Who's got the "Mail-a-Letter" app? That one's pretty simple and I think it was doing a few thousand a month.
http://snail.dustincurtis.com/ is one such app. I don't recall seeing any revenue numbers on it though.
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#22If I knew a way to develop over $7k monthly revenue that quickly, I'd be doing it. I suspect that goes for everyone here. Props to jacquesm - I didn't think AwesomeReminders would take off like this but I think it's, well, awesome that it has!
I thought AwesomeReminders was Zackattack's, not Jacquesm's?
Yeah it is Zackattack's
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#23Don't study the product. Study the distribution mechanism . (In AwesomeReminders' case, national press coverage due to having an appealingly quirky narrative.) I've had half a dozen people clone my software product. They are apparently under the impression I'm in the software business. I'm actually in the educational publishing business, and I'm really good at distribution via SEO for it. That is the missile, the sof…
Can you share resources for studying the distribution mechanism?
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#24I wonder though if the 700 subscribers figure is legit. Would be easy to fake that. Perhaps a good chunk of the subscribers are all curious internet marketers and developers wondering how they can spin off their own variation/twist on the concept.
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#25craigslist, yahoo answers
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#26I wonder though if the 700 subscribers figure is legit. Would be easy to fake that. Perhaps a good chunk of the subscribers are all curious internet marketers and developers wondering how they can spin off their own variation/twist on the concept.
I think most people bought it as an annoying joke gift for their friends. I know I did.
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#27Who's got the "Mail-a-Letter" app? That one's pretty simple and I think it was doing a few thousand a month.
http://snail.dustincurtis.com/ is one such app. I don't recall seeing any revenue numbers on it though.
Nah, it was this one, basically low-volume direct mail: