Anastasiya Ivanova

I recently saw a marketer with 10k+ followers launch and finish 6th with 348 upvotes. They followed a proper pre-launch and post-launch plan, did everything right, and still the outcome felt unpredictable.

Now I m launching @Curatora next week.

I m not a marketer. I have a little over 1k followers. Of course, asking for support helps. But I also keep hearing that a large part of the Product Hunt community shows up mainly for their own launch, then goes quiet until the next one.

That makes me wonder: how much of success here is strategy, and how much is timing and network effect?

This post is actually inspired by a tweet from @sandradjajic + an update here on PH from @chrismessina.

A few days ago I saw this:

This update focuses on polish, speed, and making the Pinned Window actually useful for day-to-day work.

Improvements

• Faster copy screenshot performance

• Improved license checker

• Mini shortcut hints shown on the startup screen

• Pinned Window improvements (big one )