Hi! I'm Justin Jackson. My friend Jon Buda and I launched https://transistor.fm/ (podcast hosting and analytics) four years ago on Product Hunt. Since then we've been able to quit our day jobs, acquire thousands of customers, earn millions in revenue, and hire two amazing people. Here's a retrospective: https://transistor.fm/anniversary/ Ask me anything about bootstrapping, product-market fit, why choosing your market is the most crucial decision you'll make, SaaS, building in public, and more! I'll answer the questions on August 4th.
I think it's important to be able to quickly summarise your product to anyone who may be interested such as potential investors and customers. A good challenge for this is to describe it in 5 words as best you can!
Even though I am aware of the importance of the work-life balance, I sometimes find myself working on the weekends as well. Do you do it too or is it just me?
I see it more as complimentary to a number of roles such as marketing etc, and it taking a more prominent roles in industries such as lab work, research, driving.
Everyone says building a community around your product is important. They help you spread the word, support you in your launches on PH and similar platforms, and give you feedback on new features you add to your product . Which are all the great things you would want for your product to happen, right? But how do you actually get started? Tell us in the thread below UPDATED Thanks to everyone for their contributions to this thread . Summarising the discussion. Checklist for Community Building To Start: Identify your target audience Before you start building your community, it's important to understand who you want to target. This will help you tailor your content and messaging to the right people and ensure that you're reaching the right audience. You can look at how I m positioning the value to the community for my SaaS as a reference https://t.me/+UQ7bDtzlyaphNGRl Choose the right platform There are a number of platforms you can use to build your community, including chat platforms, forums, social media groups, and online discussion boards. Choose a platform that aligns with your target audience and offers the features and functionality you need to support your community. To Grow: Create engaging content Once you have your platform in place, focus on creating content that will engage your audience and encourage them to participate in discussions. This could include blog posts, videos, podcasts, or other types of content that provide value to your community members. Foster participation and engagement Encourage participation in your community by asking questions, starting discussions, and responding to comments and feedback from your members. You can also use incentives and rewards to encourage engagement, such as offering exclusive access to new features or discounts on your product. Promote on Public platforms There are various communities out there that might be interested in what you have to say or what you are building. Find what works for you. For SaaS products generally, some of the worthy platforms are: Product Hunt, Hacker News, Indie Hacker, Reddit, Beta list, Beta page, Clrt Alt, Owwly, Micro startups, Startup base, Beta bound, Slant, SaaSHub, SaaSWorthy, StartupStash, AppSumo Creating a Freemium version The audience that you want to reach probably doesn t want anything to do with you. They are not your customers today. You need to convert them into your fans. One of the time-tested models to do that is Freemium. Many of the legendary SaaS companies that we know today leverage this tool to give people a taste of their product and then those people became their ambassadors to grow. Lastly, don t forget to: Monitor and manage your community Regularly monitor your community to ensure that discussions are staying on topic and that members are treating each other with respect. If necessary, take action to remove disruptive members or delete inappropriate content. I hope this thread helped you learn something new.
As we embrace the advancements of the future, it's crucial that we stay ahead of the curve and embrace the new opportunities it brings. What tech trend do you think will shape our world the most?
With technology advancing at an incredible pace, it's no surprise that we're constantly blown away by the latest innovations. What has got your attention recently?
Becoming an entrepreneur is an exciting journey, but it's also one that comes with plenty of challenges and obstacles. If you could go back in time and give advice to your younger self when you first embarked on this journey, what would you say?
Given all the recent changes on Twitter like paid verification, daily restriction on the no. of tweets etc., and given threads is a replica of twitter - do you think it will replace Twitter?
Hi everyone, I've been an active part of this community for a long time (no joke, you can check the streak page ) So why do we love Product Hunt so much? I would like to summarize the reasons that come to my mind, and please share yours as well. Last Thursday, we launched Free Keyword Generator (https://adsby.co/free-keyword-ge...), which is a side project of our new brand Adsby, and it became the product of the day. If I were to summarize what contributions this community had during this launch: - Visitors from 103 different countries came to our site and tested our product.
- They provided excellent suggestions for improving the product. (There were really great suggestions, some of which we will definitely implement)
- They reported small bugs we hadn't noticed, allowing us to fix them promptly.
- We received over 300 comments, and most of these comments were so inspiring that they provided significant motivation for the new product we are developing (Adsby). In short, thanks to this wonderful community, as product developers, we've seen substantial contributions in terms of feedback and motivation on this challenging journey. On behalf of Adsby, I thank everyone who is part of this community and the PH team.
I feel on LinkedIn it's easier to get attention. And on twitter it's "expert mode" only unless your a mega star like Elon musk Side note: I started to organise a gist on "LinkedIn-rate-limits". Check it out if your interested: https://gist.github.com/eonist/6... Drop your insights / opinions bellow. Thanks
