... this post, they probably won t be that secret anymore. But there are still a few things not everyone knows about:  1. Get hunted by someone with a strong audience. Even if you already have a lot of followers yourself, getting hunted by someone who also has a strong audience can help you reach more people on launch day. If your launch gets featured, your followers

... adds the second social layer, and I would rather shape it with you than announce it as finished. What is coming: Public playlists. Any playlist you build in the app can be published as a page anyone can open, follow, and play from, with or without the app. Curator profiles. A handle, a display name, a short bio, and the playlists you have specifically published as "public". Follow

... accounts I post to has 2 followers after 18 posts. Not 2 new followers

... things do you share there? Is it mostly about your product, your journey, ideas, or something completely different? And maybe you d like to share your pages here - would be nice to discover what other makers are doing and follow along =) Comment from Adana Marukhyan(@adana): @johanna_john1   @richatsealedvault  Yes, exactly! Richard , are you active on any platforms besides PH? Comment from Daniel Zaitzow(@dzaitzow): @adana Linkedin - sometimes facebook for the demo we service. I would love ... ... again, launching my own thing this time. Apparently I need a proper pause between each chapter Comment from Irina Motorina(@ira_motorina): @adana  Thank you so much! I m really glad you liked the Tarot concept You can follow

... everyone I m building No Missed Quotes, a lightweight follow-up queue for solo service businesses. It turns a customer, quote amount, and next follow

... upcoming page up four weeks ahead of a launch, exactly like every guide says, so it could gather followers instead of me scrambling on launch morning. Six days later it has one follower

... than a vague "lots of learnings" thread, so here it is, plus what I actually think went wrong and what I am doing about it in the open. What was ready: product worked, landing page up, payments live, guidelines followed, assets done. Every readiness item on a standard launch checklist was ticked. What was not ready: I had 2 followers

... replies in on X, still at 10 followers, so I stopped guessing and pulled the actual numbers. The spread on real replies I posted: one got 2 views under a 1,100 view post. Another got 2 views under a 5,842 view post. One got 1,204 views, replying under a post at 1.9 million views. Every one of them landed at roughly 0.03% to 0.17% of the parent post's reach, no matter what I wrote or when ... ... posted it. My own follower

... Besides making sure your discussion follows the community guidelines, you can approach Product Hunt discussions more strategically and use them to increase your visibility for your personal brand and your product. A lot of people struggle with their discussions being rejected. This usually happens to accounts that don t have much interaction history yet. If I wanted to become more active in Product Hunt discussions, I would try the following

... everyone, I've been building Shaks a lightweight, mobile-first CRM that uses AI to make sure you never drop the ball on a follow-up again. The problem: Consultants and solo founders are great at closing the first conversation, but terrible at the follow

... insurance agent exploring how I can use AI agents to build a more scalable lead generation and client management system. The workflow I have in mind is: Content Multiple Platforms New Leads WhatsApp AI Agent Appointment Consistent Follow-Up Client I want to create content across platforms such as X/Twitter, Xiaohongshu, Instagram and Facebook, ideally without needing to show my face, and use that content to generate new leads. When someone is interested, I want to connect them ... ... understand what they are looking for. - Collect basic information about their current situation and insurance needs. - Qualify the lead and identify what they may need help with. - Schedule a call or face-to-face appointment based on my availability. - Follow

... nika): @yelyzaveta_kibets  Feel free to DM then :) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @roopesh_donde  If there is the option to create one, you can ask people to follow that page. And on the day of launch, they should be notified because they followed

... ones who show up months before they ask for anything. Where to Build Your Audience Product Hunt itself. The Product Hunt forums have become the new pre-launch momentum builder . Every forum thread you post notifies all of your followers . The algorithm rewards people who show up often, not just once . A launch is now a byproduct of consistent community presence . One founder put it this way: "The community doesn't help the launch. The launch is a byproduct ... ... participate for 2-4 weeks before launch . A generic link drop will get you downvoted. A personal story of how you built the product works better . LinkedIn. It is strong for direct outreach, especially if you have built a following

... these projects before the product even gets a fair shot. Followed on Instagram, rooting for Nudge to find its crowd. Really hope this keeps growing and finds the players it deserves, upvoted and following

... both content and   product work.   2. Google Search Console I basically live in it. For anything SEO, it's the only honest source of truth   about what's actually happening vs. what I assume is happening.   3. Ahrefs keyword and competitor

... thinking about putting together an "essentials package" of things that, in my opinion, every maker should have in place before deciding to launch their product on this platform. My Product Hunt launch essentials would include the following (these should be done before launch, btw): a properly filled-out profile a finished landing page for the product (the one beyond PH) a hunter gathering relevant people who will be stated under the launch (e.g. as makers + products/stack used for building ... ... actually for? - can I try it without paying? - what is the fastest first use case? - what happens if the output is not good? - what are the limits or tradeoffs? - what would make someone choose this over the familiar alternative

... next question, and whether the product nudges you without getting in the way. Insight for other users:  In Oasis, the  composer  is the text box at the bottom of the assistant. You send  follow-up messages in the same thread  so context carries forward. When the thread is empty, you get a  typewriter-style rotating hint  with  example prompts  so you are not staring at a blank box. After you start ... ... appear under the field. Tap one to send that prompt immediately. How to use it: Type a request and press  Enter  (or use the send control). Click a  chip  when you want a one-tap follow

... Community Management API invite process? Genuinely asking I'm in the middle of both and the opacity is remarkable. Here's the context. I shipped Auto DM replies in XreplyAI this week. The idea is simple: when someone new follows you on X, they automatically get a personalized DM. You write the template once, drop in a {name} placeholder, and it runs in the background. It snapshots your existing followers

... same time. Share what you're learning, the mistakes you're making, and the progress along the way. That builds trust without making your personal brand bigger than the product itself. The audience shouldn't follow you because you're a founder. They should follow

... this guide isn't just a quick summary. We're going to go deep. We'll explain exactly what Snaply is, how it works, why privacy matters so much for dictation tools, how it stacks up against every major alternative, who it's best for, and how to get the most out of it. Whether you're a solo professional, part of a team, or evaluating dictation software for an enterprise deployment, this is the most complete breakdown ... ... find. Table of Contents Why AI Dictation Matters in 2026 What Makes a Truly Great Dictation App What Is Snaply? Snaply's Core Features: In Depth Why Privacy Is Non-Negotiable for Dictation Snaply vs

... Last month, I did something that felt slightly insane. I took our product description, fed it into ChatGPT, and asked it to build a competitor. Not a parody. A real competitor

... leads 4 Free resource: Don't just launch and leave. Reply to every comment. DM everyone who engages. The launch is the start, not the finish. 4. LinkedIn: Personal > Brand We tried a company page. It got 12 followers in 3 months. Then I started posting as myself. What worked: Behind-the-scenes of building Rankfender Data drops from our analysis (43% error rate, 78% invisible) Threads like this one One post that blew up: "I asked 50 founders ... ... check their AI visibility. 43 found errors. Average cost: 28k." 120k impressions, 400+ new signups. Free resource: Post as a human. Share what you're learning in real time. People don't follow

... just exposure, but the degree to which AI treats your brand as a credible source . Share of Voice (SOV): Represents your brand s voice share within AI narratives the probability that AI mentions your brand rather than a competitor when answering a topic-related question. Sentiment: Captures the emotional tone of AI mentions positive, neutral, or negative showing how AI portrays your brand. Together, these four metrics answer the two most fundamental GEO questions: How frequently does AI mention ... ... brand? and In what tone and context is the brand represented? 1.2 Trends and Competitor

... Minute Audit Step 1: Keyword Selection (5 minutes) Choose 20 keywords to audit: 10 branded keywords: Your company name Your product names Your founder/CEO name Your flagship features 10 non-branded keywords: "[Your category] best tools" "[Your category] alternatives" "How to [solve problem you solve]" "[Your category] vs

... autonomous killing. Now the administration is threatening that if the founder of Anthropic doesn't change his mind by a certain date, they will come after him. Google, OpenAI, and Musk (Grok) have all signed the contract. Following Sam Altman's announcement over the past few hours , people have been speaking out massively about cancelling their OpenAI subscriptions and subscribing to Claude. What stance do you take toward big tech companies after this? Are you staying loyal to ChatGPT ... ... yeah, after today's news it feels even better to support them. Comment from Ghost Kitty(@ghost-kitty-9542146): Comment Deleted Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @roymckenzie  Open source rules! But which projects are good to follow