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Our email list hygiene tool won #1 place on Product Hunt a few days ago

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Re: Our email list hygiene tool won #1 place on Product Hunt a few days ago

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Can you explain what it means when you say you "won" #1 place on Product Hunt? I ask because we went through a launch recently and hit #3. However, we did a lot of stuff to hit that and we certainly didn't feel like we "won" anything. Interested to hear your take.

Re: Our email list hygiene tool won #1 place on Product Hunt a few days ago

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Can you explain what it means when you say you "won" #1 place on Product Hunt? I ask because we went through a launch recently and hit #3. However, we did a lot of stuff to hit that and we certainly didn't feel like we "won" anything. Interested to hear your take.

It doesn't mean anything if you don't know how to ride the wave: 1. Winning #1 makes you more "newsworthy" (guessing, working currently on PR). 2. it’s a milestone for a company and it makes for good social proof. 3. This launch gave our bottom line a boost. 4. Winning #1 place means that on a certain day you had the most votes. 5. We made some good connections with influencers.

In the end, winning means nothing if you don't continue to push with a defined planned to tap on that success. H.

Re: Our email list hygiene tool won #1 place on Product Hunt a few days ago

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Can you explain what it means when you say you "won" #1 place on Product Hunt? I ask because we went through a launch recently and hit #3. However, we did a lot of stuff to hit that and we certainly didn't feel like we "won" anything. Interested to hear your take.

It doesn't mean anything if you don't know how to ride the wave: 1. Winning #1 makes you more "newsworthy" (guessing, working currently on PR). 2. it’s a milestone for a company and it makes for good social proof. 3. This launch gave our bottom line a boost. 4. Winning #1 place means that on a certain day you had the most votes. 5. We made some good connections with influencers. In the end, winning means nothing if y…

Right, but what your essentially saying is that "winning" is something done through luck like winning at a game. What you're talking about is strategic. So I wouldn't say you "won" first place. You put together a solid plan that earned you the top spot. That's all I'm trying to say. I would stop using the phrase that you won first place. It's confusing.