Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@philipmorg

philipmorg/mijustin-Amplification-testimonial.md

Last active August 29, 2015 13:56
Show Gist options
  • Star 0 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 0 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save philipmorg/8856994 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save philipmorg/8856994 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Download ZIP
Raw
mijustin-Amplification-testimonial.md

I bought Amplification on January 27, 2014. On February 5, my first submission to Hacker News peaked at #6 on the front page. That 90 minutes of exposure brought 4,973 visitors to my site over the next 24 hours.

I was aghast. I just sat there, refreshing Google Analytics over and over, seeing screens like this for the first time in my life:

I've never seen attention like this for my personal writing. People were commenting on HN, steam was hissing out of the cracks in my hosting account, and adrenaline was coursing through my veins.

My fingers were shaking for the rest of that 90 minutes, and it took HOURS for the adrenaline to subside.

All I did was write some decent content, title it according to the guidelines in Amplification, and follow the simple steps Justin spells out for getting results from your HN submissions.

Thanks, Justin, for teaching me how to get more exposure for my writing! For the rest of my professional life, I'll never forget this:

Philip Morgan

@philip_morgan

philip@philipmorganconsulting.com

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment