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Dev & design apprenticeships to the rescue! 🔧
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Feature Request: Add website to Product Hunt #74

Closed FrancesCoronel closed 5 years ago

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Need more apprenticeships added; more visibility would be great

Describe the solution you'd like

First, we need to add images and update our contributing guidelines

Ideally too, we can add a banner welcoming new PH viewers but not really necessary

Only then should we get apprenticeships.me added to PH

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/new

Describe alternatives you've considered

Are there other places we can share to?

Additional context

Would love additional insight on this idea from @benjaminmodayil

benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

I think getting this site on Product Hunt is a great idea! Let me work on some notes tonight on my thoughts about this. I'll send another reply here with any other ideas before PH.

What were you thinking in relation to a banner? I'll help with accumulating thumbnails (is this what you meant by images?).

As to other places for sharing, I'll try to think of more places. I feel like we could target some specific tech related reddits + forums and point them to the PH post. This could help gain traction towards it. Another idea would be posting the PH link on Twitter, but in a threaded reply we could tag specific apprenticeships on the site in hopes they might retweet.

I'll add more here in the morning once I've gone through everything. I just recently started a new job so I'm a little scattered at the moment. 😆

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

You've already provided some great insight - thanks @benjaminmodayil! 👍

Congrats on the new job 🎉

Images

So yes images would be nice to have for the apprenticeships to have a little more going on. I think just a logomark is good for now, I know we discussed office spaces before but having a logo image makes more sense. Ideally, we have something like this for every apprenticeship before sharing on PH:

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Banner

For the banner on the website, it would just be something like "Hey! Welcome to apprenticeships.me Product Hunters - feel free to contribute an apprenticeship here" and then that would link to a new apprenticeship issue on GitHub.

We could also create a config that would take a form from the website and just create an issue on GitHub so it's more accessible to those outside of tech but that's not a blocker.

Sharing Channels

In addition to sharing this on PH, we also want to think about what our strategy will be in sharing this on other channels. Here's where I'm thinking of posting the website/PH link once it's published on Product Hunt

benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

So in terms of images for each post, it probably would be good to favor the office photo versus the logo mark since the title for the company is already below where the thumbnail will probably be and most logo marks tend to include the company title... but logo marks are easier to come by than office photos, so let's go with the logo-marks.

An idea would be to add another front-matter variable for an office photo. If a user hovers over a card, we could swap out the logo mark for an office photo.

I've seen people create banners for Product Hunt visitors before. Is there some sort of template that people tend to use? Or should we just create it from scratch?

+100 on the form. I can take a look at how that might work. The only thing is that people submitting via the form might not get contributor status at the bottom of the page unless they sign into Github itself and submit an issue there.

I'll take a look at the different Slacks/Discords that I can share. I'll share on my social media as well.

It would be good to get through the remaining issues for the repository before submitting to PH. I might try tackling quite a few of these tomorrow morning. I've been looking for a reason to Twitch stream code once again.

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

Agreed we should go through remaining issues and tackle those first before anything else.

+1 on logo photos

I can look into banner templates for PH.

For the form submission, I think it's okay if they don't get recognition since they're just submitting a form at the end of the day 😂

Let's target an April 15th release/all-out visibility squad announcement 📢

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil FYI I sent u an invite on PH for the upcoming site

https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/apprenticeships-me

Product Hunt
Apprenticeships.me | Product Hunt | Product Hunt
A directory of apprenticeship opportunities in tech.
benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

@fvcproductions

Got it! Working on the form as we speak.

Did you happen to look into PH banners?

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil No it didn't seem to make sense - the only CTA we have the website is really contributing to our directory and clicking on apprenticeship opportunities. 🤔

benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

Also apologies for any emails related to created issues... I'm experimenting with what permissions are actually required by the github API for POST requests.

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil Oh that makes sense - no worries! Carry on 👍

benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QWs32o73UrBLH175QBDtmGRQjwLq-nJB

@fvcproductions Not sure if you'd like to use these, but thought these might be nice to share through social media instead of just a link.

The template file is included if you wanted to edit them.

social-share - Google Drive
FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

Heads up on this: https://github.com/fvcproductions/apprenticeships.me/pull/96#issuecomment-483789729

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

I love the images - agree it would be better to use those! Also, I noticed some products have GIFs now but idk what ours would look like so I think just a static image is fine.

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

Launch on PH Strategy

Product Hunt
Apprenticeships.me | Product Hunt | Product Hunt
A directory of apprenticeship opportunities in tech.
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benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

Just checking on how we share. Are we sharing now with the upcoming link for Product Hunt, when it launches, or both?

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil I was thinking we just share after it's launched on PH

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil Looks like I got too busy this morning so I'm going to push the launch date to tomorrow morning - May 1st 👍

But basically the plan is:

1) @fvcproductions will post on PH on Wed May 1st at 9 AM Pacific Time or 12 PM Eastern Time: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/new

2) @fvcproductions shares on relevant channels and ask for upvotes and shares

Use Google Drive assets: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QWs32o73UrBLH175QBDtmGRQjwLq-nJB

3) @benjaminmodayil shares on relevant channels and ask for upvotes and shares

Use Google Drive Assets: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QWs32o73UrBLH175QBDtmGRQjwLq-nJB

4) Post Launch, let's share all the links in this issue and we can both reshare, retweet, upvote, like, etc. each other's links before closing it

5) Celebrate 🎉

benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

Looks good! Might be a last minute thing but if it doesn’t get merged I don’t think it would bad, I’ll be posting a small PR for a loading state for the form tonight. It has a slight awkward lag.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:39 PM Frances Coronel notifications@github.com wrote:

@benjaminmodayil https://github.com/benjaminmodayil Looks like I got too busy this morning so I'm going to push the launch date to tomorrow morning - May 1st 👍

But basically the plan is:

1.

Post on PH on Wed May 1st at 9 AM Pacific Time or 12 PM Eastern Time 2.

@fvcproductions https://github.com/fvcproductions shares on relevant channels and ask for upvotes and shares

— You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/fvcproductions/apprenticeships.me/issues/74#issuecomment-488045797, or mute the thread https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AC54TIVKSCA4LMPVXEKJE7TPTB75ZANCNFSM4HCE4ZIQ .

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

Current in the process of adding my intro as a maker - I believe you might be prompted to do this as well @benjaminmodayil

benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

@fvcproductions I'll be on the lookout. I haven't seen anything yet.

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil It's time to share!!

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/apprenticeships-me

Product Hunt
Apprenticeships.me - Find a new career learning from the industry itself | Product Hunt
A directory of apprenticeships in the tech industry.
FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil Just sent u an invite via LinkedIn FYI since it was private

benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

@fvcproductions I got it! Woohoo!

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil looks like it got scheduled to launch tomorrow which is weird - so i changed it to launch today

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil not sure why but cant edit it so don't share!!

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/apprenticeships-me

Product Hunt
Apprenticeships.me - Find a new career learning from the industry itself | Product Hunt
A directory of apprenticeships in the tech industry.
FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

or if u did, it looks like people cant upvote; i will contact support tho

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil in the meantime, this looks like a good resource: https://blog.producthunt.com/how-to-launch-on-product-hunt-7c1843e06399

Product Hunt
How to Launch on Product Hunt 🚀
There are dozens of different articles and posts, each promising to be the “Ultimate Guide to launching on Product Hunt.” While the…
benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

Sorry for not being responsive. I was having issues at work. For me, the launch still seems to be tomorrow. I tried upvoting but it just went back down. Should we still share?

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil it just automatically set launch date to tomorrow even though i scheduled it for today. maybe u can try editing it from dashboard?

Screen Shot 2019-05-01 at 11 19 11 AM
FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

when i tried editing to launch now, it didn't update at all 🤷🏽‍♀️

worst case scenario, we can just share tomorrow

benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

I think that might be safest bet at the moment 😆 I can't find where to change the date...

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

😂lol thats dumb it set it to tomorrow without telling me why though; even why i do try to make it launch today, it's like nope and makes it tomorrow

but i think it's okay - we'll stick with original launch plan tomorrow and in the meantime, i will add PH badge to website

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

Template

Slack Workspaces

Hey folks :wave::skin-tone-4:

I launched my first product on Product Hunt and love it if you could take a look and provide any feedback! :product-hunt:

Apprenticeships.me is a directory of apprenticeship opportunities in the tech industry. These apprenticeship programs offer folks who have the hunger and drive but don't have traditional backgrounds with the pedigree the opportunity to not just break into the tech industry but flourish. :seedling:

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/apprenticeships-me

Social Media

Hey folks 👋🏽

I launched my first product on Product Hunt and love it if you could take a look and provide any feedback! 🚀

Apprenticeships.me is a directory of apprenticeship opportunities in the tech industry. These apprenticeship programs offer folks who have the hunger and drive but don't have traditional backgrounds with the pedigree the opportunity to not just break into the tech industry but flourish. 🌱 

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/apprenticeships-me
Product Hunt
Apprenticeships.me - Find a new career learning from the industry itself | Product Hunt
A directory of apprenticeships in the tech industry.
benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

Well, it seems we're live! Haha, I thought it was going to be live at 12pm.

FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil yep seems that way! going to start sharing now 😂

benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

Links so far:

Sadly, the reddit group I'm in does not like promotion/advertisements.

Benjamin Modayil on LinkedIn: "Hi friends! Awhile ago, I teamed up with Frances Coronel to create an open-source website for those with non-traditional backgrounds to break in the tech industry. The link is https://lnkd.in/dicpMEs I’m so excited, because we just officially launched 🎉 If you think it's a rad resource I would appreciate it if you can upvote it on Product Hunt so we can get pushed further up the front page: https://lnkd.in/dD3nrvZ And if you know of any apprenticeship programs not found on our site, feel free to contribute via a Github issue/PR or the form at the bottom of the site. Thanks! #launched #techindustry #producthunt "
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FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago
FrancesCoronel commented 5 years ago

@benjaminmodayil try https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/

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benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

@fvcproductions I tried posting on there, but whenever I would try creating one it would force a weird modal on me to sign in when I was already signed in.

benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

@fvcproductions We should try to figure out a way to grab stats and feedback related to the launch today whether counting likes + shares or etc. Possibly having a mini-retrospective of sorts either on an issue thread or otherwise.

benjaminmodayil commented 5 years ago

Some algolia stats for last week: https://i.imgur.com/tWrLfzc.png

This is the usual: https://i.imgur.com/nncVRg2.png