I’ve written before on how launching on Product Hunt can be a major boost for a startup.
It can also be an effective place to get the attention of journalists.
“Don’t dismiss Product Hunt if your target audience isn’t there. The platform can be a great way of getting press. Hello Weather ($4k/mo) is a weather-forecasting mobile app, and they’ve seen this firsthand:
To our surprise, the app received some attention on Product Hunt, and then got positive reviews in AppAdvice and Macworld. That sent some nice traffic spikes our way. We quickly amassed a few thousand downloads, which gave us a bit of motivation to continue working on it.”
It can also be an effective place to get the attention of journalists.
“Don’t dismiss Product Hunt if your target audience isn’t there. The platform can be a great way of getting press. Hello Weather ($4k/mo) is a weather-forecasting mobile app, and they’ve seen this firsthand:
To our surprise, the app received some attention on Product Hunt, and then got positive reviews in AppAdvice and Macworld. That sent some nice traffic spikes our way. We quickly amassed a few thousand downloads, which gave us a bit of motivation to continue working on it.”
