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Wondering:

* Where do you host your podcast?
* Why did you choose that podcast host?

Another way to look at it:

“Does the world need more Coca-Cola?”

For investors, employees, and owners the answer will alway be “yes!”

But, objectively, the world could probably do with less Coke. 🥤

Industrial design in the past wasn't optimized for MORE USAGE.

It was optimized for enjoyment.

I don't want to be addicted to my record player. I want to enjoy the music.

When I was growing up, good stuff was hard to find. We had to hunt for 'zines downtown. We bought bootleg mixtapes. We stayed up late to watch your favorite band on SNL.

Initially, having access to all these cool blogs, vlogs, and podcasts felt amazing.

Now, people are tired.

1991 was also an incredible year for albums:

* Nirvana - Nevermind
* My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
* Pearl Jam - Ten
* Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
* Metallica - Metallica ⬛ album
* Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
* REM - Out of Time
* G n R - Use Your Illusion

Shit happens.

Nothing's guaranteed.

All we can really control is our decisions.

Give your best to others and hope for positive outcomes.

What stickers do you have on your laptop?

Send me a picture!

Just made a donation for 🌎 disaster relief.

I did it because @jasondoesstuff & @ckelso reminded me to.

Now I'm reminding you. 👍

I've been interviewing founders for @megaprofitable, and I've noticed some surprising trends.

Working on new cover art for the @marketingdevs product page:

https://justinjackson.withcoach.com/

My son asks me important life questions:

https://twitter.com/stuffmartysaid/status/459037873266634752

From @marketingdevs:

"Ask yourself these questions before you choose a target market."

(and definitely before you build anything!)

Also: writers, designers, product people...

https://twitter.com/phil_wade/status/896010517617180672

Similarly, "what worked for them" might not work for you.

You've got to forge your own trail.

How? Try things. Experiment. Learn.

SaaS, software, WordPress plugins – what makes people buy?

https://youtu.be/Et7lVxR2pJk

(The story of why I bought @petersuhm's plugin)

How @ConvertKit increased revenue 13,900% using positioning: http://growthhackers.com/articles/how-convertkit-increased-revenue-13-900-using-positioning

Building a software product? Choose the right market (or die).

https://youtu.be/cVNYcj5HkLA

Happy 🇨🇦 Day!

“Perhaps you should give up” by @thedannorris

☝️💯 @thedannorris/perhaps-you-should-give-up-d00ee52bdeba?source=twitterShare-a02dd1574d08-1497819627" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@thedannorris/perhaps-you-should-give-up-d00ee52bdeba?source=twitterShare-a02dd1574d08-1497819627

I don't think you're "risk averse."

You're averse to making bad decisions.

Most good things in life (marriage, kids, biz) have huge risks.

Got to hang out with @iamashley @mckenna_andrew @stevedecoded @j_greig @lorindaapps tonight. 👍

❤️ Glasgow. Best people.

Get out of your comfort zone.

Take some risks; have some adventures. https://medium.com/mega-maker/dont-stand-still-b79de31243c2?source=twitterShare-a02dd1574d08-1496533257

“Let’s be honest about “changing the world”” by @Shpigford https://blog.baremetrics.com/lets-be-honest-about-changing-the-world-743438d9f655?source=twitterShare-a02dd1574d08-1496337356

BTW – I say this as someone who has run away from hard decisions too many times.

You've gotta face the hard stuff!

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/869064706945818624

Don't let the world move on without you. https://medium.com/mega-maker/dont-stand-still-b79de31243c2?source=twitterShare-a02dd1574d08-1493906515

Yup! Learn everything you can, but you *must* forge your own path.

https://twitter.com/cliffordoravec/status/856246469195689987

Just published my travel vlog for #MicroConf. 📹

Hanging out with these bootstrappers is the highlight of my year. 💯
https://youtu.be/PqFSPkSGXMo

C'mon people.

I'm already speaking at #microconf Starter edition, but I just had a great idea for a Growth talk. So I put in a late submission. ;)

Just hit 800 subscribers on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/justinjackson

Thanks everyone 🙌

(I might hit 1000 sooner than I thought!)

"What if the next big blue-collar job category is already here—and it’s programming?"

http://buff.ly/2kKifJJ

Just doing some personal research on the information superhighway!

I asked my 11 year-old son to make me an intro for "Landing page teardowns."

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMON2GgvkBWIGY8dBF2H5rJ8VFOypn8_k

It's awesome.

Every major product breakthrough I've had has come from listening to customers.

(Not surprising, but important to remember!)

I'm still a fan of Twitter, and this piece by @anildash hits all the right notes. @anildash/a-billion-dollar-gift-for-twitter-8b3d541b9e1e?source=twitterShare-a02dd1574d08-1483076662" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@anildash/a-billion-dollar-gift-for-twitter-8b3d541b9e1e?source=twitterShare-a02dd1574d08-1483076662

Took my boys skiing. Remembered the GoPro. Super fun! 🙌

Want to be a rock star? Start small: sing in the shower.

From the time I started working at this,
it took 2,697 days of side-hustle
before I quit working full-time
to focus on making my own
stuff.

Just because you’re moving doesn’t mean you’re making progress.

Unbelievably good piece from @destraynor:

"Your product is already obsolete."

https://blog.intercom.com/your-product-is-already-obsolete/

“I wasted 4 years of my life doing this” https://medium.com/product-people/i-wasted-4-years-of-my-life-doing-this-60e2d21b642?source=twitterShare-a02dd1574d08-1476647832

After trying out everything, I think @withcoach is the perfect platform for solopreneurs: https://www.withcoach.com/justin

"Software developers don't need a cofounder."

http://devmarketing.xyz/marketing-for-programmers/

People don’t just buy products, they hire them for one reason:

To make their lives better.

#jtbd

Been feeling super anxious lately.

Went to the barber shop.

Got cleaned up.

Feeling better.

That new product you made might be "better."

But...

People have strong allegiances to their current solution. Hard to break those habits.

Found this gem of wisdom from an old chat I had with @earthlingworks:

http://www.productpeople.tv/48

Being condescending is not a good marketing strategy.

The default human reaction to any change is "I DON'T LIKE CHANGE."

"There is no better "growth hack" than setting aside time to actually talk to your customers." - @eliast

http://buff.ly/2bSkEPg

I like @MoreWillie’s thoughts here:

“You can’t ship crap. MVP should be ‘minimum VALUABLE product’ instead of ‘viable product.’”

For example, my analytics setup is *never* as perfect as I’d like it to be. Same with drip sequences. What helps? Just ship what you have.

Products often fail because the customer is just not motivated to switch from their existing solution.

"Good enough" is really sticky.

Here’s the reaction you want when you pitch your product:

“Yes!!! I’ve been looking for something like this.”

You’ve hit the nerve.

No you can't.

http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-marissa-mayer-interview-issue/

"Quit copying best practices. Following the crowd just means you blend in. You don't want to fit in; you want to stand out."
– @joltbook

Scraping emails to grow your list is just bad form.

Those addresses are useless because you haven't earned their trust.

My son just said:

“Dad, did you know 5% of adults were born with half a brain?”

And then he stared at me, expectantly; eyebrow raised.

Our society has degenerated into each side hitting the other side with facts they learned from the Internet.

New blog post: "Do you even want this?" https://justinjackson.ca/want/

Genius little project by @marckohlbrugge:

https://highscore.money

(Reminiscent of Million Dollar homepage)

The trick is to stay focused on the stuff that matters, isn’t it?

Ingredients for a good day:

1. Coffee
2. A bike ride
3. Good people

Spotted at my local coffee shop in #vernonbc.

You can’t keep grinding your brain down to nothing and expect that you’re going to have good ideas or produce good work.

#hustleandrest

Increasingly, I'm seeing *discomfort* as the key to the creative life.

Traction is like grocery lines:

1. Some lines are fast
2. Switching lines doesn’t always mean you move faster
3. Except sometimes it does

OMG. So many #megamaker story submissions.

http://stories.megamaker.co/

What have I done? ;)

Just published the first episode of the new #megamaker podcast: "Life is better when you make stuff" https://overcast.fm/+F112HfdHA

In a cynical world, genuine enthusiasm is an unfair advantage.

This is very good. An inspiration from @Oatmeal

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/plane

You gotta do the hard stuff if you want to grow.

Getting ready to board my plane.

Excited to talk about @marketingdevs at #microconf in Barcelona!

Today's itinerary:

Kelowna ✈️
Seattle ✈️
Amsterdam ✈️
Barcelona 🎉

#microconf

Thinking about working out tonight... https://vine.co/v/eih1YXgzaUw

"I wish I'd started by building something smaller." http://buff.ly/1Fc2UTh

“If your market definition has the word “anyone” in it, you’ll probably fail.”
— Nathan Barry

Dads: keeping iPads charged since 2010.

“If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I’ve gotten one of the greatest bargains of all time”
— Tom Peters

The bullseye model is one of the most important things I've learned about community. From @alexknowshtml:

http://blog.groupbuzz.io/what-to-do-when-your-community-slows-down-and-why-its-not-always-a-bad-thing/

Really great talk by @destraynor on product strategy. He covers it all: Vision, Mission, and jobs-to-be-done http://buff.ly/1B2cI4u

What Minecraft taught my son:

1. Using a simple command line
2. The file system (/mods)
3. Creating a screencast
4. What an IP is
5. Skype

Ultimately, building great software is about having empathy: showing that you care about the user, and really understand their pain.

Good marketing isn’t about using growth hacks. Good marketing is about identifying a real problem that people will pay you to solve.

I enjoyed this episode of Moneywise where @podcastharry interviews @lkr.

https://pca.st/episode/bc581047-2010-42e9-a4a5-82849f65ca92?t=647.7663188291989,709.7248481884294

@thesamparr: you should have Harry host again in the future!

If you've been running a business for a while, and it's grinding you down, I made a video for you:

https://youtu.be/RLBtrKZZCD8

(I think many small businesses have a broken financial engine and don't realize it...)

I like this distinction. 💯

https://x.com/asmartbear/status/1658470154672406528?s=46&t=xyX4ISH1y8eo0WCgQ-duKw

If my Sunday morning walk is my church, this episode by @calebporzio is my sermon.

The @TransistorFM team and I will do our team retreat in San Francisco, Sep 9-13.

(The @AcquiredFM podcast is doing an event that week, and we want to be there for it!)

Any good hotel ideas? We'd also need a lounge space where we can meet.

We're looking at Castro district.

I also can't wait for @ianlandsman's new album to drop.

When you're about to launch something new, your first step shouldn't be buying ads, optimizing for SEO, or posting on social media.

Instead, write a personal email to anybody in your network who might care.

I have a template for tracking this here:
https://justinjackson.ca/100-emails/

If you haven't been listening to the new iteration of @LaravelPodcast with @stauffermatt and @taylorotwell, you're missing out.

It's fascinating to get an inside look at new Laravel features and learn how they both approach life and business.

🔗 https://lnkfi.re/v4n15w

I just started using @pocketcasts, but it’s pretty fun to see these stats!

https://lists.pocketcasts.com/c00ced57-8ca5-4206-94ce-6fb1aa24b4c9 #pocketcasts #playback2023

This is wild:

I uploaded this image to ChatGPT.

It's a slide from my @FullStackEU talk (it's not an image ChatGPT would have had prior access to).

And, ChatGPT seems to be able to grasp ("intuitively") what the image is about. 🤯

Look at this crew that showed up at my place.

There’s obviously a lot of nuance here, because “Europe” is ~50 countries (all of which have varying degrees of bureaucracy).

At @FullStackEU, I spoke with folks from the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, and Germany who said there were significant cultural, taxation,…

I have a bunch of stickers here at @FullStackEU. Grab one before you leave! #fseu23

Seeing @IronMaiden again tonight in Vancouver! (This time with my oldest son)

@arvidkahl 💯 this.

If you have to ask "How do I research my audience?" then you're not embedded enough in that community.

This is my guess: most sites will simply remove Twitter/𝕏 altogether.

This new 𝕏 brand will miss out on all that free marketing from being in the footer of most websites. https://twitter.com/JonWinstanley/status/1689399637411594241