Ask HN: I prepared an action plan for a “viral” post. Advice?
I have prepared a pitch for a new feature for UberEats, Postmates and other similar food delivery startups. My pitch is ready in draft form on Medium. It includes an interactive mock-up, detailed working mechanisms and the rationale for it.
Major challenge: I need to get exposure to the right audience in SF (product managers in tech, founders, designers, software engineers, marketers, …) because I count on this post to facilitate my transition from energy in Dubai to tech in San Francisco (moving in March). However I only have a very limited amount of followers on Twitter/Medium (less than 50).
My action plan to get traction is as follows:
Inside post: - Tags with Medium’s @ 2-3 people/companies of whom I included quotes/data; - Email subscription at end of post - Invite readers to provide feedback on a twitter # and on Medium
After publishing: - Share on Twitter (with @ to UberEats and PostMates) and on Facebook / Linkedin - Share on Reddit / Quora / StumbleUpon / HackerNews / Slack PM channels - If I have enough traction, I will approach Medium publications / influencers and ask them to share it as well. At the moment I do not have any influencer backing me
I'd be very interested in what you think of this action plan. Assuming the content is fine (i.e. title is catchy, enough pictures, good flow, etc), will this enable me to get sufficient exposure?