Release Notes is a weekly podcast about building online businesses and financial freedom. We discuss inspiration, design, marketing, promotion, business, trends, and tools – everything but the code. Each week, we cover topics for the new or curious independent developer looking to launch or grow online business. Whether your business is SaaS, desktop software, mobile apps, consulting, or a productized service, here you’ll find tips for success as well as warnings about the pitfalls we’ve encountered along the way. The show is hosted by Charles Perry, owner of RelaNet, and Joe Cieplinski, Creative Director of Bombing Brain Interactive.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 days 18 hours 31 minutes
#92: Especially Since I Can’t Juggle
We’ve all heard the time honored advice that you shouldn’t “put all your eggs in one basket,” but that’s exactly what many independent developers do. They have their entire business riding on the success (or failure) of one app,
#91: The Height of Gauging
Today we take a moment to talk about all the cool things there are to do in Indianapolis when you visit for the conference this October, then we dive into our main topic: communicating with customers, and some of the problems we have in that regard.
#90: The Acute Elbow (part 2)
Today we continue our discussion of Charles’ analysis of the distribution of App Store revenue, and the implications that it holds for indie developers. We talk about making a living, setting expectations, and achieving goals.
#89: The Acute Elbow
It’s been widely known for some time that very few top apps take home most of the revenue in the App Store. There’s been some uncertainty, though, about exactly how few apps are involved. Today we talk about an analysis of the distribution of App Store...
#88: They’re Still Your Babies
If you’ve been a developer on the App Store for any length of time, you’ve probably faced the difficult decision of killing an app. Maybe it’s just not making as much money as you’d hoped. Maybe its codebase has, through neglect,
#87: 2-hr. Discussion of Coat Racks
Today we continue our look back at 2014 and discuss our hopes for 2015. In this episode, we discuss professional accomplishments for the year, our companies’ financial results, and goals for 2015. Conference We’re planning a conference!
#86: Surprised How Smoothly It Went
It’s a new year, so we take a moment to pause and evaluate how things are going. We both reflect on our respective businesses, and review what when well, what could have gone better, and plans for the future. We also take a look at financials,
#85: Rob Rhyne (part 2)
We continue our discussion with Rob Rhyne, concentrating this week on building apps for professionals. Rob shares his thoughts on pricing models, maximizing revenue, and selling to fewer higher-quality customers. Along the way,
#84: Rob Rhyne (part 1)
The Apple Watch is coming, and independent developers need to decide how to prepare for it. We already gave our opinions on developing for the Apple Watch, but we wanted to get a slightly different perspective, so we brought in Rob Rhyne,
#83: They Really Kinda Don’t
App Store development is full of risks, and one risk that eventually bites every developer is an App Store rejection. Today we talk about some recent high profile app rejections that have become public and consider how we should react when we (inevitab...