startup marketing
21 guides tagged startup marketing.
Where Should You Launch Your Product in 2026? A Decision Framework for Product Hunt, Reddit, Hacker News, and Directories
A practical decision framework for picking Product Hunt, Reddit, Hacker News, or directories based on your product type, audience, and stage.
Building in Public in 2026: The Playbook for Turning Followers Into Day-One Customers
A practical framework for solo founders: what to share while building in public so audience growth turns into launch-day signups, not just likes.
Hacker News Launch Guide 2026: How to Post on Show HN Without Getting Flagged or Ignored
A tactical guide to writing, timing, and defending a Show HN post so it survives the first hour instead of getting flagged, downvoted, or buried.
The Pre-Launch Landing Page Playbook for 2026: Copy, CTA, and Design Choices That Actually Convert Visitors Into Waitlist Signups
A conversion-focused teardown of pre-launch landing page copy, CTA placement, and design choices that turn traffic into waitlist signups.
Product Hunt Launch Guide 2026: How to Get to #1 Without Buying Upvotes
A step-by-step Product Hunt playbook for solo founders: prep timeline, launch-day mechanics, and organic upvote strategies that actually work in 2026.
How to List Your Product Everywhere at Once: The Cross-Posting Playbook for Startup Launches in 2026
A step-by-step guide to syndicating one product listing across Product Hunt, directories, and marketplaces without manually rewriting it 40 times.
The 30-Day Post-Launch Playbook: What to Do After Your Product Hunt Traffic Dies in 2026
A day-by-day post launch playbook for the 30 days after Product Hunt, covering retargeting, content repurposing, and channel sequencing to keep signups coming.
Indie Hackers Launch Calendar 2026: The Best and Worst Days to Launch on Product Hunt, Reddit, and Hacker News
A data-backed 2026 launch calendar showing the best days to launch on Product Hunt, Reddit, and Hacker News, plus the dead weeks every founder should avoid.
Relaunching a Dead Product: The 2026 Playbook for Reviving a Startup Nobody Noticed the First Time
A practical playbook for founders whose launch flopped: how to diagnose what actually failed, reposition without looking desperate, and pull off a second launch that gets noticed.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.