@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Going hand in hand with gathering feedback from users, you should find ways to e
#### Invest in graphic design work (even if lightly)
{:.no_toc}
First impressions of your app (even just the logo appearing on Product Hunt or elsewhere) can be the difference between someone taking your app seriously or just scrolling right past. Quality design work can be found in many places, here's a quick list of resources you can try:
First impressions of your app (even just the logo appearing on a blog) can be the difference between someone taking your app seriously or just scrolling right past. Quality design work can be found in many places, here's a quick list of resources you can try:
* <ahref="https://www.upwork.com/">Upwork</a>
* <ahref="https://www.fiverr.com/">Fiverr</a>
@ -116,45 +116,6 @@ First impressions of your app (even just the logo appearing on Product Hunt or e
The community score is calculated directly from public upvotes on Product Hunt. This community serves as a good indicator of how your app will be perceived by early adopters and people who are actively looking for new solutions. Although your best opportunity to get upvotes is from a good launch on Product Hunt, you can continue to get upvotes forever.
### Resources
Maximizing your launch: Since your launch on Product Hunt is such a great opportunity to start your Community Score on the right foot, we recommend following the extensive launch guide Product Hunt has put together. It will help you navigate a the do's and don'ts of launch and provide other helpful marketing tips. It covers:
* How to launch on Product Hunt
* The key things to focus on
* What to avoid doing
* How to prepare in advance
* How to market your product
**Bonus Section**: How to get promoted by the official Product Hunt <ahref="https://twitter.com/producthunt/">Twitter</a> and <ahref="https://www.facebook.com/producthunt">Facebook</a> accounts, and how to make it into the <ahref="https://www.producthunt.com/newsletter">Newsletter</a> which reaches hundreds of thousands of readers every day (even after your launch).
<h4class="uk-card-title">How to Launch on Product Hunt ????</h4>
<pclass="uk-text-meta">There are dozens of different articles and posts, each promising to be the "Ultimate Guide to launching on Product Hunt." While the intentions of the authors are good and most of the recommendations accurate, each article unwittingly contains misinformation that we'll address throughout this post.</p>
#### Easy ways to get more upvotes even after launch
{:.no_toc}
* Use the <ahref="https://blog.producthunt.com/new-feature-add-a-product-hunt-upvote-badge-to-your-website-150fb4840809">upvote widget from Product Hunt</a>
* Get your app listed on popular collections to increase visibility
* Link to your Product Hunt page from your social media accounts or website
* Expand the content on your Product Hunt page to appear in more search results and give people the information they're looking for
"answer":"<p>On the first of every month (or as listed on the calendar):</p> <ul> <li>Registration is closed for that months ranking.</li> <li>Blockstack team sends the complete list of apps to our app reviewer partners. App miners do not need to reach out to Product Hunt, Awario, TryMyUI, or the digital rights reviewer.</li> <li>Blockstack emails app miners are emailed about Product Hunt Hunting process. App miners can choose to hunt their app independently or can request to be featured by the Product Hunt team. <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Over the next two weeks:</p> <ul> <li>TryMyUI Tests are happening. Please don’t perform upgrades that might break the app.</li> <li>Products are launched on Product Hunt. Product Hunt team performs internal review.</li> <li>The digital rights reviewer examines apps based on the degree to which the apps respect and protect users` fundamental digital rights.</li> </ul> <p>On the last day of ranking at 11:59pm ET: App mining results are sent to Blockstack by app reviewer partners.</p> <p>On the 15th (or as listed on the calendar): Blockstack team performs App Mining algorithm as referenced <a href='https://blog.app.co/how-app-minings-ranking-algorithm-works/' target='_blank'>here</a>.</p> <p>On the following weekday:</p> <ul> <li>App miners are emailed login info to access their TryMyUI tests. </li> <li>App founders are sent an audit version of the results. </li> </ul> <p>A week later: </p> <ul> <li>Payouts are completed. </li> <li>Full App Mining results are published. </li> </ul>"
"answer":"<p>On the first of every month (or as listed on the calendar):</p> <ul> <li>Registration is closed for that months ranking.</li> <li>Blockstack team sends the complete list of apps to our app reviewer partners. App miners do not need to reach out to Awario, TryMyUI, or the digital rights reviewer.</li></ul> <p>Over the next two weeks:</p> <ul> <li>TryMyUI Tests are happening. Please don’t perform upgrades that might break the app.</li><li>The digital rights reviewer examines apps based on the degree to which the apps respect and protect users` fundamental digital rights.</li> </ul> <p>On the last day of ranking at 11:59pm ET: App mining results are sent to Blockstack by app reviewer partners.</p> <p>On the 15th (or as listed on the calendar): Blockstack team performs App Mining algorithm as referenced <a href='https://blog.app.co/how-app-minings-ranking-algorithm-works/' target='_blank'>here</a>.</p> <p>On the following weekday:</p> <ul> <li>App miners are emailed login info to access their TryMyUI tests. </li> <li>App founders are sent an audit version of the results. </li> </ul> <p>A week later: </p> <ul> <li>Payouts are completed. </li> <li>Full App Mining results are published. </li> </ul>"
},
{
"question":"Where can I find a calendar of App Mining events?",
@ -47,10 +47,6 @@
"question":"How often can I submit my application for App Mining?",
"answer":"<p>You need only to submit your application once. Each month after your submission, your app is competing in App Mining. </p>"
},
{
"question":"How do I launch my app on Product Hunt as an app reviewer?",
"answer":"<p>Part of the ranking process includes an assessment by the Product Hunt app reviewer via their community vote and their internal team vote. You can find <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/mining_intro.html' target='_blank'>information on the algorithm in this documentation</a>.</p> <p>Your product's launch on Product Hunt has an impact on your final App Mining ranking as stated in the algorithm information. If your app has not been <q>hunted</q> yet on Product Hunt, you have the option to hunt the app independently or to ask Product Hunt to hunt it for you. Make sure you understand the hunting process. Only hunted products can be featured by Product Hunt. More information on successful product hunt launches <a href='https://blog.producthunt.com/how-to-launch-on-product-hunt-7c1843e06399' target='_blank'>can be found on the Product Hunt blog</a>.</p> <p>Blockstack will email each miner about the hunt process at the start of each App Mining review cycle. You should feel free to let us know your preference, hunt yourself or by Product Hunt, before the review cycle.</p>"
},
{
"question":"Does my code repository need to be public?",
"answer":"<p>Your application code can be public or private.</p>"
@ -61,15 +57,11 @@
},
{
"question":"Who are the app reviewers?",
"answer":"<p>App reviewers are currently selected by Blockstack PBC. Reviewers are entities that have a proprietary methodology that helps them make objective judgements for why a certain app might be better than others. We strive to engage a diverse coalition of app reviewers with the goal of making application ranking objective and resilient to abuse.</p> <p>The app reviewers are Product Hunt, TryMyUI, Awario, and the New Internet Labs. See <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>here</a> for more details about each reviewer. Future reviewers could expand to community election. Please see our <a href='https://github.com/blockstack/app-mining' target='_blank'>GitHub repository</a> to raise issues or make suggestions for App Mining.</p>"
"answer":"<p>App reviewers are currently selected by Blockstack PBC. Reviewers are entities that have a proprietary methodology that helps them make objective judgements for why a certain app might be better than others. We strive to engage a diverse coalition of app reviewers with the goal of making application ranking objective and resilient to abuse.</p> <p>The app reviewers are TryMyUI, Awario, and the New Internet Labs. See <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>here</a> for more details about each reviewer. Future reviewers could expand to community election. Please see our <a href='https://github.com/blockstack/app-mining' target='_blank'>GitHub repository</a> to raise issues or make suggestions for App Mining.</p>"
},
{
"question":"How are apps ranked?",
"answer":"<p>App reviewers have a proprietary methodology that helps them make objective judgments for why one app might be better than another. Each app reviewers determines the data, formula, and personnel they wish to utilize. For example, Product Hunt can tap into their community data to determine relative app popularity. Reviewers must publish their methodology periodically to ensure transparency.</p> <p>To learn more see <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>the detailed explanation of our ranking algorithm on our</a> <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>documentation</a>.</p> <p>Apps are ranked by all app reviewers.</p>"
},
{
"question":"Do I have to Hunt my app on Product Hunt?",
"answer":"<p>As part of the ranking process, there is an assessment by App Reviewer Product Hunt via their community vote and their internal team vote. More info on the algorithm, <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/mining_intro.html'>here</a>. The Hunt launch will have an impact on your final ranking, as you can see in the algorithm breakdown. Here is <a href='https://blog.producthunt.com/how-to-launch-on-product-hunt-7c1843e06399'>more info</a> on Product Hunt launch best practices. In general, sharing and responsiveness to questions are encouraged, and it might help your community reception if you choose to hunt the app yourself. If not, Product Hunt can hunt your App as well.</p><p>Apps will be hunted every 6 months, so if you hunted your app in a past month, as long as you are in the 6 month time window, you will not have to Hunt the app. </p>"
"answer":"<p>App reviewers have a proprietary methodology that helps them make objective judgments for why one app might be better than another. Each app reviewers determines the data, formula, and personnel they wish to utilize. Reviewers must publish their methodology periodically to ensure transparency.</p> <p>To learn more see <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>the detailed explanation of our ranking algorithm on our</a> <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>documentation</a>.</p> <p>Apps are ranked by all app reviewers.</p>"
"answer":"<p>On the first of every month (or as listed on the calendar):</p> <ul> <li>Registration is closed for that months ranking.</li> <li>Blockstack team sends the complete list of apps to our app reviewer partners. App miners do not need to reach out to Product Hunt, Awario, TryMyUI, or the digital rights reviewer.</li> <li>Blockstack emails app miners are emailed about Product Hunt Hunting process. App miners can choose to hunt their app independently or can request to be featured by the Product Hunt team. <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Over the next two weeks:</p> <ul> <li>TryMyUI Tests are happening. Please don’t perform upgrades that might break the app.</li> <li>Products are launched on Product Hunt. Product Hunt team performs internal review.</li> <li>The digital rights reviewer examines apps based on the degree to which the apps respect and protect users` fundamental digital rights.</li> </ul> <p>On the last day of ranking at 11:59pm ET: App mining results are sent to Blockstack by app reviewer partners.</p> <p>On the 15th (or as listed on the calendar): Blockstack team performs App Mining algorithm as referenced <a href='https://blog.app.co/how-app-minings-ranking-algorithm-works/' target='_blank'>here</a>.</p> <p>On the following weekday:</p> <ul> <li>App miners are emailed login info to access their TryMyUI tests. </li> <li>App founders are sent an audit version of the results. </li> </ul> <p>A week later: </p> <ul> <li>Payouts are completed. </li> <li>Full App Mining results are published. </li> </ul>"
"answer":"<p>On the first of every month (or as listed on the calendar):</p> <ul> <li>Registration is closed for that months ranking.</li> <li>Blockstack team sends the complete list of apps to our app reviewer partners. App miners do not need to reach out to Awario, TryMyUI, or the digital rights reviewer.</li></ul> <p>Over the next two weeks:</p> <ul> <li>TryMyUI Tests are happening. Please don’t perform upgrades that might break the app.</li><li>The digital rights reviewer examines apps based on the degree to which the apps respect and protect users` fundamental digital rights.</li> </ul> <p>On the last day of ranking at 11:59pm ET: App mining results are sent to Blockstack by app reviewer partners.</p> <p>On the 15th (or as listed on the calendar): Blockstack team performs App Mining algorithm as referenced <a href='https://blog.app.co/how-app-minings-ranking-algorithm-works/' target='_blank'>here</a>.</p> <p>On the following weekday:</p> <ul> <li>App miners are emailed login info to access their TryMyUI tests. </li> <li>App founders are sent an audit version of the results. </li> </ul> <p>A week later: </p> <ul> <li>Payouts are completed. </li> <li>Full App Mining results are published. </li> </ul>"
},
{
"category":"appminers",
@ -311,11 +311,6 @@
"question":"How often can I submit my application for App Mining?",
"answer":"<p>You need only to submit your application once. Each month after your submission, your app is competing in App Mining. </p>"
},
{
"category":"appminers",
"question":"How do I launch my app on Product Hunt as an app reviewer?",
"answer":"<p>Part of the ranking process includes an assessment by the Product Hunt app reviewer via their community vote and their internal team vote. You can find <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/mining_intro.html' target='_blank'>information on the algorithm in this documentation</a>.</p> <p>Your product's launch on Product Hunt has an impact on your final App Mining ranking as stated in the algorithm information. If your app has not been <q>hunted</q> yet on Product Hunt, you have the option to hunt the app independently or to ask Product Hunt to hunt it for you. Make sure you understand the hunting process. Only hunted products can be featured by Product Hunt. More information on successful product hunt launches <a href='https://blog.producthunt.com/how-to-launch-on-product-hunt-7c1843e06399' target='_blank'>can be found on the Product Hunt blog</a>.</p> <p>Blockstack will email each miner about the hunt process at the start of each App Mining review cycle. You should feel free to let us know your preference, hunt yourself or by Product Hunt, before the review cycle.</p>"
},
{
"category":"appminers",
"question":"Does my code repository need to be public?",
@ -329,17 +324,12 @@
{
"category":"appminers",
"question":"Who are the app reviewers?",
"answer":"<p>App reviewers are currently selected by Blockstack PBC. Reviewers are entities that have a proprietary methodology that helps them make objective judgements for why a certain app might be better than others. We strive to engage a diverse coalition of app reviewers with the goal of making application ranking objective and resilient to abuse.</p> <p>The app reviewers are Product Hunt, TryMyUI, Awario, and the New Internet Labs. See <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>here</a> for more details about each reviewer. Future reviewers could expand to community election. Please see our <a href='https://github.com/blockstack/app-mining' target='_blank'>GitHub repository</a> to raise issues or make suggestions for App Mining.</p>"
"answer":"<p>App reviewers are currently selected by Blockstack PBC. Reviewers are entities that have a proprietary methodology that helps them make objective judgements for why a certain app might be better than others. We strive to engage a diverse coalition of app reviewers with the goal of making application ranking objective and resilient to abuse.</p> <p>The app reviewers are TryMyUI, Awario, and the New Internet Labs. See <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>here</a> for more details about each reviewer. Future reviewers could expand to community election. Please see our <a href='https://github.com/blockstack/app-mining' target='_blank'>GitHub repository</a> to raise issues or make suggestions for App Mining.</p>"
},
{
"category":"appminers",
"question":"How are apps ranked?",
"answer":"<p>App reviewers have a proprietary methodology that helps them make objective judgments for why one app might be better than another. Each app reviewers determines the data, formula, and personnel they wish to utilize. For example, Product Hunt can tap into their community data to determine relative app popularity. Reviewers must publish their methodology periodically to ensure transparency.</p> <p>To learn more see <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>the detailed explanation of our ranking algorithm on our</a> <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>documentation</a>.</p> <p>Apps are ranked by all app reviewers.</p>"
},
{
"category":"appminers",
"question":"Do I have to Hunt my app on Product Hunt?",
"answer":"<p>As part of the ranking process, there is an assessment by App Reviewer Product Hunt via their community vote and their internal team vote. More info on the algorithm, <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/mining_intro.html'>here</a>. The Hunt launch will have an impact on your final ranking, as you can see in the algorithm breakdown. Here is <a href='https://blog.producthunt.com/how-to-launch-on-product-hunt-7c1843e06399'>more info</a> on Product Hunt launch best practices. In general, sharing and responsiveness to questions are encouraged, and it might help your community reception if you choose to hunt the app yourself. If not, Product Hunt can hunt your App as well.</p><p>Apps will be hunted every 6 months, so if you hunted your app in a past month, as long as you are in the 6 month time window, you will not have to Hunt the app. </p>"
"answer":"<p>App reviewers have a proprietary methodology that helps them make objective judgments for why one app might be better than another. Each app reviewers determines the data, formula, and personnel they wish to utilize. Reviewers must publish their methodology periodically to ensure transparency.</p> <p>To learn more see <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>the detailed explanation of our ranking algorithm on our</a> <a href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/app-reviewers.html' target='_blank'>documentation</a>.</p> <p>Apps are ranked by all app reviewers.</p>"
@ -10,14 +10,6 @@ Blockstack uses third-party reviewers who interact with, review and provide scor
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## Product Hunt
Product Hunt is the place to find the best new products in tech. They have a massive trove of user data (upvotes, comments, etc.) that they use for ranking. Product Hunt ranks apps based on a “community” score.
Their community score is determined only by the number of **credible** upvotes an app received on Product Hunt, relative to other apps that are registered. For example, if an app got more upvotes than any other app in a cohort, their community score would be 100. If a different app got 60% as many upvotes, they’d get a score of 60. Blockstack converts these scores into *z-scores*.
More info on the Product Hunt launch component and recommendations in the [Application Miner's Guide to Promoting your App]({{ site.baseurl }}/community/app-miners-guide.html).
## TryMyUI
TryMyUI provides 1.5M application testers around the globe, and apps enrolled in app mining are reviewed by 10 users every other month and rated on the following dimensions:
Mary Anthony
5 years ago