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Excited to announce a new project! @hamstu and I created @levelstheme: a new landing page for tiered pricing.

https://gum.co/levelshtml/twitter

Sweet, my book @marketingdevs got more votes than The Martian. 😁

https://www.producthunt.com/e/most-upvoted-in-books

Rituals increase happiness http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2015/10/ritual/

I asked people which one they preferred. "Tiny Marketing Wins" is launching soon!

https://cards.twitter.com/cards/pt2jpq/13fgf

Bank machine UI: the worst.

"Programming is black and white. Marketing is a world of gray." - @brettflorio

Traction Step #4

Don't build a full-blown app. Offer a lo-fi manual labor solution that solves the problem.

See if people will pay for it.

Traction is a difficult thing to reverse engineer, but there are a few basic steps you can follow to increase your chances...

Happy Thanksgiving all you 🇨🇦 turkeys!

🎉🍗🍴🍷🍻

B2B products should focus on saving businesses time and money. Or, they should help them make $.

🎶"Now give me money. That's what I want."🎶

This is a key idea in @marketingdevs. When people say

"SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY"

it's because they were already desperate for your thing!

Many have said this, but I'll say it again.

When it comes to marketing...

"Here, I made this for you."
"But I didn't ask for that."
"But I MADE THIS for YOU."

(Just because we made it, doesn't mean people want it)

Do you ever feel this way?

http://buff.ly/1KEYfw3

"The last mile of a project is the hardest"

Any other parents worried about the decline of tech ed?

In my 1st grade we learned LOGO. Today? No computer class.

Just bought this @Iron_Spike's comic:

https://ironcircus.com/shop/ebooks/22-this-is-everything-i-know-pdf-ebook.html

If you're an indie creative, you should get it! #xoxo

Remember when every last one of us was in a ska band?

"Anytime you start a business you're just giving yourself a bad job." - @johnroderick

Met this handsome @productpeopletv listener, @duncangraham

I'm going to miss you Barcelona!

Here's one more shot of my talk at #microconf by @benediktdeicke @… https://instagram.com/p/7WyhqejoeY/

The 32 hour workweek is brilliant PR (even if they didn't intend it that way)

https://youtu.be/ztoHewIu2DU

Thanks so much for having me #microconf. It's been amazing.

https://twitter.com/robwalling/status/638260834976854016

I've been finding more and more ways to use @productpresswp + WordPress:

1. Private community
2. Online version of my ebook
3. Video course

Evening writing session for @marketingdevs with my trusty sidekick.

If you've got too much to do, you won't get anything done.

Secondary skills for software engineers (by @radekpazdera)

http://radek.io/2015/07/27/secondary-skills-for-software-engineers/

I miss reading RSS feeds.

Anyone still doing that?

Great quote from @BarrettABrooks (and a sneak peek at my upcoming book @marketingdevs).

Launch will be Aug 30th!

Why people buy products:

http://justinjackson.ca/why-people-buy-products/

#jtbd

Love living in #vernonBC

Beyond excited for my friend @benediktdeicke who just launched @StageCMS. Huge deal for him!

http://stagecms.com/

"Creativity’s biggest enemy is desperation"

http://justinjackson.ca/desperation/

Anyone in @gumroad's #SmallProductLab want me to check out their landing page / Gumroad sales page? Send the link my way!

"The more you do something, the more you practice it, the more it becomes second nature. You lose the fear." - @potus on @WTFpod

Looks like @instagram hasn't rolled out the new design everywhere yet. This is what it looks like:

“The act of borrowing ideas is integral to the creative process.” - @zachtronics

"Everything is a remix." - @waxpancake

My latest interview with @nathanbarry is good. If you're building a SaaS, have a listen! https://overcast.fm/+JlFRediE

Want to stand out in a sea of noise? @CorbettBarr nails it here:

http://buff.ly/1PXHCRf

Fascinating interview with @leolaporte:

http://buff.ly/1Jlq9xV

"It took me 30 years to go independent. Now everybody has that ability."

Ever hit a brick wall, and can't finish the last 10% of your project?

@iamashley shares her experience! http://overca.st/BmF-FahJw

Got schooled on Aeropress today by my buddy @amcwilliam in #VernonBC

“For most non-sport domains “natural talent” is not an absolute requirement for reaching high levels of expertise.”
— Kathy Sierra

@nathanbarry I just ate 9 biscuits.

Love @sachagreif's new project: Brick By Brick - A free guide to building awesome communities by @telescopeapp http://communitybuildingguide.com

Canadians, you know this is true.

@rrhoover We are all chaperoning you home. 160+ of us. ;)

Everyone seems certain that face-to-face collaboration is better than online, but no one seems to have sources...

http://www.quora.com/Is-online-collaboration-just-as-good-as-face-to-face

Just finished reading @letsworkshop's new book:

http://buff.ly/1yY4QMm

Lots of actionable tactics!

Do people still read blogs? http://wp.me/s1366z-blogs

Brand new episode of my podcast: did @codemarty and I launch a web app in 7 days? http://overca.st/EEg0d7dd0

“We're not focused on the numbers. We're focused on the things that produce the numbers.”
— Tim Cook

Oh gawd.

Somebody's just posted my project to @ProductHunt. It should be launched tonight.

http://buff.ly/1vuEVkx

(yes, it's very meta)

Also: want to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped with the launch of this podcast.

Just hit 1000 listens!

BTW: I've just submitted my new podcast (Build & Launch) to iTunes. Get notified when it launches here:

https://cards.twitter.com/cards/pt2jpq/80z2

Awesome interview between @avclark and Seth Godin: "the one where Seth Godin kicks my ass" http://buff.ly/1BZWEOz

It's not too late to do a year-in-review and set goals for 2015.

Here's mine: http://buff.ly/1rQuS7e

Learn about becoming an expert in Ruby and Rails, object oriented design, and TDD - great newsletter by @justinweiss: http://buff.ly/1u1gF1H

Slack research hack http://wp.me/s1366z-slack

Sometimes men love each other.

With @chase_reeves

Lumbersexual.

http://buff.ly/1EIs4eJ

One of my all-time favorite interviews: @samuelhulick talks about how he found his niche, and built his 1st product http://buff.ly/1opSGgq

"Good products always win"

^-- not true.

"There's no correlation between the amount of work you put in and the amount of success it will have." - @tinysubversions at #xoxofest

Computers are fun, but human beings are amazing.

Love experimental websites like this:

http://greaterthanorequalto.net/

Every time you publish, deploy or send:

Think about the human being on the other side of the screen.

Great advice here from @baznyc: "Why your resume won't get your hired as a web developer" http://buff.ly/1pJqEul

Feature idea for @ProductHunt:

Allow users to curate our own collection of products we use every day.

Try it more than once.

But don’t keep trying what’s not working.

Marketing:

1. Define the real problem
2. Make your message heard
3. Deliver on your promise

“The world rewards courageous decisions.” - @danmartell

Less: self-focus

More: other-focus

"I hate it when people on podcasts talk about podcasts" - my wife

The best things in life have small, manageable deadlines.

Thinking about nothing is the greatest gift you can give your creative mind.

Love @CustomerIO's hiring checklist:

-A Maker & Fixer
-Loves what they do
-Has Empathy
-Good communicator
-Indepen.
http://buff.ly/UcMdId

I'd like to see more of this in web design: weird, different and a little raw. "LETTERS, INC." http://buff.ly/1ggJOFK

There's Designer News for designers. HN for developers. http://Inbound.org for marketers.. is there a community geared towards managers?

"People don't go to a website to admire it, they go there to get things done" - Jakob Nielsen @NNgroup http://buff.ly/1iSk95L

People don't wake up in the morning and say: "Man, I really hope I get to sign-up for a beta / mailing list / SaaS app today."

How much do I have to make as an entrepreneur to replace my day job income? http://zite.to/1lVt6gJ

These are the revenue numbers I didn't want to share...
http://buff.ly/1hFalqd

Google Analytics is completely missing the "job to be done" --> https://twitter.com/thomasfuchs/status/365050385355902977

We don't want charts, we want actionable info #jtbd

I tried to design a graphic for tomorrow’s blog post, but this just doesn’t look right.

Can anyone help me improve?

"The neuroscience of creativity" http://buff.ly/1gwB91d

And the TL;DR here: http://buff.ly/1gwB91e

"If you are trying to decide between a few people to fill a position, always hire the better writer." http://buff.ly/1gZL37J

I was yelling at some kids to get off my lawn, but then they looked at me and said: “But we’re your kids."

Nice guide to selling your own stuff on @Gumroad featuring @nathanbarry, @james_clear, @pjrvs http://buff.ly/1mhge5i

People forget that the real reason Apple won is that they appeared before IBM in the phone book.

Where do you find the time for side projects? http://wp.me/p1366z-eU

I've been sick in bed all day.

My 4 year old bursts in, leans up against the door and announces:

"Dad, I need to get my party on."

Succeed with your own product in 2014 http://buff.ly/19PjHRg

Why didn't you launch in 2013? http://wp.me/p1366z-eJ

Shipping something small is better than not shipping at all.

70%-90% of what we learn to do our jobs doesn't come from a classroom http://buff.ly/1dCj4cP

Imagine cleaning up after a bunch of kids all the time.

That's what it's like to have a bunch of kids.

Don't tell me what you think I want.

Tell me you understand what I need.

"It’s easier to make things people want, than it is to make people want things." - @destraynor http://buff.ly/17UzhMI

Start small.

@JimGaffigan AND take 1000 photos of my nostrils?