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How to make the most of Product Hunt
Follow these guidelines
• Get a person with a lot of followers to post
your product
• Post at the right time (before 730 AM PST)
• Get in the comments RIGHT AWAY
• Do a featured “starred” launch
• Look at who liked your post (investors,
customers)
• Write a “how-to” post after your experience
Get in the comments!
Curate a Collection!
Get influential people to curate collections and feature
you
Follow these guidelines
• Get a person with a lot of followers to post
your product
• Post at the right time (before 730 AM PST)
• Get in the comments RIGHT AWAY
• Do a featured “starred” launch
• Look at who liked your post (investors,
customers)
• Write a “how-to” post after your experience
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Editor's Notes

  1. use proven patterns, don’t reinvent the wheel b/c: people need to get it right away there’s a reason patterns exist