Release Notes

We’re joined today by Sarah Hatter, founder of CoSupport and speaker at Release Notes 2016. Sarah talks to us about her work with CoSupport, the difference between “customer support” and “customer service”, and strategies that indies and small teams can use to provide excellent service efficiently. Release Notes 2016 If you’re serious about your business, […]

Today we chat about Charles’ recent adventures in naming things and the process he uses when coming up with a name for a new product or business. We discuss trademarks, choosing the right domain name, and using a .com domain versus other top level domains. Release Notes 2016 If you’re serious about your business, Release […]

We’re joined again today by Ariel Michaeli, co-founder of AppFigures and speaker at Release Notes 2016. Today Ariel shares how he has gained needed expertise, his experience in hiring his first employee, advertising, and more. Release Notes 2016 If you’re serious about your business, Release Notes 2016 is the one conference you want to go […]

We’re joined today by Ariel Michaeli, co-founder of AppFigures and speaker at Release Notes 2016. Ariel shares the story of how AppFigures started, his earlier history launching iOS games and other businesses, and lessons learned from watching his clients. Release Notes 2016 If you’re serious about your business, Release Notes 2016 is the one conference […]

Today we continue our conversation about our efforts in email marketing. We talk about generating regular content, stealing ideas from competitors, email frequency, automated email campaigns, and more. Release Notes 2016 If you’re serious about your business, Release Notes 2016 is the one conference you want to go to this year. We’ll be bringing together […]

It’s generally accepted that a strong mailing list is an indie’s best friend when it comes to marketing your products. Today we talk about some of Charles’ recent experiments in email marketing, how he is starting to use email automation, and whether it’s better to maintain separate mailing lists for each product or use one […]

At WWDC this year, Apple announced iMessage apps in two varieties: stickers and interactive messages. Today we talk about the business prospects of iMessage apps, why Joe is building a sticker pack, and why Charles isn’t as excited about them. Release Notes 2016 If you’re serious about your business, Release Notes 2016 is the one […]

In this episode we talk about WWDC 2016 and Joe’s experience there. We talk about how Joe spent his time in San Francisco without a WWDC ticket, the technical announcements that we are most excited about, and dig a little deeper into the App Store changes that were pre-announced before WWDC. Release Notes 2016 If […]

We’re joined again today by David Sparks, Release Notes 2016 speaker, lawyer, and co-host of Mac Power Users. We talk about his screencast business, professional networking, giving up profitable work in order to maximize happiness and diversify income streams, and getting “real” work done on an iPad. Release Notes 2016 If you’re serious about your […]

Today we’re joined by David Sparks, Release Notes 2016 speaker and co-host of Mac Power Users. We talk about his history podcasting, his career as a lawyer specializing in technology, and his new life as an indie. Release Notes 2016 If you’re serious about your business, Release Notes 2016 is the one conference you want […]