I'm Elif, Co-founder and CEO of BeforeSunset AI. We became the product of the day, week, month. AMA

Elif Duran
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Hello everyone! We launched BeforeSunset AI (https://www.beforesunset.ai/) in June and we became the product of the day, week, and month! 🌟 We have 1777 upvotes and 422 comments currently, our number of upvotes and comments continued to increase after the launch πŸš€ Thank you to all the product hunters who support us. We gained a lot of momentum after the launch and created a great power user base ✨ We are happy to answer all of your questions. I and our growth lead Nur will answer all of them on 11th August.

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Julien Zmiro
Intercom
Intercom
Top Product
Well done! I'm curious: How did you spread out your outreach to get upvotes? Did you ask as many people as early as possible or did you ask smaller batches throughout the day?
Flora WU
Kyligence Copilot
Kyligence Copilot
@zmiro cool product and notified! Mine is powered by openAI, and you are more than welcomed to leave your support:)
Zekiye Nur Kesici
@zmiro As a marketing team, we used a daily time-block strategy to reach out to people. We used to hold small team competitions and award a prize to the person who reached the most people, which increased team motivation.
Julien Zmiro
Intercom
Intercom
Top Product
@flora_wu Super nice of you, I followed Kyligence too! Looking forward to seeing your launch!
Flora WU
Kyligence Copilot
Kyligence Copilot
@zmiro Thanks Julien, likewise. Looking forward to your feedbacks after you try it out:)
Ivan Dudin
Great product! I'm going to try using it that's all =)
Frank Sondors
We're looking to be #1 in October. Do share some tips.
Zekiye Nur Kesici
@profy17 Try to find motivating and fun ways to involve your team as much as possible in preparing for the launch process, it is definitely teamwork. Preparing launch assets is also important. You should engage with the community to get the most out of it.
Hadi Farnoud
we launched today, hopefully can become product of the week as well https://www.producthunt.com/post... appreciate upvotes and your feedback in comments πŸ™πŸ»
Igor Botvinyev
Congrats on achieving outstanding results!
Steve Lou
Congrats! :) What's your main acquisition channel after the launch? Thanks!
Elif Duran
BeforeSunset AI
@steve_lourdessamy The main channel is the hype that we created, people are coming directly mostly. We are focusing on SEO and social media activities and currently doing some trial influencer marketing to understand which channel is the best for us.
Hricha Shandily
Congratulations on the product and the successful launch Elif, always heartwarming to see stories like this. :)
Zekiye Nur Kesici
@hricha_s Thank you for the kind words, Hricha!
Wow. Congratulations Elif. What was the best strategy that improved your promotion/exposure to the product?
Elif Duran
BeforeSunset AI
@omnathpp Thank you! I can say it was creating hype before the launch. People were very excited about what was coming, and they wanted to share BeforeSunset AI with their community too ✨
Alex Chepovoi
Why sometimes products with significantly lower upvote/comment count overtake other products?
Zekiye Nur Kesici
@alex_chepovoi While I can't be 100% sure, I do know that upvote values have to do with the profile. In Product Hunt, the upvote value of an active account, the number of followers, the number of streaks, and an account with more points are different from the upvote value of a newly opened account.
Zhao Naomi
@alex_chepovoi I wanna know it as well.
Oxana
Elif, congrats all the team with such a great results! Can you please tell how the PH launch impacted on overall product development? And how many of the upvotes become a real users? Thanks!
Elif Duran
BeforeSunset AI
@oxana_ivanova In 1 month, we reached to β˜€οΈ 7,400+ new users πŸ‘€ 38,300+ visitors The Product Hunt launch was the beginning point, that's why I can say it is more than just upvote numbers.
Oxana
@elifduran that are really impressive! keep rocking!
Luke Skyward
Congrats! How did you promote your product outside of Product Hunt?
Zekiye Nur Kesici
@olearningcurve Thank you, Luke! Actually, we had ongoing marketing efforts. We announced our launch with a press release and on all our social media platforms.
Flora WU
Kyligence Copilot
Kyligence Copilot
@olearningcurve Curious too! BTW, cool product and notified! Mine is powered by openAI, and you are more than welcomed to leave your support:)
Luke Skyward
@flora_wu Nice! Your product sounds cool as well. I used OpenAI through Langchain to build my database. The product itself has two modes - one powered by OpenAI and the second one is not.
Soumil Rathi
SkillPool
Launching soon!
@zekiye_nur_kesici What was your form of press release and how did you draw attention to it?
Emma Mchugh
@olearningcurve @zekiye_nur_kesici did you have a dedicated person or team for Marketing, I am a co-founder, there is just 2 of us at the moment so wondering do I try to market myself or get some help!
Carl Brenner
Ceacle Tools
Ceacle Tools
Launching soon!
Your product's hit is remarkable! As a maestro behind this masterpiece, what would be the most important things to learn in order to achieve such harmonious recognition?
Elif Duran
BeforeSunset AI
@carlbrenner Thanks Carl! I can say collaboration stands out as the cornerstone for achieving this objective, where a team aligns its efforts toward a shared goal and stands together in unity to attain it.
Carl Brenner
Ceacle Tools
Ceacle Tools
Launching soon!
@elifduran Thanks for your reply maestro πŸ™ I'll keep that in mind 😌
Shekhar Kushwaha
Elif, congratulations on this fantastic achievement! The journey of Before-Sunset AI's launch is truly motivating and offers a lot to learn from. Thank you for sharing your experience! With SayData's launch just a week away, scheduled for August 17th, I would greatly appreciate any insights you can provide regarding effective outreach strategies to enhance our pre-launch support. Your guidance means a lot. Feel free to take a look at our launch page: https://www.producthunt.com/prod... Thank you so much for your valuable support, Elif!
Elif Duran
BeforeSunset AI
@shekhar_kushwaha I'd recommend reading our Product Hunt (PH) launch blog and watching the webinar. There are tips that you can utilize. In short, I'd suggest remaining as active as possible in discussions, engaging, and conversing with the community.
Flora WU
Kyligence Copilot
Kyligence Copilot
Impressive product and achievements! Do you have any suggestions on user-community operations for new-born AI products?
Elif Duran
BeforeSunset AI
@flora_wu I'd recommend fostering a continuous connection with users, even before you have a product. Engage in conversations, seek their opinions, and ask insightful questions to truly understand their needs. Post-launch, prioritize quick and attentive support to demonstrate that their concerns hold importance. Building your product hand-in-hand with users, based on their feedback and input, is pivotal for success.
Flora WU
Kyligence Copilot
Kyligence Copilot
@elifduran Love the ideas! Definitely will do
Sophiko Jeiranashvili
Congrats! Any tips & tricks you can share with us?
Zekiye Nur Kesici
@sophiko_jeiranashvili Teamwork and collaboration is essential for a great product hunt launch. Small competitions can be organized to engage and motivate your team.
Suchai
Congrats Elif on your wonderful jouney! Can you plz share methods or tools you been using for tracking user acquisition/source that let's you know exactly if a certain user are from PH or other channels?
Zekiye Nur Kesici
@goff_jira We're using Posthog to track user source. It is a great tool for detailed analytics.
Italo Costa | System Developer
Congratulations, I'm glad to hear that. It's always nice to see a colleague in the profession have such success. Tell me more about the launch process, I'll be happy to know.
Zekiye Nur Kesici
@italo_costa Thank you, Italo! We planned our launch assets two months ahead of time. We put a lot of effort into our videos and content. We made a concerted effort to make them stand out by producing everything in a way that reflects our brand and draws attention to the homepage. We reached out to a lot of product hunters as a team. We announced our launch via social media. We used a press release to announce the launch of our product. These are things to came to my mind, you can ask your questions if there are any. πŸ™Œ