Where (& How) to Promote Your Product (With No Followers)

Where to Promote Your Startup:

• #reddit
  • The best time to post on business Reddit is 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM CET, on Mondays and Wednesdays!
  • / How to Market Your Project on Reddit - The Best Subreddits to Promote Your Startup
• Twitter / #x
  • relevant communities, eg.:
    • for #obsidian : x.com
    • for #softwaredevelopment : x.com
    • build in public
    • etc
• #pinterest
  • physical product promo → How to Promote Product on Pinterest for Free
• indiehackers.com
  • indiehackers.com/group/landing-page-feedback
  • indiehackers.com/group/product-launch
• SlideShare
  • turn your launch post into slides, and publish for free
  • x.com
• #startup dictionaries #tool 👇
  • A launch platform for your products | Uneed
  • Tiny Startups - #1 Startup Directory & Newsletter
  • Insanely Cool Tools | The Best Tools On The Internet
  • 1000.tools
  • Product Hunt – The best new products in tech.
    • how to launch on producthunt? 👉 How to get No. 1 on Product Hunt in 2024 – a step-by-step playbook – Dub.co
  • MicroLaunch
  • Fazier – Find your next favourite product, every day.
  • Listd.in
  • Awesome Indie — Trending Micro Startups & Indie Products
• product-specific 👇
  • #dev related:
    • dev-resources: A collaborative list of resources for developers
    • Dev Hunt – The best new Dev Tools every day.
  • provides public API
    • Public APIs — A directory of free and public apis → dictionary of public apis (paid 89$)
  • #ai related
    • / ai collections/galleries -> 56.02. AI - Apps & Other Tools#^f3d9b2
  • built with carrd.co
    • deck of carrd.co sites built with carrd.co (good for #seo, but don't bring very relevant traffic)
  • CustomGPT #ai/chatgpt
    • add to Submit your GPTs here · Issue #1 · jesselau76/gpt-finder · GitHub
    • GPT Wallets - Homepage
  • #obsidian Digital Garden-like
    • Obsidian Garden Gallery
    • /r/Digital Gardens → example showcase post
    • GitHub - MaggieAppleton/digital-gardeners
    • GitHub - lyz-code/best-of-digital-gardens
    • Community Discord → only in #updates channel
  • Open Source Projects #oss
    • OSS Gallery
• one click #tool 🪄
  • Submit Website To Directories with ListingBott → automatic (hands-free) submits to galleries like devhunt, betalist etc
• start with #backlinks-building (organic growth + #seo)
  • eg. spying on competitors' keywords → Watch Your Competitor's Keywords (and Mention Your Product as an Alternative)
  • add mention into related Wikipedia pages → eg. if you have #obsidian plugin, you may find adding link to Obsidian wikipedia etc
  • • find anything relevant here BacklinkHunter - Quality Backlink Opportunities for SEO Success

Other Inspiration

• ! Very extensive list of websites where to submit your new site to boost your #SEO → Launch Submission Links (copy) with documentation on how to succeed there Product Launch Lists - Documentation (copy)
• 350+ Places to post your startup (copy) ^[1]
• How To Launch a Startup on Reddit

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