I am trying to decide whether I should launch everywhere(IH, PH & Reddit) at the same day or do them on separate days.
What are the pros and cons of each?
Just Posting on all these platforms within 30 minutes is one thing,
having a successful launch on even one of them is a different game altogether.
You can post everywhere once and get less than 20 signups, or you can do it right on just one of them and get 400 signups.
I recommend before you launch on either of these, answer this -
Have you build a list of people who are on the platform you are posting & whom you will reach out to after posting on the said platform?
Rocket Launches needs boosters, bigger the booster , higher the rocket goes..
Without Enough support from Community members, Your launch will be like a failed rocket who bursts midway.. You Don't want that right ?
Here is what I would do -
Start with building relationships with people / community members from all these awesome platforms.
Create a list of your friends / supporters who are members of these platforms.
See if you product users are members there too and if yes add them into your list. Ask them beforehand and find out how much support you have....It's a difficult task and getting it right will be the key.. Every UpVote counts
Tons of new accounts upvoting for a product isn't a good sign, so avoid shooting an email blast or asking your family / friends to signup & upvote.
Launch one by one on each of them, start with the smaller one first and see how it goes, see if everything is good or something fails..
I have seen countless times where the founders were not prepared well and product hunt breaks their site / servers.
if something fails, you know how to do it right on the next and hopefully bigger one.
Upon Launch, it will go in "new" status and there isn't much activity there, so You will have to reach out to each of your members in the prepared list and ask them to Review /upvote / comment.
It takes well above 350-400 upvotes for a product to get featured on PH , similar for Reddit too, however you will start to see organic Upvotes and interest at 80-100 upvote mark.. Getting those initial 80-100 upvotes is the key..
I can go on, but you see launching on even one platform is a big deal and takes lot of time plus efforts to get it right....
Start with one, learn from that and move on to the next..
My 1st post, English isn't my native language (I speak Growth) so excuse grammar errors please :)
Holy shit this is a gold mine!! Thank you for the actionable and wise advise.
Hey, Tekeste! I like starting with the smaller traffic places and going one at a time so I can respond to feedback and improve it as I go so it's good by the time a lot of people see it.
Smart idea, especially since I will have a payment section, we wouldn't want it to fail for everybody! I will keep that in mind.
Good one, I'm interested in this, too: big bang or ??