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I'm not sure how people have found it (because I just put it up in my store), but I already have 2 sales for "Improve your SEO this year!" 🙌

(A @tiny_wins à la carte course!)

https://justinjackson.podia.com/improve-your-seo

@Shpigford @Baremetrics oh hot damn! 🔥

“What good will that do?”

is actually a great question.

“What *good* will *this action* create?”

@robjama @tim_cook Awesome!

"Not everyone can win."

Build your landing page first!

"But where am I going to get traffic?"

If you can't figure out how to get traffic to a simple landing page *now*, how are you going to do it in the future once your app is built?

Love this section of @nickd's pre-order form!

https://draft.nu/value/

@zodman Nope! New project.

@studiofellow thanks!

I'm planning on building a SaaS in 2018. Partnering with a friend in 🇺🇸.

More info:
https://justinjackson.ca/now/

What are some examples of password-less sign-up approaches? #ui

Life hack #1: create an "Encouragement" folder in Gmail. Put anything positive in it (thank you notes, encouraging word). Review it on days when you're feeling down.

Life hack #2: write someone an encouraging note right now.

Nice! @hnshah just released an 8-week course on "Building winning products." This looks awesome.

http://app.producthabits.com/buildwinningproducts

RT @pippinsplugins: I was interviewed on @IndieHackers and talked about growing the company from $0 to $191k / month https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/sandhills-development-llc-119ace6f42

RT @JordanGal: Brilliant example of using and adapting sales copy 👏👏 - http://getcoleman.com/

Humanity has a distribution problem.

https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/955230331766034432

Perfectly sums up why I don’t watch sports. 👌

https://twitter.com/bydanielvictor/status/955278245146058752

Thanks @brianball! 🤘

@lovevalgeisler Definitely counts! Thanks.

I agree with @avclark:

"The tech hiring process is completely broken (and demoralizing)."

http://avclark.com/2017-year-in-review/

Rode Black Pine at #silverstar in #vernonbc this morning.

@jessems Yup!

@marketingdevs and @prodpeopleclub 😄

@brandonb927 I’m not basing this prediction on this GitHub ranking.

It’s based on things I’ve heard from service providers: Laravel is growing fast. They’re not seeing any growth with other frameworks or languages (besides JavaScript).

I’m not saying Rails is going away, just that Laravel is growing faster than anything else.

@matixmatix I’m not basing this prediction on this GitHub ranking.

It’s based on things I’ve heard from service providers: Laravel is growing fast.

Prediction: Laravel overtakes Rails as the framework of choice for SaaS: https://twitter.com/taylorotwell/status/954732361580720128

I've seen so many "online communities" come and go (private Slacks/Forums/Groups).

Really proud of what we've built at @prodpeopleclub. Folks regularly say it's the most active + positive group they're apart of.

Going strong since 2013! 🙌

@mds @studiofellow LOVE IT

Just stay focused on:

- Who is this for?
- What are they struggling with?
- No really is that a real obstacle in their lives?
- Will they pay to remove that obstacle?
- How can I help them overcome that obstacle?

Yes. It's scary to build in public, but the worst thing that could happen is you could fail in public. 😉

“They’re not design trends. They’re design patterns.” — @studiofellow https://medium.com/critique-design/theyre-not-design-trends-they-re-design-patterns-566aefea4a9#---0-108

RT @tnorthcutt: @mijustin This is HUGE. We've been nomadic for 2 yrs but are settling in 2018, and I'm really looking forward to having mor…

@LashaKrikheli Yes! @podiadotcom is where I’m moving everything.

Omg I forgot about these transforming fast food toys

RT @walfieee: escape room concept:
- you are a software engineeer
- there is a production issue related to a legacy codebase
- no one knows…

RT @TigNotaro: I wish men would put as much confidence in women as they do in bitcoin

My friend @studiofellow launched his own design school today. It looks amazing!

On @ProductHunt here:
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/proximity-school-of-design

@iChris Thanks Chris.

RT @adii: @mijustin "Owning your own business can make your life better. But it’s more of a sideshow. It’s not the main event." 🤜🏻

@adii Thanks Adii.

@StevenGardner Thanks Steven! I appreciate it.

2017 was a different year, and this is a different "year in review" post:

https://justinjackson.ca/2017-review/

Whoa. Sweet. @podiadotcom just added new storefront design options.

Just updated my @megamaker store:
https://justinjackson.podia.com/ ⚡️

@ChrisSpowe I like it.

Shane is awesome. If your team needs a marketing leader, you should hire him!

https://twitter.com/shanerice/status/953774104292872197

If you're a solofounder, and you're feeling "forlorn" this January, you're not alone.

In the past week I've had DMs from ~5 other folks who feel the same way.

Reflecting, evaluating, planning can make you feel down. I recommend visiting a counsellor and talking it out!

@zodman Yup! That's @networkhey.

@alanklement What first tipped me off was usage. People just weren't digging into the weekly tips. I sent a survey, and then followed up and listened to customers individually.

The biggest change is you can now buy @tiny_wins courses individually, like this:
https://justinjackson.podia.com/master-your-analytics

Or, you can access ALL of them in with a subscription:
https://justinjackson.podia.com/tinywins

@andylimahere Here you go! https://justinjackson.ca/tools/

@sethlouey Yup! https://megamaker.co/order-landing/

“Bitcoin is math beanie babies.”

😂

Lots of truth to this!

https://twitter.com/mslopatto/status/953419257055911937

Also why I ❤️ podcasts.

https://twitter.com/dkaszor/status/953383900750884865

This interview with @nathanbarry from 2015 provides incredible perspective. ConvertKit had just hit $5k in MRR.

"What made you leave info-products for SaaS?"

https://overcast.fm/+JlFRediE/1:37

Whoa! This conference by @sh and friends looks awesome if your a leader that cares about mental health. Sat, April 21, 2018.

https://twitter.com/sh/status/953368123033268224

Nice memory from the archive...

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/512364118162939904

RT @adampatterson: @mijustin This is what Google Music does, Google knows where I am!

Apple Music promoting a #jtbd.

"Give me energetic tunes so that I'm motivated to push hard at the gym."

@tnorthcutt @SingleFounder @robwalling I just added this to the FAQ section on my #microconf guide:

https://justinjackson.ca/microconf/

@coreymaass 👍

@thehealthgeeks Nice! I like the new direction.

What are you planning for this week?

@BrentGalloway sweet!

@aarondfrancis Did you read the same copy I did? That wasn’t clear to me at all.

The main headline (and the bit at the bottom) feels like they’re still going after a general market.

I'm a little bit confused by @getdrip's new positioning:

"At Drip, our focus is on driving consumer sales, not B2B sales teams."

Does that mean B2B companies shouldn't use them anymore?

“You don’t need help until you’ve tried something and got stuck.” – @jasonfried & @dhh

@Harris_Bryan Damn!

@justinabrahms Remote, or Portland local?

The big message in @joltbook is that when you're doing what everyone else is (especially established players) nobody's going to pay attention.

It's ok to break some norms and try something different!

Currently listening to "Sign of the Dragonhead" courtesy of @ideasasylum:

https://open.spotify.com/album/6YCtDpHHdt3ppoTkw95YRR

If you like @BattleBeast, check them out! 🤘

Wow. In a sea of SaaS with the same generic-blue-intercom-knockoff inspired style, @churnbuster's homepage really stands out.

Well done @SDMattG and co!

@avclark HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 💃

"The lesson here is that when you design software, you create the future." – @spolsky

How often do we think about the repercussions of what we're putting out into the world?

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2018/01/12/birdcage-liners/

@missbikesalot Oh nooooooo! It's ok. If you've got blankets, a couch, and wine, you'll be fine.

At its heart, web design should be about words. Words don't come after the design is done. Words are the beginning, the core, the focus.

https://twitter.com/nicoleslaw/status/951282898300219392

@nelsonjoyce @zapier @teamtettra Added! When were you founded?

@zapier As a comparison:

"Apple booked more than $2 million in revenue per employee in its most recent fiscal year."

😮

Ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/revenue-per-employee-at-apple-facebook-google-others-2016-2

Just added @bigsnowtinyconf to the list of conferences for bootstrappers.

https://mijustin.github.io/2018-conferences/

@zapier ☝️(I should also mention that @NathanLatka likely has better numbers than I do)

@zapier Which SaaS have the most annual revenue per employee?

Here are the top 7:

1. MailChimp
2. Basecamp
3. Campaign Monitor
4. Atlassian
5. ConvertKit
6. Salesforce
7. Shopify

Just updated my "Successful SaaS" spreadsheet (added @zapier's new numbers):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RwrDxt1KwAB_MSoHN79adVhVXanHeMXZ2UvWIos_-oM/edit?usp=sharing

Last night I had a dream that @seanwes started getting paid only in Doritos.

Everyone else started getting into Bitcoin, but he was like:

“Nah, I’m going all-in on Doritos.”

RT @izakaminska: Bitcoin conference stops accepting bitcoin for tickets because turns out bitcoin is a rubbish payment system. https://t.co…

“The desirability of your product trumps almost everything else.”

@MrAlanCooper/roi-does-not-apply-d2bc0f3b71db" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@MrAlanCooper/roi-does-not-apply-d2bc0f3b71db

Ever wonder *why* people buy software?

https://youtu.be/Et7lVxR2pJk

@adamwathan @vuejs Whoa. This is sweet.

RT @meetmicah: @mijustin I think I recall you saying something about this year being the year where companies will begin proactively curbin…

@patio11 @atlas can a Stripe Atlas C-Corp have Canadian shareholders / co-founders?

How does that work?

@anthonyongaro @nathanbarry He did that here 😉

https://twitter.com/nathanbarry/status/950883627843313664

@aprildunford @smgrieser Hi April! 👋 How’s everything in Toronto?

Have you done a talk on positioning?

@Beryllium9 Lol

Big day.

@adampatterson Ok.

Discomfort is the key to growth.

(I don’t like discomfort either, but I’m trying to lean into it, instead of avoiding it all the time)

https://twitter.com/KristyT/status/950904062370656257

Yup.

(Although most businesses, SaaS and info-products, require constant watering to make them grow)

https://twitter.com/clientgiantrob/status/950947064061468672

(And yes, that’s a Smashing Pumpkins reference)

The world is a satire.

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/950932986517696512

Remember when you could spy on who was talking about you in Slack?

https://megamaker.co/articles/slack/

Tons of product recommendations happen in Slack these days.

When @nathanbarry shifted his focus from his lucrative info-product biz, to his struggling SaaS, I thought he was nuts.

Looks like he chose wisely. 😉

https://twitter.com/nathanbarry/status/950883627843313664