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@I_am_yunik I agree! Building an email list, improving SEO, answering questions on forums, etc... are all a part of this. 👍

@KevinRaetz Sweet 👍

This insight is so key.

👉 The market you choose is often more important than the product you build.

http://a16z.com/2017/02/18/12-things-about-product-market-fit/

@jamesvandyne ❤️ love it

RT @mijustin: What makes good work exceptional?

Editing.

💰 I've started investing on Republic.

🎙️ First investment: @RadioPublic, the public podcast marketplace.

👉 Details: https://republic.co/radiopublic/i/8pog1a

@peldi @balsamiq someone noticed your shirt during the livestream today. 😁

RT @mijustin: Your 30,000 word book should be 10,000.

Your 60 minute speech should be 30.

Your 166 lines of code could be reduced to 25.

@pjrvs I’ve got a few Google+ invites if you want one! 👌

☝️ @robwalling and @SingleFounder I hit stop on the recording and opened up Overcast and saw your episode 😜

Listening now! So interesting to hear your take:

https://overcast.fm/+L7tghncwk

What seems obvious to experienced programmers is a mystery to a beginner!

So helpful to get live help from folks like @freekmurze 🎉

@jordonbaade @freekmurze @laravelphp Thanks so much Jordon! That was fun. 🙌

Getting live tips from folks like you and Freek is SO helpful.

Trying to get @freekmurze's @Laravelphp app running on my machine (dumb programmer) https://www.pscp.tv/w/blHVizM4NTU1MXwxWXFLRFFkUGxPWUdWBvCWN9reRTZKtNP1Wm75p83KErI3LhQX6m3GfFcyz3s=

@ScottMagdalein Oh sweet! Thank you. Where are you watching?

How are they helpful?

📺 Also live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/megajustin

▶️ And YouTube: https://youtube.com/justinjackson

Bootstrapping a SaaS – how to forecast MRR revenue https://www.pscp.tv/w/blG3KzM4NTU1MXwxT3lLQVFkanpBTktiszWkURnp04UJw6TI3cJS5Nny2inxzpUnf975BQxUMRI=

@omerlh yup!

@_danielmeade @jonbuda Totally.

We're lucky in that regard:
- I'm self-employed
- His employer is cool 😎

Promoting your product doesn't mean you should be like the Kool-Aid Man, busting into every conversation.

But it does mean:
- Sharing your story
- Sharing the lessons you discover
- Sharing your excitement when you launch
- Telling folks about what you're working on right now

@nick_txt 🙌

@derrickreimer Dumb programming question:

What is Elm?

If you're a founder, and your product is good:

- talk about it
- tweet about it
- podcast about it
- blog about it
- livesteam it
- demo it

Remind people, daily, that you exist.

Make it easy for customers to find you!

@freekmurze Dumb question:

If I fork this, how do I get it running locally?

(I've already cloned the repo to my local machine)

@freekmurze What's your blog built with?

👉 Today, @tylertringas sent me a really thoughtful video, where he gave me some solid ideas for improving and growing @TransistorFM.

I ❤️ this community of product people who are so open to helping each other out.

Thank you, Tyler! 🙌

When you see existing momentum, but no real satisfying solution, take note!

You've likely identified a pocket of pent-up demand.

@bradlc @tailwindcss @code Sweet! Is there a way to add this to Atom as well?

Tomorrow's newsletter will include a look at @jurn_w's awesome app, @getScreely.

💪 So many great takeaways:
https://jurn.blog/launching-screely/

👨‍💻 I'm writing more about this in tomorrow's email newsletter.

📰 Get it here: http://justinjackson.ca/newsletter

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1031724304776347649

RT @AlexDevero: Why many products struggle, and only a few succeed by @mijustin https://buff.ly/2MkZ8Ha #startup #saas

@wp2static @studiofellow I'd say @prodpeopleclub is very much this. 👌

@jurn_w just wanted to say I'm a huge fan of Screely.

I use it almost every day.

I've told so many people about it, their response is always the same:
"THIS IS AWESOME."

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1012771620623081472

@m1guelpf @stauffermatt Yeeaaaah dawg!

https://github.com/mijustin

@stauffermatt The site looks great btw!

@stauffermatt Tried logging in with GitHub - got this error.

RT @dominicstpierre: 🎉 That's it, I'm officially an author (I think?), my book is completed, it has been 11 months, it is WAY harder than I…

@shawnblanc Does it shoot video too?

@cliffordoravec @ideasasylum 😭 Dang. OK. I'll need to fix that.

@ideasasylum 🤔 does that really bug you? Should I switch up my setup?

@MattGiovanisci Matt, @zenfounder has really good resources on burnout:

https://zenfounder.com/episodes/episode-73-avoiding-burnout/

https://zenfounder.com/episodes/episode-142-burnout/

RT @tylertringas: We need a new term other "bootstrappers" that articulates the value of the bootstrapper community but doesn't define itse…

@askMeSaaS @jonbuda @TransistorFM Yup! You can sign up here:

https://dashboard.transistor.fm/signup

@adamwathan @steveschoger @stevemarkperry @_r00k_ @ippsec Another +1 here.

I recommend it for live-streaming + podcasting:
https://justinjackson.ca/livestreaming/

RT @tiny_wins: 🍁 Here's 48 ways to improve your tech biz's marketing for the fall.

https://tinymarketingwins.com

Summer sale: use code "summer2…

@jordankdalton @amberdalton @TransistorFM Yes! 🙌 You should.

Sign up and try it for 14 days. 😉

@BigBradBrown Can you send me an email? justin@transistor.fm

I'd love to put something together for you. 👍

@cliffordoravec Increasingly I'm feeling like "word of mouth is everything" for products that want to be sustainable for a long time.

@Una Which one did you get?

@jmcharnes @TransistorFM ❤️ thank you!

🎙️ Podcasters!

👋 My friend @jonbuda and I are building a small company: @TransistorFM.

❤️ We'd love to be the home for all your shows (get unlimited shows for one price).

📈 We provide advanced analytics + global audio CDN for fast downloads.

👉 https://transistor.fm/?via=twitter

☝️ that @peldi quote is timeless btw:

💯 "If your product is remarkable, getting noticed is a lot easier."

This is why the first section of my book (@marketingdevs) is called:

"Build something people want."

(Download the PDF directly here: http://devmarketing.xyz/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2018/08/marketing-for-developers-pdf.pdf)

Lol.

🤓
💫
😄

https://twitter.com/iChris/status/1032345923089821697

RT @earthlingworks: @mijustin Problem is you usually need both at the right level. Enough marketing/leads to get good feedback and iterate…

The best questions you can ask are still:

1. WHO is it for?
2. WHAT is it for?

Put another way:

1. What group of people am I making this for?
2. How will they use it to make their lives better? (And how is it better than what they're already using?)

@kevindfontenot @ScottMagdalein This makes sense, because marketing strategy generally follows the product.

When the product changes/improves the marketing shifts too. 👍

@colindecarlo it's a beauty! 👍

Think of marketing as a delivery car. 🚗

You've got to have a product that's worth delivering. 🍕

If there's no desire for the product, you don't need the delivery car. 😋

@ramykhuffash Yeah, or "producting for marketers" 😁

@knownasilya ATR2100 USB

9/10 it’s not a marketing problem.

It’s a product problem.

@rezzz @pjrvs @jasondoesstuff @TransistorFM I agree. http://Transistor.fm is nice. ☺️

@SamanthaGeitz YES! Even jack-asses like me make the cut!!! 🕺🦄🎉

Can't believe how much better @getRewardful is for SaaS affiliate programs.

Lightyears ahead of anything else I've tried.

https://www.getrewardful.com/?via=twitter

@danhulton @TransistorFM 👍 I like this idea.

btw - what podcast did you hear me on?

@jacobtender Thanks for sharing the @TransistorFM ❤️ Jacob!

@earthlingworks @iChris 😜 lol

🤔 wait, that might be a good deal...

@dpromanko Haha. That was a bad one. The ones I've done in my studio are a lot better. 👍

Me: "I invested $200 in crypto, guess how much I have left?"
@iChris: "Hmmmm."
Me: "$50!" 💸
@iChris: "I hope your wife's not watching right now."
Me: "She's the one who told me to invest in crypto!"

https://clips.twitch.tv/AverageProtectiveRatHeyGuys

@dpromanko @jonbuda Interesting! This one has me thinking, especially because I've been experimenting with livestreaming lately

(https://twitch.tv/megajustin)

@ecammtweets @iChris Chris, let me known if you get that working!

RT @TransistorFM: 🤔 Why do you listen to podcasts?

💬 Let us know!

https://twitter.com/incredimike/status/1031998807368585216

@incredimike @jonbuda thanks! that’s helpful. 👍

@iChris @ecammtweets OMG 😍

Here's what I've made with Ecamm so far:
https://youtu.be/WBTIV9m6PUE

Any plans on improving audio quality?

@tnorthcutt @wesbos (I'm joking)

Just signed up! 🙌

@tnorthcutt Nice. But I don't need it.

I touched @wesbos' shirt at #laracon and magically received all of his knowledge. 😜

@Ileane @quuu_co @TransistorFM You can see the full dashboard here:
https://transistor.fm/features/podcast-analytics/

#qchat

@TransistorFM ☝️ my audio on this one was bad, but the conversation was 💯

☕ Unlimited Coffee Cup as a Service™

Agreed. @JamesCridland does an incredible job. ✉️❤️

https://twitter.com/peterc/status/1031966243564204033

@SabrinaCadini 👍 awesome!

@Ileane @quuu_co @TransistorFM YESSS! 🙌

@quuu_co A7. Nobody has better chemistry than @hotdogsladies and @danbenjamin on Back to Work.

http://5by5.tv/b2w/

#Qchat

@quuu_co A6. To rank high in the Apple Podcasts charts:

✉️ Send a personal email to everyone you know asking them to subscribe, download episodes, and leave a review.

📱 Whenever you share on social, use the Apple pods link.

👉 Choose a subcategory as your primary category.

#qchat

@quuu_co A5. Most important podcast metrics:

📈 Estimated number of subscribers.

📊 Average downloads per episode. (Advertisers especially like these numbers)

🎧 Listener trends. What's their fave episode? Are downloads going up or down?

We offer all of these in @TransistorFM.

@quuu_co A4. Yes!

✉️ Automatically email your podcast to your subscribers: https://transistor.fm/automatic-podcast-email/

⭐ Get more reviews on iTunes: https://transistor.fm/podcast-reviews/

 Whenever possible, use your Apple Podcasts link. It's where most people listen + subscribe.

#Qchat

@quuu_co A3. Here are my gear recommendations:

🎤 ATR2100 USB - dynamic mic, very good sound for the price.

🎧 Sennheiser HD 202 II

💻 For editing Garage Band, Audacity. I actually like Screenflow!

📊 For hosting + analytics I like @TransistorFM (but I'm biased 😁)

#Qchat

@quuu_co A2.

👉 The key is to make your podcast UNIQUE.

🙅‍♀️ Don't look at what's already been done and replicate that. You can't compete with their marketshare / mindshare.

📝 Start with actionable advice for your industry, 15-20 minutes long.

#qchat

@quuu_co A1.

🎙️ Podcasting is the best way I've found to earn trust with an audience.

🎧 More than blogging, video, and social, there's something deeply personal about listening to a host, week after week.

💰 Once you've earned their trust, customers are more likely to buy.

@StephenWilson I ❤️ that one.

@quuu_co Howdy! 🤠

@mattsayward Wasn't it Marco who spearheaded that?

https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/1028451747734409216

@onemorechris AWWW YEAAH! 🕺

Thanks. 😊

@mattsayward I'm listening, Matt! This is great feedback. We're still tweaking our plans at @TransistorFM. Trying to find the right fit.

@Kevin_McArdle Yes. 👍

@samalgorai @TransistorFM Can't remember!

Let's ask @jonbuda. 😄

☝️ Once you've answered those questions, ask yourself:

1. Do you like the intended audience? Do you have a built-in advantage there? Do you know how to reach them? Do they pay for things?
2. Does your tool give them so much value that they'll use it and pay for it?

🗣️ The two most important questions in product dev are:

1. Who is it for?
2. What is it for? (What superpower does it give them?)

🤔 Those are the questions you'll need to ask first.

🔍 They'll give you clues as to whether your idea is worth pursuing.

🤔 I get this question quite a bit:

✉️ "Can you tell me if my idea is good before I spend too much time building it?"

Here's my advice 👉

👩‍💻 Senior Devs, you should consider applying here:

https://twitter.com/Wildbit/status/1031621139934728192

(even if it's just a chance to work with @natalienagele – one of my fave leaders in the SaaS space! 🙌)