How I went from idea to product (with paying customers) in 7 days
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How I went from idea to product (with paying customers) in 7 days
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#2Way to JFDI and get a product not just out the door - but have paying customers!
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#3I've been following Andy's blog since the beginning - amazing to see the progress in just 7 days!
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#4I really like the idea of "writing through the product dev process". So often I get stuck and the act of "talking it out" helps - I think writing a blog/journal would be even better.
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#5Really curious to hear how this works out. I don't recall ever seeing a paid newsletter signup form; most authors/email list owners use email as a free lead gen tool to sell something else (a book, an online course, etc). It'll be interesting to see if people will pay for the email medium itself.
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#6Really curious to hear how this works out. I don't recall ever seeing a paid newsletter signup form; most authors/email list owners use email as a free lead gen tool to sell something else (a book, an online course, etc). It'll be interesting to see if people will pay for the email medium itself.
So far after 8 hours, one of HappyLetter's customers has 13 subscribers. They've only announced their letter on Twitter and ADN. Many of the Gruber-inspired school of bloggers try to minimize ads and rely on direct support from their readers. I think newsletters are a (classy) way that their readers can support them.
Re: How I went from idea to product (with paying customers) in 7 days
#7Really curious to hear how this works out. I don't recall ever seeing a paid newsletter signup form; most authors/email list owners use email as a free lead gen tool to sell something else (a book, an online course, etc). It'll be interesting to see if people will pay for the email medium itself.
So far after 8 hours, one of HappyLetter's customers has 13 subscribers. They've only announced their letter on Twitter and ADN. Many of the Gruber-inspired school of bloggers try to minimize ads and rely on direct support from their readers. I think newsletters are a (classy) way that their readers can support them.
"Many of the Gruber-inspired school of bloggers try to minimize ads and rely on direct support from their readers."
That's awesome. I hope it gets traction. I guess we'll see as you move forward ;)
Re: How I went from idea to product (with paying customers) in 7 days
#8I really like the idea of "writing through the product dev process". So often I get stuck and the act of "talking it out" helps - I think writing a blog/journal would be even better.
Live-blogging was way more helpful to the development process than I ever imagined it would be.
Even if you don't feel comfortable sharing everything in public, I'd keep a private journal and write through any issues that are stopping you from moving forward.
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#10Absolutely loved reading this. He actually describes the "how" process from Day 1 to Day 7. These kind of posts always make me feel awesome and terrible at the same time. Awesome that it is so possible to build something that people actually want but terrible that people like me are still wondering where to start. Damn I need to start talking to my Patrick Rhones.