Re:Show HN: Attract more customers by highlighting why peopl...
by gibbonsrcool on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @08:44PM
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What does LP mean? From the context it looks like something more basic than an MVP? Would you mind sharing what tech you used for the no-code stages (LP and MVP) of your product?
Re:Show HN: Attract more customers by highlighting why peopl...
by sharath39 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @08:49PM
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LP means landing page. Sure happy to share the stack.
For the landing page, I used carrd.co, mailerlite for wait-list signups. For MVP I used bubble.io, Twitter API.
Re:Show HN: Attract more customers by highlighting why peopl...
by helimn on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @09:43PM
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Love the idea, and the details on how you validated it! Now just to get some shoutouts on Twitter... :D
One question I have is how you drove traffic to your LP initially?
Re:Show HN: Attract more customers by highlighting why peopl...
by sharath39 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @11:38PM
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I build in public. Almost all the traffic is organic and since we do share lessons, highs, lows transparently, people love us.
Re:Show HN: Attract more customers by highlighting why peopl...
by aryamaan on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @04:44PM
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Great product. Good luck with this.
Re:Show HN: Attract more customers by highlighting why peopl...
by sharath39 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @04:50PM
(#26496629)
Thanks and appreciate your time checking it out!
Re:Show HN: Attract more customers by highlighting why peopl...
by AndrewKemendo on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @09:28PM
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Congrats on launching!
Re:Show HN: Attract more customers by highlighting why peopl...
by sharath39 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @09:29PM
(#26498869)
Thanks Andrew!
Re:Show HN: Attract more customers by highlighting why peopl...
by mike_d on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @10:25PM
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It seems like your product is focused around promoting trustworthiness and not just positive reviews. Why? Who is the target customer here?
If you are buying drugs and the dealer says "hey, by the way, I just want you to know I'm totally not a cop"... that is a huge red flag. I'm equally wary of random websites that feel like they need to prove trust to me.
I'm Sharath co-founder at Shoutout. This is my first posting a product on HN so I'm pretty stoked at the same time heavily nervous about it!
Five months ago, I had this idea of gathering all the shoutouts I get on Twitter under one place, and I thought it would be cool to launch an LP and validate it with everyone. As a no-code maker, I shipped the LP in less than 24hrs, got 120+ signups, and saw people saying we need this! I then shipped a no-code MVP, tested it with few close friends who asked for more features. The signs were so clear that I went ahead and put a bat-signal on Twitter searching for a co-founder. Curtis Cummings from nowhere approached me, and we clicked in our first meeting and started building a fully coded product.
We launched our private beta 2 months ago and got the opportunity to onboard some iconic creators like Jack Butcher, Julian Shapiro, Lenny Rachitsky, and startups like On Deck and Knowable. We've iterated on our early believers' feedback and made a product that delivers value to creators and startups!
A month ago, we launched Shoutout to the public and on Product Hunt and secured #3 product of the day. We now have 36 paying customers and got Product Maker Grant Recipient award.
Today, I'm pumped to announce Shoutout to the Hacker News community! We truly believe creators and startups should leverage the social proof they are getting on Twitter, and our mission is to make it easy for everyone!
Shoutout lets you tap into your existing social proof and turn it into a beautiful "Wall of Love"
How does it work?
Curate and Organize: With an infinite feed that is constantly updating every second, tracking social media shoutouts* is an invaluable task! Shoutout removes the tediousness and spotlights all the high-signal tweets in one place.
Customize and Design: We believe in personalization and value the importance of custom branding. Shoutout quickly turns the bunch of tweets into a beautiful wall within minutes. Rearrange these shoutouts according to your need and add custom colors that represent your brand.
Showcase and Embed: Share your public wall or embed it directly on your site without any coding. Our embeds are blazing fast, so they won't slow down your site. As you update your wall, your embed will show all of your latest shoutouts, making the experience frictionless.
What's next: We are not stopping here, and this is just the beginning of our mission to help creators and startups to leverage the social capital they gain on Twitter! We are excited to launch many more features based on your feedback and look forward to delivering more value to you constantly!
If you have any feedback, feel free to comment or say hello to us on Twitter @shoutoutso_!