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Whatโ€™s the best lesson youโ€™ve learned on Product Hunt?

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The best lesson Iโ€™ve learned through my Product Hunt journey is that ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. Iโ€™ve had launches where everything felt perfectly alignedโ€”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€”but they didnโ€™t gain traction simply because I didnโ€™t prioritize building pre-launch momentum or engaging the community beforehand. On the flip side, Iโ€™ve also seen products unexpectedly take off when the community genuinely resonated with their story, even if the prep wasnโ€™t perfect. Another valuable takeaway? ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด; ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. Iโ€™ve relaunched products after initial setbacks, refined based on feedback, and ended up with surprising success. The journey taught me to listen, adapt, and never take even the smallest wins for granted. Whatโ€™s been your key takeaway? ๐Ÿš€
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Business Marketing with Nika
How do you engage with community? Do you DMs to people to upvote or just publish the discussion post?
Tim Liao
Honesty is the best policy. Helping people, and you'll get help one day. Be brave to innovate great things and provide value.
Evak Chan
Genuinely and positively engaging in PH community is quite important if you want to launch on PH successfully.
Andres Rosas Sanchez
Don't be a robot. Be honest and realistic, don't just look for visibility
TJ Larkin
It's never too late to start networking
Indu Thangamuthu
Community is wealth
tina kim
Such a valuable lesson! I've also learned that it's not always about having the perfect product from the start
Filxa Adam
So true! I've seen how much of an impact timing and building momentum beforehand can have on a launch.
Elara Thorn
Through the initial launch of PopShort.AI, I learned that when the value of your product is clear enough and the story behind it is enough to resonate with the community, you will receive kind support from many strangers, and a small team can have great energy.๐Ÿ™Œ
Cahya Cantik
about knowing people in the world
Robin Prime
I totally agree with you! Community support and timing can really make or break a launch