How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day

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Post by drum » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 9:55 PM UTC

How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day
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Re: How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day

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Post by tmirani » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:27 PM UTC

Nice little write up, looks like this could get huge!

Re: How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day

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Post by hansy » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:28 PM UTC

There's some good advice here, but a majority of users came from HN, right?

So the takeaway is pray your story makes it to HN's front page.

Snarkiness aside, congrats on the launch!

Re: How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day

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Post by nthitz » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:31 PM UTC

hansy wrote: post #3

There's some good advice here, but a majority of users came from HN, right? So the takeaway is pray your story makes it to HN's front page. Snarkiness aside, congrats on the launch!

His second main takeaway:

> If your post doesn’t gain traction on Hacker News initially, delete it and try posting another day. This probably holds true for sites like Reddit as well.

Which makes me a little uneasy..

Re: How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day

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Post by cmbaus » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:32 PM UTC

Interesting idea.

Re: How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day

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Post by drum » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:32 PM UTC

hansy wrote: post #3

There's some good advice here, but a majority of users came from HN, right? So the takeaway is pray your story makes it to HN's front page. Snarkiness aside, congrats on the launch!

i'd say the majority yes. i wish i had better stats on the referrals. i think the facebook groups helped a lot too.

Re: How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day

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Post by james33 » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:32 PM UTC

I think you need a 5th takeaway: write a follow-up blog post about how your HN post got you 1000 users, subsequently getting you another 1000 users that missed the post the day before.

Re: How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day

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Post by drum » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:32 PM UTC

nthitz wrote: post #4

hansy wrote: post #3

There's some good advice here, but a majority of users came from HN, right? So the takeaway is pray your story makes it to HN's front page. Snarkiness aside, congrats on the launch!

His second main takeaway: > If your post doesn’t gain traction on Hacker News initially, delete it and try posting another day. This probably holds true for sites like Reddit as well. Which makes me a little uneasy..

why?

Re: How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day

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Post by tzaman » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:41 PM UTC

james33 wrote: post #7

I think you need a 5th takeaway: write a follow-up blog post about how your HN post got you 1000 users, subsequently getting you another 1000 users that missed the post the day before.

Strike while the iron is hot!

Re: How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day

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Post by wellboy » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:42 PM UTC

james33 wrote: post #7

I think you need a 5th takeaway: write a follow-up blog post about how your HN post got you 1000 users, subsequently getting you another 1000 users that missed the post the day before.

Yup, however his blog post actually had some valuable insights instead of just hollow words.