Jimmy Lowery Jr

Big thanks from the Simplora team + launch day wins, tips, and tricks 🚀

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I wanted to take a moment to personally thank you all for the love and support on our launch!

It's truly a special moment when other resonate with the problem you're solving and the way you're solving it.

With that said, our Product Hunt launch was a HUGE success and I want to share some wins, tips, and tricks 🔥

We had 3 goals going into the launch:

  1. Drive at least 25 signups

  2. Place in the top 10 on Product Hunt

  3. Get featured in at least 1 media outlet

The actual results are better than we could have imagined:

  • Ranked #1 in Meetings & Online Learning

  • Ranked #3 in AI & #5 product of the day!

  • 635+ site visitors & 50+ new users (~7.9% CR)

  • New users from across 10+ countries

  • 3 enterprise demos already booked

  • Over 4,500+ social impressions

  • Featured in over 10 media outlets

If you’re planning your own launch, there are plenty of guides out there, but here’s my quick take:

  1. Start planning at least a month in advance to fine-tune your strategy and start engagement

  2. Get active in different communities and forums like Product Hunt (be authentic)

  3. Find someone who is willing to be a Hunter to help increase visibility (shoutout @dbul)

  4. Design a few impactful slides that highlight your differentiators (start tweaking those asap)

  5. Create a catchy tagline, description, and pinned comment (tagline is crucial so start refining that now)

  6. Rally direct support by contacting everyone you can at least 2 weeks in advance (users, founders, etc)

  7. Amplify your launch throughout your network and on socials for the full 24 hours!

Here are a few insights that I didn't realize till the day of launch or shortly afterwards:

  • PH will remove some upvotes/comments from brand new accounts, so have your supporters create accounts ahead of time

  • Finishing top 5 for the day actually got us a lot of unexpected media coverage that otherwise wouldn't have happened, so definitely worth aiming for top 5

  • If you're looking for other insights, I highly recommend reading anything that @dbul shares!

Thank you again to everyone who has supported us throughout this journey so far 🙏


Now it's time to get back to work :)

With gratitude,

- Jimmy

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Dan Bulteel

Proud to play a small part in your journey sir! Such a cool product and mission, can’t wait to see it blow up more.

Jimmy Lowery Jr

@dbul Thank you Dan - excited for what’s to come!

Boris Gostroverhov

Wow! Congrats guys! You're doing great, keep it up. I believe your success is just around the corner 🚀

Jimmy Lowery Jr

@gostroverhov Thank you Boris - that means a lot coming from someone who helps others find real-world problems to solve! I will be rooting for your continued success as well 🙌

Sanskar Yadav

Huge congrats to the team on the launch!
Appreciate you being transparent about what worked and what caught you by surprise. Real advice from founders is what makes this community strong!

Jimmy Lowery Jr

@sanskarix Thank you Sanskar! Grateful to give back however we can 💪