Launching a product on PH for the first time - What's your best advice?

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What the title says.

I'm launching a product on PH for the first time.

This is for the PH veterans out here - what's your best advice pre, during and post-launch?

Thank you!

Lidia Vijga · Accepted Answer

I launched on PH for the first time today 🎉   www.producthunt.com/posts/decklinks

My advice is to get the Product Hunt Launch Checklist by @falak_sher and a lot of sleep prior to the launch.

Carlo Thissen · Answer

Heya Mia! Suuuper curious about what you are cooking in your secret marketing labs haha

There are some great guides out there that you might want to check out:

@draptis wrote this piece: https://www.jimraptis.com/blog/the-product-hunt-launch-blueprint

@michael_sieb also wrote a very exhaustive guide: https://typestudio.co/blog/product-hunt-learnings/

Would consider both as must-reads - we oriented heavily on them for our launch! :)

Lmk in case you ever need feedback on your launch collaterals.

Maria-Cristina · Answer

@falak_sher @londonvi You crushed it, Lidia! Congrats :) and will check out the checklist, thank you!

Justin George · Answer

- Launch as early as possible in the day. https://statsph.com/time-to-launch-in-product-hunt
- Set realistic expectations. Here's an article that talks about what you could expect from the PH launch, real stories from real founders. https://statsph.com/blogs/realistic-expectations-for-product-hunt-launch
- Even if your Product does not get much attention, don't worry about it. Just keep at it.

Jakub Piskor · Answer

I read these articles ( here's a link: https://bit.ly/3qdLsjs ) before my launch and ended 4th product of the day (with zero online presence). My advice is to read them all. :)

Priyanshu · Answer

I've not launched yet, but as a Solo founder I collects insights from my fellow founders who have launched, and keeps marketing at the priority 1.

- Although keep the priority 1 = Marketing before, on, and after launch
- Prior to launch, engage with your target audience regularly, and try to realize them about the problem you have solved. (Best option to do so is Twitter).
- Launch your product with few audience, need to relaunch it on many other platforms, may help you to enhance your visibility. Here you will have more opinions on this. https://www.indiehackers.com/post/relaunch-like-a-pro-100-places-to-launch-relaunch-and-list-your-product-7c67875635

Maria-Cristina · Answer

@kumar_sons_off this is one of the best lists ever! Thank you so much :)

Maria-Cristina · Answer

@draptis @michael_sieb @carlo_thissen Nice to see you here Carlo!! :)

Thank you so much for the resources, bookmarking them for future reference haha ;)

Maria-Cristina · Answer

@georgejustin22 Thank you Justin, valuable info! :)

FALAK SHER | phlaunchchecklist.com · Answer

@miakiraki looking forward to welcome you in our private Product Hunt community.

Plus, checklist come with 30 days money back guarantee https://phlaunchchecklist.com/

Aram Movsisyan · Answer

I've read a lot of articles but I think the most helpful source is this YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ssR2XO-FV4HNNKD4xxxbg/videos

This guy has done a lot of launches and has huge experience.

Maria-Cristina · Answer

@jakub_piskor Wow, nice!! Thank you :)

Launching a product on PH for the first time - What's your best advice?

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