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@TheEricAnderson Mind blowing!

@YWTDW @TransistorFM Thank you! 🙌

@OrionSeven Okanagan Lake 👍

@bentoalson Yes! ❤️

@NathanG @AaronPodcasting That is a bummer!

@ParOsterlund 💯

@seanwes It was always hard for me to figure out which consulting services to sell.

How do you figure out what to pitch to folks? How did you find the people to pitch?

@petersuhm @arvidkahl @kylefox @bryceadams Here's a link: https://share.descript.com/view/f85a249b-99aa-4147-86a9-f424f09f8b02

@TheCodePixi This looks amazing!

@SloanCam @brhea Have you seen my list yet?

https://transistor.fm/podcasts-for-bootstrappers/

@jclermont @usefathom @TransistorFM Yes! 🙌

https://usefathom.com/support/transistor

@saronyitbarek It’s OK to have unproductive days. 👍

Don’t stay up too late! 😉

@swaycopy @statamic This is how I set it up: https://youtu.be/Lt96FlSrmCs

@AlbanBrooke Thanks! I'll take a look.

@OmayraIssa 👋☀️☕️

@Tim_Leland @jbrooksuk Looks like James hasn’t enabled that link in his settings.

It’s here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/happy-dev/id1485626298

@jessarchercodes 🙌

@richard_g 😜

@joshuaanderton 😜

@Kwangbae Thanks for sharing it. 👍

@ByishimoSerge Thanks!

@wardsandler Thanks for sharing it!

@jmckinven @TransistorFM Lately, it's been wildly unpredictable.

In the old days, Apple's manual review process would struggle during "peak times" and take longer than 5 days.

But now, that seems to be the default. (Officially, they say 5-8 days)

@pekpongpaet I’m definitely working on my best idea right now (along with @jonbuda):

http://transistor.fm

@iamdidev @ChristianUffel Human tendency is towards inertia… which leads us to stick with bad ideas longer than we should.

💯 https://t.co/atefoINDK7

@venikunche Yup! 👍

@Jessica_B365 @MicroConf Yes! That was me. Was great to hear about your business. 👍 Very similar to @TransistorFM actually.

@ianlandsman Really cool! Did you watch this version too? https://youtu.be/EQs5VxNPhzk

@dougblackjr So glad it was helpful. ❤️

@marcjohns You’re welcome! ❤️

@leonagano Don't fall asleep!

@KingDogDad @TransistorFM @jonbuda Yes: you can run multiple podcasts, on the same acclimated, for $19/month.

@zavzen Even in the early days, I had a pretty good idea on some of the channels we’d use.

I didn’t know about every channel (of course), but we started acquiring customers from day 1!

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1293655338848153600?s=20

@heymosef @thejonotron @fixingfaxes @AngelaHapke @DescriptApp @TransistorFM @Simplecast I have a guide here with a bunch of options for audiograms:

https://transistor.fm/podcast-audio-video-clip/

@michaeldyrynda What happens when two people, in different hemispheres, consume 🔥Flaming Hot 🔥 at the same time?

@DanielZarick It’s true. I think if you don’t have a good sense of some good opportunities right away though... you should find a partner who does.

Otherwise, how will you compete?

@editingemily Nice! It’s a great time to start a podcast. 👍

@punchlinecopy I’m Canada we have free healthcare AND soft roombas

@jayclouse @PodcastMovement Nice!

@punchlinecopy Damn the roomba!

(Praise the youtube)

@rezzz Congrats on a decade! 🙌

@JayYoms Yes!

@Derpkovsky @OskSta Jealous! I wish I could use it on Mac.

@joshpitzalis I like this answer.

@rezzz Exactly.

@oleggromov https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1294433875871981569?s=20

@ArlanWasHere @QueerGermanGirl Happy anniversary! 🙌

@jessethanley @TropicalMBA Listening now. 👍

Full interview: https://the.ink/p/noam-chomsky-wants-you-to-vote-for

@paidinsights @TwitterSupport 👋 same. @justinjackson

@getwelder @johan_cutych @marek_vybiral @PredragRisticc @AleksMiric Love the personable demo video!

The tech looks good too. 👍

@TheEricAnderson .... Eric Anderson?

@dvassallo Is housing in SEA still quite high?

@pcperini Nice! What's motivating the change? More space?

@dougblackjr What's motivating the move?

More space?

@syropian Nice! Congrats on your first home! 👍

@alexandersix_ Loved this post. 👍

Refreshing to hear from someone who got into tech later (and wasn’t super into computers from age 5 on).

@marcjohns Life hack.

@johnmurch @ianlandsman Yup. I’ve checked all those services out.

Personally, I feel like 3rd party services that do tax compliance are just a bandaid.

Plus: why should small businesses have to pay for services so governments can collect money?

This could all be painless if it was centralized.

@mjwhansen @mrkirkland @tylertringas That could all be handled automatically, with software. 👍

For a perfect illustration of the confusion around VAT for US-based startups, look no further than this Reddit thread.

https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/enmh6n/saas_companies_tax_evaders/

If I was the EU, I would mandate that @stripe collect and remit VAT immediately.

My guess is 80% of Stripe’s USA customers aren’t collecting and remitting VAT.

It will be a huge burden lifted off the shoulders of small businesses.

@itsjustamar http://Waveapps.com did this for a long time.

@fedesdp It depends on the market: Transistor starts at $19, and that’s perfect for our market.

https://justinjackson.ca/charge-more

@marvin_hosea Thanks!

@StephenWilson Just picked these apricots! C’mon over and have one. ❤️

@MarkJHenderson Got it. 👍

@saronyitbarek I think the biggest realization I had re-reading that post was just how stressful that stage was!

In that moment, I felt stretched incredibly thin.

@MarkJHenderson I've always used these numbers as a general benchmark (pulled over the years from @robwalling and @patio11).

(I've worked for three SaaS companies, and now co-own Transistor. These numbers match up with my experience)

@derrickgrigg Yeah, generally these are the benchmarks I use.

@spencerfry Yeah, that changes the math substantially. 😉

@sambgrover Initially thought this meant “$700/month” (which would be insanely cheap in 🇨🇦), but I think your number is $700/week? ($2,800/month)

@kwuchu 💯

@mrwade I like this idea. 👍

@therealchiko I believe some production apps are using it.

There’s an example app here: https://tallstack.dev

@shawnblanc hahaha. oh lord.

@debugging @TransistorFM A lot of it had to do with this:

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1288531245673013248

@jtallant @friendsinaustin Thanks! We appreciate the encouragement.

@AaronWeiche @TransistorFM @jonbuda Thank you!

@mattmcgee @HomeLightApp Thanks so much Matt! We really appreciate the kind words. ❤️

@jetnumismatics @TransistorFM Thank you! ❤️

@noahwbragg Nope, we haven’t hit that yet. 😉

@nthnclrk @csallen @DaveJackson I talked a bit about it here: https://transistor.fm/make-money-podcasting/

@johnkoetsier Thanks! Let me know if you have other questions. Happy to answer them! 👍

@tristanbailey Yup! You can create a trailer episode retroactively. 👍

@jackmcdade @michaeldyrynda Nice! 🙌

@VicVijayakumar I'll be going silent. 🙏

@halarewich 👋 welcome to the Okanagan!

@EspreeDevora 🥰

@manuel_frigerio @louisnicholls_ Ok. I’m happy to jump on a call to hash this out if you two want. We could record it for a podcast.

Sometime next week?

@manuel_frigerio @louisnicholls_ Go back and read my whole thread.

I never said: “don’t talk about benefits.”

@manuel_frigerio @louisnicholls_ I didn’t say you shouldn’t talk about benefits!

What I’m railing against is the idea of writing long, benefit-driven copy, as opposed to specifically telling me what your app does.

@louisnicholls_ @manuel_frigerio I’ve answered thousands of support tickets, chats, calls from potential customers across 3 different SaaS products.

90% of what people want clarity on is:
- what features we have
- how our features work

Most visitors don’t need to be convinced they need (product category).

@kallemoen Exactly. That’s part of my point.

Awareness is built in community, conversations, ads, blog posts, press, PR, tutorials, etc.

I don’t think it happens on a homepage that often.

@manuel_frigerio Yes, but you’ve just revealed how awareness is truly built: in community, conversations, blog posts, tutorials, ads, etc.

I don’t think it happens on a homepage that often.

My whole thread is about the marketing site, and specifically, the homepage.

@theideasofchris @VCFryer @hnshah I’m railing against the idea of writing long, benefit-driven copy, as opposed to telling me what an app does.

If you’re a CRM tell me you’re a CRM. Then tell me how your product works, and what makes it different.

Also, I think mentioning benefits (alongside features) is fine.

@tranhelen I’d love to see both versions!

@nthnclrk @louisnicholls_ What I’m railing against is this idea of writing abstract benefit-driven copy, as opposed to specifically telling me what your app does.

This “so what?” methodology is a good example. To me, it leads to fluffy, abstract copy.

It’s enough to tell me “the oven preheats quickly.”

@aprildunford @AdityaKothadiya I just don’t think your only option (when entering an existing, mature category) is to niche down (ie. CRM for lawyers, CRM for banks or CRM for subscription businesses.)

It can’t be that binary.

(And with @TransistorFM, niching hasn’t been a big driver of growth)