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Wrote a 5000+ word article about everything I learned about launching on Product Hunt

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    This guide is extremely informative, offering valuable insights and in-depth analysis of the Product Hunt launch process.

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    Great tips, Thanks for sharing!

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    Thanks a lot!
    Massive work!

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    Thank you so much Michael. I'm excited to launch my first product on PH.

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      Let me know when you are live! Happy to support :)

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    Very insightful guide.

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    This is wonderfully written! I just wrote up my Product Hunt learnings, not quite as eloquent as yours, my brain thinks in such list form. https://www.indiehackers.com/post/first-product-hunt-launch-1-product-of-the-day-6e5c09946c

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      Thank you @mirayaberke 😊 Congratulations on the first spot!😻 Well deserved. And also great learnings and great execution! You put in the work.

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        Thank you! Phewww such a relief and accomplishment.

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    Wonderful and in-depth guide. Thank you for sharing. We will make sure to follow the instructions mentioned and report back :D

  8. 2

    A very valuable guide. Thanks for sharing.

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    Just read it and I have to say it is a really great guide. You talk about several aspects of the platform and the factors that us users have to take more into consideration. I would 100% recommend it for new users.

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      Thank you so much for your feedback! Glad it is somehow helpful and informative :)

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    Thank you for sharing this.

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    An impressive and very valuable guide, good job! 👍🚀

  12. 2

    You have written a really impressive and very useful guide. I will use it in my next launches.

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    That's extensive! Thank you so much for sharing!

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      Thanks for your feedback! :)

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    We launched the first time almost w/o any preparations and got not so many upvotes. But simultaneously with that we managed to get in Top 3 in "Popular" on the one russian medium-like site. So, we for sure need to relaunch on PH. Thank you so much for this guide!

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    Found this to be one of the most helpful guides I've come across - helped a lot on my PH launch today :) Thanks!

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    This is so great!! Thanks for adding all these useful resources. I've launched many products on PH and this guide will definitely help me get to the top 5!

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      Glad to hear that! Actually I think it's time to update a few parts of the article but the learnings stay the same.

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        I love the list of groups to spread the launch 👌

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    thats an awesome guide

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    Golden, one of the most valuable "launching on Product Hunt" ty

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      Thank you! Glad it is helpful :)

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    Love this! So in-depth, thanks for sharing.

    FYI some of the bullet points look a little odd with centered text. Otherwise a really great post!

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    Thanks for the article. Helped me a lot.

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      Of course! Happy to help. Let me know if you have any questions.

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        I have a question about "Ship" option - is it helpful to get first people into our community?

        Tbh, I'd like to connect with you either on email or LinkedIn to discuss something tet-a-tet.

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    Thank you! This was soo helpful

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      Thanks for your feedback! Glad it helped you :)

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    This is incredibly useful!

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    Thanks Michael. This is awesome!

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      Thanks a lot Cem 😊

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    Thanks for this amazing guide!

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      You are welcome :) Thanks for your feedback!

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    What a brilliant guide. I'm launching on PH next week and this is so useful

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      Thanks a lot! What is the product that you are going to launch?

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        It's called Volu - world's first app that lets you capture 3d volumetric holograms through a smartphones. You can read more about us at volu.ar

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    Thanks Michael! This is definitely something I will keep in mind for my upcoming product launch!

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      You are welcome! :) Good luck with the launch

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    This is by far the most comprehensive and detailed PH guide I have seen, the images are also super helpful. Thank you for sharing.

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      Thank you so much for your great feedback :)

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    Thanks Michael !! Pure gold

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    That was SO helpful thank you for sharing! Also good to see that it is possible to get to the top without knowing everyone in the tech scene.

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    Thanks for this great article! If we should ever meet in Berlin I definitely owe you a beer for this one! Great timing too as I'm about to launch my first product on Wednesday 🚀

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    Great, if only I had written this article before this. :D

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      @albertjr 🙈 there will be always a next launch!

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        Indeed! I guess I just got caught up in the moment. Lesson learned!

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    I'm about to launch a product, this will help me a lot. Thanks

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      @opmarq what are you going to launch?

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    Thanks! I want to launch on PH soon and this came right in time!

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      @jelanisince94 what are you going to launch?

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          I like the website and the 3D models! :) Let me know when you are live on PH.

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              It's a great resource :)

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    This is awesome. I am about to launch my podcast web app soon on ProductHunt and will definitely use it. Thank you so much.

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      I'm glad to bring some value to you 😊

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    @Michael_Sieb, this is awesome. Thanks a lot for sharing. And congrats on crushin' it on PH :)

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      Thanks a lot @aj_alkasmi 🙏 Are you going to launch something on PH?

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        @Michael_Sieb Yup. Aiming for late Feb / early March. Glad I have your post to help prepare! I'll keep you posted how it goes :)

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          Sounds great! Keep me posted :)

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    Absolutely loved it. Thank you for writing this!

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      Thanks for the great feedback! ✌️

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    fantastic presentation, thank you! and wow, that's a lot of work needs doing to get onto PH. Is it worth it?

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      @steveprocter thank you! I would say it does take some time, especially with all the preparation you can do. Surely there are enough examples that have worked well without much preparation time but I'm sure you can increase the chances significantly if you put some time and work into the launch.

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    Hey. Thank you for the guide

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      Thank you very much 🙏What was most helpful or recent for you?

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    Great Resource Michael!

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    Really useful thanks! I just launched on PH a few days ago and the results were really bad. Next launch I'll do I'll definitely take some of this advice on board

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      Glad you liked it! Let me know when you're launching next time :)

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    Brooo! This is sooo great.
    You should write a book about it 💪

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    Awesome! Congratulations on your launch and love your product, Michael!

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      @dominikSo means a lot to me! Hope the article brought some value to you.

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      Appreciate the kind words!✌️

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    This is huuuge Michael! Thank you.

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      Thanks, Csaba! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts as a professional Maker.😻

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    Congrats!
    We also launched for the first time today. It has been exciting. Do you have any recommendations?
    https://www.producthunt.com/posts/slash-ef4d9b89-cee0-4cde-a987-5ceed9041688 
    Thanks!

  45. 1

    This is really interesting! Thanks for sharing.

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    Thank you for this amazing guide very insightful tips

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      You are welcome! Thanks for your feedback :)

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    Super valuable article! I heard last week from a founder that he recommend launching early in the month to increase chances of becoming the product of the month. Mainly because you can keep promoting it even after the launch and collect upvotes.

    Have you made any experiences here? Could not find any other information online.

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      We actually launched almost always by mid or end of the month. But seems like a valuable argument! We didn't promote our launch after the day itself.

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    Kinda dislike when people flex with the word count

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      Thanks for your honest feedback! I did not want to flex with the number, but just make it a bit more attractive and show that I have tried to put a lot of effort to create an added value.😇

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