How do you promote a new idea?

Re:How do you promote a new idea? by ejr on Monday August 11, 2014 @03:31AM (#8162329)

You still have another chance. I looked at your site and looks like you have an intro video there, but it only shows how to get started with the site, not the background of the site.

Why not create a separate page - "about" maybe - and post a link to it? Be as descriptive as possible about why you created it, how it's useful to people and who you hope will use it to the fullest.

Then, post your link with the title "Show HN: Somevid" or something similar. As long as you have "Show HN" in the front of the title, it will show up in that section of the site.

Remember to be descriptive and try to relate as clearly as possible what you want to accomplish with the site.

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Re:How do you promote a new idea? by thanesh on Monday August 11, 2014 @03:39AM (#8162343)

Thanks ejr, this is really helpful. I will do as suggested. This should also I believe improve our visibility in search engines.

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Re:How do you promote a new idea? by ejr on Monday August 11, 2014 @03:54AM (#8162374)

Good luck! :-)

BTW, this is Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/show . Note, there are guidelines, but as far as I can see your site follows them already so I wouldn't worry too much about them. If you add a new feature, it might help to draw attention to that in the future, but don't create a new "Show HN". On a side note, it may be useful to keep a blog on the side about site news, feature updates etc...

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Re:How do you promote a new idea? by thanesh on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @08:04PM (#8170861)

I posted on Show HN. No luck so far in getting traction on it either. Any other ideas to get attention of HN users?

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