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đź“° Read these 7 posts before you launch your product on Producthunt
I might not be great at following my own advice, since I only realized this after putting out this newsletter on Producthunt...
Well, I quitely launched this newsletter on producthunt today.
Tbh, I didn’t expect much, since it’s kinda something I just want to put out there.
The consensus on launching a successful producthunt page seems to be, well, to have an audience, via Linkedin, or some other social medias ready beforehand to give your product a little boost. I don’t really have a big social media following (in fact I have no social media following, because, well, I don’t use them).
And, well, it’s obviously didn’t go well, who would have thought! But, I got a few upvotes and comment, which is a few more than I expected! And user @yukioyama gave me a great idea on creating this post.
I decided to review my vault of articles and posts, looking for the best advice for people launching their product, either on Producthunt, or in general.
So this one is for people like you that wants to take launching on Producthunt a bit more seriously than I do. Enjoy!
The most practical advice on launching on producthunt
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Entrepreneurs, startup founders, and product managers often debate whether to launch on Product Hunt, whether aiming for first place is worthwhile, and discuss the value and ROI/value for money of the team’s time and money investment.
I want to share our experience of launching on Product Hunt, detailing our motives, goals, results, and the actions that led us to the product of the day, the second product of the week, and the AI product of the week. Let's go.
Indiehackers
How you can find holes in the already established market, and create your own niche
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“What a lot of free-market thinkers don’t understand is that between the demand and eventual supply lies friction. And I actually think that friction is probably the most potent force for shaping the planet that people just generally do not acknowledge…
A real story about launching on Producthunt with a lot of cool nuggets of information
Excerpt:
The response rate from these messages was extremely high, and founders where happy to get some help from strangers. After writing 50 messages, I passed this task to my assistant. She was writing down all the names, links and email addresses of these people using Apollo. After 2 months we’ve had 1K+ leads and 500 already added us on LI. It’s very important to use 2-3 LI accounts for this, since during the launch day you will need to outreach all these people ,and LI might block you for high number of messages.
bluedothq
A bit boarder than just launching your product, this article displays a different way of thinking about the hierarchy of needs.
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There's a common belief that people can't satisfy higher-level, emotional needs until basic physiological ones are met. However, Maslow believed in different models of need satisfaction. For example, an athlete may prioritize the goal and the emotions that come with adrenaline over safety. Similarly, a shopper might consciously pay more for a well-known brand, ignoring similar models from less prestigious manufacturers.
Indiehackers
Want to build a SaaS with 1/10 the competition? There’s a great trick in here.
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You want to make a SaaS, but you have no ideas?
You thought of stealing an idea. But you see lots of people making clones. Even clones of clones! The competition is crazy. And the whole game seems just… pointless?
Let me give you a hope today.
In this post I will teach you a simple method of niching down. With this method you can take any existing SaaS, clone it and launch without any competition.
Indiehackers
Tips on writing eye catching descriptions and stories of your product
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The greatest problem for a startup is not lack of money, nor fierce opposition.
The real problem is obscurity – people not knowing that you exist.
In my last essay Vivid Storytelling – How Great Founders Turn Bystanders into Believers, I wrote about how you can leverage the power of stories and visual words to get your message across.
However, if you can’t hook people’s attention to begin with, you never get the chance to tell your story.
So how do you hook people’s attention? How do you get people to turn their heads, hang on to your every word, and fan the flames of publicity in your honor?
If you’re building your product/mvp, this is an extremely good read on features that might make a big impact
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Making a big idea happen depends on getting a few small details right.
These small details are what I call “atomic features” – tiny details of your product or distribution that have an outsized impact for customers. Airbnb had a big idea: let anyone rent out their property to anyone. But making that vision happen depended on nailing the right small details, such as professional photos.
There are many kinds of atomic features. But in this post, I’ll focus on the one that Airbnb’s story exemplifies: the “taste” atomic feature.
Editor notes: This is a 4 part story
Good luck launching!
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