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

Our email list hygiene tool won #1 place on Product Hunt a few days ago(producthunt.com)

3 points by haimpkl 9 years ago | 4 comments

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.

haimpkl 9 years ago | |

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.

josh_carterPDX 9 years ago | | |

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.

haimpkl 9 years ago |

Suffice to say, we were amazed, now reverse engineering what we've done right, will report!