What I learned launching with zero audience

I launched my first product here cold, with no audience and no pre-launch community.

It got real feedback, which I'm grateful for. But once launch day ended, traffic dropped to almost nothing, even though I've kept posting consistently.

My takeaway: solving a problem gets people to try your product, but it doesn't bring them to you. That part is distribution, and I skipped it.

For makers who've launched a second time: what did you do differently before relaunching?