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Great piece by my friend @gregoiregilbert:

“Demystifying sales: a guide for entrepreneurs”

http://www.greggilbert.eu/demystifying-sales-a-guide-for-entrepreneurs/

"Success comes from persistently improving, not persistently doing what’s not working." – @sivers

https://youtu.be/mBlJVazr4A0

@ianlandsman HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎉

@iamashley yes!!!! Definitely. You've done well! 💪

@CantabileApp yup! Going to publish them soon.

@kylefox @spencerfry also:

"Success comes from persistently improving, not persistently doing what’s not working."

https://youtu.be/mBlJVazr4A0

Are you making this mistake?

https://devmarketing.xyz/should-i-build-a-saas-first/

Y'all are watching Walking Dead and I'm here finding old GD songs to jam to.

@MissBikesAlot 💑 🎉

@patio11 agreed. ;)

@Shpigford agreed.

Here's 11 ways to make $10,000.

@Ar4Gorn just replied to your email.

@FredRivett vanity probably plays a role.

Sometimes it's genuine passion for the topic.

Regardless, without attention you can't do much.

Some of my favorite books on design are on sale for the next hour:

https://gumroad.com/l/design-ebooks/bundle-ebooks

"Voting this election? We lost, again." ← great article by my friend @rskopecek

https://medium.com/knowpriorities/voting-this-election-we-lost-again-b7c8026d7142#.l7wi2zifb

RT @muminprogress: The main thing I'm getting out of this is that to succeed it helps if you're a white guy

"Only about 10% of customers stick with companies like Blue Apron past six months." https://www.fastcompany.com/3064792/app-economy/meal-kit-customers-dine-and-dash

@nickd is this related to the Cubs or something else?

@rrhoover @podcaststartup I'm going to push back on the conclusions of this episode a bit.

Thoughts here:
#comment-376923" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.producthunt.com/podcasts/startup-season-4-3-shadowed-qualities#comment-376923

@rrhoover as in…

“My job is not to make the coffee. My job is to drink the coffee, from Philz who makes the coffee.”

Making dinner? Out for a walk? Doing dishes?

Listen to my latest episode. (People are digging it 🤘) https://overcast.fm/+F112Rra7I

@javebratt AWWW YESSSS! 💪

Yes! Also, remember you're going to be answering emails from your customers for the rest of your life. Pick wisely!

https://twitter.com/javebratt/status/789965924409507840

If you're interested in more on "what type of product should I build first?" read my full answer here:

https://devmarketing.xyz/should-i-build-a-saas-first/

For a customer, a product is just a means to an end.

It doesn't need to be SaaS, an app, or hardware: it just needs to solve a problem.

Don't start by thinking about what *type* of product you'd like to build.

Rather, ask:
1. Who do I want to help?
2. How can I help them?

@kylefox 😂

Yes! With the same cast... 21 years later. 😬

https://twitter.com/carolinesinders/status/789308158044889088

@perte which one? ATP?

Happy Saturday!

What are you doing *right* now?

(I'm eating a sandwich. And tweeting)

@tyvdh an app I built with @codemarty networkeffects.me

Just published "Mega Wasted: Is business education a waste of time?" to @producthunt: https://www.producthunt.com/podcasts/megamaker-040-mega-wasted

Just published a brand new episode of @megamaker3000:

"MegaWasted"

https://simplecast.com/s/a83d1506

@justcallmejuan lots of different titles: solopreneur, micropreneur, lifestyle business, bootstrapping.

I just call it "making a living." 😉

The internet is down but you can still take this @marketingdevs mini-course + get the product checklist PDF. 💯

https://cards.twitter.com/cards/pt2jpq/2es4t

Wow.

There’s a few human workers in this video (but not many).

https://twitter.com/duncantrussell/status/789545818885726208

@litvinio awwwww yeaaaaaahhh! 🙌

@ConvertKit I still can't login, but http://status.convertkit.com says issue is resolved. Do I need to clear cache or something?

@kwiat all the answers you seek are here. ;)

https://justinjackson.ca/ebook/

@davidpots cool I’ll check it out.

@ScripterTammy thanks! 🙌

@paleochef 😄

@avinashdsouza it's for folks who haven't got the course / book yet. ;) (You can still take it if you're curious! It has a nice bonus PDF)

@Harris_Bryan that was happening to me! Yes!

Have you taken the @marketingdevs mini-course yet?

https://cards.twitter.com/cards/pt2jpq/2es4t

@justzeros I'm speaking at #microconf Starter Edition and attending Growth Edition! 🙌

Whoa! @studiofellow is doing a "Design Book Bundle."

http://studiofellow.com/products/design-ebook-bundle/

^ I have all of these, and they're awesome. 💯

Do you think I'm right or wrong? 🕹

@geekgirlweb me too!

Hypothesis: Nintendo Switch is a social play https://justinjackson.ca/nintendo-switch/

@adamwathan in my roadtrip example, it's definitely switching from: "kids all play solo on iPads" to "kids playing together on Nintendo."

@adamwathan You're right. The job (in this example) is "keep my kids entertained during a long car ride."

@mattalexand holy shit. Congrats!

@adamwathan I’m thinking of my minivan during a road trip.

Right now: each kid is on their own device. No wifi so they can’t play together.

@bmoesta 👌

@bmoesta @alanklement @chriscbs @rjs @destraynor in same vein: "firing" an individual iPad for each of your kids on a long road trip.

@bmoesta @alanklement @chriscbs @rjs @destraynor firing solo-play on your phone. The "pull" in this ad is all about being social.

@alanklement @bmoesta @chriscbs @rjs @destraynor ^ I'd love your thoughts on this.

The struggle with mobile gaming right is that it's solo: on a long road-trip your kids aren't playing with each other. This addresses that.

What #jtbd do you see in this new Nintendo console teaser?

One idea:
"Make social gaming more portable."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI

@fbliss 😮 jealous!

@levibostian yup, exactly!

.@einarvollset I know. I just figured everyone’s here on Twitter and some folks might be tired of politics. 😉

@bk_moore I haven't played with that yet. I should!

Zune
 Ping
WebTV
Segway
Google+
New Coke
Google Wave
Sega Dreamcast

^ making something "cool" doesn't guarantee success. #jtbd

@beckerachi lol. I know, it’s bad timing.

There's a whole history of "cool" product ideas that didn't get traction because they didn't actually make customers' lives better.

@MitchBernstein I’ve paid in the past, but I’m using @letsencrypt through @wpengine for this one. 🙌

@topka it depends.

Lots of products that were built to be cool have failed:

- New Coke
- The Zune
- Segway (“cool tech”)
- Google Wave

@tayler2412 yes: the "function" I'm talking about is whichever progress they want to make in their lives.

The challenge is sometimes you really want to build X.
But the customer just wants Y.

You want to make something cool.
They want results.

The only job of your product is to make the user’s life better.

When users are making progress they don’t care about the packaging.

Your job is to figure out what people are struggling with, and then deliver some sort solution that makes their lives better.

It’s not the “form” of your product that matters; it’s the FUNCTION.

Too many founders are focused on the form (SaaS, iOS app, etc.)

.@StringStory @MrMarkDavies looking to fix that. 😉

Today I'm doing a series on pricing:

@smithtimmytim what's happening?

@fishsander yes!! Sorry. Just finishing up this crazy @marketingdevs launch. Will respond now 👌

@WinYourRecovery I agree with @seanwes. ;)

@smithtimmytim beauty. Thanks.

Finally got an SSL cert for @marketingdevs.

Can you folks help me test it?
https://devmarketing.xyz/

(Let me know if u get security warning)

@Craft_Digital was this choppy for you? It keeps cutting out when I watch the recording.

@StringStory I don’t! Hadn’t heard of it.

@StringStory sweet. Just subscribed. 👌

“Fear Vs Shipping” by @jamesvandyne https://medium.com/building-kwoosh/ask-100-makers-what-they-want-to-do-more-of-and-the-answer-is-always-to-ship-more-work-25c8507dbbd3?source=twitterShare-a02dd1574d08-1476848894

Hey everyone, quick poll:

Do you currently pay *monthly* for some sort of online training product?

@seanwes https://twitter.com/jasonfried/status/788441539173191680

@seanwes is this in reference to Basecamp's new page? 😉

@paper_leaf @jeff_archibald awwwwwww yeaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!!!!!

@jrsowash awwwwww yeaaaaaaaaahhhhh! 🤘

RT @shawnblanc: @mijustin “Your content strategy should be focused on serving your audience.”

http://shawnblanc.net/2016/10/thoughts-on-content-strategy-part-1/

@shawnblanc yes!!

Biggest lessons for people making stuff: focus on your customers, ignore the rest. https://medium.com/mega-maker/focus-on-your-own-shit-b8dc14f8c7c0#---0-83.8sghywv9h

Talk about social proof! 😮

https://twitter.com/jasonfried/status/788441539173191680

@subimage mine too. 👌

Getting an inside look at one of your heroes is reassuring. Look at this quote about Letterman; if *he* has self-doubt, than there's hope.

Great piece on Letterman

“I don’t miss late-night. I’m a little embarrassed that it was the laser focus of my life” http://buff.ly/2dYqSOf

@ianlandsman email, SMS, phone calls (I need to do more of this), blog posts, social media accounts (especially DMs on Twitter, FB, Snap)

@agungsetiawanmu thank you! 🙌

Less than an hour left to get @marketingdevs at the discounted rate! ⏰

https://justinjackson.withcoach.com/marketing-for-developers?coupon=TWITTER

“★★★★★ This is an amazing resource"