Today's episode it's all about growing your downloads. We talk about what App Store Optimization (ASO) is and how to do it for iOS. We apply this process to our own apps and grew the downloads of Ling App by 142% in 2 months.

What you can expect in this episode:

Mentioned links:

- App Radar: https://appradar.com/

- Google keyword planner: https://ads.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/

- Thesaurus: https://www.thesaurus.com/

- OneLook: https://www.onelook.com/

In this episode, we talk about how we opened a company in Thailand. It was by no means an easy process but it has several benefits. We applied for a Board of Investment (BOI) promotion. This allows us to hire local Thai talent, operate on a zero tax basis for years, and have equal ownership in the company (in a regular Thai company, foreigners can only hold minority ownership).

We will cover:

Mentioned in the episode:

Board of Investment Thailand: https://www.boi.go.th/en/index/

This episode is all about opening a company for your business. In 2016, we opened a company for our app business in Hong Kong and never looked back.

Today, we discuss,

- Do you even need a company?

- Why open a company in Hong Kong vs. other places?

- Is it true that you pay 0% company taxes in Hong Kong?

- Our story: How we opened a company and bank account in Hong Kong

- How to do the accounting

Links mentioned in this episode:

Corporate Agency Bridges: https://www.bridges.hk/en/

Today's episode is very special. We have our friend Greg Hung on the show. He has been a business owner traveling the world since 2013. He sells a host of products on his websites such as video footage and online courses. He also runs a videography freelance business, several YouTube channels and a Podcast.

In this episode, he shares his learnings from years of hustling, including

- How he quit his job, sold most of his belongings, and started a business in Asia

- How he got into the Google top rankings for competitive keywords

- How he attracts customers for his local video editing business

- His tactics to grow his online presence through email marketing

Check out Greg's sites here:

Website: https://chicvoyageproductions.com/

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/chicvoyagegroup

Podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-greg-hung-show

In this episode, we talk about what's it like to be location independent. We discuss why we chose Chiang Mai as a starting point of our journey. Some other points we cover:

- What are digital nomads/location independent entrepreneurs?

- How to choose a good location to start a digital nomad lifestyle

- What are the pros and cons of working location independent?

Khwan's digital wifestyle Blog: https://digitalwifestyle.wordpress.com/

Our Ling App to learn Thai: https://ling-app.com/

This episode is all about agile development and Scrum. We talk about how we use Scrum to manage our development teams.

We cover

- What is Scrum and how do we use it?

- How does it compare to other models? Is it worth it?

- Typical actors and meetings in Scrum

- much more

Trello is a great tool for managing all sorts of tasks. We manage all our projects with Trello, both for business and private. 

In this episode, we discuss

- How we use Trello to manage multiple teams

- Cool Trello plugins that can make your life easier

- Automation and smart notifications with Trello Butler

- How does Trello compare to other project management tools, such as Jira

You can get Trello here for free: https://trello.com/

Fastlane is an amazing tool that allows you to automate lots of things for free. In this episode, we talk about how we use it to make our release process faster and easier. Learn how we

- Automatically create and upload thousands of screenshots

- Integrate Fastlane with Gitlab to release a new version in Testflight with every build

- Use Slack to trigger Fastlane (Chat Ops)

You can check out Fastlane here: https://fastlane.tools/

App Store Optimization (ASO) is one of the most important things to do to increase your downloads. In this episode we talk about how we optimize every aspect of our store listing and run biweekly A/B tests. We also share some of our most successful tests, increasing the daily downloads by 5-30%.

Learn how we do the market research for our apps. This is an important step before even designing any screen.

We discuss:

- How we did the market research for our first own

- How to analyze competitor apps and find ideas on improving them

- How to brainstorm ideas for a new app