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@JamesCridland Folks who pay the $19.99 per year: can they get a free podcast hosted on Apple? 🤔

@JamesCridland Wait...

Is Apple saying that to submit a *FREE* podcast to Podcast Connect, podcasters have to pay $20/year?

Will those folks get special perks / visibility in Apple Podcasts that "regular RSS submissions" don't?

@gaburieru4649 @ApplePodcasts A lot of my thoughts are here:

https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

tl;dr - open is better than closed 😉

Here's the answer about Luminary (h/t @ashleyrcarman)

https://twitter.com/nwquah/status/1384557928108105733

Does anyone here have access to the new @ApplePodcasts app?

I’m curious: can you still manually add an RSS feed to it?

https://transistor.fm/add-podcast/

@ericmass_ @ApplePodcasts Yup! Most of them still are free.

There will be the option for podcasters to offer premium (paid) podcasts through Apple as well.

@iroughol Yup. Were you able to get past this screen though?

Does anyone know why @hearluminary is being featured under "Paid podcasts" on the new @ApplePodcasts site?

Did Apple acquire them, or are they just a paid podcast partner?

Are they abandoning their app and just doing a rev-share with Apple now? (30% first year, 15% after that?)

Weird. https://podcasters.apple.com/ is apparently the new URL and site for podcast creators.

@saradietschy Definitely a big day for podcasters!

Do you think you'll use the new Premium Podcast Subscriptions?

@alantocheri @ApplePodcasts We've been planning on adding payments to private podcasts for a long time.

It's still something we'd like to do.

https://transistor.fm/paid-private-podcast/

@1923MainStreet @TransistorFM Yeah. Same for me. 🤔

Ok. This is weird.

The original press release linked to a website called Apple Podcasts for Creators: https://podcaster.apple.com/

It was up for awhile, but now appears to be offline?

From Apple's screenshots, it looks like "normal" podcasters will finally be able to edit "hosts and guests," and may be able to view ratings and reviews globally?

It seems you can also identify your show's publishing frequency (weekly, monthly, etc)

There's a total refresh of Apple's Podcast Connect.

Lots of new features: "ability to edit metadata, organize shows into channels, manage multiple users and roles." Looks like new analytics too.

I haven't been able to access it yet. Anyone else have luck?

First, in true Apple fashion, they didn't let me (or @TransistorFM) know any of this was coming.

There was speculation, but no official word from anyone at Apple.

The only thing we knew was yesterday, as reported by @Podnews, submissions went offline.

Wow. Ok. Some pretty big @ApplePodcasts announcements for podcasters at today's #AppleEvent.

I'm still digging through it, but here's a thread with some quick thoughts.

https://twitter.com/TransistorFM/status/1384563856484179970

@ebarbaric 💯

Well would you look at that https://twitter.com/chriscantino/status/1384212556676427779

You two should check out @jbrcpod. 😁

@DCoulbourne @calebporzio loving the Japan episode!

https://overcast.fm/+Q-RcdpAjg

@KeliWestgate 🤣

@rrhoover The only speed networking I enjoy is fast internet.

@nwquah I think there's very little reason to trust any centralized platform.

They are highly incentivized to own distribution (and ultimately, the connection to the audience).

https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

@spencerfry This looks awesome! 🙌

Everything is so clear; really great layout.

(This is inspiring me to make a bunch of changes to the @TransistorFM website. 👀)

@wilbertliu @bannerbearHQ @usefathom @TransistorFM @CssScan @heyhey Nice! That's a cool idea for a demo. I dig it.

@RikkinMajani I agree voting from home is where every democracy needs to go. 👍

@seaofarrows Haha. Sweet!

@janelleallen Nice! Just subscribed. 🙌

(I'm going to like all your videos now 😄)

If was in my 20s now, I'd skip business school.

Instead, I'd try to work for someone like @CorbettBarr.

The folks he's mentored over the years have gone on to do impressive entrepreneurial work: @chasewreeves, @CalebWojcik, @BarrettABrooks, @stephcrowder_.

Some folks are asking me for “lessons learned.”

In your 20s:

1. Question your ideologies, dogmas, and idealisms.

2. Optimize for learning & exploration.

3. Get out of your hometown!

4. Meet interesting people in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and ask them how they got there.

@majomo Nope! Vic-20.

@fideloper We started way too young. I wouldn’t advise most people to do it the way we did it. 😉

RT @annehelen: I wrote about wearing your retainer forever, mom jeans, and other forms of explicit and implicit middle class maintenance:…

@reddy2go Exactly. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1384006705302806532

@BrendanHufford Yeah! This “internet creator” thing is still really young. There are no “old timers,” really.

Even folks who have been doing it the longest (@kevin2kelly, @SethGodinBlog) are still just in their 60s!

It’s also wild for me to see all these new, young indie makers, creators, bootstrappers who are in their teens and 20s.

(I didn’t know this whole world existed until I turned 28)

It’s inspiring to see all these younger folks getting started so early.

@justinvincent Thanks!

(@ljin18, this would be a fascinating piece for the creator economy: how should creators think about getting old, retirement, our 60s, 70s, 80s?

What examples should we be looking to? Older artists, actors, entrepreneurs?)

I think about this all the time!

One challenge for bootstrappers:

Other professions have old-timers who can show us what it’s like to mature, retire, etc.

But, I don’t know too many “internet business people” in their 60s, 70s, 80s. https://twitter.com/geetfun/status/1383992213089095685

@KIRNEILL 5. In your 20s-30s, optimize for learning, growing, networking.

6. In your 30s-40s, optimize for earning (but keep learning!)

@KIRNEILL 1. Get out of your bubble (move away from your hometown for a bit!)

2. Question your ideology and idealisms

3. Travel to other places, meet interesting people, work with interesting work people

4. Maybe don’t have kids so young. 🤣

@geetfun That’s exactly what I’ve been running about! 😄

Other professions have old-timers who can tell us what it’s like, but I don’t know too many “internet business people” in their 60s, 70s, 80s.

@amorriscode Haha. Thanks!

One thing that really woke me up was my daughter going to college this year. 🤯

Like, how did that happen?

I never used to understand it when older parents would tell me “enjoy it, it goes by fast.”

Now I get it.

(Honestly, I must be thinking about all of this because I turned 40 in June and I’m having a midlife crisis. 😆)

And what about after?

What do people do in their 50s? (2030-2040). Will my wife and I have an empty nest? What will we do with all that time and space? I assume I’ll still be working? 🤔

What about 2040-2050? Is there anyone in their 60s still running an internet business? 😅

@Ruari_wf Honestly, I think this is all because I turned 40 in June and I’m having a midlife crisis. 😆

@typeoneerror Lol. I was fully bought into the SoCal pop punk look.

2010-2020: remote work, blogging, podcasting, FT consulting, @megamaker, digital products, met @jonbuda, speaking, FT indie maker, launched @TransistorFM, turned 40

2020-2030: 🙏 margin, freedom, calm. All 4 kids will go to college? Grow the business? Sell? Invest? Diversify?

Crazy to think about my life in decades:

1980-1990: birth, childhood, first PC

1990-2000: BBSes, early internet, middle school, high school, first business, college, second business

2000-2010: university, third business, marriage, children, full-time job (needed stability)

@KennethCassel @damengchen 😁🤞

It’s weird to think about internet people’s “age.”

For example, the people I looked up to when I got into bootstrapping and SaaS (in 2008) will always feel “older” than me.

The folks who got started at the same time as me will always feel like they’re my same age.

@benbarbersmith @VicVijayakumar @panphora @jones_spencera Just a reminder for anyone who starts an indie / bootstrapper podcast:

Ping me and I’ll add you to https://transistor.fm/podcasts-for-bootstrappers/

@KennethCassel @damengchen Do it! 👏👏👏

@DBredvick Lol. This is great.

I need to add this as a link to https://transistor.fm/podcasts-for-bootstrappers/

@DruRly Yes! And “doing it better” can be:

1. Better brand
2. Better distribution
3. Better product quality
4. Better customer experience

@GoldsteinMatt_ @tylertringas @arvidkahl I think custom-coded apps will become more valuable.

The second part was less of a take and more questioning/curiosity.

@tylertringas @arvidkahl If anything, this could make the “Ruby on Rails” startups more valuable.

Increased supply and competition in no-code communities, newsletters, online courses, etc might drive down prices and make customer acquisition more difficult. 🤔

@hnshah I believe it’s different for successful bootstrapped companies.

When you don’t have money to burn, you need to be able to identify what customers want early.

https://justinjackson.ca/jump

@BorisTane @TransistorFM We’ve just started using @userlist to send automated customer emails.

Working well so far. 👍

https://www.userlist.com/?via=justin

@BorisTane For SaaS, a lead is often treated as a “trial.”

For @TransistorFM, we offer a 14-day free trial (CC upfront).

We send a few automated emails when they start their trial. (“What brought you here today?”)

Then, we track:
- number of monthly trials
- trial to paid conversion %

@dr @GlowDotFM Transistor already has a killer private podcasting system.

https://transistor.fm/paid-private-podcast/

(Built-in payments are coming soon)

@JoshTristram @Shpigford Not public yet.

@brianclark @JerodMorris enjoyed your chat with @CorbettBarr!

https://overcast.fm/+qc-lmmCHI

@iroughol Wait. You can’t just call someone up and ask if they want to go for coffee/drinks?

@Human5000 @mxpx Totally.

@thatbberg 🎯 exactly this

@AkilahObviously Yup. He’s an irredeemable snake. 🐍

@mxpx @mikeherreraTD unbelievable show tonight. You killed it. 🔥

(and: Can’t Keep Waiting is a killer track 👍)

@dvassallo I really feel more 50/50 on this one. (Maybe 40/60?)

@dvassallo Hmm. Doesn’t seem to fit me.

I have elements of both.

@troypavlek @TransistorFM Not noticing any downtime here.

Can you try and do a hard refresh in your browser?

@jayclouse You deserve ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@leenyburger congrats on hitting $500+ MRR! You’re doing awesome! 🙌

https://softwaresocial.dev/episodes/good-problems

@yongfook @meet__chopra @levelsio I started working in tech in 2008.

It wasn’t until 2020 that I felt like I had a business with margin.

Bit by bit, pushing the rock up the hill.

https://justinjackson.ca/2020-review

@exojason 👋

@wking__ @tailwindui Yup.

And the real advantage will go to folks who do the extra work to customize it, make it their own. 👍

@dr @NathanClark_ @tolta_co @BarrettABrooks https://twitter.com/transistorfm/status/1382735795010760704

@yongfook yes 😅

@yongfook Growth was slow for us in the first half of April, but appears to be picking up now.

I definitely struggle when I get those ProfitWell emails: “YOU’RE BEHIND YOUR GOAL” 😨

@dohertyjf 🎯

@SamuelHulick @earthlingworks @tylertringas @Shpigford Yup. Some folks are doing that.

https://twitter.com/jonbstrong/status/1377285370736480260

@sh @shellen Omg. https://www.vacation.inc/?referredBy=jackson16086

@floraworley omg. definitely Macromedia Fireworks.

I miss it all the time.

Adobe hasn't really given it the love it deserves since they acquired it.

(I use Sketch now, but it's missing a bunch of features that Fireworks had)

If you're like @r00k, and want a link to Overcast, here it is:

https://overcast.fm/+qgXJVwkwY

@tylertringas @Shpigford Lol. @DescriptApp didn't have an AI voice for "distinguished southern gentleman."

@SamuelHulick @earthlingworks @tylertringas @Shpigford I asked Tyler to turn on his computer, plug in his mic, and record his audio on QuickTime.

So we both were interacting on Twitter Spaces with ear buds and our phones, but also recording on our mics at the same time.

(We tried to get Josh's audio too, but that didn't work)

@earthlingworks @tylertringas @Shpigford Yeah, it honestly drives me nuts that there's no artifact from some of these conversations.

I often refer back to past panel chats / podcast interviews. Not having a record of the conversation sucks!

@mattwensing @Shpigford @tylertringas I've just published the whole chat here:

https://saasclub.transistor.fm/episodes/is-crowdfunding-good-for-investors

All right, I've just published my chat with @tylertringas + @Shpigford here:

https://saasclub.transistor.fm/episodes/is-crowdfunding-good-for-investors

@brhea Congrats!!! 🎉

(Just heard about this on @SlowSteadyPod)

@lexrodba @bryce @sacca I'm not so sure about that.

Jason Fried and DHH famously had Bezos buy some of their equity in Basecamp early on. They were able to take millions off the table (personally) and just focus on growing the company (without anxiety, because they had $ in their personal bank accnts).

@bryce @sacca Is there a market for "secondaries" for bootstrapped companies?

(Founders selling some of their stock for liquidity [taking money off the table])

@lesley_pizza Nice! I love a good hammock. Need to find mine in the garage.

@Shpigford @JackEllis @tylertringas Turns out, most Americans (and the world?) says DEE-cal.

But for some reasons Canadians say "DECK-al" 🤷‍♂️

@JackEllis @tylertringas @Shpigford I was going to get Tyler and Josh to say "decal", but didn't have time.

@Sokoloidis @tylertringas @calebwright Yup.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1382415262117285888

@calebwright @tylertringas Yes. There's a big correlation. Big audience leads to lots of people doing it "all at once" and tweeting about it, talking about it in Slack, etc.

The bandwagon effect is strong here.

Going live right now with @tylertringas debating crowdfunding: who is it good for?

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1yNxaWXXLgdGj