getting your first 1000 users (part 2) by ben lang (mapme)
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Getting your first 1,000 users
I’m Ben
A few ideas
Product Hunt
Some numbers - 2014
• 61,497 comments
• 628,466 total upvotes
• 23,501,457 unique visits to products
• 3,652 collections created
Tips
• Be active, comment, submit
• Don’t ask for votes
• Post early in the day
• Comment as “maker”
• Answer questions quickly
• Build an awesome product
Hacker News
Tips
• Be active, comment, gain karma
• Make sure content is relevant
• Ask a few people for upvotes
• Send /newest URL
• Don’t vote from same IP
Getting blogs to write about you
Tools to use
Tips
• Find the right journalist
• Keep it short
• Give an angle, story
• Send at the right time
• Follow up on Twitter, Facebook
• Build something awesome
People to Follow
• Gabriel Weinberg - @yegg• Leo Widrich - @leowid• Iris Shoor - @irisshoor• Sacha Greif - @sachagreif• Nir Eyal - @nireyal• Ryan Hoover - @rrhoover• Andrew Chen - @andrewchen• Hunter Walk - @hunterwalk
Blogs to Follow
• Quick Sprout
• KissMetrics
• Little Big Details
• Quora
• Startup-Marketing
