Every single step I took to get my side project to $1k/month

Re:Every single step I took to get my side project to $1k/month by davjhan on Friday August 28, 2020 @04:39PM (#24309681)

What was the reason behind getting someone prominent to post on Product Hunt on your behalf? Is there some benefit over submitting it yourself?

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Re:Every single step I took to get my side project to $1k/month by TenJack on Friday August 28, 2020 @04:44PM (#24309719)

At the time, when a user submits to PH it shows somewhere for all of their followers. So if they have a large following, it helps. Think it still works the same but not sure.

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Re:Every single step I took to get my side project to $1k/month by futhey on Saturday August 29, 2020 @02:48PM (#24318482)

You need to get a certain critical mass of upvotes early in your submission to get "featured" (which shows your post to random people who browse to producthunt.com). Easiest way to do that is to get someone with a lot of followers (either on ProductHunt or Twitter) to post on your behalf.

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Re:Every single step I took to get my side project to $1k/month by jtokoph on Friday August 28, 2020 @04:43PM (#24309711)

I think that person’s followers get notified. I get notifications when friends of mine post on PH.

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