all your feedback. Appreciate it. I will create an about page and the motivation behind creating this site. I think it is a great idea. I'm unable to remove my link that was posted 3 days ago. Delete option seems to be not there. I'll try posting a link to the about page as suggested.
      - ejr 12y ago
        You still have another chance. I looked at your site and looks like you have an intro video there, but it only shows how to get started with the site, not the background of the site. Why not create a separate page - "about" maybe - and post a link to it? Be as descriptive as possible about why you created it, how it's useful to people and who you hope will use it to the fullest. Then, post your link with the title "Show HN: Somevid" or something similar. As long as you have "Show HN" in the front of the title, it will show up in that section of the site. Remember to be descriptive and try to relate as clearly as possible what you want to accomplish with the site.
        thanesh 12y ago
        Thanks ejr, this is really helpful. I will do as suggested. This should also I believe improve our visibility in search engines.
        ejr 12y ago
        Good luck! :-) BTW, this is Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/show https://news.ycombinator.com/show . Note, there are guidelines, but as far as I can see your site follows them already so I wouldn't worry too much about them. If you add a new feature, it might help to draw attention to that in the future, but don't create a new "Show HN". On a side note, it may be useful to keep a blog on the side about site news, feature updates etc...
        thanesh 12y ago
        I posted on Show HN. No luck so far in getting traction on it either. Any other ideas to get attention of HN users?

11 points by thanesh 12y ago

I'm new to HN. Any advice would help. Thanks.

ejr 12y ago

I suppose the first step would be to discuss the idea. What do you have in mind? Who do you want to target?

thanesh 12y ago
I made this website (somevid.com) with one of my friends, so that anyone can easily share videos. No signup, no ads etc. It's fast, flexible. I posted two videos on reddit, tried approaching bloggers. No luck so far. How do you get video posters to use our site? We think it is great. But not sure what everyone else thinks.
- sanketsaurav 12y ago
  Why don't you do a Show HN? It's look like a cool product!
  - thanesh 12y ago
    I would love to. But not sure how to post to Show HN. I submitted my URL already without "Show HN" on title and it is now lost in the many discussions. Now, I'm unable to submit again.
    - sanketsaurav 12y ago
      Yes, you cannot post the same URL twice. If you had submitted with Show HN, it should show up in the "new" section. It it gets a lot of upvotes, it'd show up on the frontpage. You might want to delete the earlier post and post it again.
      - thanesh 12y ago
        Thanks for all your feedback. Appreciate it. I will create an about page and the motivation behind creating this site. I think it is a great idea. I'm unable to remove my link that was posted 3 days ago. Delete option seems to be not there. I'll try posting a link to the about page as suggested.
    - ejr 12y ago
      You still have another chance. I looked at your site and looks like you have an intro video there, but it only shows how to get started with the site, not the background of the site. Why not create a separate page - "about" maybe - and post a link to it? Be as descriptive as possible about why you created it, how it's useful to people and who you hope will use it to the fullest. Then, post your link with the title "Show HN: Somevid" or something similar. As long as you have "Show HN" in the front of the title, it will show up in that section of the site. Remember to be descriptive and try to relate as clearly as possible what you want to accomplish with the site.
      - thanesh 12y ago
        Thanks ejr, this is really helpful. I will do as suggested. This should also I believe improve our visibility in search engines.
        ejr 12y ago
        Good luck! :-) BTW, this is Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/show https://news.ycombinator.com/show . Note, there are guidelines, but as far as I can see your site follows them already so I wouldn't worry too much about them. If you add a new feature, it might help to draw attention to that in the future, but don't create a new "Show HN". On a side note, it may be useful to keep a blog on the side about site news, feature updates etc...
        thanesh 12y ago
        I posted on Show HN. No luck so far in getting traction on it either. Any other ideas to get attention of HN users?