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How to benefit from the Product Hunt forums?

Yesterday I was thinking about how users of this platform can get the most out of Forums. Here are some ideas: 1️⃣ There aren't that many posts in the "Introduce yourself" section, so if you contribute something, there's a better chance of getting noticed by the community. 2️⃣ Even if you are an old member of the community, you can "reintroduce" yourself. A lot of people came here, so not everyone may remember you or know about you. At the same time, you can provide help to people in the areas you excel in – just mention it in a post. 3️⃣ Recent posts allow you to tag people. When you are co-creating a product with someone, tag other collaborators in the "Self-promotion" section. This will automatically notify them as well and they will more likely support the post. 4️⃣ Ask questions that can help you improve the product. Conversations are now more moderated and even commented on by PH team members. This way you can get a professional perspective and improve your product or your next launch. 5️⃣ You can also take advantage of the Product Forums – contribute to "p/Figma", "p/Supabase", "p/Notion" and other popular product forums... You can, for example, break down the most common problems of that particular tool and provide solutions. (Forum Threads appear e.g. in the sidebar for a given product for extra visibility) If you have any other ideas on how to take advantage of this new feature, I would like to see the opportunities from your perspective. 🙂
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Tasos Valtinos
Launching soon!
Niiice! Didn't even thought about the "contribution" concept. Apart from helping others that could be a way to build/promote your personal brand. Cool insight. An insight from my end, which worked well in the first attempt, is to use the self-promotion category of forums, BUT, to submit threads that give the opportunity to other people to promote their work/brand etc. Spoiler Alert: we humans love talking about ourselves lol
Business Marketing with Nika
@cryptosymposium so classical post like: "What are you going to launch this week?" :)
Alex AI
Hey Great additions. I already wrote on X about how the projects launching on Product Hunt can benefit from the Product Forums https://x.com/byalexai/status/18...
Business Marketing with Nika
@byalexai Good read, I totally missed this as a few couple of days I am less active on social media. 🙈 Thank you for sharing!
Alex AI
@busmark_w_nika For me, it's the opposite. I've been significantly more active this week, haha.
Natasha H
Nika, you always share such useful insights, thank you! Your first point just reminded me to go and contribute to the "Introduce Yourself" thread. I've been wanting to connect with more people in SaaS marketing, and totally forgot how great PH is for finding like-minded people.
Business Marketing with Nika
@natasha_007 Hey, Natasha, happy to hear you find it valuable :) Hope that you will post something in these forums :)
Elena Tsemirava
Thanks, you've pointed everything out perfectly! I'll definitely take your advice and reintroduce myself in a couple of weeks.
Kate Ramakaieva
I like the idea of forums with a Reddit-like concept. Now, product owners can engage with users between launches. It seems like these "subreddits" could be a social network for startups. What do you think @busmark_w_nika?
Business Marketing with Nika
@kate_ramakaieva It could be that case but there is one BUT – the discussion really needs to be somehow valuable – like constructive feedback for improvements rather than promotion.
Karan Arora
Reply to your post, you are everywhere :)
Business Marketing with Nika
@gamifykaran It seems that you are also everywhere when you engage with me. 😃
Karan Arora
@busmark_w_nika Haha, I am mostly passive on all social platforms. Its quite time consuming
Ash G
Great suggestions! Thanks for posting these.
Susan Pan
I don't even notice there's a topic forum called introduce-yourself. Great ideas!
Natalia Eiriz
Thanks for the valuable insights! It's always a challenge to balance everything, but your tips are super helpful. I hadn't realised that the introduce yourself section was not very active and has definitely a lot of potential – it's a great way to stay visible and engaged with the community. Asking questions to improve the product is a fantastic way to gain feedback, too. Appreciate you sharing these ideas!
Kay Kwak
Launching soon!
That's right, I also often go to the 'Introduce Yourself' section to communicate with more users, but it's a bit sad because there aren't many posts
Business Marketing with Nika
@kay_arkain I think it is because of the design. What is at the top, that gets the most attention. So people either see All trending posts or incline to choose General trending posts.