TC has never delivered anywhere close to 80k uniques for any of the projects I have been involved with.
3-4 years ago (first time I had a project covered by TC) it delivered ~3x more traffic compared to what I see nowadays (probably because the volume of daily posts has skyrocketed over those years).
I'm sure controversial topics (Angelgate, etc) still drive traffic, but if HN is creating 10k uniques for top stories then the "HN effect" is greater than what average TC coverage provides.
Plus, I've seen a lot of early adopters and tastemakers have moved to HN for finding things more on the cutting edge.
As much as I hate to say it, planning an effective HN marketing campaign may end up being more useful than trying to pitch the bloggers...
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TC has never delivered anywhere close to 80k uniques for any of the projects I have been involved with.
3-4 years ago (first time I had a project covered by TC) it delivered ~3x more traffic compared to what I see nowadays (probably because the volume of daily posts has skyrocketed over those years).
I'm sure controversial topics (Angelgate, etc) still drive traffic, but if HN is creating 10k uniques for top stories then the "HN effect" is greater than what average TC coverage provides.
Plus, I've seen a lot of early adopters and tastemakers have moved to HN for finding things more on the cutting edge.
As much as I hate to say it, planning an effective HN marketing campaign may end up being more useful than trying to pitch the bloggers...