startup marketing
21 guides tagged startup marketing.
Solo Founder Marketing on a $0 Budget: The 2026 Channel-by-Channel Playbook
A ranked, effort-versus-payoff breakdown of every free marketing channel available to solo founders in 2026, plus a weekly plan that actually fits in your calendar.
Cold Email for Launch Day: How to Get 100 Journalists and Newsletter Writers to Cover You in 2026
A tactical playbook for solo founders on writing cold email that actually earns press and newsletter coverage on launch day, with templates and follow-up cadences.
Micro-Influencer Seeding for Product Launches: How to Get 50 Small Creators Talking About You Before You Have a Marketing Budget
A tactical playbook for solo founders to find, pitch, and seed niche micro-influencers and newsletter writers so early traction feels organic, not paid.
Launch Offer Ideas That Convert: 25 Limited-Time Deals Founders Ran on Launch Day in 2026
A swipe file of 25 launch day offer structures, with real examples of what drove signups and what quietly flopped.
Hacker News Launch Guide 2026: How to Post on Show HN Without Getting Flagged or Ignored
A tactical guide to crafting Show HN posts, timing submissions, and handling comments so your launch reaches the front page instead of the flag queue.
Failed Launches, Real Lessons: 15 Product Hunt Flops and What We'd Fix in 2026
Fifteen anonymized Product Hunt teardowns reveal the real reasons launches flop, plus a diagnostic checklist to audit your own launch before you go live.
Programmatic SEO for Startups: How to Build 100+ Landing Pages That Rank Before You Have Customers
A tactical playbook for using programmatic SEO to capture long-tail search traffic during the pre-launch and early-traction phase, before paid growth makes sense.
How to Launch a B2B Product on LinkedIn in 2026: A Founder-to-Founder Playbook
A practical playbook for founders launching a B2B product on LinkedIn, covering post formats, tagging etiquette, DM outreach, and what actually drives signups.
The Product Hunt Launch Day Playbook: Hour-by-Hour Guide to Winning Product of the Day in 2026
A minute-by-minute breakdown of what top makers actually do on Product Hunt launch day, from the midnight PST post to the final push before votes lock.
How to Build a Launch Announcement Twitter Thread That Actually Gets Retweeted in 2026
A tactical guide to structuring a launch announcement Twitter thread that gets shared, even if you have zero followers and nobody knows your name.
The Bootstrapped Launch Budget: What to Spend (and Skip) When You Have $0 to $500
A dollar-by-dollar guide to spending $0-500 on a product launch, with real numbers on what moves the needle and what's a waste.
How to Launch on Hacker News in 2026: A Show HN Playbook That Won't Get Flagged or Buried
A tactical guide to writing, timing, and defending a Show HN post so it survives the flag queue and actually reaches the front page.
The Anatomy of a High-Converting Launch Landing Page: A Teardown of What Actually Works
A structural teardown of real launch landing pages, showing exactly which headline patterns, social proof placement, and CTA designs turn cold traffic into signups.
How to Launch a Product With Zero Followers: A Distribution Playbook for Founders Starting From Scratch
No email list, no audience, no problem. Here's a concrete playbook for getting your first 100 users using channels that don't require a following.
The 90-Day SEO Content Plan for a Startup That Just Launched
A week-by-week content calendar and keyword strategy for the three months after launch, built to turn your launch-day traffic spike into compounding organic growth.
How to Relaunch a Product That Flopped the First Time: A Founder's Comeback Playbook
A tactical guide to diagnosing why your launch failed, repositioning the product, and executing a second launch that actually works.
The 30-Day Post-Launch Growth Plan: What to Do After Launch Week Ends
Launch week got you traffic. This day-by-day 30-day plan turns that spike into retained users, real content, and a repeatable growth engine.
How to Generate Press Coverage for Your Startup Launch Without a PR Agency in 2026
A tactical playbook for founders who want real journalist and blogger mentions without the agency retainer. Build your media list, craft your pitch, and follow up right.
7 Founder-Written Launch Emails That Drove Real Signups (Annotated and Ranked)
A teardown of 7 real startup launch emails, ranked by what actually worked, with inline commentary to help you write a better launch announcement today.
The Micro-Influencer Outreach Playbook: How Founders Get Newsletter and Podcast Mentions for Free
A repeatable system for identifying and pitching niche newsletter writers and podcast hosts to earn targeted signups at zero cost.
How to Write a Product Hunt Tagline, Description, and First Comment That Win Upvotes
Most Product Hunt launches fail on copy, not product. Here's the exact framework for writing a tagline, description, and first comment that convert browsers into upvoters.