Akhil BVS

Currently, 90% of my time is spent in Deepstash, Wylo, and Product Hunt. Idk, but I feel it's a perfect combo for me! What's your current combo?

This question stems from an inherent observation surrounding the launch and distribution of successful products on Product hunt. In most cases, even great products die down after the launch on PH as they suffer from the distribution problem. However, the ones that become successful are the ones that leverage their own audience for the successful distribution of their own products. How do fellow indiehackers and makers approach these two sides of a coin (a) Building an audience, and (b) Building a product? If you were to start from zero again, what would you build first? Audience or the Product? How would you approach both these phases while taking your product from launch (0 to 1) and successful distribution (1 to n)? How deeply are audience-building and product-building interlinked?

1. Keep your friends in the loop about your launch date. A close circle of friends who can help you with a retweet/comment on your links etc. 2. Initial push from a like-minded community is very crucial. If you are working solo, here's my suggestion: Join a cohort that'll help in both learning and shipping. 3. Write your maker s comment for the Product Hunt a day before the launch. Make a smaller version of the same for both Twitter and LinkedIn so you can post it without thinking much about it. 4. If you've built your side project using any no-code tool, let the team know and ask them for their support on Twitter or Upvote on PH. They would love to see products being built on top of their tools. 5. Reply to each and every Product Hunt comment and Upvote them. Appreciate their support. 6. Tag relevant people on your tweet and ask for their feedback/thoughts. (Ask only for feedback, don't expect a shoutout) 7. Share your project across communities where you are most active and ask for their support.