Advice for launch?
Chris Lester
36 replies
What advice would you give a first time Maker/team?
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Uche Maxwell@uche_maxwell
Engage yourself with Movie tips and relax
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darklens
Those who want support, give support.
@geri_mate How would you support someone in the case of a first launch? Does that mean just checking out their app or commenting words to encourage them?
Relax and dont get panic
Layerpath
To say it in one word "Traction". All the best for you and team :)
All the best mate!
Lancepilot
create a buzz on social media, and engage with your audience.
Dolooper
Make sure you got an audience that is interested in what you are building.
TheSprkl
Create Teaser page, clear tell there what's the product about and engage with the community.
happy launching!
REI Litics
@oxana_ivanova agree! Tell a good compelling story on your teaser page and 100% continue to engage with the community
MightyMeld for Tailwind
I am a first maker as well. I am trying to engage with as many people here as possible. Created a teaser page yet?
Mine is the link in my bio
How about using an animated explainer video to market your launch
It's one of the best marketing strategy to market your launch because it will explain more about your software, the importance, benefit and many more so i suggest you try that
Kindly contact me on my portfolio to know what am talking about
behance.net/jonathashedrac1
Saner.AI
Eager to hear as i'm the first time maker :)
engage with the community
I'd say focus on user feedback. It's gold.
Lancepilot
Hey Man, Hi, Please watch the second episode of my PODCAST, where i interviewed Farid from Beep ( secured no #1 product of the day ), he shared the specific things needs to be done to get on top. Please watch and i believe it will help. Thanks man.
here is the channel:
https://youtu.be/9zlNbhsVkLU
Canonic
Firstly, get excited! You are finally sharing your handwork with the world. Congratulations 😊
Secondly, if you are launching on PH, here are some things that can help you:
1. Focus on the users who comment/upvote for you on PH or land on your platform/social/website. Talk to them, they are invaluable.
2. Prepare launch assets before reaching out to hunters.
3. Find hunters who have launched similar products like yours.
4. Stay super active through the launch day and make sure to respond to all those interacting with you!
5. Build lots of buzz within existing community and social media
6. Keep the teaser page funny and interesting
Lastly, enjoy every bit of the launch. It’s indeed an adrenaline rush!
Modelize.ai 1.0 - AI workflows
1. Clear marketing banners with use cases
2. Clear explanation of the problems you're solving
3. Engage with the community and support each other
Then relax 🤞💪
I agree with all the comments above, but one is missing.
I recommend that you disable the scheduled automatic launch. Publish your product manually after the first hour (minimum) of product hunt day. Look at other people's launches. Nobody wants to launch their product on the same day as "openAI GPT 5" or "GTA 6" or "new Mac M4" and so on. Let the big fish play themselves.
The LinkedIn Inbound Playbook
No hacks. Just hard work.
1. No tips will save you if you don't have a good product, clear website, and simple onboarding.
2. You can't ask for upvotes, mass message users, or DM strangers on messengers (WhatsUp, Telegram). The PH team removes fake upvotes, and you might get disqualified completely
3. Prepare all PH assets for your launch
4. Be active on PH (support others, create discussions, comment on others' discussions).
5. Create your Coming Soon page. Share it on PH, Twitter, LinkedIn.
6. Be active on social media. Post about your PH launch.
7. Connect with people from PH on LinkedIn/Twitter.
8. Clean your launch day and the day after that.
9. Check your website, analytics, and the onboarding process.
10. Check your welcome email sequence.
11. Engage in real-time.
12. Make sure you can reach out to people who can support your product throughout the 24-hour launch day.
13. DM people on your launch day with a reminder.
14. Join relevant groups and chats. Support people there.
15. Track your progress with tools like hunted.space or Product Wars 2
16. Prepare social media posts, announcements for communities, emails.
17. If you have a team, assign responsibilities.
18. If you have investors/current customers or work with influencers, send them a reminder before and on your launch day
19. Ask happy users and customers about reviews.
20. Analyze your results, share updates, and say Thank you
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Write 0 as a price :)
Those who want support, give support.
All the best mate!