Ask HN: What happens after your site is ready for launch? How to get traffic?
Honestly you kinda did things backwards from just this little description. Usually you want to gain people&#x27;s interest and feedback before you build and launch anything. This way you already have cultivated a list of people to help you spread the word. But you can still succeed.<p>You have already mentioned many common ways and there is no magic one. Traffic takes time to build and while there are formulas to developing and retaining traffic it doesn&#x27;t happen overnight. The crazy stories of a startup getting 10k or 100k visitors in two months from launch are usually skipping a ton of details and somewhat hiding reality.<p>Blogging and guest blogging are two things you didn&#x27;t mention too. Also my 2 cents Adwords PPC is not a good way to start traffic unless you have a highly targetable audience and you know who needs and wants your product already. Facebook ads are cheaper to experiment but IME do best with consumer type products.<p>Reach out to people that would be clients and offer them a free trial for feedback. Then also incorporate referrals into your solution, they are usually your best source for growth early on.