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Re: Gitlab Handbook's HN Page

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Post by mooreds »

john_cogs wrote: post #13

Hey there, I’m a member of the GitLab Community Relations team. My team is responsible for this page. I shared the page today at a DevRel meetup where OP was presenting on Hacker News. I’m grateful he chose to share it with all of you. Thanks, Dan. If there are ways we can improve how we engage with the HN community, myself and our team would love your feedback.

Hi John! I thought it was great content and shows the (typical) thoughtfulness and systems approach of GitLab. Hope others find it interesting.

Re: Gitlab Handbook's HN Page

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Post by floober »

throwthere wrote: post #33
howdydoo wrote: post #3

> We learned that the key to a post reaching the front page was the content itself. Well that's good news, at least

Kind of makes you wonder what they learned was key on other channels.

Presumably there would be a similar page in the Gitlab Handbook if they had findings

Re: Gitlab Handbook's HN Page

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Post by mooreds »

erwincoumans wrote: post #31

Engagement with the Hacker News community. An euphemism for "the next best thing to free ads" :)

So as john_cogs mentioned above, I did a presentation on the best way to engage with HN today. The benefits I listed included:

   * traffic (which is nice, but not super sticky)
   * the comments (which I've found to be insightful and useful in showing both flaws in my arguments as well as additional areas for research/writing)
   * the follow-on traffic, as people share it in newsletters, slacks, facebook groups, twitter, etc, etc
The best way to engage with the HN community? To be part of the community (comment, share interesting things that are not your own, etc) :).

Re: Gitlab Handbook's HN Page

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Post by john_cogs »

floober wrote: post #35
throwthere wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kind of makes you wonder what they learned was key on other channels.

Presumably there would be a similar page in the Gitlab Handbook if they had findings

There is: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/inbound-marketin...
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