a single source, nothing corroborates it
Send supporters to the new page, never ask for votes
Votes from people arriving on a direct link are discarded and the site counts one per address, so the rally that works on other launch platforms does nothing here. Mention the post as something worth discussing, and point anyone who wants to find it at the newest submissions page. Soliciting votes outright is against the rules.
The method
- 01
Don't run the Product Hunt playbook of sending supporters a direct link - votes cast by people who arrive that way are discarded, and the site counts one vote per IP address.
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Frame any external mention of your post as an invitation to discuss it, never as a request for votes - soliciting votes is outright prohibited.
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If you want followers to find your submission, point them at the newest-submissions page so discovery still happens on the platform's own terms.
Sources
- How to get 30,000 Hacker News visitors to your websiteHarry Dry · Marketing Examples · Lesson 4 - How to share · undated
the second source
Three plays a week, for the phase you are in
No roundup of links, no news. Three tactics more than one builder arrived at separately, with the numbers each one returned and the disagreements left in.
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