We're Live. Many of the paths that any entrepreneur takes can lead to specific situations, for example using only ads to promote, or using focus blocks to improve productivity, will represent the key difference to obtaining the best possible results.   Mani and John have a great chat about this topic, where to apply this, and having the best approach to the decision-making process.   Thought of the week   John - “I get the problem sure, but what are you doing about it? ”.

  We're Live. Many of the paths that any entrepreneur takes can lead to specific situations, for example using only ads to promote, or using focus blocks to improve productivity, will represent the key difference to obtaining the best possible results.   Mani and John have a great chat about this topic, where to apply this, and having the best approach to the decision-making process.   Thought of the week   John - “I get the problem sure, but what are you doing about it? ”.

We're Live. Growth in this area is the most anticipated thing that any entrepreneur needs to achieve, this also means more people and more responsibilities which will bring more value to your company. Josh brings this topic up because it can be a quite difficult decision, not only adding new people but actually deciding what your role will be that can also bring value to the equation. Thought of the week John - “The vision needs to be the same in other to move forward”.

We're Live. In the entrepreneur world having a business partner is a common occurrence, it can be a great asset in order to get the best possible scenario that will bring the best profit. That´s the area that can get tricky.   Talking about money will always be a difficult subject that has to be approached strategically. The guys have an awesome debate regarding this topic   Thought of the week   Josh - “My Business partner thinks that he brings more value, I have mixed feelings about this”.

We're Live. Content creation is one of the most creative things that anyone can do, but it can be difficult depending on the area or niche that you are working on. There are a lot of key components to bare in mind to get the best content, and analyzing your competition is one of them.   John raises this topic because Josh is working on his youtube channel trying to make it blow up, looking for that specific content that will make the difference.   Thought of the week   John - “One of the best approaches to create good content is to be contrary, go into a different direction that the trend is”.  

We're Live. Looking at your work from a specific view sometimes can be frustrating, a change of perspective is due when this is happening. You start to get the feeling that you’re not advancing and everything that you do is simply not working.   John raises this topic because he’s going through some changes on his entrepreneurship, the bottom up approach can change your game, great discussion.   Thought of the week   John - “The amount of skill that you learned is unprecedented”.  

  We're Live. Getting your goals clear in mind is one of the most important things in any entrepreneurship, but sometimes during this journey your goals will derive from your original intentions and become something entirely different.   This is where you start doing stuff just to get them out the door, there’s no actual meaning or intention behind them. This can be frustrating at levels that can make you want to quit. John and Josh have an interesting conversation on how to get back to your roots and do the stuff that you actually want to do in order to meet your goals.   Thought of the week   Josh - “This is the Artist Dilemma”

We’re Live. Under the decision-making process, there’s something that you'll always have to bare in mind, you can lose. It doesn't matter if all the chances and probabilities show that you will be successful in your entrepreneurship, there's always the possibility of losing, and you have to prepare for that moment.   John and Josh have a great discussion about this topic and the many preparations that you have to do to thrive if this moment ever passes.   Thought of the week   John - “It is Win or Lose, just take the chance”

We’re Live. John and Mani get back together after a long overdue break in December. 2022 was a year of big changes for both of them, getting stuff out that was not working and all the new and ongoing work that promise to bring great success in 2023.   Great conversation catching up and the plans for the start of this year.   Thought of the week   John - “There were big changes in my life last year”    

We’re Live. Artificial Intelligence has been a sci-fi dream since the ’70s but nowadays is a complete reality, from apps that draw or Ai design to make contracts, there are no limits to the use of these new forms of creations.   The guys have an interesting debate on how these AIs are going the change the world and what are the implications in the entrepreneur world. Thought of the week    John - “I'm still amazed at what this AI can do”  

We’re Live. Difficult clients always appear when you’re doing entrepreneurship, there can be ones that have zero collab intentions or try to slip dirty things in the contract that can make you lose money, the matter is, it can be resolved.   Knowledge is the main factor here, to get a clear understanding of the situation. The guys have a great debate around many of the possible ways to resolve these situations   Thought of the week    John - “There’s the client that wants to sleaze something in the contract”      

We’re Live. The final days of the year are coming and the guys are checking everything out on their content. Adapting to the situation has been the constant in these passing years many ups and downs but the answer is always the same, adapt and overcome. Great debate around the many situations that the guys have recently gone through, always looking for the best possible outcome and getting to an interesting conclusion. Thought of the week John - “There always has to be that hook that gets you”

We’re Live. Social media games will always be evolving, and adapting to the current situation is a must if you want your goals to be met. Recently there’s a new marketing strategy that has proven to be quite effective, but the numbers need a different approach in order to understand them.   John starts this off on how to actually take this on and understand that there’s a big difference in growing and reaching, and both of them work in parallel.   Thought of the week    John - “Paying for performance is a great way to market the channel”

Significant Losses We’re Live. Entrepreneurship will always have risks involved, and this makes things clear, sometimes you will lose money and sometimes it will be a lot. This is part of the process and having the right tools and taking the correct actions at the exact time will make the difference. The guys start a great debate around the subject, what to do in this case, and what needs to be analyzed. Taking into account all the possible factors that can fail during this process. Thought of the week Mani - “Let’s not talk about losing days, let’s talk about numbers”

We’re Live. Decision-making is a process that any entrepreneur needs to have in their arsenal some situations present a lot of alternatives that can work but some of it could be easier than others. That´s where Occam’s Razor comes in. The principle gives precedence to simplicity: of two competing theories, the simpler explanation of an entity is to be preferred.   The guys have an interesting debate on when and how to make these decisions to produce the best possible outcome.   Thought of the week   Mani - “ Your data needs to be precise to make these decisions”

We’re Live. Main social media platforms are the best option to promote your entrepreneurship these days. Doing it organically will set you on the right path, but using ads is the next step in this journey.   The problem with this is that the platforms are highly irregular with ads. They can work well for some time and they can take them down for no apparent reason. What should you do here? The guys have an interesting debate on what should the plan be in any of these cases.   Thoughts of the week   Josh - “September was definitely my best month in quite some time, but Youtube just decided to take down all my ads”.

We’re Live. There’s a specific scenario where your goals are met, success is finally here and what most people do is start relaxing during this process, which is a big mistake.   Josh asks John for tips and standard processes during this time, it is always a good idea to be prepared for what’s coming.    Thought of the week    John - “It all depends on what you are willing to do to get to the next level”

We’re Live. The topic for this week fluctuates through the many types of issues that the guys go through in their entrep[neurship, regarding that most of the issues, can be common but not all of them affect them the same way.   There’s an interesting debate on how to tackle these situations and how much the perspective changes depending on your level of success.   Thought of the week    Mani - “That’s not a problem for a guy that makes Twenty Million dollars”

We’re Live. Josh asks the guys for advice on when to apply certain kinds of ads or what social media platform to use to promote your business, there’s no actual right answer for this.   John and Mani share different perspectives on how the main focus in the decision-making process should be momentum. Capturing that frame of time and getting the best out of it.   Thought of the week    Mani - “One thing has to work, and one thing has to work most of the time”

We’re Live. Dealing with clients will always be a hassle, Josh comes up to the plate with a situation concerning some types of clients that are not complying or not completing the process.   An Aggressive approach is the focus here, the guys have an interesting debate on how to do this and how to make the clients actually comply or at moments just stop working with them.   Thought of the week    John - “These are the types of clients that you need to hold back”  

We’re Live. Mani is back to the usual roundabouts and gets started checking everything is running smoothly. John is currently on the same page getting some numbers on tracks and making sure where the traffic is coming from.   One of the main types of traffic is warm traffic, both guys start analyzing and explaining thoroughly what warm traffic means.   Thought of the week    Mani - “Warm Traffic will always get you numbers”

We’re Live. Guys start a very interesting debate on how to make youtube channels work. This si something that can be confusing sometimes, one of the first topics is content and as it turns out it is not the main factor.   Competition in the platform is over the top, finding an unique style is one of the most important things you can do for your youtube channel to work.   Thought of the week    Josh - “There’s just so many guys that say practically nothing and it works”  

We’re Live. Josh proposes a very interesting topic regarding masculinity and being a man and how to approach life in all general aspects to become a better person and apply this to all your goals and purposes.   John tells it straight, it s about being real and accepting the facts. Great conversation on how to keep your feet on the ground and always keep moving towards your goals.   Thought of the week    John. “Accepting the hard truth is the best thing you can do in these situations”  

We’re Live. Under any kind of entrepreneurship, the constant that will always come up is decision making, whether is hiring new staff or even letting go of them, where to invest, what to invest, etc. Strategic Thinking is a must in this field.   Great discussion surrounding the next steps for the three guys that will definitely help you improve your decision-making process.   Thought of the Week   Mani - “If the guy just not on high-level thinking you just have let him go”  

We’re Live. First of all, there’s so,e big news regarding Entreprogrammers, it's currently a rebranding! So stay tuned to see a new face! The Content that social media has at the moment is extremely variant and different, to say the least. Publishing superior content will not only make you stand out from the crowd but it will improve your chances of success. The guys have a really interesting conversation regarding this with each different perception. Thought of the week John - “All it matters is to get that specific Lead”

We’re Live. One of the main focuses of this podcast is to share current strategies that are being applied to get feedback and get the best possible outcome. John leads the way on main strategies based on Social media, ads, etc. Thought of the week John - “Engagement is not exactly the most important factor on Instagram”

We’re Live. The guys start with a roundtable of ongoing projects that each has and is it going and giving each other great feedback to improve the whole process. One thing that came in common is Marketing Equity, there are just so many projects going on that there’s a point that focus is lost, so cutting off some of them may be the way to go. Thought of the week Mani - “If your emails throughout a month talk about 10 different topics, you cannot sell”

We’re live. One of the many problems that clients encounter is that they don't really understand how the process of any endeavor works or even worse than that, they can't trust the process. This seems to be a recurring problem with some of John's Clients, finding out that there’s actual work that they need to do, and realizing that the problem lies in the drive to get the work done. Thought of the week Mani - “They think they can't do it? Or they think that they can't do the work?”

We’re Live. Mani some stuff that did not work out as planned, but he’s not quite sure what exactly failed in the process. He and John start analyzing the whole scenario to find out and improve upon it.   It is quite normal that this kind of problem arises from time to time, but as always this offers so much improving potential so it does deserve thorough analysis.   Thought of the week   John - “There’s always a logical explanation when this happens”

We’re live. John and Mani get the conversation going with how the process of admittance in their programs should be, getting the right client is the core foundation that the program needs to work. There are definitely many ways to filter clients or even get an onboarding process, this is going to entirely depend on what type of actions the client has to do in order to stay and be accountable. John - “Move quickly but do not rush”

We’re Live. Today the guys are starting off with a new segment called the hot seat, where each of them gets a specific amount of time to show any kind of issue on his entrepreneurship and get the feedback needed to get the best possible solution. Definitely, an interesting way to solve problems and get a fresh perspective and actually get the issue under the spotlight. Thought of the week John - “Red pill content is incredibly difficult to get growth from it”

We’re Live. Once again the boys are trying new blood for the team, and it has started an amazing debate of what the pain points are for each of the clients and what actually are the ones that work as selling points. The perfect example of this was Mani’s Focus blocks, which in this particular thing almost any pain point will work, based on the productivity you'll need to solve your problems. Thought of the week. John - “Mani you sound like a lawyer”

We’re LIve. Getting a new partner in the entreprogrammers podcast has been a long endeavor and has definitely not been successful, some guests show up once and then do not show up anymore. John and Mani agree that when this happens is just not the right fit, but, MAni has a theory on why this happening, not everyone sees value in the live cast, John doesn't agree with this. Great debate this week. Thought of the week Mani - “ Not everybody sees the utility in showing yourself to different eyes”

We’re Live. New blood is coming into town and one of the first steps, when this happens, is to start sharing strategies with one another, based on their entrepreneurship and perspectives. Which always proves to be quite helpful, no matter how much time you have spent on a business there will be that missing that only outside perspective will bring it to light. Thought of the week Mani .”Data will always show you the truth overtime”

We’re Live. There’s always a project that just does not work no matter what amount of effort you put into it, the idea could be solid but if people don't see the real value in it it's just not going to work. John and Mani Analyse various scenarios when this happens and steps to follow to get back on track as soon as possible. Thought of the week John - “Selfe-confidence as an outcome is just not valuable to people”

  We’re Live. John recently hired someone dedicated to sales, that is helping him through Instagram dm and other areas. It turns out that the price range was way higher than expected, but, is it worth it? It Absolutely is and here they tell you why.   There are lots of benefits that come from high risks, especially in the long run. As long everything is analyzed correctly it is always worth your time and money.   Thought of the week    Mani - “Once you get this working you will triple your original investment”

 We’re Live. One of the most common things to happen in any enterprise, webinar, or any kind of business is that the client gets the whole perspective of it wrong, especially when the matter is making money.   John and Mani have an interesting discussion about the most important factors of this process that most people just miss or simply do not understand.   Mani -” If Your client has to do a lot of work you have to charge them even more ”.

We’re live. The guys are in new offices and talking about productivity systems that have worked and also failed in the past, coming to one logical conclusion: Systems work, people are the ones who fail.   There’s one simple explanation for this and it is based on accountability basically, there’s nothing that forces you to commit to the system, that’s why it is doomed to fail.   Thought of the week   Mani - “All Humans are going to get in and out of the system every time”.

We’re Live. John and Mani are currently in the process of reinventing their business, getting new ideas out, testing out processes, and finding out what type of new audiences can come in a have a taste.   This has taken most of the time that the guys have in hand, and also it has been proven that getting these conversations is extremely valuable to the whole process.   Mani - “Now is time to get the right audience into the funnel”

We’re live. Mani starts with the continuing process of his upcoming webinar, and how the writing aspect of it is very similar to writing a book, what makes people buy the book or assisting the webinar which brings the same results.   John adds up to this topic on how to get more people to your project, specially future costumers that you want them to stay and consume more content.   John - “Definitely getting more people will always punch the numbers”

  We’re Live. Mani is currently working on his new webinar and one of the most important steps is getting that hook or punchline that will get the consumer to truly stay and buy the product.   Many insights and ideas grow here during the discussion, getting to the point that it is necessary to convince people even before they buy the product, that will give the customer the confidence to come back again.     Mani -"If you depend on some discipline system or habits to be productive, you’ll fail to be productive"

  We’re Live. Getting to know a new team member it's always a part of the process, with the Depart of Chuck from the podcast it’s time for changes.   The guys are looking forward to keeping Entreprogrammers alive and evolving, so the next step was clear and recruits are trying out!   Mani: ”You've been doing this since you were 15 and you’re 23? Right on man!”

  We’re Live. This is a topic that will always pop up when you’re an entrepreneur, there’s going to be a certain point in time that you will have success, or in other cases, this is needed to get to the point where you want to be.   Mani and John have an interesting discussion on when and how you need to push productivity. Hiring personnel, delegating jobs, using ads to promote, and many other possibilities.   Mani - “There’s always a way to push productivity and not deal with the hassle that this involves”

  We’re Live. Chuck is back in the scene but he’s coming with not-so-great news! In this episode, Chuck and John Talk about how their lives have changed over the passing years.   Looking forward to the new paths that both are building towards their journey in entrepreneurship.   Chuck - “There are hours that I need to get back and just focus on the ones that I'm currently working on”

  We’re Live. Analysing the necessary data in order to make the best decisions in your entrepreneurship has to be one of the most important steps that you have to make, this will definitely take you closer to success no doubt about it.   To get this data you need traffic, as it turns out Cold Traffic sometimes it’s actually the best way to get the best perspective, it’s constant and starts to show patterns that in hot traffic are difficul to see.   Mani - “Cold Traffic is the key here, details have come up due to this”

  We’re Live. The guys finally meet up for the first time this year and the main topic here are the new ideas and new goals for this upcoming year, how to approach these situations and make the best of it.   New exciting ideas like really show the world how success works, to analyzing what is the best value you have to offer to your future clients.   Thought of the day    Mani - “History is written by the winners, is time to change that”

We’re Live. Usual report from the guys except that there’s a small situation in Chuck’s mind, Podcast and Sponsorship has been the main game that has kept Chuck in the game. Now the main concern is that the standard approach can be faulty sometimes. Chuck Doesn’t feel optimistic about this.   John and Mani’s message here is plain and simple, sponsorship at this level cannot be standard, it has to be unique for every client.    Thought of the week   Mani - “Standard Approach only works when you’re a big corporation”

We’re Live. Mani is currently finding the best way possible to sell one of his newest products, he decided to get an out perspective. As it turns out, it was the best thing that he could do, many new ideas came to him just by introducing this outside perspective.   Great discussion with the guys based on these new ideas, this is just another way to learn. There are tons of ways to sell a product, especially in these changing times.   Thought of the week    Mani - “You’ll be surprised how your front-end product can change so easily.”

We’re Live. John is pretty happy at the moment because one of his strategies had an amazing list of emails and subscribers to one of his programs. The funny thing is that it really was a small one and the reward was big.   Sometimes the most powerful message can be the shortest one, and in fact, will reach more people than expected given its simplicity. This made a huge boost that was completely unexpected.   Thought of the week   John - “ A short video on Tiktok and a small message worked very well, not even a link was needed”

    We’re Live. John Starts off with the situation that he’s handling for the project manager spot, long story short is not working out. There is a series of skills that a person needs to have in order to fulfill this job at the level that John requires.   Mani Agrees, these strengths that make you excel in these situations cant be taught, especially things like attention to detail, organization, and the compulsive need to get everything done on time.   Thought of the week    Mani - “Some people are just organized that’s it. You can spend years trying to teach a dog to be a bear and it’s not going to happen”

We’re Live. Long time since the guys had a chat to talk about their business and one of the first topics that John brings to the table is the need to delegate certain tasks that are put simply, It takes too much time to do although is easy stuff but they are annoying in a matter of speaking.   This type of task has to be delegated to focus on the most important part of your business. otherwise, the rate of growth will be extremely slow.   Thought of the week    Charles - “This definitely a recurring problem in my business I step into that boulder over and over again”

We’re Live. In the business game, the price and value of things can change overnight, the guys are currently experimenting with different types of approaches to their products it doesn’t matter if the product is new or old.   In fact, trying out old products from a different approach can always work again, it’s just a matter of finding the right angle for the audience. This is something that as entrepreneurs you have to be able to adapt every time.   Thought of the week   Mani - “That product that made you money will always make you money”

We’re Live. Long time since 3 guys got together to talk about stuff, and the first thing that comes up is that John has been banned from Tiktok, and possibly shadow-banned on Youtube.   Mani Gets into a great argument on how they have demonstrated that you can't put all your eggs in one social media basket, one day it could be gone and that’s that, you need to have back up.   So based on this argument, pay to play is the best to proceed in these situations.   Thought of the Week   Mani - “Sometimes you spend $10000 or sometimes you spend $100 on Ads, but this money always comes back”

We’re Live. After a long time of coming back to a regular job, Chuck Finally is on the point that he can start making decisions to get back fully on his Entrepreneurship, income is covering everything but as always is not as easy as it sounds.   Mani gives some advice on what the next steps should be in order to get everything set in stone and not turning back to the regular job, which is a complex process that Chuck has to go through so that he can quit his job safely.   Thought of the week   Chuck - “ I’m actually pretty excited for this I’m willing to take anything that comes my way I just need to be prepared”.

We’re Live. The first topic of conversations goes to the importance of having a sales page, and that it has to be fast and efficient in order for it to work. But this develops a great idea that John has for Mani to get even better sales with the focus blocks.   The key here is to get in touch with the right people, as a matter of fact, John has some contacts that can make a huge difference in sales regarding the focus blocks. During this episode, John explains that an irresistible offer has to be made to the exact person.   Thought of the Week    John - “If you get this person, this CEO to actually test your product that’s when they get it”

We’re Live. Chuck starts off by saying that he just came back from a nice camping trip where he had the chance to really have some quiet time with his thoughts a take a look at things from a different perspective, especially on the business side to come up with solutions or practices that have been made yet.   Chuck has a big audience, but he’s not having the reach and come back as expected, he was trying to get new prospects thinking that could be the problem.   Mani offered some advice, he should be getting the reach due to the audience that he has so, what Chuck has to do is check how the funnels are doing and find the problems there.   Thought of the week    Mani - “Having a big audience as you do, should get you 50000 members easily”

We’re Live. the guys talk about a situation that has always been such a struggle throughout any business or entrepreneurship that they have put in the effort in order for the customers to get the memberships.   What happens when the customer pays for the membership and does not use it? The answer is simple, this is a lost customer. So, the question that the guys bring here is Why is this happening?    The little things sometimes are the ones that make biggest difference, what’s that little push that will make the customer to keep on? Thought of the week    Mani - “I’m pulling my hairs man, why are you not using the focus group if you paid for it?”  

We’re Live, Chuck is currently having some issues with his entrepreneurial process, he’s lacking motivation and actually is just doing the steps without the proper angle, so the outcome is not being the best.   He has an interesting conversation with Mani about this issue and brings to the table that your process is not going to work only with a flawless strategy and a routine, there has to be a dedicated person over the whole thing in order to function properly.   Thought of the week    Chuck - “I have planed what I have to do, I know what I have to do. I just have to get up and do it no matter what”

We’re Live. One of the main concerns of any entrepreneurship is the niche. This is a  decision that has to be made on day one before starting off, based on this the whole strategy will move accordingly. Word of advice, the specific the niche the better.   Once this process is completed, then you got to start mapping out your ideal customer to actually capture those that belong to the niche that you’re working with, this can be tiresome as Chuck explains but it’s a basic move.   Thought of the week    John - “You won’t believe the specific content you can find on Youtube.

We’re Live. It’s a fact that people when committing to a program or something, in particular, want quick results. In the area of Coaching, clients can go away if the results are not seen or the value of the program in a very short time, they tend to feel disappointed and just leave.   This is a natural behavior, people have the need to grab on to something every step of the way/ Chuck is having this issue at the moment, and Mani gives great advice on how to solve this.   Thought of the week   Mani - “This Quick results can make the difference between staying or not”

We’re Live. Selling Memberships is hard, there’s no doubt about it. According to Mani the secret here is to get the client to use your product, that’s it. Once they are there they are hooked up.   And that’s the mission of entrepreneurship, you need to offer a product that keeps the client coming in, which obviously is not an easy task. This involves a lot of testing and the most difficult part is that, people are always changing, so basically this process never stops.   Thought of the week    Mani - “People always likes the new angle, the new sale”

We’re Live. The guys start an interesting conversation based on where to apply their efforts with the number of resources that always keep flowing in, Chuck is currently having some issues because the business is not reflecting well on the revenue. Is not a problem of Traffic, all the effort must be mapping out to money in your pocket, the recommendation here is to use the resources exactly where the problem is and make sure is not wasted on something that will not solve the issue. Thought of the week John - “This is an 80/20 solution once you apply this correctly you will solve the revenue issue”

We’re Live. Getting things is definitely the core factor when you’re an entrepreneur. The guys talk recently about focus blocks that have really helped improve this process, today brings up something extremely important.   High-quality leisures are activities outside of work (no matter what they are) that bring some form of creativity or positive reinforcement. For example a hobby or working out. This is something that most of the people that start a business don’t bare in mind.   Thought of the week   Mani - “This is the main reason why people are not being productive, time is being wasted on crap every time”

We’re Live. Chuck starts off with some issues he’s got with getting people to actually convert to clients, emphasis on doing a headline that will capture the person without even seeing the complete landing page is the key here.   Focus is the main issue here, the conversation segways to this topic which is mani current project and it’s working wonders with everybody including the guys. Chuck is using it also John and the levels of productivity are through the roof.   Thought of the week    Mani - “If the person does not focus on the headline, by the time it gets to the questionnaire this person is long gone”.  

We’re Live. The guys start off smoothly to a subject that seemed not that important but in the end, it makes you feel safe as entrepreneurs and it is a recurring payment.   Chuck talks about he usually takes sponsorships under contract for a number of episodes of the podcast,.then has to go through this process again to keep this ongoing client.   This actually makes no sense, not for Chuck or the client. Mani offers some thought on how to change this, building up offers that will end up in monthly payments with various benefits depending on the hierarchy of the contract. This keeps the client happy and the money flowing every month.   Thought of the week    Mani - “ I Would take the 15 thousand offer with benefits over the 20 thousand offer any day, it gives incentive”

We’re Live. Mani starts off by saying that he has launched a new business. It is definitely a different and exciting concept. As we know Mani likes to experiment with new things to get the best outcome possible.   There’s a serious issue on possible clients that have not been taken care of is that intentions must constant in order to get accountability, commitment needs to be serious enough to carry through.   Focus is the main key here, this new system will make you maintain focus for as long as you want.   Thought of the week    Mani - “You enter with clear intentions and get out with clear intentions that’s the beauty of it”

We’re Live. First Off, there’s a nice retrospective about how long these guys have been doing Podcast shows, a long time indeed more than 10 years which is incredible taking into account how much the programming community has changed. In Other Topics, Chuck brings out that in sales call he realizes that he has to speak less, which is definitely Ironic. According to Mani, this makes total sense because you need to start listening carefully to what your possible client needs in order to Deliver the Best Possible Outcome.   Thought of the Week    Mani - “There’s a huge difference in being a Doctor and Being the salesperson”

We’re Live. Chuck Starts by saying to the guys that during a business trip to Nashville, some things that happened there made him realize that his business’s focus has not been in the right place the whole time.   His Business is based on Technology but it needs to be focused on relationships, that’s where everything happens not on the technical side of things, at the beginning of most entrepreneurship this would be a common ground but the only way to build up your business is founding those relationships that make the difference.   Thought of the week   Chuck - “There’s always so much going on that sometimes you kind of miss the point of having a business”

We’re Live. Mani brings up a subject that is really interesting and very important if you are planning on becoming an entrepreneur. There are literally thousands of courses and coaches that will teach you how to get your business going and hundreds of things that you have to do at the same time in order for it to work.   Yes, this has to be done, but the most important thing in this whole process is actually doing the right thing at a specific time, the only way to do this is sequencing.   Thought of the week   Mani - “Doing the right thing is a million time more important than doing it right” 

We’re Live. Chuck starts off with something that has been in his mind for the last couple of  weeks, he feels that from a certain point of view he has not fought for something with everything he’s got because all of his life that need was never there.   It’s not that he’s been doing things wrong, it’s the feeling that there is more to it if Chuck actually puts up to it. This is Basically John Cup of tea, and the recommendation was simple.   John treats everything he does like life or death situations, which means the mindset es based on doing something with the feeling of a huge risk you just have to give it all.   Thought of the week   John - “You Can’t control your results, your results are not yours. What you can control is your actions”

  We’re Live..Mani starts off sharing with the guys an anecdote of a technique he learned to actually lose the minimum amount of money during the test phase when segmenting an audience.   The usual steps were testing to a broad audience, get the data, and then narrow the audience to get the proper response, this technique does work but it has some failure points which including losing money and even losing the whole focus.   Being patient is key here, the idea is to start really narrow with a surgical selected segment of the audience and test there, make it work, and then gradually make small increments. It may seem slow at first but is for sure the safest way to get an organic audience.   Thought of the week   Mani -” By the time you get the data, if you get the data correctly you may lose your shirt”  

We’re Live. This week Mani explains to the guys the whole process that he has been working on for the last couple of weeks, and it has been quite a journey. He has been going through a transformation on how he’s doing things, some of the stuff is experimental but most of it has been improved versions of old techniques for placing Ads.   Basically what Mani explains is that he’s now in charge of so many details during the process that it can be overwhelming at first, but once you get the hang of it, you will actually see where each dollar is coming in, and it’s incredibly worth it.   Thought of the week    Mani - “There’s a huge difference between a Lazy Marketer and an Attentive Marketer”

  We’re Live. John starts off the conversation with a boom, he’s looking to Sale Simple Programmer. No surprise it is actually something that was predicted because he’s entirely focused on other stuff at the moment.   In Other Topics, Mani’s experiment with ads was a complete success, numbers are coming in and as he says it is organic and stable which is the kind of business he always runs, tells the difference between having explosive success and the need for security in other for it to be long term.   Thought of the week   Mani - “A converter sales page does what it’s supposed to be doing”’

We’re Live. Starts off with some good news from his Masterclass, better numbers than expected, he;s at a point that he can raise the price on the masterclass which is great. Only to find that sweet spot where people keep coming in and keeping the audience that really wants to stay and take advantage of the content.   In other topics, the guys have a nice conversation about stuff that really needs time to do and how is always beneficial to hire someone specifically for that job. For Example, John hired someone just to do analytics which is extremely important but it takes a lot of time to do.   Thought of the week   John - “There’s an easy way to get famous these days, and it’s really quick. It’s called being canceled”

  We’re live. John and Mani have a nice talk about branding which Mani is thinking of do major changes to his. New Logo, Color s chem, the whole nine yards. This a crucial step in the wholesale scenario.   It basically means you are professional and doing business, that’s what the branding is going  to represent, otherwise, it doesn’t matter how good the copy is or your content. This is how people see you.    Thought of the week   John - “I really like it when colors pop and get your attention, but everything else is easy on the eyes”

We’re Live. Chuck and Mani start off the conversation by talking about their workspace and how important it is to separate work from home, it may sound simple but it makes such a big difference in the productivity levels that is just amazing. It’s the difference between normal work and amazing work.   Coming back to the Mastermind project that Chuck is going at the moment, there’s an interesting back and forth with Mani on how to approach the sales conversation that will definitely capture the client, how to maintain the flow of conversation, and always keep it interesting.   This is essential on sales, it is basically convincing the prospect why he needs the product.   Thought of the week   Mani - “You always need to know how much money the client is making in his current job”

We’re Live. Chuck and /mani start off checking up their sales pages approach, both basically have the same program which is a Mastermind program, a high ticket product that requires specific language or approach if you will, to capture that specific client.   This has to be evolving every time, for example, Mani on his program had a Sales page with a copy that was focused on warm people, now he’s looking to change this for cold people.   What the guys are trying to say is that there is no master formula for this, it always has to be customized.   Thought of the week   Mani - “Who knew that weather could have that effect”

  We´re Live. Chuck and John start off with the most recent events on the stock market, which was something that nobody expected it was even possible, but they did it.   This is what a revolution is, this represents the great deal of control that people can have only if they organized on go against the system. The storming of the capitol was nothing next to this.   This is something is going to the history books for sure.   Thought of the Week   John - “This is going to change the financial industry”

We´re Live. Chuck is currently doing a second take on his product getting the new emails the 2nd go, it definitely showed improvement but there´s still room for improvement.   One of the main reasons the emails are not fully working is because they are not creating a sense of value. This is crucial in order to work, people need to have clear in their minds that there is a massive value that is worth way more than what they are spending.   This is marketing at its core and something that cannot be learned on bools, this is a task that needs repetition and constant improvement.   Thought of the week   John -” Client needs to be absolutely sure of the value that your product is representing”

We’re Live. Chuck starts off the conversation with that one of his projects did not hit any sales. This was surprising because he said that everything was done as planned, prediction numbers were good, it was supposed to work.   Mani proposes to analyze the whole situation, after a delicate and special search they found what the issues were, and during the search, they even found loopholes or setbacks that could turn down the sale.   So, as they say, “The Devil is the details” what you think may be a stupid error, this could be the small screw that did not hold the building.   Thought of the week   Mani - “It definitely should have worked, but the only to work is that all the invites go out”  

We´re Live. Chuck and John with the controversial topic of the week, (we all know what happened) but they are here to talk about how to make money as Mani appointed.   Lots of Stuff on Chuck Plate right now, Mani advises him that timing is crucial here and that the effort must be focused on the most secure path, he makes it clear that is not about work work work, it{s about being efficient and stable.   Thought of the week   Mani -” Man these decisions will take you time and effort so these need to be done ASAP”

We´re Live. Chuck starts off by saying that heñs passing through Covid right now, and apparently John has it too. So, Quick recovery for these guys.    In Other Topics, Chuck explains that current plans are going well but is something that is solely base on sponsorship, Mani advises him that he needs to build for himself an enterprise that is self-sustainable, this is basically the only way that he{s not going to be in any danger financially speaking, the secret is building Enterprise Value   Thought of the week   Mani - “Not all Money or Not all Revenue is Equal”

We’re Live. John and Mani are discussing future plans for 2021, this involves experimenting in areas that not been tested before, John Despises Tiktok but he’s conscious that this the biggest rapid growth media at the moment, so investments have been done.   Mani on the other hand is going full-on with the Ad strategy which has proven to work every time, just tweaking some stuff a little to test out that everything will work out in the end.   Thought of the week   Mani - “There’s just no way that ads are not going to work”   John - “Tiktok Investment is a sure thing, it’s going to be hard not to get the money back in revenue”

We´re Live. Right now Chuck is moving his Weels towards his entrepreneurship, and things are looking good. There’s a ton of stuff that’s coming his way and the main thing that he needs to do now is focused on the correct choices.   Lots of new ideas were discussed with the guys in order for Chuck to make the money in a passive way and his business self sustained, frankly a great close up for 2020 on the right path.   Thought of the week   Mani - “All you need to do is get that 5 figure so you can finally relax”  

We’re Live. Chuck is really starting to get his business moving with all that’s going with the full work and whatnot, business never seems to stop just slowed the pace.   The decision-making process is extremely important in this whole endeavor, although money is thriving, Mani advises him to always te keep an eye on stuff that can really make you lose money which at first seems like nothing, it could create a lot of damage.   Thought of the week    Mani - “That seems scary to me dude, i would never trust those numbers”  

  We’re Live. John and Mani, have a weird figuring out what is going with Black Friday? John has a theory on it, there’s not much hype this year there’s no actual rush to go and take the sales.   There are different variations to this, sales and good deals are still going on, but there’s a big difference in numbers compared to the past years. Could This be a trend?   Thought of the week   Mani - “Was I shopping all night for nothing? I’m sure these were definitely good deals”  

We’re Live. The guys start the conversation talking about the difference manufacturers on tech right and who’s really got their game on, there’s definitely a lot to choose from especially next year which there’s going to be a lot of new stuff coming.   John has taken the decision to quit running, which surprises the guys but overall he has a valid reason, he has definitely come a long way in the running world taking in account that John weighs more than 200 pounds.   Chuck has decided to take down some of his podcast shows and ask for advice to the guys on which ones to keep.   So Decisions decisions decisions, we all have to make them and they definitely need to be made at the right time.   Thought of the week   Mani - “Nvidia is the big winner here”

We’re live. John received an interesting tweet that could have created a whole new internet drama. It turns out his old publisher was trying to get a book with the same name as John’s Soft Skills Book… the shame.   Nevertheless, things were cleared out and they decided to change the name of the book, which is ironic because John was the one that got the term popularized on the Tech Community.   As Chuck says, with all the canceled culture and everything the old Tech Community needs to come back, and leave politics aside.   Thought of the Week   Chuck -  “Let’s bring back the old tech community where we used to help out each other to boost our careers”

We´re live. Chuck is on the verge of taking an important decision regarding his full-time job, and the entrepreneurship that he wants to keep on doing. But there´s definitely a ton of stuff that comes in the way to do this, it has been a crossroad for Chuck, he has said it out loud.    Nevertheless, Bills need to be paid.   The advice is clear from the guys, try not to delay more the whole process, this can make chuck lose the momentum and just stay in the full-time job for an even longer time.   In Other Topics, the guys have a discussion on the upcoming promos for Black Friday.   Thought of the week   Mani - “You gotta do what you gotta do man, just don´t let it bum you down”

We’re Live. Chuck is currently training for a marathon and he’s looking forward to an Iron Man. This Triathlon is not a walk in the park, it is compared to a full 50-mile run which is really difficult to do and requires a lot of training.   The guys have a conversation on this topic, on how this runs and marathons, the whole purpose of it is to demonstrate to yourself that you are disciplined enough to do it. It is not about winning or even doing the run itself, it’s about the training and dedication   Thought of the week    John - “Doing an Iron man without the training does not impress me, what impresses me it’s the whole training that you have to do for 6 months in order to be ready for it”  

  We’re Live. John is currently trying to catch on to some stuff that he needs to do while Chuck is already based on his new full-time job, which he’s not quite happy about it. Not that there’s anything wrong with the job itself, but is just not what he wants to do. Although time has been quite difficult for Chuck during this process, he has not stopped doing his own thing things have been going well on that side of the business. Something is clear here, Chuck considers his fulltime-job a waste of time because it is not spent on his own thing. Thought of the week Chuck “Try Catching up to stuff you need to do while having a fulltime-job”

We’re live. John is currently working on some ads that are much longer than ads usually are and it’s struggling to get the right topics and building the whole structure around it.   Mani is actually a lot of help on this due to his background and pitches some great ideas in order to build this ad, which is more than 9 mins.   In Other Topics, John has a hilarious comment about using masks outside, a not so pleasant encounter while he was doing his run.   Thought of the week   John - “You have the best example, if I see a man with a gun in the street, I’m not going to approach the guy to tell him that what he’s doing is wrong”

We’re Live. John Was recently in a conference where he had to some talking and the topic was a bit controversial, it was basically a “Mans man” conference but he had the approach of feminism.   Many women were there just to get the perception that will lead them out of the toxic ways of false feminism, for John it was like talking to the enemy and give advice. He had to play an important part in the game where he has to help both sides in the conflict, the best thing about this is that it will always benefit him and his business.   In other topics, Mani is currently looking to hire a copywriter for a longterm position, he wants to systemize various places in his business, copywriting is one of them, in other to be ready for any upcoming tasks coming through   Thought of the week   Mani - “ That’s why it’s called The game”

We’re live. John Definitely had a hard time during the whole process for the 100 mile race, the whole thing got canceled, he got injured, and he’s signing up for another 100 mile race in texas…   I know it’s difficult to believe but is John we are talking about, the situation is a bit different and it probably won’t be canceled. Already started training on a 10 week prior to the race.   Other topics, Chuck is looking to do 1 on 1 Coach to complement his main job income. Guys give him advice on this. Thoughts of the week John - “It’s hard to drive sale for books for some reason”  

We’re live. Chuck is finally starting on his new job and currently struggling with the time schedule that he’s into, coming back to this has been a nightmare for him. Getting everything together and trying to run his podcast business has been the major concern for the time being.   He’s clearly not happy about this, his coworkers actually think the opposite, receiving congratulations for a job that you don’t really want puts you in an awkward situation   The main Advice from the guys is simple, get up earlier and get the job done, and definitely don’t lose focus over the business. This is just a speed bump that needs to get passed.   Mani - “Don’t let your main work be the sugar daddy for your business”

We’re Live. John is currently on his training for the 100-mile marathon, actually on site. There’s actually rumors of a possible cancellation of the whole event due to the pandemic.   Bulldog Mindset has got a good Growth recently on the membership side of things, numbers are rising organically at a good pace, small changes on the sales page, and really good content have been working to get a nice flow of prospects.   Chuck on the other is on the process of transition to the full-time job, managing and documenting his time to take over some of his business so they won’t need him as often. All this is taking a toll on Chuck, he has been suffering of fatigue and productivity has been low due to all that’s going on.   Thoughts of the week   Chuck - “I´m not thrilled to go get a job but… Bills have to be paid”

We’re Live. John is planning on taking a trip to finish off his training for the 100-mile marathon that he’s planning to do. A Whole month just to get your body adapted to the high altitude that he’s going to be facing on this marathon.   On Other Topics, Chuck landed a great sponsorship from a big-name company, but being honest he wasn’t expecting that.   The main recommendation from the guys to Chuck, it’s to be smart with this. There are certain decisions that Chuck cannot be made lightly. just in case everything goes south.   Toughts of the week   John “You have to cut those costs, you have to cut those production costs and have a reserve in order to make things right.

We’re Live. New strategies are arising regarding Affiliate Marketing. Chuck is testing out some new stuff on Podcast episodes, also John Is trying a new approach too. It seems to me that there’s no end to the possibilities of this type of marketing. Although, the guys agreed there’s one best way to do it.   In Other Topics, Chuck is still working things out to ake his Podcast Network self sustainable, lots of ups and downs, new people are coming in. At Some Point, it is self-sustainable, it just needs minor twitches.   Toughts of the week   Chuck - “A thousand dollars per sponsor has been very difficult to do, in the meantime, it{s still a full-time job”

We’re Live. John had some bad time during training recently. He’s training for a 100-mile run and one of the phases of the training was doing a really complicated Hike., Let’s just say he had a bad time on it, almost broke both of his ankles and ran out of water.   In Other Topics, Chuck is in a difficult spot on a current negotiation has to make tough decisions in order to move forward. Some Stuff that he has been doing for the last 9 months has not worked properly and actually is affecting his life.   Thought of the week   Chuck - “The whole idea of the business is that it becomes self-sustained, even if it’s generating big revenue at least it has to survive on its own”

We’re live. Chuck is currently having some issues with his email that are actually affecting his finances, the list of mails started to go to spam and he had to change to another email address. Turns out the transition is taking longer than expected.   Continuing with the business side of things, Chuck is doing good with some challenges and programs that he’s charging a fair amount of money to get, mostly educational but the best thing is that his audience is responding very well.   This is a different area that Chuck is experimenting with, although podcasts and Sponsorships are still the main at the moment. it’s definitely the best bet in the long run.   Thought of the week   Chuck - “Showing Progress is always good, especially to the team”  

We’re Live. Chuck and John start comparing notes with their training schedule. Chuck is actually extremely tired with the whole training and eating well, and Jhon due to his training is eating a ton of food and keeps getting hungry.   In Other Topics, John is currently experimenting with some Ads to capture a specific type of Audience. Looking for a better way to promote is just the way that is working right now. Actually Mani Recommends going as specific as possible to really narrow down the search.   Thought of the week   Mani - “ If you’re optimizing for purchase you need to narrow it down as much as possible”

We’re Live. Chuck and John are currently full with work and also training, which has been a nightmare for John, because he needs to get more sleep than usual. Chuck is getting back to training but going at a slow pace.    Things have been going interesting for Chuck, he has been trying some new stuff in the search for focus on his recent shift change work-wise. Definitely prioritizing work and selecting the type of stuff that other people can do, so he can focus on the more important things, it is clear that this is the way to go.    He and John have tried to manage everything themselves many times, and it always ends the same way, falling off the wagon and getting back up.   Thought of the week   Chuck - “They want to be at the higher level, but they don’t know the path to get there”

We’re Live. As we know John is planning to do another really difficult run and one of the training processes is adjusting to the altitude, like all things is about really knowing the field and feel confident about it.    On This note, Chuck is actually looking for product placement that will generate income outside of the Programming World, which is a big step because programming has been his niche for so many time, but the situation and environment have been dramatically changing with all recent events, so he feels it’s time to make a change.   Thought of the week   Chuck -  I’m trying to stay away from the podcast itself instead, I’m  focusing on the podcast network money-making”

We’re Live. John and Mani are currently working on a promotion and it’s going way better than expected, it seems to me that some old tricks seem to do the work, and even work better than before.   After analyzing the data they cam to a clear conclusion, if the product is extremely clear to the customer, meaning they know exactly what the outcome will be, it’s pretty much a successful product because it’s a simple answer it’s going to sale.   Thought of the week   Mani - “It’s amazing to be able to come back to the old days of these promotions”

We’re Live. John has recently been having a lot of traffic on his Youtube Channel Bulldog Mindset, various factors have arise to show that are contributing to this cause, like good clickbait names.    He’s been currently working with a new video editor, which is doing a great job in making the videos smooth transitioning as possible which basically translates to more viewing time.   So logically the next step is to analyze what else is helping here, how many clicks, how many sales. He has narrowed to a basic idea that will give him clear statistics to actually plan and manage for future posts.   Thought of the week   Mani - “ If Your retargeting sucks, then your funnel is broken, there’s no use for it”    

We’re Live. So One of the first things that pop out in the conversation is that John recently finished a 50-mile run, which is something incredibly difficult, talk about Bulldog Mindset huh? Pun aside, Congrats to John on this Achievement, and He’s actually planning on doing the 100-mile run. Way to go.   In Other Topics, Chuck Seems to be doing well with the recent experiments and sponsors are arriving, some of them are not but this was expected.   Bulldog Mindset is actually growing amongst the whole situation. Good numbers on high paying ticket items, It definitely is paying off trying new stuff.   Thought of the week:   John - “I was not going to be the guy that gave up on 40, Who does that? Who gives up on 40 on a 50-mile run?”

We’re Live. What a year it has been, definitely the most interesting ones in decades. All situations aside business has thrive no matter what.   Guys start the conversation reviewing various experiments and processes that they have been through the year so far, and actual numbers are not bad at all. Marketing has proven to be the best way to thrive in any kind of situation that comes.   On Recent events, guys have a discussion on the racial situation and the riots that are occurring, nevertheless, it’s all about business.   Thought of the week:   Mani - “Getting anybody to put a lot of money online is a lot of work”

We’re Live. Chuck starts off with an anecdote about a person that both he and John have done business with, In Fact, had a nice trade with this person which actually made him earn a good amount of signups to his membership plan. Small World huh?    In other topics, Chuck is experimenting with affiliates at the moment. Mani and John Experiment when really well. Actually want to implement this system again because it created great revenue.   Guys have started making money in all sorts of different ways, there’s a nice momentum with sales.   Thought of the week:   John - “So we learned something, start a promotion with someone else list and then as soon as that promotion ends, start a new promotion on your own and you are sure to get sales with this new buyers”

  We’re live. John starts the conversation with a nostalgia train remembering the founding members of Entreprogrammers, also that intro needs to changed LOL.   In other topics, chuck is experimenting with his podcast audience and it’s looking for advice from Jhon looking for the best possible outcome.   John is actually going through some employee changes, training process, etc. Getting new blood and analyzing what the next step for Simple Programmer will be.   Thought of the week:   John - “There’s a slow point when you have to refactor your way out”

  We’re Live. John and Mani are currently doing a promotion together through the Simple Programmer Channel, testing different approaches to the current market right now.   Turns Out Upsell is working less than expected, which at the moment is really not a bad thing, they are testing the market at the moment so it’s basically a calculated risk. It’s not actually bad but it could definitely be better.   Strategies need to be refresh in order for any of this to work, they have an interesting conversation on many possible outcomes and paths they can take.   Thought of the week:   Mani - “ Leads to Market are not always very impactful”

We’re Live. Recently Chuck and John did a small partnership helping out Chuck with some sales using the Simple Programmer Audience, and it worked.   Not only worked, but it also did pretty well. 50-50 share and both parties got a nice chunk. But now comes the step, pull up the next step strategy, and look forward to keeping those numbers.   Chuck has some ideas, Mani and John offered him solid guidance on the matter.   Thought of the week:   John - “ IT is always got to improve the strategy, just make sure it is always profitable”

  We’re Live. Great news from the guys. All points out that recent strategies are working on bringing sales home. People are constantly online these days. Chuck made a few alterations on one of his sites design-wise and had a big sales uprising in just one week.   John has been applying new strategies as well, and they are working better than expected. Lots of new stuff that did not work in the past are currently working on this new sales environment.   There’s a big room for new ideas and improvement, it’s time to take the calculated risks.   Thought of the week:   John - “All you need to do is stick to your plan”

We’re Live. One of the most important things when hiring someone is high levels of communication. For the guys is even more important than delivering the tasks assigned on time, there’s nothing more frustrating than having to follow up with a person to check on pending tasks.   Simple emails, chat contact, anything. This has been the case of many hires for the guys and the primary cause of letting go of the employee.   In other topics, Mani is trying new stuff with emails that have been working really well and have nop idea why they are working so well. New Business is thriving and needs to in order for anything post-COVID to work.   Thought of the week: Mani - “ So many people out there are screwing up, it’s time to take action”

We’re Live. The guys start with how many things are being speculated in the market these days. Housing prices especially are going to have a dramatic change among other issues that are just not clear in the present day. One of the most concerning issues is the gatherings and at what point people are going to feel safe to do this? Many things depend on this. The only thing that we can do is try to protect our assets. Thought of the week: John – “ Businesses Will open eventually, but when will people want to go to them?”

We’re Live. The Guys start discussing the actual measures that the government is applying during this crisis, essentially they are doing all the wrong things at the wrong time.   This is basically going to cost the government and amazing amount of money and the inflation ratio is going to be up the roof by the amount of money printed to cover for everything. This is affecting everybody, even the fast-food worker.   The solution is what the guys are proposing right now. Find new ways to make money. That’s it.   Thoughts of the week   John - ”With these measures, the fast-food worker is going to be making more money being unemployed”

We’re Live. Mani tells the story to John of How he was on a COVID-19 Isolation Ward. Mani was not infected thankfully but went through a big process just to get in quarantine again al because of simple flu that he had. That’s the situation right now   Other topics start analyzing where to invest money during these times, it can get really complicated because the whole situation may last a year, if not more. Solid Plans need to be made but there’s definitely a new path to be walked on.   Mani in this point states it clearly, business is dying because they don’t really know what's going to happen, the decisions needed are not made due to lack of knowledge.   Thoughts of the week   Mani - “The Killer uncertainty is the problem, not the killer itself”

We’re Live. Chuck and John definitely have been affected by the whole situation. Many businesses are doing stuff for free just to keep clientele. It’s definitely hard times ahead.   Regarding the decisions made worldwide, the guys have a discussion on how principles should be taken into account rather than morals or even science. Economic shutdown does help save a lot of lives, but in some cases this an extreme desition to make.   The standard business had to fire a big part of his employees in order to stay alive in the market. All decisions have consequences, not only economically but socially speaking.   Thoughts of the week:   John - “The Name of the game is Survival”   Chuck - “People need to take responsibilities for themselves”

We’re Live. Guys start the conversation debating all the processes that they have been gone through (and the population) due to the lockdown, quarantine, etc. There’s a lot of contradiction with what the government is doing and the constitution, but the bottom line is basically the only way to control a majority of people that are not rational.   Another subject comes and it’s that if the virus itself would be 10 times more deadly what would be the reaction of the people? Does it have to be that scary for people to take a pandemic situation seriously?   Thought of the week:   Mani - “Math is a F*cker, People don’t understand math then we cannot expect people to understand everything.”

We’re Live. Coronavirus has had a huge effect on the economy in the last passing weeks, and the guys were not left out in this process. John Starts the conversations by telling how he lost a big amount of money on a bad investment due to bad timing and the current situation.   This goes for everybody, there’s a big concern amongst entrepreneurs on what exactly to do in these cases. People need to be strategic cause a bad step can make you lose everything in a matter of hours.   Stay Indoors and Stay safe.   Thought of the week:    John – “You Only lose the money when you cash out? That’s a Fallacy that people have”

We’re Live. Mani Starts the conversation summarizing last week for Chuck, he went with John to meet up with high ticket players in the business and conferences just to increase the contact, overall great Week for the guys. On the other hand, things have slowed down for Chuck, the sale streak has stopped, almost to zero. He Starts to discuss with Mani what could possibly cause this and looking for ways to get sales back up and in rhythm. Thought of the week: Mani –“The easiest thing you can say when things go south, is that something has changed in the market”

We’re Live. John and Mani start the conversation reviewing a strategy that Jhon has been applying to Bulldog Mindset recently, the thing is, he’s looking for high-quality clients only which is a niche that can be tricky. He has been trying different things but they have not been working as expected.    Mani gives really specific advice on what to try. One of the most important things when looking for this kind of client is that the filter has to be bulletproof, he really doesn’t want a bunch of people that are just not going add anything to the membership area.   Basic idea is that he wants people to see the immense value that the group has.   Thought of the week   Mani - “Who cares if you lose a customer, that was never going to be a customer”

We’re Live. Chuck solve his issue with the email broadcast and has got his team ready for action. On the other hand, it appears than the outsourced way to get the leads works well, he’s currently finalizing details on it, and yes, business it’s on the top for chuck. Another week to the record!   The team is also ready to get as much leads as possible, it’s actually the way that it has been working in the passing weeks, the guys have a small concern about this and give some advice to Chuck, We’ll see how it goes.   Thought of the week   Mani - “ That’s they key, you are bound to ge bigger and it only works if you find the way”

  We’re Live. Another week in a row for Chuck with Sales through the roof! But not all is good news, he has an issue with the payments, but nonetheless sales don’t seem to want to end at least for the nearest feature.   Continuing on the Chuck Sales Fest, He’s reviewing some steps with John, One of them is getting the rate up every time a new partner comes in, John gives great advice on how to continue on this path. Also, Chuck explains a situation that is occurring with one of his partners that made one of the Podcast host to quit.   Thought of the week   Chuck - “We are not even talking about that, we are talking about software development. I’m not even pushing the message you don’t like”

We’re Live. Chuck is absolutely killing it with sales, he has made more sales in 3 weeks than the whole last year, Incredible moment for chuck and he just keeps on getting more.   He.s currently looking for ways to increase his leads, share some stuff with the guys and John like it so much that he’s probably going to do the same.   Mani shoots some important advice, the system that Chuck is using at the moment it’s working flawlessly, the best thing he could, is actually improving the system. Some people like to change it, and that’s the worst thing they could do.   Thought of the week   Mani - “The more you used this system, the more you sale these things”

We’re Live. Guys start the conversation with how they’re trying to get back on track with their exercise routine. Chuck is thinking of doing the Dopey challenge, John relives this as the hell that it was haha. John is actually training for a 100-mile run this year, which is a big step up and a difficult challenge definitely. In other topics, Chuck updates the guys on the new system he’s been implementing, It’s working extremely well. John and Mani advise on how to maintain this momentum. Thoughts of the week John - “ On one hand I’m like WTF… On the other hand, I’m like hey that's a great idea”

We’re Live. Chuck starts the conversation with Mani, talking about his whole process of sale through email marketing, numbers, conversion rates, etc. He’s doing good and does a great job at it, but it’s the more tiresome area of the business, really pursuing those sales. Chuck Makes it clear that he’s tired of it, Mani tells him that’s the way to get results, and it does work. Mani gives some advice, this is something that can be outsourced but it’s always better to take this for yourself, there’s complete control of the sales. It can be tiresome, yeah but the rewards are always big. Thought of the week Chuck - “I’m so tired of sales man!”

We’re Live. John starts the conversation about a person that has worked with him recently and marks a recurrent trend, they only go to John when they want to make money otherwise, he’s not on the radar. Most of the “Liberal” People have their ideals always in front until they start a business, once you got the need to start making money, all the political thinking and ideals just gets out of the picture, it doesn’t help at all and that’s the harsh truth. Thought of the week: Chuck - “Well, i hate you until i need you too so..”

We’re Live. Great Sales Plans to start 2020 for Chuck, has 3 major goals to reach. Not impossible ones, but difficult to achieve. Big numbers to reach and one of the things that Chuck is doing is documenting his whole process on Sales, There’s a possibility that in the future somebody else could take care of this area of the business. This will ease the transition process and save a lot of time. Putting on sales the Podcast is one of the plans, Mani gives great advice to Chuck on this. He needs to take up all the juice he can get from each of the podcasts. Lots to do for 2020, it’s just a matter of organizing and get everything done. Thoughts of the week Mani – “You need to squeeze every sale possible from each of the podcasts”

We’re live. Last Entreprogrammers of the year! It has definitely been a heck of a ride for all of the guys. The conversation starts about plans for 2020 and small closures needed to move on. Big Plans for Chuck. Mani and John Advise Chuck who has had massive growth and Improvement in 2019, secure guidance to enter the next level and dominate. Sponsorship management is one of the big things that Chuck talks about. In other topics, the guys discuss the problems that they don’t want to have next year, one of them is hiring the right person or even the proper training of the current employee, it has been a recurrent problem. Thoughts of the week Chuck – “Either you have a hiring problem or a training problem”

We’re Live. New Approach for Chuck has been working exceptionally well, lots of sponsors, people seem to be comfortable with how things are being handled at the moment and he’s been having lots of responses and great feedback on everything. Great Work Chuck! He just developed a perfect way to manage his team and make sure everybody is clear on what they need to do, no more lost emails or unnecessary text or whatnot. Direct and concise and gets the job done.   Happy Holidays Everyone!

We’re live, after all the blurriness that the guys have passed recently, they have continued their life and their work like nothing happened. Chuck has come back to using the Pomodoro technique to pick up productivity and it’s been going well, in fact, Chuck has gained a lot of new audiences and people that want to work with him. There’s no such thing as bad publicity right? Apparently not. Some people say that Chuck's reputation and business have gone down, there’s nothing farther from the truth. John recommends him to keep on going and even at a higher pace. Thoughts of the week John – “You just need to build your system to gather the sponsors and practically make a manual with it”

We´re live. Chuck had great success with his Book Launch, Currently a best seller in Amazon, Kudos! But not everything was peachy for this book. It was a really long and tiresome process to finally get the product ready, this includes cover, digital files, audible version, etc. Chuck Tells his story about the whole Journey The most ironic thing is that John offered Chuck to publish the book, he really regrets he didn't take that chance and save himself a lot of hassle Thoughts of the week John - “I Offered you to publish the book” Chuck - “ I KNOW!”

We’re live. And the Witchhunt Continues! Believe it or not ladies and gentlemen, they are still pursuing Chuck and John to take them down from the internet (LOL). This is practically impossible for 2 main reasons, John is practically showing his middle finger to their faces and he’s just going to keep at it, that’s just how John is, and in a Witchhunt that just doesn’t work. On the other hand, Chuck Does not even care, it’s just not that important for him and this type of behavior also freaks out the mob. But they are still coming for them, Chuck is receiving much more attacks because they still think they can take him down. It’s just not going to happen, deal with it people. Thought of the week John – “In order to have a Witchhunt, there needs to be fear and it´s not happening”

We´re Live. The guys start the conversation with a situation that concerns Chuck, regarding the Linux Foundation. Chuck is thinking about this because he doesn’t want any trouble. John Clearly says he has a case here, Chuck was publicly defamed. The situation has blown out of proportion for a lot of time, the guys just want to finish it and continue working. The conversation turns into the storytelling of different disputes that the guys had. The Internet is an abstract place with people that just attack, it's just not worth the time. John says that this has been growing over the years and probably get worse. Thoughts of the week Chuck - “I don’t want to do this out of anger, I want to do it because it benefits me”

We´re Live. Chuck and John Tell us a funny anecdote of how hatred took over a twitter post from Chuck, John probably did not respond the most civil way haha. People ended up calling any type of names the guys, but that´s how it is in the social storm right? Never on an argument, always in the mood for a battle. This move on to a nice conversation with the guys focused on how any system does not welcome newcomers unless you´re strictly thinking the same way as they are. They always talk about tolerance, which is practically none existent. Satya gives a great anecdote on how at some point he had to change his accent just to be accepted. Thoughts of the week Satya - “There´s no real advantage or privilege”

We´re Live. Satya explains to Chuck the process of how he manages his whole business, which is divided into 3 parts. Gives great explanation and Chuck is something completely different from how things are managed in life. Lots of learning here. Satya is a Family man but has accomplished dividing family and business in a great manner, has time for everything, in fact by next year half of his business will not need his attention. Chuck and Satya share their experience, they are basically in the same spot but have different perspectives. Thoughts of the week Satya - “When running a business is always a good idea to have cash cushion”

We´re Live. John is crunching some numbers for Bulldog Mindset, and it's looking really good. Low Expenses and big Revenue, the next step now is to increment the expenses to get even bigger revenue. This became the main topic of conversation, When is the best time to hire? Expenses will always need to grow in order for the business to evolve, this includes more employees. As an Entrepreneur this needs to be done at the exact moment, it could get problematic and even not finding the right person to hire. Nevertheless, it's a risk that needs to be taken. Thoughts of the week: Mani - “ In order to get big you need to expend a lot”

We´re Live. Guys start the conversation sharing a few laughs about an accident that Chuck had and has a nice scar in the head to prove it hehe (Harry potter Reference comes in). Chuck´s First Marathon is coming in, he feels ready. John Gives him some advice but overall it's looking good for chuck. John Gives a summary of what he is currently doing with Simple Programmer and the plans that he has for the future of SP. As far as everything goes this is a business that´s self-sustainable wich is good. Mani asks him, what would John do differently if SP started from cero. The First thing John says is taking off his face from the branding. When a business is based on yourself it makes it so difficult to transition. The great conversation starts here on how to start a business and how to make it work. Thoughts of the week John – “Competition has become so hard on youtube, back in the days you needed content, now you need to have a good looking ass”

We´re Live. Mani is running different ways to do sales at this point. Just to make it more fun or interesting. This set up quite a nice topic on discounts. This is a double-sided blade, yes, you will sell, but there´s going to be a point that you are only going to sale when there´s a discount, there are many ways to work this to your advantage. Take Udemy for example, they only sell with discounts, and it works. GTM comes to conversation, any tracking method in that case. Mani wants this set up and the best advice that Satya gives him, yeah this task can be outsourced but he needs to make sure what he wants to track. There´s actually a lot of pages and stuff that can be tracked, if the path is not laid down correctly It can get really confusing and just track the wrong thing. Thoughts of the week Satya – “Make sure you know what you want to track on your sales”

We´re Live. Ladies and Gentleman, We Have new blood on Entreprogrammers. Welcome To Satya Mallick! Satya is an entrepreneur and gives us a brief review of his work, a small presentation of self if you will. Been on various business and had some success. Satya starts an interesting conversation about skills that an engineer needed 5 or 10 a years ago, but he´s looking into the future now. Guys totally agree on this, AI is everywhere today from self-driven cars to computers that make their own decisions. John Talks a little about the transition of Simple Programmer, Everything is going good for both of them (John and Josh). Really positive movement for Josh, Gets good payment for 30 months and gets to work on his own thing. So, Much success to Josh on his endeavors Thoughts of the week Satya – “An Engineer without programming skills 5 years ago was useless… In 5 years without AI skills it will be useless too”

We´re Live. Chuck Starts the conversation with John, about how he´s been lifting weights recently and how sore he got, especially on legs than even on his runs, couldn’t complete the goal for that time. John Gives him great advice on this and focuses on nutrition to keep the long runs coming. Chuck is talking about migrating all of his podcast processes to a different system, the last one didn’t have an API so automation is off the table, which really slows down the whole process. Also, his Email list has stopped growing insanely like it was recently. Thoughts of the week John – “You got to analyze the decision you make, what´s that going to do at the bottom line”

We´re Live. The conversation starts on how much Chuck is doing in half a month, he is crunching really good numbers, although he´s been slacking on his major focus which is sponsorship sales, this is great for him because he´s a master at this. John Tells him clearly, that he doesn’t know anybody who can do that amount of sales in so little time. So, Kudos Chuck. Josh is struggling with a very important decision business-wise, its something that could take him years to work, so he´s looking for advice from the guys. Big Decision from him, apparently he´s going solo with other projects. John is trying to prepare him as much as possible On the other hand, John needs to make decisions too based on this, Josh did a lot of the day to day business that keeps bringing Revenue on this entrepreneurship. Thoughts of the week CHUCK - “The Thing is, as long your delivering value they´ll keep paying you”

We´re Live. The guys talk about about a system to minimize decisions called Flywheel, it works really well. Mani explained clearly, with fewer decisions you add it works better so you need to focus. Chuck is getting really good on his running, is competing on a Bulldog Mindset Challenge against marathon runners and he´s killing it. Chuck is planning to charge people to manage other people podcast until they can get all their sponsors and experience ready, which is brilliant. Charges $2500 per podcast a month, until they get their sponsorship. Really easy money for Chuck. John and Mani give really good advice on this, Chuck is in the stage that he can charge a minimum amount for any of his services, and still get the client no problem. John says his minimum is a $1000, if it's less it is just not worth the time. Thoughts of the week John - “If its not a $1000 I don’t even bother to open the email”

We´re Live, Guys talk about the app to record the program, Zoom seems to be working fine with the guys, but there´s a slight audio decrease on quality so bare with us. Chuck got a serious issue with his Drip account, they stop doing everything he configured to do without telling anything to him, Big rant. Trying out Active campaign, this is important on email marketing, deliverability can never stop. Podcast business for Chuck has been growing wild, incredibly good in a really short time. Congrats to Chuck! But the guys are checking the numbers and something seems weird, low traffic cant brings lots of subscribers. Thoughts of the week MANI- “400 people a day and 50% conversion rate on the opt-in, something´s wrong”

We´re Live, The guys start discussing and comparing sales of the same product but with 2 different approaches, direct promo sales and a funnel to a sales pages. Funnels worked way much better and haven’t even finished the sale. There are different levels of audience or possible buyers to the product, this is important when making a sale, we´ll make things easier to reach goals and even to spot failures. Mani Shows the guys and even way to split groups with just the names of the subscribers, great brainstorming here. Thoughts of the week “Choose your sale technique Wisely”  

We´re Live. The guys start talking about a competition about Pomodoro, who´s more discipline who gets more Pomodoro done. John and Josh share strategies to work on this, using apps that block your social media or internet connection, but the guys agree that they are too smart for that, they will find a way around. Discipline is the key here. Mani was participating in this, and couldn’t get much done because he was on vacation. Guys share a few laughs, John had a huge advantage and had way more Pomodoro, there was money involved too. Hilarious haha On at all, the guys really get productive with this system, although there are losers, the productivity skyrocketed. Thoughts of the Week “Don’t bet against a person that has run a marathon with Broken ribs”

We´re Live. John is checking back with his 10 Pomodoro a day technique, and it's amazing how much of a difference it makes. It´s the equivalent of 4 weeks of work in 1 week, that´s something else. To put the cherry on top, between 5 Pomodoro break, he´s reading a book. John talks about some real state he´s been making recently, that´s something that he can't stop doing and makes a lot of progress on it, it just makes a good revenue, on the other Josh asks him how are things with Bulldog Mindset, stable position but he´s been losing some subscribers. Emphasis on growing on youtube, the algorithm has changed so much which makes it really difficult to progress. Social media has changed a lot throughout the years, one of the main reasons why is so difficult to grow, its because there´s so much content right now. There´s a lot and depends on the audience in the case of the length of videos, for example, some people prefer small curated content than a full contrast of one point. Thoughts of the week JOHN – “The best strategy in social media is to be prolific as possible”

We´re Live. Google Hangouts is finally going die and supposedly going to be replaced by Youtube Webcam, we´ll see how it goes. Other topics, Charles feel off a roof and really hurt his elbow, he has a really funny anecdote on it. He´s a little worried because he´s got a 5k really soon, his doctor will tell him. There´s an interesting argument with the guys about how Doctors do stuff, are they really needed? They all agree that doctors (Medics) mostly work o tell you what is wrong and prescribe you medicine, but there´s an actual belief that they don’t actually fix the stuff that you wanted to be fixed. Charles says clearly that he will go to anyone who really believes that he can fix him! Charles is getting really serious about running, Jonh has solid advice on how to push through the fatigue that accumulates off all the training. It's really a difficult job to do the only way to do it its to have the mindset for it. John talks about the Pomodoro technique, It has been doing 10 Pomodoro a day, but the game changer here is that he´s not looking at his phone until he completes the 10 Pomodoro. The results are amazingly good. Thoughts of the day JOHN – “Put the phone down and do the work!”

We´re Live. The guys start the conversation with how Google gets so many apps on the run just to experiment with them, Wave or Google plus is just an example even Google Health, that are completely shut down right now. That just leads to knowing that sometimes google is out of their game, and this is happening much more. Chuck tells some good news to the guys, he´s now a host for 3 more podcast shows and some more business that he´s into, life is going pretty well for Chuck and he´s looking for advice with the guys. The first thing that they tell him is that he needs to take more action up front, hold the torch he´s on the perfect time and moment for this to happen. Thoughts of the week Josh – “ITS TIME TO TAKE UP FRONT ACTION”

We´re Live. Chuck starts the conversation about some emails that he had with some producers and involves John in the process, there was some type of complaint of how John is writing his emails, looks like he´s not giving much information away, chuck wanted feedback from the guys on this. Chuck asks some advice to Josh about a problem that he´s been having with deliverability to his subscribers there was a serious issue that he should have at least send an email to tech support (Wich he didn’t) because almost half of his subscribers were not receiving anything, had to reorganize everything and in the process lost quite a pack of subscribers. This is a really important topic for the guys, most of the business they conduct rely a lot on this email lists, all of the content and interaction goes through here , if this not taken care of, could be a game changer for the bad on any of the entrepreneurship they are doing, these are big numbers, so there´s lots of software that helps the guys with this. Thoughts of the week “IT doesn’t matter if your business is small or big, deliverability to your audience must impeccable”

We´re Live. Mani wants some feedback on a video that changes his traffic with little details changed on it like changing the title and thumbnail, there was a huge difference in traffic and the guys are analyzing it. They´re not sure what actually happened, the various hypothesis is on but is a mystery still. They Go through all the changes you can make to a youtube video just to make sure what makes the dramatic uprise. The main concern is the tags, which actually it only leads the search engine to find the video, the guys agree that tags have no effect whatsoever, but Mani insists that the tags must do something, if not, why keep them? Youtube algorithm has changed a lot across the years, so it is essential to get up to date with this changes, your strategy can just plummet in a day if you don’t know what´s happening. John claims that Youtube is a neural network, they have enough data to take the decisions of which videos will be recommended in your feed and what not, the algorithm do changes every now then but the concept remains the same. Thoughts of the week “Youtube is a temporary business, it's not eternal so you have to learn how to move in the network”

We´re Live. Mani Talks to the guys about an email campaign about some new courses that he´s developing and looking for feedback on this especially from Josh who´s done this lots of times for Simple Programmer. The main topic in this conversation is that when your doing a campaign there are two ways to do it, build the products for a brand you´re already working on and be correlated to the brand or the product itself alone, this depends on how are you running things and what are the end results you are looking for. Mani talks about his entrepreneurship on book summaries and explain to the guys how this has become a great way to get a profit, but not only that, the knowledge and content that people are aware with this is tremendous and that´s what´s makes the difference between selling the book itself and the summary. Josh gives an example of a brand transition, this happened with Simple Programmer. John Message didn’t get through completely people got really confused with it at some point. Charles recommends that they should circle back to their basic idea and build it from there because there´s already an audience, they will lose some people but actually gain newcomers. Thoughts of the week Mani: “If don’t focus your push on the brand, that´s a recipe for disaster”

We´re live. Mani talks with John about how he´s preparing to come back to his cycle of work, always a difficult thing to do especially when you have a long vacation. Mani is thinking about some launch that he wants to do, and his rambling on ideas. John Advice him to focus on the main plan, getting back to the cycle is crucial and focus is what he needs. The next item in hand for mani was to set the price point, critical issue because it is based on a lot of factors and can be the decisive point between getting amazing success and just blowing it all away. The most important factor in this is the value of the product. This can get really deep and dense especially when the product is expensive, setting the price point is based on the trust that the client has in it, there can be a lot of people that can pay high prices but not all of them are willing to do it because of that fact, there is no trust that the product will work for the client. Thoughts of the Week MANI – “ The Price Point is a crucial decision, if you don’t know what to put, you´re stuck, You´re f*cked”

We´re Live. Mani is back from his vacation, he reiterates how cheap it is to travel to Thailand and Bali. Although he had an amazing time and lots of fun, he was looking to work every day at least 4 hours but it becomes really difficult because he couldn’t find a proper place to work. He explains how difficult is to work and especially focus when the only space you have to work is a crappy desk, tried going to coffee shops but didn’t work either. Changing Hotels did the trick found some accommodations that a proper desk in the room and he could do at least 6 hours of work a day and still have lots of fun. Mani explains how important it is to really take a look at the expense and cost of time when you do something. Talks about a theory that says, if people would pay for the use of social media, how much will they pay? HE clearly says that people are already paying for social because the goal of social media is to catch your attention, they don’t sell content, they are consuming your time and attention which is the most expensive pay you could ever do. Thoughts of the week MANI- “Everything has a cost, especially when the toll is time”

We´re Live. Chuck tells how ti went with the podcast booth. I manage to get a lot a business and a lot of sponsors, lots of contacts were made, which was the main goal for the booth, so incredibly great for Charles. The best thing about booth is that is movable, Charles is looking to get to the booth on many conferences as possible. Josh Gives some ideas and programs that Charles can have shows with. Python is on right now, its really really popular between programmers and is the actual niche, Charles agrees, he´s a bit surprised but its something that has been growing rapidly. John Charles about his running schedule. Charles tells him that he´s doing really good, that the main problem that he had was that, not that it hurt (Wich it didn’t ), it was that he felt completely bored doing it, its completely mind game to pass this barrier, cause the distances get longer. Thoughts of the week CHARLES – “All it matters is that you have the mental fortitude to keep going, whether you like it or not”

We´re Live. No Mani today, he´s on vacation in Thailand and Charles we are not sure where he is. So this is a Simple Programmer guys show. Guys talk about possible negotiations for the future of SP and a lot of people that are turning down because they don’t have a clue what they want or how to do anything even. There´s a pretty nice option in the table that can bring a lot of profit, but the guys need to talk to the person, there are funnels that work and are completely functional and proven to bring great profit, so they just need to get in sync. Python is making a lot of money these days, you can make six figures being a python freelancer, the guys are aiming this way. Guys talk about ads that were added to Facebook, and how they were not being really efficient. Thoughts of the week John – “Python Freelancers are making six figures, that´s amazing”

We´re Live. Guys start joking about John possibly having Mono, and Mani tells him that he´s pretty sure that he doesn’t have mono because mono is one most horrible experiences he´s had in his life. Apparently, he´s just tired. Mani is experimenting to find new stuff for his business to grow. He tells its really difficult to sell to other people audiences, but I can be seen as leverage when working as a team, this is happening with Josh and john. There are new promos that mani is trying but he´s not getting great results, compares numbers with Charles and gives some advice to boost the numbers. They talk about some software that is actually not helping get the goal. Sometimes experimenting with new stuff its not the best way to get to the finish line. Just need to make sure that the mistake it´s not a 200.000 $ one. Guys make the statement that show notes on podcast are not the best tool to promo a sale, but nevertheless, it should be done correctly in order to get more people to buy, it doesn’t matter if its 2 or 3 sales, they always sum up. Thoughts of the week Mani- “Selling to other people audiences it’s the most hard thing to do, but there´s always leverage”

We´re Live, Guys start talking about that they´re finally taking down hangouts but going to keep youtube streaming. Charles is still traveling having meetings with the sponsors for the podcast shows. Also giving an anecdote about a podcast booth that he is mounting. John gives advice to Charles on who to work with, that he needs to start with small groups and little enterprises and go way up, that way is safe and a make a profit without going crazy. Besides, what you´re looking for is that they know you and eventually pay you to be at the conferences. Charles Talks about adding video to his format, but not entirely sure because his strong suit is audio. Josh Talks about paying taxes, an issue he has about a huge debt that he was due to a change of state, its basically a mess that he needs to sort out because this can catch him down and make a real problem of it. Thoughts of the week: JOHN –“THERE IS NO TAX LAW, THERE IS JUST TAX IMPLEMENTATION”

We´re Live. Charles starts sharing some good news that he´s got on the podcaster world, being super successful a looking for improvement. Lots of podcasters and sponsors want to work with Charles. Talks about some podcast show that have gone silent and had a great audience at one time wanting them to bring them back up. John Agrees with Charles, he´s going in the right direction. John Recommends that is a great idea to help other podcasters grow, and is a good business model with a great profit. Charles makes clear that he doesn’t want to control other podcasters or just tell them what to do, but instead put them in the right position for them go on forward themselves. The second edition of soft skills is a go, John explains that process wen really well based on how good the first one did. Also talks about the bulldog mindset membership that had some issues with the credit of some people. Nonetheless, exponential growth is predicted for this campaign. Thoughts of the week CHARLES - “I DON’T WANT TO BOX PEOPLE IN A CORNER, I HATE BUSINESSES THAT DO THAT”

We´re Live. Josh Talks about how a negotiation went and getting some feedback from Mani. It went really well for Josh on this negotiation and the client ends up with a big profit too so everyone´s a winner. Mani gives advice to Josh about traffic and the debate starts on when you need organic traffic or not. Josh states that I totally depend on who responded to the traffic, this can make a huge difference in the sale. Tells an anecdote of a sale with 500 subscribers that gave 0 sales. Little details can make a sale go great to go incredibly bad, Mani and Josh share stories of various sales that went ridiculously high and some that went horrible and getting to the realization that small detail could make everything change with the knowledge that they already have. Thoughts of the week MANI – “TRAFFIC THAT FINDS YOU IS WAY MORE RESPONSIVE THAT TRAFFIC THAT YOU HAVE TO GO FIND”

We´re live. John talks about a new server they´re testing which is better and self-maintained. Its been a whole adventure coming back to Linux based server. Lots of stuff to relearn and mistakes made during the process. Sweet come back to programming for John. Mani talks about the social media marketing world, he´s evaluating if it's going to go or not pros and cons etc. The Best pro is the amount of the great connections that he makes during these conferences, the content of the conference is not that important at all, the connections make it worth it. The group talks about wich conferences are they going to go this year. They all agreed that is a necessary evil, to thrive on any business you need to make contacts and conferences are the best places to find them. There are a few conferences that have a value as the conference itself not only for the money (If you´re speaking on it) but the actual content, but this not a common occurrence for the guys. Most of the people go to the cconference to get a higher audience but they´re not getting the point of it. Thoughts of the week MANI – “CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE” JOSH- “I THINK IM GOING TO BUY… IS THE EXACT REACTION YOU WANT FROM A COSTUMER” JOHN-”I DON’T SUBMIT TO ABSTRACTS… PEOPLE HAVE TO INVITE ME TO SPEAK IN”

We´re Live. Starting off John and Mani talk about the evolution of entreprogrammers podcast through time, lots have changed and even talk about doing a more private versión. Somebody´s has some skeletons in their closets. Charles Talks about a podcast event that he went, and some great ideas that were shown there. Goes into detail of some of them and one his shows to get feedback from the guys. Lots of good stuff regarding podcasters and people that want to enter this world. Mani Talks about the grid and how is the perfect thing to monitor all your marketing processes and make sure everything falls in the right place to make the sales and make whatever you´re doing profitable. Charles and Mani debate about the best ways to produce content for podcast shows and how to expose it. Not just random conversation but it has to have meaning and directed to something specific. Blog posts it’s a great way to publish your content. Thoughts of the week MANI – “ A LOT OF TIME WE PRODUCE CONTENT WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE”

We´re Live, Late start for the guys and John start´s off telling that he needs to stop selling his shirts because its taking people from youtube and not making any money, on the other hand, Charles talks about his running schedule. John Talks about the launch of the Bulldog Mindset Membership and the person that he hired to this, which actually was a deal that he couldn’t refuse and turn to be great, and a whole lot of plans that he has for Bulldog Mindset. Josh and John get into a long discussion on when to know and how to handle small response offers, it is completely worth it and it keeps appearing a lot, especially sponsors who just want to make money a do not completely understand the whole process. Definitely, lots of time lost when you deal with stuff like this. Thoughts of the week JOHN –“SMALL RESPONSE BUSINESS IS NOT WORTH IT”

We´re Live, Charles starts off saying that he is in California too for a conference and tells John that he pissed off about what John said last week about him being bored. Tells him that John is completely right and because of this, he has become more productive than before. Also tells Mani that he was right too, really good advice for Charles last week has paid off. John Talks about that he´s been doing a lot of videos based on current stuff that is happening right now, and that youtube is working that way now, kinda like a “Trending Topic” situation. Mani adds to the conversation that this could problematic due to the types of subscribers you will get doing this, it can easily get off track of the original content of the channel. Its something to keep an eye on. Mani gets to a point that says your business model cannot be based on a social network, at any given moment that social network can totally change or even completely fail, just like Myspace. This is happening to a lot of YouTubers because youtube keeps changing every day. On this note to get the audience you want, you have to think like the costumer, how would you like to be treated and even get that feeling of belonging to something that can be more fulfilling than any product out there. Josh adds to this that positioning and time are crucial in this game, gives an example of a business that is not refined right now but its working because the product is hot. Thoughts of the week MANI- “AS A COSTUMER THE JOURNEY MUST NEVER END, IT SHOULD BE A CONSTANT” JOSH- “IN ORDER TO GROW, YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT TIME”

We´re live. Charles starts talking to Mani about a podcast he has with him and wishes some guest would jump in. Asks Josh and John for advise on an ebook launch that he´s planning to do, regarding editors, proofreading and that kind of stuff. Charles is looking to use the sales of the book as a lead magnet, John tells him that he needs to be clear on what the goal of the lead magnet is, makes a huge difference on how to use this lead, it has lots of marketing variations that can be used not just to make money. Mani makes it clear that the main money machine when you do this type of actions is the email listing. The most important thing in all these marketing techniques (which are a lot), is the proper building of it, people want to market everything right away without the proper build for it. The main reason why so many entrepreneurs fail. John gives a bit of solid advice to Charles on how he needs to focus on what he is good at and what he can scale up, to stop trying to look for an adventure that probably won't make him any money and worst of all could destroy everything that he has build up for years. He needs to get to the point where scale up sufficiently enough for him to leave the main work to someone else and get that free time to create. THOUGHTS OF THE WEEK MANI –“ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES OF AN ENTREPRENEUR IS BUILDING RATHER THAN MARKETING” JOSH –“ IF A PRODUCT IS REALLY GOOD IT WILL PROBABLY SEEL ITSELF” JOHN-“IT MAKES SENSE BUT IS BULLSHIT. JUST FOCUS AND SCALE-UP”

We´re Live. The group starts talking about affiliate sales, and how mani is helping Charles with this. Charles Has a great start on it, had a 10% click which is really good. Mani adds some cool ideas that can boost everything. John gives a little explanation of how affiliate sales work and how many types of you can use, and the functionality of each one. Mani explains too that some of it can be confused with integrated marketing. Charles Talks about his past experiences in sales, saying there was always money on the table that wasn’t gained or used, that he has been learning all this time that he still has a lot to learn. Josh talks about how he is sick and has a virus and tells a funny anecdote about a new dryer that he bought. Also, tells the guys about some click funnels through Facebook that is not working very well. Thought of the week “You have to be really selective of the product that you want to sale, and be clear of the sheer amount of work that will be needed to take the gains”

We´re live. Josh starts joking how cold it is! Mani asks the guys how the sale went, Josh explains that is has been difficult. Using ads for interviews needs a time-sensitive aiming, it needs to be exact. Josh Talks about the transition that Simple Programmer has gone through, it has evolved very well it's looking pretty optimistic for the next years. The group talks about organic growth in the business. Al tough is a thing of the past that actually is something that makes no money at all, all business must start with organic growth because it’s the best way to know your audience and gather all the info needed to take the next step. Charles and Mani Talk about a campaign that Charles is planning for the podcast answering some questions that were sent on a “Rant” on how to convert these rants and show them all the good stuff that people can get not only on the podcast but courses, sales etc. John and Mani Talk about Social skills, and how John is looking at an investment he made with a guy that just a got arrested for Grand Theft and Arsony, finding out ways to solve this issue looking not lose all the money invested. Thoughts of the week JOHN – “YOU GOTTA PAY TO PLAY” JOSH – “MORE MONEY, MORE PROBLEMS” CHARLES -- "MANI YOU CAPITALIST, ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS THE MONEY"

We´re Live, Google hangouts is going away and the guys are talking about what is the next solution for the reunions going to be, apparently lots of apps are getting erased due to the massive competition. Youtube Hangouts maybe? John and Josh talk about an attribution problem they had with simple programmer, they started a sale on 199$ and then suddenly one person buys it really quickly but it's not appearing on the de data. The guys say that there´s a high probability that Facebook took the credit for the sale (WTF). John explains to mani how a profitable funnel work when you invest money and makes more money than you spend on, but it has to work repeatedly, a money-making machine that works once is not a money-making machine. The group talks about how ads can be very expensive and if you´re not careful it can be a lot of wasted money, especially when you hire an agency that runs these ads, various examples are given , one of them is a person that spends thousands of dollars on google ads and 80% is wasted. That is not the way to make money. In all business, the best way to go with this is to learn yourself and go with it and you can make sure that everything is running smoothly, but there´s a point that you are going to need to hire someone for the financial end of things because you are running the business. Knowledge of all this can be the difference between being the one that fires the person or agency your hire or that person just leaves because on anyways no one is making any money.   THOUGHTS OF THE WEEK JOHN –“ALL I CARE ABOUT IS MAKING MONEY” MANI- ”THIS IS LIKE PROGRAMMING YOU DON’T PUT SOMEONE ELSE TO WRITE THE CODE FOR YOU”

We´re live. It all starts joking around on the Response that John had on his channel about the Gillette “Toxic Masculinity” Ad. Everyone thinks is the dumbest thing there is, it's completely misguided to masculinity, Charles says “It should be called DON´T BE AN A**HOLE You know? Or toxic Humanity” Masculinity and A*sshole behavior are completely different things. Josh and Mani talk about how marketing almost never changes, what really changes over the years is the products or the quality of the products per se. Its all like a gold rush, it comes and goes like a wave and everybody needs to take the wave in order to stay in the market. The conversation goes to how difficult it gets throughout the years to become an entrepreneur because communications have grown at an exaggerated rate that costumers are overflown with information and are basically saturated and the main thing to do is to focus that info for the customer. On this same note John points out, yeah funnels work, but it doesn’t mean that all the people that are coming in are the same people that are going to buy, that this the real issue that needs to be handled and the only way to make it work is testing it. The need to be convinced for consumption, that is the key message. Communication that respects the medium. Thoughts of the day JOSH – “THE FUNDAMENTALS OF REALLY GOOD MARKETING DON´T CHANGE” MANI – “IM GLAD THE TIME FOR SELLING TRASH IS OVER” JOHN – “IT HAS NEVER BEEN EASY TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR”  

We´re Live, starting the show as a duo Josh and Mani talk about how John is running for “his life” on a marathon in Orlando, then start a discussion on how the Dan Lok Special went and how the promotions came through. Numbers were good. John Jumps into the conversation and talks about how Dan Ran something called Cold Traffic from his site and explains the main differences between normal traffic and it Works. Also that he was part of the Webinar that Dan promoted. Mani and John talk about how amazing it is to have a great audience and makes a complete difference when you´re growing a business, they´ll always respond and not only that they´ll respond amazingly good. John talks about how collaborations are now one of the best ways to market your business, if not the best. He compares it how 5 years they were doing everything on their own, and it worked, but that is something you cannot do nowadays if you do not collaborate you are doomed to fail. THOUGHTS OF THE DAY MANI: TRAFFIC IS ONE OF THE CHEAPEST WAYS TO GROW A BUSINESS JOHN: ONCE YOU GET A GREAT AUDIENCE THE NUMBERS WILL GO UP JOSH: CONVERSION RATES CAN BE MISLEADING TOO

John Talks about the experience with Dan Lok, how they take every detail for granted, even check with John to see how many sales he can make, how Many views his channel does, how many hits, the videos can make. The guy is no walk in the park. Everyone agreed that $2500 is a really a low price for the course Dan Gives, because of the value that you get is way more than that. The Group talks about the different strategies that they can use to pick up sales and which ones have worked best for each of them, they even talk about using messenger. Charles talks about how he screwed up this week, had some issues with his editor, which he says “it's my own fault”, not having a great communication can mislead to bad outcomes or even not publishing at all, this happened to Charles and he is trying to catch up. This happened with another editor before, so it's an issue that needs to be taken care of. The group talks about brand advertising, how It will always work but it can be risky because it can take up a lot of money and if you don’t lead perfectly where it needs to be, lots of money can be down the drain. Thought for the Week Josh – THE JOB OF AN AFFILIATE MANAGER IS LIKE A PERSONAL TRAINER, THEY WANT TO MAKE YOU AS PUMP UP AS PÓSSIBLE John – THE BIGGEST RISK IN DRAN ADVERTISING IS THAT YOU WON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY Mani – ALL OF THIS SHIT WORKS, IF YOU DO THE WORK Charles – FACEBOOK MESSENGER IS FOR FAMS, FRIENDS AND POLITICAL MEMES RIGHT? THAT´S WHAT IS FOR  

Charles Talks about jogging and the style of pacing and losing weight, comments that it has been really difficult to jog especially with the cold weather and that he has been doing his work on the treadmill. On the other hand, John said he gained like 10 pounds that he has been eating a lot of junk. A great way to come back is to use the Pomodoro technique, Charles talks about this that it is definitely the best way to get organized especially after a holiday, he says that he even had to buy a Pomodoro clock to get a physical reminder that the notifications on the app were just annoying and turn them off. Josh and Mani talk about launches and promotions, lead magnets and testing them to see which one is best. Josh talks about this process that has been present on Simple Programmer and trying lead magnets to get the best possible outcome. Josh asks John for insights on the LLC for Simple Programmer and the legal part is asking for 300$ for a consultation, is this how they roll? actually, that is not cheap, but if you´re looking for the business to grow it is something that you need to do and cut no expenses. Josh, John, and Mani talk about the differences, pros, and cons of personal and group coaching. Lots of factors to be taken but the most important thing is the time spent on it, makes a huge difference to have to spend the time to market this and get a group between just no advertising and get selective people at a high price under a 3-month commitment, which is what John recommends. Thought for the Week Josh – CUT NO EXPENSES John – FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MAKE MONEY WITHOUT SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON IT Mani – PROGRAMMERS NEED TO GET LAID TOO Charles – COMING BACK FROM THE HOLIDAYS ITS HARD

We’re live.  John talks but the trying to cancel the Pennsylvania tax form. John talks about trying to fill out a cancelation form for Pennsylvania taxes.  John mentions that Bulldog Mindset is ready as far as logos and website. Mani asks about the load time on the website. Mani suggests a website speedup process. Chuck talks about moving his podcast website to a type of static HTML type sites. Mani talks about how Wordpress is always coming out with stuff and how is Chuck going to keep up with it. Chuck explains how this is important as far as maintaining it and having his assistant upkeep it. Chuck continues with the reasons how this will help his workflow in the long run as far as poll requests and updates by listeners. Chuck talks about how his main focus is working with selling sponsorships. Chuck mentions selling out of January and some February spots. John suggests having a salesperson sell ad space and what percentage is he willing to pay for selling spots. John talks about closers who sell spots. Chuck talks about how he searches for sponsors and closes at 50-60% closing rate.  Josh suggests ways they automate some of the work.  Chuck talks more about email marketing. Mani asks about everyone productivity. John says he was traveling, Josh said he was in meetings, and everyone was still doing the Pomodoro. Mani talks about how he met a girl who was able to grow her business with Facebook Ads and paid traffic. Mani talks about organic scale versus paid scale. Josh shares about some marketing project he had been working on this past week. Josh talks about funnels using video or video views. Mani asks about cost per click and various kinds of analytics. Josh about bot traffic and avoiding bot traffic using facebook traffic. Josh talks about creating evergreen webinars and automation. John says webinars are a fad, and the funnels should be profitable without the webinar.  Mani and John talk about the profitable funnels with heavy opinions.  John talks about the Coding Bootcamp funnel and the baseline of the funnel should be profitable in order to know the webinar is working as well. Mani talks about his group mastermind project plan and coaching as some possible next step for other ways to generate revenue. Josh talks about the difficulties of low ticket versus high ticket offerings. Mani talks about projects he has help people become more profitable. John compares these decisions to pay the cost of the phone. Manis asks if John is going to removing pricing from the email. John says he does not even advertise his coaching. John talks about filling the pipelines of business as far as screening. Mani says he would like to gain another 5 clients. John suggests effective ways to find these new clients. John suggests ways to get to talk about money with the new incoming clients, allowing ways to filter those who can afford coaching. John talks about ways to talk about affordability on coaching. EntreProgrammer talk about ways Mani can implement a coaching or mastermind business. Chuck talks about masterminds he joined in the past and how he now only like coaching. Mani asks about the end result of the mastermind or coaching. John says it is about helping those overcome problems they have. Chuck talks about other coaching programs he is apart of as ways to give Mani ideas. Mani talks about the credentials of his current coach and processes in the engagement. John talks about shares visions and affinity with theses coaching as examples for Mani.  More talks about ways Mani can start this coaching business. Thought for the Week Josh - High-bandwidth Mani - Don’t wait to plan for the new year. Chuck - Priorities don’t exist. It is one priority at a time.

We’re live. Mani having some tech issues. Chuck mentions that he is 39 today. Chuck talks about being pulled over. Also, mentions that his truck was not registered and had an expired license due to medical issues. John says Chuck is lucky he did not get his car impounded for not having an up to date license and registration. Chuck talks about on-boarding a developer and show-notes writers. Mani shows and Instagram hack, a picture with his pup. John talks about growing his Instagram account with posting and a variety of content. John talks about his post being a mix of patterns. John shows his phone screen and is posting 6 days a week with a blog post in the mix. John continues with the strategies with self-marketing on Instagram. Mani asks for suggestions on running a contest King Sumo Style.  Chuck jokes about getting support from Josh. Mani says he is doing a book giveaway. EntreProgarmmers chime in with a suggestion on implementing a book giveaway. John talks about how some people like collecting books, but the never read them. John suggests a 3 to 10 book prize to generate excitement. Mani says these are for Top Social Skills books. John talks about what makes a great book gift. John suggests a bundle package on Productivity. Mani talks about running the campaigns. John talks about the one chance to run the campaigns and the proper way to send this to Mani’s email lists. Chuck suggest email lists. John asks what is the main propose of this giveaway. Mani and the EntreProgrammers dive deep in the topics of books to giveaway. Josh says the headlines are important. Josh says to rethink the digital requirement, and how he would hate going to the post office. More talks about how Mani should execute a book giveaway. Josh suggests simplicity. Chuck says he does not really like the idea of suggesting this giveaway as a social skill giveaway. Mani says this is at best on one line copy. Mani asks what would it be? John says the keyword Get Laid is the higher ranking cost per click keyword. John says Emotional Intelligence has the highest ranking. Josh suggests lightweight ways to test the keywords, like in a Tweet. John suggests “How to charm the pants off anyone.”  John suggests “Charisma in a box” as a title. John mentions trying to raise money for St. Jude. John talks about his experiment with his coaching slots for donations. John talks about his 8k plus donations for St. Jude. John mentions those on his big influencers and money makers. EntreProgrammers talk about the reason those contribute to a cause like the St. Jude fundraisers. Chuck splits at the mastermind. Mani talks about the subscriber count of his Youtube Channel. Mani talks about his “Think and Grow Rich” video on Youtube.  Thought for the Week Josh - Imposter Syndrome from going to the small pot to the bigger pot. John - Appeal to the selfish motive Mani - Appeal to self-interest

  We are alive! John pokes fun as Mani still work on his pomodoros. Chuck joke that he just started his Pomodoro. John maps out his week of us and shares his intense workload. Productivity to its max. John talks about having to be downtown to do a marketing meeting. Also, trying to fit all exercising in with his insane workload. John talks more about knocking out 8 Pomodoro in before 8 am. Chuck talks about having to be up at 4 am to get all the pomodoros in. Chuck maps out his whole week and describes how this helps him clear off things on his schedule. Chuck shares his screen, and show a document on the processes on running sev Chat TV podcasts. Chuck shares more on what he has accomplished doing these pomodoros. John pokes fun at Mani about the reports on practicing pomodoros. John opens up the email on the results on the pomodoros. Mani calls BS on the process because he was not getting the emails, except for Josh. EntreProgrammers discuss the email issues on the results or activity. Mani asks why they are not happy with Slack. Josh says they like Slack but it gets noisy with all the activity. Mani shares his screen and shows his activity. Chuck still demands to be paid. Chuck begins the actual show talking about the master process of the Dev Chat TV. Chuck continues to talk about a co-host who bought a video company/podcast who need production. Chuck then continues to talk about developing another arm of the Dev Chat company to do promotion and production. Chuck says this will be a kind of case study to take on this show on the Dev Chat network. Chuck talks about how getting up early sucked but, again he got a lot accomplished for his business. Chuck shares about the sales call he did and how he sees activity coming in on sponsorships for Q1. Chuck talk about shows that sell out on sponsorships in the past. Mani asks what is the new plan for the pomodoros. Chuck says he is going to stop at noon. John says the big problem he has is there are meeting in the morning. Mani asks if we are going to keep doing this since it is proven that it works. EntreProgrammer talk out things that get in the way for the pomodoros.  Some might have to be shifted until 2 pm. John says he thought about committing to 6 pomodoros before noon. Mani says this speed up his day. The EntreProgrammers discuss how they will be accountable to the pomodoros. Each learns they will have to tailor their practice to their needs. John gives reason to why they should be 8 per day before noon. John says they can always do more but 8 is reasonable. EntreProgrammes talks about ways this will work for them.  Josh suggests 6 pomodoros by noon ongoing. EntreProgrammers agree to 6 by noon. Mani creates his owns terms but agrees to the team keeping him accountable. Chuck talks about his exercise and training for a marathon. EntreProgrammers joke about their exercising times and plans for the upcoming weeks. Thoughts for the Week John - Check your optimism    Mani - Accountability matters Josh - Deadlines Chuck - Implementation is what matters

Full house today, Everyone picks on Josh about being gone and doing some Black Friday shopping. John mentions that finally sold somethings. Josh talks about the recent Plural Sight promotion. Josh talks about the new direction Plural Sight has taking since they’ve become public, in competition with Udemy. Josh continues with the promote terms with had with Plural Sight. John mentions that Josh was on full-on dick mode with the demands or the promotion. John mention with made about 40k this past month in sales. Josh talks about work with Plural Sight. Josh talks about other sales tactics with existing clients and partners.  John talks about the strategies they worked for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Josh talks about their lists and where sales were coming in from. EntreProgrammers talk about responses to emails. Josh talks about unsubscribes and more on emails. Josh talks about the membership group from a freelancer. John talks about getting an email from a guy to workout with and meetup. Mani talks about the expectations of communications via email. More talk about nasty customers via email and replying to email. Josh talks about their actual customer base and those who actually buy. Josh shares numbers on sales from the holiday weekend. John talks about getting emails from a coaching client and their services. Chuck talks about this email list and campaign for onboarding. Chuck talks about sending invitations for chatting on Discord to listeners and hosts of the Dev Chat podcast network. Chuck talks about getting the affiliation material offers together. Chuck says with want to do an offer on Ten Ways To Learn Anything. Josh give feedback on how to implement these offer via email. John talks about a guy who did an affiliate offer using Free link . Mani shares that he was talking with John about creating a flagship product to generate monthly income. Mani mentions that this could be a Mastermind with a focus on books or book reading. Josh talk about how this idea could work based on how others in the industry do something similar. Chuck ask how Mani is going to test this idea. Mani talks about how he wants to get people behind the cause.   Thoughts for the Week John - Consistency trumps intensity Mani -   Strategies lead to results… Josh - It is important not to lose sight of what you set out to do. Chuck - Trust your gut

John and Mani start the show talking about their Black Friday sales. Mani talks about what he is choosing to put on sale. Mani talks about doing a daily deal, as John says he likes to do bundle sales. John talks about how people how still buy a bundle even if that already own apart of the product, as long as the discount is steep enough. John talks about getting a list back that Josh deleted in the past.  John and Mani discuss strategies for making product sales on Black Friday or sales in general. John talks about reading about launches. John talks about the importance of the prelaunch and such steps. Mani talks about what would be his prelaunch material. Mani says his offering is off and not working properly. Mani asks about when the Black Friday launch with suppose to close. John talks about the sales lasting throughout Cyber Monday. Mani and John talk about recent launches and sales within Simple Programmer. John talks about how this recent launch was bad and not as great as their past sales. Mani continues with the mental toughness product and how the sales were impacted on the marketing side. John continues with the numbers and sales with the cold and warm list. John talks about bringing in an outside consultant the help figure out what is wound because this should be a 100k launch. Mani thinks the product is not aligned with the audience.  Mani shares he created a department in his business call Simplification, with the focus on simplifying things. Mani talks but having one flagship product and those in the industry who offer only one flagship product. John and Mani continue to talk about price increases. Mani talks about his book club, but John talks about turning this into a mastermind group instead of 1k a month.  John continues to provide ideas on building out a mastermind model. Mani goes back to how he could find a 100 dollar a month product, service or idea.  Mani asks John about his idea about a book club that looks similar to a mastermind. John asks why he would have a 100 dollar a month business while he could a 1k a month business with the book club idea.  More discussion on building a book club… and other avenues that make more sense.    Thoughts for the Week John - An email list is not necessarily an ATM Mani -  Market research is the key component of any product

John and Mani start the show poking fun at Josh buying a minivan. John talks about problems with the website forms on Simple Programmer. John mentions there were some issues with the content upgrade forms.  John talks about creating opt-ins for a new guide. John talks about doing his work for Simple Programmer for the year. John talks more about the content upgrade. John says this upgrade is a 25 percent revenue increase. Mani makes suggestions with pop upgrades.  John thinks this may triple the email activity.  John talks about looking at some blog sites. John talks about running the marathon and destroyed the time.  Mani talks about buying sites and converting them into money making sites. Mani talks scalable businesses. Mani continues talking about Money Master the Game by Tony Robbins. Mani talks about other ways to increase revenue on book summaries, as well as the idea of bringing on authors. Mani talks about the idea of selling a number of books in the live session. Mani and John talk about getting an author to join in on the book club/master class. Mani gets some suggestions of authors from John.  John suggests ways to market that book club event with the author present for a live session. Mani continues with the live component with the book club. Mani asks about who they could get as the author.  Chuck joins the call midway. John suggests someone like James Clear as the book author and live session. Chuck talk about getting some big names on the Freelancer show like Dave Allen and Micheal Porter. Chuck mentions this could be a type of case study for Mani. Chuck suggests lower tier book or author. John says he will email James Clear and help. John tells Mani how they should approach the session/masterclass and book sales from the point of view of the author.    Thoughts for the Week John - Double down.    Chuck - Partial done is close to being done.  Mani - Try to find out how to make your business scalable

John opens the show and throws off Josh. John shows his new Bulldog Mindset designs. John talks about using 99 Designs. John talks about trying to find a non-gangster look for the Bulldog Mindset logo.  John talks about how he chose his logo and merchandise for the BullDog Mindset. Socks are on the list for Bulldog merchandise. John talks about making a mistake with hiring a designer/WP helper. EntreProgrammers talks about design creation and branding. John talks about hiring a pixel artist and membership for YouTube channels. John talks about the audiobook final being out. Josh shares about capital gains and opportunity zones to save on taxes.  Mani asks questions about his email sequence and how to optimize the chain of email for more impact. John gives some comical suggestions with USDA meat and such. Mani talks about the PDF downloads and how his audience is downloading them. Josh suggests ways to do email marketing. Josh talks about those making the sale on the book summaries. John and Josh talk about building trust on a product like these book summaries. Josh talks about how he does not like indoctrination campaigns. Chuck gives some suggestions based on his business. Mani asks for more about his email sequence. John goes with Mani embodies the result as a way to gain trust on the sale of the products.  Chuck talks about creating a listing for show notes and development. But no one showed up for the interview for show notes interview. John chimes in on how he would go through the process. Entreprogrammers look at the posting and make suggestions on how to weed out people with your posting. Chuck talks about the kinds of who notes he wants for the Dev Chat TV Podcast. John suggests ways to look for the right person for the job. Josh talks more about hiring and interviewing. Josh gives suggestion on hiring local.  Thoughts for the Week John - Hire people for the jobs they are good at Chuck - Coaches  Mani - When something is working, go hard on it    Josh - Coaches as well

John and Chuck talk about Google Hangouts disappearing soon. Also, finding out ways to do the mastermind call. Chuck talks about using zoom.us for recording the podcast call. Chuck talks about using repurpose.io. Chuck talks about some marketing and email marketing for the sponsorship for the podcasts, and get help from John to execute the plan properly. Chuck talks about working with another developer to help with Podwrench.  John suggests getting a sales person to sell sponsorships. Chuck talks about possible working with affiliates. Chuck talks about selling sponsorship for 50 percent off.  John talks about waking up early at 6:15 am, and creating content and materials for Bulldog Mindset, and memberships. John talks about optimizing and creating content for YouTube. John talks about getting into Real estate and invest in some building in the local area. John talks about selling his options. John mentions hiring a coach for the next marathon. John talks about people taking the Bulldog quiz. John talks about creating goals for who he wants to become in all kinds of areas. John talks about the positive return on hiring a coach for things you are lacking in, rather it is in business or health. Also some talks about the upcoming audiobook, just waiting on Amazon.  Thoughts for the Week!  John - Use Coaches Chuck - Productive procrastination

0:15 We’re Live! John mentions having to hop off soon. John mentions that Josh is not on the podcast because he was not happy with the result they have been getting with the membership drive. John sarcastically says people don’t want him back because no one is signing up for memberships. 3:10 John talks about kicking some ass as he is back to work. John gives a rundown on the things he has accomplished over the week. Mostly get stuff ready for the Bulldog Mindset materials. John says Bulldog Mindset is looking good. Also some good numbers on the quiz. 7:25 Chuck asks about launching content under the Bulldog Mindset brand. John talks about reopening the Simple Programmer website and other things that allow them to market the new products and services. John talks about hiring a pixel artist to create emojis and badges for the members. John talks about waiting on the new podcast to get approved and the ACX book. 10:00 Mani shares that he was working on automation and clean up things. Chuck shares how he is working with Zapier and other tools. Mani asks about Chucks email list. Chuck talks about setting up and figuring out what to do for his lead magnets. Chuck and John talk about the Affiliate Gauntlet. Mani and Chuck talk about selling products to his list. 15:00 Mani suggests using his list to sell products. John asks about the size of Chuck’s email list. John further explains the Affiliate Gauntlet. Chuck says he hired a developer to help build out Podwrench, to speed up the process. Chuck share his ideas about a course to teach people to get started with Rails. Chuck talks about creating a program along the lines of Developer Freedom. 22:00 Chuck talk about creating a subscription program that will teach developer to get into Developer Freedom. John says these ideas might be another brand and business. Chuck says all these plans are going to go under the DevRev brand. John says that Chuck needs to get the podcast production to run without him. Chuck talks about hiring someone to sell Podwrench once it is done. 25:00 Chuck talks about freeing things up so he can focus on Podwrench. Chuck says is a very excited about his work so far. Mani asks why he is excited about the new found excitement. John says since he has made the jump to get back to work he is excited too. John shares that he is reading the book “How to Kill a Hydra.” 30:00 John continues to talk about the proving yourself phase that he learn from the book. Chuck talks about how he has changed and how the things he wants has now changed. Mani continues with mocking around with the Automation topic. John talks about tweaking things and how he does things one YouTube to increase in other areas. Small tweaks everywhere leads to Huge impacts. 37:00 Mani and John talk about the effectiveness of emails and data to capture more values. Mani says email automation is the big scary monster. Johns says some of the most profitable things he has ever done, he did in an afternoon. 42:00 Mani talks about those who write a new email sequence every time. John says it is dumb blind persistence. John talk about the biggest losers in life are the people in the Menza Meetings. They don’t apply themselves, John says. 46:00 Mani says when you start to expect things to get easier, you are fucked.  John says that 10X Rule is a good book. More talks about automation. Thoughts for the Week! Mani - Expect it to be 10X harder John - Find evidence of why you suck and not a badass Chuck - Figure out why you are doing it

0:15 We’re live. Josh ask if Mani was standing at his desk. Josh says he has runner knee. Mani and Josh talk about standing and actively standing and working.  John talks about the intensity of running and being on a call at a treadmill. More talks about exercise and working at the same time. Mani talks about listening a being at a stationary bike. 4:00 Mani talks about draw.ioand automation work. John talks about the work they are doing a the blogging course. More talk about up selling on products. John talks about milking the sale of a of product. EntreProgrammer talk about marketing strategies on up sales. 10:00 John talks about converting your audience and gaining sales. Mani and Josh talks about the percentages and sales on cart values. John talks about the opinion on up sales on course.  More talks about strategically pricing a product and up selling later on. 15:00 Mani talks about selling a product without discounts. Josh says with will no work. Josh says the time limit and scarcity make the sale. John says you have to have scarcity to sell the product. Josh says you will get clicks but not sales without discounts and scarcity. Josh talk about when people will become a customer. 19:00 Josh talks about working on ways to not have to keep on doing the up sales. Josh says you can take the up sales to the bank. EntreProgrammer continue to talk about the Meditation Course as an up sales in Mani’s sales cart. 23:00 Mani jumping into talking about membership and how it changing the game. John talks about kicking ass this week and waking up 6 am and hitting the Pomodoros. John talks about doing the Bull Dog Mindset  and logo design. John talks about the quiz for the Bull Dog Mindset. 27:00 Mani talks about how John should do a live video on YouTube once a month. John talks about charging 5 dollars a month for the membership. John talks about hopping on a coaching call and making 1500 dollars for one hour. John talks about how he only want to make a live stream for just the members. John talks about his content syndication plan. 34:00 John talks about recording  audio for The Stop Being Lazy book. Mani ask about the book sales. John give to numbers on sales and revenue.  John think he is making 5 sales a day. John talks about doing the audio and adding more content because it was not written by him. Josh talks about doing the audio first then the book can be written. Mani talks about how Gary V. and others ad lib the book. 40:00 John talks about hiring a cheap audio editor for the book. Entreprogrammer talk about reading an audiobook and doing a great job. Mani talks about natural sounding reading and emphasis in audiobook. More talk about audio books and professional readers vs. authors reading the book. 46:00 John talks about the subscribers for the Bulldog Mindset emails. John talks about the clicks on the Mental Toughness emails.  John shares his email for the Bulldog Mindset coaching. John says he has 57 opens and several clicks. John talks about only having 5 slots. 53:00 Josh talks out wrapping up the course and workflow with Jason. Josh talk about doing a membership push with John help with creating a video for the offers. Josh says he is not changing the offer. Mani jokes about firing John if he does not move the needle forward on the business. Some talk about WordPress generated passwords. 1:00:00 Josh talks about making a mistake with custom field and APIs. John talks about after this month they are going to do themed months and content. Josh talks about doing a split test with emails with half with Johns name on it. Josh talks about doing a membership enrollment with increase price if John’s name brings in more people. 1:05:00 EntreProgrammer talk about doing a Getting Over Your Fears course. Josh and Mani discuss which course might do better with sales. EntreProgrammer discuss which topic will do better, Metal Toughness or Getting Over Your Fears. Mani talks about a keyword research on controlling emotions vs. controlling anger. 1:15:00 More talk on keyword research. John talks about how these keywords fit into how the audience is looking to change. EntreProgrammer research the top hitting keyword to further their reach on course topics. EntreProgrammer make jokes about keyword for drunk driving. Thoughts for the week! John - Don't underestimate hard work Josh - Don’t drive drunk Mani - Cutting off work at a certain time.

0:15  We’re Live. John talks about Google Hangouts going away. Chuck suggest moving to Zoom for recordings and live streaming. John talks about being back at it. John says he is going to be a bit more involved with projects at Simple Programmer and reviving the old Simple Programmer youtube channel. Mani ask is a podcast would be useful for this next step. John and Josh say that there is a podcast with all this. John talks about getting back to Pomodoros and back to doing work. John shares some info on book sales and launch info. John talks about the review of the F-word used in his book on Amazon. John says to Bulldog Mindsetwebs is now up.  8:30 John talks about getting traffic for the book and website quiz on Are You a Bulldog. John talks about the impressions and emails he collected from the quiz. John shares more on the terms of the kinds of bulldogs on of the quiz. John talks about his email strategy for the Bulldog Mindset campaign for coaching. Mani asks questions about the emails base membership levels. Johns talks about segmenting the email list and how he is targeting the audience.  John talks about the Drip integrations and support for their needs.  17:30 John shares about hitting the pain points for what the Bulldog Mindset is about. John talks about the how he is sharing about the BullDog Mindset. John talks about the tasks of creating and shoot videos and podcasts. John talks about toying with the idea of a Youtube Bulldog Mindset membership. Mani asks about Patreon. John says he is done with Patreon. John says he will work on this Bulldog Mindset stuff and help his boss John with Simple Programmer.  23:00 John talks about the tuff job of putting out a course and battling free information on the web. John says this is curated information tailored for those who want it. Mani asks if he was getting replies to the Simple Programmer emails since he was back working. John mentions looking into other people’s courses like Gary V. And others to get several ideas for streams of content and products. John says he now might have to record at least one video a day.  30:00 Mani ask Josh about what he is going to do since he got John back as his employee. Josh share his plans for the next four months. Josh about creating themes for these next few months as a way to be productive and max out the time with John. Josh share about a members-only webinar. Mani talks about the tip jar on Youtube that John uses when he takes off his shirt. Josh talks about doing Mani’s book topics for Cyber Monday. Josh talks about membership drive and webinars for the Cyber Monday. EntreProgrammers general talks about setting up product sales for the upcoming holiday sales.  40:00 Josh talks about John leaving Simple Programmer made him a scarce commodity. But now he is back for a time, they can promote with better confidence for the next coming memberships and products. Mani suggests checking the Asian Efficiency website. John joking about making a website called anglo efficiency. John jokes about the Red-headed model on the Asian website.  Mani says they have 3 great components. Josh talks about his hopes for the rotation of these themes.  51:00 Chuck ask about where people signup for membership. Josh says this is done via WooCommerce. EntreProgrammers discuss Thrive Cart. John talks about what he learned from VidCon. Mani talks about VidSummit, and how Gary V does not talks about SnapChat anymore. Mani talks about what he learned form VidSummit and Gary V. Mani share what he heard from the summit and Gary V about emails and reaching out. John talks about the Barbell strategy and investing for a guaranteed return and investing in high yield risky investment with 10 percent. John talks about being prolific on YouTube and grow your audience. Mani and John talk about the strategy of Prolific content and time for growth.  1:11:00 Chuck asks about how he has a couple of people who are interested in selling sponsorship for him. But he is worried about how to pay him. Mani says commission only. John asks if you get the best salesmen if you do commission only. John mentions to watch out for those who don’t care about working for commission, because there is a chance of getting high quality or shitty salesmen. Chuck mentions that the two interested people are his neighbor and brother. John says hell no, those are in the group of people you don’t do business with.   John says Chet Holmes’ book Ultimate Sales Machinesuggest not hiring only one salesperson for sales, there should be hired in pairs to compete.  1:21:00 Mani asks about the number of total sponsorship availability for the year. Chuck says about 600K. John suggests going to Best Buy to find salespeople as a joke. Josh again going to the Ultimate Sales Machine for more knowledge for sales. Chuck ask about how to do his renewals for a salesman. Chuck leaves the call to interview someone. Mani shares about book discussions. Mani talks about summaries and how he likes the format. Josh talks about writing a script with Jason for webinars.  1:30:00 Chuck returns. Mani shares more about getting help with recording the summaries to make them more interesting, rather than doing solo recordings. EntreProgrammers talks about how Mani should hire someone who is interested in doing these reviews without much or no pay. Josh gives suggestions about how to do the book report with another person or audience member. John suggests dropping some breadcrumbs on the possibility of payment for work is the business continues to grow.  1:43:00 John talks about how he hired their writer for the Bulldog book. Chuck chimes in with hiring someone to take the task off his plate. Chuck talks about the quality of product and vision for a good hire to help move the business forward. More talks about scaling business and spokespersons. Chuck ask about stopping the hosting role on some of the podcasts… Josh says that would be a good question for next week.  Thoughts for the Week  Chuck - Nothing is for free. Prioritize.  Mani - You need more at-bats John - Kicking ass is the cure for a lot of things    

0:15 We’re Live! John is finally back home. EntreProgrammer talks about returning home from travels. John says he is done traveling until the Marathon in La Vegas in November. Chuck suggest to John doing an Ultra Marathon. John says depending on how he feels this might be his last marathon. John talks about hiring a marathon coach to help get under a 4-hour marathon run.  5:30 Charles asks for business advice after speaking with his coach. Chuck gives a rundown on the task assigned to himself after consulting with his business coach. Chuck says he is halfway done with the book. But his coach wants him to work on acquiring more sponsors. So the book might be put on the back burner until Chuck has more time. Chuck says he might refund the sales on the course. This will allow him to get Podwrench done though.  10:00 John asks what task on the schedule will allow him more time. Chuck says Podwrench. John says to weigh out what task will get done sooner. The book? Podwrench? Chuck thinks that dropping all other tasks and focusing on the book might take a month. But he never done it before so the timing is up in the air. Chuck thinks he might have to put off the book. Josh suggest finding someone to help write the book.  18:00 Mani asks Chuck about the numbers on traffic and building the email lists. Josh talk about the tasks and logistics for launching a book. Chuck decides to refund on the book and finish Podwrench. John suggests a refund or apply the funds to a conference.  25:00 Josh talks more about webinars and courses sales. Mani talks about the challenges of selling the course. Josh comments about the use of paid traffic. EntreProgrammers talks about marketing and other kinds of strategies to sell courses and or products. Josh talks about developing content with Jason. Mani and Josh continue to discuss pitching courses via live streams. Mani talks about the responses on doing live streams.  33:00 Mani shares more about his recent strategy on answering questions on a live stream. Josh shares how people wait out prices on Udemy. More talk from the EntreProgrammers about the price on products such as book and courses. Josh talks about building a course around the Complete Guide for Software Developer, as a 12-month program.  Mani talks about the change in the pricing model for Podcaster’s Paradise by John Lee Dumas. Josh talks about courses on their network that do not have John apart of the project.  45:00 John talks about ranking on Google and how traffic works to sell products. Chuck interjects with more questions on things that involve making a sale. Chuck talks about trying something different. Mani talks about how these are based on marketing theory and numbers. Josh says he knows what the levers are in the range and strategy of marketing products. Chuck suggest walking down a different road and trying different things for their marketing strategy. Josh talks about marketing in a lousy market.  52:00 Mani talks about the Microblading market and courses. Josh says testing takes 2-3 months to figure out what is working. Josh talks about the need to Paid Traffic. Josh talks about the handheld community. EntreProgrammers continue to talks about marketing a content base product. Josh talks about selling a mock interview courses.  1:00:00 EntreProgrammers continue to talk about how the course package was presented. Mani talks about the recording products over live presented products.  Josh talks about needing Facebook to market. Mani says running Facebook traffic is another kind of beast. Mani talks about the amount of work Josh is doing and burning through their own list. EntreProgrammers talks about the percentage cut John took as he was making videos for Plural Sight.  1:15:00 John talks about the warped view of money. More talks about selling courses for clients. John talks about about getting a free box of snacks, and considering the value. John refers back to a rip off of a course from a past client. John explains they are selling the outcome of the course. Chuck exists the podcasts. EntreProgrammers continues discussing that Udemy effect and the value of the course.  1:22:00 Josh talks about how videos courses became commoditzied like books over the past decades. John talks about the getting the offer to the right people in their marking strategies. Mani ask about banner ads on the websites. Mani ask about how many clicks do they get on the banner ads. Josh talks about all the test and conversion they did.  1:30:00 Mani ask about driving traffic to the opt-in. Josh continues with testing remarking…. Thoughts for the week!  Josh - Test before you test..   John - It is about what you become after the process Mani -   Simple wins. Complicated does not scale.  

0:15  We’re Live. Chuck coming in from the Frameworks Summit in Park City Utah. Chuck gives a fun down of the various core teams and technologies being discussed at the Summit. Chuck talks about networking and meeting with previous guests on the podcasts show on Dev Chat TV. Chuck talks about being in Orlando last week and being productive.  5:00 Josh asked about the pre-sale on the book. Chuck about selling 16 copies of the book. Mani gives suggestions on what he would have done. Mani was concern about the book sales verses the course sales. Mani and Josh talk about the offers and ways to execute the sales success. Mani asks more about the emails and links for the landing page.  10:00 Josh and Mani talk about the analytics and the actions people were taking when they visited the landing page.  Mani and Josh continue with their opinions about the next steps on how to successfully complete the sales. Mani thinks there is too much information on the page. Mani mentions that the carts have to be optimized a bit more. Mani suggests losing the navigation on the shopping cart.  18:00 Both Mani and Josh show their add to cart features and show how it works. Mani asks about cart abandon rate for Simple Programmer. Chuck asked if there is a list of numbers of analytics on cart abandonment. Josh talks about the different carts he has used in the past. More talk about carts and sales between Mani and Josh.  25:00 Chuck says his plan is to sell the book on Amazon and let the book drive sales to the course. Chuck says this process is helping him learn about pricing, carts, and marketing his product in general. More talk about trial and error.  28:00 Josh and Mani discuss the launch numbers. Mani makes some guess based on a few numbers Josh provides.  Josh says $199 on the live 3 week course, 80k emails sent out. Mani makes some great guesses on the out rate and clicks. Josh says there were no prices mentioned in the email. Mani settles on 100 sales. Josh says he only got 40 sales. Mani says with that rate, Simple Programmer should start selling book summaries. Mani and Josh continue with ideas on the live sale.  38:00 Josh talks about how the high price course model is dead. Also a bit on the overall take on the products since John is not teaching the courses or feature on the product. Josh says no one. Is willing to pay over 200 dollars for any course anymore. More on price declining on the course.   45:00 Josh talks about tactics with Interview Cake. Josh talks about caps on promotions as in their take.  Josh continues to talk about John lasting impact from leaving Simple Programmer. Josh talks about a slow decline of audience and engagement.  53:00 Josh talks about promoting more than a few products. Mani talks about Robert Farrington and his email courses and affiliate courses. Mani mention pushing things down the route of the Simple Programmer community that may help. Chuck mentions that Josh should clarify what he is trying to transition too as the manager of the business. More talks about Interview Cake. Chuck chimes in with telling people where he wants to take them.  1:07:00 John shows up with no shirt.  Chuck suggests ways to look and execute Josh’s vision for the future of Simple Programmer. Chuck thinks a John had a vision of what people wanted. Mani suggests that John should talk rather than talking on his behalf. Josh gives his numbers to John base on the launch on his part. John talks about the economy and talks job market at the present moment. John talks about the immediate situation of the economy and what people need.  1:15:00 Chuck talks more about making a connection with the audience with John’s direction. Mani talks about the growing pains and void of personality. John talks about the sales on the membership. Josh shares on how it is flat based on the email list. Chuck leaves the podcast called. John talks about those who need the resources like Interview Cake.  1:24:00 John says Chuck is probably right about how people associated Simple Programmer as a company that helps people find ways to improve their life a programmer or developer. Mani talks about how he gets emails about John’s Soft Skill program or book. Josh talks about doing a launch on a type of reading club. Mani says excuse me, you thought of that.  1:33:00 Josh says he is surprised by the grown of the Simple Programmer company. John talks about the staple of the company. John talks about doing a Complete Software Developer Career Guide in the near future. John talks about doing videos and such. Josh says for the foreseeable future is the only idea he is wanting to launch at the moment. Mani suggests a membership or community with this title.  1:40:00 Josh talks about what he thinks Simple Programmer is as John the face of the company compared to who he is and is about.  So he is seeing an underline issue if it is not there. John talks about the things Josh has started to do, and follow the path as an entrepreneur with an extreme talent.  So Josh is fit to take the company to the next level. John shares more on the influence he has had on the Simple Programmer mission with Jason Humphrey.  1:50:00 John talks about the Dave Ramsey dinner or gets together. John talks about how if you develop the smarts to become a successful entrepreneur. Mani asks about the value entailed to find the level John is talking about.  1:55:00  Mani asks John to run a list to begin the process. John says it is a way to promote yourself and self development. Mani asks this is a way to replicate John.  John talks about ways to co-write idea to appeal to people to improve their lives.  2:00:00 More talk about the Career Guide” sales and greatness. John talks about the values of the message. Josh talks about testing this out. John suggests a free webinar about Simple Programmer is about, including what Mani has to say. Mani is blown away with what John says about Teaching Programmers that They Can Be More. Mani talks about John be the move without being the face of it.  2:10:00 More talks about the movement. Mani suggests talks about the course once a week. Josh talks about a general discussion. Josh surest following the Soft Skill guide. Josh joke about the OMAD diet. John reinforces Josh’s confidence that he is still doing a great job with Simple Programmer.  2:17:00 John talks about the values of the company and how Josh values all those things. John says that BlueHost is willing to help them with websites and marketing for their customers because that is where self-marketing being, a website. More talks about meeting people on John’s visit to. Thoughts for the Week! Mani - Going back to the purpose or why… John -  Stay the course.  Josh -  Sometimes you eat the bear, Sometimes the bear eats you 

0:15  We’re Live! Chuck says he is having one of those weeks that makes him want to be a pig farmer. Chuck talks about his sponsors not paying him on time. John jokes that Chuck is going to burn down the building. Chuck continues with how these companies are promising to pay in 45 days, but no show. Chuck says he understands that this is a process. John and Chuck agree on a paying upfront policy.  5:10  John talks about sticking to what was agreed upon as far as due payment. John jokes to put up an ad that out the issues of nonpayment from the sponsor. Mani asks about book sales. As Chuck goes into having issues with PayPal restricting his account, but he cannot pull money out from the book sales.  9:10  Chuck talk about talking to Richard at .NetRocks. Mani suggests not using PayPal and switch to Strip to receive payments. Mani jokes about running an 'I cannot buy my lunch' sale. John talks more about using this injustice as a marketing strategy.  13:00 Mani ask is the course is for sale now. Chuck mentions that it is on sales for 500 dollars as of now. Mani asks about some analytics on the current sale. Josh and Mani suggests an urgency strategy for the course and using a timer on the sales page. Josh and Mani give other kinds of suggestion for the sales and marketing strategies.  18:00 Mani suggests writing up 4 marketing emails for revamping the sales of the course. Mani asks about Simple Programmers sales on Plural Sight. Josh gives some analytics and numbers on the sales. Josh says it is about 18k in sales. Josh talks about the issues with the commission and discount offer.  25:00 Josh talks about the 45k sales last year. And Josh says their attitude is what have you done for me lately. Josh says John’s numbers are still pushing in sales at Plural Sight. Mani talks about the tier of commissions according to a Robert Farrington. Josh continues to talk about the clicks and conversions of the material on Plural Sight.  30:00 Josh and John talk about the EPC target. John suggests working backward to figure out how to meet the EPC. John talks more about the complexity of the sales.  Josh talks about experimenting with a waitlist. Mani and John talk about the traffic direction, click and marketing with courses on Simple Programmer.  40:00 John asks Josh talk offering their own discount to up the sales. Josh think it has to be beyond 25% to make it worth it. Josh talks about the sales on the membership.  Josh talks about Jonathan Stark’s book called  The Freelancers Roadmap and how he is using this as a bonus to the sales they’re doing.  45:00 Josh talks about a plugin to setup authors call WooCommerce Authors. Chuck talks about how he is using the WooCommerce site. Chuck ask about how to set up the author plugin as far as getting people on the site.  50:00 Mani and Josh discuss marketing and writing copy for courses, rather they are martial arts or developer material. Josh talks about the skill of building out the course. Josh talks about doing a 21-day course but did not work, then they switch to interviews on webinars. Josh talks more about working with Jason on building courses.  55:00 Josh continues to talk about the process of marketing courses on books or videos. More on the complexities of launching courses.  Chuck says he likes to idea of hiring someone for their skills to build a course. Chuck talks about how he could do this with one of the developers.  1:00:00 Josh talk about his idea with this upcoming course with coding and technical material. Josh talks about this as a review type course to prepare for coding. John talks about signing up for another marathon but he got sick.  Mani suggests chewing garlic to help with a cough. Josh asks about the Thrive convention.  1:08:00 John says is it wipeout from running. John asks if they notice the merge with Create Space and Kindle. Which could help with sales on their book. Mani ask about John’s book Bulldog Mindset. EntreProgrammer talk about the publishing companies. Josh and John talk about Novel Rink that pulls Amazon API and how it is being shut down.  1:13:00 EntreProgrammers talks about how this is similar to people running Facebook ads and such. Mani talks about how it is short-lived as people are trying to build businesses off of a social media platform. Mani says like Alex Jones. John says Alex would be able to write a book. Josh says Alex is still very diversified with several places to pull his material.  1:19:00 Josh said he did have the opportunity to get into the Prepper niche. Josh talks about how Google controls 80% of their email list. So they are done if they get in trouble with them. Mani talks about Alex Jones traffic numbers.  Thoughts of the Week!  Josh - Pomodoros are effective John - Have an exact why Charles - Just got to keep going Mani - Syndicate your content

0:15 We are live. John and Mani are at Thrive Conference. Not related to Thrive Cart or Themes. Chuck mentions recording some 14 plus EntreProgrammers podcast this week. Chuck also mention some new signups the the My Story podcasts on the Dev Chat TV network. Chuck explain how the My Story shows fit into the Dev Chat TV network. 4:00 Chuck continues to explain the type of guests on the My Story Podcasts. Josh talks about interview he did with student of Jason Humphrey. Josh and Chuck talks about their guests and topics that are most interesting to them. Sharing all kinds of perspectives. 7:00 Josh ask about the unique guest on the Dev Chat TV network. Chuck explains some of the dynamics between the panelists and guest. Chuck talks about the different perspective and diverse outlook of the panelist on the podcasts. Chuck share that this diversity helps him learn new things. 11:00 Chuck talks about the freedom and goals he is working on with his business coach. Chuck says he is going to work hard in the next few months so he can step back form the business. However, he does plan to have a passion podcasts that he want to continue with. Chuck says this shows are on Podcasting and getting a job or working in the business. 14:00 Chuck says his only issues is time and having a lot of things to do. Chuck talks about getting in to automation and building out systems. Chuck says he is traveling and still working on his book. 20:00 Chuck ask for a suggestion if the needs to hire someone else to handle the sponsorship scheduling. Or should he continue to have Michele do the podcast production and sponsorships tasks. Chuck mention he needs more help with sales calls and selling sponsorship spots. 23:00 Josh thinks a non-skilled person can handle this. Chuck says the outreach for sponsorship might get automated to some degree. Chuck explain his plans for outreach. Chuck says he just trying to figure out how to automate the task in the business. 28:00 Chuck mentions how he needs people that work for him to help, if needed, to create process. Josh says the good salesperson is a good relationship person. As far as Chuck looking to fill the spot for sales calls. Chuck says he does not want to bring someone in, thinking they have a long-term job. Josh thinks he needs to hire himself a figure out the process. 35:00 Josh says getting clarity and honing in on the actual work is difficult. Chuck ask about things on the Simple Programmer end of things. Josh talks about another launch he is about to do. Josh says he is excited about how the contents is coming together. Josh says he is really looking into the prelaunch material. 38:00 Josh and Chuck talk about content creation and marketing content like Jeff Walker. Josh talks more about video material and content for people to engage with. 45:00 Josh talks more about creating content with John. Chuck talks about the tactics with writing a book and Getting a Job and creating or locking in the theme of a hero’s journey. Chuck talks about how his process is working with writing his book. 55:00 Josh talks about rerunning the Plural Sight campaign. Josh talks about the reduced commission from Plural Sight. Josh says this course feeds into the membership. Josh says he is hoping for a 250 sales to boost the membership. 1:00:00 Chuck ask about using WooCommerce but there was an issue with completing the sale with PayPal. Josh says there are always issues with people paying with PayPal. Chuck and Josh continue to uncover issues with the lost sale on Chucks WooCommerces store. 1:05:00 Chuck explains the content of his early copy of this book. Chuck says he is interested in doing some webinars soon. Josh says with launch will be different without John. Josh says this is a good test to see where they are. Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Be willing to challenge what you think the way things are. Josh - We tend to procrastinate on the things that are most important

0:15 We’re Live! John is back from vacation. Chuck sporting his Javascript Jabber wear. Mani comments on the cooler weather coming soon. Josh jokes about the small weather changes in San Diego. Chuck continues the talks about the 69 and below weather in CA. Josh talks about the -15 degree weather in Pennsylvania.  4:30  Josh talks about the bulge at the bottom of his computer and it needing a battery change. Josh talks about the features of his new MacBook, and how he doesn’t like it. Josh can’t wait for his old computer to get back. More tech talk about computers and John having issues with playing back YouTube videos. Josh talks about double dongle commercial.  11:30  John talks about getting back to work and just interviewed James Clear. John mentions getting his slides done for FinCon. John talks about his strategies and his talk for the event.  15:00 John and Josh talk about their SEO and other lists of things they need to do for Simple Programmer and John’s side projects.  Mani asks if they have an editor. Josh talks about working with their outsource content editor. Josh mentions that the title and backlinks are most important for them. More talk about content creation and things that work now and the types of content that does not bring traffic anymore.  20:00 Josh ask if anyone wants to write a blog post about interview questions. John and Josh talks more about questions and content for their site. Mani ask more about their editors fees and time it takes. More talk about link backs. Mani mentions a membership site transition.  27:00 John mentions reading Blue Ocean Strategy. John continues to describe the courses and subscriptions models of businesses. More on what a Blues Ocean business is about. Josh talks about building the business like ax PluralSight. Josh thinks that a podcast is what the business needs.  Josh talks about their subscriber numbers and the direction he would like to take his podcast.  34:00 John suggest that Chuck take care of the podcast production for Josh. John suggest the podcasts run under Chucks network and they can share sponsorship. Mani talks about a blogger he really enjoys to follow. Mani talks about the problem with the celebrity businesses or business models. Josh says he like what he does right now, but would like to do the same thing and have the business grow. 40:00 Josh mention Zigziglar’s business model. Josh thinks this will be a good experiment since there are a lot of things starting up. John talks about the presence that he might have in the Simple Programmer business. Mani ask why would they Josh and John would want to redo the business model, but only with Josh in the seat. Chuck gives his ideas with what Josh could do in place of running Simple Programmer.  47:00 Mani says Simple Programmer says that Simple Programmer is the Kingmaker as a business model. John says you have to business brand first. John talks about being exposed to the brand at different times. John continues with the introduction to point of sale. Josh talks about the sellability. Josh continues with the time people enter into the business or engage with the content.  55:00 Chuck gives his view on what Simple Programmer is without the help of John’s celebrity. Josh talks about how they have had thing fail when they hand it off. Josh talk about running a business similar to Udemy. Josh talks about help Jason out with the course creation for their community. Josh talks about what he learn with building out the community and coursed and then replacing the hosts.  1:02:00 Chuck talks about reading the book “The One Thing.” The pertains to the podcast production software PodWrench and working on the network. Chuck talks about moving to Google Calendar, away from Schedule Once. Chuck explain how they are using the calendar for appointments. John suggest moving to his process with Assistiant.2, a chrome plugin.  1:05:00 Chuck talks more about scheduling appointments and stuff within the podcast recording process. Chuck talks about the Show Runner material for running the podcast without him. Chuck mentions that a few of his sponsors wanted live ads. So in October Chuck is moving to live ad reads in the podcasts shows.  1:10:00 John suggests some automated features for ads reads and show notes material. Josh says there are podcast services that offer a full service for podcasting, but if Chuck had software it would be a game changer. Josh continues with disrupting the market with podcast production software.  1:20:00 Chuck talks more about getting people on the show in an automated fashion. John talks about what Richard Branson with with T-Mobile as an example. Chuck talks about just solving his own problem. Chuck mentions that they are two show he would like to do as podcast shows, and step away from hosting most of the shows.  1:25:00 Chuck talks more about podcast production with authors or technically savvy guests. Mani mentions a podcast call Optimize Daily.  Josh talks about using podcast as a conversion for memberships rather than a traffic generator. Josh talks about his ideas with Copy Chief.  1:35:00 The EntreProgrammers discuss podcasting and marketing tactics for memberships and courses. More talks about podcasts tailoring for membership. John talks about Tropical MBA podcasts and how it drives membership. Chuck talks about John coming in periodically on the podcasts and writing posts for the membership.  1:41:00 Mani talks about BiggerPockets Podcast and their business model.  Thoughts for the Week!  Josh - Pruning  John - Variation is the enemy of progress  Chuck -  Focus on the things that matter Mani - Don’t build a personality business   

0:15  We’re live. I believe. Josh talks about getting emails from Chuck. Chuck mentions going back to shaving his head.  Also, Chuck mentions that things are getting better and is very busy. Chuck talks about how his WooCommerce was not working for him. So no sales for the pre-sale on his new book. Chuck talks about more issues with the commerce site. But immediately sell 5 books as soon as it was set up.  4:00 Chuck talks about extending the deadline on the pre-sale since there were issues with the site. Mani asks about open and click-thru rates for emails and other marketing tactics. Mani asks more about the email open analytics. Josh mentions that he might be better off looking at the Google analytics. Chuck says he is matching peoples expectations on the price. Chuck mentions learning a lot from this launch and being able to do better next time around.  9:30 Chuck mentions other simple mistakes he made like not sending people to the landing page form the e-commerce site. Josh says welcome to the club of marketing and e-commerce mistakes. Josh talk about all the moving parts of shopping carts and WooCommerce. Chuck talk more about the issues with his shopping cart and web page.  14:00 EntreProgrammers talk about mistakes with marketing and more simple mistakes on top of it all. Chuck talks about focusing on having his business run without being involved. So no recording podcast with the other hosts or panelist on Dev Chat TV. Chuck mentions that he needs to have more of a presence on YouTube to help the traffic on the podcasts.  21:00 Chuck talks about possibly releasing the podcasts as video on Youtube. Also, some talks about getting the podcasts on Spotify. Chuck says that he does not like certain podcasts hosting sites. Mani talks about moving his website to a different hosting site like Liquid Web. Josh talks about being on a custom Digital Ocean system. Mani asks about using Simple Programmers web guy for help.  25:00 Mani talks about moving his content around on his website for 2000 Books. Mani talks about getting some help moving his web content without ruining the activity and other stuff. Chuck asks about why rebranding from 2000 Books to 10X Books.  Josh suggest not doing this all at once. Josh suggest cleaning up the site, moving to a new host, and working on the domain name as a safe way to move the site. Josh and Mani talk about making the transition smoother along with not ruin the Google traffic.  32:00 Chuck suggests creating another site or duplicating the site them running both before taking down the older. Josh asked about DNS and other things to think about website directing. Josh suggest setting up the DNS. Josh talks about Simple Programmer traffic and website information.  40:00 More talks about indexing and redirecting. Josh talks about changing EngineX and rolling back sites.  Mani says he feels more comfortable hiring someone to do this for him. Mani asks if they know anyone who could help him. Mani says he thinks he knows who he wants to hire.   45:00 Josh suggests asking about the migration services and waiting to change the domain last. EntreProgrammers talks about growing out their websites. Manis asks about Josh's selling of the memberships and course sales. Josh talks about testing and issues with Zappier.  52:00 Josh talks more about issues and getting help from Podia. Josh talks about activity with the memberships. Josh talks about more plans with the community and memberships. Josh talks about the how he had to change the name of the community.  1:00:00 Josh and Mani discuss the thing they did that could have made the launch more successful. Chuck talks about doing something similar. Josh talks about the types of groups that they could sell membership or subscription too. Josh suggest to Chuck to start a community around the course Chuck is creating.  1:05:00 Josh talks about selling automated products and prices. Mani asks about Chuck course and possible membership group.  Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Focus Josh - Let go of things that you can have someone else do Mani - Products make you money, system make you a fortune

0:15  We’re live. John in progress talks about a 15 person meet up in Barcelona. John mentions the numbers he gets on engagement on Instagram. John says the engagement numbers are better than email. John says that he is basically doing an email via Instagram.  4:30 Josh talks about selling sponsorship for spots on Simple Programmer. Josh mentions that the spots were filled immediately. Josh continues to talks about the membership stuff in Simple Programmer. 8:00 Josh and Mani talk about the course, How To Market Yourself, and how they are working out the marketing material. Josh continues to discuss the community and courses he is helping market with a client. Josh talks about his launch is for next month.  10:00 Mani asks if they are getting a discount from Plural Sight. Josh talks about doing a test for another client’s product marketing. Josh continues to talk about the strategies he learned to get the marketing strategies on point. Josh talks about working with pop-ups. Josh talks about testing the opt-in rates. Mani asks about testing with  Two Step Carts. Josh mentions that Podio does the same thing.  19:00 Josh talks about cart abandonment and how their system works at the checkout. John talks about how million dollar companies are able to hire people to do all their testing. Mani suggests that how retargeting could work, but Josh should hire someone to hire someone to do it for him.  23:00 Mani and Josh continue to talks about their strategies for marketing, and outsourcing. Josh mentions using banners as something different in marketing. Mani and Josh go back and forth on testing and marking emails. More marketing and email discussion.  29:00 Josh talks about using a timer with the banner. Mani shares a story about a marketing strategy with coupons and collecting emails to build a list and get more sales. Josh talks about using a wait list page and filling out forms for membership. John talks about the psychological effect of coupons.  35:00 The EntreProgrammers continues to discuss the using coupons. Josh says he may segment the new coupon idea geographically. Josh talks about the new Asia subscribers and traffic form the email list in the US and other counties. Josh talks about the unopened email form those in Asia. Josh says the US subscribers have twice the engagement after that fully subscribe.  40:00 Mani shares some comedy relief from a comedian who talks about negotiation between the different nationalities. Charles mentions having a great week and has written 6,000 words on this book, and is up for pre-sale. Chuck mentions that the book should be complete soon. John talks about helping Chuck with the information he needs to launch on Amazon. Chuck mentions doing a self-publish on Amazon.  45:00 Josh and John give Chuck some pointers on how to launch directly and on Amazon. Chuck talk about implementing an opt-in page along with the book. John gives the rundown about how to launch from book, Kindle, to audio. Johns says this is a great way to not compete with yourself on Amazon. John says the order should be a printed book first, Kindle, then audio with extra content with a relaunch between each format.  50:00 The EntreProgrammer give their best ideas to Chuck to have a successful book launch. John and Mani discuss that the book launch in the first format should be hardcover and softcover later. John says the Kindle book will hurt the printed version because of the price.  55:00 Chuck says the book form him is apart of a course and should be relaunched multiple times with each format. Chuck says he is very interested in raking and build his product offerings.  Thoughts for the Week John - Pick the difficult path Chuck - Your vision is going to change… Josh - Scarcity is everything  Mani - You have to walk the path of complexity, to get to simplicity  

0:15 We’re live. Let’s take off our shirts and talk. John is still in Barcelona, and John gives a rundown of other travels after vacation. Chuck mentions some other avid listeners of EntreProgrammers and some activity at VidCon. Chuck talks about the stages of his business and work. Chuck talks about his activity and automation in Zappier for last week. Chuck shares his strategy using Zappier for reminders for podcasts.   5:20 Chuck talks about moving off of UpWork with Michelle to a paid salary contractor. John talks about the situation now for Chuck business now rather than in the past with former contractor or workers. Chuck talks about the result he needs with his employees and what they need to document. Chuck continues to talks about the processes he needs to know in his business with John.  11:00 John talks about processes and how Grant Cardone manages things. John shares his thoughts on how he would run a service-based business. Chuck shares his thoughts with working with his contractor Michelle. Chuck shares other kinds of technology he uses to run the production of the podcast with Michelle’s help.  15:00 Chuck talk about using PipeDrive and Notion for the business.  John talks about saving of money on services, but how things are flowing in the business. Chuck talks about how to work with Notion.  Chuck talks about other DevChat show he host on his network.  19:00 Chuck talks about wanting to start on Python show, but has no experience with the language. But he has the knowledge in place to easily start a show and find sponsors. Chuck talks about the automation for social sharing.   23:00 John and Chuck talk about using an intern to help with content and building other arms of the business. John talks about what task he would like an intern do to help build the business. Chuck talks about his team meetings with Michelle along with getting his book started with 10k words.  28:00 Chuck ask about the things John does in the business. John talks about the plans he has for “The Bulldog Mindset.” John talks about working on the “Bulldog Mindset” first them helping with Simple Programmer material. Chuck asked if Bulldog Mindset was separate from Simple Programmer. John thinks this is a separate thing.  33:00 John and Josh talk about how their business has moved away slightly from programming and coding, but they still love it. John says they are no longer making the pizza. John mentions the duties of a content creator verses on being a business owner and podcaster.  37:00 Chuck talks about sponsors being late on payments and such. Chuck talks about partnerships. John shares his idea with a 50k reserve with their Simple Programmer account. Chuck and John discuss their ideas for reserve accounts. Chuck asked if John is working on the Bulldog Mindset book? Josh mentions he is working on the Instagram platform.  45:00 John says that even retired, he like busting his ass and still building other kinds of businesses. John says he is growing in the sponsorship area in the Simple Programmer business. John says he is still connected to the Simple Program channel, which should be separate from Bulldog Mindset. Chuck talks about a self-publishing platform. John talks about helping Chuck with his book launch.  50:00 John shares reviews on books and how they leverage to do so. John shares more about the different tasks to launch book. John talks about the optimal price for the recent book. Also having a meeting with Chuck to talk about marketing his upcoming book.  56:00 Chuck asks about what John uses to write the book. John says he used Google Docs. John says he would do about 200 pages. John talks about the nuances of selling on Amazon. Chuck talks about how he wants to launch his book.    Thoughts for the Week Chuck - The buck stops here.  John - Pain is good.   

0:15 We are Live! John coming to us from Barcelona. Chuck suggest ordering a Topas. Chuck talks about numbers dropping because on the IAB Tracking system for podcasts. Chuck gives info on how Apple podcasts app relay tracking to host systems. Chuck mentions this due to what the sponsor Digital Ocean was expecting, but the tracking had changed since iOS 11. 5:15 John says that Chuck should not change the pricing according to the new tracking system. Chuck asked if should steer away from the gold standard as far as pricing goes. John suggests not to put if you foot in your mouth. Also some talk around keeping prices constant according to traffic. Chuck says the sponsors pay based on traffic. Chuck said he wants to deal straight. 10:00 John says he would not say anything on lowering prices base on the changes. Chuck said he will put the rates on podwrench.com. Josh says that Chuck should ramp up on offering additional value. Chuck says he might do something like showing how to use the sponsor product as a bonus. John talks about be forthcoming and how that can hurt you. Josh talks about what they are promised and what they’re getting. 15:00 Josh says this is based on what was happening historically. The number of downloads do not correspond to the numbers in traffic. Josh mentions asking for their numbers or using some sort of tracking to figure the actual numbers. John says if you are getting paid on conversations then he should charge more. John gives some examples of their affiliate on Bluehost since they are controlling the funnel. 22:00 Chuck says a lot of sponsors want to spend the money to feel better because they feel like they are doing something. Chuck talks about KendalUi\I and how they are getting value out of sponsoring DevChat TV. John says we live in a bubble of people tracking conversations. Josh makes a funny correlation to casinos and sponsorships conversations. 27:00 Mani pops into the mastermind, immediately the topic switches to Facebook Ads. Chuck talk about his open rate and click thru rate on a recent email. John, Josh, and Mani talk about still getting emails for Traffic and Conversion event after unsubscribing. Mani talks about emailing for a long time, and warming up the audience. Mani talks about how people are so afraid of emailing the list. 33:00 Mani mentions talking to Jason Hartman, about emailing a list. Mani says even he could write an email to sell his products. Chuck talk out thinking about run ads to Facebook. Mani talks about running the email promotion to Josh’s email lists. Mani talks about starting a campaign for his promotion. Mani continues to talk about getting 7 dollars per customer list. 41:00 Mani talks about learning to campaign with real money burning. Mani says that the costs for marketing is the prices of repetition. Mani talks about the money he spends to see what would happen. More discussion about the marketing strategies and behavior of the audience. John says this makes the Facebook marketing strategies profitable with the re-marketing. 50:11 Josh talks about remarking and how it works. Mani talks about how this was a learning experience and how they could run ads to Facebook if the wanted too. John mentions the book, Thinking in Bets. Which is about putting money on the line. Mani said he could not do his ad spend right away on Facebook. John mentions that Instagram might be the future of advertisement. Josh mentions that Facebook is losing their hold on advertisements. 58:00 John mentions the engagement on posting a picture on Instagram. More talk on rerunning ads on Facebook. John talks about ads from a supermarket. More talks on email emails and marketing. 1:10:00 John talks about doing a contest among themselves. Josh talks about more how sending more emails verses bringing in more money. Thoughts for the Week! Josh - Curiosity is powerful! Confusion is the death of the sale. Mani - The learning happens when you are forced to deliver results John - Content is King! Chuck - My phone is my work avoidance

0:15  We’re Live! Josh is moved and partially unpacked in his new home. 3X the work he expected. EntreProgrammers discuss the trail of moving. Josh talks about how did not get anything done during the move. Josh talks about trying to move with children in the house. Mani talks about minimizing the things you own.  5:20 Chuck compared Josh’s move to life lessons he learned about stuff you have to do, and the extra stuff you did not know you had to do. Josh says the stuff they moved was sentimental materials. Move talk about sorting through your belongings, your business, and life in general.  9:30 Mani asks if their emails for their re-run on the 10X Productivity course is going to launch again. Josh talk about the up sale that Mani has in place for the product. Josh and Mani talk about the new variables in the product since Josh and Mani are doing this without John. Josh says he is going to do 4 email for this promotion.  14:00 Mani talks about the upsell products that are apart of the promotion. Josh and Mani mention that is 29 dollar promotion for a couple of the products. Josh and Mani discuss raising prices where they can. Mani mentions why he is doing these crazy tests, and he looks at the EPC numbers. Mani asks the bump should be higher or lower. Lower is probably best according to Josh.  25:00 Josh continues the discuss the actions and plan around the past promotion he has done with Mani. Mani says there is nothing like being in front of the right people at the right time. Mani asks if this list is going to be on a different list. Josh says this list is some 37K people.  30:00 Mani asks about the difference between the Simple Programmer and Sublime list. Josh and Chuck talk about having to lock their office doors to keep the kids out of the office. Chuck talk about being frustrated with not being able to get work done.  35:00 Chuck talks about the problems of trying to sell his parents house. Chuck share more about his idea to write his book on release on labor day. Chuck talks about his ideas to write 1500 words per day for the book. The book pre-sale is at devchat.tv/shop. The course and book are at 50% off for now on pre-sale.  39:00 Mani and Josh talk to Chuck about ideas on how to pitch the book and course to Chuck’s list. Josh suggest going to the audience and doing a webinar to figure out what the need.  45:00 Josh talks about a customer who bought a 10 dollar course on Udemy. Chuck talks about sending out emails and doing a webinar later this week to pitch the book and course. Mani talks about sending a non-sales email about creating excitement for the products. Josh asks how he is delivering the course content. Chuck says he is using WP courseware on Woocommerce.  50:00 Chuck talks about finding a plugin for woo commerce to help thank your customers. Chuck talks about other ways he is using the Thank You page.  Thoughts for the Week! Mani -  Commitments or Pre-Commitments Chuck - Killing Procrastination Josh - Getting an assistant  

0:15 John talks about his 12 hour trip to Rome. John talks about starting a podcast call Mic Check. John mentions visiting only 3 countries this summer. John says he is glad there are more EntreProgrammers, because he can now sleep during the show. 5:30 Chuck mentions going to Podcast Movement 2018 and talks about the events that took place during the conference and the best take aways of the conference. Chuck talks about the new tracking research he learned about from the conference. Also some ideas on how to pull tracking numbers form 3rd party services. Chuck talks about talking to Self Publishing School for a book. Chuck talk about doing so videos for subscribers 17:00 Mani ask about downloads verse subscribers on the podcasts. Chuck talks about creating book for React, JavaScript, Python, etc., and explain the concepts in the book for newbies. Chuck talks about he idea to do consistent production launches and create a continuous incoming.  23:00 Chuck talks about talking to he audience. Mani thinks Chuck could sale the product, or a pre sale, before he makes the videos. Mani talks about transparency in the product sales and testing. Mani talks about selling his course before he makes or create the content. Mani talks more about testing before selling to the public.  29:00 Mani says to get over to subconscious fear of selling. Chuck talks about opening sponsor spots on his podcasts where he could talks about his product. Mani talks about how to use lead magnets to evaluate what people want. Chuck asks about what is in Rome for John. John says he is going on a cruise later in the week.  33:00 Mani ask about the Podia , a course software company, affiliate promotion. Josh thinks it was a disaster or did not go well for them. Josh talks about the emails he wrote  to the 86k people an no conversions and no sales on day one. Josh mention that subscription software is not reality their thing, but courses are key for them.  40:00 EntreProgrammers talks about selling 2X4s to build a hypothetical house in the entrepreneur world. Josh gives his thought a bit early. EntreProgarmmer talk about making course about how to create courses.  50:00 Josh talks about doing a test launch for another client selling more courses. Josh talks more about the courses he will be working on in August and some idea he has for the community. Mani talks about marketing strategies of other entrepreneurs and how they increase conversions and sales.  1:00:00 John talks about paying for coaching to push you ahead on a full-time job before becoming an entrepreneur. John says it depends on on the kind of coaching you do.  Mani mentions that he is working on video upsets scripts. Mani talks about he recent affiliate launch. Rc Thoughts for the Week!  John - The key to figuring out where you fuck up now, it in the past Chuck - Get out of your comfort zone Josh - It either I good Idea, or a good story Mani - Shrink the scope, keep the discipline 

Josh and John discuss the Simple Programmer business and product discount for members. Discount starts at 50%.  Chuck joins and talks about landscaping and yard work. Yes, entrepreneurs do yard work too. More promotional talks with Mani and Josh. 

Chuck and Josh start off talking about golfing and working on the yard. Chuck talks about some sponsors paying late and working on the podcast business. Also some discussion on how sponsor/business works.   

John, Chuck, and John discuss Josh’s recent trip to Ireland with hisPerry Marshall group. Again more talks about the heat wave and retreat talk. John talks about changing his youtube channel to BullDog Mindset. Chuck talks about landing more sponsors for Dev Chat TV Podcasts, and much more!

John and Mani only today. The show must go on. John and Mani discuss getting ready, but never being ready ever. John talks about taking the shot anyway even if you are ready or not. Commit first! 

EntreProgrammers talk about upcoming international travels, Interview Cake and upcoming collaborations and much more!

0:15 Josh is currently in Ireland. Chuck mentions that John forced Josh to retire. Also, some talk about the climbing stock of Plural Sight Stock, and how other are wishing the bought when the prices were low. 3:15 Chuck talks about mentioning to his cohost that he was not going to host with them for a few weeks. Chuck mentions putting to use the extra time to reach out to sponsors and getting some leads. Main talks about persistence at its max, and how to strategically leverage your persistence. 7:10 Mani talks about open and unopened emails with email marketing. It does not necessarily mean that they are not listening. John mentions Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes . Mani mentions how the recent launch went for himself and John. Mani speaks about the meditation product and the price point. Mani talks about how John sells on Youtube. 11:30 Mani talks about going into sales pitches in a very careful manner, so it does not look like a money grab. Mani continues with selling out youtube. 14:00 Chuck talks about the placement of the marketing pitch on youtube videos, and the strategics on giving a proper offer. Chuck talks about the body language the relays via the videos during a pitch. Mani says there is nothing wrong with giving a pitch.  Mani talks about how sleazy is easy to see on the video. Some talks about Alph M Channelon selling. 20:00 John talks about his ideas and strategies for completing a pitch. Mani talks about how they’ve learned a lot with this last launch. Chuck says that if John was talking more about Meditation on his channel sales might have been better for him. Mani talks about his strategy for connecting the feeds of the two videos created by himself and John. Mani talks about doing priming and creating pre-content. John says he would change the price point of the product. 27:00 Mani talks about thinking about you pitch when making a product on Youtube. John talks about being contacted for a casting director to a home improvement channel and want him for a host. John says he is going to do a demo reel and if get the gig he will be a host on a home improvement show. Chuck says they will be famous by association. 32:00 Josh and the EntreProgrammers mention that this home improvement show might similar and base on Air BnB type homes. Mani says after this, John could sell anything on Youtube if this goes through. John talks about hitting on the elements of urgency. More talk about clicks and pitches. 37:00 Mani says he cannot wait for John to sale like Alph M channel. John says he like SAX brand for underwear. John says he decided to undertake a new book “Bulldog Mindset.” John says he is working on a book proposal for his agent. Johns says he has all the outlines and all he has to do is write. Chuck ask about his workflow for prepping for the book. John says this book is going to be 80,000 words. John talks about the pricing and pricing of creating a book. John says writing smaller book to keep production cost down to make money. 44:00 Mani asks about the process for John’s next book as far as writing. John say he is going to focus on the manuscripts and proposal. Mani talks about how the Cast Director is probably looking for his personality. John reads the email he got form CBMC. Mani suggests the John should go to Best Buy to buy a camera holder before his interview with CMBC. Thoughts for the Week Chuck - If you need time, take time.  Work on your business, not in your business John - Always have a hustle Mani - If you don't pay, you will not get anything out of it

0:15  We’re live. John is currently on a house swap vacation in 10 degree cooler weather. Josh is talking about having San Diego on his weather app and loves the weather. Mani talks about his recent launch, 600 clicks, 17 sales at 300 dollars. Mani mentions being asked to unsubscribe some people on the list. Mani talks more about the logistic of the launch and email writing.  5:00 Mani talks about a 502 error and trying to figure out the issues with the sales page. Josh gives some feedback on the Chrome feedback. EntreProgrammer thinks there is something wrong with Mani’s WordPress page. This is a great episode to learn about the HTTP and HTTPS setting in WordPress and how to correct the issue of an un-viewable page.  10:00 Mani asks if there are any other settings he needs to know about the page. Chuck explains how the security features work on the page, and also some plugin info, and how to clear the cache. Mani talks more about the setting on the sales page. Josh gives some information on Mani’s overall conversion rate for the recent Meditation product launch.  18:00 Josh talks about his email launch experience and things to look for on a launch. EntreProgrammers are still trying to help Mani refresh his page. Josh talks about replacing the Patreon income. Mani talks about killing the Caching plugin to help the sales page. Mani asks about how dollar per subscriber should work. Mani talks about deactivating the caching page. Josh talks about the caching activity on their Simple Programmer page and the SEO team starting to change things.  25:00 Chuck talks about emailing his cohost and telling them about how he was not recording podcasts for at least 3 weeks. Chuck talks about creating a media kit for the sponsorship purposes. Chuck talks about some Blubrry issues. Chuck talks about the analytics of the popular show on Dev Chat TV. Chuck talks about building out his own tracking system for podcast downloads, to track the activity of the individual shows.  30:00 Chuck talks about switching feeds or activity on the shows to get a more updated and accurate statistic of the shows. Josh mentions a tracking data system on a new letter to track data analytics on the activity on the new letter. Chuck talks more about tracking on ROI of sponsors and trying to get feedback to help ROI. Chuck talks about his issue with recording podcasts and creating content for the shows.  37:00 Mani asks about the compensation of hosting shows on Dev Chat TV. Chuck explains how this works for the Dev Chat TV network. Chuck talks about how this might be an issue with a few hosts, but not all. John mentions a book to help the people show up for hosting. The book is called. “Pimp: The story of my life.” More talks about how to control the hosting situation. Josh suggests a way to create an automated system to allow hosts and panelist to attend to call.  43:00 Chuck talks about his critical role in the podcast business. Mani thinks that Chuck’s business is scalable. Chuck talks about being the talent and getting to the place or goal. EntreProgrammers talks about bring the host in the sponsorship sales. But that is not a good idea according to EntreProgrammers.  50:00 Mani asks about Josh’s mastermind emails. Josh explains that he is going to do a paid webinar as apart of the community growth. Mani talks about how he wants to see Josh’s personal story with LinkedIn. Josh says he is going to shut down the Sublime Text new letter and merge the program with the Simple Programmer list.  1:00:00 Josh talks about how to properly transition a dead list and move into a new direction. Josh talks about how he implemented ways to unsubscribe and move forward as a subscriber. Josh talks about how he is going to work on LinkedIn projects next week and help Mani in early July. Mani jokes about Killing John in the business, then scaling the business. Josh says John is like Cornel Sanders in the business. 1:07:00 Mani suggests listening to Dan Fagella podcasts. More talks about Mani’s launch.  Thought of the Week! John - Optimize for the future or for life. Mani - Sometimes I should push through or create better systems  Josh - It important to have a big goal, to take big action. 

0:15 We’re Live. Josh talks about getting shocked about a newsletter email entitle GDR is Bullshit. Mani says he would like to see an unsubscribe rather than a spam issue. EntreProgrammers talks about the rights or non rights of GDPR. Josh talks about his goal to gain 25 subscribers and some email activity in the marketing area. Josh continues his goal to reach 100 subscribers. More talk about this community from Josh. 10:00 Josh talks about using Facebook and Slack for the community he created, and how to manage the conversations and resources. Josh talk about the tiers of the community, similar to a small mastermind group. Josh says he is focusing on the bottom tier because that is where most people will be. Josh talks about the signup and sales, and growing the product. Chuck says he finds this interesting as another thing to do for the developer community. Josh says this is going to be his focus for the next few months. 17:00 Chuck asks about the training material that Josh is going to be offering for the community. Josh explain how he is going to sort of duplicate this base on another persons community or group. Josh talks about an email he received and how it is useful for giving value for reaching out. Mani talks about John Lee Duma’s group that he created and the terms of being in the group. Mani says this was similar to a Facebook group. 22:00 Mani ask what is Josh’s goal for the group. Josh says he wants this to replace their product revenue, about 30K. Josh says he is trying to create scarcity with the product and sell more spots. Josh talk more about the terms in which he is letting people into the group. Mani says John Lee used price rising as a way to get more people in the group. John talks about the “Make More Money” situation, as they are in the business of make more money in your job, rather then in your business. 30:00 More discussion about the possible future of the community and help people get jobs using this platform. More talks about urgency, pricing and targeting. Josh ask if Mani did his launch. Mani says no. Mani shares his email/info with the EntreProgrammers. 40:00 Josh provide feedback to Mani on the formatting. Josh continues with text color and other aspects of formatting. Chuck give feedback on the story on Mani’s document and marketing strategy. Chuck gives feedback on the social proof and amount of content. Mani ask about the sweet spot on the amount of story he should tell. Josh give some feedback on the optimum percentage of story in sales copy. 50:00 EntreProgrammers talk about the strategy of sharing stories in sales copy. Josh says Mani need 5 kinds of copy. Chuck says to boiling it down to one common success story. More talk about the elements of sales copy. Mani asks about the research material and tying in the science into the sales copy. Chuck and Josh give feedback on how they would execute the sales copy. 1:00:00 Mani talks about ship out his launch next week. Chuck talks about how a sponsor is not going to renew their sponsorship. Chuck talks about how he wanted to offer a different marketing strategy to his sponsors. Josh says to try it out with a few customers as a test. Chuck says he wants to be the premier place for developers to go for material. But he is willing to try this for a few sponsors. Chuck talks about the rotation of the sponsors. Chuck says he wants  see their numbers but the sponsors are not providing that numbers. Josh asks that they should look at the business model and their marketing strategies. 1:07:00 Chuck shares that sponsors are asking about a sales type page to provide the information for the optimum sponsor reach. This would be similar to a media kit.  Chuck says he needs to take a week and create this kit or document. Chuck says he might not have enough time for hosting the newer shows, and may have too only keep up the older shows. 1:10:00 Josh suggest training the host and freeing up time. Josh ask about the amount of time Chuck is using to produce content. John suggests moving away from the shows and working on the business. Josh suggests putting systems in place so the show do not die without Chuck as a host in the show. Mani asks about what Pat Flynn does. 1:15:00 Josh says he like the sabbatical idea for Chuck to take some time to work on growing the business. EntreProgrammers agree that Chuck should focus on picking only the show he wants to do. John gives a brief updates on his Bulldog Mind Set ideas.   Thoughts for the Week! Chuck -  Reorganizing, forward motion, finding quiet space John - Getting the momentum back Mani - It is ok to have a tough time once in a while Josh - Getting back to winning!

0:15 We are live. Josh mentions being sick of GDPR, and the tons of emails and notifications about the change with Data. John says fuck GDPR. Chuck explains some of the implementations of GDPR. John mentions the VAT Tax. Josh explains the paying of taxes in other countries. Josh talks about his stance on GDPR.  Mani asks about how to be GDPR compliant. Josh explains how marketing and emails will work when becoming GDPR compliant.  6:00 Josh talks about how small business will hurt in Europe due to the changes with GDPR. EntreProgrammers discuss more about how GDPR will affect marketing email lists. John says to wait for fo the idiots comply first the wait for the law to rollback. 11:00 Josh talks about having to pay California State tax because of some business ties there. Mani talks about some copyright infringement some with the Think and Grow Rich people or owners. John talks about the growth of technology and how our data is everywhere.  15:00 John says data should be up to the consumers and how they choose to provide that to business and public. Josh asks about Mani’s meditation course and the email he was receiving. Mani reads his list on how his mediation will help subscribers. Mani talks more about his email list.  25:00 Josh talks about the email list for EntreProgrammers. Josh continues to talks about dropping open rate with other business emails. Josh talks about how he saw a drop in open rate as well. John says with the GDPR happening everyone might see some open rates dropping.  29:00 Mani talks about the angle he wants to take with selling the mediation course and the survey.  Mani asks about other things he may not have considered with launching the course.  Also some talk on addressing the “woo woo” in the practice. Mani and the EntreProgrammers discuss and address ways to present this course to the email list. EntreProgrammers suggest selling to those who have not tried mediation yet.  36:00 Mani jokes about sending an email on what Chuck said about meditation on “Oomm.”  Mani continues to talk about the other content he has and his plans for other products.  42:00 Josh and Mani talk about backlinks and how to leverage with backlinks. Josh suggests another way to approach people or other business for backlinks.   50:00 John talks about being contacted by a newscaster about one of his videos on being 30 and living in at home. But she misunderstood that John was not living at home with his parents.  John talks about how Skills Soft paid them some money for the license to use the skill guide. Mani asks about the hired writer, and some talk on SEO, and link building with a company they are working with.  1:00:00 Josh says he might be able to get links for 100 bucks a link. Josh says this is about an hour a job, which means the links are worth saving time. Mani and Josh talk about the values of links and how that can create SEO traffic and double the business. Josh talks about working on a blog post and SEO.  Thoughts for the Week Mani -   Order of consequence  Chuck - Building something different  Josh - Figuring out incremental steps  John - Stoic Philosophy and Reaching a point of contentment

0:15 Mani talks about almost becoming a video game developer. Josh talks about doing an experiment with a viewer named Jason, who was writing some emails for Josh about video game development. Josh talks about the email marketing experiment. John jokes about emailing about about being interested in a Russian bride.  Josh talks more about how this could be viewed as a hobby rather then something to build a career.  5:00 Mani and Josh discuss the type of revenue this could generate with being primarily concern with the price and list. Josh talks more about the launch of another project and more talks about video game development projects. Mani talks about the details of changing your tribe verse stay with your current focus.  11:00 John says he open the Nasdaq yesterday, or he was there with the group of people who did, like the CEO of Plural Sight. Josh asks how big Lynda is now. More talk about the voting power on Facebook and IPO within Plural Sight and Lynda. Mani talks about the power of Facebook ads, that blew up a Photographer business. Josh says he met Gene Simmons at Nasdaq. John talks about buying shares of Plural Sight. Josh talks about the tax benefits of holding shares.  20:00 Mani ask if there is an app Sumo of software developers. Chuck talks about having a rough time getting stuff done. Chuck says he has been slightly depressed and doing his best to get by. John suggests that Chuck go into trend water mode. Chuck says he is frustrated but knows he needs to push through. Josh says since that things are running on in-place systems, thing might run better without him.  27:00 Chuck says he is deciding rather he wants to continue doing certain things on his schedule, like recording podcasts, setting up sponsorships, etc. Chuck continues talks but lacking that motivation to do work that requires at least ten minutes of time. Chuck talks about taking with his helper about doing to production manager tasks.  30:00 Mani brings in an example of how John Lee Dumas has changed up his format up to keep up the motivation in his podcast production. Chuck says he might change up his office to get a different view of things. Maybe next week he will be in a better emotional place. John suggests worrying only about the critical stuff to keep the business running. Chuck says he mentally gave himself the permission to take some downtime to recover.  35:00 Mani says his deliverability of Convertkit just tanked. Josh explains a similar situation he experienced with Simple Programmer when he was not using John’s email. Josh talks about moving off of ConvertKit, but has heard of people thinking is was a Drip problem.  40:00 Josh says that Mani should try creating a new email to see if this fixes the issue. Mani says every time he fixes something, something else happens in business. John says email is dying as well to SnapChat. EntreProgarmmers talks about the many different facets of marketing. Chuck talks about Josh’s point about people’s emails living on the Gmail servers.  45:00 Josh tries to backtrack and figure out the email deliverability issues for Mani. Josh looks about the open rates and other analytics and explain when the issues began. Josh and Mani that Google just has so much power with content and emails. Josh suggests again creating several dummy email accounts and do some testing.  50:00 EntreProgrammers suggests that Mani do more AB testing or split tests. Mani says he is going to cut out the images. Josh suggests that the email should look natural. Mani says the issues is in the promotions tab. Mani says just like that his email marketing is over. Chuck suggests becoming a pig farmer.  55:00 EntreProgrammers talk about snake oil products and those other projects that actually help people. John says the next product is about Making Money, Getting Russian Wives, and Lose Belly Fat! Mani says Zuckerberg tanks their businesses. Josh talks about all the changes coming to the internets and social media.  Josh gives more suggestions. 1:04:30 Call gets cut short Thoughts of the Week  John - Talk to Richard Simmons 

0:15 We’re live. Chuck talks about getting back form Microsoft Build. Josh talks about attending a Perry Marshall seminar called Rosetta Stone , and meeting great marketing folks. Josh says John and Mani are not going to join, but he wanted to hear about Mani’s launch  5:15 Chuck talks about his experience at Microsoft launch, but watch the live stream from the hotel and had a better experience. Chuck talks about the podcast recordings he recorded at Build and having recording issues. But was able to record several episodes for JavaScript Jabber. Chuck talks about creating a job board or org-chart of some sort prescribed by his business coach.  10:00 Chuck says this role process will help everyone to know their exact job as far hosts, editor and all facets of the podcast production. Chuck and Josh talk about their processes with their bookkeepers. Chuck talks about how the job role program is helping him get clarity with the production process.  15:00 Chuck talks about the many different areas where the system processes with help optimize production. Chuck talks about going back to MatterMost for the communication process within his network. Also, Chuck talks about moving off of Asana and on to Trello, so he could see every task at a glance.   20:00 Chuck shares this screen to see the overall organization change he has made in the last few weeks. Chuck talks about the using Team Drives and all the content and documents for the company process for inviting guess on the the podcasts.  25:00 Josh talks about how he was surprised with Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. Chuck continues with the job roles and training for the production manager. Chuck shows his Dev Chat TV product board and the kinds of things he is using it for to keep systems running smoothly.  30:00 Josh ask if someone is responsible for maintaining the Trello board. Chuck says he is excited to get this organizational stuff together. Chuck talks more about the sponsorship machine. Josh says Ops would be easier to source. Chuck says he wants his help to rock the boat a help improve the processes.  37:00 Chuck and Josh discuss the sponsorship pipeline with Dev Chat TV. Chuck talks about being emotional drain lately, but was able to build out his org chart. Josh talks  about the marketing of one for the products on Simple Programmer. Josh talks about the conversion rates on the books and products.  40:00 Josh talks about doing some AB testing on the sales funnel and possibly creating a new lead magnet. Josh talks about switching emails and is finally seeing a better open rate. Josh says the old email address or John’s email address was tainted or automatically going to spam or junk mail.  50:00 Josh talks about the sales drop during March, and was beating himself trying to figure out the the issues with the funnel. Josh talks about figuring out what he wants his new business model to be during this transition. Josh talks about platforms for mentoring those who want to learn marketing and such. Chuck talks about AirPair and how they help. Josh says his is going to work on Paid Membership communities. Also some talks about DisCourse.  58:00 Josh talks about is plans for the paid membership course. Josh talks about the paid mentorship course and the coaching plans that he was to implement as apart of the paid membership product. Josh says he feels like the technical platform community will scales easier.  1:03:00 Josh says he got clarity on this the past week, and he wants something that could be purchased. Chuck says he has no desired to sell Dev Chat TV, but the system running smoothly is very important. Josh says he was to build something that could be bought by a company like Plural Sight.  1:08:00 More talk about building system and the next clear step for the business. Chuck says his focus is to bolt the machine together.  Thoughts for the Week!  Chuck - It’s ok to back up and go the other way Josh - Common values 

0:15 We’re Live.  John talks about a company with a language learning course that he met with at MircoConf and how they have no email marketing strategy. We need Josh Earl in there. Josh says he needs to open a re-education center for marketing. John mentions how everyone at MircoConf was looking for Josh. 6:00 Chuck mentions that his father passed during or after his sister’s wedding. Also, Chuck talked about his traveling to MircoConf and taking care of his family. 10:00 Josh asks about their, John and Chuck’s experience was at MicroConf. John says he was asked why he was there, after being retired. John talks about kidnapping a couple of sponsors. John says there were a lot of repeat attendees. John says Josh had a lot of fans at MicroConf. Chuck says he goes to MircoConf to catch up with people. 15:00 Josh says Vegas is one big truck stop. Mani says he does not like Vegas to much. Chuck says the marketing of Vegas is based on all the wrong stuff. Mani mentions to he is now writing out his sales page, and asking for proofing from the EntreProgrammers. Josh gives a rundown on what he likes and not likes on a sales page. 20:00 EntreProgrammers give Mani feedback and suggestions on the new sales page and their best insight on how to properly market his new Meditation product. John suggests using a guilt to sale the product. Chuck and Josh talk about there reason they do or do not practice meditation. More talk about how to market Mani’s Mediation course. 28:00 Chuck suggests that the sales page should not be a huge block of text. But it should be easy to digest and very easy to read. Josh gives an example of what John’s sales pages look like, about the difference on Desktop and Mobile. Mani says he was to share his story and some scientific research on the page. Josh talks about what the proof elements are for Mani’s page. 35:00 John suggests using stories on those who decide to meditate later in the game and saw a huge improvement in their personal and business life.  Josh suggests leads with only one thing, and the angle is very important before you talk about the sales page content. Chuck suggest doing interviews with those who are seeing the benefit of meditation, and those who have trouble finding the time to meditate. 40:00 John suggests plan be is to use a Justin Bieber meme that says “F-You Buy My Shit!.” Josh and Mani talk about VSL and conversations. Mani talks about how his story starts with one benefit to the next. Josh says to start with one benefit. John says the biggest question is to sell them on how it will not take too much time to meditate. 50:00 Josh refers back to a previous promotion they did on JavaScript courses, and the topic of waiting for people to come around. Josh says he agrees with John’s suggestion on to market to those who need to be sold on starting meditation, but already know the benefits of meditation. Mani says TM has done significant marketing on their products. John says he took a poll on his YouTube channel on how many videos he should make per day.  Here are the numbers, 1 per day 30%, 2  per day 9%, more than 2 8%,  3 per week about 53%. Chuck says people do not know what they want. 1:00:00 More talk about the rate of video production and publishing verses subscribers and unsubscribes. John mentions some feedback on a subscriber how talks about low-quality content and number of videos. John breaks down video production and viewers. Maybe fewer videos will get more views from subscribers, versus publishing several videos and multiple views across all of them. 1:10:00 Josh continues with content creation and read/view times. Mani talks about trial and error time, and engagement. More talk about gaining traction. Mani talks about Amanda Bucci and how she transitioned from Instagram to YouTube. Mani suggests John just take off his shirt. Mani says the focus has to be on content and creativity of the video. 1:20:00 John talks about view time on the videos on YouTube and how it is important. John says this is the “5- 10 ways to do something” strategy to get higher view time. John shares some analytics on his highest video views and shares. Mani talks about animation and content creation. Chuck says he likes that they are back to some 2 hour long episodes. 1:30:00 Mani says to this type of video production Johns editor will have to learn to think like a marketer as well. Thoughts of the Week! John - Reality is stranger than fiction Chuck - Take the time out to care Josh -  Letting go of things and find people to get this done Mani - Very few things actually matter  

0:15 Chuck talks about buying a van in progress, and issues with his father’s health. Josh says he is feeling underdress. Also some talk about Kanye West. John talks about doing a live stream with Antonio from Real Men Real Style. John talks about the Q&A format and interview with Antonio. John mentions that a lot of things are “down” as far as Youtube view and other things.  6:30 Mani asks about unsubscribes and gains of Simple Programmer. John drops some numbers and metrics. Josh talks about the rising numbers of subscribers verse the decreasing numbers or unsubscribes. Mani asks about numbers from last year as far as subscribes and unsubscribes.  10:30 John talks about how the YouTube subscriber notifications work. More talk about monetization of videos. John gives a rundown of video formats to help viewer and content consumption. John mentions the format or show-flow of the Youtubers like Antonio. Some talks about viral videos. John talks about the Alph M channel be Aaron Marion.  18:00 John talks about the rate of video post for some companies and their sales base on the video engagement. John talks about the many things he bought base, not he thing Alph M talk about in his videos. Mani asks why John is not doing it. More talk about marketing and tactics that business used to sell.  25:00 EntreProgrammers talk more about marketing and tactics that business used to sell. John mentions reach and the potential market. Mani mentions a personality type channel, similar to what John has built. John mentions some strategies in growing YouTube channels.  30:00 Chuck talks about going to MicroConf and how to grow a big following on YouTube. Josh suggests SEO, and keywords pull from Google. John jokingly suggests the girl next door thumbnails for videos. Chuck says he will just unbutton his shirt. Mani suggests cross promotion and selling it on the podcast network. John suggests interview Chuck as a Mormon Mafia Media Mogul on his channel.  34:00 John mentions an almost 4 day fast, and dropping 16 lbs of water weight. John talks about the Top 50  Coding Interview Questions blog post on Simple Programmer.  45:00 Mani mentions the experimentation of the meditation course to see if it works. Mani talks about how Tim Ferris is using the same meditation that is on his course. John talks about the series he is doing. Mani asks if Josh is meditating. More talk about laughing on Mani’s Meditation Course. John suggests laughing and not waiting on him testing the product. Mani says he is going to do an Early Bird sale.  52:00 John says he is feeling better due to the Fasting. More talks about email promotions and consultations in the works from Josh. Josh and Mani chat about the different strategies and promotions.  1:00:00 John talks about open slots for coaching. Josh talks about taking the place or filing the shoes of John in the business. Or hiring a secondary personality that is himself that does coaching in the business. Mani suggests killing that John persona in the business. But John jokingly says he wants to be the visionary still.  1:10:00 Josh talks about the Bootcamp courses and different ideas. Josh says this could be a good money maker. Josh says this is a career boot camp, John says this is brilliant.  Mani asks if there was a job board. Thoughts for the Week! Josh - Motion beats Meditation... John - Does the action you are about to do move you toward you goal or away…  Chuck - Organization  Mani -  Structure leads to Freedom   

0:15 We’re live! Josh mentions some openings for two new members on Team Wolfpack. For more information email at josh@joshuaearl.com.  John joke about moving into his office due to the sales slump. Josh mentions a new sales test with Hot Jar.  Josh talks about the technologies are links to the sales page. Mani asks about cart abandonment tracking, Josh thinks WooCommerce does not have that feature.  5:44 Josh continues with the test sales and says the sale is still not making the numbers they anticipated. Mani and Josh continue discussing the past pricing of the product, but still not big sales at 49 bucks. Josh says there is no excitement about the sale or the product at this new low price.  10:00 Josh talks but the check out page activity. John talks about how the long form emails maybe hurting them on sales, and think they should switch to shorter emails as a test. Josh and Mani talk about the How to Beat Procrastination course and Productivity course. Also, some talk about the Mental Toughness and or Confidence courses.  15:00 Mani mentions starting to sell his meditation course soon, and my do a procrastination master class with John. Chuck asks but sees that sales are still down at Simple Programmer. Josh mentions he may just look into building a new product. John chimes in with the exposure and urgency tactic.  21:00 Josh mentions doing and AB testing with the shopping cart. Mani suggests a countdown timer on the shopping cart. Josh says he was not impressed with the countdown timer. Chuck asks it's they’ve hit saturation, or hit everyone they could possibly hit with the sale.  27:00 Josh mentions some frustrations with the slumps and does not have the excitement to begin a new production. Josh says they do not want to be dependent on affiliate offers to afloat. But they are still profitable. John says the only way to turn this around is with a flagship product and different tiers for products. John says they need a solid seller and a lead magnet.  33:00 John mention doing something like a boot camp in a box type product. Mani asks about the EPC  and other kinds of stats. Josh says they are getting about half the traffic they use to and drop-offs at the sales carts. Josh continues with the traffic drop-offs.  37:00 Mani asks when John announced when he quit Simple Programmer. Josh says this was on March 1st, but still, thinks this does not have an effect on the sales or brand. Mani thinks that this may have affected the sales. John says this is ok because this is something that needs to happen until they get new customers.  40:00 Mani gives an example he heard of in this similar situation. Chuck says the market has changed, or there is something else going on in the market that they don’t know about. John says do you want to do an email explaining how John is still an owner of Simple Programmer. Josh talks about a course where he sees the main face of the company is still involved with products, but as a right-hand man making the products. Josh mentions some one-off paid coaching.  50:00 Josh says he is going to hire himself and promote himself through John to sell new products or offerings. Josh says there is some component of this that is all growing pains and they just have to do it. Mani asks about pricing on his meditation course, he wants to do an early bird sales to get an idea.  1:00:00 Josh suggests to keep that product at one price, and Mani should rethink the early bird. Mani talks about an example of Social Media Marketing World. Josh gets his thoughts on early bird pricing. John talks about price anchoring. Mani mentions a tactic John Lee Dumas did with his course. More talk on how to implement pricing and early bird pricing. 1:08:00 John mentions Grant Cardone’s 10k price anchor. Also, John mentions that he like that high price anchor. Josh goes back to their old price setting with their How to Market Yourself course. John talks about confident with your price.  1:15:00 Chuck talks about timing of the sales and when start time of the sales. John mentions a funny comment on YouTube but was deleted. Thoughts for the Week! Josh - Focus on the positive! Chuck - Set some keystone behaviors in place John - Be un-reactive or be chill Mani - Act Faster  

0:15 We’re are live! Josh is talking about micro conf. Chuck talks about the Mac updated blues.  Chuck talks about how his podcast network is getting crazy recording podcast almost every day. Chuck talks about rearranging record time to fit them all in with his schedule.  Chuck talks about helping start an Elixir podcast.  4:00 Josh suggests recording bi-weekly or appearing on the shows bi-weekly. Josh thinks this will help him scales the network. Chuck talks about switching over to Zoom to record the shows, switch helps when he is not there to initiate the call recording. Chuck mentions that Digital Ocean an older sponsor is will to come back as a sponsor.  7:00 Chuck talks about prewriting some follow-up information for future sponsorship submissions. Chuck talks about getting a list of conferences lined up to attend. Chuck talks about how he was surprised about how one of his sponsors called to renew sponsorship. This means he needs a reminder or automation for renewals.  12:00 Chuck mentions all the tasks he was to line up for Michelle. Also, some reaching out to Ruby Kaigi for some collaboration. Also, Chuck mentions how some of the conferences are again renewing sponsorships. Chuck says this will help generate traffic for the podcasts.  18:00 Chuck talks about possibly renting out conference space in San Jose for upcoming conferences. If this does not work, he mentions he could always speak with the speakers. Josh again suggest reaching out to current sponsors about renewals 2 months before the sponsorship ends. Josh says the easiest money to get is from the current customers. Josh quickly mentions how Facebook is cracking down on their sponsorships.  24:00 Josh suggests newsletters as another avenue to sell sponsorship.  So more talk about email marketing and traffic generated. Josh mentions using Pretty links, to track clicks.  30:00 Josh mentions Peter Cooper and how he uses new letters to generate sponsorships. Chuck asked when Josh send out newsletters. Josh says this is a way to cross promote for Dev Chat Network. More talk about affiliate offers and promotions.  35:00 Mani mention going live with his Mediation product next week. Mani will be laughing at his list and YouTube audience.  Josh talks about damaging an upscale market. Mani and Josh discuss discounts on high priced products and closing the doors on a product. Josh suggests testing a discount with a small portion of the list.  40:00 Josh talks about price testing and bonuses. Mani talks about trying to figure out something to create urgency for the Mediation product. Chuck says he wants to get the affiliates to get back into hearing from him. Basically warming them back up to sponsor ideas and such.  50:00 Mani ask to look at the Alexa ranking website and figure what their (Fitness Company) revenue numbers are at? Josh gives his best ideas based on the numbers. Josh says the fitness market is super competitive. Josh talks about Facebook and paid traffic.  55:00 Mani talks about how this strategy is tailored for cold traffic, not the warmed up type of traffic. Josh talks about is mix up with John on created a memorial day sale.  Thoughts for the Week!  Josh -  Don’t take anything for granted, verify everything.  Mani - Talking it out and give clarity Chuck - Find a friend  

0:15 We’re live!   Josh talks about opening on EntreProgarmmers: Team Wolf Pack. One or two opening for  josh@joshearl.com . Great opportunity to join the mastermind podcasts. John talks about getting sick right before starting up his routine again. But he is back. Mani joke s that Chuck may have partied too hard in Vegas, that is why he is absent.  3:00 Josh asks for help on some marketing and advice on the current revenue slump. Josh provides some analytics from last year and this year comparisons. Josh and John talk about the short February month. Mani asks about the new WooCommerce shopping cart. Josh talks about the past shopping cart views and such.   9:00 Josh talks about the particular products that they are selling, but no sales on “How To Market Yourself” course. Josh talks about the many changes since January, like shopping carts, John stepping away, and other factors. Josh mentions the decline of sales with fewer emails sent out.   15:00 John mentions doing a flash sales of the How to Market Yourself course to test the waters. Josh talks about the clicks in September and currently in March, some 60-70 per day of click on the product page. John mentions the possibility of people trying to find a coupon code, but come across a pirated copy.  20:00 Josh says that they are not getting any emails of people trying to buy. So he is puzzled for where the issue may be. John suggests a browser change issues. Mani asks about more recent changes made to the shopping cart and websites for pinpointing the issue. Again, John suggests a sale for a fair price, to make sure there is nothing wrong with the sales funnel.   25:00 Josh thinks another slump might because this is tax season, and people are sitting on their wallets. Josh goes back to see the possible issues with the sales pages. John thinks the content is not stale, so there might be another unforeseen issue.   28:00 Josh asks John about the stepping down video if that had any impact on sales. John does not think so, or at least not this early. Josh talks about his outside promotions that may help with finding technical errors.  32:00 John and Josh agree on doing crowdsource sale, to figure out the issues. Josh and Mani discuss card abandonment. Chuck joins the call! Mani says if the sales page is the same, then the traffic is the problem. Mani asks about the email sequence and the email marketing strategy. Josh says he is going to research the traffic source and check the google ranking.  38:00 Josh talks about trying to do a sales to catch up on revenue and looking into the sales funnel. Mani looks and the WooCommerce cart and finds that total price of the course, rather than the monthly pricing. Mani asks questions about the 90-day guarantee and one year guarantee. Kind of confusing?   45:00 Mani suggests the split test with a guarantee. Josh thinks he is just going to put it back to a year. John suggests going back to Thrive Cart. Josh talks about changing out PayPal on the sales cart. Chuck suggest making a list of the things he is going to do, to keep track of changes.  50:00 Josh says re-adding PayPal is a pain, but he is going to do it. Mani suggests a money back guarantee button next to the add to cart. John talks about the bitcoin impact and losing money in the currency.   55:00 John says to book revenue is still good. Josh says the revenue is still the same but the slice of pie in the revenue graphs have changed. John mentions the refund request for the course because of the content in the book. Chuck says you can only take care of what is in your control with current sales situation. Mani talks about the cannibalizing sales from the book. Chuck suggests raising pricing on the book if sales are being cannibalized by the book.  1:00:00 Mani suggests doing a productivity product as a joke because of all the work Josh has to do for SEO and the changes to the sales page and shopping cart. Josh says he took up all the time on the show. 1:05:00 Chuck says to keep truck’n. Mani offers his Mental toughness course to Josh for support on the slump. Chuck suggest trying something different as well.    Thoughts of the week!  Josh -  Life if hard! 

0:15 Is Mani still having breakfast? Mani was asking about this past weeks promotion for Profitable Programmer. Predictions in progress. Josh reveals the clicks and conversions, and total revenue for the promotion around 30k. Josh talks about the ideal scenario for 50k profitability. 5:00 Josh talks about the clicks (3500) compared to Mani’s recent promotion. Josh says he is sticking to 2-day promotions.  Josh says 65% of the revenue comes in closer to the deadline. Mani talks about the clicks from a 2day compared to a 3day promotion. EntreProgrammers continue to discuss the marketing strategy and warming up the audience to buy. 10:00 Josh talks about testing, daily emails, and the working strategy that brings in sales. Josh talks about open rate on emails and reach. Josh refers back to the promotion on the Self Confidence course. Entreprogrammers discuss more marketing strategies with raising prices and up sales. John talks about impulse buys. 22:00 Josh talks about their failure on their Career Guide product. Josh talk about the 5 learning mistake lead magnet and doing more testing to see if they can still pull revenue from these less successful lead magnets. Josh and John talk about the misunderstanding about the free PDF or ebook. 29:00 Josh talks about the issues with a disabled sales button on WooCommerce. Mani asks for advice on the Focus at Will collaboration or promotion. John asks if Mani interviewed Steven Pressfield, about being a lazy fucker. Charles suggests life hacks as an up sale, most likely a boring ritual hack. 38:00 Josh suggests a bundle of other people products and splitting the revenue. Mani asks about Josh’s learning course. Mani rethinks the splitting of revenue with Simple Programmer. Josh suggests offering more products or up sales on Productivity. 45:00 Josh suggests a 1k product. Mani thinks a coaching call would help, but people don’t know him well enough yet. Mani talks about Russel Branson talking about selling similar products, so productivity might be to repetitive as a sale point. John suggests an entrepreneurial product, but Mani is not sure. Mani asks about Chuck’s email list. 50:00 Chuck talks about his recent React Dev Summit, and more talks about JavaScript Dev Summit. Chuck talks about the recent turnout and growing his list. Chuck mentions that he submitted the new podcasts wrong so they were not showing up on iTunes or the website. Chuck shares his screen and shows the podcast sponsorship planning page. Josh figures that Chucks is at a 30 percent production rate. Chuck mentions is back on the 12 week year and doing more reaching out to fill the sponsorship slots. 55:00 Chuck talks about ways to increase traffic to the podcasts. Mani suggests collaborations or getting out someone else’s podcasts. Mani thinks this will increase the podcast traffic by 20 percent. John suggests talking about getting on a podcast to talk about how he is running a podcast empire on tech podcasts. The Entreprogrammers discuss the different ways Chuck can increase traffic by getting out other podcasts as a guess to talks about how he runs the shows. 1:00:00 John suggests discounting the prices to fill the open slots as a way to fill the slots fast.  Josh suggests a use it or lose it space on the sponsor slots. Josh thinks with will recapture revenue. John says Chuck’s fill rates need to be a 75%. EntreProgrammers discuss how to fill the unused space for the episodes on Dev Chat TV. 1:07:00 Josh suggest getting in contact with someone about ad placement on filling the spots. Mani asks about companies the Chuck needs to approach that is already on his lists. Mani says this will increase revenue rather then listenership. More talk about getting out other podcasts and slowly growing the listenership and revenue. 1:11:00 John suggests offering to advertise to the biggest podcasts he can find to help one another or swapping advertising for the shows. Chuck talks about getting feedback about a junior developer or podcast, a community for those groups. Chuck talks about starting a junior developer club. 1:15:00 John suggests filling 75% inventory first before creating a new podcast. Mani asks about the number of goals for implementing the 12 week year. Josh suggest keeping in mind that 2/3 of the audience is established. Chuck talks about his plan of attack on all this advice. Thoughts for the Week!   Josh - “The decision to refund is made before the purchase is committed” Mani - People’s minds are not made up Chuck  - Masterminds and focus John - Stick to the plan!

0:15 We’re live. John jokes about being lazy and talks about hurting his shoulder. Josh talk about his wrist issue call “Mommy Thumb.” Josh talks about having to wear a cast or band to help rest and heal his thumb. Josh talks about ordering special ergonomic mouse to get through work. 3:00 Mani talks about he past issues he was experiencing with his hand and shoulders. Mani talks about his exercise to help his hands, surprisingly Mani talks about stretching his Hamstrings to help his back and shoulders. John suggests building up the quads. John mentions that he has to lay off lifting in order to recover. 9:00 John talks about 90 percent adherence rather than 100 percent. EntreProgrammers talks about the benefits of exercise but practicing it a safe manner to prevent injury. Mani talks about his new publishing pace with YouTube and collaborating with speakers. Mani talks about the viewer numbers when he does “colabs” rather than not. 14:00 John talks about watch time on Youtube and the value a channel provides to the views. John mention search volume and gaining subscriber-ship. John talks about the benefit of guess blogging or commenting on other people’s blog sites. Mani mentions plans to do a summary for Pat Flynn’s book. Mani and John talk about end cards and analytics. 21:00 More talk about how End Cards work and best practices and use cases. John and Josh joke about inserting their own cat videos as viewer lose interest in the videos. Mani suggests Reddit postings and how they should Reddit post there to get traffic. Mani calls Reddit the school of copywriting. 28:00 EntreProgrammers talks about posting videos about not giving a fuck about the Reddit police. Josh talks about be blacking list posting link on his own site. 30:00 Chuck talks about what he wants to do on YouTube. Chuck talks about what he learned about using YouTube in another coaching call he does. Chuck mention wanting to do 5 minutes videos a day on small developer topics, and a recap of episodes. Chuck talks about new hot ideas about growing the subscribers and incoming from sponsorships.  Most of these ideas are coming from trying out the  Alexa flash briefings. 35:00 Josh mentions that he should give it several months for this Flash Briefing tactic to take off. Chuck thinks that this will help other areas of the podcast to grow. Chuck mentions being elected as a chair of the local Republican party. Chuck talks about not having any time, while he has been taking care of his family. 40:00 Chuck mention Michelle talking over some areas and task that were on Chuck’s plate. John mentions talking to Flippa, and the market in buying online businesses. John talks about Flippa courses, and how to start a business and have Flippa sell it. 46:00 Josh mentions working with David, who he is taking Brian Deans marketing course. Josh talks about working with an SEO team to help him with a project. Josh mentions he needs help making a decision on doing a pilot project with this SEO team. 55:00 Chuck gives a suggestion on waiting till there is a payoff before taking on the team to do the SEO. John says the results and length of time till they see an ROI, but how long do they have to wait. 1:00:00 Josh says he could shape or have some sort of control and time to see if the SEO agency is worth the time to optimize site or project. More talks about how well this agency is known in the industry. Thoughts for the Week! John - 90 adherence! Josh - Being patient Chuck - If are not there, do something productive

0:15 We’re Live. Mani’s breakfast is in progress. Chuck mentions seeing politics on the TV behind Mani. Mani talks about going “whole hog” on YouTube and having some issues with production. Josh ask about the lengths of Mani’s videos. Mani describes the production process on his book summary videos. 4:45 Mani talks about the marketing tactics at Focus at Will. Mani mentions that John does on like the process. John says growing the company is better, that making money now. Josh mention two things Mani needs to do if thing works out well. Mani says this could grow his list and potential boost company growth. 10:00 Josh suggests retargeting to Mani and watching for specific growth numbers in order to determine the worthiness of marketing tactic. 15:00 John talks about doing a series of how to build an online business. Mani jokes about John stealing his product idea. John continues his process of creating these videos. Mani suggests that John coming on to his channel to include books in this video project. Josh asks about subscriber numbers for Mani and John’s channels. More talk about how company names help subscribers, rather than the person. Mani shares his subscriber numbers. 20:00 Josh shares that they have over 400 reviews on the new book. John talks about a one-star review that hurt the numbers. EntreProgrammers talks about Amazon review and how they may not be relevant later on as reviews grow. More talk about Amazon reviews and how they might work. 26:00 Josh talks about doing a Kindle 7-day Promotion for 99 cents. Josh talks but the sweet spot pricing for Kindle books. John talks about doing a YouTube video on thing people sent him as a joke. 31:00 Mani talks about how he is still getting Grant Cordone emails. John talks about getting a call from a medical marketing company for Viagra. John talks about his joking ways with this company. John talks about how they need to school Mani on his audio. 34:00 Chuck talks about assigning tasks in Asana for Michelle. Chuck talks more on the website update and people having issues with subscribing. Chuck talks about getting DMs and twitter messages about subscribing. Chuck about still being about to get things done even when he was sick. 39:00 Josh talks about an outreach program and learning new online marketing strategies. Josh continues with his project with backlinks. Josh talks about using PipeDrive. Josh talks about more backlinks and emails.  Josh and John discuss backlinks and emails on their website. John suggests other kinds of ways to do the links and mentioning production in their email. 50:00 Josh talks about reaching out and fixing broken links. Josh continues with looking deeper into these blogs sites and finding ways to add value. Josh goes on to talk about how he could build a list on content with these bloggers. Josh talks about ways these emails could not be spammy to the blogger. 55:00 Josh talks about how he could outsource this project and build a list at the same time. Josh says he is going to do the Clever Programmer affiliate deal. John talks about a potential issue with the people understanding the value of the product. 1:00:00 John talks about the Stack Overflow survey. John says he learned a new word “Genderqueer.” Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Planning and Coordination Josh - Create space for yourself to create John - Sometimes you can’t fight your nature Mani - Structure leads to freedom  

0:15 We’re Live! YouTube live discussion in progress.  EntreProgrammers attempt to do a live stream with chat. John talks about a how he an Chuck have a sickness to feel sick and eat junk food. Bad STDs according to Mani. John talks about his recovery strategy of resting a fasting.  6:45 John talks about learning new lessons when you get sick, and how to maintain without throwing your health down the drain. Mani takes John’ suggestion to do more videos per week. Mani talks about committing to doing two videos per week and do updates and announcements.  10:00 John talks about sending an F-U to Moscow. Chuck talks about how people are approaching him about starting new shows, possible new shows starting in the next few months. Mani talks about how he can do more videos, regardless of lighting and equipment.  15:00 Mani’s voices his concern with quality. John talks about how to start out with video recording and keeping up with consistency. Chuck talks about how he knows a friend who records his podcasts from the car, because the content is more important, compared to the quality.  20:00 EntreProgrammers talk about podcast production ahead of time for the month. EntreProgrammer talks about strategies for war or crude behavior on videos. Mani talks about meeting with someone who knew his podcasts. Mani talks about getting invited to speak at Podfest.  25:00 Chuck talks about releasing the new Vue and React podcasts, during an update on the website. So there were some issues with subscribing and listening. Chuck talks about using the Smart Play podcast to listen to shows on the website.  Chuck talks about the new features on the podcast page.  30:00 Chuck continues with details about the podcast page update. Chuck talk about an update for the course and delaying recording because he was sick. Also more on automation on test coding process. Chuck talks about going to an upcoming Meetup Event in Denver.  35:00 Mani mentions to Josh that they need to do another promotion. Chuck mentions that he could probably help sell some of Mani’s products on his network.  40:00 Josh talks about doing one more affiliate offer and working with another programmer who does Python. Josh talks about the many different features of this particular course, and how he wants to do a launch. John talks about further discounting the product.  45:00 Josh talks about testing with internal backlinks and doing outreach with a particular product. Josh mentions doing some cold call for the first time. Josh goes into the time it takes to finish the testing and other kinds of extra detailed tasks to make these backlinks work properly.  50:00 Mani suggests a cold call video tool Bonjour . Mani explains how the tool is connected. More talk about how the tool works.  Josh talks about keywords and marketing tactics for their current products. Also some info on long tail keywords.  1:00:00 Josh talks about moving EntreProgrammers over and talks about teams sets up for invoicing and keeping account separate but easily payable. More talk about traffic and funnels.  1:05:00 Josh mentions generating urgency and doing promotions. Josh gives example with the interview cake promotion.    Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Look back at what you accomplished  Josh - Figure when the extra effort is going to pay-off  John -  Riding the horse is fine, being dragged by the horse is bad  Mani - Free content!

0:15 We’re Live. EnterProgarmmers joke about why there was no episode lates week. John talks about the Grant Cardone event last week. John mention it was a motivational rant. John talks about some interesting things they heard. But it was really for the younger generation looking to become entrepreneurial.  5:00 Mani talks about some other events they’ve attended. John talks mention an event for influencers and brands selling their product via YouTubers. Chuck mentions he is not charging enough for sponsorships. Mani mentions CPM numbers. John mentions a strategy that is similar to Chuck’s podcast sponsorship, which confirms that Chuck is headed in the right directions with his podcasting network.  12:00 Chuck shares his screen and talks but how he runs his sponsorship slots. Chuck mentions getting somewhat depressed and did not have motivation. Chuck said he is thankful he did not blow anything up. Chuck talks about having to take care of his father more closely. Chuck says his family thinks he is retired because runs his business from home.  17:00 Chuck is redoing the video for a Job course. Chuck mentions he can’t wait to get to work with Josh about selling/marketing a course on How To Get A Job course. Chuck gives a rundown on the different topics this course will cover for those in the job market.  21:00 Josh talks about being contacted by the person who run the Clever Programmer.  John says he is going a great job growing his network and audience. John talks about being sick. Mani says John needs to wear a jacket. 26:00 Mani talks about people trying to take down he business. Mani mentions being contacted by an attorney about copyright infringement. Mani talks about writing an email about how is was not an infringement. John talks about him an Mani doing some research on the attorney and making some changes on their strategy to make amends and defuse the situation. Chuck joke about a course on flattery.  30:00 Mani mentions things he could do to avoid more situations like this. John talks about making a case and praising the person will make light of the situation. John says, the bigger the ego, the more they can be flattered. 40:00 Josh talks but some issues with Thrive Cart. Mani asks about the pitch on a recent product. Josh talks about an example promotion with the book last year. John talks some email course information or analytics. Josh says that their customers don’t buy anything without creating urgency.  45:00 Josh explain some of the analytics of the promotion products or courses. Josh talks about increasing the blog traffic last week. Josh talks about indexing and correcting pretty links to increase these traffic numbers.  53:00 Josh continues with other sources of traffic and pushing other ways to increase. Josh talks about signing up for Brian Deans course. Josh talks about interesting research on this topic of outreach.  1:00:00 More talks about Brian Deans course and backlinks. Josh talks about sharing the course info with their content writer. More talk on outreach and responsiveness of the customers. John says no matter what people say about SEO, it still comes back to backlinks. John talks about his strategy to gain traffic when building Simple Programmer.  1:07:00 Josh talks about wanting to take the top 10 posts. Josh mentions working on some Dev Ops stuff and cleaning up. Chuck ask about the cost of the course and planning his next 12 weeks.  Thoughts for the Week!  John - Be persistent at the wide scale..  Chuck -  You are going to hit a wall.. but you can get through it Josh - Negative values…cut the bottom 20 percent. Mani - Learn to negotiate 

0:15 We’re Live! Mani is eating his mic and eating his iPad. Technical issues. Josh mentions to not having luck with bluetooth headphones. John comments on how the EntreProgrammer Sub-Group are above 50 episodes.  Josh mentions that the Seal Team rung the bell and tapped out this past week.  5:00 EntreProgrammers joke of retinal branding as Mani’s logo is bright on the eyes. Chuck mention starting two new podcasts this pass week, podcast on Vue and React. Chuck mentions the frenzy on the new shows. Mani asks if Chuck is going to  hire people to run the show.  Chuck explains the logistics of how the podcasts work. Chuck talks about the Rev Share he does with some of the people  on the shows.  8:00 Chuck explains how he pays people who run the podcasts. Chuck talks about working to get a bigger presents on Youtube. So good camera equipment is important. Chuck talks about working with his Business Coach  and working with first graders and moon landing technology.  15:00 Chuck talks about working with one of his employees who does the reach out for conferences. Also, he is trying to find time to figure out what to do with the CES video soon. Chuck is going to be doing a talk soon. EntreProgrammers talk about BlockChain and BitCoin.  22:00 Josh mentions breaking everything this week. Also Josh has transfer everything to the WooCommerce site. So all the products are in a new store.  SimpleProgrammer.com/store.  Josh talks about transition to the new site, and all frustrations he encountered. 26:00 Josh mention moving all the products in one day, but his is having to fix the “one click” button plugin. Chuck asks, about the t shirts. Chuck mentions that he likes the store and might want to move to something like this. Chuck ask question about the fulfillment or ship station that sells and ships the t-shirts. Josh explains how the plugin works to help fill the t shirt sales.  30:00 Josh talks about the issues he had with digital deliver with Thrive cart. Josh explain that he had to send DropBox links to retrieve the digital products.  37:00 Mani ask Josh about promotions he would like to do next. Mani ask about topics and timelines for the upcoming projects. Josh explain that they need a impulse buy type of product to hook the customer. Josh talks about a few topics that could help build this product.  41:00 John explains the object to the product, that include information on the books Mani could use for this product. EntreProgrammer talks about ideas for marketing for Mani’s product. Mani ask about doing a course type product rather than a book summary. Josh thinks that doing more summaries, the list will get know him better before a bigger promotion.  50:00 John talks about up selling, down selling affiliate programs.  Josh talks about LinkedIn courses and all the question he got.  Mani ask more abut information on the LinkedIn project.  59:00 Josh talks about having to become John or John’s character for these upcoming project in order to sell the products.  John talks about interview Pat Flynn recently on YouTube.  Thoughts for the Week Mani - Keep the momentum with the customer when you have it!  John - Embrace contradictions  Chuck - Having a weekly routine… Josh - How cyclical thing can be… refunds   

0:15 We’re live! Chuck having technical difficulties. Discussion n progress with the Mental Toughness project. There is testing, testing, and more testing. EntreProgrammers talk about the marketing strategies for this new project, price testing and checking the number of sales.  5:00 Josh explains marketing tactics. John explains the promotion of the Bulldog mindset course along with the Mental Toughness project. Josh talk about the sells that took place during the promotion.  9:00 John explains more on the marketing analytics, conversion, and the emails sent to the list. John and Mani joke about the 9 dollar product price. Mani talks about creating a subset of the product. Josh talks about the product he can possibly sell, but the cheaper 5-9 dollar products will sell as a promotional tactic.  15:00 Mani, John, and Josh talk about Interview Cake. John mentions reading the Predictably Irrational book because of the interesting price setting topics. Josh mentioned that he is tapped out on writing promotions. Josh talks about strategies he has put out from John’s book.  24:00 Josh talks about a possible new course about how to get a job, and statics on interested and disinterested customers on promotions. Otherwise selling to a very small group which might not be worth the time. John asks about growing product sales after a long flatline.  30:00 Josh mention working with Podia, but needed to get some direction. Josh jokes about John being very knowledgeable about the numbers for someone who is not involved in the business anymore. Josh talks about having issues with permalinks.  37:00 Chuck talks about turning off caching on his podcast website because of a similar issue. Chuck talks about his recent trips to conferences and encountering bad rooms and bad internet.  40:00 Chuck talks about have done 20-30 recording at NG Atlanta for podcast purposes and youtube. Chuck shows the progress in his new PodWrench application and his plans on how this will eventually work with productions and placing sponsors.  47:00 Chuck explain how inviting and placing new sponsor will work. Mani asks about listenership, and download numbers. Mani asks a question about CPM and pricing and how the sponsor slots work. More talk on CPM.  56:00 Josh jokes about Baba, and how this new system is great for his business. Chuck talks about the evolving process with PodWrench and upcoming plans for the system. John and Josh say that PodWrench can be a great SAAS business soon.  1:00:00 Chuck talks about the different stages to move the application along. Chuck says PodWrench is not ready for the public, but it is getting there. Chuck talks about the different areas this sponsorship process can possibly fill for other podcasters. Chuck says this could turn him into a marketing agency for the podcast as this project grows.  1:05:00 Josh says this would be a great platform for marketing.  Thoughts for the Week John - Just hang in there!  Chuck - Take the breather  Josh - Treat you affiliate like gold  Mani - Understanding numbers  

0:15 Chuck joke about his glare and Mani is in a detention room. Josh talks about his wireless 8lb headset. The EntreProgrammers talk about the wireless headphones and the troubles with the AirPods. John jokes that Josh electronic trouble because he is like Powder. 5:00 Mani talks about his recent price increase with his product and research on keywords for branding proposes. Mani talks about change or rebranding based on Confidence and Mental Toughness keywords. John gives feedback on a book What Doesn’t Kill Us. 9:00 John talks about doing an AB test on the titles to see what does better. Josh suggest base on YouTube content. Chuck talks about long tail searches base on titles and words. Mani talks about the issues with titling Mental Toughness and Self Confidence. Mani asks John what he would like to use as a title, Mental Toughness. Josh, John, and Mani plan their attack with the upcoming product. 15:00 John talks about doing an interview with the founder of Quest Nutrition, Tom Bilyeu. John talks about Tom’s Youtube channel, Impact Theory. John and Mani talk about the net worth of the company and other details. John talks about trying to get Tye Lopez on the show… 20:00 John talks about the myth of Facebook advertising. John says show him a profitable Facebook ad. The EntreProgarmmer talk about finding someone who has profitable Facebook Ads. Josh talks about selling low price products verse high price product on platforms like Facebook. 25:00 The EntreProgrammer talk about webinars and facebook marketing. Also some talk about paid traffic. John talks about what profitable Facebook ads should look like. 30:00 Josh talks about the blog update in Simple Programmer. Looks like the numbers have increased and ranking boost. Josh talks about the traffic on their blog posts and the guest posting numbers. Mani ask a question about posts from 2016. John talks about guests post and numbers reached last year. 35:00 John talks about pruning some posts to increase the numbers. Chuck talks about his visit at NG Atlanta. Chuck talks about doing an interview on Youtube and podcasts. Chuck talks about how is camera does not have an audio input.  Mani suggests recording the video with a phone and having audio hookups. 40:00 Chuck says his Social Media person quit. Also, some work with Dropbox cleanup and moving files around to get organized. Josh chimes back in with numbers from last years traffic. Josh talks about the editorial team for the blog posts. 45:00 Josh talk about testing out the articles. Josh talks about doing keyword optimization and backlinking. John talks about the strategy with backlinks and getting some coaching on the topic. 53:00 Chuck talks about getting some big name for the first episode of the Vue Podcast Thoughts of the Week! John - Make sure you remind yourself of things that nullify your goals  Josh - Believe there is a solution! Chuck - Building Systems! Mani - Understanding the customer journey!

0:15 We’re Live! Joining the show is Mani Vaya, who has been working with Josh and John doing affiliate promotion with Simple Program. Mani is a programmer by trade, he has worked in electrical and computer engineering, to project management, and worked with a variety of cell phone companies. Currently, Mani is the host of 2000 Books for Ambitious Entrepreneurs podcast, a business based on book summaries. Mani talks about the huge selection of book summaries and his work with Simple Programmer. 3:30 Mani mentions working on this business for the last 2.25 years now. Mani talks about the exciting things he has learned from books and how it has changed his life. Mani talks about the bigger picture of the book summaries and his business. Mani mentions becoming a philosopher in his field. 6:00 EntreProgrammers talk about what a personality business is about and transitioning it over into something else. John talks about the options and traction of building up a business like Mani’s current book summary business. 9:00 Chuck talks about the content, entertainment, personality for the platform or business. Josh talks out marketing and business. Josh talks about reconfiguring John’s email account as the business transitions without John. Josh talks about growing the business further to function without videos. 14:00 Josh talks about the traffic from YouTube and the blog site. Josh continues to talk about redirects and some SEO work he has implemented. Josh talks about more traffic and server issues. 22:00 Josh talks about doing a skyscraper strategy for the book piece products. Josh talks about their transparency with the new writers. Mani asks questions about how to sell bundles and products. More talk about the product sale strategies with the “How To Read a Book” product. 29:00 Mani, Josh, and John discuss the next steps on the “How To Read a Book” product. Josh and Mani talk about the price of the product. John talks about options on how to interview successful entrepreneurs to help produce the product on how to read books. 36:00 John talks about not having much free time during his free time. John mentions running 5 miles a couple times a day, and working out, and getting ready to do taxes. John talks about being tempted to work with Josh and Mani on the new idea for an upcoming project. 40:00 Josh talks about the new workflow at Simple Programmer without John. Josh talks about the functions of Google Drive Business. Josh talks about the Team Drive business. Thoughts of the Week Chuck  - Take a minute and think about your entrepreneurial lifestyle John - Don’t use personal accounts when starting a business Josh - Responding, not reacting Mani - Health is everything

0:15 We’re Live! John is slacking and is late to the podcast. Chuck talks about selling some more sponsorship spots for his podcast network. Chuck talk about his sales pitch and changing how that new podcast sponsor application works as of now. Also some talk about how his new sponsorship slots will work as far as payments. 4:30 Chuck talks about his new sponsors and return sponsors. Interview Cake, Kendo UI, among a few others are sponsors of the Dev Chat podcasts. Chuck mention this audience or listener numbers for Ruby Rogues. Also some talk on conversion and ROI.  8:30 Josh suggests video testimonials for the sponsorship material. Chuck talks about selling sponsorship slots for podcasts show that is still in the works.  13:00 Chuck and talks about the process of closing deals for sponsorships and more automation and systemizing. Chuck talks about having an inside sales team and working more on PodWrench. Josh talks about building more feature into the system later on. 15:00 Chuck talk about how this time of the year is a great time to sell sponsorships. There is definitely a cycle. Chuck talks about becoming a vendor, and sponsorships with certain companies. Chuck talks about some of the companies and technologies used and talked about in the podcasts. 21:00 Chuck talk about getting sponsorship for the React Native Radio Podcast . Also more talks about launching new podcasts for Dev Chat TV. Chuck says he will for now host them and run them for awhile till the show is up an running. Chuck talks about selling a document or course on the process for launching a podcast for a platform like Dev Chat TV.   26:00 John suggests a tool like Help Scout to for emails account for team members. Chuck mentions possibly doing a help desk of some sort. Chuck talks about using Missive app. Chuck talks about wanted to move everything to PipeDrive. 35:00 In other news, Josh says he is debt free, paid off his mortgage. The EntreProgarmmers talks about the process for paying off a mortgage. Pay off is possible. Josh talks about signing up MediShare programs. More talks on MediShare programs. 42:00 Josh talks about how he and John are working on transitioning over the company over to Josh. Josh does not think he is going to continue with the Youtube channel. Josh talks about the type of content he chooses to have for the company. Also more on possibly hiring content writers in the specialized material. EntreProgrammers talks about the incentives for the content. 52:00 Josh talks about the content produced by John and having a health topic list to keep content going. Josh talks about custom dimensions in Google Analytics. Josh talk about pulling out of Kindle unlimited. Josh talks about the down sales on the book on all mediums. 58:00 Josh talk about writing an email to the list about why they have not purchased the book. Josh mentions that he has to get good at SEO. John mentions hiring someone to help accelerate the learning curve. 1:01:00 John says he changed to YouTube Channel name to John Sonmez instead of Simple Programmer. Josh talks about setting up push notifications for the website. Josh talks about the excitement of Push Notifications. 1:05:00 Josh talk out doubling the signup rate and pitching to the email list. Chuck jokes about John being hangover and sold off his kidneys. 1:10:00 John talks about trying to keep from going into hustle mode and thinking about growing the youtube channel further. John thinks Josh can double Simple Programmer in a year. Thought for the Week! John - Sometimes it’s good to force yourself to make decisions. Josh - If there is something you hate doing, chance are you can hire someone to do it. Chuck -  Be your own client

0:15 We’re Live! Chuck is coming in from Las Vegas. Big news! John says he is leaving Simple Programmer. In other words, John says he is leaving the CEO role, but still doing the videos. John says he wants to take time to try other things and take a break from the programmer world. 4:30 Josh mentions the talk John and he as and the notice things changed after the book launch and the Europe trip. Josh talks about his plans as with Simple Programmer as they have continuous growth and transition. 8:00 Josh talks about maybe keep trucking along with Simple Programmer and keep doing emails and consulting. Or work on growing Simple Programmer even further into a multi-million dollar company. Josh says he is still not sure what to do yet, but he is leaning toward growing the company. 11:00 Chuck says he sees where they are coming from. Chuck asks if they have all the processes documented to run Simple Programmer. John says Simple Programmer is built on systems and basically runs on its own. Josh mentions that some of the things are not systemized as far as John and Josh’s part of the job. 16:00 Josh and John talk about the revenue that could make if they put everything on autopilot. Chuck asked if they will be happy with this change. John talks about how his goals kept growing even when he knew he should take a break or retire. John says he is now trying to simplify things and get rid of things. 19:00 John talks about allowing himself the freedom from work and has been thinking about this for a long long time. Chuck suggests a possible sabbatical instead of totally leaving the company. John says his last book was everything he wanted to say about software development and he is done with that topic. 24:00 John talks about the possible direction Josh could take Simple Programmer, and where he could contribute to that later on. Josh talks about the 6 month cooling off period before they know what they want to do for sure, and tidy of the company for the transition. Josh says John was the traffic engine and that is where he will need help. 27:00 Josh talks about the kinds of phases he will have to plan for traffic, books, courses, and marketing to continue growing the Simple Programmer without or minimal help from John.30:00 Chuck says Josh’s plan sounds similar to what he is trying to do. Chuck says he is curious to see how things go. 31:00 John talks about maybe going to Tibet or building/programming a game. John says he is firing himself from his own company. John says Josh can grow the company in the direction it needs to grow. 33:00 Josh asks about the light going out at the CES event. Chuck talks about the Samsung and LG booths at CES. Chuck talks about the power loss and the kinds of things going on at the event. Chuck says he is looking into the traffic engine details to drive traffic to his websites. 40:00 Chuck talks about his interviews and talks at the conferences. Chuck talks about his plan for building products. Chuck talks about the processes for starting a podcast and running a podcast, as he starting a React and View podcast soon. Chuck signs off. Booth babes. 43:00 John says they have Chuck’s blessing for the upcoming transition in Simple Programmer. Josh and John talk more about the reversible changes in case things are not going well. Or if things are going great, then there is no need to reverse the changes. 43:00 John talks about making an announcement video for the company. Also, changing emails and maybe creating a customer service system for Simple Programmer. John talks about the current situation in running Simple Programmer. 46:00 John talks about instead he should be the Chief Story Teller for the company. Josh says this is an absentee own role for the company. C Thoughts of the Week John - Change your vision and identity, and then actions with change. Josh - It is worth paying the premium price.

0:15 We’re Live. Technical difficulties, what? John mentions he is sitting again because he has been running 5miles in the morning. Josh says the pine box is the solution to standing desks, and such so call health alternatives to work.    2:00 Chuck mentions he was on .NetRocks podcast.  Chuck mention they talk about the Finding A Job course he created a while back. John talks about being on .NetRock podcast to gain some traffic to products, but it was not a whole lot traffic.    5:00 Chuck say people keep asking him about the Ruby Rogues issues awhile back. John says Chuck should ignore it or explode it as a reenactment on YouTube. EntreProgrammers talk about death threats and Net Neutrality.    8:00 Josh talks about what the what Net Neutrality would be mean in the long term or if is really mattered. Chuck says the government should stay out of it and let the kid figure it out.    15:00 Josh asks how much drama are you willing to deal with to Chuck. Express yourself more. John talks about the Girl who did the fat shaming video and another on ADHD. John says to take you pant off instead of your shirt during the podcast. John talks about how to handle a situation and buying into a reality.   20:00 Josh talks about reading T Rex vs. VS Raptor, and make s some strong connections. Chuck talk about being ahead in the podcast recordings and having his team to more to help the podcast request for guests.    24:00 Chuck talks about the current situations and goals for scheduling podcasts sponsors. Also his plans for schedule team members on Asana. John and Josh talk about missing a check or having a 6-week delay in getting the money.   30:00 EntreProgrammers figure out the missing money situation on air. Josh talks about their giveaway on Sublime text. Josh talks about their Drip setup and plans for the giveaway. Josh talks about IntelliJ.    39:00 John talks about the death threats and funny emails he gets about refunds. John talks about a refund with a very convincing customer, and blacklisting this dude, kinda. More talk about weeding out scammers and refunds. John talks more about future videos he is producing for Simple Programmer.    54:00 Josh talks about Thinkful.  Also,  the comparison of those who go to college, have a degree, and could earn million dollars more in their lifetime. More talk about product sales.    1:02:00 Josh talks about turning one of Johns coaching calls into an email to gain audience and sales. John talks about bringing in sales on YouTube. Chuck is cracking jokes about twitter and youtube.    Thoughts of the Week John - Keep pushing  Chuck - Find someone who knows this stuff to help you Josh - Short-term goals   

0:15 We’re Live! The EntreProgrammers talk about how the mixer idea with the rest of the EntreProgrammer Sub Groups was a great idea. John talks about falling off the wagon with his diet for the last 2 weeks. John also mentions winning another cruise package in a Poker tournament on the cruise. 5:00 Josh mentions doing nothin and disengaging from work during the new years. Chuck mentions doing 2 podcasts and getting work done. Chuck mentions hiring a new business coach for direct coaching and formal guidance. 8:00 Chuck talks about his plans for weekly meetings and podcast scheduling. Chuck ask for advice on how to go about putting some on a full-time working schedule. Josh says since they already work for your just up their hours and commit to a step up level before a full time position. 15:00 Josh and John talk about their employees at Simple Programmer and how were hired into their positions. Chuck talks about how he would eventually like his team work for him. Chuck talks about going to Micro Conf this year. 20:00 The EntreProgrammers talks about doing a get together of some sort with the EntreProgrammers Sub Group.  John says it was great to get away with no internet access during the cruise. 24:00 EntreProgrammers talk about how the new tax laws will affect them. Josh thinks it might be somewhat in his favor. More complexity and confusion? Josh talks about doing a 529 or a pass through. EntreProgrammers talks about drunk Uncle Sam and welfare. Chuck talks about his wishes for taxes and problems with the government tax rules. 32:00 Josh mentions liking the new Star Wars. More geek talk on Star Wars. EntreProgrammers  talks about hiring geeky Star Wars fans. EntreProgrammers talks about Andy Weir, the writer of The Martian, and George Lucas. 44:00 Chuck ask what are the plans for Josh and John this year. Josh talk about some affiliate promotions and such. Josh talks about working with Manny.  Josh talks about breaking Manny’s website. 50:00 Chuck says for the next 6 months, he will be working out making the business grow. Josh talks more about pricing and sales templates. John and Josh talks about sales tactics and sending emails out to customers. Thoughts for the Week John - You have to have a plan, and force yourself to follow the plan. Josh - Floundering… Chuck - Keep moving forward

0:15 We’re Live ! Josh and Chuck speak with special guest, Ricky of the Poodle Team. Josh mentions that John is on a cruise with no internet connection. Josh and Chuck talk with Rick about the funny name of the subgroup Poodle Team. 2:00 Rick explains how the team came up with the team name. Josh talks about not having time to participate in the team mixer. Chuck and Rick talk about when they first met at the code camp conference. 5:00 Rick talks about running a software consulting company in Salt Lake City. Rick talks about his entrepreneurial background and the shifts into new ideas. Rick says he hates doing the consulting business. But he is trying to start another business along with this. 11:00 EntreProgrammers talks about how to grow a business with Rick. Josh ask who are his customers currently. Rick mentions he focus on higher education and interactive games. Rick talks about 3D mapping and the interactive projects. 15:00 Rick talks about the frustrations he encounters while building his consulting business. Josh and Chuck give advice. Josh asked if he is exploring new niches. 17:00 EntreProgrammers talk about how their sales work and signing contracts. Josh talks about working in Higher education, and how shifting to a different industry would help Rick make more money doing the same thing. 21:00 Josh talks about the dysfunctional operations at a higher education level. It is like corporate on steroids. Josh talks about the work he was doing at TrackAbout. Rick mentions moving to Healthcare and the difference in operations in that industry. Josh tells a story about doing SharePoint development. 28:00 Josh talks about Lifers. Josh asks Rick about his specialization. Rick says he is excellent at picking out what the customers need in a program and sending that to programmers. Josh asks Rick what was his most successful project or client. 36:00 Josh talks about his role and expectations versus Johns role and expectations in the business. EntreProgarmmers talk about being in control and making their own money and being an entrepreneur. Josh talks about switching out industries and not wanting to go back to a regular job. Chuck says he agrees and knows how to build a business. 43:00 The EntreProgarmmers talks about the strategies to get a job. Chuck mentions setting up interviews for CES and trying to get sponsors to fund the trip. Chuck talks about the coming conferences and how he is lining up sponsorships to fund the trips to the conferences. Chuck mentioned tactics from the book Pragmatic Thinker. 50:00 Josh and Chuck talk about the skills needed to build a business with Rick. Chuck talks about investing in camera equipment the plans for conferences. Chuck talks about travel costs and expense cutting with a service. 1:00:00 Chuck talks about his Drip account and his other needs in the new year. Chuck says he is getting emails about Elixer and React Podcasts, and particularly the View. Chuck says he has been doing all the Indiegogo for the upcoming shows. Josh says he loves WooCommerce. 1:03:00 Josh says he has been converting their views to a streaming version. Also, they finally got their audiobook is on the market. Josh is off next week. Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Take some time for the family Josh - Mental Adjustments Rick - All it takes is all you got.

0:15 We’re live! Josh points out most people have profiles pictures of themselves in the driver seats of their cars. Chuck talks about acquiring sponsorship for NG Conf Atlanta. So his idea to get it paid for is working out. Chuck talks about the logistics of the sponsorship and possibly getting a DSLR camera for the recording.  4:45 Josh jokes about the details of Chuck's sponsorship. Chuck talks about doing professional videos for the interviews. Chuck discusses what the rest of the sponsorships could look like for the upcoming conferences.  10:00 Josh asks about recurring bill for the sponsors on Chuck's network. Chuck talks about how the billing is set up for the sponsors. Chuck talks about the analytics he wants to incorporate into his sponsorship program.  15:00 Chuck talks about his sponsor Linode and possibly getting Digital Ocean onboard for sponsoring trips instead of podcasts episodes. Also, so up to the minute updates on sponsoring individual sponsors on the Dev Chat TV podcast network.  17:00 Chuck talks about how the new hire is working out as far as booking  guests for episodes. Chuck says he is booked out far in advance for most of the big show on Dev Chat TV. Chuck talk about having a social media person do the postings and sharing. Chuck says this social media person is hired to help with the growth of the podcasts in general.  21:00 Chuck talks more about starting new shows or React and getting funding by Indiegogo or crowdfunding. Chuck talks about the ideas for growth starting new shows. Josh says he is excited about Chuck's business and the growth is really starting to pick up.  27:00 Chuck says this all happening because he is not self-sabotaging and realizing he can make his business grow. Chuck talks about his success goals for the upcoming year. Chuck mention he turned 38 this past week.  30:00 John talks about doing more affiliate launches and getting their new hires to do SEO. Josh talks about the gift for programmers launch and traffic.  Josh talks about traffic and details with Amazon.  Josh and John talk about the commission structure of Amazon.  40:00 Josh talks about search volume and search ranking with Amazon. Also some optimization talk with Google and analytics. Josh talk about Manny’s book summaries. Josh talks about writing emails in real-time.  45:00 Josh talks about his email marketing strategy this past week, despite some challenges and wins. Chuck asked if this is going through a Plinko machine.   50:00 Josh talks about experimenting with offering a bonus and not offering a bonus. He learns the bonus does not matter. 55:00 Josh talks about how nobody watches the video that was in an email. But the sales came from Youtube. Josh talks about doing giveaways and other kinds of lead generation ideas.  Thought for the week Chuck -  Do the stuff you know you need to do. Put the system in place.  Josh - Do a Colby test… or an assessment test of sorts  

0:15 We’re are alive! EntreProgrammers joke about ending on episode 199 with some cliffhangers. EntreProgarmmers talk about BS TV show endings that suck. 3:30 John mentions hiring a new SEO person and soon a writer to join Simple Programmer. Josh talks but some new on search formats on Google mobile. Josh says this is a tactic from Google to only click on Google Ads, rather than clicking through to actual sites. 8:00 Josh talks about, what if ISPs charges to be on YouTube. Thinning of the herd or channels. John says you need to be willing to take the anit-fragile approach and adapted to the changes. 11:00 Chuck talks about government or FCC control of the internet. John talks about how monopolies work when you are a billionaire. EntreProgarmmers discuss government control of the internet and the talk about net neutrality. John further gives his thought on new neutrality and herd mentality. 22:00 Josh mentions a death threat at Simple Programmer. But, generally a great month for product sales and launches. John and Josh talk about the book sales and finally seeing the revenue this month. John mentions reading the book Profit First. John mentions that they already have been taking profits first in Simple Programmer. 28:00 Josh talks about taking a budget amount for themselves for business expenses and payroll. John asks, where can we put our money to grow the revenue since expenses are low at the time. John talks about growing the company to the point where your hires are hiring people. 32:00 Johns said that were trying to launch the audiobook next week, but it looks unlikely. Audible has some other plans to review the book before it is published. EntreProgrammers discuss the Kindle and Audible books and how to choose to publish. 36:00 Chuck talks about being sick and not being able to send out important emails. Also, some talks about getting support on Patreon for some new launches conference and podcasts. 38:00 Chuck talks about possibly selling The Freelancer’s Show. Chuck mentions the new features on Podwrench and the slick automation functions. Chuck talks about hiring Michelle, to help with booking podcasts guest for the shows. Also a new hire for social media stuff. 42:00 Chuck mention moving to the app called Convo, instead of Slack. Chuck also mentions doing some work for growing the podcast business. Chuck mentions that Linode also renewed for the rest of the year. 46:00 Chuck talks about reaching the NG Atlanta and Angular conference to do some interview for Angular podcasts. Chuck talks about his plans do interview at conferences and do networking in the next year. 53:00 Chuck talks about learning about the Netty Pot and cleaning out sinus. Chuck talks about plugging away to find great hires. Looking for people who don’t need to be managed Thoughts of the Week Chuck - It hurts to move up to the top. Josh - Trying to help people remove barriers. John - Project forward 5 years a decision. No matter what you do, you’re going to get burned. So you might as well make a decision, rather do nothing.  

0:15 We’re Live. John says it was weird to be live with a shirt on. John recaps the “Cyber” Monday sales, with 17K in the bag. Josh gives details report on the task he executed during the sales. The revenue generated is 7K more than last year. Also, some reports of the sales on from their products on Plural Sight. Most of which were renewals of subscriptions to Plural Sight.  7:00 Surprisingly, John mentions a good turn out on the offers on the Sublime email list. Josh and John discuss the tactics and strategies used to maximize sales implementing urgency and discount to the email list. John and Josh talk about the receipts turn-ins for offerings on bonus material. John talks about controlling the deals and offering a good enough deal to make it work.  11:00 Josh talks about the spam control or spam complaints to the email lists. Josh talks about not being afraid to email. John talks about capturing John’s voice in the ad copy or email he is writing for Simple Programmer.  15:00 John talks about transcribing some of the videos on YouTube for repurposing material for other products. John talks about Rodrigo trying to emulate the way John says things. John mentions doing a live stream about asking him anything.  20:00 Josh mentions that strangely the affiliate list is working, when several months ago with seems not likely. John talks about having lunch with Noah Kagan. John talks about reaching out to possibly become a consultant.  25:00 John talks about onboarding a new hire and getting the new writer. John talks about being transparent with the writer. John talks about while doing the live stream, someone was asking out they can get a job at Simple Programmers. John talks about showing value before hiring someone.  31:00 Chuck mentions that someone has just offered to take The Freelancer’s Show off Chuck’s hands. Chuck talks about the issues on the backend services on the podcast network. Chuck mentions growing the podcast audience.  35:00 John talks about the negotiations for selling the podcast show. Basically, John says you will have to be excited to sell it for price X.  Josh says not to sell short, because of all the emails and traffic attached to the show currently. 40:00 John suggests doing a partnership/owning the show with this person. This way if it continues to grow, so will your (Chuck’s) business.  Chuck says he is still thinking about this idea, and he may be interested in dollars.  42:00 Chuck says his podcast sponsorship app is ready to use and is currently being used for the current shows. Josh ask if Chuck has plans for a Python podcast. EntreProgrammers talk about the popular language people are using. Chuck gives a quick summary of where Python sits in the developing industry. Chuck says he wants to do shows on Machine Learning, Ai, Hollow lens, etc.  48:00 Chuck says that if he starts new shows, he has to figure out if he wants to be on them regularly.                 John asks if Troy Hunt was on the Web Security podcast. Chuck mention sponsor want to sponsor the Web Security Warriors show but it has not been running lately.  52:00 Chuck says he is worried that things are going to go right. The fear of success is real. Chuck asked if there are ways to getting around this feeling of fear of success. John says that he fears more responsibility when things are growing. Chuck says he does not know what the blueprint looks like to help him get to the next level.  57:00 John says fear is because of the unknown. Chuck says his fear is that he might take 5 steps up, but tumble down even further. Josh says he fears running out of ideas. John talks about making choice on sub-optimal things.  Thoughts of the Week John - Go full out. Go committed.  Josh - The offer is paramount… Chuck -  There is nothing wrong with aiming high    

0:15 EntreProgrammers share that they are getting sick during Thanksgiving. Chuck talks about knowing what his Christmas present is going to be this year. EntreProgrammers share their experience with cleaning meat smokers.  3:00 Chuck say his smoker should be medical equipment since he is on the Keto diet. Chuck talks about finding a great new hire who is willing to go beyond the task he needs. Josh mentions that when they ask questions you have to think about, then they are worth the time. Chuck’s new hire is hired for reaching out to potential podcasting and others podcast related tasks.  9:00 Chuck talks about how his new software is driving the processes for podcast scheduling and sponsor tasks. Josh and Chuck discuss emails and mailing list validation. Chuck talks about some topics and resources.  15:00 Chuck explains that he is still working on automating the process for the podcast production. It is on its way to being a well-oiled machine. John says they are in the process of looking for a writer for the Kindle book.  19:00 Josh and John talk about their applicants and the level of expertise they are looking for for the job. John says they may have found a great applicant, but they are looking further into the qualifications.  21:00 EntreProgrammers go into further discussion of content on the Simple Programmer channel and how this regards the political view of Simple Programmer. Chuck gets clarification that John is turning some of the videos on the Simple Programmer Youtube channel into ebooks for Kindle.  30:00 EntreProgrammers talks about pissing people off with the ideas and the things they say on their video and podcasts. Josh talks about a meme about the bulldog army created by John.  35:00 John talks about his holiday gift post. Josh talks about a Plural Sight quiz for rating your developer. You can check it out at simpleprogrammers.com/skill-iq. Josh explains how the quiz can help developers learn what skills they need to sharpen up on.  39:00 Josh talks about at the sales at Simple Programmer and the price experiment with a product.  Also some talks about an experiment with the printed book and Kindle book. Josh talks about a Sublime promotion to this particular list. Josh continues to talks about learning from Plural Sight.  48:00 John talks about working on some new courses soon.  Thoughts of the Week Turkey messed up our brains…   

0:15 We’re Live! Discussion about autoplay in progress. Chuck hates Thunderbolt 3 because there is nothing available for it. Apple trashing and Apple praising going on concerning the iPhone X and newer MacBook Pros. Josh talks about the wireless charging feature possible wiping out credit cards. 7:30 EntreProgrammers trash the chip feature on credit card or debit cards. Is it really faster? John says phones need a backup battery to help the Apple Pay feature works during emergencies. 10:00 John explains why he is sitting for the podcast. John talks about being Thor during the Disney marathon. John talks about carbing up and falling off the wagon.  All the challenges lead to John getting sick. 16:00 Publicly chair shame John about sitting down. John talks about affiliate deals or charging for ad copy. This would be Josh writhing copy for a separate business or project. EntreProgrammer talks about using stories in ad copy as a way to connect with the audience. 25:00 Chuck mentions that he is at Microsoft connect. Chuck mentions doing a lot of podcasts at the conference and meetups. The EntreProgrammers continue to talk about marketing strategies with working with outside business or placing ads in shows. 31:00 John talks about the hiring process for a ghostwriter at Simple Programmer. John is interested in ebooks and such types of products. John also talks about a new hire for Simple Programmer. 34:00 Chuck talk about being in NYC and making connections at Microsoft Connect. Chuck talks about missing a small thing on the Sponsorship signup. Chuck mentions wanting to know what is in the pipeline for the podcast shows. 39:00 Chuck is also in the market for hiring a college student to help with some of the tasks around dev chat tv business. Chuck talks about looking into finding more panelist for some of the show on his podcast network. Chuck explain his plans for upcoming events like NG Conf and other events. 44:00 Chuck mentions meeting David Spark and how he creates his content. Chuck says he might not have made enough progress this year. But next year might be a better year as far as getting things launched. 47:00 John talks about getting the audio back soon from the audio editor for the audiobook version. Josh gives some feedback on the sales on the Kindle site. John and Josh talk about the optimal price for the Kindle book. 56:00 Josh and Josh continue to talk about ways they can determine prices on the upcoming products and books. 58:00 John mentions that the recent book will be on Audible soon. They are expecting the get the editing audio back in December. Thought for the Week! Chuck -  You can’t always see progress in things, but don’t give up. Josh - Creative is con-nectivity… John - When you’re having a hard day, make it harder.    

Episode 193 “Josh & Chuck Land”  0:15 Josh and Chuck talk about their late start and new Apple hardware. Josh talk about his iPhone 8 plus and Kindle reading. Josh talks about selling his Apple Watch because some features do not work for him anymore since the latest iOS update.  5:30 Chuck talks about his Fitbit Blaze, and some talk about pebble watch features. John talks about open enrollment for health insurance and increasing premiums.  8:00 Josh further digs into the healthcare from the National Association for the Self Employed, with some surprises with a webinar type sales call.  Josh talks about the call and features of the plan, even though it sounded great.  12:00 Josh talks about digging up dirt on this healthcare company. Basically, Josh found out this was a scam after googling information on them. Josh talks about asking for 3 to 4 positive review on the company for the sales representative.  20:00 Josh talks about the high deductibles on current healthcare insurance.  Josh and Chuck talk about how the costs outweigh the purpose of health insurance.  25:00 Josh talks about dropping sales numbers at Simple Programmer. Josh talks about trying to find the source of the problem for dropping sales. Josh finds the traffic was generated by the free book offer.  29:00 Josh talk about doing some testing on lead magnets for the funnels.  Josh mentions he is going to test 20 different headlines. Josh also mentions that headline doesn't make a difference.  36:00 Chuck talks about feeling stuck and dealing with being rear-ended and car insurance issues. Chuck also fixes an RSS feed on the podcast episodes. Chuck mentions finding a bug with Android.   40:00 Chuck talks about setting up websites for the dev summits for customers. Lots to do and no sleep.    41:00 Chuck talks about going to Microsoft Connect next week and possibly getting ahead on episodes for JavaScript Jabber and the others on his network. Chuck talks about having a rough time with car issues at home.  46:00 Josh suggests setting up things to help reduce all the tasks on his plate at the moment. Josh mentions he learned that Thrive cart will not work for them at Simple Programmer. Josh says they are moving to WooCommerce so they can have their own sales page. Also, it works with WordPress.  Thoughts of the Week!  Josh - Challenging assumptions… Chuck - Sometimes the train goes off the tracks   

0:15 We’re live! Chuck talks about his old MacBook Pro dying, and replacing it with a new version. Josh talks about the selling price of old MacBooks. Chuck mentions that his MacBook was unrepairable, because of missing parts. 4:50 Chuck talk about having a bad week and being rear-ended, the internet went out, and a disconnecting Windows machine. Chuck mentions having trouble with the Air pods. John say you can fix magic. 8:15 Chuck mentions having a getting away with his wife over the weekend. Chuck talks about his plan for hiring someone to take care of managing the sponsorship tasks. 11:30 Josh and John talk about the weekly reports from Rodrigo. Chuck says this is the reason he fired Gerald. Because he was not providing feedback on the job he does. 13:00 Chuck mentions that his new sponsorship system called Podwrench. Chuck talks about the past work with Mandy. The EntreProgrammers talks about working yourself out of a job and automation. 15:00 Chuck continues to talks about raising the bar on the sponsorship service since the system is built. John talks about doing with video shoot with SkillSoft. John talks about having to do hair and makeup for the video shoot for SkillSoft. 19:00 John talks about possibly being apart of the soft skills meet up or program/event. John says this will be exactly like fights club. John talks about being hit on by guys in SF. 22:00 Josh and John talk about getting the Kindle Daily Deal. Josh explains the catch on of sales promotion tactics. Josh talks about the sales this program generated. John and Josh talk about the reach Amazon has with this program. 30:00 John talks about selling the book in other marketplaces besides KDP. Josh talks the possible ways to do promotions with KDP. Josh talks about the price change of the book since last week. 37:00 John and Josh talk about selling a printed book in a different format to make more sales. Josh talks about working with Interview Cake and Parker. 43:00 Josh talks about a marketing strategy to gain names or a list for driving sells to a product. Josh talks out sending out emails, an expecting to get unsubscribes. Josh is talking about building a pinko machine of sales offers. 50:00 Josh talks about the active subscribers on their list, and the customer lifetime value. Josh talks about doing a fire sale to a country with low income. Josh asked for a feature in Drip from Rob. Josh talks about the individual worth of subscribers in different countries. 57:00 Josh talks about trying to find a workaround for working with time zones. Chuck ask about Micro Conf.   Thoughts for the Week! John - Once you see it is possible, you can do it. Josh - Consistency trumps intensity Chuck - Suck it up an do it.

Episode 191 “Your Kinda Like A Pimp” 0:15 We’re Live! Chuck give an introduction to the podcast directory for DevChat TV. Chuck talks about how the directory works for sponsorship slot purchases.  Chuck talks about talking to people at Libsyn about the directory.  3:50 Chuck talks about the inner workings of the directory and things that need to be fixed or refined. Chuck talks about speaking with React Native Radio to get a set schedule. Also, some talk about the new workflow for the whole podcast production process.  8:00 Chuck talks about selling service to use this service for a monthly fee. Chuck talks about the fees and costs to run the new service.  John mentions to not expanded this out until it is running great for his podcast production.  13:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about the process of sponsors for the top 10 shows. Chuck talks about giving credit to the loss of traffic to sponsors. Josh suggests this can go to used space or sponsor slots. John talks about automating the system in the future.  20:00 Chuck talks about how this project with bringing back former sponsors and get some firm commits to the new system.  25:00 Josh critiques Chuck ad copy. Josh mentions he like that story but says that he was teaching to much. Josh talks about maybe doing some affiliate marketing.  Josh mentions testing about doing launches.  29:00 Josh gives some details on warming up the audience and getting backing to sales. John talks about doing some live video recordings as a kind of marketing strategy. Also, build some new courses and build up membership.  33:00 John talks about doing “shirts off” video broadcast. John says this is a huge lift on the viewership on YouTube.  John talks about the watch time and the traffic to the live videos once they are posted.  38:00 John show his new t-shirt “Video Begins at 0:00,” which is available in the Simple Programmer store 41:00 John talks about calling out people base on their Intent, rather than some sort of ignorance. John and Josh talk about the topic of Corn Pops, and the issues this raises when people take this in the wrong context.  48:00 John talks about getting some mouth hardware, didn’t even notice. John talks about using Invisalign. Josh, talks about the rising cost of healthcare.  53:00 John and Josh talk about Healthcare and the non-sense high cost of useless coverage. Josh talks about how private insurance works which does not fully compile with Obamacare.  Look up private insurance for the self-employed.  59:00 Josh explains how the penalty works for the self-employed, and how the government collects that fine. John explains that health insurance is a kind of hedge. Chuck talks about his health care situation, especially being diabetic.  1:05:00 John and Chuck talk about pulling together an association to get health care across state lines.  John talks about the level of income of those at 100k to the millions, have no troubles with paying health care. But those at least making 100k can barely handle the hits of the rising costs.  Thoughts for the Weeks John - Out earn it!  Chuck - Put it in my control!   Josh - There are no limits to the number of doors.

0:15  We’re live! Let take our shirts up and talk about X. John talks about his recent shit storm rant on YouTube. John mention some had told him about starting a Twich channel. John says he likes doing the live videos and he gets great audience interaction with live video.  5:00 John talks about doing a live show called “Let Take Our Shirts Off and Talk About…” The Ted talks about Simple Programmer.  6:30  Josh mentions catching up on sleep after a trip to Wisconsin, for a Perry Marshall Round Table meeting.  Josh talks about the ins and outs of building the membership program for their products. Josh talks about the direction their product or programs are about, after analyzing the marketing and platform.  11:45 Josh talk about defining what this membership off is about before launching it. John and Josh talk about how this would be a different kind of launch. 15:50 Chuck mentions that Thrive Cart is still in beta and only by invitation. Josh talk about the 900 amazon bill and bring that bill down. John talks about the membership course and products. Josh talks about setting up some email redirects.  19:00 John talks about recording 40 chapters of his audiobook, and 20 chapters to go. John talks about the crude language and titles of his YouTube videos, and how they don’t something serve the buttoned-up business corporations.  22:00 Chuck talks about the numbers of attendees of the Ruby Dev Summit and Angular Dev Summit. But some were paid passes and free passes to the conferences.  25:00 Chuck talks about some of the topics like machine learning and how nothing has really changed in Ruby, but on other platforms have constant change  27:00 John talks about finding an audience with those who were unpaid attendees to the recent conferences. Chuck talks about updating the websites and sites for the conferences.  31:00 Josh says that these different elements of the conferences help build Chuck’s podcast empire. The EntreProgrammers suggest the many ideas to help Chuck with making a profit on the conference tickets. Chuck talks about the pricing model for the conferences.  42:00 The EntreProgrammers talks about the various ways to make money from conferences paid or fee. John lists off several ways to create revenue streams from these annual conferences.  45:00 Chuck talks about the speakers doing talks for free and ways compensate them. John talks about the doing affiliate links and paying a percentage of the ticket sales.  55:00 Chuck talks about setting up the conferences as a kind of lead magnet for emails or product sales. Josh talks about talks with a person whose was not ready to become an e-commerce store. John says e-commerce is very different.  1:00:00 Chuck says that everyone he has talked to says he needs to get the sponsorship stuff down. John again talks about spinning up more podcasts and podcast audience. More podcasts views, listeners, downloads, equals more money for sponsorships.    Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Take a break when you need one. John - Show up consistently to not fear failure  Josh -  Getting away, getting clear      

0:15  We’re live!  We are here, and we need a fourth. John mentions causing a shit storm on the internet.  John talks about saying something about comments on his videos, based on the opinion of when relevant content starts in his video. 7:00 John talks about starting a live stream to talk about the issues people had about the comment. And he as able to reverse the negativity and downvotes.  10:00 John mentions he started a cult in support of “video starts at video 0:00." The EntreProgrammers talk about the craziness people get into without knowing the whole story.  13:45 John talks about a book called  For New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto. John talks about how this book will make you libertarian.    16:00 John talks about cut the ads or turning off monetization on his YouTube videos. Because it stunts the growth of the subscribers. John and Josh explore other avenues to accelerate the growth. Josh suggest testing and turning off the ads.    23:00 Chuck talk about how he is almost done with the app to handle the sponsorship for the podcast. Chuck talks about the different kinds of ideas for signing up for sponsor slots on the podcasts.    25:00 Chuck talks about maybe creating a way to look at available slots for sponsorship without an account. Then if they want to purchase a time slot, then they will need to set up an account.    27:00 Chuck talks about overhauling the Dev Chat TV site in the future. John and Josh suggest not to do the overhaul until his app is in place and working.    31:00 John talks about creating an immediate income stream by doing affiliate or commission. John talks about the cash flow that will be available once his sponsorship app is in-place.    35:00 John talks about the B to B type business, and add more podcasts to his network. John continues to talk about the goldmine scenario, but you have to hit the mother load first before you move on to the next hill. Also, some talks about multiplying the podcast shows.    45:00 Chuck talks about keeping his list warm, with affiliate stuff or newsletters. John, again, suggests creating and promoting a new podcast show.    50:00 John talks about the permission market approach that Seth Godin and Grant Cardone implement. Chuck says he done not know how people have the time to do stuff like this. John says that despite the shit storm, he got tons of engagement.    56:00 John gives a rundown of his new camera and mic equipment.    Thoughts for the Weeks   John - Stand your ground.   Josh - Focus too!      Chuck  - Focus 

0:15 We’re Live. John mentions that he was in Las Vegas during the shooting last week. John talks about the chaos in Las Vegas and the many different quick decisions he had to make. 6:00 EntreProgrammers talk about the past visits to Las Vegas, and John continues to talk about the coaching he was trying to do, and being hit on at the lounges. 10:00 John talks about how great the Thrive conference was in Las Vegas. John talks about meeting and seeing people like Grant Cardone, Ty Lopez and much more. Chuck talks about going to Las Vegas next year for a conference. 14:00 Chuck talks about recently hiring and firing a project manager, and another. Chuck talks about hiring a person to handle the sponsorship information. 17:00 Chuck talks about speaking with an open source developer/entrepreneur. Chuck talk about his encounter with syndicated ads. Chuck talks about having a miscommunication with a sponsor trying to find an ad. 21:00 Chuck continues with finding a renewed spark for doing the ad reads and being more animated in the podcast shows, also his new plan for managing sponsorships. 25:00 Josh suggests the kinds of information sponsors are looking for in a sponsorship, like transparency and analytics. Chuck talks about the type of analytic tool he needs to provide information back to his sponsors. Chuck says he keeps getting sponsor asking for certain criteria for sponsorship. 30:00 Chuck talks about creating the tools he needs for the sponsors. Chuck also talks about conflicts with sponsors advertising the similar services or products.  Chuck told a sponsor that if they want to be exclusive, they have to buy it out the sponsor slots. 35:00 Chuck talks about this build idea that is very unique and could be your bread and butter for a long time. 40:00 Chuck talk about searching for tool and coding. Chuck says he might end up building a system similar to what. Derrick’s  Signal Leaf did when it was up an running. 45:00 Josh talk about working on a project with he is working for promoting John on Plural Sight. Also, work on some email list projects and marketing. John thinks they can make some money off this project on Plural Sight. 49:00 Chuck mentions Ruby Dev. Summit at  rubydevsummit.com Thoughts of the Week Chuck - If you not happy with what you are getting, change what you are doing.,. John - Until you see what is possible, everything is impossible Josh - Have a plan..

0:15 We’re Live!  Josh turned 37 this past week. Josh says he is so mad at some idiot. Josh talks about getting a message from John about an issue with he book on Kindle.  Josh talks about what he thinks happen for this book to be taken down.  8:00 Josh mentions the book was losing ranking because sales were lost. Josh talks about issues when getting John’s book republished. Josh they may have to do another promotion to gain the ranking back.  11:00 Josh says this book is not their business, so it difficult not to have the power to do what the need at any time. Josh talks about how royalties are set within Amazon book sales. Josh talks about his thought about selling books on Amazon.  18:00 Josh talks about liking Thrive Cart . Josh and Chuck talk about the types of carts they currently use. Josh talks about the current Simple Programmer shopping cart, and all the features available to make sales.  24:00 Josh goes into some market strategy and tools he uses from day to day. Chuck ask about payment on Thrive Cart. Chuck talks about how he uses MemberPress.  31:00 Chuck talks about getting his water main fixed. Chuck talks about reading Profit First. Chuck talks about the way Profit First tells you to divide your money into different accounts.  37:00 Josh talks who Simple Programmer handles the accounting. Chuck talks about how Profit First talks about cutting expenses. Chuck goes back to how he fires people… Chuck talks about the current plans for cutting expenses.  49:00 Chuck talks about moving to Pipedrive CRM and Sale management, but still, needs some functions that BlueTick offers.  53:00 Josh recommends hunter.io as a free tool for searching and check valid emails. Chuck wants to us this for find prospects.  59:00 Chuck says he is thinking about taking out the bronze package for sponsorships. Chuck talks about backlog episodes.  Josh talks about how Podcast vs Radio are paid in sponsors.  1:05:00 Chuck talks about the impression vs. volume of episodes. Josh climes in with how CPMs work for sponsorships. Chuck says he should talk to Derick about the podcast hosting and adding other features like sponsor clips.  1:15:00 Chuck admits that John was right about how Chuck was running his business awhile back. Thoughts for the Week!  Chuck - You cant keep doing the same thing, expecting something different to happen. Josh - Every system is perfectly designed to produce the results that it is producing.                                                                   

0:15 We’re Live. John is back and exhaust from all the traveling. John mentions that he did not miss a workout during the whole trip. John says he did gain about 20lbs, but has force himself to get through the grind. John describes how people get into depression or gain momentum into positivity.  8:00 Chuck compares he recents trails to what Johns was just talking about. Chuck also talks about the book You Are The Placebo. Chuck says looking over the abyss and considering the walk back is freaking hard.  11:00 John says you might as well try to charge up the hill, and build a new city. Chuck compares his finances  to last year, and is looking for a way forward, rather it is in finances or podcast production. Chuck says this is about just breaking even and moving forward.  15:00 Josh suggests looking into the profitability. John talks about the same ideas relayed in the current book Chuck has been reading, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind… and others. John talks about how the little league is these to beat you up to get to the big leagues.  22:00 Johns says the struggle is figuring out all the wrong ways of doing things, but leads to the well oiled machine that works every time. Josh says this maybe cheaper in the long run and less headaches.  25:00 Chuck talks about the new project manager he hired and the new processes to help all the different events and weekly tasks from week to week. Chuck talks about maybe moving things to Jira as he starts building new processes.  29:00 Chuck talks about his new project manager, where he is from, and his new tasks. Josh mentions that they may want to hire a project manager to handle task in Simple Programmer. But John talks about the different situations where it could work.  33:00 John says this position may be a intern type job, and grow it into a position with a bigger capacity, but, possibly someone with an entrepreneurial mindset. John says if something like this was available in his mid twenties, he would have certainly done it. This would have help gain traction into entrepreneurship.  37:00 John talks about interviewing James Damore, and the different things that happen with  this tech firing situation. John talks about historical events that led to huge changes we see in situations like James Damore’s.  45:00 The EntreProgarmmers give their thoughts on companies having the right to fire as they see fit. The EntreProgrammers speak on topics about  discriminations such as race and levels of intelligence from race to race. John compares this ideas to the breeding of dogs… and thing humans have done in the past. 57:00 The EntreProgrammers ask questions like, What makes a good coder? Male or Female? Do some people have advantages or do we need to just work harder to get somewhere if life?  Thoughts of the Week John - Fight from a position of strength  Charles - What are you going to do?  Josh -  Someone in business always has the upper hand.. It’s your job to be that person.

0:15 We're live.  Just Chuck and Josh. Josh talks about a Chrome bug that is not letting him use his good mic. Also, some tech tech about Josh’s new screen. Chuck says it is rain and he is not going to fix this leaking pipe. 2:30  Chuck says he was doing Angular Dev Summit all week, and gain some 700 emails for his list. Chuck say it was a good summit ad great talks. Chuck mentions that he is home alone with he kiddos.  5:00 Chuck talks about working with Fulcrum an automation tool.  Chuck mentions that he has a new process with his podcast production. Chuck is also working on the renewals of sponsorships.  8:00 Chuck says he is finally releasing the episode before the show notes are done, then he can catch up with the show notes later. Josh talks about maybe using  a place holder for the show notes. Chuck talks about the downward spiral with a  show note writer.  10:00 Josh ask about the Angular Dev Summit, and some general attendee questions. Chuck talks about sending a email out about the summit to those who did not show up. Chuck says he want to find some to do this leg work for coordinating the summits and conferences.  15:00 Josh ask about how the “Free Model” work this time around. Chuck says the emails he gain were worth the whole event. This is a 5% bump for Chuck’s list. Josh asks about the popularity of Angular to React. Chuck explains the difference  17:00 Josh and Chuck talk about the Angular JS, and how React is growing. Chuck says he does not have a React show on yet.  But he is working on it. Chuck talks about the mainstream support of the different programming languages.  20:00 Chuck talks about the banner issue that was not happening with the sponsors. Josh mentions hat John is flying home now.  23:00 Josh talks about the revenue and reach of the sponsorship. Josh talks about finding the qualified leads and get the customer value. Josh talks about the $6 a click. Josh talks about how is learning and reinventing the wheel for the sponsorships and sales. Josh thinks that they need to out source sponsorship sales. Maybe a 15 -20% commission.  28:00 Josh thinks this is outside of his niche to do the sponsorship sales. Chuck talks about the sales process from his point of view. Josh thinks that his would be a full time job for him, but he might have better use for his time.  30:00 Chuck talks about what a new show means for the revenue of sponsorships. Chuck and Josh talks about all the task for doing sales call and working with the CRM.  37:00 Chuck says he wants to build his own CRM. Josh and Chuck about their biggest problems with a CRMs. Josh says he want to mash a CRM with Trello.   39:00 Josh says he is looking for someone who does media sales. Josh talks about doing some experimentation with LinkedIn Ads. But they’re expensive. Josh talks about the campaign he did, and who he targeted.  42:00 Josh talks about how  LinkedIn ads work. Josh says the is probably how he was find someone to help them. Chuck says he would give an introduction to someone who does marketing for podcasts.  44:00 Josh talks about a new licensing program they’re apart of for the new book and podcasts. Next this is working on the audio book.  47:00 Chuck says he like listening to audio. Josh says he does both kindle and audio. Chuck and Josh discuss the next process of the show notes on the podcasts.  Thoughts of the Week! Chuck - Creating the process and trusting the process.  Josh - It talks some time in marketing…  

0:15  We’re Live! Just Josh and Chuck today. Josh is calling in form a rotary phone. Chuck mentions he had to write show notes. Chuck is firing again. Chuck talks about a high utility bill and trying to find out why? Leaking pipes! Murphy lives here.  7:00 Chuck mentions getting a new sponsor and getting some help to fund the month till sponsors pay.  10:00 Chuck says he is going to hire 4 writers to be responsible for the show’s notes. Also Chuck is working to keep production ahead so the production line has some buffer.  Chuck and Josh talks about evergreen content and how podcasting and publishing works to help traffic.  18:00 Josh mentions that Chuck could recycle some shows to buy some time to till production catches up. Chuck talks about planning ahead with the other podcast hosts to replace topics.  20:00 Josh talks what the process is on producing the show notes for one episode. Josh asks is the writers need to know code to write the notes. Chuck says no, that is no needed.  23:00 Josh suggests hiring 10 people to write the notes from UpWork. Chuck talks about getting off of Slack and switching to MatterMost for podcast production.  28:00 Chuck says that his podcast production broken and his house broke, but Angular Dev Summit is working out just fine. Josh says this production line needs to be a Zero Tolerance policy.  32:00 Josh talks about working at a new paper and making sure that things get done. Josh says this maybe because they are doing this on a budget, is the big reason things fall apart.  33:00 Josh talks about Hub Spot and the free CRM. Josh describes his issues with loading data into these kinds of tools, and trying to build tasks. Josh talks about the G Mail plugin in Hub Spot.  38:00 Josh talks about he issues with his email tools. Chuck talks about the kind of features he needs to these CRM tools.  40:00 Josh says he is struggling with the outreach, and these tools need to be configurable to cater to their needs. Josh talks about doing Cold Out Reach and Warm Follow up, using these tools.  45:00 More talk on how similar CRMs are, and the one or two small differences. Josh talks about finally setting up their membership site. Josh talks about flipping the switch and making the site go live, but with a test first.  50:00 Josh talks about how the title on the membership site was broken due to the title. Josh talks about how he was not impress by Digital Access Pass.  56:00 Chuck says he was to take a look into this, because he wants to do something similar. Josh says he has not hear from John. He should be back this coming week. More talk on CRM features.  1:02:00 Josh and Chuck mentioned scripting or writing a bit of code, or learning new things.    Thoughts for the Week  Chuck - Don’t go to victim-land.  Josh - Taking the time to figure out the steps. 

Episode 183  "I Don't Owe You S&%$” 0:15 It appears that we’re live.. John in Tuscany…somewhere. John says is no AC at the gym. And some talk on about superstitions on opening windows.  5:00 Chuck talks about maybe visiting Italy one day. John talks about the outdoor activity and site seeing. John talks about practicing his Italian, because less people speak Italian.  8:00 Chuck talks about going to Las Vegas with his father in-law. Chuck one the a conference and made some connections and possibly landing guess for future podcast episodes. Also, possible gaining some sponsorship. Overall a good experience for Chuck. So Chuck worked on Conferences, Podcasts, and Sponsorship.  12:00 Chuck says he might want to replace Baba again… Bells ringing. Chuck and Josh take about setup a system. John suggest some testing out a popular episode.  17:00 Chuck talks about the next steps for the publishing for the episodes. Josh suggest adding a subscribe link or button.  21:00 Chuck talks abut opposition for putting out content among podcasters or bloggers. It happens, and it is normal.  Chuck ask about who is answering John’s email. Josh says he wants to have some one in a personal assistant role.  25:00 John say he want to revamp his email, or get a personal assistant who know everything about his email. John talks about email and assistants. John talks about the Art of Computer Science guy, who does not have email. John says email is a difficult problem and no one has solved them yet..  31:00 John says he got an electronic voicemail from the IRS. But he said the word “kindly” gave them away. John talks about dealing with the IRS.  36:00 EntreProgrammers talk about auto pay and mail service. Josh ask Chuck how he is tracking sponsorship out reach.  42:00 Chuck say he need more out of Blue Tick. Josh talks about looking into Salesforce, and they figure out a plan for you. Josh talks about how emails are harvested.  47:00 John talks about screen scraping.. John asks Josh what has been going on at simple programmer. Josh talks about Ads.  55:00 Josh says sales have plummeted, it may just be because it is the end of August. Josh talks about getting a membership site finally. Josh continues to talk about what he was up to at Simple Programmer.  Thoughts for the Week  John - Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems  Chuck - Make a plan and follow it Josh - Practice ….virtue 

0:15 Josh mentions that he finally got his new monitor. Some talk on monitors and tech. John says on a wimp, he sign up to run a half marathon. Wow. Rome by night. John talks about all the regulations before he can participate in the run.  John talks about he EKG test and the doctor's remarks.  8:00 Chuck talks but a new sponsor coming soon. Big news, and Chuck talks about how the routine follow ups worked. Persistence. Chuck talks about reading the Secrets of the Millionaire Mind again, and a few others that gave Chuck a paradigm shift.  12:00 John talks about being internally ready to receive. John says he like Joe Dispenza. Chuck talks about how most people are only set up for being comfortable. John talks about quantum physics and how thoughts work as far as shaping your own reality.  17:00 John ask if you know a successful person who is a pessimist. Chuck talks about a friend who has the means to continually be successfully because that is just who he is as a person. Chuck talks about manifesting other event and thing in his current situation.  23:00 Chuck says there is a power in the things that we want to do and we can make it happen for ourselves. John says that it is all in the mind set. Josh ask Chuck how many time he follows up with people. Chuck talks about his messaging and the opportunities he looks for to break the ice.  31:00 John says his sends everyone to Josh when people are looking for sponsoring. John talks about some of these prospects can be good for the company.  35:00 Johns mention that he is helping guys videos on plural sight, by sending traffic to it videos. The Entreprogrammers talk about helping courses and video with sending traffic to the area. John talks about visiting the Sistine Chapel.  43:00 Josh again, talks about dealing with the workman’s compensation stuff. John talks about how to fix the situation. John talks about running a business and have certain kinds of insurance.  50:00 Chuck talks about making changes, gaining traffic, and redesigning the website. John talks about some details to looking into. Chuck says he wants to grow the podcast audience.  John talks about text to join features to gain an audience.  Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Getting up early John -  Be willing to go further Josh - Don’t try to hack this on your own.

0:15 Technical issues with video and sound. John talks about a scam with trying to buy a sim card and getting internet access.  5:00 Chuck talks about his experience with data and cell phones in Italy some 20 years ago. Chuck says get away form the airports. John and Chuck talks about their experiences in Italy. John talks about trying to find a gym.  John also talks about making the effort to speaking Italian only.  10:00 John talks about wanting to hire to tutor for speaking Italian. Chuck talks about his crash course with Italian. John mentions their travel plans until the 17th of September. Chuck talks about the time he staying Italy and everything he explored.  15:00 John mentions liking the cornettos. John ask what he has to try while he is in Italy. Chuck says to ask he locals. More talk about the similarities today with European culture and American culture.  21:00 John and Josh talks about who is in charge at Simple Programmer. Josh talks about his recent family adventure to The Great Wolfs Lodge. Josh further describes his adventure with his kids.  30:00 John and Josh talk about how they hate  to responding to loads of emails after vacation. John says some opportunities and more emails with Blue Host and such.  32:00 Chuck talks about his getaway to get some work done and relax. Now Chuck has been planing and doing the 12 week year. Chuck says he is going to have to miss the podcast movement.  35:00 Chuck talks about this sponsorship workflow with Asana, but he may need to change how that is setup. Chuck says he is getting sponsors, but that can't pay until a month away.  41:00 Johns makes some suggestions and help Chuck think about things to think about. John talks about ways Chuck can line up new sponsors.   45:00 Chuck talks about planning to going to the Build conference. Josh ask what Chuck’s plan is for the 12 week year.  Chuck explains some steps and strategy for the next 12 years.  49:00 Chuck talks about his plans for the sponsorship on some of his podcasts. Chuck has need talking to Wes Boss and Dave Thomas.  51:00 Chuck asks how to get hooked up with Plural Sight as a sponsor. John says he might be able to do an intro email for Chuck.  John and Josh talks about the sponsors or affiliates that have been working for them.  55:00 John talks about interview Cake. Josh again talks about how helpful PluralSight will be as an affiliate for Chuck.  1:01:00 Chuck talks about what he did after his short getaway, from small steps and following the plan. Entreprogrammers talks about which numbers to care about.  1:05:00 EntreProgrammers talk about testing an debugging and thinking they are going to use the data. Josh talks about the wrap up of the book launch and what is next. Plural Sight and sponsorships.   Thoughts for the Week John - If someone is not a challenge…  Josh - You have to take risk… Chuck - You inner world creates your outer world. 

0:15 We’re Live! Guess where John is at? John talks about his experience with fondue in Switzerland.  Did they dye this lake…Lake Geneva.  3:00 Chuck talks about finding a getaway. EntreProgrammers talk about stupidity in everything. John talks about forming a secret society and such. Secret society of Anti fill-in the blank.  8:30  Derick congratulate Chuck on being like Jerry Springer. John say that Europe is a bunch of rule following pricks. Derick raises a questions about why rules are in place anywhere. John talks about rule following.  12:00 John talks about how people are running on a program and the stupidity is funny. People are living life base on a social type of program.  14:00 Derick talks about starting work with a client. Derick talks about his contract job as an architect, or a non-coding architect. Derick says he is impress with the people he is working with from all over the world. Derick said with job with run for a good while and will pay the bills.  18:00 Derick talks about getting a second client who has prepaid for work. Also, was approach by  a popular fruit company that has budgeted money for him to do some Docker videos for training.  John says that the podcast he did with Chuck has landed him this gig.  Derick says he needs some time to get the class off the ground.  24:00 Josh ask if these videos/classes/training with be exclusive to the company or will it be open.  Derick is excited for the brand new class and brand new client work.  29:00 Derick talks about saying no to the latest and greatest technology. Derick talks his excitement for new computers.  32:00 Chuck talks about freaking out, and making ends meet. John says to stop trying to control the situation. We can only control our actions. John says he has try to eliminate things he did not want to happen, but it never worked.  38:00 John talks about running on the auto-pilot program and retraining or reprogram. Johns say he has to shift thinking and change the self talk. Chuck talks about trying to figure out how to overcome the cycle of freaking out.  41:00 Josh talks about journaling and embracing what is going on in your head, and get it out. John talks a book called Your Erroneous Zones. John reads some paradigm shifting quotes.  49:00 Derick talks about doubling the medication, and finally feeling like himself. Chuck talks about feeling guilt taking time off. John makes some suggestion about when and how to take a break. Derick makes a suggestion of trading time off with the wife.  1:02:00 John makes another book suggestion called The way of the Superior Man. Thoughts for the Week Derick - listen to other people…  Chuck - Lay down, have a plan..  Josh - No Thoughts.. 

Episode 179 “Starting to Sound Like a Country Song…” 0:15  We're Live! Just Chuck and Josh today.  EntreProgrammers talks about  fireworks, 4th of July,  and state holidays.  Where do we buy legal fireworks? Chuck is at a coffee shop and talks about his week paying bills. Dead AC issues.  5:00 Chuck talks about all the problems happening around him. Tons of personal issues and some business issues. Funny thing , Chuck says he is not discouraged. Chuck talks about his deal with MicroSoft sponsorship. Chuck wants to be an approved vendor as some point.  9:30  Chuck talks about letting go of one of his contractors. Chuck talks about specific need of sponsors who are looking to target geographically. Chuck talks about having to figure out the conferences and sales to gain some revenue.  15:00 Derick enters with a suggestion about upgrades to those who bought ticket to some of these conferences. Derick mentions ways to do up-sales. Chuck continues with talk about the all access pass. 20:00 Josh ask Chuck what his plan is to not get back in to this position. Chuck talks about getting a plan together and implementing ideas from the book Profit First. Chuck talks about how Profit First works.  26:00 Josh talks about the Salary process John and himself do each month. Chuck talks about reading Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. Chuck talks about talking with his bookkeeper and cutting back on some useless services.  32:00 Derick talks about his interesting week… Short version: A phone call with a guy from Canada… Derick mentions getting a contract for 30 hours a week and wondering how to get all the working done. When a few hours ago he did not know how to pay the bills.  37:00 Derick, again talks about getting a prepay on a Rabbit MQ  contract as well. Derick says he sees the light at the end of the tunnel for his recent financial fall back.  40:00 Derick talk about the health care contractor is use to do work for, and some of the issues he had encountered. Chuck says he is glad that things are looking up for Derick.  46:00 Derick talks about his Tweet last week, and nothing happen. But all of a sudden has turn around this week. Chuck say he may have to pick up some contract work.  48:00 Derick talks about upping his medication dosage after talking to his doctor. But he is feeling a bit sick stomach wise..  Derick says things are looking better altogether. 51:00 Derick mentions that Watch Me Code is going on the back burner for now, and he does not want bother with it for now.  Derick says he is talking about this to help others not for a pat on the back.  52:00 Josh says he is going crazy with Simple Programmer, because John has been offline for the past few days. Josh talks about telling everyone when to do so far. Josh talks about way to implement Workman or Workers Compensation.  54:00 Derick says that Josh needs to looking into talking to a lawyer for workman’s comp. Josh talks about try to get answers…  57:00 Derick pokes fun at John’s story telling.. Josh talks about is dealing with a shopping cart feature or program. Josh talks about maybe using Member Press..  Derick gives some suggestions on the streaming on other features.    Thoughts of the Week Derick - Careful what you wish for Chuck -  It ain’t over till its over  Josh -  If someone does a good job, let them know.  

0:15 Chuck says he could try to convince John to fire himself from Simple Programmer. Chuck says he is tried of writing show notes. Chuck has been trying to catch up. John pops in! Chuck gives an more detailed update on his podcasts situations. Chuck lays down the rules on his podcast production.  5:00 Josh gives some feedback on the workflows that Chuck has recently implemented. Things are looking better. Chuck say he does not have to have these people like him. Josh say they will like you if you are super clear with them and there is a lot of communication.  10:00 Derick talks about how is doing better, still working on feeling 100 percent. Better talks about his recent publishing deal for his courses. Derick talks about getting work doing consulting and contract work.  13:00 Derick talks about a new contracting work doing development. Derick mentions talking to people to about getting client work. Progress is being made.  19:00 Derick talks about when he will be getting the first payment for the new publishing deal. Derick says he is their first screencaster for Manning. Josh asks if he is able to implement a kind of lead magnet. Derick say he is able to do so, and he make no mention on behalf of Manning.  23:00 John says they sold over 10K book within the first few days, and out sold some big names whom launch at the same time. John also mention selling 173 in the printed copy sales. John talks about all the logicist with the book sales. John mention getting in contact with a known book agent.  28:00 John talks about how the book can up the overall revenue of Simple Programmer. Josh mention the Look Inside feature and gaining subscribers. Josh says this is the #2 source of subscribers. John talks about kill it, even while launch along people like Ryan Holiday.  32:00 John talks about the perks on using his own Amazon affiliate link. John continues with his plan and out reach with the newly launched book. Josh and Chuck talks about troubles with working with book publishers.  41:00 Josh talks about the dark sides of success. Josh talks about the account rep from Drip, and being notified about spam. Josh goes into questing Drip about pruning  their list, or deleting half of their business. Josh talks about how they discovered a person who may be seeding their list.  47:00 Josh talks about the bonus material that is apart of the book. Josh talk about using a new tool call Price Cart.  51:00 Josh talks about needing Derick’s help with setting up a membership site. Derick says there is a number ways to accomplish a membership site. Derick talks about Member Press  and Content Pro.  John says this will solve a lot of problem they have.  55:00 John says with will solve their issues with streaming HD video. John says he is Sweden. John says the best thing he found a his favor ice cream.  1:00:00 John and Josh talks about doing a short notice meet up.  Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Commitment  Derick - Don’t wait for it work for it  John - Sleep is really important  Josh - Check your thyroid, get blood work done

0:15 Chuck wants to shake some people. Chuck talks about his podcast  show notes backup. Josh ask about what the back up might be. Chuck talks about his frustrations with episodes not be released on time.  4:00 Josh stay to him, Chuck need to hire new writers. John talks about asking why things were not getting done. John says he needs to set a deadline, and expectation. John, also mentions that he need to tell new hires that “They Never Miss A Deadline”  9:00 Chuck talks about he is going to handle the situation, with getting the podcasts back on regular schedule.  Josh says this may mean that he hires new people. John says that “The New Paper goes out everyday!” 12:00 Chuck mentions that he had  to abandoned transcripts for now. Chuck say he is also probably going to put a hold on Shandi, as Gerald has stepped up in the production of the shows. Josh talk about how Chuck keeps getting a surprises with the the show notes writers.  16:00 Josh talks about a possible bot that deletes anything by Simple Programmer on Hacker News. John ask for some help form listeners to post a link on Hacker News.  20:00 John talks about his book status on Amazon.  John talks about how his book is surrounded by chesty men book covers on Amazon.  23:00 John goes by and talks about he marketed his book to Hacker News, for a news spot. But he has not heard anything. John says hew found an Entrepreneurial Cock Blocker.  28:00 Josh talks about the recent amazon link submission to hacker news by a listener. Josh thinks they are more sophisticated then the NSA.  31:00 John talks about his book sales numbers, and getting screw on the KDP selection. Chuck says it is awesome to be one of the top 25. Josh says some people do not know how to use Amazon, especially those in other countries try to buy on US amazon sites.  35:00 Josh talks about the issues the Kindle Select. John talks about this particular person who is a complex code teacher, but he was have trouble with buying the new 99 cent book off of amazon.  40:00 John talks about how he was not concern about the 99 cent price. Because it will sell over a million dollars over the next 10 years.  Also with some interest for place in China. John gives an update on the link post to hack news, and talks about up voting it  live.  45:00 John does some horn tutting about hitting a new top selling book about software developing. John talks about Ryan Holiday book launch on the same day.  50:00 John says to avoid Create Space if you are doing a launch. There're good but not for a big launch. John continues to talk about the logistics of the book launch.  52:00 Chuck says a lot of his work is paying off, and cashflow is starting to look better. Also, out reach is looking better, as he is talking to Microsoft and getting invoices paid.  56:00 Josh ask his anyone know  the hot submission page and how it works. John talks about things he could have done better for the book launch.    Thoughts for the Week John - Blast through the finish line with your spaceship. Josh -   Ready for anything. Chuck - Trust the Process.  

0:15 We’re are live! When there are 5 it is really 4. Derick is back! WooHoo! Derick says he was sleeping the whole time. In the good news, Derick mentions getting a distribution deal with Manning Books. Manning Books is picking ups some of Derick’s screencasts for distribution. Derick also has built some new video animation material for branding.  3:00 In the downer news, Derick says that his business had been tanking.Derick openly talks about is depression and therapy visits. Derick talks about how his wife helped him by calling their family doctor.  6:30 Derick talks about his medication, home life and other important events that push him to get help. Derick describes his mental battle and things he had to do to take care of himself.  10:00 Derick talks about how he has been working on things for Manning Books, and making financial changes to get  of top of things.  13:00 John talks about his concern for Dericks health and business. John suggests reading Tony Robbin’s Awaken The Giant Within. John talks about his encounter with anxiety and some depression. John also suggest reading anything by Dr. Wayne Dryer.  18:30 Derick says he is not a fan of medication, but is was something that help him. Derick says he most likely will not need to be on medication. Derick says he wants to talk about this on the show because depression is serious. Derick says that depression is a lair. Derick suggests  to anyone out there to find that help they need if they’re battling depression.  24:00 John talks about the roller coaster each member of the group has been on. John talks more about the getting the defense to help yourself. Johns cutting out all the bad stuff and only take in positive stuff.  28:00 Chuck chimes in on his routines, books and is faith to help his current business, and life trials. Chuck says he sees the light at the end of the tunnel. John says you are exactly where you need to be at any moment… John describes his thoughts on encountering the mid-way point. 34:00 Derick talks about the things he was looking forward to, and stopping negatively. Derick talk about getting down low enough with emotions. Derick talks about apathy.  39:00 Derick suggests checking out OSMI.org if they need help with depression. John talks about taking the pressure off. John make a great point about everyone being monkeys in suits, doing things we think that matters…  42:00 John talks about not losing the desire to make things better, and rebuilding.  Derick talks having his wife understand his situation. Derick talks about climbing out of the big “U”. 48:00 Derick talks about how the phase is “I’m Freaking Out Right Now” is a key  to notice his situation. John suggests pick something that is out of context  to break out and have a pattern interrupt.  52:00 John rants about the scientific physical experiences now feels with anxiety. Derick talks about how he diverts anxiety during a talk or presentation. Derick talks how he business is anxiety inducing or looking at the signs and noticing the “burning room.” Derick says “Don't try to pushing yourself during recovery.”  59:00 John suggests to Derick to perhaps maybe get a regular job for awhile to reduce the  anxiety and other taxing situations. Derick mentions that his therapist  suggest the same thing.  1:03:00 Chuck says that he has been feeling similar things as Derick, and his wife ask if she should get another job. John gives some suggestions to Chuck. John suggest giving it 6 months to help getting into cover stuff. Chuck talks about cutting expenses. Josh says he does not see a problem after a couple of months.  1:11:00 John talks about clients paying up front before starting business. John suggests to Chuck to put a time limit on the situation, before changing  his business situation. Josh mentions that he needs to make sure that it is working before handing it off.  1:15:00 John’s book is out!  Thoughts for the Week John - None of this shit matters… take the pressure off.  Josh - Backups and redundancy.  Chuck - Take some time to code… or do what you love.

Episode 175 “Veiny 2.0” 0:15  We're Live! Yay. John talks about a video of a father burning his kids XBox. John talks about reasons why Derick might not be showing up for the master mind call. EntreProgrammers talk about destroying their video games consoles.  2:45  John updates us on his fitness levels and goals, and cracking the diet 2.0. John talks about dropping weigh after cutting all sugar, including fructose and artificial sweeteners. Josh chimes in a what he has notice about John’s calorie intake and what he burns during exercise.  6:00 John talks about a v02 max test, and the off the charts performance. John says his new diet is about  insulin resistance. John talks about possible producing a program on the science of this  diet. 10:00 Chuck mentions that he has lost 12lbs on the Ketogenic diet. Chuck talks about going to a new doctor and getting his meds changed. Josh talks about his fasting. John ask about the medication Chuck is taking.  17:00 John talks about what is happening to your body on the Keto diet, but also taking diabetic medication. Josh talks about his small carb intake right before workouts. Basically, tricking the brain into thinking it is getting carbs.  20:00 John talks about his experiment with his diet, with pre and post intake. John gives Chuck some  suggestions on cutting out artificial sweeteners.  25:00 Josh talks about an on going debate about fitness he had with John. Josh talks about flipping a switch with his diet. Josh talks about the math of a diet and how it works, after his crash diet.  30:00 John talks about how Josh’s diet is causing insulin levels to be low and not spike. John mention reading the Obesity Code .  35:00 Chuck says that everyone’s metabolism is different. Chuck changes the subject to business and talks about his business and cashflow. Chuck talks about setting a KPI or key performance indicator.  40:00 Johns talks about how he want finding out where and how to manually find sponsors. Chuck talks about how his VA, Gerald is helping him out. Chuck talks she using LinkedIn to reach out.  45:00 Chuck talks about doing cold out reaching for sponsors. John talks about wanting to find someone to do out reach for sponsorship.  Chuck shares how he is doing out reach, and shares his Asana broad. 48:00 Josh says he sees a lot of the companies he wants to reach out to as well on Chuck’s task board. Chuck show his sponsorship package.  Chuck talks about his plan and how that sponsorships work for the client. John talks about a re sign up clause for the sponsorship plans.  53:00 Chuck talks about selling a solution, not a product. John talks about ROI with selling sponsorships. Josh mentions then interest levels and getting people to understand when a sponsorship actually works for a client. Chuck says he see away out of it.  1:02:00 Chuck talks about helping  find sponsorship for other people’s shows. John announces a new EntreProgrammers subgroup. John says this could lead to an event or conference as some point.  Thoughts for the Week! Josh - Setting your goals for the week. Chuck - Just stick too it. Make a list of things to quit.  John - All labels are bad.   

0:15 We’re Live! Barely alive… John talks about Josh asking questions about the lighting in John's space. John talks about his new video projects and equipment.  John continues to talk about setting up a new Rode shotgun mic for better audio quality on his videos. Josh talks about considering a hair light.   6:30  John mentions that he spent 2500 on the equipment. Not a bad investment, considering that John does many videos for Simple Programmer. Josh says that John needs to make it to where Alexa controls all the video equipment in the room. 11:00 John mention the surprising video quality on the iPhone.  Chuck asks about the difference in the sound foam  an sound panels. Chuck mentions that he is thinking about doing video at some point in the near future.  13:45 Chuck talks about his podcast processes and how the scheduling is working. Chuck is trying to determine if the podcast transcripts are worth doing. John mentions a few ways to check if people are viewing the transcripts. John also mentions that cost effectiveness of the transcripts.  19:00 John asks Josh if he know of any kinds of metrics to see the effectiveness of the transcripts, and to see if they are beneficial and cost effective.  22:00 Chuck talks about the performance of the new hires for transcripts and show notes. John goes back to the benefits of the transcripts.  Josh takes a peel at the analytics of a podcast on Dev Chat TV. John talks about how to gauge the need for the transcripts.  28:00 John wants to cut off the assholes podcasters who complain about giving information, as John helps provides traffic to their podcasts.  Josh tries to leverage traffic by using Chuck’s list. Josh continues to look into JavaScript Podcast transcript traffic. John think it is not worth doing the transcripts.  33:00 John thinks that dropping the transcripts, to move the other parts of the podcast production faster. And maybe revisit transcripts in the future when revenue is up. John talks about maybe opening the transcripts behind a pay wall.  38:00 Josh help setup an automatic Tweet to help Simple Programmers book launch using Chuck’s reach.  43:00 John shows Chuck the new landing page for Simple Programmer Career Guide. John talks about Smashing Mag. Josh talks about how they would not allow them a subscription.  50:00 Josh talks about their plans with the book launch. Josh talks about getting hooked on the Facebook group for the book. John talks about the numbers he wants to hit  for the book and career guide.  53:00 Josh mentions a Facebook Live appearance  that John is going to do soon to the group. John mention that whoever is watching this progress of the book launch is probably afraid to do their own, after all the issues Simple Programmer had.  58:00 John talks about his plans post book launch and possible tripling business.  EntreProgarmmers talk about other kinds of projects they could do once the book launch is done.   Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Finding the systems that work for you.  Josh - Ratcheting it up takes time.  John - Learning to maintain this new level. 

Episode 173 “John’s Law” 0:15 Simple Programmer Edition of EntreProgrammers. John talks about his visit at Fit Con. Highschool party? John talks about feeling like the “old pervert” at this conference. John talks about how 14 year old girl articulate building a following on Youtube. John goes on to talk about trying to network with a young crowd. John goes on the talk about traveling to and from the conference.  7:30 John talks about possibly going to another YouTube conference. John talks about his sport activities as the conference. John tries to out punch the Six Pack Ads guy Mike Chan. John continues to rant about his encounters at the conference.  12:00 John talks about learning techniques for deescalating a situation, and his experience at the expos. John explains his idea for installing a shoot gun mic.  16:00 Josh talks about his busy week and get down to the wire of the book launch. Josh talks about how in the beginning of his career he managed printed material. Josh talks she hiring someone form UpWork to help with design of the book layout.  19:00 Josh talk about his distrust with some UpWork freelance designers. John and Josh talks the Kindle book designers. Josh talks about the new UpWork hire, and the process of designing the book. Josh talks about trying to figure out why her service was more then they budgeted. 23:00 As a back up, Josh mentions hiring a firm as a back up for the book design. Josh says this is their flagship and need great job done of the book design.  28:00 Josh talks she his confidence in the book designer, who is a book publishing veteran. Josh talks he doing Op-Ins for the book.  30:00 John mention how he was explaining his book launch to a person. John say you can launch a book in a few weeks, but it will not be a premium product lacking all the marketing perks.  34:00 John mentions how some tradition publisher execute a book design and launch. John talks about promoting a video that was once from PluralSight. John says book Book Trailer is ready to go, as long as the Book landing page is done.  40:00 Josh says he has not yet looked into the emails and copy he has to create for the book.  John talks about getting of .Net Rocks, and a bunch of podcast to help the book launch.  45:00 John talks about how his book SoftSkill was available for download from a Chinese site, but after it was taken down, book sales on Amazon are up again.  50:00 John talks about creating “Johns Law” for productivity. John talks about having a personal/business assistant in the future. Josh talks about finding someone as good as Aaron for another hire at Simple Programmer.  54:00 John and Josh talks about about everyone on their team is an A plus player, and replacing Aaron is going to be a challenge.  Thoughts for the Week John - Be willing to take the skunk cost.. Josh - If you have something critical, get redundancy on it.   

Episode 172 “Kiss off Mickey” 0:15 We’re Live! Chuck immediately says he world is blowing up. Chuck mentions having to find ways to pay things, such as server hosting. John says it is good that things blow up early, to figure out how to not go into the hole bad.  3:30 Chuck talks about how some of his revenue is not till a few weeks away, according to to sponsor payment cycles. “Its just freaking hard.” Chuck talks about an upcoming conference he is coordinating for quick income.  5:44 John asks questions about how to avoid short term solutions. Chuck talks about how at the beginning of the month he will have funds for business, but questionable for personal stuff. Chuck talks about adding possible podcast sponsor to his lists.    9:00 Josh ask what cause the “Current Crunch.” Chuck says it was paying taxes for the whole year last year. Chuck talks about his plan to not going into he red with paying taxes at the end of the year. Chuck talks about cutting on spending an saving in places where he is not using services.  14:00 John says to tells Mickey Mouse to kiss off. John talks about how they have to live an die based on looking at the monthly report. Chuck says he expected this year to look like last year as far as number goes. John says “You need buffers.”  17:00 John suggests to have your book keeper level off or spread the cash over the next few months to get a better idea of how much money you have. Chuck says this is kind of a belt tightening mode.  21:00 John talks about 6, 12 month rolling averages to gauge budgets. Josh suggests going back a looking the sales cycle, it is the summer, and that effects sales every year.  25:00 John says that Chuck is setting up himself great for the future, he just needs to survive till the future. Chuck says he is not going to be able to get to a promised project. John says just to do the deliverables, and tell your clients what you are going to do next.  29:00 John talks about threading or multitasking, and how that still slows progress. So bucket own and do the projects.  31:00 Josh ask if Chuck heard the new of Josh hitting mile stone 2, and is now a 50% Simple Programmer owner. John talks about arm wrestling his father. John says there is only two things that can only happen with money in Simple Programmer, expenses or income.  36:00 Josh talks about exporting his bank info. and built a budget around that information. Josh talks about getting a call from his bank, and how they see that he is run a business out of his account. So Josh is opening a credit card account for business.  40:00 John suggest just setting up a business account rather than changing banks. EntreProgrammers talk about business credit cards.  44:00 John talks about using 99 Designs or a designer for the UK  for the book landing page. John talks about DHH.    Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Git yer done.  John - Like is an obstacle course..  Josh - Carve away stuff.. 

Episode 171 “Veiny Bastard Program” 0:15 We’re Live. EntreProgrammers talk about trying to not discuss anything before they air. John shares information on his body fat measurements, at 11 percent. John talks about low hanging fruit and having a lot of room to grow. Be harsher on yourself as you measure your goals. John get off his soapbox.  5:00 Josh share his encounter with a very strict diet, and measuring his calories. Josh talks about the mental aspects and reaching the goals. Josh mentions being at 12 percent body fat.  10:00 John says losing weight does not take long, but getting to a certain body fat percentage is difficult. Josh talks about his conflict goal between gymnastic training and body building. Josh says the train helps him feel better, with less aches and pains.  12:00 Josh explains his maintenance levels for maintaining his body weight. John suggests workouts for Josh. Josh continue to talks the the other types of thing he was to continue and change with his workouts.  16:00 John talks about putting Josh on his Veiny Bastard program. John talks about finishing his marathon in some 4 hours this past Sunday.  20:00 John talks still doing leg day even after running a marathon. Josh talks about the Keto diet and his experience with broccoli tasting like butter. John talks about low fat diet and how sex drive.  25:00 John say vanity has a high price. Josh talks about how he finally achieved his childhood dream with his bracer. Josh asks questions about John’s two image consulting meeting. John shares how using two image consultants are creating an image for him 30:00 Josh talks about doing an interview for software developers and professionals for image. John and Josh discuss how people are dressed in the work place, and how that effects how people see them.  37:00 John mentions that Josh now is an equal partner in Simple Programmer! Josh talks about building a business is a quick way to build wealth.  40:00 John talks about Ty Lopez’s new video or commercial. John talks about the main points of Ty’s video on creating wealth.  John compares this to MJ DeMarco’s practice to building wealth.  John talks about investing in real estate to build wealth.  46:00 John and Josh discuss different ways to invest money from your business into real estate, stocks, and Angle Investing. John talks about adding a “Hey John” section in his book.  50:00 John talks about the value of his book as he is working on it. Josh thinks this is going to be a very long audio book. John talks about how they are going to blast 1 million developers on launch day. John wants to hit the biggest launch numbers in Amazon, not mainstream numbers.  1:00:00 Josh and John discuss the developmental ideas for John’s new book and the launch preparations that are coming up quickly.  John talks about another idea that is similar to the new book landing page.  1:03:00 John and Josh talk about polarizing and getting people excited about the book. John talks about Algorithms to Live By  1:09:00 Josh talks about YouTube ads on mobile, verse desktop ads. John talks about different pay platforms like ApplePay. John talks about break the store with updates.  Thoughts for the Week! Josh - Little bit at a time and chipping away, don’t despise the little things.  John - Plan your day ahead of time and cut away the distractions.

Episode 170 “Cheap Bastard” 0:15 We’re Live! Derick is frozen, kinda. Chuck wants to rant about having a cancelled guest because of sponsors.  John talks about finding a pattern of refunds form a particular customer.  5:00 Josh talks about his reasoning for asking for a refund. Chuck, said that John should go to a movie, and if it was not a good, to as for a refund. Chuck talks about  taking the EntreProgrammers advice about doing an urgent time sensitive deal for sponsor slots. Chuck talks about doing a pre-sale on his book.  9:00 Josh say that chuck when to opposite direction of a pig farmer this pass week. Derick talks about a jerk giving away his course for free. Derick says he need to create a sales sequence.  11:00 John talks about reading a great book,  Algorithms To Live By . Josh talks about the issues with the emails on the last sale at Simple Programmer.  Josh shares his email flop. Josh say him may not want to do FAQ emails anymore. Josh say he may just highlight just the bonuses.  17:00 John talks about a Tweet from Drunk Old Bastard, and how they turned in this situation around. Josh talks about other ways them could have converted on the course.  22:30 Josh described that cost for an email subscriber. John and talks about training customers, and how doing fire sales are not good for business.  26:00 Derick talks about a friend’s course that returns very low sales on UDemy. Derick talks about doing or noticing geographical pricing on courses.  30:00 John talks about new customers and return customers, and small percentage for sales are form return customers. Derick talks about his discount situation at Watch Me Code. Derick says there is a balance to be found when doing discounts on products or services.  35:00 Josh talks on customer lifetime value, and cost per subscriber. Entreprogrammers talks more about discounts, which is like buying customers. John talks about price tiering.  39:00 John talk about the different tiers of discounting. Josh talks about noticing the ShutterFly discounting pattern. Chuck says most people will react to the price that make sense to them.  42:00 Derick talks about a game discount supplier. John talks about how the best customers will learn the discount pattern or frequency. Josh says the whole point of a discount is urgency and scarcity of a product.  47:00 John talks about resistance to sales. Derick talks have finally cracked the 8K number on his mailing list. Derick interactive publishing company for multiple kinds of media. Derick mentions that his lead magnets are begin to work.  55:00 John says the key thing is to own the source, or ow the platform for blogs and content. John talks about publishing all video as a membership type site for Simple Programmer.  Thoughts for the Week Josh - When you don't have time for a checklist, that is when you need a checklist. John - Pomodoro Technique…  Derick - Focus on the right thing Chuck - Being deliberate…

Episode 169 “Short on Top, Long on Sides” 0:15 Chuck mention he would not mind being a pig farmer. Entrepreneurship is taking a toll these days. Derick cracks jokes about John’s situation at Simple Programmer, and Josh’s Apple Air Pods.  3:45 Chuck talk about having to pay taxes, paying a lot of money out, and maybe having to do something desperate. Chuck talks about his email conversation with a former sponsor.  7:00 Chuck talks about having to do some deep discounts and other dealings with this former sponsor.  10:00 John talks above creating perceptions within a business, in order to follow through with business. John more about the 100K goal that Chuck created for himself. John talks about hitting goals first that are steps to the target.  15:00 Josh makes a suggestion on Chuck’s LinkedIn profile. Josh says that benefit of huge goals or targets make you think in ways you haven’t. John thinks that Chuck did have a great month.  21:00 John says that at any given time we can only do what we are capable of doing at the time. Josh suggest a time sensitive offer to gain some quick income. Chuck mentions going back to quarterly and annually sponsor spots. 28:30 Josh says the easiest place to get money is from those who already gave you money.  31:00 John talks about going shopping to change his image, and not look like a muscle bound freak.  Johns says that he bought stretchy pants at actually fit. John says that he is ban from wearing tank tops. John says that experience has open his eyes on image.  40:00 Johns talks about the perception he was putting off according to his new stylist. Chuck makes comment on the perception rant. Chuck ask if John was taking the videos down. John says this is a moving forward change with image.  45:00 John talks his plan for changing up the Simple Programmer brand in to something more mainstream. John eagerly awaits feedback from the mastermind.  50:00 Chuck talks the difference of marketing when going mainstream. John says the next book he writes will not be about programming, but about self development.  John talks about expanding out of the niche into the more mainstream.  53:00 Josh says this change might be something that Chuck would be interested in doing with podcasts.  55:00 Chuck mentions taking over a couple of shows, but is not sure when this will happen.  57:00 Derick says he is actively looking for client work within companies for training purposes. Derick says that What Me Code is still paying the bills, and he is done with one of his clients.  Derick talks about his income numbers with Watch Me Code.  1:05:00 Derick says he is still waiting on his big final success with Watch Me Code. Derick say he feels that he can’t not give feedback on the rest of the guys, because they are somewhat far ahead of him business wise.  1:08:00 Derrick talks about he video game youtube channel, and a viral video he created.  1:12:00 Go to entreprogrammers.com/apply to join an EntreProgrammers Subgroup! One spot left!  Thoughts for the Week John - Use an expert as leverage.  Josh - Know when to say no..   Chuck - Make a plan and get with it.  Derick - Timing is everything.   

Episode 168 “Shock Collar!” 0:15 John talks about take your iPhone 7 into the shower. John talk about every time they hire an expert, they John and Josh still know more than them. John says to only thing they lack is the time to get to all the ideas they have. John explains that the more money they have, the more issue that have getting too extend their business into new areas.  8:00 John mentions that he made the same mistake he tell Chuck not to do.John says you either implement it or project manage it.  12:00 Chuck talks about having a hard talk with Jamie about the podcast editing. Chuck talks about finding an new podcast editor. John says he the asshole who tells everyone to fire their employees.  Chuck talks about communicating with your help or employees to make sure things are getting done correctly.  19:00 John tell Chuck that he should be careful not to fire someone prematurely. John  says you have to be thrilled with your help to make things work.   21:00 John ask if Chuck got a transcriptionist, but not a show notes writer. Chuck says he thinks he may have mess that up. Josh talks about the order of publishing of the podcast. Chuck says he have at least 8 episode going out every week. Chuck talk that different type of transcription services he has used in the past. Still wait on technology  to get better.  28:00 John mentions using Hot Jar to find out how many people actually use the show notes. John say a better workflow will up the output production. Chuck talks about getting started on   the Kickstarter for React and Elixir shows.  32:00 Chuck talks about how people at the Build Microsoft conference are reaching out o him for sponsorships. Chuck explains how people got interested in the sponsorships. Chuck talks about changing his philosophy on acquiring sponsors, and how he want people to get an great ROI.  37:00 Chuck talks about helping the customer reach their ROI as a sponsor as a new approach to selling sponsorships. Chuck talks about going to other kinds of events outside of developer conferences to find sponsors.  43:00 Chuck says that Grace is no longer doing conference task for him, he is now having more meetings or call to help stay on track.  Chuck talks about doing things in a 3 month plans.  46:00 John talks about having to many ideas and thing to do as the shit hits the fan. Chuck show his tasks board, and tell us how it works to keep him on schedule.  59:00 2 more spots available for Entreprogrammers Subgroups at entreprogrammers.com/apply Thoughts for the Week John - Plan ahead for the days you are away Josh - Ckicken and waffles!  Chuck - “The way you do anything, is the way you do everything”

Episode 167 “Turning Sh!t Into Shitake!” 0:15 We’re live and there are 4 of us! John tells us about a strange phenomenon and his video responses. Crazy stuff. John talks about receiving his Apple Air Pods in another strange event.  6:28 Derick tells a story about about a double from amazon. Derick talks about his strange coincidence. Derick asks about a tale about at Simple Programmer. John shares about working with someone to create a course for Simple Programmer. John talks about a mistake on the video. Josh and John talk about trying to salvage the video.  15:00 Josh talks about the uncertainty of the quality of the course. John goes on to explains being accused of stealing the course, and going on to verify the content on UDemy . Come to find out… it was stolen by the hired person.  22:00 John talks about trying to turn this around, by using the actual author’s course to replace the stolen material. Tony the author agrees and launch the course through Simple Programmer. Bubba gets called out publicly. John talks about confronting Bubba.  32:00 John talks about how he learn from his mistakes of not check Bubba’s background. Josh talks about his mistakes as well and cognizing the warning signs.  40:00 Stressfully week at Simple Programmer. Chuck is in Seattle at Microsoft Build. Chuck asks Josh about how he using LinkedIn. Josh gives some pointers on how to use LinkedIn to reach people in a more professional connection. Chuck talks about using BlueTick.  48:00 Chuck talks about looking for sponsors at the conference, and doing in person meetings. Derick talks about his webinar, replacing floors and washing machine. Derick talks about camping with ADHD kids.  52:00 Derick says the webinar went well, and sold 58 spots for the webinar. Derick describes this email sequence. Derick talks about the different JS language he is offer in the videos. Derick talks about what he is offering with his Docker videos.  1:00:00 Derick talks about his survey, and what he learn from it to create the webinar and sales page. Derick is not going to do webinars in May, but plans to get bak to the e-book.  1:03:00 Josh talks about Micro Conf. and a story about a 2 Star review. Josh talks about catching flak about doing a review in the course. Josh and John talk about the out coming and down votes on this review. Thoughts of the Week Derick  -  Do the Copy Hour Course. John -  Turn shit into shiitake.  Josh - You don't know anything. Chuck - Reaching out to people…

0:15 Live on a Monday! Weird.. Luis gets ahold of Chuck after hearing the podcast. John talks about running 20 miles. John is still training for the marathon, that is going to happen in the next month. Chuck stalls on the Keto Diet. Chuck mentions using the internet and researching what he need to do to bring down his blood sugar.  4:30 John talks how what Chuck need to do to possibly bring down is blood sugar. Josh suggests taking MCT oils or brain octane oils by Dave Asprey. Josh thinks that Chuck is though the hard part of the Keto diet.  9:40 josh talks about increasing his fat intake  and the effects. John talks about going in and out of ketosis and fasting. Chuck talks about hiring a new book keeper, and attempting doing 100K in  sales this month. Chuck finds out the BlueTick does not work in Safari.  14:00 Chuck talks about having issues with his VA in the Philippines. Josh talks about someone has not been fired in awhile. John talks about how family is in high regard in the Philippines, and this may be the issue with a missing VA.  15:00 Josh and Chuck about having an emergency fund. John suggest having some stored salted pork. Josh talks about testing book covers, and running Facebook Ads.  Josh talks about doing Facebook ads and having some issues with text. 21:00 Josh talks about working with Ad sets.  John and Josh talk about the process of the book launch and Facebook ads. Josh talks about reaching cold traffic and retargeting. Josh continues talks about the many different ways to reach cold traffic, warming up and audience, and creating effective ads on Facebook.  32:00 Josh talks about the 99 Design contest, and how the poll was being reused or copied by designers. John talks about how to do a 99 designs contest. John thinks that 99 designs is worth the work.  36:00 Chuck talks about having issues with his podcast editor, and podcast are not getting done. The EntreProgrammers talk about Chuck’s situation with finding a new podcast show note editor. John thinks that Chuck should turn he podcast editing into an in house editor.  49:00 Chuck is postponing Ruby Remote conf. and is going to take care of the product side of things. John talks about interviewing MJ DeMarco of Millionaire FastLane! John say having huge following allows them to get big names for interviews.  53:00 John talks about leaving the Sub groups applications open. Apply at  entreprogrammers.com/apply . Thoughts For The Week Chuck -  Share our warts…  John - It is easier to forget where you were…. Josh - Trilled to be where I am…

Episode 165 “Random Dude” 0:15 John mentions looking at book cover designs, and not sure about the design or creativity. Josh describes the designs and issues and challenges with the book cover. John talks about the 99 designs contests for the book cover.  John talks about using 99 designs for a lot of projects and how they should be sponsors.  6:00 Chuck chimes in on his thoughts on the contest of using 99 designs. Josh mentions using Facebook ads to promote the book. Josh think a cover with a photo is more usable for the real book cover. Josh says asking people what they like is usually the best bet. John mentions the colors people pick and other things that are pleasing to the eye. Honey badger and Unicorns… 13:00 Chuck talks about trying to figure out his launch sequence. John ask where he is at in the process. Chuck talks about his crazy number of 75K with the upcoming conferences and sponsorships.  16:00 Chuck talks about launching a book at the end of May. John say it does not have to be finished to do a pre-sale. At Chuck’s current pre-sale of 1500 dollars, Josh suggest having more to offer.  Josh suggests a 10 week course, or releasing content overtime, to create value.   22:00 Chuck asks how he can package the product into a 500 dollar product.. Chuck mention the beta package paying 300 dollars. John says not to write a book, unless you are going to publish on Amazon.  27:00 John says you have to ask yourself why you are writing you book. Josh suggest doing video to gain an audience. John compares this to a gym membership service.  31:00 John talks about doing a running with Manny, and running 9 miles with him. Chuck talks about needed carbs, badly. Chuck is doing the Keto diet.  Josh talks about finding things that have too much protein calories. Chuck talks about his experiment with the Ketogenic diet.  37:00 John talks about the night and day body fat percentage. Josh talk about reaching out to Red Gate. Josh talks about using BlueTick.  41:00 Chuck talk about have a VA find people who sponsor podcast. Josh talks about how Blue Tick does what he needs it to do.  45:00 John talks about growing the pool of audience and sponsorships. Josh mentions sponsorships. Chuck talks about his plan for the funnels, cold groups, podcast sponsorships.  49:00 John talks about reaching out to DPD. Chuck asks why Josh’s WordPress guy never got back to him.  52:00 John talks about possibly getting an interview with MJ De Marco or Millionaire Fastlane. John is looking of a personal  stylist or image consultant.  1:05:00 We need 4 people for another EntreProgrammers Sub Group Mastermind podcast at:  EntreProgrammers.com/apply Thoughts For The Week  Chuck - “How You Do Anything,Is How You Do Everything…” John - There is nothing that is difficult in life…   Josh - “It’s important to know what you enjoy…”  

Episode 164 “I Need a Job, Come Work For Me” 0:15 Derick mentions that he needs new clients. Need help wth Docker..? Josh mention that he needs to email some 12000 people for clients and building his business.  4:00 Derick mentions creating 15 emails for he launch sequence. Derick talk about doing a Jeff Walker type of launch for his project.  7:40 Derick mention that Monday is launch day, with 40 percent off for his mailing list. Derick also talks about the mistakes and challenge he encountered. Derick says he is going to use this sequence as an evergreen funnel if it works well.  11:30 Derick talks about free bonus with this Docker product. Derick says he wrote 2300 word for his most current emails. Derick say he still has to write the last chance emails. Derick says that only has been writing tons, but has not had time to build the webinar.  18:00 Chuck says he cancelled Freelance Remote Conf., and lower some prices on others. EntreProgrammers talk about  marketer and their strategies. John says he is afraid of Ministry of Tests…John says they are similar to Hell Angles.  25:00 Chuck ask what he should do as are as sponsor cost. Chuck says he is looking into trading services to cut cost.  Chuck talks about his beta test project. Josh gives some suggestion on how to keep growing a list.  31:00 John talks about opening up another sub group of 4 people at entreprogrammers.com/apply. 50 dollar application fee and 50 a month.    34:00 John   talk about hiring Native Commerce to do content production and SEO. Josh talks about getting into the zero spot for a blog post. Josh talks about the meeting with the Native Commerce people.  40:00 John talks about getting the price down to 6K a month for Native Commerce services. John says they should be able to double or triple traffic within a year. Josh talks about BlueTick.  47:00 Josh hope The EntreProgrammers are the backlink to BluetTick for request on their software. Similar to how they use to ask Rob Walling who created Drip. Chuck ask if he should check out BlueTick.  53:00 Chuck asks about key features he would need if he were to use BlueTick. Chuck talks about features challenge with Contactually. Chuck talks about reaching out to people to acquire podcast, as well as doing a survey. Chuck says people were interested in React and Elixir. Chuck talk about his ideas of this project. The EntreProgrammers gives feedback on marketing and ways to be most effective with podcasts and audiences reached.  1:05:00 Derick talk about the Elixir community and Rob Conery.  Thoughts for the Week Derick - Trust The Process John - Ignore what everyone says and do what you think is right. Chuck - Do what you want to do, but dot be afraid to ask for help.  Josh - Be willing to negotiate on things, its uncomfortable but worth it.

Episode 163 “That was Vegas…” 0:15 We’re Live and Alive! Josh talks about his flight with an annoying lady. John crack jokes about United Airlines.  3:30 Josh talks about how John won 2 awards in a row at MicroConf. John talks about going to nightclubs in Vegas, and getting girls to go to a club. 7:00 Chuck talks about how he has no interesting nightclubs. So that was Vegas… John ask how Chuck like MicroConf. EntreProgrammers talk about their thought about the events at MicroConf. 13:00 EntreProgrammers continue on their thought on the talks and event organization at MicroConf. John says that because they’ve been to tons of conferences in the past, they have heard it all and noting new is happening in the world of marketing.  18:00 Chuck says that after learning from MicroConf., he feels like he should cancel the rest of conferences he has schedule until he gathers more information. Josh suggest looking at the math and his list.  22:00 Chuck talks about the last funnel he was building to gain more people on his list. Josh suggest growing the audience would be quickest for Chuck. Chuck is think about doing somethings for free and Summit event as a land grab.  27:00 Josh ask Chuck about how long does it take for Chuck to set up the conference events. Josh suggest looking at the costs first. 31:00 John talks about having a mountain of email during traveling. Including taxes. Chuck talks about his tax situation. John explains pay taxes as you go up the tax bracket. Death and Taxes.. 37:00 Chuck talks both doing an Audience Survey with his assistant’s help, and mistakenly gets 11,000 emails because they did not check a  certain box in Drip.  39:00 Chuck ask if anyone had some major takeaways from MicroConf. John talks about a ideas and new ways to do things at Simple Programmer.  44:00 Josh talks about how most of his takeaways were from talking to people at the conference. Chuck says the conference have become generic, and most great information come from talking to people.  48:00 John mentions the BlueTick… Thoughts for the Week John - Beliefs and contrast. Chuck - Open up and be honest at conferences.  Josh - Physical proximity works best.  

Episode 162 “Live From Vegas!” 0:15  EntreProgrammers minus Derick, Live from Vegas! Chuck talks about the recent retreat he attended by Jamie and some notable marketers. Chuck talks about getting help with how to create more revenue with podcast and sponsorships, all mapped out by Jamie.  5:00 Chuck talks about getting some direction for the marketer’s perspective.  Chuck talks about not being able to walk after doing some martial arts.  Chuck says he is still looking for a good CRM. Josh is leaning toward Contactually . John about another type of CRM.  14:00 Chuck talks about 17Hats. EntreProgrammers discuss the features of their current CRMs and which service works best for them.  20:00 EntreProgrammers talk about their tactic for setting up emails and unsubscribes. Josh talks about how unsubscribe process works, within emails. John talks about predicting revenue. Josh talks about the process of a pipeline, verses a waiting list.  27:00 John talks about changing their sponsorship model, because of an incident at Simple Programmer. Josh continues with extending a sponsorship for a client. Josh talks about the possibilities if they could bring in 30k in sponsorship revenue.  32:00 John talks about how they want to do sponsorship in a different way for the way Chuck does sponsorship. John talks about the process they would do for sponsorship at Simple Programmer.  36:00 Josh asks Chuck about the slots available for podcast sponsorship at Dev Chat TV. Chuck talks about how he wants to do individual stories of the podcasts at Dev Chat TV. Chuck is planning to recording podcast episodes 2 months ahead, maybe twice a year.  42:00 Chuck talks about having trouble with his podcast editor. Chuck is looking into the issues for the podcast editorial process. Chuck talk about using Cashfly rather then Libsyn for podcast hosting.  47:00 Josh talks about the bottleneck situation for copywriting at Simple Programmer. Josh talks about how getting 2-3 week ahead will help him with get Q&A ready.  Chuck talk about his issues and frustrations with the editorial process with podcast editing.  51:00 John talks about how”Baba” email him about creating an audio and e-books out of the past videos  posted on the YouTube channel. John talks about how this individual want to do an internship to create content. Josh describes this as reusing the byproduct of the left overs of the material on YouTube.  1:00:00 Chuck talks the indoctrination email. John is covering the mic again…. lip reading would help… Not subtitles. Sorry. Derick saves the day.  Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Don’t be afraid to ask… Josh - The easiest money in the world is like taking money for a baby.  John - There is always something that comes up…stuff still has to happen.  

Episode 161 “Quality Check…”   0:15 EntreProgrammers  joke about Chuck’s microphone issues and the usual technical podcasting challenges. Derick mentions he had a hold lot of nothing happening and only 6 hours of work. John talks about the issues with their newest white label launch. Quality Check anyone?  4:00 Josh say he was too focus on the marketing to worry about the quality of the product. John says he is going to have the author go back through  the product quality to make sure is it good to go for the next round.  6:00 John says he feels bad about no double checking the product, and worried a little about their reputation. Josh says is not great a doing quality control for video and audio. John gives the workflow for making sure your audio sound is the same or consistent when edited.  13:00 John is not sure if he wants to continue with the White Label material. John talks about listening to an audio book, “The Everything Store.” 18:30 Derick says he had a successful webinar. Also, he mention the sale of the seats and the Q &A sessions. Derick was able to connect the current webinar to previous webinar material. Derick says he generated 616 dollars for this webinar. Derick mentions that after doing webinars, he gets and influx of subscribers.  25:00 Derick and Josh discuss email lists and marketing strategies. John talks about the hypothetical store front that Derick created, and what the next step of marketing is going to be.  Josh talks more about what Derick can do to rework is email list.  34:00 Derick talks about how is was able to get back on his health care client work. Chuck talks about being sick all last week, and dealing with a broken washer. Chuck talks about an interesting budget system he learned. Chuck mention that he is going to prioritize and focusing on his business. John talks about advertisers putting out of Google ads.  44:00 Josh talks about how he know people are using ad blocking. Chuck talks about how Microsoft are spending money for their presents on podcast on the Dev Chat TV network. Derick says sometime it is about brand awareness.  51:00 John talks about the book , The Ultimate Sales Machine. Chuck their inner workings or relationship with Microsoft. Chuck talks about the possibility of connecting with Dell for sponsorship proposes. John said to do anti-sponsorship. Chuck talks about how he wants to tell stories and experience in his ad copy. Chuck says he might want to find someone to write copy. Josh thinks he need to find a develops and train them as a copywriter.  1:00:00 EntreProgramers talk about working with a copywriter, and the learning to do copywriting as an entrepreneur. Josh talks about the copy he writes verses the sales generated, hit and miss. Thoughts for the Week Derick - Practicing and improving, shift away from the “this has to work”  John - What is success? Maximizing your potential.  Josh - Take the hit and own it.  Chuck - Priority   

Episode 160 “Italian Fever” 0:15 We’re Live! EntreProgrammers talk about needing tech support for starting the podcast call. Chuck talks about how his computer has no optical drive.  John mentions being sick for the last few days.  Also has to run a half marathon. Chuck says he has been sick this past week as well.  2:50 Chuck has a question about the ticket price situation for his conferences. Chuck thinks he should lower the prices a bit to increase the sales. Josh talks about doing the split test on the ticket prices, also increasing the response rate. Josh says to test on the less popular conference to see if it works.  6:00 John advises to limit features on the test ticket price. Josh said to go back to the people and ask that reason people did not see the value. Chuck talks about those who did not understand the conference was remote or online.  12:00 John and Josh suggests offering the ticket price at half prices to those who did not signup yet, but remove some small features, like youtube video access later on or something lesser to the full paying access.  Josh talks about the  pricing situation on training courses at Simple Programmer.  John gets and idea from the advice he gives to Chuck.  20:00 Josh talks about the sales launch Simple Programmer recently did, and how they could do things better. Also, the idea for the courses they will be offering. Josh talks about the type of courses will reach a certain audience. Josh says they have to scale their efforts.  28:00 John talks about how the audience is the most important and that is where the value is at. Josh talks about selling this template as a business opportunity. John says this is reinventing Plural Sight, unfortunately.  35:00 John talks about his idea for the  12 month courses. Josh says he really wants to do this. John mentions that they need to get the book launch out of the way first. Josh says that he is almost done reading John’s new book. John talks about ways one can claim being “the best in the world” at some niche. Chuck says sometime it is up to “just showing up” to be in the ring of best in the world.   42:00 Chuck moving the Ruby Rogues parlait to Slack. Chuck talks about writing code to make the move. Chuck talks about pissing people off on hack news or other forums.  50:00 Chuck mentions have at least 10 for the beta on the Getting A Job project. Josh talks about his pass ideas for learning  and maintaining services like SharePoint.  52:00 John mentions that he is learning Italian to Chuck. Apparently, Chuck knows Italian. Chuck think he want to learn Japanese. John talks about how is learning Italian. Chuck says to practice just for a half hour.  57:00 Chuck reveals how he learned Italian. Chuck also took French in high school.  Thoughts of the Week Josh - Increasing work capacity John - No matter how much you don’t like it, what it is, is what it is.  Chuck - Get the prospective right.

Episode 159 “Trust the Process” 0:15 I think we’re live? But, Trust the Process.  Going Retro!  Josh says that he's is cancelling his email account and everyone can reach him by carrier pigeon. John trackpad clicking a super loud. Windows issues still prevail. 5:00 Chuck talks about his recent conference experience. John talks about his live YouTube board cast, and how popular it is. John talks about his weird encounter with a YouTube viewer.  10:00 Derick says he goes around screaming to people too. John talks about being called a Nazi and how things got crazy. Chuck talks about how people misunderstand comments or discussions.  15:00 Chuck ask about how to present YouTube videos for Ruby Rants. John mentions that YouTube is getting rid of annotations.  So cards are the next thing. Derick says that annotations did not work on mobile anyways. Cards work better.  19:00 Chuck asks what happens to old videos with annotations. Johns says that still will work, but you can’t create new annotations.  22:00 John question why YouTube did not just make annotations work on mobile. Derick says he is going to have to cancel his plans to go to Micro Conf. Chuck offers to share a room, but Derick says he is a horrible roommate. 25:00 Derick says he is does not have the funds to spend on extra events, but he is still able to cover bills. Derick talks about how America Airlines will not refund tickets. Derick shares where the expenses are, and how he got into some debt.  30:00 John suggest that Derrick should start contract work full-time to get out of debt, and get into a better situation. Then start his regular Watch Me Code work when he is in a better situation.  35:00 Josh says even if Derick has credit cards, he needs that pressure on, to get him into the mindset of working with regular income not credit cards transactions.  37:00 John ask if there is way he and Josh could launch a product that Derick has created through Simple Programmer. Chuck talks about looking into his channels to help Derick. Johns says these options are bandaids to help the situation.  42:00 Josh talks about he credit card situation of a 500 dollar limit. John mentions that he is in Boise Idaho, visiting all the old place he use to visit.  Thoughts of the Week John - To let go of everything.  Josh - Challenge equals opportunity Chuck - You probably know more than you think and start asking the hard questions Derick - Don’t Be Derick   

Episode 158 “Hookers and Green M&Ms” 0:15 John and Josh in the same room. John and Josh talk about getting help with the book launch. John thinks that they will have a successful book launch, and are hoping to take the number one spot in all of Amazon. Josh talks about the pre-sale strategy for Amazon.  4:30 Josh talks about working with Tom in the book launch and the tasks he is doing for the book. John describe the book review process.  6:00 Chuck talks about his week and getting his Get A Job product out. Chuck talks about the questions he is often asked about getting a first developer job or getting a  better developer job. Chuck talks about he process for acquiring information for his new product.  10:00 John and Chuck talk about the process of “Stalking.” Chuck is trying to get people into his funnel. Also, Chuck is doing the JS conference this week.  13:00 Chuck talks about getting a logo job out on Fivrr, for his short videos. Chuck discuss his plans for his next product. Chuck mention his plans for doing a Kickstarter. John explains how it is important on planning how to exit. Chuck talks about his plans for the various podcasts on his channels.  23:00 Chuck talks she doing press kits for some of his podcasts, possible for sponsorship slots. Josh gives some feedback on how Chuck should handle the sponsors or ad slots for various companies.  25:00  John suggests that Chuck should do a partnership with a company that wanted to buy Simple Programmer. John says this would broaden the reach.  28:00 Chuck says this plan is blowing up his brain. Chuck says in a couple with he is going to be at a retreat with Jamie Masters.  30:00 Josh explains what he saw a the Traffic and Conversion conference. Chuck compare this to using the Amazon Echo.  35:00 Chuck talks about sending out email for a 17Hats account. Chuck has discovered that 17Hats does not have and API. John talks about google collaborative group boxes.  39:00 Josh talk about building the perfect tool, and how every tool can talk to one another. Chuck ask if the Rails Conference is worth going too. Chuck talks about wearing a pole to stranded out. John says he wants to invite himself hang out with Chuck to hang out with book authors.  47:00 Chuck mentions that he is building a new PC. John is excited about how everyone is going back to PC. The EntreProgrammers talk about the computer setups.  Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Just get out and do it.  John - Putting some changes it place . Josh - Don’t let yourself off the hook.   

Episode 157 “Cloning Chuck” 0:15 Only Josh and Chuck today. Derick is in a meeting and John is not responding. Chuck talks about the sales on conference tickets. Chuck talks about how each day has not been below a thousand dollars in sales.  3:00 Chuck mention another hire from UpWork,  to help with the conference and doing research. Chuck talks about using 17Hats . Chuck talks about cloning his employees to be more efficient. Chuck talks about working with an employee who is having some trouble in the business.  9:15 Chuck mentions a few issues with his new hires no following through on their job. Chuck is trying to decide if it is he who is have some communication issues. Chuck talks about getting up a 4am and getting a bunch of work done, especially when no one is awake to bother him. 12:00 Chuck explains his work connection to Chris Voss  and Jesse Stay. Chuck talks about his plans to go to SXSW. Chuck talks about how to get a programming job or a raise in your current job.  17:00 Chuck talks about splitting the sponsorship expense for the two marketers mentioned. Josh ask what kind of door this could open for Chucks business. Chuck thinks that the way the year is going, he thinks this might be good for his business. But the timing is not right.  21:00 Josh talks about the “Bar Bell Strategy” for the book “Anti-Fragile.”  26:00 Josh says that passing on these opportunities are hard, but he thinks Chuck should probable pass. Chuck agrees, but asks himself if he should be spending money on market. Chuck talks about reading,  “Invisible Sales Machine." Chuck says it is similar what Josh is doing with Simple Programmer.  30:00 Chuck and Josh discuss marketing tactics they are learning and using.  Chuck mention that people respond saying that they like getting is emails.  35:00 Josh talks about he process for emailing, or fishing for customers. Josh mention reporting their subscriber number to their sponsors.  38:00 Josh talks about what was going on with Simple Programmer this pass week. Josh talks about the week they had bad sales. Josh says he did not know what was the problem. But things are looking normal again.  40:00 Josh talks about a new hire who work with John Lee Dumas. Josh is excited about working with Tom. Josh talks the reading John new book.  45:00 Chuck ask if they are going to do a KickStarter for the book launch. Josh think that might do some sort of launch at sone point. Josh talks about working with Tom on the book launch.  48:00 Josh talks about doing a 30 day challenge on sending out emails to their most engaged subscribers.  54:00 Chuck ask is John used an Copy Editor for the book. Josh explains John’s editorial process.  Thoughts of the Week Josh - Focus on Mental Toughness Chuck - Getting Up Early

Episode 156 “Selling Magic Twigs” 0:15  Josh is wondering why he is the default thumbnail for every episode. Trying to change it up today. John says he is skipping the Disney Princess run this time around. John talks about getting around the tickets for the run. John thinks nobody has ever seen the Yoplait Yogurt lick breast cancer campaign some 10 years ago.  6:00 Derick talks about scheduling he webinar. It’s not free..wink, wink. Derick mentions that 80 people are signup.  Derick says he has been wearing out his email list lately.  10:00 John talks about getting compliments on Josh’s ad copy, but sales are down. Josh says he can not find a correlation in the issues with sales and email lists.  John says that they probably need to do a test purchase to make sure the sales page is working. Might that people are paying taxes? Rather than buying products. 13:00 John says they need to hire a WordPress developer and sell on WooCommerce. Josh says that the emails are only going to the top 25 percent of their list, with a 50 percent open rate.  17:00 Josh and John talks about pulling together a possible course on marketing called “Cracking The Coding Course.” Josh thinks they need a 99 dollar course in help them in the tiers of sales. John talks about what Derick should have done help those along for paying for the webinar fee. John suggests that Derick be funny about it whole situation.  23:00 Derick thinks that there might be my issues with the payment system into the webinar. Derick talk about some issues this week with his car and getting a tube put in his ear. Beside all the challenges, he finally got is webinar script done.  27:00 Derick says he is take a break from his health care client. Derick mention the slow pace and not getting working for this particular client. Now his is trying to find ways replace that income.  31:00 Derick talks about missing out the the Copy Hours stuff. He mentions that he did not like the secret leads stuff. John ask what a dowsing rod is all about. John talks about making your way to sell magic twigs. 35:00 Derick talks about getting an interesting compliment on his new marketing skills. Josh says he is getting close to the point that market with not be his problem anymore.  41:00 Josh and John talk about getting ready to launch John’s new book, and getting help from an individual to make it successful. Josh talks about the growing email list for the book.  47:00 Josh talks about reading the new book, and mentions how this could have really help him coming up as a developer. Josh talks about doing a review on the book and getting 500 applications.  50:00 Derick mentions that he like Wes Boss’ marketing strategy, and might implement that same setup.  Thoughts of the Week  None   

Episode 155 “Painful Lessons”  0:15  John and Chuck are out. Josh and Derick talk about Derick’s sales at Watch Me Code. Derick shares his frustrations with some of the marketing emails.  3:20 Derrick talks about the email he sent on Monday. Derick talks about the discount code his sent out 160 people that had a wrong link. Derick said that even with all the trouble, he had at least 50 people sign-up.  7:19  Derick talks about the negative charges on the discount system. Derrick says he is now sitting out zero dollars  for the registration, and might be at zero for sales.  12:40 Josh talks about the email list they have at Simple Programmer. Josh talks about the engaging customers and marketing tactics. Derick talks about his strategy on getting people to signup.  17:30 Josh talks about using a plugin to update pages for Derick’s situation. Derick talks about how this webinar is apart of the rest of the bundle for Docker. Josh talks about how Derick should maybe have not give it away of free, but that lease discount it.  22:00 Derick talks about how participates can use Docker and other products. Derick says that he got a interview lined up. Josh asks about what Docker is, and a about. Derick talks about how the Open Standard came about of Docker.  26:00 Derick mentions how to approach someone for an interview. Derick explains how to build interest to get people on the line for podcast interview. Derrick and Josh talk about their open ended email that build interest for a response.  31:00 Josh ask if this person form the Docker company, could connect him with other things. Josh say that all you can eat models are difficult to measure. 35:00 Derick talks about the Master Minds that he is active in. He realize that Josh was part of one of the groups. 39:00 Josh talks about how they are reaching their super fans with product like the T-Shirt. Derick talks about the different sources of income to support projects and ideas.  43:00 Derick mentions that in the middle of the week he did not now what to do to respond to his situation. Josh says to look at how much he is doing with this core audience. Josh thinks that Derick is get traction, but he does not see it yet in his income. 48:00 Derrick talks about his retirement working for him, and he will be a multimillionaire at some point. Derick mention how that pass year was taxing on his income. However the copy hour was a good investment.  50:00 Josh talks about the things Derick could do to gain traction and build sustainable income.  Thoughts for the Week  Derick - The most important lessons are always the most painful ones.

Episode 154 “All Kinds Of Shady…” 0:15 We’re Live! Chuck talks about his extra stuff he had to do with Toast Masters, and teaching WordPress. Chuck says no go for Go Daddy website builder.  4:00 Chuck mentions that he almost got scammed trying to sell his desk on Facebook or Classified sites. Chuck talks about being over ambitious with his help. Chuck says he says he is trying to organize things for his conferences about 6 months out, but his employees are occupied with regular work and emergencies.  10:00 Chuck ask what he should do with his situation. Chuck says he may have to hire another person to help with his conference organizing. Josh mention that Chuck might want to use Fivrr  for extra help on web searching. Chuck says he initially hired Grace for this job, but he may bring on some one from previous interviews.  15:00 Chuck ask what he should do when it comes to going to a Mastermind. Josh compares this to a roundtable talk with John at Simple Programmer. Josh talks about how to look a the growth of the business verses the projects you do to 10X business.  20:00 Chuck talks above the things or plan he want to put into action to scale the podcast business. Chuck mentions talking to people about starting at WordPress podcast and Dev Ops podcasts. Also, started back up the news podcasts for JS and Ruby. Josh says to chart out the growth. 25:00 Josh mentions the second podcast Simple Programmer is doing by just turning videos into another show. Chuck think he might do video at some point.  Josh ask how many podcast show he releases a week.  32:00 Derick talks about the things Chuck could do with video or YouTube podcasts, as far as show notes and annotations. Derick talks about why good tags, title and descriptions, are important for videos on YouTube and you website.  40:00 The EntreProgarmmers talks about how and what Chuck can do to hire someone to handle a new video podcast project.  47:00 Derick talks about working toward not relying a clients for main income source. Derick is looking into doing smaller projects and sales pages. Derick shares things he has learned form the Copy Hour. Derick says that he is now not getting any work from his clients.  53:00  Josh and Derick talks about how to go about doing a sales page launch. Derick ask how much of a buildup he needs to do before the launch. Josh suggest a 2 week, but not much of an announcement. Josh call this an impulse buy for Derick’s audience.  59:00 Josh says that Derick now is getting to a good place with all the new information he is learning from the Copy Hour. Derick says he is handwriting all his research, which is helping with training himself. Chuck says he is seeing a change in Derick as fas as learning how to do copy writing.  Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Bitting off more then you can chew…  Josh - People complain even with free content.  

Episode 153 “Biomarkers for Inflation”  0:15 We are live. Josh is cutting carbs and wants to destroy stuff. Chuck talks about his allergies to Wheat and Milk. John talks about only drinking human breast milk. John explains why drink milk from a cow is  a bit odd, compared to human breast milk. EntreProgrammers describe their allergies to dairy products.  9:55 Chuck says he really enjoys having people do work for him. Chuck ask for advice on what he should do about targeting his audience for his “Get a Coder Job” book. Josh suggest doing a paid webinar about the book.  15:40 John suggest to Chuck that he has to do something he wants to create or is passionate about.  19:00 Derick suggests that if Chuck is going to do multiple books, and that he should not flip the order and confuse his audience on which book is first in the process of job hunting. Chuck talks about systemizing  his employees, which will help his focus for the book and  other products. 25:00 Derick says he likes Josh’s idea about doing paid webinars. He says this is something he could do. Derick asks Chuck about his WordPress setup for paying of webinar access and membership.  32:00 Derick says he want to have his first paid webinar in February. Unless you bought the presale book or an annual subscription, you will have to pay.  34:00 Chuck talks about switching from Drip to Active Campaign. Chuck says he needs a CRM. Derick suggest Zepier for a CRM. John suggest pretty links instead. EntrePorgarmmers talk about ways Chuck can get around promoting affiliates while using Active Campaign.  42:00 Josh talks about how Amazon will ban you if you have affiliate link in an email or pdf. Chuck talks about putting Amazon affiliate link in show notes.  45:00 John suggest doing more podcast in stead of affiliate links.  47:00 Derick says to 264 people bought the pre-sale.  Derick explains the question he is incorporating in the book for the Docker Project. Chuck suggests that Derick need to be on the phone with people more often, for the Docker Project.  52:00 Derick ask if 29 dollars is a good price for a webinar. John suggest going a higher price, because you want to make it worth your time.  Josh suggest promote it for a week, don't just send out an email.  55:00 The EntreProgarmmers talks about the price tag of a webinar, and how that relates to the pain the custom is experiencing.  57:00 Looking to replace an EntreProgrammer Subgroup member! Only one slot! email John!  59:00 John talks about how his daughter is selling Girls Scouts cookies. John says he like the idea of starting entrepreneurship early. The EntreProgarmmers talks able the scams schools and clubs get children into.  Thoughts for the Week Chuck - If you think you need help, do it.  John - Do it like Elon Musk.  Josh  - Carbs make you happy. 

Episode 152 “Kill The Ponies That Don't Perform” 0:15  We’re tangled…. Chuck gots a new deck and having mic issues for podcasting apparently. Derick mention that last week he has been rearranging too in his living room. Derick talks about his trip to the recycling center in his Subaru Outback.  5:00 John talks about getting rid of everything on Ebay and Amazon, which made organizing easy. Derick talks about trying to reorganize. Derick says it is freeing to get rid of stuff. Josh says everything you see, that you own, that you don't use, is a reminder of a failure.  11:40 Derick talks about handcopying sheets of paper and doing homework for the Copy Hour. Derick talks about his blog response on the 5 stages of the Copy Hour. Derick talks about the one word change to make headlines effective.  17:00 Josh talks about his experience with taking the Copy Hour class. Derick mention that he ramp up the studies for the classes. Derick says he need to not rely on his client work for meet his income needs. He need Watch Me Code to be a reliable source of income soon.  20:00 Derick talks about the power of  writhing down your financial goals and continually look at it to help make decisions in the future. Chuck talks about doing the same practice to help meet his goals.  23:00  Josh says to look at all the levelers and controls that he has access to, to control the next 10 to 20 percent goal.  26:30 John talks about the book, How To Fail at Anything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams. John talks about writing down affirmations and following them to completion. Derick talks about selling 150 copies of his Docker product.  33:00 Josh shares some info on the 80 20 rule. Josh ask for the Tony Robbins of  Docker… Derick talks about the thing you can do with Docker for development.  40:00 John talks above the freak-o-nomics of owning a Tesla. Josh suggest a podcast tour to increase income on Watch Me Code.  Chuck suggest  a JS podcast he knows to get some traction.  47:00 John says he launched the Simple Programmer T-Shirts this past week. Josh mentions that he is happy about WooCommerce. John this is something that they will just have for fans.  53:00 Josh says he predicted 60 sales. John says people were upset that he was throwing away T- Shirts. Chuck says he uses t-shirts for garage clean up.  57:00 Chuck talks about hiring a human. Chuck talks above moving off of service that he does not use. Chuck mentions doing a beta launch of the Get a Coder Job book. John talks about his issues with pre selling a book, in Chuck’ s situation.  1:05:00 Josh suggest outline the book if he is going to pre selling the book.  Thoughts for the Week John - You shouldn't be trapped under the expectations of who you were before.  Derick - Trust the Process. When in doubt, handwrite it out.  Chuck - Having that plan.

Episode 151 “I Want To Be A Pig Farmer…”  0:15 Chuck expresses his need to become a pig farmer, in recent times at least. John talks about how this is why EntreProgrammers is a soap opera for entrepreneurs.  4:30 Chuck talks about having a rough time with hiring and all kinds of business challenges. John relates this to exercise, being sore, and worn out. There is a purpose and reasoning. 7:30 Chuck asks about when to pull the plug on references criteria for his new hires. Josh mentions that the information he gets form the references is pretty low, after the test project.  11:00 Josh asks questions about pull the plug, on employees now, compared to the ones Chuck is about to hire. Chuck talks about the test projects he had the candidates do.  15:00 John talks about why he is understanding about people on UpWork, who work from the Philippines, verses those in the US. John stresses the need for people to have “Mommy Skills.”  20:00 Chuck talks about the pay the candidates are asking for pay, verse what he is paying now, and all the stress to keep up, if he has to do it himself. Chuck says he is looking for an excitative assistant, and any for regular tasks. John says to make the job descriptions clear.  26:00 John and Josh talk about what the new interviews are telling them as far as time they need off or can't do. The EntreProgrammers talk about complicated needs that they have when hiring new people. Also the communication they have with the team for short notice communication for important events.  29:00 Chuck says he is creating a standard operating procedure for hiring. John talks about he and Josh going to attend a Perry Marshall event for learning marketing. Josh talks about the celebrity type business and how he wants to study how they work in the marketing world.  35:00 John talks about going main stream while gaining freedom. John talks about doing optimal work for his business. Josh talks about how Simple pProgrammer is a known company in the programming niche. Josh talks about mirroring what John is doing on YouTube, to the email list.  41:00 John his talking about how they need to get people hooked on their content for more sales and a growing following. John talks about have a corporate clean brand instead of the startup or raw version. Kind of like Toyota to Lexus.  44:00 Josh talks about having a mental model for the project they were doing. John talks about having 100 percent growth. John says they built a good machine and model.  47:00 Josh says someone is says that John is a free range horse that does not need to be chain to the plow. Chuck asks to what degree can he use his celebrity to leverage his business.   Josh says that Chuck is a curator and some who brings information together.  53:00 Chuck talks about starting new podcast, where he is note the “main guy.” \ 58:00 John talks about give the 24 hour challenge to the EntreProgrammer Sub Groups. Thoughts of the Week! Chuck - Once it all in place, it going to get done… John - If I’m doing something, it need to be a 9 or above…  Josh - Investing time in understanding your own DNA, is worth the time.

Episode 150 “#Fail” 0:15 Derick asks If Chuck still has his PR40 mic. Chuck changes our his podcasting mic. Derick talks about how his new gaming channel has gain more subscribers.  More talks about the difference in usb mics and regular condenser or dynamic microphones. Derick talks about being apart of the copy hour classes, and getting bad photocopy sheets to work with.  6:19 5 days in with the Copy Hour classes and Derick feels like he is learning a lot and gaining much insight with the conversations. Josh asks some questions about exercises and how this is changing Derick’s perspective on how ad copy is created.  13:00 Derick talks about pattern interruption, and how encouraged this is. Derick says the gears are starting to turn in his head with the things he learned among the EntreProgrammers and the Copy Hour class-mates.    20:00 Josh talks about scientific marketing and how giving away free products can work against the business, by cheap’n the value of the product.  23:00 John talks about the book the Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes, as an example for Enterprise companies to gain as a client. Derick says in a month he will regret taking these classes, but will eventually see the results payoff.  29:00 John  talks about running a 5 minute mile in a treadmill. John shares how he plays to hit his goals for the year. Josh suggests starting the Simple Programmer journal. John says he came up with his own version on a journal.   35:00 John starts his day with visualization, practicing gratefulness, thoughts, ideas, and lastly, facing mistakes and failures. John says his big idea is to create a failure journal to help shift the mindset. John shares his idea about hanging Costco racks and Craigslist hire mistakes.  John kills the Christmas ornaments. Listen or Watch this part. 40:00 John talks about in detail sabout the mistakes in not vetting the hire to create racks in his house. In all, the failure journal might me a good idea of up coming Devs.  53:00 Josh talks about reading the book, Anitfragile by Nassim Taleb 54:00 Chuck talks about the failed transition between Podcast editor companpies. John talks about getting a week buffer for the editing in podcast episodes.  Chuck says he is tried of hiring. Chuck talks about Grace his new hire, and how she is doing a great job for Dev Chat TV. Chuck thinks he still needs help in the future.  1:03:00 Chuck explains his plan for his 12 week plan. John shares how he kills procrastination. Chuck shares how fast they can move ahead if that can automate tasks.   1:10:00 Chuck shares some info on the Dev Ops Remote Conf. Chuck talks about double his revenue, and creating some new podcasts on his channels.   Thoughts for the Week Derick - Whatever you suck on, triple down on it.  Chuck - Have a plan.  John  -  What can you cut out that you don’t need.  Josh - Once you get past a certain point, improvement take more effort.     

Episode 149 “Lay Off The Gravy” 0:15 Josh talks about watching Parks and Recreation and compares and episode to how someone or some company was interested in buying Simple Programmer. Josh and John, for fun entertain the idea.  But they found out that they might as well purchase some of their websites, for traffic purposes. John negotiates down the prices for the sites he purchased.   6:22 John talks about the extreme anchor technique from the book, “Never Split The Difference”. Flash Bang! John talks about his new style for negotiating.  10:00 John talks about how to create revenue from dead assets with the sites that Simple Programmer purchased. John says that Simple Programmer will recoup their cost in a year.  11:00 John announces that Josh hit the first mile stone. Derick talks about his Christmas vacation and family challenges during the holidays. Derick say he needs another vacation. Derick say he has been working on the first version of his Docker project. Pre-Sales are happening on January 16th.  14:00 Derick talks about getting a new client and learning about new products and strategies. Josh says he is surprised to see JS is being use to kill bugs. Derick say he is only working for his client 5 hour a week.  19:00  Derick also says things are moving forward, and hoping the ebook launch sales will do well. John, again talks about his excitement over VR and the Oculus Riff. John talks about his interest in investing in VR. But he says building VR games or going to companies like Blizzard to invest in VR.  23:00 Derick chimes in on his thoughts on VR, but he thinks that augmented reality will be the next big thing.  26:00 John ask Chuck how CES is going. Chuck talk about the huge event and tons of things to see. Chuck talks about book time with companies to talk business. Chuck too talks about his visit with companies that offer AR and VR. Chuck talks about trying the InBody program to measure body fat. John mention his experience with InBody.  32:00  Chuck talks about his interest in the watch band device from InBody to measure body fat. Chuck talks about the company called Finch that uses AR, that track motion to play games. 41:00 Derick ask about the EntreProgarmmers sub groups. John talks about the lastest needs for the team as they start uploading their episodes. John talks about acquiring sponsorships for the groups.  46:00 Chuck talks about being ready to go to MircoConf. now that he canceled some plans. Josh says he does not know if anyone else is going to go from the sub groups. Derick mentions that he went to the Copy Hour. Derick talks about his experience with buying copy hour, and not getting the discount code. But still a good investment.  51:00 Derick talks about starting a YouTube channel about playing video games. Josh think this will be bigger that his current business. Derick’s channel is call Code Ninja Gaming. Derick talks about his thumbnaill for his videos. John talks about starting a fitness channel, but really wants to start a gaming channel too.  55:00 John mentions that things he is doing with his clean up week. John says one of the most destructive thing he did last year was checking stats. John talks about deleting social media apps and email from his phone. Derick says he stop checking Twitter.  Thoughts of the Week Derick -     It can be difficult to get back into the swing of things. When you get back. You need a plan to do so.  John - It’s all fucking gravy…  Chuck -  What do you want? Josh - Patience and Consistency.

Episode 148 “We Did No Work This Week…” 0:15 Josh says he did very minimal work, but made the most sales then ever. Josh says they are looking at a new record for product sales. Also acquiring a new affiliate form China. Josh says this person can help grow Simple Programmer by 20 percent.  5:00 John and Josh talk about the new subscriber numbers with the help for the new affiliate help. John mention his new Oculus VR.  John say he is all 100 percent in on the new VR technology as far as education and playing games. John talks about being able to use the lenses to virtually see his desktop.  10:00 John says you need a good computer graphics card to run the VR lenses. John say he thinks that the more people start to use VR, that more they will leave behind old technology. John think VR is going to replace screens.  15:00 John excitingly talks about the possibilities of incorporating VR into teaching people any kind of task or production.  John say he is now pretty convinced about the new direction of VR.  19:00 John say it does make you feel sick when you are using the lenses. So people may have to build a tolerance to motion sickness. Chuck jokes about those who will blend reality and the VR world. 21:00 Chuck talks about his experience in screening 17 people for the job the is offering. Terrible experience with some unqualified people. Chuck says only 4 people past the in depth interview. Chuck says hiring sucks. Chuck talks about the scheduling for his remote conferences.  28:00 John says they are flopping on the Podcast Awards event he was planning. Mostly because people were not interested.   31:00 Josh says they are devoting Q1 to the book launch. Josh thinks this should be a 3 month campaign. John says the award for winning the Podcast Awards was going to be 1000 dollars, but publicity for the podcast was more valuable instead.  35:00 John says he is not devoting time into the project, but he might have someone to take over and improve the project. Josh says they are now delegating more for the project that will for sure hit, and they are taking bigger swings.  41:00 John says if they do things right, the book launch could be a multi million dollar project. Josh says since John started blogging content about the book, their website traffic has increase. Josh says they had many signups of for the book when they had mention the book on YouTube.  44:00 Josh talks about their plans for the the kickstarter campaign for the book. Chuck asks about the rules of doing a kickstarter campaign as far as the product.  47:00 John talks about the Amazon earnings for the previous book. John says they never know and they just got to take chances. 51:00 John says he want to talks to the VR guy to maybe incorporate VR to their content. Chuck says he got a bad review at his Java Script Jabber podcast site, because of covering 4 episodes at Microsoft Connect. Chuck talks about the things people disagree with him about. “You’re being a jerk…” John says he gives them the flaming bird.  58:00 Chuck talks about how the shows change audiences every once in awhile. John says to follow your heart and do what makes you happy.  1:00:00 John says that Josh has double the business for Simple Programmer and is doing a great job for the company.  Thoughts of the Week Chuck - Short term sacrifice…will payoff in the longterm.  John - Understand the stages of growth. z Josh - Shut off your work brain sometimes…

Episode 147 "Foam Hatchet Time" 0:15 We’re Live. Almost Christmas. Foam Hatchet Time. Josh ask if Chuck eliminated a person for having scheduling issues for an interview. Chuck describes the issues he was having with interviews. Chuck is looking for an A+ player! Chuck says hiring is tough and some people are not cut out for the job.  8:00  Chuck talks about automating stuff for his sponsors. John talks about Aaron a new hire, who is doing a great job for Simple Programmer. John talks about the tasks that were successfully completed by Aaron. Chuck ask is John reads fiction books, as he is creating a list. John talks about Snow Crash the book. This book is somewhat Pre-Matrix.  16:00 Josh and John talks about reading their kids books. Chuck talks about his picture in front of the Trump tower. John says to look up the word Bigget. Chuck says he did this for laughs, but it backfired. John talks about about liberty and what it means today. 23:00 Chuck talks about rights to speak rather they are right or wrong. Chuck asks how they plan for the beginning of the year. Josh says that make it up as it goes. Johns says to come up with the plan, then alter the plan. John describes planning based on what he is doing with the podcast awards.  28:00 Josh says they have a pool of ideas and do them based on what is best next. Chuck talks about attending conferences in the new year. John talks about having a mix of thing for the new best and plan building around them, as far as on going things.  32:00 For example, John plans to making the book a huge success. Chuck ask because he is building a team. Chuck ask how John and Josh build and manage their team. John talks about the interesting dynamic they have with Rodrigo at Simple Programmer, as an employee. Josh talks about communication with his helpers for Simple Programmer.  37:00 Josh say the real key is getting the A+ players. Josh says he wants a better promotional calendar. John says if he has to monitor you, he will fire you. Chuck says see progress will help him relax. Josh suggest using Trello to see progress with the team.  42:00 John says he does not hire, unless there is an automation that can be applied to the job. Chuck talks more about things he want to do to build a team for his business. John talks about why he has no hired a personal assistant. John speaks more on assigning  tasks to his employees.  48:00 Chuck asks what is a good test project for hiring an executive assistant. Chuck talks about creating a standard operating procedure as a task for the new hire. Josh says he wants his new hires to screw him now on a test job. Chuck ask what he should he pay them for the test task.  55:00 John says to pay them their hour rate they asked. He says this will give him the good idea about how they work. Let them hang themselves..  57:00 John says to vote for the Podcast Awards through December 31st!  Next, John says all the EntreProgrammers  have their logos, and pay your membership fees. John says he is going to logos ready. Thoughts of the Week! Chuck - You can keep moving at a breakneck speed, but you will hit a wall… John - Set realistic expectations. Josh - Have multiple channels of things to do…

Episode 146 “Sandwich Artist” 0:15 John, again demonstrates Alexa’s capabilities, another experiment with his office lights. Success! John talks about nonstop Elvin and the Chipmunks songs coming out of Alexa.  4:00 Derick talks about being sick. Chuck talks about his hectic day with phone screenings. John talks about his challenge of bringing him 50K for a job. Josh said he will claim credit for accomplishing this challenge.  9:00 Derick said he loves the idea, and would hire someone on the spot if they can help bring money into his business. John explains how to this challenge works if you had implemented this with a millionaire.  13:00 Chuck talks more about how hiring the right person can help generate revenue for your  business. Chuck talks about using KSL radio for trying to hire a local person for his business.  Chuck shares how this potential new hire will help his business.  20:00 Derick says that everything that Chuck mentioned as his need for this job, is everything he needs to tell the person for hire. John shares how to look at the situation when looking for a new hire. John talks about how he hires on UpWork, or just hiring in general.  28:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about how looking at resumes maybe worthless, verses meeting the person on a video call to judge their personality.  Chuck talks about specifically what he is looking for in a new hire.  34:00 John makes a funny comparison to government employees because they never quit their jobs, because they do nothing.  John talks about a ambitious sandwich artist who is trying to make something of there life.  38:00 Derick shares his thoughts on the kind of person who would want this job that Chuck is offering. Chuck says he wants to find the person who is aspiring to do the best at everything that they do and looking for stability.  40:00 John says this person has to have a vision for themselves in the next few years. John says to Chuck that he is not looking for a hanger-on-er. Chuck says that most people who apply for the job are stay-at-home-moms. 48:00 Derick reveals he is going to do a ebook on Docker. Derick is doing a blogpost and the ebook, and getting people up to speed for the pre-sale. 50:00 Derick quickly mentions his plans for his business as of now. John says he want to be one of Derick’ s stick figure on his page.  Derick talks about his next experiment with his book.  Thoughts for the Week  John - Finding a Stopping point and do it.  Josh -TSA pre check is worth it.  Chuck - Figure out these procedures! Derick - Don’t Don't get pneumonia. Take care of yourself.

Episode 145 “ Leotard and Cape” 0:15 John says he just completed his new book on air. John says the entire book took 6 months to write.  John says he can now remove the Trello card to write his book in the morning. John tries an on air test with Alexa. Not working so great now. Chuck mentions having similar issues with playing Christmas songs. 7:00 EntreProgrammers discuss ways they use Echo, time out timers and playing music. Josh say he is fed up with Siri as well. 12:30  Chuck talks about trying to find a CRM, but he does not want to pay for duplicate services. Josh asks why Drip was not providing everything he needed. Josh mentions he liked SalesForce.  Josh talks about Active Campaign and their small issues. 18:00 Chuck and Josh talk about the cost of the features for a CRM and the tools for email marketing. Chuck also talks about creating a standard operating system for his business. 21:00 Chuck talks about possibly hiring another good contractor, but only locally. He asks if he should put it on Craigslist. Josh thinks that on Craigslist, he will be flying blind. Chuck talks about his plan and criteria for hiring his next person. Josh suggests a COLBY assessment before hiring. 28:00 Josh talks about working with Dan on the Sublime project and audience.  Josh shares a story with Dan’s project. Josh shares some information on his training material. 33:00 John talks about how Simple Programmer can scale with different ways to help other businesses to monetize and gain an audience. John says he can give all the secrets, but will they implement it? Josh talks about what the project manager will be doing. 39:00 John talks about running a full marathon distance, 26 miles total. Chuck say he needs to get back into shape to run "one miles." John says he was running at a slower pace the whole time. 44:00 John says he stop wearing his Apple watch because the battery is not performing well. Chuck asks for advice on things to listen to while running. John says Chuck should run in a leotard and cape. John shows off his new customs build laptop. 50:00 Josh talks about how hot his ThinkPad  laptop use to get. John talks about how great the system runs so far. Josh also sports the new Simple Programmer t shirt design. 55:00 Chuck says he is now looking into Origin PCs. He may ditch his Mac soon. 57:00 John says its almost about time for the spin off groups to start recording their episodes. John says that they need to start looking for sponsorship for the podcast. Is Digital Ocean still onboard?  Thoughts for the Week  John - You can always do more than you think you can. Josh - There is so much opportunity, that is yours for the taking.. Chuck - Having a process and automating the process..

Episode 144 “Don’t Stop Twerking The Business” 0:15 Hardware report. John talks about possible reasons why Apple got rid of the headphone jack. Derick talks more about the water resistance of the new iPhone. Josh says he is still waiting for the Air Pods. John talks about his Surface Book.  5:00  Chuck joins with an awful cold. John talks about how the people at Microsoft are going to take back the Surface Book. John talks about his gaming Laptop PC he built.  8:15 Chuck talks about how he is not too excited with the new Apple MacBook Pro. Derick talks about his issues with the 2012 thunderbolt port, and buying a new MacBook. Derick talks about doing returns and buying new external hard drives.  14:00 Derick talks about paying down as things are going well at Watch Me Code. Derick talk about his Cyber Monday sales. But the subscription are growing.  17:30 Chuck mentions that he actually hired someone from UpWork, and doing a great job a Dev Chat TV. Chuck talks about the upcoming DevOps remote conference. Chuck is excited about his new hire as she is going a great job.  22:00 Chuck talks about firing the dirty bastard that edit his podcasts. Chuck talks about finding other people to edit his podcasts. John thinks that Chuck should build team that could do some in house editors.  28:00 Derick talks about having a similar situation, also having the need to have control to get things done properly. John says he is almost done with his book, and he thinks it is going to be a great seller. John says they are looking to hire somebody to talk care of the podcast awards project.  32:00 John and Josh talk about their Black Friday sales. Josh mentions that they hit their biggest month. John talks about his sponsorship dealing with hired.com.  35:00 John talks about their experiment with Adwords. Josh talks about the cost of ads and trying to grow their list. Josh talks more about Dan doing a project with Sublime. Josh talks about turn the book into a video training course.  41:00 Josh talks about cloning himself to scale the project. John talks about the benefit of platforms and white labeling.  43:00 Chuck says that people are coming to Simple Programmer for Johns voice, and he should not take anyone else that does not mesh with the Simple Programmer brand.  46:00 John talks about his plan for curating content for technical material. Josh mention to Derick that they could white label his projects. John talks about having to take more electrolytes and how this is helping him feel better and have more energy. Derick talks about the need for electrolytes.  50:00 Derick mentions adding team membership for Watch Me Code, for businesses to use for their teams. Derick says this is only for the annual memberships. Derick says the reason he did this is for businesses to use for the budget money on this platform.  55:00 Mastermind team members! John mentions that the teams should contact him, about the team names, cover art, and other elements for building the podcast mastermind. John ask if it is possible to create a subscription account with PayPal for monthly payments. The goal is to launch the mastermind project for January! Thoughts for the Week! Chuck - Sometime things don't go as plan, just adjust your plan next week. Derick - Don’t stop tweaking you knobs. Josh - No matter what something is going to go wrong…just deal with it.  John - Suck it up buttercup!   

Episode 143 “This Is Where The News Happens” 0:15 And We’re Live. Chuck says hello for NYC for Microsoft Connect. Chuck plans to retire for iPheaks and The Freelancer show in Dev Chat TV. Chuck talks about hiring a coach to help him get to the next level. Chuck talks about letting the podcast shows know about what they need to do with the sponsorship funds. John thinks Chuck should still control the sponsorship funds as the producer.  8:00 John continues to talk about the control Chuck should have as the brand or producer. Josh suggests finding away to  split sponsorship if they host find sponsors themselves. John thinks that as a business, Chuck should not lose the sponsorship money, incase the show become super popular.  15:00 Chuck says that he has another sponsor beside hired.com. Also, Chuck says that he is trying to hire another VA type person who can take over Mandy’s old tasks. John think this is ok for Chuck to do, because now Chuck has multiple roles filled at less cost.  20:00 Chuck think he may need to hire someone to drive his kids to school and bring them back. This will give him more time to get to work early in the day. John says that he final got his shirts. Josh talks about almost getting fired over bad t-shirts. John talks about trying to get sample t-shirt before he pays for a boat load.  25:00 John and Chuck talk about selling t shirts and other items that support their brand. This is about ways to manage inventory and shipping. John says he is looking for screen printed shirts, or print on demand, and drop shipping.  32:00 Josh says he is looking forward to more shopping cast fun, selling t-shirts and stuff. Chuck talks about possible doing coaching as apart of his business or consulting. Josh says he enjoys working one on one with people, but he suggest selling 2-3 month block of coaching, for a coaching business.  38:00 John talks about how he does his coaching and the things the people need to do before he started coaching them.  John says that for coaching business, Chuck should raise his rate if it is something that he is not sure about or going to enjoy in the long term. Josh suggest $500 per hour, and should not go more than 1 hour.  45:00 Chuck talks about other formats for Java Script Jabber and way to grow the numbers. John says that he has raised his episode number per week to increase audience numbers.  51:00 John talks about his Tony Robbins event and walking on fire. Chuck ask if the Tony Robbins event is worth going to. John explains why it is worth the money.  56:00  John say he is sending out an introduction email for the mastermind groups about team names and artwork for the podcasts. All this to kick off in January! Thoughts for the Week Josh - Audience is primary  Chuck - Have a template John - You are fighting against the universe or fight the biology. 

Episode 142  “Tall Caramel Macchiato!” 0:15  We’re Live! No Sonmez. John is attending a Tony Robbins event or concert.  Derick talks about how his MacBook Pro kept crashing during mastermind calls. Derick said the main issue on the mac was a bad video card. It will be replace for free from Apple. Derick mentions that he likes the upgrades of the new mac book pro, but does not care for the touch bar.  8:27 Derick talks about working on upgrading an older MacBook pro to make it useful for work. Derick says he had a great week at Watch Me Code. He talks about building his launch sequence for his Docker project. He also shares that he has gain some subscribers.  12:00 Derick shares that he is going to give a 10 percent off code starting Monday. Josh mentions that he like what Derick is doing, because he is getting dual purpose on his material. Derick says that he is using a guide to help focus on the projects people need.   18:00 Derick talks about how he likes his new screencast mastermind. Chuck talks about a new mastermind he just joined. Chuck talks about a surprise in his bookkeeping that he did not notice. Chuck talks about where all his revenue this past year and talks about all the different services that he pays for to help his business. Chuck is looking into what he can cut for the new year.  28:00 Chuck shares that he wants to earn over $200,000 next year. Chuck talks about hiring several people off of UpWork. 31:00 Derick talks about his usual Monday tasks, and task for the rest of the week. Josh asks about how long the editing takes for the videos. Chuck mentions using and app called Toggle.  35:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about the work habits and ways to build a working routine. Chuck talks about how he does not want to lower prices on his products. Chuck ask how to go about this. 40:00 Derick talks about what he might do with the RabbitMQ bundle. Chuck mentions doing a beta sales for Get A Coder Job. 47:00 Josh shares a disaster a Simple Programmer. Josh talks about his emails that generated 5 sales.  Josh talks about runs a list for a person who is selling his book. Josh talks about the plan he created to help up the price and sales of this launch sequence.  55:00 Derick mentions that he forgot to ask for emails, for the EntreProgarmmers Mastermind. Please give Derick the email you wish to use for joining the Slack groups.  Thoughts for the Week! Chuck - Get to work on the stuff you can control. Derick - Make sure you have a good backup of your stuff. Josh -  You can do so much more with what you have then what you are doing.

Episode 141 “This Is Going To Be Huge!” 0:15 We’re Live! Derick warns us he may be disappear due to his faulty MacBook Pro. Derick notices the John’s sound has improved. John complains about the labor cost for hanging pictures in his home. Derick says to hire a handy man so he can’t work for anyone else but you. 5:00 John talks about a launch he did not mention last week called, 10 Ways To Make Money Off Your Blog. John shares the details of the mini launch. Josh shares his mistakes and troubles with the links and launch in general. John talks about a death ray and check list… rant in progress… 10:00 John talks about how mistakes can cost thousands if you don't have checklists. Derick concurs with the need for organization and checklists. John talks about having use FireSub awhile back for task management and checklists. Derick suggest using the notepad app over building a complex systems of apps.  16:00 Derick talks about his new mastermind and what the members are doing for work. Derick talks about how he had to preach about email sequences to his new mastermind members.  20:00 Josh talks about the email marketing analytics of Simple Programmers’ launch. John talks about how their knowledge up till now is equal to an MPA on topics like marketing and creating products.  26:00 John talks about how more sales pitched toward developers. But John is thinking about changing that information. John and Josh talks about how they are backing up their 100 dollar guarantee.  29:00 Chuck talks about doing a beta version of a product. Josh share his thoughts on learning from videos verses reading a document. Derick talks about his view on creating videos and his audience absorbing information about programming.  35:00 John share more on his Ultimate Podcast List on Simple Programmer. John says that this is a great list for developers. John says he actually wrote some code for the podcast list project.   41:00 John says he is going to create the Software Developers Podcast Awards!  John talks about his ideas for nominations and creating traffic for this project. John is thinking about a 1000 dollar prize among other things.  46:00 Derick suggests talking about the spin-off groups. EntreProgarmmers are shutting down the application submissions. Next in progress is figuring out standard operating procedures.  50:00 Derick suggests that people begin talking with one another to get things coordinated while starting up the spin off groups. Derick is thinking that a Slack channel can allow people to start owning some of the task to create a podcast.  54:00 Chuck shares that he has been hitting a brick wall with website and signing up for webinars. Derick talks about Docker.  Thoughts for the Week John - Consistent wake and start time! Derick - Some times its really fucking painful to fix things.  Josh - Focus means saying no to things you want to do. Chuck - Get motivated..

Episode 140 “Dragon Team?” 0:15 We’re live! Derick talks about the new macbook pro, but might be leaning toward the new Microsoft surface. John thinks Microsoft bought out apple for new ideas.  2:45 EntreProgrammers talk about how your keyboard will get jack now by the new virtual bar on the new macbook pro.  Derick has issues with the new power supply for the new macbook pro.He mentions that he has tons  of chargers for the older macbooks.  6:00 Josh says he was excited about the release of the air pods, but they keep pushing off the release date. 8:00 John says he has t-shirts designed for Simple Programmer! John mentions that he also updated his podcast list.  John thinks his t shirts will sell fast.  Josh cracks jokes about John wearing small shirts to show off his muscles. John talks about the process of the podcast lists.  16:00 John talks about having issues with Zaxaa and missing out on about 500 sales. Josh talks about  all the issues with shopping cart software.  John talks about complaining to the Zaxaa company about losing money and not fixing their software.  22:00 Derick says he got 9 new subscribers since the pricing change at the beginning of October. Derick is getting a 1.7 conversion rate. Also Derick is talking about re-emphasizing the bundle sales.  27:00 Josh thinks that Derick’s business will being growing considering the new information and pricing. John says that he should be able to keep up because of the new messaging on the Watch Me Code website. Derick talks about his client work and getting board with the projects. 30:00 Derick talks about doing client work and maybe an overnight upgrade job. John says to ask these questions by mirroring his client. John says that it should only be looked at as a job that pays the hours worked, and not to care to much at it.   38:00 Derick says 11 people have signed up for the mastermind group. Derick talks about possibly using Slack group channels to help communication between the members. John says they need to review all the applications to weed out all the psychopaths. Derick talks about his snooping tactics on applications.  42:00 John talks about deciding how to divide up the mastermind groups. Josh talks about doing a 24 hour challenge as apart of team building.  John explains his idea of how all the podcasts under EntreProgrammers will function.  48:00 The EntreProgrammers  talk about creating a standard procedure or code of conduct for each group incase things arise. 55:00 John says he is excite about creating a EntreProgarmmers movement! Thoughts for the Week! Derick - Understand pricing structure. John - Who you are on your worst day, is who you are.  Josh - Very rarely are there silver bullets.    

Episode 139 “Spin-off” 2:00 We’re Live! With a new 1 hour format. John says we should beat up Bernie supporters. because they are weenies. John talks about the new ideas for the creating a spin-off group who are similar to the original mastermind of EntreProgrammers.  7:00 Derick talks about already starting in other Slack/Mastermind group. Derick talks about the big name groups and process of the new mastermind.  9:00 Josh suggests having the spin-off shows on the same feed. John suggests sharing the website hosting of the website. Chuck suggests perhaps creating a paid type of mastermind to create a serious and working group.  13:00 John talks about maybe charging 50 bucks a month, and create an application process to group people together.  The EntreProgarmmers talk about how they can help with the process of creating the new spin offs, and paying for a portion of the cost for podcast production.  20:00 Chuck and John agree on creating Facebook or Slack groups for communication purposes. Also the EntreProgrammer talk about the logistics and ways to pay for the podcast production and hosting.  24:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about creating events the should be like  a “Passing the Torch” of what the EntreProgrammers mastermind is about.  25:00 Go to: entreprogarmmers.com/apply, to apply for a mastermind group hosted by the EntreProgarmmers.  29:00 The Entreprogrammers talk about how to create ways to collect and pay it’s production fees.  Derick talks about how PayPal works for this type of business process.  33:00 John says let see how many crazy people sign up, then they can get the process in place for new spin-off podcasts. More to come in the mailing list.  35:00 Derick ask about what he should do, if he should continue with the monthly and annual memberships, or focus on individual product launches. John suggests doing everything, from T-Shirts to expanding out to other type of products and services.  40:00 Josh suggest focusing on the launch of new products and monetize on them, then rolling them over to monthly memberships that will attract more prospects.  44:00 John suggests that Derick should find someone who is 5 times as successful, and duplicate their success. Josh talks about the difference in the product launches and evergreen content.  47:00 Derick is talking about killing his RabbitMQ website because everything is out of date.  51:00 Chuck suggests that Derick should do both types of production if he can. John suggests to continue looking  at what Wes Bos is doing. Derick mentions that he does not want to alienate his current subscribers in that area.  Thoughts of the Week Derick - Change is inevitable. Chuck - Get a vision, figure what time you need to get it done.  John - Wake up early…get everything done, to have you time. Josh - The simple tool that you use in better than the complex tool. 

Episode 138 “Debbie Downer” 2:00 And the dumpster is on fire..   Derick talks about laughing a docker  management cheat sheet for Watch Me Code. Derick says this is publish along with his ebooks an such. So far he has   170 downloads since a day ago. Derick says he did notice that people have been using junk email address, just to get the download file.  7:00 Derick says he got some good feedback through the Watch Me Code Slack channel. Derick talks about his further plans for the features he want to add to Watch Me Code.  Derick says he want to use Twitter to help with the Docker.  12:00 Derick mentions that he has been doing a lot of video editing, since he doesn’t have an editor anymore. But he is noticing things he can improve on. Derick also is seeing new subscriber on the annual package.  15:00 Derick mention that he is going to wait and see if the changes he made to his site, are going to payoff in the next few weeks.  Josh says it is interesting to see the monthly signup compared to before. The EntreProgrammers talk about the monthly plans verses the annual plans.  20:00 Josh talks about upgrade to annual plans. Derick talks about tools he is using to implement these new features.  Chuck mentions a develop edition for Content Pro.  26:00 John talks about having more thoughts on quitting the internet again. Because of tax laws and financial stuff.   But Simple Programmer is going to spend the profits to pay  the least amount go taxes across the shareholding between Him and Josh.  32:00 John talks about losing some discipline in his workflow…getting close to burnout. John talks about getting the discipline back inline, and he is doing more work in less time. John says to compress your work time to get more done, because of a time crunch.  37:00 John talks about the new Blogger Workbook product. Also he is talking about a new video call !0 Ways To Make Money Off Your Blog.” John talks about plugging both Derick’s Watch Me Code website and Chuck’s Dev Chat TV websites as example of ways to generate income.  45:00 John talks about how an idea can lead to generating more income. Derick says that it works if you already have an audience. Josh say if you have not audience, do thing similar to what Noah does and ping people on Skype.  48:00 John talks more about brain storming ways to gain a bigger audience, even in the late quarter. John is reading/listening to Grant Cardone’s book  Be Obsessed Or Be Average.  John talks about final registering Simple Programmer as a trademark.  55:00 Derick talks about a friend who was using the name Cake Boss for a software company, verse the TV show. EntreProgrammers talk about Trademarks and logos.  59:00 John talks about having a sound guy come in and treat the room for sound. EntreProgrammer talk about room treatment for recording. John says his Code Newbies Podcast just launched. Josh talks about the new signups.    1:05:00 John says he did a video on Trump, about the leaked tapes.  John mention that he does support some of Trumps ideas. John says people get butt hurt when he tell them to use their brain and not blindly follow.  1:12:00 Josh talks about freaking John out. Josh is putting big boy pants on an creating an email course. Josh says to John that he is not going to do a product like this until Milestone 2 is in the bag. John explains his plans for revenue and how he sees him and Josh working together.  1:23:00 Josh talks a new Real Estate Investment product, and people are asking to see John buy a house and invest in property in Kanas City. This is a new launch idea for the real estate course at a $1000 price point. Josh mentions a 10k course as well, where John holds you hand every step of the way.  1:29:00 John says he is on Chapter 43 on his new book. John talks about a controversial chapter in his book. John continues talking about prejudice people experience no matter what.  1:38:00 John think that they can get a 5 to 1 conversion rate on his new book. John shows an example of a book, that he would like to emulate for his next launch. John and Josh talk about possible platforms they could sale their book.  1:42:00 Derick ask if the EntreProgrammers as a group is doing their job anymore as a mastermind. Derick say he has nothing to contribute during the times John and Josh talk about their business.  Josh gives some input about the place where he is at in his business.  1:50:00 Derick ask how can they start to benefit from the meetings, at the stages in their entrepreneurial journey. EnterProgrammers talk about the stage their podcast is at as of now. Possibly shortening duration of the podcast?   2:00:00 John talks about changing the format of the podcast to an hour, and it will be a group of friends talking about their business.  Next week will be an hour podcast! Thoughts of the Week Derick - Some you have to stop doing new things and look at whats happening… John - What you perceive as burn out, might be the opposite. Josh - Be a finisher!

Episode 137 “We Just Need to Clone Ourselves…” 2:00 John suggests changing up the EntreProgrammers theme song to a dumpster theme song. Derick talks about his parents visiting and introducing them to new technology.  5:00 John mentions visiting Wendy’s in Kansas. John also so shares finishing his half marathon and 5K runs.  John talks about how he cannot help dominating anything.  10:00 Derick mentions that Watch Me Code is having a great week since he did a pricing experiment. Derick says its a combination of new prices and new content. Derick says his website now visual fits his business, services and programs.  15:00 John says Derick’s dumpster in not on fire anymore. John says he likes the new framing. Josh ask about how Derick is using RayGun. Derick talks about about his referrals are coming along.  20:00 Derick shares how he is getting a lot of traffic and things are growing for his business. Josh talks about nailing your position in your USP, and how the sky just opens up. Derick talks about his strategy to make things work out for his site.  27:00 Derick continues to talk about how he is formatting products on his Watch Me Code website. John says this is what Derick is meant to find for helping create solid direction for his business.  30:00 Josh looks into the analytics of Derick’s Watch Me Code website, and gives some insight on the clicks what people are gravitating too. Josh and John have the same idea on creating a streamlined shopping cart software.  38:00 John talks about the processes he and Josh are using in the Simple Programmer. Derick talks about how he uses Stripe to take payments by credit card. Josh ask about how PayPal do their payment process.  45:00 Josh rants about a service he is using on Simple Programmer that is broken. John talks about creating a SAS product for tracking. John talks about Drip cookies for tracking. Derick says that is how every re-targeting system works.  50:00 Chuck says that he as an internet entrepreneur is finally getting into the marketing tools side of his business. John rants on the tracking tool idea for marketing.  58:00 Derick says he will not be impress until the software works. So just build it!. John says they are rocking it at Simple Programmer. John mentions that Josh is close to his Mile Stone! John says that picked up hired.com as a sponsor.  1:04:00 John just mentioned that Simple Programmers’ baseline revenue is 20K. Josh is about to reach his milestone.  John says he is on chapter 39 on his next book. John shares the revenue report on his first book on all platforms. 1:10:00 Josh says that Amazon will be another traffic source after John’s new book is launched. Chuck says there is no more Bubba on the team. Chuck says at this rate he has fired a person every month.  Chuck shares about the work load of his current employees.   1:15:00 Chuck is talking about using UpWork to hire a bunch of people for one job, and pick one of them. Chuck had to new panelist for the Ruby Rouges podcast.  Chuck says he is building the panel slowly to get the right people inline. Chuck reads some feedback and emails about Ruby Rouges.   1:20:00 Chuck asks about the sales opportunities during and after a webinar. Hopeful he has some sales twinkle in. John mention how he would never promote someone else’s product again, because of the conversion rates.  1:32:00 Chuck is buckling down to finish off the book he is writing. Chuck thinks that a redesign, similar to Derick’s project would be good for Dev Chat TV.  Josh suggests, just building in Thrive to test the pages out.  Chuck talks about inviting people to the conferences.  1:42:00 Chuck tell us that he sign up for Patreon for some of the account at Dev Chat TV. Chuck talks about how updates for his backend website. Chuck is reading about how to do 12 week years.  1:47:00 Chuck says he has his sponsorship stuff all figured out.  Thoughts of the Week Derick - Forward Always, alway forward.  Chuck - The things that are really worth doing, are the things that are not easy to do.  John -  Learn to love the fight!  Josh - You are never done with the basics.      

Episode 136  “Bubba Don’t Play Dat!” 2:00 EntreProgrammers give Josh a hard time  about facial hair. John talks about the golden age of 36. John share that he is going to be running a half marathon in San Jose CA. Chuck mentions that he is at Microsoft Ignite. Chuck gives the variety of sessions at the convention.  7:30 Chuck mention that he made 300 dollars on this independence sale. He is not sure what he did wrong. Derick thinks he was discounting to many products, so them people are not sure about the sale.  10:00 Chuck talks about one of his hires, Bubba. Who is suppose to be the social media expert. Chuck is having a rough time getting feedback from Bubba. Everyone says to urgently fire Bubba. 15:00 Josh ask what are the exact duties of Bubba’s job, then post the job on UpWork, and hire 5 people to audition for the job. Chuck ask what should he tell her next?   18:00 John says to have a standard level for new hires, like Rodrigo at Simple Programmer.  Chuck talks about the task that Bubba is doing that might be in progress. John talks about the tasks he eventually had Rodrigo take over.  25:00 Derick talks about the grammar and small detail issues he deals with.  Derick further mention the training process with new hires. John says that you cannot teach good work ethic. John talks about writing a chapter on Dealing with Your Boss, in his upcoming book.  30:00 Chuck says he is going to reach out an try to get on .NETROCKS. John talks about the value an employee should  bring to a business.  37:00 John mentions listening to Tim Ferris. Derick thinks John is drinking the “Kool-ade"… John talks about doing your job the best you can, not matter what your job title is. Mop those floors up to upper management. Josh talks about working a Radio Shack and cleaning toilets. Derick talks about cleaning a gas station restroom.  45:00 Chuck talks about working a K-Mart.  Derick talks about doing a less than stellar job at Watch Me Code this past week. Derick says he may have lost out on a couple of sales, due to a code bug, on the check out system.  52:00 Derick says he has just become a WordPress developer, and may sell his programs for WordPress.  Derick says he knows the efforts to build this business.  1:00:00 Josh talks about the birthday sale. Josh shares the details on the email he sent, and only had one sale.. Josh says there was an issue with the check out system. Come to fun out the system was broken and he may have lost out on some sales.  1:04:00 Josh talks about how the discount codes are not working properly with the check out system. Josh and John say the sales are going up because of the payment plan they are offer with Simple Programmer.   1:12:00 John says the Patreon is dying out.  Chuck in not sure in it affects things. EntreProgrammers talk about the Patreon setup and the goal they want to reach with using it.  1:20:00 John thinks that Chuck should do both version of the sponsorship, and double dip. Chuck says that he is not sure what to giveaway to do this sponsorship.  1:25:00 Derick talks about a documentation base on getting sponsorships. “Pom Wonderful Present the Greatest Movies Ever Sold”. John talks about using the Ring doorbell camera kit.  1:30:00 The EntreProgrammers discuss more home automation kits, and safety features. Derick ask about more information about the Ring system. Josh says the home automation industry, needs to not replace everything for certain automation services. We still need the physical product.  1:41:00 Derick talks about the Microsoft equipped car that sometime have bluetooth failure. Josh mentions the driverless Uber in Pittsburg. Josh says not to takeaway his earbuds. John talks about interviewing Eli the computer guy.  1:17:00 Josh talks about the new Avengers movie. EntreProgramers geek out on the Marvel and XMen movies.  1:50:00 John talks about signing up for Pay Checks. Josh talks trash about Net Suite, for logging hours.  Josh thinks that the Time Tracking and Shopping Cart people should get together.  Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Find a way to get some downtime… Josh - Understanding how you do things is very valuable.  John - You got to cut yourself free.  Derick - F U I’m doing it anyway.

Episode 135 “ The Dumpster Is On Fire” 2:00 Derick talks about his 38th birthday sale, and had 16 sales of the yearly subscription. John does some math, and says that Derick should maybe drop some prices on his subscriptions, because he found a price range that sells.  6:00 Josh says just change the prices without announcing the price change. Josh suggest to drop the prices incrementally, until he see sales come in. John says this is good new for finding a price range people are buying in.  10:00 Chuck asks a question about discounts for his products. Derick talks about the randomness of doing discounts. Chuck ask if this is a good way to let people know that you have stuff to sale. 14:00 Derick says he can finally pay down some credit card debt. Derick shares that he started seeing a therapist. Derick says he needs to working not being an asshole on his downtime. Derick shared that he will begin weekly therapy. 19:00 Derick says this is death of thousands of paper cuts. Derick mentions that if you are struggling, make sure you get help. Derick shares that because he works at home, his personal life and working life are so entangled, that its hard to separate the two.  22:00 John suggest to Derick, that he should look into Awaken The Giant by Tony Robbins. Also perhaps attended a Tony Robbins event.  John says it does not matter how sharp you are, if you are struggling mentally.  27:00 Derick says that it is difficult to make a choice on the many therapist out there.  Derick says to pick the first one on your google search, you can always see someone else.  Derick says to check OSMIhelp.org if your want to learn more.  29:00 Derick says that he is not in a depression, because he has been there. he just need to learn how to reach to things he is dealing with. 30:00 John talks about getting into a funk, and it is a constant battle. John says that astronomy may have something to do with their funk that they are in. John try to do some manual zoom. Derick says that despite the issues he was experiencing, this was a very productive week for him.  37:00 Derick shares the many different updates he did to the website. The EntreProgrammers talk about using avatars to help their marketing or target market.  44:00 John talks about Josh’s ring pull-up moves. The EntreProgrammers talk about the important feature on a website, and guided learning on websites.  47:00 John suggests doing a free introduction to Java Script course on Udemy.  Derick says that he would hate to support that company. John says the dolphins get kill when making tuna…  52:00 Chuck ask if Derick needs more help, after all John’s metaphors to describing being serious. Chuck talks about doing his webinar for the Ruby Rouges listeners. Chuck explain where he want to go from here. Chuck talks about what more people want to hear on the show.  56:00 Chuck about doing a show every two weeks. Chuck say he is going to opening up the show to questions. Chuck talks about get rave reviews on a project idea.  Chuck says he is going to Microsoft Ignite.  1:03:00 Chuck talks about updating how people signup as guess on his shows. Chuck talks about his employees and how they communicate with him about work. Josh suggest a tool like Trello, to keep in contact with contractors, and progress on projects.  1:12:00 Chucks for advice and maybe  doing a step by step with a one of his contractors to help the process. Chuck say he is going to be more mindful on the precess on teaching his contractors processes.  1:16:00 Chuck talks about moving the conferences to DEV Chat TV. Chuck is trying to fugue out how to do a custom page, and adding the talks. Derick explains his workflow and how to, on Chuck’s question.  1:22:00 The EntreProgrammers give feedback on the actions to take on contractor doing working, and where they should be, as far as being handsfree as an entrepreneur. Chuck ask he should redesign the webinar site. The EntreProgrammers give advice to Chuck about website template and building in features.  1:34:00 Derick says his PHP code is garbage. Derick ask if Chuck is using Slack for his shows. John says Bubbas are highly qualified people in Chuck business. John says he is gong to be interview Eli The Computer Guy on Monday. Josh is a now full throated supporter.  1:41:00 Josh talks about promoting on youtube, and ways to get more traffic. Josh talk about his tactics to warm up your traffic, and retargeting, on Simple Programmer. Josh thinks all shopping cart software on the market sucks! 1:50:00 Josh talks about implemented a payment plans to How to Market Yourself, and got 26 sales. Josh suggests to Derick that he should try it on Watch Me Code annual subscriptions. Josh also mention the one dollar offer.  1:55:00 John and Josh talk about testing verse real business testing, as far as marketing goes. Derick talks about how those test or studies are in control, but in the real world things vary. More talk on studies and real application.  2:00:00 John talks more about psychological study and “meta game changing.” The tactic stops working! Thoughts of the week  Derick - If you need help, get the help.  Chuck - If you serve people well, when you need them, they will come out and help you.  John -  Can you hold on to progress you’ve made.. Josh - Invest time and understanding how you tick. 

Episode 134 “We Fire People Around Here…” 2:00 And We’re Live! Josh looks less grayish with his color correction filter. John says he wants overhead lighting to enhance his muscles. John says he is making progress with the decor of his office.  Derick talks about his behemoth desk move from an office to his apartment.  11:00 Derick talks about his week taking care of his family and is sick son, and the trial of getting back to work. Derick talks about taking a look at the homepage of Watch Me Code. Derick have been researching and making significant changes to his Watch Me Code homepage.  15:00 Derick mention redoing the framework for the website and reworking the backend of the page. Derick says he reinstated the monthly plans to some of the products on his page.  21:00 Josh talks about the positioning of some for the elements on the Watch Me Code website, this will help them navigate to the features and services. John mention that some of rate icons are broken on the webpage.  25:00 Josh thinks that Derick made some good improvements on his website. Josh says that he made good progress for not getting a whole lot of work done.  31:00 Derick talks about a blog post about he thoughts on a topic of a blog post. Derick talks about experimenting with post footers.  38:00 Chuck joins the call in between his conferences. John talks about getting attack on Twitter. Chuck talks about a couple past episodes he was getting flack on about his past contractor.  46:00 John says that you can not have your cake and eat it too. The EntreProgrammer’s forum is very unique and honest about the things they share. John is glad that Chuck brought on a real problem that they, as entrepreneurs are dealing with and they deal with it the best way possible. 53:00 Derick says that the EntreProgrammers are willing to make a mistake publicly, and this in turn should help people  in running a business. Chuck says they need to be open with the people they are open with.  1:02:00 Derick says that change is painful, and it sucks. John says they are here to service and genuinely love to help people. Instead, people should be judged on their real intentions.  1:10:00 Chuck says that he is done trying to be right, and he is going to be himself. At this point he is going to do the best he can. Chuck says he is going to piss more people off and be John.  1:15:00 John says to Chuck, your filth is public, and others peoples filth is private. Chuck share story about the things he sees in his personal life.  1:18:00 John says he hit that same point when he was polarizing. Josh says this is another part that develops him more. John says people would rather hear the honest truth. John says he is proud of Chuck to take this on.  1:22:00 John mentions that he is about to hit 40K subscribers on the Simple Programer youtube channel. John mention that Eli the Computer Guy is coming on the Simple Programmer.  1:27:00 Josh talks about his current video recording methods, as he build up his video production. Josh talks bout their last weekend at SumoConf. and a presentation on making their fee money back.  1:33:00 Josh says he is going to be looking for new ways reach people, something like an icebreaker to follow up with their audience. John talks about he experience with SumoConf.  1:39:00 Josh talks about a new tagline for his business. I teach Software Developers How to be Cool! Derick talks about his goal for the year is to do an attendee talk at Micro Conf. Derick say as soon as they open the submission, he is going to submit “ How to burn you house down to build a better one.”  1:45:00 John says that Derick is now able to handle bigger problems. John mentions the book Built to Sell by John Warrillow.  1:53:00 Derick talks about lasts year’s mad dash to gain subscribers. Derick is thinking about send out  another discount of 38 percent to celebrate his 38th birthday on Tuesday.  1:58:00 Josh talks about adding some features to help grow sales of products in incremental ways.  Josh and Derick talk about the prices tiers on their products. Josh talks about getting great feedback for Lewis, about selling a product.  2:06:00 Derick ask about investment that he may have missed, concerning more marketing. Derick ask if he should hold off till his finance are solid. Josh talks more about marketing strategies and sponsorship information. c Thoughts of the Week Derick - Burn your house down to build a better one. John -  Physical exhaustion is not good for you.. Sleep.  Josh - What can I do that won’t fail?

Episode 133 “Lean Manufacturing…” 2:00 No John or Josh today. Derick talks about getting Quickbooks online, and fired everyone that works for him. Derick has a lot of questions about this next stage and the ins and outs of Quickbooks. Derick is trying to figure out out how to connect banks, PayPal, and payment processing into Quickbooks. Are John and Josh automating the payments?  6:53 Derick mentions working with figuring out the connection of finances to quickbooks for two hours. John might be trying to connect to the call.  9:00 Chuck talks about getting his act together and start blogging and connection with LinkedIn. Derick says that was what Mark was working on, to help create a constant stream of content. Derick shares that he was giving away some stuff on Docker.  13:00   Derick talks about repackaging his content and figuring out his emailing system. Derick mentions having 30 sales of his RabbitMQ book on LeanPub. Derick is puzzled on how these sales are coming in, because he is not doing any marketing for them.  15:00 Derick mentions that he is in a tough spot, now that he does not have any one to help him with his content editing and creation.  Derick shares how his workflow use to be when he first started to creating videos, compared to today's duties.  20:00 Chuck talks about his video editor's tasks list, who helps with his projects. Derick says he has been taking over things that he once use to do in the past. Chuck shares that he is hiring more people to help with his conference schedules. Chuck says he is ditching Crowdcast for WebinarJam. Derick says for he may switch to WebinarJam as well.  28:00 Derick asks about the chat type systems built-in to webinar or a google hangouts for video conferencing. Chuck mentions goofing a link for a webinar, but he does have 170 people signed up. John mentions to Chuck that only 40 people may show up for the live event, even if that many people signup.  34:00 Chuck talks about having two events scheduled conferences on the same day. Kind of a tight situation... 38:00 Derick shares that he is messing with an idea, and writhing code, instead of all the important business stuff. Derick asks “how does he get there…”, He ask himself if he should turn monthly subscriptions back on.  43:00 Derick talks about a helpful post from Josh Pigford's blog of Baremetrics. Derick talks about how that one new thing is not going to solve your problems.  48:00 Derick talks about his “fails” that he knows about, and should fix. Derick talks about an email conversation about fixing problems for a presentation.  1:00:00 Derick talks about how his pricing structure is that near PuralSight's price list. Chuck talks about being the “Bridge Gapper.”  1:08:00 Chuck thinks that Derick is headed into the right direction and needs to solidify his ides for success. Chuck and Derick want to clone Josh for their businesses for ad copy. .Chuck asks about Derick’s vision. Derick questions his business. “Is it my business?”  1:10:00 Derick ask if there is something wrong with his business, or if his business a viable business? Chuck thinks it is.  Chuck says he runs into the same questions with his business, and ask if he just screwed up.   1:15:00 Derick ask if Chuck would be willing to take care of EntreProgrammer’s sponsorship duties? Derick says he is failed at taking care of the sponsorship stuff. Chuck shares his view on the sponsorship of his podcast.  1:21:00 Chuck mentions that he ignored his book writhing and Rails Clips, because of all the thing he has been doing.  1:26:00 Derick talks about the book The Marine Corp. Way, and the type of work models that are involved.  1:29:00 Chuck will be in Atlanta  Oct. 25th to the 1st of November. Anyone up for a meet-up? Thoughts of the Week Chuck  - Keep moving forward. Derick - Tweaking all the knobs of the business… You got to be somewhat organized.   

Episode 132 “Bridge Gapper” 2:00 We’re Live! Derick quotes the classic software developer movie “Office Space.” John talks about pissing off the internet again. John talks about the different views of a creationist or evolutionist on his youtube channel.  8:30 John says that the more you look into a “cracker jack” idea, there is some sort of compelling agreement.  13:00 Josh talks about the up coming censoring on YouTube. John again talks about the different scientific hypothesis of life, creation, or evolution. Josh talks about losing some subscribers on patreon.  19:00 John says that something that is scientific, doesn’t ave to be true. John talks about epigenetics and experimentation for induced results.  24:00 Derick finally gets to talk about his last two weeks. He mentions that he has a couple new subscribers, and somethings in the business are broken. Derick shares that he is seeing at least 10 people drop a month.  28:00 Derick thinks that he need to present his content in a more unique way, to help subscribers. Derick said that the material is there and that he need to help the subscribers see that material they need. Derick is getting help to learn how to present his material in a more simplified way.  31:00 Derick says that he feels that he has been throwing money away on marketing efforts. He is not sure what to do. Maybe go back to a monthly model as far as subscribing to his program. John thinks that Derick need to get his bookkeeping in order, to understand the expense on marketing efforts. This way, Derick can budget out the funds for marketing. Chuck thinks that Derick’s problem is customer retention or on boarding new subscribers.  37:00 John asks what is the one thing that Derick is good at. Josh talks about he purpose of niching down. The EntreProgrammers give their opinion about the direction Derick should take for acquiring more customers.  45:00 The EntreProgrammers talks about the strategies Derick should think about in order to present himself as being awesome.  52:00 John suggests offering some free content to lead to paid content. Chuck suggests having someone advocate for his products as the next step in advancing a programmer. Josh suggest doing a 4 week class to generate income. 59:00 John ask if Derick is shooting himself in the foot as the “bridge gapper.” Derick mentions that he does not know which decision to make on all the ideas available to him.  1:10:00 Josh suggest that more traffic is not the problem, but Derick should be analyzing data. John suggest that Derick should stop paying for marketing, and figure out who to make cash fast to get out of the trouble he is in, and then come up with the marketing and messaging plan.  1:23:00 Josh shares an example email with Derick to help understand that need of his customers. Derick ask it is worth to spend money on setting up Quickbooks. The EntreProgarmmers are planning to help Derick, by referring him to their network of marketers.  1:38:00 John suggest that Derick sign up for a subscription to quickbooks. Derick mention he is very close to quitting a clients project.  Derick does not want to work under this manager anymore.  1:48:00 Josh talk about his webinar this pass week, with 126 seat filled. Josh also mentions that he has to do some affiliate pay outs. Josh shares what work but for him when he does webinars and presentations.  1:54:00 Josh talks about having delayed email with SendGrid, right before the start of his email. Josh shares that he had a person ask for a refund, after he realized that he was not a good fit for the webinar.  2:03:00 John shows am example of Josh’s Simple Programmer business card. Chuck mentions that he is following Josh’s example of how to do a webinar. Chuck says he is still figuring out how to do these things with Thrive.  2:08:00 Chuck is talking about hiring a couple of people to help him, since Mandy is not working for him anymore. Chuck talks about a dilemma one one of his podcasts about race.  2:16:00 Chuck talks about how Josh had bought a webinar platform, and he waiting to see if it is worth it for him. Josh think so far it is probably worth the money.  Chuck mention talking about Webinar Jam.  Thought for the Week John - Explore a lot of crazy stuff, there is value in a lot of different things.  Chuck - Sometimes it really sucks.  Josh - What is the dent in your world.

2:00 We’re Live!   John mentions that EntreProgrammers got a down vote the last episode. John was a guess on the Coding Newbies podcast recently. John talks about taking what he says out of context. John refers back to and old Ruby Rouges episodes to explain himself in the context of the situation at the time.  8:00 Chuck talks about voicing options and having a conversation, rather then immediately coming to conclusion.  10:00 Josh talks about the tendency to celebrate differences, rather than common goals. Josh says you will rarely be successful, punching people in the face, right out of the gate.  14:00 John talks about the lack of balance content on people social media feeds. People usual have a ton of content on their social media feeds that supports their views, rather than a little bit of both.  John says he respects Tom Cruise. Another Down Vote!  19:00 John talks about how fully understanding world views can have a kind of paradigm shift in your views.  21:15 John talks about having to take his Surface Pro in for service agian. Chuck wants to learn more webinars from Josh. Chuck shares that he may being adding more webinars/conferences. Josh talks about setting of DPD with Xaphier.  29:00 Chuck talks about using Drip to tag people with the product for the sales of seats in the webinar.  34:00 John mentions that he uses webinar ninja and is willing to share with Chuck. EntreProgrammers talk about the multiple ways to conduct a webinar, as far as taking payment to the software to run a webinar.  38:00 Chuck is hoping to get most of the work done today. Chuck shares some information about the content go the book to build relationships. 43:00 John talks about reading “How To Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big” by Scott Adams. John talks about optimizing later… Chuck shares an idea about hiring an intern for a friend.  54:00 Josh suggest looking for interns in their late teens or in the later years of high school. John says to round up a few homeless guys. Chuck talks about the language barrier with people from the  Philippines. 1:00:00 John says that Chuck would have to make sure the interns understand that they are contractors. The EntreProgrammers talk about how to document the tasks and time to complete a job.  1:05:00 John says part of the trouble is that Chuck did not document with task with Mandy. Chuck says that John is making more work for him.  1:12:00 Chuck shares that he is thinking about creating a wiki, Josh and John suggest starting in Google Docs. Chuck talks about a payment dispute with Mandy. Josh agrees that Chuck has to pay the late fee, and should end the work relationship.  1:22:00 Josh share a story about selling an item on Ebay. John gives advice to put the ball in her court to make a fair decision on the late payment fees.  1:29:00 Josh shared that they had a crappy product launch on the Simple Programmer sight. They are hoping for incoming sales at some point.  Josh is calling this the BS detector for real estate. John says this is spending 500 dollars to see if you really want to do real estate investing.  1:34:00 John and Josh share the possible stories for the real estate project to help warm up to the audience. John says the that people could buy the course and tell them what they might be missing, and they might get it.  1:39:00 Chuck ask about the steps of a launch that Josh and John are using for their recent projects. Chuck ask about prefacing the subject line on emails.  Josh says to test several subject line to see which work best.  1:50:00 Josh talks about the automation of the How to Market Yourself email course. John talks about gaining more subscribers  about 4500 a month. John talks about the mystery of YouTube analytics.  2:03:00 John mention that after Entreprogrammers today, he is going to be on .Net Rocks podcast. Chuck ask if anyone has use Medium. Thoughts Of the Week John - There was an intelligent person who made these goals. If you feeling bad, you are just in a bad mental state.  Josh - More people work only hard enough to make it work…” Chuck - Sometimes you need the time off. No need to panic.

Episode 130 “Troglodytes” 2:00 We’re live! No Derick today. Derick is conducting his webinar. John talks about being late because of  being sucked into a Youtube comment.   8:00 EntreProgrammers continue to talk about the distortions in reality. John talks about taking the reality punch when meeting with the mastermind.  13:30 Josh asks about Chuck’s question on the up coming conference projects. Chuck talks about using Member Press for ticket sales. Josh mentions a feature called Events in Drip.  18:00 Josh mention way to keep audience warm for the tickets sales. Josh says to target last years audience with an email. Josh recommends broadcast to Chuck.  Josh talks about forgetting to publish a draft.  25:00 Josh says lesson learned is not to get too tricky with your automation first time through. Do it the simplest way possible.  27:00 Chuck is trying to decide if he should do and Early Bird pricing like last year. He mention to really needing to do an early bird ticket sale. Josh and Chuck see not real issue in doing an early bird, depending on the price difference.  31:00 Chuck mentions doing the early bird to create urgency and doing a double launch.  38:00 Chuck thinks that Java Script, Angular and React are going to do best for this year. Chuck talks about the scheduling of the conferences for the best sales.  42:00 Josh talks about selling 30 seats for his upcoming webinar. Josh mention that he could possible get some help with at email for Bob Bly. This could help get more on his email list.  49:00 Josh talks about people reaching out the him and John for content to add to a passive income bundle from Azat.  50:00 The EntreProgrammers talks about seeing familiar name from hyper responders on their emailing list, as they sign-up or opt-in to products, programs, or services.  54:00 John talks about how his Surface Pro is running hot, and never using the tablet feature or disconnecting it.  Chuck talks about his iPad Pro and how appealing it is as a tablet. Josh says he is over using a tablet.  58:00 Chuck talks about his long journey with his Mac, but is thinking about switching about to Window or Linux. John mention he would not go to Linux.  Josh talks about the trouble he had when he first move to a Mac.  1:08:00 John talks about the changes between Mac and Windows, and the conflict with touch screen. John talks about the possible future of computing, like the Hololens.  1:12:00 Chuck ask about how to fit exercise into the his schedule. Josh talks about this routine for exercise and daily habit he built-in to his work day.  1:16:00 John shares that he runs an hour and half as a standing appointment everyday. John suggests starting the day with the most brain intensive activity, because your attention wears down.  1:24:00 Josh talks about the creating deficit in caloric intake, and creating overhead in the exercise daily. John talks about changing your location to make changes, like a boot camp situation.   1:30:00 John mention that he is still not back to where he left off in weight, before he went to China. Josh mention that he sign up for SumoCon in Austin TX. Josh shares more on the “How To Market Yourself” email course.  Josh talks about the differences this course will make for those who are interested.  1:45:00 Chuck asks about the notification in Thrives and patches to correct and issue. John mentions that Youtube subscribers are jumping and growing to 35,000 subscribers. John talks about a controversial thumbnail on one of his Simple Programmer videos. Video 1:50:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about controversial topics on race and how people talk about different cultures on nationalities Thoughts of the Week! John - Troglodytes Chuck - Focus on one priority a day Josh - When you push yourself consistently for awhile, you redefine what your capable of doing.  

“To Busy To Shave” 2:00 We’re Live! Derick’s room lighting looks different. Derick shares his new lighting setup and new camera. New tools for new projects?  4:50 Josh shares that he just recently ended his experiment with home automation. Its a train wreck and more trouble than its worth. 7:00 Derick talks about getting addicted to playing No Man’s Sky video game. Listen to Derick geek out on this game.  14:00 John talks about feeling like he wanted to shut it all down.. Talk him off the ledge people. John shares that he wants to expand out and move on more automation and new projects. Josh says to try acting.  18:00 Josh talks about how comments on the Simple Programmer YouTube channel, 100s of people say John looks like Matthew McConaughey. John says he had be mistaken for Jeff Goldblum.  22:00 John shared that he was on The Faster Than Normal Podcast, an ADHD topic podcast. John talk abut his encounter with the Host of the FTN Podcast and their discussion topic on ADHD.  26:00 Chuck says he started setting up the automation of his business and setting up his Calenldy accounts. Chuck asks about “Gravity Forms.” Josh talks about using A WordPress content feature.  32:00 Chuck mentions that if he automates the conferences, he will not have any work of Mandy to do, and may not need her help. Chuck mention that he is working to automate the projects. John says that Chuck needs to document the process of the jobs, so the automation part is easier to implement.  39:00 Chuck talks about the change up of topics on Ruby Rouges, and how it is less about tech. Chuck mentions that Ruby is use as a stable system to build stuff.  45:00 John says that Chuck needs a Python show.  Chuck shares the rough stats of the podcasts show on his Dev Chat network.  53:00 Chuck is trying figure out how to be a better person and rid his bad habits. “Its Just stuff” 55:00 John gives us an update of his book, Soft Skills, and its sales in China. Currently, his new book is developing or being written. EntreProgrammers discuss the possible topics to write in the book with John.  1:05:00 Josh talks about the road map he wanted to see as he was up an coming as a programmer. Josh thinks that the goal is that these areas exist for developers. Chuck talks about how this book is the difference between learning to get a job and source control.  1:15:00 John say this book is his “magnum opus”. John says he has several chapters to complete before it is done.  1:18:00 John says to book will be done way before the blog posts are ready to go. Chuck mention he might steal this tactic.  1:25:00 John talks about getting off track on his diet plan, but he shares a tactic to get back on track.  Not Shaving. John is doing some extreme fasting and exercise at the same time.  John is going to pound some pickle juice? The EntreProgrammers talks about their diet and exercise plans.  1:32:00 Johns says the difference between anorexia and body builders is muscle. Josh talks about promoting a product, and is trying to make a $1000 total. Josh is hiring a coach to get his project done.     1:42:00 John and Josh talk about how to create a product for Josh to sale. John says that Josh needs to learn to make Youtube videos, because he is going to be the Simple Programmer guy. Josh mentions he is struggling with create the product.  1:45:00 Josh is talking about an October release for his new product. Josh says that webinar has been getting traction. Josh says that the new email for “How to Market Yourself” is out and he is waiting for the product to pickup sales.   Thoughts of the Week John - Have systems in place to remind you of what you want to become. Josh - Hire a personal trainer..  Derick - Accountability is important….   Chuck - Changing one thing to make a difference.

“Sticker Cheap…” 2:00 John mentions trying to connect to the internet last week. John talk about his experiences in China. John talks about his trip or tours of China. John talks about the language barrier and the difficulties of communication during the trip.  7:30 John talks about the difference between Europe and China, and language barriers. John talks about the complexities of communication in China.  9:36 John thinks that China will rapidly surpass the US. in world power and growth in technology.  John talks about how their economics are based on entrepreneurship rather than conventional jobs.   11:59  John talk about how his book was #1 on amazon in China, and possibly translating Simply Programmer into Chinese.  15:00 John talks about gaining 10 t0 15lbs because he could not do any exercise. Panda Express everyday. John mentions that KCF is very popular in China. KFC everywhere!n John talks about the similarities in food to American from China.   20:00 Josh ask about the  safety in China. John says it was very safe and the evenings were busy.  John talks about the different cultures all over China. John share the dinning rituals in China and the different cultural practices. John shares the cheap prices of food.  35:00 John talks about the cost of living in parts of China.  36:00 Josh talks about the week he did not have John around. Josh shares that he did has been lightening up his workload. Josh share his work for the week while John was out on vacation to China.  43:00 Josh share some of his interest on the upcoming webinars his is doing.  Josh share his ideas for his webinar.  48:00 John asks Josh if he read the 10X Rule book. Josh talks about having a great month at Simple Programmer. Josh shares some numbers.  58:00 Josh and John talk about the Patreon project and fund. Josh talks about losing people on a course and possible ways to try to rebound numbers.  1:01:00 Chuck asks if the majority of sales come from product sales for Simple Programmer. Josh explains the multiple streams of income Simple Programmers is generating. John talks about the upcoming ideas for the new book sales and bundle type ideas.  1:11:00 Josh talks about actually taking a break and down consistent production over time.  1:15:00 Josh shares that he has been losing weight along with John and working out on consistent basis. Josh shares his workout plans.  1:21:00 John talks about the prescriptive workout. Chuck talks about getting back for training for boycott leaders. Chuck hires Podcast Motor for audio editing for some of Dev Chat Tv’s podcasts. Chuck spill the beans to Mandy about changing up the editing for the podcasts.  1:28:00 Chuck is working on automating stuff for his business. Chuck shares his ideas for working with Podcast Motor.  1:36:00 Chuck mention that his next sprint is working on the conferences are transferring work for podcast to Podcast Motor.  1:44:00 John talks about the 80 20 rule and having built up a revenue channel. Josh talks ways Chuck can promote his project.  Josh talks about being ask to teach a class or course.  1:50:00 John shares his he experience with the traveling and international date line. Thoughts for the Week John - Take a realistic assessment of where you are, and that is where you are.  Chuck - Sometime you have to make those tuff decisions.  Josh - What would this look like if it were easy.

Episode 127 “Turn Your Head and Cough” 2:00 No John today! John is lost behind the Great Firewall of China.  Chuck and Josh are going to be gone next week. So no EntreProgrammers next week.  EntreProgrmamers discuss their encounters with playing Pokemon with their children. Chuck mentions that this is a great way to connect with his kids and to spend time with them.  10:00 Chuck talks able automating stuff and working on scheduling podcasts tasks. Chuck talks about finishing up the press kits for sponsorships. Derick spots lego collector items in Chuck’s office. Derick shares he likes build legos, even without the kiddos.  18:00 Chuck talks about the different format of the sponsorships on his podcasts. Chuck explains the exposures numbers, mid roll format that will be available for those who want to buy spots.    23:00 Josh asks about how Chuck is working wth hired.com. Chuck mentions that he is using pretty links. Derick mentions that Chuck should be able to use the Pretty Links as he described.  27:00 Chuck mention that he is going to be moving over to Blubrry for more stats on his podcasts. Derick ask if people really do use the RSS feed for notification on podcasts.  32:00 Josh mentions he is going to be cutting off Meet Edgar to save on expenses. Josh mentions that he could save 600 dollars after dropping Edgar, among other useless tools. Josh mentions to look at your analytics to see if interaction is there before you stop using tools.  37:00 Derick talks about the official Twitter cards plugin, and  how it is helpful. Josh shares engagement and impression numbers for tweets.  Josh talks about is issues with his tweets.  43:00 Josh talks about the changes that will go into effect soon with tweeting and boosting of tweets. Josh mentions that because of this Edgar is not useful to him anymore.  47:00 Derick ask about Josh’s interaction on Twitter. Josh mention he may not be active enough. Josh mentions that he may have lock down a sponsor for Simple Programmer. Josh said he is excited because this may get him to milestone one.  52:00 Josh says that he is cleaning up old Simple Programmer stuff. He is have Aaron go through tasks for Josh. Josh loves delegating. Josh mention because of this he was able to crank away at more important task.   Josh talks about his struggle with building out his product, because he does not have the system down yet.  56:00 Chuck says that his resistants are getting started and having focus to finish the project. Josh mentions that he may have to announce publicly a least date to help him get things on track and done.  1:00:00 Derick has an relaunch planned  to go out to him email list to target new traffic. Derick talks about his first experience with launching, verses with all the working put into this round of launch prep. Derick is frustrated with having to put more working than anticipated.  1:12:00 Josh ask what is going on with Derick’s pop-up, as far as numbers and stats. Derick says he has nothing else to do, but to take care of these backend issues.  1:20:00 Derick talks about losing subscribers. Josh thinks that when Derick does a big push, he gets his numbers back up.  Josh asks what or when he could do another push to bring in more customers. Derick says that his plugin may need custom code to make things work.  1:25:00 Chuck talks about maybe getting Dev Chat TV redesigned, Chuck talks about how this will take time and money to get this done. Josh ask if this is worth the time and money, and will accomplish a specific goal for his products, program, and services.  1:29:00 Chuck urges Derick to look at other system to help with the membership programs. Derick mentions the the API on Restrict Content Pro has great features for developers. Chuck describes what system he is using and how that does similar feature to Restrict Content Pro.  1:37:00 Derick mentions that the bundle sales are declining as well. Josh asks what does he need, and if they could reverse engineer a plan to help the situation. Josh talks about ways Derick could do a discount on his products to increase the sales for a short time.    1:48:00 Derick says that he continuously tries things that are suppose to work, but are not. Derick is not sure what to do as far as marketing. Derick says that firing all his editor will solve that money issue, but that means tons more work for him.  1:56:00 Derick talks about how he is 10 grand in credit card debt and needs to pay into his retirement plan.  2:00:00 Josh mentions that Derick should do a one month pricing plan that is only to a small part of his list. 

Episode 127 “Turn Your Head and Cough” 2:00 No John today! John is lost behind the Great Firewall of China.  Chuck and Josh are going to be gone next week. So no EntreProgrammers next week.  EntreProgrmamers discuss their encounters with playing Pokemon with their children. Chuck mentions that this is a great way to connect with his kids and to spend time with them.  10:00 Chuck talks able automating stuff and working on scheduling podcasts tasks. Chuck talks about finishing up the press kits for sponsorships. Derick spots lego collector items in Chuck’s office. Derick shares he likes build legos, even without the kiddos.  18:00 Chuck talks about the different format of the sponsorships on his podcasts. Chuck explains the exposures numbers, mid roll format that will be available for those who want to buy spots.    23:00 Josh asks about how Chuck is working wth hired.com. Chuck mentions that he is using pretty links. Derick mentions that Chuck should be able to use the Pretty Links as he described.  27:00 Chuck mention that he is going to be moving over to Blubrry for more stats on his podcasts. Derick ask if people really do use the RSS feed for notification on podcasts.  32:00 Josh mentions he is going to be cutting off Meet Edgar to save on expenses. Josh mentions that he could save 600 dollars after dropping Edgar, among other useless tools. Josh mentions to look at your analytics to see if interaction is there before you stop using tools.  37:00 Derick talks about the official Twitter cards plugin, and  how it is helpful. Josh shares engagement and impression numbers for tweets.  Josh talks about is issues with his tweets.  43:00 Josh talks about the changes that will go into effect soon with tweeting and boosting of tweets. Josh mentions that because of this Edgar is not useful to him anymore.  47:00 Derick ask about Josh’s interaction on Twitter. Josh mention he may not be active enough. Josh mentions that he may have lock down a sponsor for Simple Programmer. Josh said he is excited because this may get him to milestone one.  52:00 Josh says that he is cleaning up old Simple Programmer stuff. He is have Aaron go through tasks for Josh. Josh loves delegating. Josh mention because of this he was able to crank away at more important task.   Josh talks about his struggle with building out his product, because he does not have the system down yet.  56:00 Chuck says that his resistants are getting started and having focus to finish the project. Josh mentions that he may have to announce publicly a least date to help him get things on track and done.  1:00:00 Derick has an relaunch planned  to go out to him email list to target new traffic. Derick talks about his first experience with launching, verses with all the working put into this round of launch prep. Derick is frustrated with having to put more working than anticipated.  1:12:00 Josh ask what is going on with Derick’s pop-up, as far as numbers and stats. Derick says he has nothing else to do, but to take care of these backend issues.  1:20:00 Derick talks about losing subscribers. Josh thinks that when Derick does a big push, he gets his numbers back up.  Josh asks what or when he could do another push to bring in more customers. Derick says that his plugin may need custom code to make things work.  1:25:00 Chuck talks about maybe getting Dev Chat TV redesigned, Chuck talks about how this will take time and money to get this done. Josh ask if this is worth the time and money, and will accomplish a specific goal for his products, program, and services.  1:29:00 Chuck urges Derick to look at other system to help with the membership programs. Derick mentions the the API on Restrict Content Pro has great features for developers. Chuck describes what system he is using and how that does similar feature to Restrict Content Pro.  1:37:00 Derick mentions that the bundle sales are declining as well. Josh asks what does he need, and if they could reverse engineer a plan to help the situation. Josh talks about ways Derick could do a discount on his products to increase the sales for a short time.    1:48:00 Derick says that he continuously tries things that are suppose to work, but are not. Derick is not sure what to do as far as marketing. Derick says that firing all his editor will solve that money issue, but that means tons more work for him.  1:56:00 Derick talks about how he is 10 grand in credit card debt and needs to pay into his retirement plan.  2:00:00 Josh mentions that Derick should do a one month pricing plan that is only to a small part of his list. 

Episode 126 “Relaunch?” 2:00 John talks about taking only a Chrome Book to China with VPN configuration to use internet. John is going to be in Beijing and other parts of China for a couple of weeks. John talks about doing an hour and half Keynote during his recent talk. 10:00 Josh talks about working with Aaron who is helping Simple Programmer with blog posts, embedded material, and code. 15:00 Josh talks about using certain settings in Drip that have to do with marking strategies and email material. Josh talks about not having any meetings for weeks or a month, and having to redo his accounts and move money around to make paychecks happen. 20:00 Derick shares that everything possible has happen with week and is working with Mark. Derick talks about doing his second webinar with Scott Harrison. Derick mentions having an incredible discussion on the webinar, but had very low attendee numbers. 27:00 Derick talks about possibly reediting video content for new projects. Derick talks about doing a noise removal and compression on the audio to improve the quality of the audio for new publishing. 30:00 Derick talks about mentioning John and Simple Programmer in a new Youtube video. But John’s name was misspelt. Derick talks about be called Daxter for two years and not ever fixing the problem before the person found out on his own.  37:00 Derick talks about and email he wrote about  being in a Spanish class, comparing learning how to write in a new language or programming code. Derick shares that he is doing a 500 dollar retainer with Mark and arranging the partnership. Mark is going to be doing marketing work for Derick digital products. 40:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about sharing  lawyers and preparing the documents for partnership. Derick mentions that most law offices don't know much about online business. Josh mentions how each of the mastermind members are doing a lot of hiring. 49:00 Josh talk about hiring for a designer, and using particular job title heading to weed-out a larger portion of people who are not qualified. Josh talks about giving extensions and firing on the spot.  Josh and John discuss hiring people for particular jobs for Simple Programmer. 56:00 John talks about chatting with people in Las Vegas and trying get some interesting stories. John talks about learning about a cab driver who needs to learn soft-skills in order to get a programming job. 1:04:00 Josh asks that he needed help with some marketing strategy or delivering end to end value information. Derick talks about how to create an avatar for their market. The EntreProgrammers discuss Josh’s email/copywriting course. 1:18:00 Derick and Josh talks about how to structure the email course and how to come up a great avatar. Josh talks about taking a personality type test similar to the Myers Briggs tests. 1:29:00 Josh ask how many people would buy the course even if they don't have a product to sale. Josh is planing to do 2000 words of text for each module. The video with be him sharing his screen and talking. Josh this he can sell the product for 97 dollars each. 1:40:00 The EntreProgarmmers discuss the learning how relaunch their product and improving that business sales.  Josh talks about maybe relaunching the How To Market Yourself course, and updating material. John think is makes more sense to create an Entrepreneurial course, rather than do a relaunch of How To Market Yourself. 1:46:00 John think that having more product is better for those who join your emailing list, and are more likely to purchase. John would like to expand the product line and product 2-3 products a year. 1:53:00 Derick thinks a proper relaunch of RabbitMQ could be helpful and reaching new customers and furthering his reach with his RabbitMQ bundle. And an interesting conversation about education level and success as an entrepreneur. Thoughts of the Week John - There is a different between being in a hurry. Being in a hurry is never good. Derick - Deliver end to end value with each iteration. Josh - Eliminating things is painful.

Episode 125  “China, Firing, and Burning The Boats” 2:00 We’re live! Chuck talks about his chat with Mandy. Chuck shares that he is moving to a fixed price for work on his podcasts. Chuck mentions that he tried to negotiate getting the podcast editing down to a lower cost, but no success. However, moving this to another team may save a ton of money in the long run. 10:00 John thinks that Chuck should replace Mandy entirely and not feel guilty about it. Chuck mentioned that he had never looked at editing prices before.  14:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about value base pricing and raising rates as a freelancer. Josh mentions that your quality of work has to be 10X if your are in to commodity base pricing. 21:00 Chuck mentions that these are real people in his business and he still cares about them. But the process and cost no longer fit with his business.  23:00 Chuck talks about Podcast Movement 2016 in Chicago and the amazing people his got to meet. Chuck mentions learning about using video on SnapChat, Periscope, and YouTube Live,  as apart of creating a bigger network for podcasts.  29:00 Josh talks about how tools are abandon as soon as marketers figure out other effective ways. Chuck has an idea to manually tag the episodes on his network and put them into Meet Edgar.  33:00 Chuck talks about learning tons at the Podcast Movement, especially building more networks on social media such as Facebook groups. Chuck talks about the inner working of a prerecord webinar and how to use it to get audience in conflicting time zones.  40:00 Chuck shares a trick of handing out playing cards with his information, rather then business cards.  43:00 Josh ask Derick about his collaboration with Mark. Derick shares is plans on the marketing strategy with Mark. Josh gives some suggestions to Derick.  54:00 Chuck ask how he found someone like Mark, to help him with marketing, copy writing, and emails. Derick mentions it was waiting on fate on drop him in your lap. Josh mentions that it is hard to find someone in the US who knows what they are doing for copywriting. 1:03:00  Derick suggests rev.com for transactions. The EntreProgrammers discuss when they create content, and how to focus intently to get things finished.  1:11:00 Josh shares trying to get through projects and stripping his gears. Josh talks about adopting a formate similar to Johns real estate video project.  1:18:00 John talks about TSA pre-check, and how it is worth the time.   John talks about getting ready to go to China.  1:22:00 Josh talks about holding down the fort while John is off to China. Derick share his new subscriber numbers.    1:25:00  Josh and John talk about spending tons of money on business expenses. Josh shares that in Google analytics he learn to tag people.  1:33:00 EntrePrograrmmers discuss how webinars are conducted and the future of building a business using webinars.    1:38:00 John says he is a 68,000 words on his new book. John thinks his book might be delivered in two volumes.  John shares the new logo design is complete, and no backlash on the change up.  1:46:00 Chuck mentions that he may do a Dev Chat TV redesign. John says to bring back flash. Josh shares some information on a Google analytics measurement on bounce rate. 1:52:00 Chuck ask how to get people to click on the link of the pick on his podcast pages. Josh suggests the subscribers should signup for email to see the picks.  1:55:00 John suggest using landing pages to the best picks. Josh says it is not selfish to ask for emails.  1:59:00 John talks about dropping to 8% body fat and gain 2 pounds.  Thoughts of the Week John -  Don’t look that the world through the lens media portrays it…bb Derick -  Stop starting and start finishing.      Chuck - Commit and life your life.  Josh - Burn the boats

Episode 124 “Keep Those Huskies Mushing…” 2:00 Alright, We’re Live! No billionaires and going for over two years. John discusses a subscriber who is struggle to make his entrepreneur goals work. John has been try to understand where he is going wrong. 7:00 John talks about his presentation at the CA Code Camp, and experimenting with multiple way to get results and generate more income. 10:00 Josh talks about committing to a specific goal, but not a specific way to get there. Josh says one might blog for 2 years and still not get anywhere. John thinks charisma is major part of personal development to help support building entrepreneurship or a business. 15:00 Josh says one should practice in their area of talents. The Enterprogammers talk about diving into area they struggle in. John says that failure may be due to the lack of confidence. 20:00 Josh scares John about not hitting certain goals. John and the Entreprogarmmers talk about control, goals, and success. 31:00 John asks, when do you know you are course correcting too often? Derick asks what part of the plan did not work out for someone with two thousand videos of content. 36:00 Josh talks about pulling the plug on Sublime. John says he was not going full-bore at Sublime. The EntreProgarmmers talk about working at fast food restaurants in their earlier days. 41:00 Chuck talks about reading Procrastinate On Purpose by Rory Vaden. Chuck asks what he should do on the technical issues of podcasting with Mandy. Chuck discusses the processes that Mandy does for the podcasts. Chuck is trying to figure out exactly what she does and understand the processes of the business, but not to fire her. 50:00 John tells a story about Elon Musk working with an employee who wants a raise. John says to Chuck that his business is not growing when his employees are not providing processes and evidence of growth. 53:00 Josh talks about switching to an abundance mindset, rather then a scarcity mindset to help the business grow. Derick says he thinks that Chuck is having trust issues with his employees. 1:02:00 Chuck agrees he may have to have a difficult talk with his employee. Chuck asks when does he have this conversation with Mandy. Derick ask if his business can do without Mandy for 2 weeks. 1:13:00 John says that Chuck has to stand firm on his own plan, and if his employee don't want to follow, then they have to go. 1:15:00 Derick shares a story at a former job, about a upper level CTO who thought he was indispensable. Derick says Chuck may have to find 5 people to replace the one person, but the process with be better define. 1:28:00 John says if Chucks situation goes south quickly, then he will know that he made the right decision. Derick says all he has for this week is complaining about his business. Derick gets lectures from the mastermind on staying the course. 1:37:00 Chuck agrees with John that Derick is coming up for air to much during the process of working on the business. 1:45:00 Josh talks about potential energy, as far as capitalizing on bundles overtime rather than sooner. Derick says he has seen no evidence of profits on all the things he is trying, even when collaborating with Josh. 1:50:00 EntreProgrammers talk about hitting their revenue goals on their individual businesses. John talks about how he wants to shoot for a million dollars a year from Simple Programmer. Derick says it is hard destroying his income taking chances on trying new things for his business. 2:00:00 Josh says as long as you’re able to pay your bills, it does not matter. Derick is not sure what he is suppose to do for the business. Derick shares what videos he has to produce in order to get keep going with his business. 2:10:00 Josh is confident that Derick can get the project done by end of July to launch that new product. John suggests awaking up one hour early to work on the project. Derick says that is at 4:30am, for all of July. Thoughts of the Week John - There are people on the internet giving you money for something you made! Chuck - Priority: The one thing above all things. Derick - Priorities are the things you actually do… Josh - The value of being over or under prepared.

Episode 123 “Cake and Burritos” 2:00 We’re Live! Josh is upset with Apple and hates change. EntreProgrammers discuss wireless headphones. John argues that new technology is forcing us to move forward. 11:20 Derick is impressed with the Apple Magic Track Pad. John mentions they need to start a new show doing tech reviews on their technology.  14:30 John mentions that the Patreon was a success with 1500 pledges. John talks about how the Pateron is similar to a Kickstarter, and you need some momentum to make is work.  20:00 Josh joking says they should open source Simple Programmer. John gives us a peak of the new Simple Programmer logo, and the runner up logos.  27:00 John gets some mic technique instruction. Going back to tech talk for a minute.  29:00 Derick is shares that his Watch Me Code team is growing, and working with a new video editor. Derick talks about planning work with Mark, the “marketing guy.” Derick is working on reorganizing the email content with Mark.  35:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about linking others video content on their Youtube video channel, in order to get people hooked. Derick shares that he is a bit overwhelmed with hiring several people and working on the marketing material.  40:00 Derick talks about helping create a workflow for his video editors, and making sure they understand how to adapted Derick’s video editing style. John talks about getting a system in place, then upping the content production.  43:00 Josh shares how he likes to set up a  workflow with his VA. Derick wants to get to the point where he does not have to worried about the tasks that his VA doing for him.  49:00  Josh talks about working with VAs that are flaky or not coming through on projects. Josh shares the ideal qualities for a VA.  53:00 John asks for feedback on a real estate course he is creating. John asks if he should be or not using the H.265 video encoding. Josh shares some news on the new Dropbox update.  59:00 John talks about a passive income bundle which is the real estate videos he recorded in an afternoon. Josh talks about buying into John’s passive income course ideas. Josh says he is going to end up in jail because on this new real estate project.  1:04:00 John talks about a video by JP a spiritual life coach, and having a bunch of laughs. Josh shares that he did something easy for work, that might have a big impact. Josh moves a button and is instantly a genius.   1:13:00 Derick says that he got a new Watch Me Code customer. John suggests getting their addresses and write them a handwritten note, as a thank you.  The EntrePrgrammers talk about ways to collect their mailing address without being creepy.  1:20:00 Josh mentions that they need to get paid for reporting bugs in DPD.  John is talking at the  California Code Camp.  John shares his new strategies for is talk, and wants to be more interactive with the audience. 1:26:00 Josh talks about platforms for webinars and his strategies for having a live event. John mentions doing a calendar invite in order to have people aware of the event.  1:32:00 John shares more stats on his new health program. Josh is impress with his scientific findings on how fat molecules are converted into energy. John talks about still gaining muscle weight while in a calorie deficit.  1:40:00 John talks about having some sweet goodies during this work out, diet program, and scientifically describes the process. We need a human achievable version of this workout and diet program.  1:49:00 The EntreProgrammers discuss more diet and exercise. Josh mentions he want to try John’s diet and workout plan. John talks about the science of fasting.  Thoughts for the Weeks Derick - Don’t bite of more than you can chew Josh - It’s easy to go looking for more, when you’re not using what you have.  John - This too shall past..

Episode 122 “Veiny Bastard!” 2:00 We’re Live! Derick says he hired his first person on UpWork. Derick shares that he had to revamp the first posting of the job, with Josh’s help to get more people to apply for the job.  5:00 John talks about the changes in UpWork’s contracts with their Freelancers. Josh talks about the changes in the amount of people that apply for the jobs posted, as well.   10:00 Josh suggests to Derick to do an email blast to possibly find people in their audience, before using a freelance service to hire people.  15:00 Derick is now going to be working with a developer/market who moved to Waco, in the same town where Derick lives.  Derick mentions a possible joint venture if things start pick up. 21:00 Derick shares his penthouse letter story with the team about a ink pen incident.  Derick shares that he found out he had a friend that had went to school with Ryan Deiss.  27:40 Josh shares that he wrote some Java Script over the week, and work on their Simple Programmer stores.  32:00 John gives an update that they hit just over a thousand dollars with people pledging of the Patreon launch. The EntreProgarmmers talk about the inner workings of the Patreon system.  40:00 John talks about mindset and being able to overcome the societal limitations. John gives examples of the armless archer. “Figure out what it is, and use it!” 50:00 John talks about listening to Lest Brown, motivational speaker. John talks about being prepared to become whatever it is that they want at any given time. John says the people sometime don’t realize how important mindset is to the mastermind.  57:00 John says he is doing a Simple Programmer redesign. Also some talk about tuning their children into young entrepreneurs and having them help with selling products for the business.  1:00:00 Then EntreProgrammers talks about learning to design and taking idea from others. John shares that he is being recognize randomly by people around him.   1:09:00 John talks about his Simple Programmer workout program, and dropped to a substantial low body fat. John talks about interviewing Dr. Testosterone, and discussing a workout program for developers. John talks about creating two different diet programmers called Simply Cut or Simple Shredded.  1:15:00 John shares his ideas for creating a marketing program for the new Simple Programmer product. Derick thinks John should change or differentiate the names of the programs further.  1:22:00 Josh says he will do the exercise and learn the science of the workout program. Josh gives pointers about the step by step changes one has to make throughout the training plan.  1:30:00 Derick mentions he wants to be a guinea pig for the workout program and building good habits. Derick mentions he learns quick when he has to make drastic changes when it come to diet. Derick makes a good point about how the program will appeal to the common developer.  1:40:00 John plans around shooting video for the exercise program after coming back from China. John, comes back talking about mindset and understanding specific results for the exercise program. 1:45:00 Chuck talks about getting back into the swing of things after a vacation in Oklahoma.  Chuck talks about hitting the newbie market, as a new product.  1:50:00 Chuck talks about getting some ideas from another podcasters in area of sponsorship. Chuck mentions before hand, people were paying per quarter. But now he will be going to a per episode sponsorship  program.  Chuck is looking into a CRM for the quick email turnaround and sell podcast sponsorships.  1:59:00 Chuck talks about the exposures and press kit number, to get the price of a sponsorship. Thoughts of the Week  Derick - Do the thing s that make you uncomfortable, or you will not grow… Chuck -  Just get some time and turn it all off.. John - Subject yourself to that, that imposes on your life.  Josh - You have a lot more to offer, then you realize.

Episode 121 “Pasty White…” 2:00 We’re Live!  Orangey John and Pasty Josh.  John talks share his sign up for a half marathon. 13.1 miles in just under 2 hours. “I just sign up yesterday!” Josh shares his knowledge on training for a marathon from his former client. 10:00 Derick talks about doing his webinar, telling a story, and missing his transition back to the topic. Derick will be posting his video to Youtube and several other videos will be free. Derick sounds like he had some success with his webinar, which then gave him more ideas for other projects. Derick mentions that only if you are registered or a member, the other supporting videos are behind the pay-wall for 250 dollars.  16:00 Derick asks for help on creating a one-click link in Drip for a campaign he has created. Josh shares some how-tos, and other experience with campaigns. Josh shares how to do a Trigger Link.  20:00 Josh talks about temple style or fill in the blank emails for ad copy. Derick talks about struggling with not making sales with the new subscription model. Derick asks which way to think about the issue, even if he is only getting smaller sales, verses the top tier subscriptions. John suggests a step-up offer for the subscription models. Derick says he is psychologically drained over the slow sales.  30:00 John thinks the bundle sales are going to be great up sales in the future, and the membership are great for renewals. John suggests staying the course because the long term is what will make the revenue. Derick is asking what will have the income source in the next 4 months. Josh suggest ways to support the bundles with webinars.  40:00 Derick talks about how the marketing aspect is the most confusing part of his business. Josh and Derick discuss the express JS project and marketing strategies. Josh says that Derick has maxed out what blogging has done for his marketing, and now he has to move on the other strategies, like webinars.  50:00 Derick talks about how he meant a younger version of Josh, who just moved to Waco TX, where Derick lives currently. Derick ask if it is a good idea to collaborate with this young marketer/coder. Derick talks about maybe having this guy do the cataloging, and redoing previous work, and comparing.  57:00 Derick think this is a great opportunity to work with this young coder/marketer. Derick thinks the universe drop this dude into Derick world.  1:01:00 Josh shares that he is doing an email course on email courses… Josh says this is inspired by the Copy Hour. Josh says he is going to launch this course in September. Josh shares his ideas about build the avatar and building the lessons for his project. Josh says he is worried that he does not have enough content.  1:11:00 John think that Josh’s project helps with acquiring referral base type projects, because this is a difficult field to break into. Josh mention doing a free webinar with a couple of guy who are doing online summits, interview professional marketers. Josh think this will help build his list for his upcoming project.  1:18:00 John talks about the life span of things you are known for as a specialist or an authority figure. Derick thinks that Express JS is going to be the next popular code language.  1:25:00 John shares another story about running, and getting people to do something they hate, if you have the right medal. Josh shares their product sales and conversation rate for Simple Programmer. Josh thinks they are getting people who they’ve gain trust with on this wave of sales.  1:34:00 John talks more about that Patronage project and his plans. John talks about his Youtube and revenue. John is talking about creating more revenue with the patronage and getting rid of ads, and support from the members.  1:42:00 Derick talks being able to getting one of his videos into JS Weekly, which up his Youtube subscribers.  John says he has moved his video production to 2 videos per day. Josh suggests to John to get the smart cells standing pad for his standing desk.  1:47:00 John mentions he has over 20,000 words for his next book. John shares his “pomodori” techniques. John shares how to get shit done…with pomodori. John says his new book is design to grow with the book.  1:55:00 Derick ask about how to do an email gate. Josh suggest using Thrive. John talks about an idea for collecting emails and opt-ins. John makes a great point of 3 things you should know about out-sourcing.  Thoughts for the Week John -  Whatever you are doing…make sure to have it scheduled if you want to be prolific.  Derick - When is comes to your business, make sure you at least have a solid working knowledge for what you are going to out source, before you out source.  Josh - Just because you are not committed to something, does not mean you are not committed.

Episode 120 “Crabs In A Bucket” 2:00 John is having some modem troubles and Derick is excited about his new couch. Derick talks about rediscovering some forgotten toys under an old couch. Derick talks about how an old subscriber had renew their subscription with Watch Me Code. Derick also share some update information on his refund plan. 7:00 EntreProgrammers discuss their refund tactics and how to go about using the trail window before getting a refund. Derick continues on about customers looking for a specific series on his Watch Me Code website. Derick talks about how feedback from his customers are giving him new ideas about products, bundles, and marketing strategies.  11:00 Chuck mentions trying a walk through of the product for the customer. Derick talks about the community on Slack. Derick says that there are a few people joining slowly. Derick is still working on the marketing on the JS Jabber project, and is now see the light at the end of the tunnel.  18:00 Derick talks about a story he is using for his marketing strategy. John mentions his desk is finally coming, but only in pieces. John asks for some advice for a patronage project for Simple Programmer. Josh asks what would be the cost for the patronage to get rid of ads, but provide the value without interruption from ads.  28:00 Chuck asks if the project is worth the work involved. John talks about checking out others projects to see the possibilities. Chuck ask if John considered a membership rather then using patronage. Derick talks about how he rather have a once a month charge for the patronage.  38:00 John talks more about his random bachelorette party encounters on his beach runs. Chuck shares that he lined up a new sponsor, and he is taking Josh’s advice on booking sponsorship base on the quarters. Chuck ask what they think about mid roll sponsorships. The EntreProgrammers talk about when they think Chuck should send out the invoice.  47:00 Josh shares a Dan Kennedy strategy. Derick ask about a particular strategy for buying sponsorships. John makes a great point about doing a non refundable deposit, maybe a 20-30 percent deposit.  Chuck asks again about mid-roll sponsorships and getting conversions. Chuck shares a bit about the sponsorship show-clock on the podcasts. John talks about conversions on mid-roll sponsorships.  1:00:00 Chuck talks about growing a following on podcast and emailing lists. Chuck also talks about getting his webinar stuff setup. But he needs help with the support stuff, but ask if he should have Mandy take care of that stuff.  Derick thinks this is a great opportunity for her to get experience with something new.  1:05:00 Chuck mentions being introduce to Gale Laakmann McDowell, author of “Cracking The Coding Interview”.  Chuck is thinking that he wants to get her on-board for a webinar. Chuck talks about what Gales does and what the marketing company does for her.  1:10:00 John ask how Chuck’s book is coming along. Chuck says he has a couple of chapters and is a rough state at this time. John mentions Chuck needs to find what appeals to Gale, because she already has great success with her book. 1:15:00 John says he has 11,000 words on his next book, and most are going to be blog posts. Josh says to watch out because his content is going to already be out before the book publishing. Derick recommends talking to a few people who have already done the blog post and self publishing.  1:22:00 John talks about being on the up tick of the roller coaster ride of their sales. Josh explains his projects with sublime and sumo me. Josh shares more on his attempt to optimize his content and ads. John talks about the promotion with Dan Martell. Josh says he is not going to mess with SSL… 1:30:00 Chuck ask about blogging and where he should setup his blogs. Derick talks about his experience with splitting the sites up. Derick has 368 people signed for a webinar.  1:45:00 John talks about pissing people off about ADHD on Reddit and getting a few unsubscribes.  Derick talks about limiting beliefs, and the reality of the things you can actually do. Chuck talks about what is fair and entitlement.  Thoughts for the Week  Derick - Stop saying I Can’t… Chuck - Why do yo do what you do… Josh - You don't know anything until you teach it John - Before you say I can’t, check your effort level.  

Episode 119 “Burn The Boats” 2:00 We’re Live! John says his office still does not have furniture. John mention he is going to China. also his book is being translated. Derick says to only drink bottled water.  John mentions that his book has exploded on Amazon Japan.  8:30 Josh says they’ve hijack John’s book.    10:30 Derick says he still want to punch Josh in the face. Derick shares his frustration for figuring out the marketing stuff, but instead writes code. “Holy Crap, I hate doing this…” Derick talks about may creating a teaser video for the new direction he is taking.  14:30 Josh says least he is learning more about marketing if anything. On the positive side, he has not made any sales or subscriptions. But the individual bundle sales are picking up. Derick says he is still trying to figure out why people have not gravitated to the annual subscription sales.   19:00 Josh show us a stack of transcriptions. Derick talks about how the project has already taken over 40 hours.  24:00 Josh talks about a Dan Martell project, and shares the details about his marketing strategy. But no real success. Josh mentions the list is everything are far as marketing to an audience. John mentions he has never seen an affiliate offer work.  30:00 John talks about sharing a marketing list for commission to Josh. Josh and John talks about the time it takes and types of tasks to run a successful affiliate offer. Josh says he is never doing another affiliate offer, unless they have specific details inline.  John says that a white label strategy will work best.   40:00 Josh talks about doing an email blast with John. Josh talks about the story behind the email of the 5 learning mistakes. Josh, again realizes his email marketing super powers. John says gaining 1500 people to your list, and have the product sales pay for itself is  a good strategy. 50:00 Josh talks able a one click video recorder Screencasstify . John share that he is pumping out tons of video.  John says that subscribers are growing, 26,000 and growing.  55:00 Derick’s youtube channel is growing and subscribers are growing as well. As least one third the rate of John’s channel. Derick talks about repurposing some older video content. John talks about writing a new book, “The Complete Software Developer Career Guide.”  Derick mentions considering writing several smaller books.  58:00 Derick talks about republishing a student’s content on his site, plus a screencast bundle for a “Getting Started Guide.” Derick thinks this will help him out tons.  1:00:00 Derick mentions a new RabbitMQ blog,  coming out soon. Derick says he has several requests for an e-book and videos course. John talks about writing more, doing at least  a thousand words a day. John says he is the f”irst draft king,” with very little editing. John talks about maybe self publishing his new book, plus a kindle and audio version.  1:08:00 Chuck talks about being a in a tight spot with paying people, because of sponsors being late on payment. Also maybe producing a webinar and a e-bok with videos. John talks about being “the squeaky wheel” and asking for payment from the sponsors. Chuck says his biggest expenses are paying Mandy and Hosting.  Derick agrees that he should bug the the sponsors about the money.  1:17:00 John says Chuck has to change something or raise sponsorship prices in order to stay out trouble.  John says the greatest thing to do is to get to the point to where we do not to care about whats in the check book. Expenses less then Income.  Josh suggests doing the webinar before the book.  1:23:00 Derick talks about his past process for releasing a book with pre-sales of chapters. John talks about burning the boats completely to the ground, or not doing the whole process at all.  1:30:00 The EntreProgrammers give marketing advice to Chuck, and help plan a strategy for his webinars. John urges Chuck to put something on the schedule. “No revisions or edits” 1:39:00 Derick is just thinking poop…Derick has 320 people sign up for his webinar. EntreProgrammers talk about webinar technology and the “how tos" of conducting a webinar.  1:49:00 Chuck ask about a specific format for a webinar. Josh gives some feedback on what he should do. Chuck talks about getting hung up on the numbers of sales on spots of the webinar. The EntreProgrammers talk about ways to market the webinar.  1:57:00 John shares that last week he was gone because of a talk he had to do in D.C. Again, John mentions he loves doing talks without slides. July 11th, John was invite to speak again. John thinks he was under sold, he might have to raise his fees for talks. Maybe 10K on up? EntreProgrammer give feedback to John.  2:00:00 John and the EntreProgrammers talk about and agree on 10K pre talk, until people say that it is to high.  2:07:00 John gives an update and Diet and Exercise and possibly and new course. John has been run 7 miles and no rest days. This is a ‘willing to do whatever you can without steroids.’ John think this is going to be a good marketing point.  2:12:00 John goes deeper into the body fat percentage and different work outs to achieve it. John starts to whisper…? “Is my wiener hanging out of my shorts..” John thinks that hitting a certain body fat percentage maybe a solid selling point for a new diet and exercise program.  2:19:00 Derick wants to pitch Josh over the boat, and Chuck wants to do the same to Derick. Thoughts  for the Week  Derick - “Don’t look at the elephant just keep chewing” Josh -  “Taste the elephant first…”  Chuck -  “Figure stuff out and get rest…”  John - “Small decision equal huge gains…”      

Episode 118 “Crapalytics” 2:00 And we’re live! Josh apparently is cracking the whip on Derick. Derick is doing the brunt work on researching for marketing and he i working on the persona or avatar for the course he is building.  6:40 Derick mentions he has 254 plus people signed up the webinar launch. Derick hope to gain customers from the webinar. Derick is looking for a guess speaker for the webinar, so he can focus on the marketing.  10:00 Derick says he wants to tie in the Watch Me Code projects into the webinar and continue the questions in for the products in the Slack channel. Derick mentions the webinar will be available on YouTube. 16:00 Chuck talks about how to understand an avatar for marketing purposes. Josh explains the demographics of an avatar and how to marketing to this particular type of person.  22:00 Derick talks about how working on the marketing material such as emails are sharpening his marketing skills other areas. Like marketing for his new bundle. 26:00 Josh talks about how getting into ‘the work’ will trigger something for you to understand the actual experiences and pain points of your audience or customers. EntreProgrammers talk about the Myers Briggs Test.  Derick talks about how this help you understand your preferences and should not to be taken to seriously.  30:00 Derick share a book he is reading by Alex Harms at: leanpub.com/littleguide. Derick shares that this will help understand empathy on a technical level.  35:00 Josh helps Derick with the analytics for projected sales of the annual passes to Watch Me Code. Josh talks about maybe speaking with people who bought the all access pass and those who were on the fence about buying. Josh says that this would give Derick huge insight to the customers ideas about the product.  46:00 Derick says he has to much to work on for the business and does not know where to start. Chuck talks about gaining more clarity on the project. Derick talks about working his ass off to get the marketing email right after a years worth of understanding the market.  54:00 Derick talks about picking the right story to tell for a marketing strategy, but and things just don't fall together easily for him. Derick mentions having a difficult time figuring out what to do with the emails and creating marketing material. Derick says he has no time to create the marketing material. 1:02:00 Derick asks how he could find the balance to find customers in the next few weeks and also do research.  Josh shares what he thinks the process Derick should take for the Watch Me Code. Josh thinks that doing a webinar once a month could increase sales on the full access subscription.  1:08:00 Chuck talks about the frustrations he has with creating his Rails Clips material, and getting overdue projects out of the way. Josh shares that Simple Programmers sales have finally picked up.  1:12:00 Josh shares that he is doing a marketing project for Dan Martel. Josh talks about interviewing John, as he talks about failed attempts an an entrepreneur.  1:17:00 Josh talks about doing an email via Java Code Geeks. Josh says that LeadPages has fail him again. Josh talks about writing over an thousand word email for the competition.  1:24:00 Derick ask about the live chat system.  Josh mentions FreshDesk and Olark. EntreProgrammers discuss the types of chat system they could integrate on their sites.  1:30:00 Josh talks about where the fall off was on the Simple Programmers Site. Derick shares that he might have to reverify that the registration page is working correctly.  1:35:00 Chuck asks for some advice on paid traffic, and maybe using Facebook for the traffic. Josh talks a how paid traffic works and that you have to spend a lot over time for an ROI. Josh does not think it is time worry about this project.  1:45:00 Josh says Chuck should focus on emails and growth instead.  Thoughts of the Week Chuck -  Keep your head above water!  

Episode 117 “Its Just Atoms!” 2:00 We’re Live! John talks about trying to write a thousand words a day. Josh shares his daily writing strategy to get content or emails logged. Josh shares that he uses the Strides app to help him track his daily habits. John talks about going to back to the KabanFlow for daily tasks.  9:00 Josh shares how he has reached 2 to 3 thousand words a day. Josh talks about experimenting with creating video, and how he has to plan the video ahead of time rather than creating it “on the fly.” John talks about editing verses getting comfortable with creating on the fly. Josh shows new his selfie stick for video production.  16:00 Chuck shares his A/V gear and ideas  on how he records video. Josh and John disagree with the quality of bluetooth, in regards to Apple getting rid of headphone jack.  19:00 Chuck talks about his experience with bluetooth headsets. John and Derick talk about offending people intentional and unintentional. Chuck mentions we need to have common sense about these situations.  27:00 John says that mental energy expenditure is somewhat equal to physical energy expenditure. So stay off Facebook first thing in the morning. Chuck talks about feeling like crap about not meeting a goal and how that had a huge mental tax on him.  33:00 Derick shows off is Star Trek Data t-shirt. Josh talks about making another attempt with Google AdWords. Josh talks about how Google is getting beat up by Facebook as far as marketing strategies. Josh talks about being flagged by Google again.  Josh talks about how someone reaffirmed the usage of emails contact lists and pop-ups.  42:00 John and Josh discuss their opt-in form and formula to get their audience to buy.   John talks about the bounce rate from the home page, and those who ‘stick around’ the website.  50:00 Here is more talk on metrics on the websites and conversion rates. John talks about trying different strategies with changing the pop-ups and using retargeting pixels. Josh talks about how Google and Facebook could ban you with the use one pop-up in this kind of situation. Josh talks about his idea on how to use retargeting pixels.  1:00:00 Josh talks more about crossing the lines and getting banned from Google. Derick talks about changing to a standard pop-up and not talking about hating ad blockers. John talks about his dislike for display ads.  1:09:00 Josh says display ads are the tail end of the 80/20 curve. Josh talks about how they need a particular feature in Thrive. John talks about when they could maximize on the pop-ups.   John talks about the low traffic from Hacker News and Reddit.  1:19:00 Josh mentions their business was on fire or how sales are tanking. Josh has been doing reviews of everything trying to find a solution. Josh talks about how a perfect storm hit with five different issues happening a once. But they fixed it and turn things around, but only for a day or two. Josh is still puzzled.  Chuck talks about how he is getting and influx of traffic at Dev Chat TV.  1:28:00 Chuck talks about failing on delivering products on several projects. Chuck shares that he may have to reimburse 2k for an undelivered project. EntreProgrammers talk about how Chuck should repay the money on move on.  1:32:00 John talks about  how he is still waiting on the decorator to detail his home. John talks about ordering a new stand up desk with AI. 1:38:00 Derick talks about getting 3 subscribers at full price, one bundle sale, and nothing sense then. So a bit of a downturn. Derick is not exactly sure what pieces he needs to work on the turn things around. Derick says he needs one subscriber a month to make is monthly income.  1:42:00 John suggest that Derick should go to Twitter. Derick is not sure where his sales are coming from. Josh says that foot or cold traffic is a possibility. Derick has just hired Josh to help fix the sales funnel or some issues on the sales page. Josh says he may just need a ‘guarantee’ on the check-out page.  1:51:00 On a positive note Derick’s YouTube channel is growing. Thoughts of the Week John - It’s just atoms!  Josh - The ups and downs do not go away…its apart of the game.  Derick -  Understand yourself and take care of yourself.    Chuck - No matter how deep in the well your are, you can still find your way out. 

Episode 116 “Lets Fight for Bacon!”  2:00 Derick says his business is burning to the ground. Chuck mentions he has lost one of his helpers.  Chuck is cancelling React Remote Conf. and shuffling the schedules around to make things work. Chuck talks about a bunch of challenges he is facing for the week and is very tried. Chuck shares that his son is facing some issues at school.  10:00 John talks about how this situation looks like a quadrant 2 for Chuck. John shares how he could regain bandwidth to get things taken care for his business and home.  Chuck thinks that part of the issues with his flaky help, might be because of timezones.  15:00 Chuck says he wants to do a Founders Retreat, base off of Sherry Walling’s book. On the up side, Chuck did a meet up using an app to coordinate the meet up. John thinks that Chuck need to simplify, and focus on the main things such as the podcasts and the remote conferences.  24:00 The EntreProgrammers discuss the things that Chuck needs to focus on and simplify.  Derick mentions that he needs to take care of himself before he can talk care of important things.  28:00 John mentions the talk he did an Evolve. John shares the core points of his talk. John mentions that he is now going to do talks without slides. John talks about his experience at the Xamarin Evolve 2016.  30:00 John mentions that Trump has taught them to polarize his followers. John mentions that his YouTube subscribers has reached 24,000 plus. John talks about being authentic and unfiltered to his audience.  40:00 Derick thinks this is a dangerous path because its getting away from the main message. John talks about how you have to have an enemy of sorts, or those who tell your you can’t achieve. John shares more about the message of Simple Programmer.  55:00 Derick makes good point about introducing nuance as you are arguing.  Chuck talks about understanding the shared vision and knowing what they are fighting for. Beating the horse to dead… 1:04:00  Chuck makes a comparison to the diversity in the forums of his company or projects. John says screw it, I’m doing what I want to do. 1:15:00 Derick mentions that he really likes the material on Failure at Micro Conf. Success is build on failure. The EntreProgrammers continue to discuss growth upon failure.  Derick is running through the ideas he is working to get to his ultimate goal.  1:24:00 Derick knows that even while he is scared, he is going to be able to raise the bar to a new standard for his business.  1:27:00 Chuck leaves. Josh talks about how he may have something no one else is doing, as far as email courses. Josh says this could build a revenue machine. Josh talks about his course plans.  1:34:00 Josh talks about doing the email for Derick’s business as a practice and test. Derick is now a certified spammer according to Drip. Derick talks about how a company that maybe joining the Watch Me Code subscription at the annual price.  1:41:00 Derick is excited to rework the email with Josh’s help. Derick mention a possible June launch for the new project.  1:48:00 Josh talks about modeling Dan Martell’s ideas for an email. Josh talks about his VA has disappeared on him, so he is posting a new job on UpWork. Josh says he is going to adopted the “Hire slow and fire fast,” practice.  2:00:00 John mentions how hiring from different parts of the world, that people have a particular type of work ethic. Josh shares some analytics form Simple Programmers sales page.     2:15:00 Josh talks about how Simple Programmers’ pop-ups change peoples lives.  Thoughts of the Week John - Focus on Growth Derick  - Find the thing that you are fight for… Josh - When stuck on something….You’re missing something you need.

Episode 115 “Pike or Pipe?”2:00No John today! 4:00Chuck mentions that he has been doing WordPress development allweek. Chuck talks about plans for sponsorships and logisticaltasks. He is going to ignore all the advice from his mastermindgroups.  Chuck talks about the decision he has made with Mandymanaging the podcasts.13:30 Josh thinks Chuck should have Mandy document steps just in case.Chuck says he wants to outline expectations for social media andgrowing the audience. Josh asks how he is defining his role. Chucksays has change his title to CEO and handling businessrelationships. 19:00Chuck says he is going to do a kickstarter in June. Chuckmentions that he is the public face of Dev Chat TV, and that is thevalue he brings to sourcing business to Mandy. Chuck is thevitamins!27:00Chuck ask if he should get permission to monetize on the videosfrom the conferences he holds. Josh mentions how some people chargethe same prices on videos as the price to hold theconference. 31:00Chuck talks about doing a Slack channel for the conferencescoming up. Derick says to do a private channel for each remoteconference.  Chuck ask if he should use the free Slack for allthese remote conferences? The EntreProgrammers talk about the tiersthat Slack offers, and how the public uses it. Chuck talks aboutprivate add-ons. 40:00EntreProgrammers talk about doing taxes and paying estimatequarterly taxes. EntreProgrammers discuss finances since they havea firm footing in entrepreneurship.  53:00Derick is about to flip the switch to annual subscriptions for$350 and drop the monthly subscription.  Derick says he isvery nervous. Derick talks about the climbing views on his Watch MeCode videos. 1:04:00Josh mentions that getting Youtube coaching on lead magnets.Josh ask how to get an OPML file for podcasts.  Josh talksabout the traffic to the Simple Programmer sales pages, and emailconversations. Josh says he might rewrite the emailpitch. 1:15:00Josh is going to do an Ultimate Podcast List, but wants somedirection. Chuck says he should give specifics on how to do it onthe iTunes app and other players. Josh says he has decided to mergehis Sublime content with Simple Programmer. He is going to givepeople a chance to opt out if they don’t want the content. Joshdoesn’t know what to do with his Sublime twitter account. Dericksays to pin it to the new location. 1:22:00Josh has decided to make a product about email courses.  Hemay do a kickstarter for the project, not sure yet. Josh says hewill use it as a list building tool and sell in for 97 bucks. Joshmentions the people he can interview for bonus material. This isgoing to be a pitch similar to the work he done for “The 10 Step ofHow to Market Yourself” course. Josh realize that a project likethis is a great way to grow his email list. 1:45:00Josh talks about being invited to a webinar with Perry M. Joshtalks about the questions for the webinar audience.  1:50:00Derick mentions working on Watch Me Code stuff as they wererecording the podcast. Derick talks more about the new Watch MeCode changes. Josh suggests a joint venture idea to Derick. Thoughts ofthe Week!Derick - Raise your prices.Josh - You need a unique sellingpropositionChuck - Simplify, and what you can’t simplify,automate!

Episode 114 “Burn Your Business To The Ground” 2:00 EntreProgrammers are joined by Adrian Rosebrock from pyimagesearch. Derick asks Adrian how he was able to make his kickstarter campaign successful. Adrian explains what his blog and business are about.  6:00 Adrian explains that the first two days are early signs of the success of your campaign. Adrian mentions he aimed to raise just below the full funding. Adrian shares how to get funded faster, as far as providing tons of value.  Adrian talks about reverse engineering the campaign to reach his funding goal.  10:30 Derick ask what was the criteria and the goals. Adrian talks about the early bird backers and the different tiers pricing.  12:25 Josh asked how the 25 dollar tier worked for the subscription. Adrian continues with a launch plan and email. 16:30 Chuck talks a bit about the past kickstarter he did, and ask if a previous semi- failed kickstarter would hurt future campaigns. Derick talk  19:00 Derick ask about validation and pricing of the tiers. Adrian explains the tier pricing. Adrian talks about advertising and creating validation. Adrian talks about reaching out to your list and do some researching before jumping into a kickstarter campaign.  24:00 Derick mentions he might be interested in doing a kickstarter in the near future, for additional work. Derick talks about his plans for the campaign.  Adrian shares more about tactics for validation from your audience.  30:00 Derick shares his ideas with the e-book.  Chuck ask what Adrian’s other marketing his has done before the kickstarter.  34:00 Chuck shares that his ebook, along with a course would make a lot of sense. This leads Chuck to thinking about doing a kickstarter campaign as well. EntreProgrammers and Adrian discuss annoying emails. 44:29 John talks about testing his confidence on the beach. Based on what people were asking about when he speaks of confidence. John talks about getting an email from an organization call women in tech. 50:00 Chuck ask about implementing video along with a kickstarter campiagn. Chuck wants to know how important this type of media is to the platform.   John talks about being authentic and loose in front of the video camera. 1:00:00 Derick mentions that he just got his Slack channel started and has a few people on the channel. Derick shared his short story to get people on the Slack channel. Derick says he is still manually getting people on Slack. Derick explains why he chose Slack for a forum type platform.  1:09:00 Derick says he wants to some type of automated system to notify people about engagement in Slack. Derick shares his ideas on what the official cut off will be for the Slack channel. 1:15:00 Chuck talks about using MemberPress. Derick talks about killing his monthly subscription on May 1st and only go to the annual model. Derick talks about matching the value proposition, to the price, is a big job as he make the changes.  1:23:00 John mentions that it is good that Derick has a date set for implementing all the changes. John mentions that they hit a new milestone with product sales. Over 10K! Josh talks about where the sales are coming from as far as the funnels. Josh talks about issues with paragraph space in Thrive.   1:30:00 John mentions that Josh’s copy is doing great for the “10 Steps Course…” Derick mentions that his evergreen funnel is still doing great for the the RabbitMQ bundle.  1:39:00 Josh talks about his Sublime list. Derick ask why he has not sold it to Wes. Josh mentions that it is costing him 500 dollars a month to keep in running. Josh look into how many people are actually opening the sublime emails. Josh talks about maybe doing some small projects or products.  1:46:00 John says to drop the list in the the Panko Machine to hit milestone one. EntreProgarmmers suggests that Josh should get rid of the Sublime list. Josh is not comfortable with giving the sublime list to Simple Programmer, because he thinks it’s spamming. John suggests sending an email out to tell his list that he is now a partner to Simple Programmer, so it is not spamming.  1:58:00 Adrian agrees the that dropping the list into another campaign might get Simple Programmer black listed. Also, he should only worry about getting to the 49 percent ownership of Simple Programmer.  Josh has a lot of thinking to do about what to do with the list.  2:07:00 Chuck talks about the Freelancer episode 150, and how he and Mandy had a conversations on air about their work contract. Chuck might now pay her a fix rate to take on more responsibility.  The Entreprogarmmers have questions about the involvement in the hiring process for projects in his business.  2:15:00 John suggests to Chuck to start from scratch at see what he needs and does not need in his business. The EntreProgrammers talk about ways to help Chuck sort out the work responsibility with Mandy.  Thoughts for the Week Derick - Some times you need to get that other perspective.  Josh - Is this something you want to be doing in five years John -  You are never done!  Adrian - Set traumatic life changing goals.

Episode 113 “Expert Sex Change Host” 2:00 Derick and Josh plan an 8 hours podcast episode since Chuck and John are out. Derick shares his expertise on gaming consoles, shelf life, and his preferences. 6:20 Josh mentions he has been working long hours on the Simple Programmer sales page with eleven thousand words in the bag. Josh thinks he can hack the content down to eight thousand words soon.  10:00 Josh shares his strategy for writing the sales page and searching through old material for Simple Programmer. Josh goes into detail for writing the lead and the rest of the email sequence for the courses.  14:00 Josh shared that he was home schooled, so deadlines are kind of blurred. But he is trying to make his deadline for John’s content. Josh mentions he did not have any coaching student today.  16:00 Josh mentions he gave the tasks of getting testimonials to John and Rodrigo. Josh shares a recent testimonial for a follower of Simple Programmer. Josh says they are reacting quick with the testimonials and contacting the customers. Josh mention that they are not changing the course for How To Market Yourself course. 21:00 Derick asks how to create an email that acknowledges your audience’s pain points, but still provides value, even thought you’re digging into a wound. Josh explains starting with a strategic story.  25:00 Josh talks about how creating emails for a blogs, means doing tons of research. Josh says to “Giveaway the what, and sell the how.”  30:00 Josh goes into the how to’s of AdWords using the Wright Brothers as an example.  Josh talks about the past examples of John’s trials of developing and learning to play guitar.  34:00 Derick says he has plenty of crazy stories to implement into his email sequence. Josh mentions the power of telling story as apart of marketing.   38:00 Josh talks about how he feels when he writes as a professional. Josh mentions he feels like there is a belt tightening around his chest as he is doing work because of all the deadlines.  41:00 Derick talks about getting the motivation to write a blog, and how he trained himself to write his blog content. Josh talks about the techniques for writing for a paper and for school. Josh and Derick agree on reaching exhaustion when writing and creating email content.  47:00 Josh talks about switching their site to another digital ocean site with snappier website loads. Faster then CloudFlare. Josh talks about the trials of the ingratiation and updates to WordPress. Josh talks about paying for some YouTube coaching.  54:00 Derick shares that his YouTube subscriber numbers are growth with tons of views. Derick talks about all the organizing he is doing, and trying to create landing pages, a Slack channel, and an automated way to invite new subscribers. 1:03:00 Derick is inviting his email list to create a massive Watch Me Code Slack channel. Derick shares how he is setting up his Watch Me Code Slack channel as far as things the members can and can not do.  1:06:00 Derick talks about putting out fires with his discount code issues again. Derick talks about changing the entire marketing material on his sites, but first he wants to build the community first. 1:13:00 Derick says he want the market base around the bundles, but the all access pass allows you the extras and the community on Slack. Derick knows he may get some angry customers, but he still wants to experiment for 2 months.  1:17:00 Josh mentions to watch out for the month of June, things get kind of weird during this month. Derick mentions that his plan is counter intuitive, but the plan looks like a successful one.  1:20:00 Derick talks about building content for the long term, beside going into React and Redux which might have a shelf life for a couple of months. Derick mentions that RabbitMQ in on the uptick of growth, but is linear. Derick also is still selling his RabbitMQ ebook on LeanPub.  1:28:00 Derick talks about how the EntreProgrammers convinced him to go to the subscription model, which has monthly recurring revenue. Josh makes a correlation of how the market changes, and how Derick’s subscription business might be experiencing a shift in the market as well.  1:33:00 Derick shares a bit with the perception of value. Derick and Josh talks about buy domain names… Thoughts of the Week! Derick - Tell a good story!  Josh -  Show up and be consistent.

Episode 112 “Derick Favored Ice Cream”  2:00 And we’re live! Derick says he is going to raise his prices on Watch Me Code. Derick talks about getting some ideas from the guys at egghead.io. Derick wants to experiment with annual subscriptions and maybe stop the monthly subscriptions. Derick get ideas to possibly try a 6 month or quarterly type subscriptions if the annual model does not work out.  9:00 John suggest doing an annual plan with a shorter term model. Josh asks about the turn rate. Derick says he has a 10% turn rate. Derick thinks at least half dozen people are signed up for the entire year. According to the turn rate, the annual plan makes sense for Derick subscriptions. Derick thinks this is going to change the overall message to the corporate organization who pay for their employee’s subscriptions.   16:30 Josh suggest outlining a ‘battle plan,’ so the EntreProgrammers can help him keep on track. Derick says he wants to try this plan for 2 months, which is fair enough to lose sales for 2 months until things pickup on the new model. Derick plans to create some special video content for the on-boarding of new signups.  23:00 John is concerned about not having a monthly plan. Chuck thinks he should have a baseline for sure. John thinks that $15 verses $50 means those who are willing to pay more are serious about the subscription. Josh suggest a lifetime subscription at $997.  33:00 Josh says the 3-4 month customer lifetime is normal for this kind of site, and increasing that is difficult. Josh thinks  the revenue will let you know which model or models to go with. John suggests a type of community forum as apart of the new plan. Derick thinks using a Slack channel or using a Facebook group.  41:00 Derick say he needs to go back to PayPal integration in Drip, and creating an automated system to invite people to Slack when they signup.  47:00 John says he is into the bookkeeping or digging deep into his bookkeeping. John says he is following what his current bookkeeper is doing. John mentions he wants to switch to a cash base accounting. John thinks this will streamline the bookkeeping system.  1:04:00 Chuck talks about the numbers in his bookkeeping. Chuck thinks he may have to ask his bookkeeper some questions. John says it is important if things are categorized to track what is making the revenue.  The EntreProgrammers talk about how to check on bookkeeping and understanding how how numbers are defined. Chuck talks about having to let go of one of his Rails developer. 1:15:00 Chuck talks about his experiment with WordPress and building out a site. Chuck mentions he got more done with his WordPress site this past week. Derick mentions that EntreProgrammers no longer have Nird as a sponsor.   1:23:00 Derick plugs the book “Death by Meeting” by Patrick Lencioni.  The EntreProgrammers talk about their experience at Micro Conf. and being recognized by tons of fans.   1:30:00 Derick shares a story about trying to get into the Ghost Bar with John. “What happens in Vegas gets broadcast on Youtube.” 1:38:00 John mentions doing a talk at Micro Conf., especially about 401k and real estate. Chuck ask what was one of the biggest take aways after attending Micro Conf. Chuck talks about his conversation with Kai Davis and his key take aways. Derick talks about putting names to faces  and finally meeting Rob Walling, and his takeaways for Micro Conf. John talks about not really have a list of things, but making tons of connections. Josh mentions that he is still not in the spot to where the situations apply to him at this in his business. 1:50:00 Josh thinks that the Life Style business idea is a cope out and explains why. EntreProgrammers discuss a what a competitor is on a smaller scale. John says it’s hard to create 500 dollars of passive income, but once you start creating 3000 dollars of passive income, its not hard to create 10,000 dollars thereafter.  Thoughts for the Week Derick -  Stop making excuses…and get your product out the door.  John - Always face the truth. Josh -  Get to know your customers  Chuck -  Get comfortable being Uncomfortable….  

Episode 111 “Retreat in Las Vegas” The EntreProgrammers meet in Las Vegas for Micro Conf.  7:00 Derick shares that he may have found a VA from Spain. Derick is setting up test projects for the hiring criteria.  9:00 Derick talks about his ideas for doing a Periscope weekly as apart of his content.  11:00 EntreProgrammers discuss video production for their content materials.  17:00 John talks about the advertisements and monetization on their Youtube channel. John further talks about his Youtube strategy.  22:00  Chuck talks about pain points your audience is experiencing in order to get more options. Josh talks about hiring someone to help with advertising on YouTube. Josh talks about finding a clear lead magnet to help Derick’s content.  28:00 Derick asks if he should pay someone to do the banner art for Youtube. Chuck says it would help, but since he already has art for websites he should repurpose the graphics. Derick thinks he really should use his stick figures in his videos ideas. .  33:00 John mention VIDIQ to looking for rankings and statistics. Derick talks about curating content on his site. Josh talks about YouTube ad policies and barriers to entry.  36:00 John talks about hiring a linux guy for Simple Programmer. John talks about how he hired 5 people to do work on the backups systems of Simple Programmer. John mentions he hired based on performance an communication, because all application were excellent.  44:00 Chuck is talking about having Mandy manage a team. Chuck is asking if it worth making Mandy an actual employee, because of the hours she is working according to law. Chuck asks what is the criteria for building out a team. Derick makes a good point that it depends on how he likes to work.  52:00 The EntreProgrammers tell Chuck to do a one-off project and hire severals freelancers to do the same job. Chuck says he needs to free up Mandy for other important jobs. Derick asks what kind of test he needs to present to hire for a editing job. 1:04:00 The EntreProgrammers discuss the task and cost to do video production. This job may be content management as well.  1:12:00 Chuck talks about one off projects and using a his regular person to do the job. Chuck is trying to figure out exactly who manages what projects on a video, or transcripts, and other projects as far as developing.  1:20:00 EntreProgrammers talks about automating their business to work without them having to be present. Chuck and Derick feel like they are getting to the point that they don't have the time for creative projects. Finding key people is important at this point.  1:26:00 Derick mentions it took him three years to publish his e-book and get concrete feedback. John talks about how businesses acquire technical debt. Derick say this is how businesses grow.  1:31:00 Chuck mentions possibly hiring someone in connection with his current team members. Chuck is thinking about how to do hiring and how to divide up the tasks. Derick mentions he knows that he should’ve been thinking about this kind of stuff a long time ago, as far as hiring a  good team.  1:42:00 Chuck ask if John and his team are paying for Slack. John says no! Chuck finds that basecamp might be a good tool for his team, to keep track that the project is done.  Thoughts for the Week! Derick -  It is really hard to hire the right person then it is to hire for technical skill. You are not going to get good at it if you don’t do it! Chuck -  Burn Out. John - Never lose the capacity for good things..

EntreProgrammers Episode 110 “We Need You To Caucus” 3:20 We’re live! John come to us from his new home in San Diego. John mentions he is enjoying all near by shops, gyms, and beach. John mentions he has hired an interior decorator to help design his home. 15:00 Chuck mentions that most people he knows don’t pay people to move their stuff. Mormons give a helping hand when you move. 16:52 John talks about he meant an interior designer who also went to the Traffic & Conversion Summit. 19:45 Chuck had to postpone the Ruby On Rails Conference, because he was lacking some speakers. Chuck talks about the craze over React. Chuck mentions he is a bit worried about iOS Remote Cont., he mention he needs speakers to help sell the conference.  23:45 Josh says the conference should be application based for speakers to apply for a speaking slot. John mentions that Chuck should charge for an application fee.  28:00 Chuck talks about the discussion of who is to speak at Ruby Rogues. Also, on losing a panelist on the podcast. Chuck talks about race inclinations and controversy within the developer groups he is working with. 37:00 John talks about what true diversity is really about. Chuck talks more about when he first started the show, and how diverse the group by ethnicity, social status, gender and sexual orientation.  40:00  John talks about being on the right path is when you are trying to make something awesome.  47:00 John mention he is actually going to vote this time around. John says he enjoys entertainment value in politics. Practically, he does not care… “Unless you have a real impact…you don’t have a real impact.” 53:00 Chuck is thinking about putting up a landing page for Get A Coder Job course, and needs to decide if that is a good idea to do so. Josh gives some ideas about themes in Thrive Content Builder for WordPress. Josh talks about how it takes 8 hours of playing with Thrive to make things work.  58:00 Chuck talks about having to closeout a business bank account. Chuck starts writing his book on orange sticky notes. 1:10:00 Josh says he is interested in creating a course on “Get Your First Job.” A type of course geared to those in developing. Chuck thinks there is a synergy with all the Simple Programmer Products. Chuck talks about the typical steps of those who are looking for a job and don't have experience. This courses would cover the dos and don’ts.  1:16:00 John talks about how to target a particular audience and tailoring the content accordingly, but also being able the reformulate and reuse the content for another audience. Josh talks about catching people at the right time. 1:23:00 Josh and Chuck talks about the “HOW TO” course ideas. Chuck ask if this should be under the Dev Chat TV stuff.  1:27:00 Josh mentions his recent email screw up. John talks about the DPD coupon thingy. 1:38:00 Josh shares the leads that he is going to use of for the next course for Simple Programmer. Josh talks about the pain points he is going to hit on to get people’s attention.  1:42:00 John mentions he is gotten better at hiring people. John mentions a snappy website, and is willing to switch to this 10 dollar service or hire for this service. John shares how these people he is hiring are going to be tested. 1:52:00 Chuck talks about a recent hire for his bookkeeping. Chuck talks about the details of the interview process. John talks about learning his current bookkeepers process and teach someone else on UpWork to take over.  1:56:00 Josh talks about running ads on YouTube, and his process to get people on an email list.  2:03:00 Josh talks about getting targeted by Tai Lopez’s ads. Josh speaks more on figuring out how to get traffic on YouTube to the Simple Programmer channel.  Thoughts for the Week! Chuck - Things are not always as bad as the seem at the time.  John - Don’t let things….drag you down.  Josh -  Slow down.

Episode 109 “Screencast Leaf?” 3:15 Derick shares he is getting a new Android phone.  6:15  Josh is thinking about getting his AdWords account unbanned. Josh does some research and is talking to a guy who could help with his AdWords account, and maybe trade services for the reinstatement. Derick thinks it isn’t a good trade because of the high cost. 12:00 John suggests to trade services by doing a consultation and picking his brain to learn how he get Adwords unbanned. Also, John suggests writing copy for him for trade. 15:00 John is having to wait of his new house keys as paper work gets sorted out. In the meantime, its SeaWorld time.   18:00 Chuck say because he does not have a real job, he has to pick up his dad at the hospital. Chuck says he is changing Mandy’s job description to Chief Operating Officer. Derick ask about the hours Mandy works, and talks about legal work laws centered around contractors.  22:00 Derick mentions he wants to hire a new VA. Derick talks about the video editing and other task that needs to be done to get videos published. He asks if it is worth hiring for this position. John give some feedback on his experience with VAs and outlines what Derick should look out for as far as work tasks and time.   28:00 John recommends the book From Good to Great by Jim Collins.  John summarizes that people should get the right people on the bus. The EntreProgrammers talk about systemizing the workflow for VAs, and picking those who are motivated to work.  33:00 John makes a point about hiring people with a great work ethic, even when the job doesn't require technical skill.  EntreProgrammers suggest running trials before giving a virtual assistant job.  42:00 Chuck mentions it is honest time again. Chuck talks about the issues with his Rails Clips account, and how it was continuing to charge people for a few months now. Chuck says it was about 500 dollars he would have to refund, and including the money raised on the kick-starter. Derick thinks he should complete the videos and kill the project, instead of refunding.  49:00 Josh suggests to pick a day to get the videos done and let the customers know when to expect them. Then stick to the date.  53:00 John and Josh share information on the failed sales attempt for Simple Programmer. Josh gives details about the Drip email sequence issues. John has as few theories, one that it is because it is spring break. Also, the timing and and the batch of people they are targeting might have been off.  1:03:00 Josh wants to try doing a random sample and trying tagging in Drip. Chuck mentions that his mail list is now over 6 thousand people on his list. Chuck also mentions trying to finish his e-book.  1:08:00 John talks about how he was invited to China to do a talk about Soft Skills. John mentions he saw his book in the wild in a Barnes & Noble. Derick suggests he should’ve signed them.  1:12:00 Chuck mentions that he is going to be at the Build Conference right before Micro Conf. Derick is questioning where he wants Watch Me Code to go. Derick says he needs some help thinking through the next steps. Josh suggest calling it Screencast Leaf. John suggest making it a turnkey type of product.  1:23:00 John and Josh talk about building up a list. Chuck thinks the DPD is terrible.  EntreProgrammers talk about what Derick’s options are to improve the overall performance and growth of Watch Me Code.    1:32:00 Derick talks about his Watch Me Code needs. Derick says he may have to wait for a while until he starts talking to people about providing a partnered service. Derick and Josh talk about doing something similar to UDemy or Lynda for his videos.  1:38:00  Josh and Derick agree that Watch Me Code is somewhat of a business to business service. Derick mentions that he got his Deadline Funnel account turned back on. Derick explains how the Deadline Funnel works.  1:45:00 Derick tries to find out if the funnel is cookie based, to implement an email strategy. Derick wants to get the deadline funnel implemented so that his sales will truly have a deadline.  1:50:00 Derick mentions to watch out when working with the Google AdWords guy. 

Episode 108 “We Are The Man!” 3:20  We’re Live! John talks about his moving situation and is schedule to move.  6:54 Chuck talks about discovering security issues with a baby video monitor. Derick talks about the the marketing strategy in Samsung smart TVs. John talks about how privacy will soon be a thing of the past.  11:30 Derick talks about the FBI and Apple situation. John talks about the how anyone could cancel a flight or an electricity account with  a little bit of information on the accounts or confirmation numbers.  15:00 John says in there future it would be a situation of privacy verses identity.  19:00 John talks about the DPD tracking and email information from customers. John and Josh talk about how to do tagging and make decisions base on the numbers from Drip.  25:00 John mentions that he does not want people to buy a product and get an email for a discount afterward. Derick says he is still dealing with the same issue. Josh talks more about how DPD works.  Derick is trying to set up his PayPal account correctly. 32:00 EntreProgrammer talk about how people are changing up emails more often.  Josh mentions some tracking practices used to advertised to potential customers. John mentions the efforts in trying to secure privacy when there are no major consequences. Only worry about this if you’re running for Presidency.   40:00 Chuck changes to the topic to getting back to work and being creative in his business. Chuck is having a rough time finding a bookkeeper. Chuck shares his experience with trying to hire people for the job. He continues  to talk about the work he is passing along to his assistant, Mandy.  50:00 John talks about the work that they have among their virtual assistants and personal assistant. John thinks that some of the work load needs to be passed off to others, so they could do more relative work for the business. Chuck says he does not want to get into the “employee vs. contract” type of work.  56:00 Derick recommends the book “Three Big Questions for a  Frantic Family” by Patrick Lencioni.  1:00:00 Josh learns that he has to say “no” to everything in order to get important this done. John sounds like he is excited about the new automated system he has setup with Simple Programmer, and his VA.  1:11:00 Josh talks about automating some working in the past at TrackAbout. Derick shares his ideas for a new RabbitMQ pitch. Josh recommends some email strategies to Derick for this new pitch.   1:18:00 Derick says he is enjoying working in the Drip Workflows.  Josh mentions he is able to shares some inside info with Derick when he is ready. John mentions to be careful what they call the campaigns. Josh talks about the Planko machine.  1:26:00 Derick talks out the sales and discount codes with Watch Me Code. Derick talks the double opt-in on Thrive.    1:33:00 Josh talks about the Canadian expression consent or double opt-in. Everyone apologizes to Canadan for sucking real bad. Derick talks about the constant emails he is sending to his followers. 1:41:00 John mentions seeing an ad for Constant Contact. John and Josh talk about getting template style copy, and how annoying it is the receive them. Josh says he needs relevant information… John suggests that Derick should sell his crocheting patterns. Josh says Derick could not bill developing hours for crocheting.  1:50:00 John talks about the views on Simple Programmer, as he shares information on the in-stream and pre-rolls.  John mentions reaching 19,000 subscribers on YouTube, with plans to reach 100,000 and the end of the year.  Thoughts for the Week! Chuck -  Find an and solution… Josh - A little bit everyday, gets you there! Derick  -  Know when to quit!  John - If you’re afraid to lose, you will.

“It’s Not a Negotiation Unless There’s Blood” 3:20And We’re Live! Derick shares more of his crocheting talents, and might be going into to business with someones grandma. More on the dropping subscribers, but increasing income. Derick mentions he may be hooking up a designer for his website. Derick talks about creating a new way to purchase subscriptions and videos. 10:00John ask about the cost for the new designs. Or maybe he should invest in something else. Derick is looking at investing in the designs, so he can free up time to do real work, instead of designing himself. 13:00EntreProgrammers talk about the user research and ways to look at project’s worth. John, Josh, and Chuck have a concern about the idea Derick is thinking about doing. Josh thinks that Derick needs to increase subscribers in order to break even. John thinks content creation will help to increase subscribers. 20:30EntreProgrammers talk about the keyword and SEO optimization to help Derick’s website traffic. John ask to look at what has brought on the most traffic and subscribers. John asks if publishing news letters in JS News Weekly would help. John thinks YouTube would be a great outlet of content for Derick. 29:00Chuck mentions the retreat and trying to help fix Derick’s sales funnel for Watch Me Code. Josh talks about discovering cracks in the wall, verses painting on the wall. Josh suggest working on traffic for Watch Me Code, instead of design. 35:00Josh shares the pitch sequence of Simple Programmer with Derick to help with offers, pitches, and traffic. Chuck sees how this would go into Express Basics. Derick ask if it would be better spending his time on traffic, or launching a new product. 44:00John talks through the ‘all you can eat scenario for the selling bundles and subscriptions.” 58:00Josh talks about the email sequence that he created for Simple Programmer. John talks about addING the email strategy as a course for Simple Programmer. 1:02:00John talks about a recent lifting injury that cause constant pain in his shoulder area. John share his experience with a codeine trip. John talks his sexism in Simple Programmer. 1:19:00Chuck talks about his top ten episode emails, and current projects he is tackling. Josh makes some suggest for Chucks emails. Chuck talks about maybe putting together a Drip sequence for his email. John suggests getting an affiliate product to offer for Chucks customers. John talks about White Labeling products instead of affiliates. 1:28:00Chuck talks about the Meet Up mistakes he made in Amsterdam. Chuck mention he is going to do another Meet Up at Build. Chuck mentions helping startup podcast for his network. John talks about maybe turning his videos into podcasts. Chuck gives some feedback on the podcast idea. 1:40:00EntreProgrammers talk about video hosting for a video podcast. Chuck mention this is 11 year wedding anniversary. John is moving next week, and everything is shipping out. John mention he does not understand people on Craiglists. EntreProgrammers talk about negotiations. Derick talks about negotiation with the IRS. 1:52:00John and Josh mention they have 200 plus pending ideas on their Trello board. 1:58:00Chuck ask about some advice on a bookkeeper on Upwork. John has some leads for Chuck. Josh gives some suggestion about how to approach someone for bookkeeping. Thoughts of the Week! John - Pain is an opportunity to get down to the depth of your character. Josh - If your are not blocking time off to do something you say…You’re probably not serious! Derick - Take ten minutes to have take difficult conversation… Chuck - Focus. On one major thing at a time.

“We Have Become The Man!” 3:15 No Chuck today, because of a conference scheduling conflict. John and Josh have their second meeting for the day, first for Simple Programmer and now for the EntreProgammers. Josh talks about changing up his lighting situation for his office, and other routine workflows. 13:00 John talks about gesture base lights fixtures. Josh talks about how voice recognition still has a long way to go before it is easy enough to use. John thinks its probably learning properly, or investing time in how use it, similar to a keyboard skills.  17:00 Josh shares his experience with Siri, creating reminders, emails, and other things.  20:00 John thinks subvocalization feature will be more useful as it get developed. Josh thinks it is dorky to talk to Siri, or babbling into your phone in publicly. Josh shares more about his new lights. 25:00 John mentions final being able to record a video, after having video troubles.  When thing start to get busier,  John is talking about hiring a junior marketer. John talks about possibly having an attack on one of their servers.  John mention losing 3 days of work trying to figure out the problems.  36:30 John needs an expert and Linux an WordPress to get fully optimized. John talks about still using Varnish and other tools. 40:00 John and Josh talks about the dropping number of opt-ins on the course site, and looking at the options for testing. Josh notice that the infinite scrolling is not working on the Simple Programmer site. Heres to live testing!  Josh finds that the scroll mat is broken.  51:00 John is planning a March sale, and planning to do a sale once a quarter. Josh talks about plans for a spring 2016 sale, and re-purposing some of the sale plans material. John talks more about the growth on his YouTube channel. 59:00 John shares that they’ve sold 52 copies of 10 Steps…,   45 copies of the blog course work book, and 16 copies of “How to Market Yourself,” for the month of February. 1:03:00 John mentions that he just did an interview with PBS or a show call Road Trip Nation.  Josh mentions working on the Tagging system with Drip.  1:08:00 John thinks its funny that he several month ago was try to remove himself from Simple Programmers, but is now the spokes person for the company. John shares more about how he changed his mindset about growing his company. John mentions they have a unique corner in the industry with Simple Programmer.  1:17:00 John talks about the behind the scene work with the small team he has built.  Josh is excited about Maze 2.0 from Perry Marshall. John suggests being used a case study with advertising. 1:27:00 Josh talks about how it is important not to give Rodrigo to much work, or take him out of his talents. Josh mentions that lifestyle businesses are not sustainable in the long run, as far as growing, and the prices of ads and marketing. 1:35:00 John talks about how he will have to find a new videographer when he moves to San Diego. John shares an equipment list he currently has setup for video recording.  Josh talks about the planning for the next product for Simple Programmer.  1:45:00 John talks about cleanup all their projects, getting to the point where they can acquire sponsorships in the future.  John shares that a sale had just came in during the call.  1:49:00 Josh and John talk about their sales through PayPal, and configuration with their sales accounts.  1:58:00 John suggests the idea of an EntreProgrammers Slack channel. Josh thinks a Facebook group would be better.  Thoughts of the Week John - “You don't have to light yourself on fire to keep everyone else warm.” Josh - “Daily habits beat, weekly routine”

“This Week In Podcasting Problems” 3:18 We’re Live! Derick says he was inspired last week. He’s now got two people on annual subscriptions. Also, some work on ‘Watch Me Code,’ and updates the series page, plus a possible video player in the future.  7:25 Derick is about ready to call himself “Master of WordPress plugins,” after all the work he has recently done in WP. Derick shares information on WP developing. Derick mentions using Migrate DB Pro, and answers Josh’s questions about DB Pro.  12:45 Josh ask if John needs a copy of Simple Programmer running else where…as backup.  16:00 John talks about manually migrating a site. Derick swears that Migrate DB Pro is worth using to take care of migration. Josh talks about migrating a customers site at TrackAbout.  19:00 Josh mentions that he wants the ability to add tags in Thrive. Derick asks what Josh is doing with the tags. John mentions that Rob should create this feature for them in Drip.  22:00 Josh finds other things Thrive can’t do. John talks about the integration and how that helps their needs. Derick ask about the Smart Links.   28:00 John talks about finding the next unique thing to do as far as a marketing strategy. Derick talks about how someone out there might have the next ‘big thing.’ John talks about using retargeting pixels instead of pop-ups, and all kinds of configurations to change things up.  Josh talks about the cost of promoting on Facebook.  32:00 John mentions to check out Neil Patel’s strategy on his blog posts to “Like” his page on Facebook.  36:00 Derick says that for all the complaints they have for Thrive, he really likes using it and is gold he made the switch. Derick likes the screen filler light box. Josh talks about how 85% of traffic does not care about purchasing products. 41:00 John mentions he is moving soon, and using a full service moving company. Derick talks about using LED lights.  EntreProgrammers talk about moving and service rates for movers. John mentions he is not driving, and is shipping his car to San Diego.   55:00 Josh talks about the time shift they with have when John moves to California. Josh mention most of his clients were in California. John is using officially using Slack with Simple Programmer.  Josh mentions having several channels of communication apps when working with clients.  58:00 John and Josh talk about not overworking their VA. Josh talks about systemizing in Simple Programmer. John suggests reading “Built To Sell” by  John Warrillow 1:06:00 John talks about finding the leverage points in Simple Programmer. John shares that he is pissing off the internet over a recent published video title. John might lose some subscribers…over this one?  1:15:00 Derick says he can’t stand the stereotype of socially awkward smart people on TV show “Big Band Theory.” John sees the show from a different angle.  1:21:00 Derick and Josh talk about their recent movie selections.  Josh shares his thoughts about the movie “The Martian” and the book version. Derick shares that he fixed the Rabbit MQ issues during the podcast call. 1:35:00 John talks about days before the Cloud. Here is more talk about migrating, to a new computers.  Thoughts of the Week John - Don’t apologize. Be intention in what you do.  Josh - Not building stuff before you need it… Derick  - Run with the motivation when you have it.

Episode 104 “Adult Category” 3:15John shares his recent trip with Josh to the Traffic and Conversion Summit. John talks about the potential growth that Simple Programmer could have in the future. John mention how valuable the conference was for him. John mentions seeing Gary Vaynerchuk and how he dropped the F-bomb at least 100 times in his talk. 10:00John talks about how Gary V. thinks that Snap Chat is the next ‘happening' app and platform. John talks about a canning website, and how one can make an offer on buying the domain, base on the revenue numbers. Making money without any risk… 17:00John talks about how Soft Skills could blowup with the marketing skills they have on their side. John mention their Trello board has 200 to dos in the list. 18:30Chuck talks about how iPheaks got invited to Microsoft Build conference, which might throw a wrench in the retreat plans. 21:00Derick talks about the new direction of Microsoft, and how it is not the same old Microsoft as it use to be. Derick is trying to find his flight confirmation tickets for the retreat and conference. 24:00Chuck mentions going through some ‘funk’ this past week, but is feeling much better. Chuck is trying to get it together for his Amsterdam visit. Chuck talks about reaching some milestones on some of his podcasts. 28:00Chuck asks for advice about rising the prices for some sponsorship slots in his podcasts. Derick asks what analytics do the sponsors look at to make prices fair. Chuck talks about giving a discount for long-time sponsors, Derick thinks its a good idea. 33:00Chuck mentions that he sort of announced he was writing a book on a recent podcast he was invited to. Now he has to write a book! Derick favors Fiverr for a cover art for the book. John thinks 99 Designs might be better. Chuck talks about putting up a blog post for the book. Derick makes of marketing suggestions for the landing page. 37:00Chuck asks about a long form sales page, and when he should create one. Chuck asks about what to do about interviews and payment. Derick mentions making it worth their time, instead of money. Possibly letting them pitch and plug their companies. 43:00Derick talks about how bad “Watch Me Code” is doing still. 7 sign-ups in 12 days. Derick is working at driving some traffic to the site. Derick talks about moving to Thrive and disabling SumoMe. Derick is happy with the varies configuration in Thrive. Derick talks about giving a month for things to pan out when trying a new tool. Derick shares some features of SumoMe with Chuck. 53:30Derick is planning for the Node JS projects coming up and is currently looking for people who are experts in the platform. Derick talks about the specialties and the kind of people he wants for the Node JS project. Derick mentions getting contacted by someone off of Twitter. 1:01:00Derick says he is “Done” speaking at conferences. Derick ask if that is a “sane thing” to do. Chuck says if the money is good then keep doing it. Derick shares his thoughts about the doing conferences and the time that is going into it. Chuck mentions that Derick should choose conferences that will payoff it time and the value of the network. 1:09:00 John shares this thoughts about speaking conferences. John mentions that in some situations. Getting on a podcast is more valuable then speaking at a conference. 1:15:00Chuck mentions planning to go to the podcast movement in July. Chuck asks if he and Josh made any major strategic plans. John explains where he and Josh are going with Simple Programmer. John mentions that he is going to fire is VA and hiring someone to answer emails for Simple Programmer, and handle customer service duties. 1:22:00John talks about the continually growth on his YouTube channel. John ask about setting up a Patreon account for his YouTube channel. Derick talks about try it and monitoring it, while using other types of resources to see if it is worth it. 1:29:00John mentions that Derick could do Webinars instead of conferences. Chuck talks about an easier way to conduct a webinar. John ask the team to look at Similar Web. Derick’s “Watch Me Code” site shows similarities to the those in the Adult Category. 1:37:00John talks about buying dead sites, to gain a bigger audience? John talks about associations with sites, instead of subscribing. Derick tells John to checkout the book The Automatic Customer by John Warrillow. Derick has is doubt about the certification idea. 1:48:00John mentions that he just sold his house in Tampa. Derick is refinancing his house… Thoughts of the Week Derick - Insanity is doing the same thing, expecting different results. John - To think bigger. Chuck - Take minute to ponder, pray, or meditate… Resources Mentioned in this Episode Patreon https://www.patreon.com SimilarWebhttp://www.similarweb.com The Automatic Customer by John Warrillow. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LFYXDNQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1

Episode 103 “Panic Room” 3:20 Chuck talks about driving in bad weather conditions in Spanish Folk Utah, during an unexpected blizzard. Chuck tells us about becoming sick because of stress.  6:51 John shares his blizzard experience in Idaho. John talks about the near death experience of coming within feet cliff.  10:51 Chuck explains all the winter weather craziness was his whole week.  11:32 John explains that homes are significantly more expensive than homes in Florida, but insurance is cheaper in California. Possibly because of the likelihood of hurricanes and tornadoes in Florida, rather than earthquakes.  15:25 Chuck and John talk about hollow earth theory. 17:00 Derick talks about selling Girls Scout cookies, and posting a sob story on Facebook about the trials of Girls Scouts. Sounds like these Girls Scouts could teach Derick about marketing.  20:00 Derick has a question about Sumo Me, and  talks about some email signup arguments. Derick wants to customize the way his signups look, but he is using the free version. Should Derick pay for Thrive application?  23:00 Josh talks about really liking Thrive, when he used for the Simple Programmer project. Josh reassures Derick that the Thrive plugin is very customizable to fit what Derick want to do. Josh gives some detail about the differences with SumoMe.  Josh talks about setting up a welcome mat and using the Drip APIs, in the app.  28:00 John talks more about how Thrive themes are better for internet marketing, and all kinds of features that cater to marketing.  John mentions the image compress feature and social media sharing. Chuck mention that these features are only available on a WordPress site.  32:00 Chuck ask about how to use the Thrive themes outside of a WP site. Josh explains that Chuck could use a type of Landing Page.  Derick mentions he needs to pay someone to convert his SumoMe stuff to Thrive. Any takers?  35:00  Josh mentions the he fired an awesome VA, Nat. Josh talks about how his VA may have did research for his hiring process. Josh mentions that Nat maybe a go to man for their WP needs. John almost mentions a solution to the trust situation with giving out credentials.  45:00 Josh talks about being hack and the venerability on the internet. Josh talks about asking his VA to document his steps.  Josh say he feels guilty, because he thinks Nat may have pull and all nighter for some up his projects. John talks about the issues with a former VA.  47:00 John mentions he is officially moving to San Diego. John talks about getting a great interest rate for financing a new home. EntreProgrammers share some interest rates on mortgages and things they learned. John is excited about his new interest rates.  51:00 John shares a  little bit of information about the house he moving into, and how he plans to use one of the spaces for a sound booth. Josh mentions it could double as a panic room. Derick shares the chaotic toy setup at his house.  1:02:00 Derick mentions that Watch Me Code has been doing mediocre. Derick shares that his subscriber numbers are going down, but would like to keep above 425 subscribers. Derick is talking about 5 different series for his next bundle This would be The Node JS and Express JS Training Guide for New Java Script Developers.  Derick thinks this will be a pretty popular bundle compare to RabbitMQ.  Derick talks about annual subscription sales for the future.  1:09:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about paying for a big annual price and how that affects the decision to purchase. Derick mentions he may have to put video games down to get some things done.  1:17:00 The EntreProgrammers discuss opt-in and double opt-ins and ticking people off with emails. John mentions his new bookkeeper is doing a good job. Derick talks about how his bookkeeper is happy with his organization. Josh mentions that he needs a knowledgeable bookkeeper.  1:26:00 John mentions that the YouTube Simple Programmer channel is growing with some huge number of reviews. Josh talks about new workflow in Drip.  Josh and Derick discuss the new features in Drip. Derick talks about Segments and how he uses them. Josh talks about the detail and insight of the purchases in the new features.  1:36:00 John and Josh talks about the sales on Simple Programmer, from the How to Market Yourself and The Ten Steps courses. 1:42:00 Derick talks about how some one said his prices are to high, but does not need the money for consulting. Derick says he is just maintaining and not much to talk about. 1:46:00 John mentioned that his Soft Skills audio book version is out doing the book version. John gives some backend information on Soft Skills book and subscribers.  John is planning on a new entrepreneurial course.  Thoughts of the Week! Derick - Don’t prevent your employees from doing their job. John  - If you don’t let go of what your have, you can’t get what you want. Josh - Cut the cord and a lot of stuff…  Chuck - Not everything has to be about getting where you’re going.

Episode 102 “Trailer Park to Entrepreneur Story”  3:18 And we’re live! Chuck mentions feeling like an outsider after last the episode with Larry. Chuck talks about taking care of the house duties. Josh talks about the upcoming duties of taking the kids to preschool.  6:20 Chuck shares some information on CES, and running into the host of Java Script Jabber. Chuck might do a review for a standup desk company Autonomous.ai. Josh mentions to make sure he does not have to send the desk back after doing a review.  Chuck shares that he bought some new wheels.  11:15 Chuck talks about his sales number from conferences and special corporation groups. John mentions find out who the corporations are a scout out how to to get more people in on conference sales. Chuck asks about how to go about talking to the corporations about how they heard of his conferences. Chuck shares that he hired a new developer who is an EntreProgrammers listener.   17:30 Chuck talks about changing his title to CEO, so he does not have to do any developing. Chuck is missing his passport.  John talks about how you can fake a passport, but not 5 years of online history.  21:00 Chuck talks about expediting a passport so he can travel. Turns out the some travel agencies can help expedite passports, because they have a relationship with the states. John called the process “Paying the Stupid Tax.” Chuck talks about strategically not paying Uncle Sam. Chuck talks about not paying quarterly taxes for a while.  Josh asks how Chuck was able to pay so little on taxes, after 3 years of not paying.  29:00 Lesson learned and Chuck faithful pays his taxes this year. Chuck shares his fool proof plans for keeping up the Uncle Sam share. Chuck also shares that he had some troubles foreclosures, but all is good now.  34:00 Josh talks about how things can spin out of control quickly. But, Chuck had the right tools to make things right again.  38:00 John mentions at that its best to come clean and in the clear now, rather then when he is making millions. Chuck asks about how to do a Meet Up in Amsterdam during his travels. John gives some details about the meet up he did while on vacation in Amsterdam.  43:00 Chuck ask for some advice to do a specialized training. Josh talks about pricing it on the higher end. Josh talks about his coaching sessions per student, per month. Chuck mentions coach on setting up a freelance business. Josh explains the details of charging on the higher end. John talks about how this project is a “next year” idea, and how he should focus on staying the course. John mentions to prepare to ‘crash and burn,’ just incase.  52:30 John shares that he put an offer of a house in San Diego. John shares some information about the attractive amenities of San Diego. John is nervous about the possibilities of the big purchase.  John mentions he feels like he is in a position to take on more, and experience more.  1:04:00 John mentions that his YouTube channel hit over 15,000 subscribers and has the same amount of views as the Simple Programmer site.  John talks about going Lego Land and Disney Land.  1:09:00 John talks about some numbers on Simple Programmer. Josh talks about how he tracking the sales on the 97 dollar prices. John talks about hiring a quickbooks guy, and magically gets an approval from quickbooks. Josh talks about some of the complication using Quickbooks. Chuck ask about the plans they offer, Josh give some feedback on the fees and details.  1:18:00 Josh give some details on figuring out his budget for business expense, and profits. Josh talks about a cash basis accounting, because his business is simple.  1:21:00 Chuck talks about using Harvest for invoicing only. EntrePrgorammers share some tools they use for accounting.  1:30:00 Chuck talks about the tellers reaction when he was switching banks. John talks about Chase banks features for private clients.  1:33:00 John talks about “The Way Of The Superior Man”  by David Deida 1:37:00 Josh talks about finally cracking into entrepreneur.com. Josh reaches out to some connections to contact the editor at Entrepreneur. Josh reaches out to James Clear to get through to Entrepreneur. Josh shares some of the process information and practices of Entrepreneur. Josh mentions his plans to reach out to INC. magazine after Entrepreneur.  1:49:00 Josh mentions hiring a new VA, who have some interest in EntreProgrammers’ show.  1:53:00 John gives everyone feedback about how to ace a job interview. John mentions that Edgar is finally fixed.  John talks about ‘random’ publish issue in Edgar. Thoughts of the Week Josh - Pipeline, streamline, and be prolific  John -Don’t take things personally, but as a challenge.  Chuck -  If you want it hard enough and work hard enough, then you can do it.   

Episode 101 “Wedgie Of A Lifetime”  3:18 And We’re Live! Today the EntreProgrammers welcome Larry from TrackAbout. Larry wants to talks about Skydiving today! Derick mentions the prior episode’s talk about getting over fears and skydiving.  6:00 John shares some memories of his time at TrackAbout, and was afraid to fly anywhere on business trips. John explains a panic attack he experienced, and how he was able to conquer the fear by facing the adversity head-on.  8:45 Derick shares his approach to conquering his fear of feeling pain when getting tattoos, by focusing on the pain itself.  10:00 Larry shares an adventure story of mountain biking and stumbling upon a skydiving festival. Larry talks about different types of skydiving such as: static line jump, tandem jump, accelerated free fall. Larry tells the story about taking the 101 course of skydiving, and describes the details of learning to jump out of a plane.  14:30  Larry shares his intense experience of leaving the ground on a plane and getting ready to jump. Larry talks about forgetting all the steps of the skydiving training and finally getting the signal to pull his parachute.  Larry trying to recall how to brake and land with his parachute. Then he remembered after crash landing, the Jump Master forgot to teach him about landing.   23:00 Larry explains that he did not have the responsibly of children and marriage to notice the real risk involved of skydiving. Derick talks about his father’s experience with a motorcycle purchase and realizing the risk involved in riding.  26:40 John talks about a woman that survived a fall out of a plane at 20,000 feet. Josh asks how this changes his plans to skydive. John still thinks the tandem jump is still on his list.  28:00 Larry mentions that some peoples worst fear is public speaking. Derick shares his thoughts about himself when public speaking. John talks about getting energy when speaking publicly. Larry shares his time when playing in a band, and being nervous when his did not practice.  32:00 John talks about the certainty and the quality of life that Tony Robbins teaches. Larry talks about the punctuated moments in life, and getting older, and noticing time going by faster.  35:50 John, again mentions possibly creating a course on over coming fears. Josh talks about the time he found out John was afraid of flying, and how it was taboo to talk about at TrackAbout.  John talks about choosing to over come fear on your own, verses being coached. 39:00 Derick talks about his fear of spiders after getting bit by a brown recluse. Chuck shares his thoughts on fears, and what he considers his worst fear.  42:00 John talks about an exercise of making eye contact with people and not smiling. Derick speaks about social norm violations. Josh mentions Tim Ferris’ stunt of laying down in the middle of the floor of a restaurant or store, for no reason. Derick mentions that you should look at your behavior when you are around people, and notice what society has ingrained in you about how to behave in public.  50:00 John mentions that there was a period of time when the EntreProgrammers did not talk about Josh’s job at TrackAbout. John asks when Larry noticed  that Josh was about to quit his job at TrackAbout. Derick shares his experience when leaving TrackAbout, and feeling like he was letting people down for leaving. 55:00 Derick, Josh and John talk about when they started the EntreProgrammers. Larry mentions he did not have an idea they were in a mastermind together. Larry talks about what the podcast industry needs as far as stats and analytics. Larry says he needs the accelerated playback for listening to podcasts.  59:00 John mentions the real reason they started the EntreProgrammers was to shared their entrepreneurial journey. Dericks talks about the transparency in the jobs that they are doing. Josh and Derick shares their thoughts about the culture at TrackAbout.  1:13:33 John shares how he had quit his job at TrackAbout, and how he was afraid of Larry as well. Larry says “It’s about time!” Josh mentions the famous MacBook that once belonged to Derick, and how everyone who used it after he had left, also doesn't work there anymore.  1:20:00 Josh talks about the bookkeeper situation with Simple Programmer, and how the bookkeeper needs to be familiar with this kind of business to understand how it works. Here is a discussion about hiring and firing people for varies reasons.  1:25:00 Josh asks Larry about what TrackAbout is doing about Code Challenges. John talks about liking  the real world situation, and how some new hires question the challenges. 1:32:00 Larry talks about the liability of leaks in companies if they permit their developers run blogs or some sort of entrepreneurial outlet. 1:37:50 Josh shares feeling guilty at a job before TrackAbout, and how he decided to leave after a bunch of paid training. Derick shares his experience of leaving his Telerik job and having nothing to do in the last few weeks.  1:38:00 EntreProgrammers share their stories of quitting their old jobs and the irony and inexperience the witness looking back.  1:47:00 Larry mentions that Chuck needs to take a spin at TrackAbout to get in on the stories. Larry shares some of what TrackAbout is up to these days.  1:53:00 A small interjection of had bad Apple is doing. Thoughts of the Week! John  -  The happiness in your life is  directly proportion to the amount of uncertainty you are comfortable to live with… Derick - Embrace your fear! Josh - Systems and habits, and rhythms  Chuck  - Being ready of opportunity.. Resources Mentioned In The Episode  https://corp.trackabout.com

Episode 100 “Studying Weasels…” 3:20 Alright, We’re Live! Episode 100 and almost 2 years of EntreProgrammers!  Derick mentions he is nervous about his presentation at the JS Remote Conf. with Chuck. Derick talks about the difficultly with condensing information into a few minutes, rather then a couple of hours. 7:00 Derick talks about monitoring his numbers with Baremetrics, and more issues with fail charges on customer credit cards.  But things are looking good as most are being resolved as, Derick sends email notices out.  10:00 Derick talks about speaking with a friend about doing an annual subscription with Watch Me Code. Derick mentions theses ideas were formed after reading The Automatic Customer.  12:00 The EntreProgrammers discuss the different ways Derick could implement a yearly subscription, pricing the subscriptions, and revenue spending. Josh provides ways to look at the analytics and how to form a strategy. Derick is planning to contact Baremetrics about certain ways to view analytics.  26:00 Derick mentions that Barometrics barely has 40 more customers then Watch Me Code subscribers. Derick said he is excited about the Visual Designer with Drip. Derick is not happy with PayPal, and how his customers are experiencing problems with the subscription account in PayPal 32:00 Josh and Derick talk about credit card fees, sending money, and trying to collect a pay check. Derick explains the fees in PayPal for Friends & Family, and Goods & Services.  38:00 John talks about reading Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto. Josh gives a little insight into the author’s background. Derick mentions The UnSchooling Method!  40:00 Josh talks about studying the weasel family? Josh mentions hating the practice of teaching children something they don’t need to know. John talks about the importance of teaching Math and Reading to children. Josh and John discuss home-schooling and non-traditional education models for children.  48:00 John shares his vision of a Utopian society of entrepreneurs. 53:00 John might see Tony Robbins again in March. Josh talks about getting banned from Facebook, and how some people will attempt to re-establish uses of Facebook by using different computers and accounts. Josh shares his thoughts on Content Marketing, and how he dislikes not bringing value.  1:03:00 Josh talks about writing article for P90X and Trello, but does on rank for searches. Josh speak on reaching out to entrepreneur.com to get some articles out as a guess post. Josh talks about a Copywriting tag on their site, and that nobody owns that section. Josh talks reading the book Wire For Story and using this book as content for a blog.  1:10:00 John talks about Glen Allsopp’s blog on 6,595 Words on a Traffic Generation Tactic You’re Not Using (But Should Be). 1:13:00 Josh talks about unwinding and working on guess blogging. Josh is trying to figure out why he is having a difficult time with guess blogging and ‘hitting a wall.’ Josh wants to merge two disciplines of Copywriting and Storytelling.  1:20:00 With Josh’s plans, John ask if Josh is still wanting to work with Simple Programmer. Josh confirms he is still interested, and his plans are for a later time. Josh talks about the storytelling strategy and what makes a good rounded story for marketing purposes.  1:29:00 Josh mentions he wants to work up to publishing one blog post per week.  Josh is working on writing 800 words a day, and then adding 100 words as things progress.  1:31:00 John talks about stressing out with catching up with and doing refunds on his courses.  Josh suggests that someone else should take care of processing refunds, rather than John himself. John talks about the numbers ‘How to Market Yourself' should hit, to break even. John shares that he had a talk with his editor about the quality of posts, and maybe cutting back on posts per week for quality sake.  1:44:00 John is talking about getting ‘How To Market Yourself’ up to 5K per month. John gives a breakdown of the current sales. Josh is not sure about the numbers, and maybe sticking with the 97 dollar price.  1:50:00 John thinks the Bogging Workbook might be hurting the How To Market Yourself sales.  Thoughts for the Week John - Sometimes you need to just hold the line…as much as you can. Josh - Re-examine your assumptions…

Episode 99 “Bookkeeping Time” 3:22 We’re Live No Chuck today! Josh compares John and Derick camera quality.  Derick tells us about trying to get back into the swing of things. 7:15 Derick tells us he is reading “The Automatic Customer” by John Warrilow. Derick says he is taking away a lot of information form this book to help with Watch Me Code subscriptions and other parts of his business.  12:00 Josh asks if this book is geared toward SAAS type business or businesses like Derick’s.  Derick mentions this book covers all different angles of subscription type businesses and more. Derick hopes in the near future, he should be able to make a livable income on Watch Me Code alone.  15:30 Derick lost 40 subscribers for a variety of reasons, including credit card expirations. Josh says he should only be getting at least 10 cancellations a month, due to expirations. Derick remedies charge failures with a few tools in place, like Baremetrics. 20:00 Derick mentions some 46 credit cards failing in the last month according to his Stripe account. Derick mentions that Stripe sends a risk notification about coming credit card expirations. Derick says he is awaiting more cancellations, because of the Holiday spending.  25:00 Derick recorded two more Watch Me Code videos, delivering content that some people have been asking for. Derick says he should start Watch Me Crochet. 29:30  Derick mentions his final income was 160,000 dollars, 70 thousand is from his entrepreneurial efforts for Watch Me Code, and LeanPub. Josh mentions that Derick seems to be less stressed after shutting down SignalLeaf.  33:15 John mentions introducing a new technical project to Simple Programmer as a collaboration project with Derick.  35:50 Josh finally gets his bookkeeping in order. Here are Josh’s priorities for the new year, Giving, IRA, Savings, and Emergency. Josh says he tracked his spending for 10 hours in Quick Books. Josh finally solves his categorizing for expenses.  43:00 Josh says he recently spent some time writing about bookkeeping when he didn't know what to write about during his morning emails and blogging.  45:20 Josh tells us he did a Copy Hour. Copy Hour is the course that he has been promoting. Josh is still running the price testing with Simple Programmer. Josh mentions changing the price on the How to Market Yourself Course, and it is still selling.  56:30 John is now in San Diego, exploring the city. Possibly looking to move to California. John has been pumping out videos and working well with the new video editor.  58:30 John thinks that Quick Books is a sleazy company with sleazy practices. But, John is still looking to find someone to do book keeping for Simple Programmer.  1:01:00 John mentions that his father in law influence him to watch The Walking Dead. Beside that Johns is exploring other ways to create more content for Simple Programmer, possibly a course on “How to Build a Business.” Josh and John discuss that example stories for a biography. 1:08:00 John mentions he has been giving more thought to do a “How to Overcome Fear” course. Maybe after executing the serious projects first. John gives a lesson in over coming the fear of flying. John at some point plans to skydive. 1:18:00 John updates that his vision improvement test did not work for him. But he says the level of dedication needs to be higher in order to make a small improvement. Maybe the dedication of a pilot wanting to fly again, would be enough.  1:20:00 Derick talks about doing another bundle on Express JS, similar to his Rabbit MQ bundle. Overall, Rabbit MQ made $14,000 for Derick.   1:24:00 Josh talks about having a difficult time setting goals, especially with all the projects that are coming up.  1:25:00 John explains the validity of a 5 year goal, rather than a 1 year goal. Josh talks about how all his expectations and an entrepreneur had change in the last 3 months.  1:30:30 John says to look your goal at the end point, and find what it is that you can do to achieve that result.  1:45:00 Here is a discussion about discrimination, circumstances, advantages, and disadvantages of those in society. Yikes.  Thoughts for the Week Derick picks of the week:  “The Automatic Customer” by John Warrilow Derick - “If you can’t question your own beliefs, you will never know they are true, you will only believe that they are…”    John  -  You can choose whatever reality you want…Or you can defy what statics you want.  Josh - Be consistent over time…

Episode 98 “Fear of Roller Coasters” 2:00 We’re Live! Just John and Josh today! Chuck has the day off and Derick is on vacation. John tells us about his roller coaster ride. 10:00  Josh shares his experience on a ropes course when in he was in a college. John shares a similar experience on over coming a fear of heights.  16:00 Josh mentions reading Tony Robbins “Money: Master the Game,” Josh talks about the interesting study on stress.  20:00 John talks about how making the choice to over come a fear is far more beneficial, rather than being forced of told to do so.  29:11 Josh talks about how the price test is still kicking butt on Simple Programmer. Josh and John discuss the price changes and how the conversions are still looking good.  31:00 John talks about an interesting strategy and launch by Brian, and how this strategy could help them price the different tiers of “How To Market Yourself.” Josh and John discuss the mid price for the tiers, and how to prices out the higher level packages.  44:00 John talks about the changing to a payment plan, instead of a huge price point all together.  47:00 Josh talks about people trying to get a tax break before the new year.  John talks about an interesting pricing strategy for a course by Jason Zook. 51:00 John mentions that for the product sales they’ve reached 8300 dollar. Josh mentions he will have reach milestone 1 with Simple Programmer.  58:00 Josh does a shout out to Rob about a feature in Drip, possibly a bug with the commas and such.  1:06:00 John mentions the sales on Soft Skills, and also doing a couple of podcasts.  1:09:00 John talks about getting the pricing tiers together and plans for the next few weeks. Josh talks about optimizing the content in his emails for congruency with other content like John’s videos.  1:14:00 Derick gets and assignment for John and Josh. John shares how the empire of Simple Programmer works.  John talks about figuring out a strategy to grow on Youtube and with subscribers.  1:18:00 John talks about Paid Acquisition to grow the company. Josh talks about the marketing possibilities of marketing on Facebook. John talks about the growth of Simple Programmer subscribers on Youtube.  1:25:00 Josh mentions marketing strategy of Neil Patel at Crazy Egg.  http://blog.crazyegg.com/author/neil/ 1:28:00 Josh mentions hiring a Facebook pro to do the marketing on social media and Facebook.  1:30:00 Josh talks about getting his investment situation squared away. Josh is looking into Mutual Funds according to John Bogle’s books.  Josh share the he fired his financial advisor and took control of his accounts. Josh shares his plans to handle the accounts.  1:45:00 John compares poker and trading stocks. Josh to shares his investing plans for the year. Josh talks about how investing is buildings wealth over time rather than getting rich. 1:56:00 John talks about Wealth Front, for investing services. Here is a discussion on fees when investing.  Thoughts of the Week John - Take responsibility for everything in your life Josh - Don’t outsource the important part of your life  Resources Mentioned in This Episode MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom  http://www.amazon.com/MONEY-Master-Game-Financial-Freedom/dp/1476757801

EntreProgrammers Episode 97“Holiday” 2:00We’re Live!Josh talks about tracking his sleep with an app. John is vacationing in Vallejo California for the holidays. 8:50John mentions that he and Josh got paper work done for the upcoming partnership in the new year. 10:20John finds out his book “Soft Skills” is now translated into Russian and Korean audiobooks. John shares that he was denied a merchant account thru Intuit. John shares information about trying to resolve the issue and find out why he cannot get a merchant account with Fresh Books. Josh thinks it may have something to do with direct response. 18:00Chuck thinks that going to a bank maybe a better option for a merchant account. John leaves the call early. 21:00Josh talks about working on project for a mortgage company that is doing lead generation. Josh talks about the details and how the project need to be finished. 24:00Josh shares his thoughts on being stressed, and feeling uncomfortable doing new projects and not knowing how to get all the work done. Josh says he feels like a “Fraud.” 28:00Josh talks about doing a coaching call with his first student, Kathy. Josh mentions having a total of 4 coaching students as of now. He talks about his on-boarding process for new students. Chuck asks about how he is balancing all the work and project, especially with Simple Programmers partnership starting up. 30:00Josh talks about Simple Programmer's “How to Market Yourself” course and sales numbers. Josh shares more about information on the milestones he has to reach as a partner with John’s company. 37:45Josh talks about his email writing strategy for Monday’s and weekly workflow. Josh talks about creating daily habits with work. 40:00Josh shares his ideas for a future product and marketing strategy. 45:00Chuck mentions that this week was less crazy for him. Chuck sharse his retirement plan and yearly goals. Chuck talks about launching 3 products this year to help reach his financial goals. Chuck shares his health goals for the new year. 53:00Chuck talks about using an exercise app to help keep him on track to enter a 10K run. Chuck mentions his health is the main focus for the year. 1:01:00Josh talks about the uncertainty with setting an income goal for the year. Chuck and Josh talks about their working space at their home office. 1:10:00Josh asks about what resources Chuck uses for formulating an income goal. Chuck talks about possibly hiring a coach of 6 months. Josh mention that 90 days is a good duration of time to begin coaching trials. Josh highly recommends hiring a coach and having the accountability. 1:20:00Josh mentions having a hard time unplugging from work. Chuck talks about going along with the nonsensical things kid do when its family time. 1:28:00Chuck put everyone on notice that the early bird tickets for the conferences have ended. But people are wanting to know the line up of the speakers before they purchase tickets. Josh worries about sell to many half price tickets and losing money on the overall revenue. Thoughts of the Day!Josh - When you’re growing you feel like a fraud

EntreProgrammers Episode 96 “Buy High Quality Yarn…” 2:00 We’re Live! John defenders his Surface book camera issues and bandwidth issues in the transfers.  6:49 Derick does not know what is going on with the dropping numbers of subscribers. Derick mentions that most unsubscribes are due to people not having time and changes formats.   Derick mentions how Drip creates tools he needed on demand.  10:30 Chuck mentions a customer complaining about not being able to get a Black Friday deal. Derick is in favor of getting rid of time zones. One global wide time zone maybe a great money saver? Chuck talks about builds now working, due to time zones.  15:12 John talks about explaining something to someone according to time zones. Derick’s kids gift him with a Star Wars crocheting kit. Chuck think that Watch Me Code with rebound after the holidays are over. Derick mention that every time there is a drop in something business, they always say “It that time of the year.” 21:30 John mentions to focus on the goal, rather than the results. Josh says Derick’s has been growing in a stair step fashion.  24:00 John speaks about thinking about how their individual businesses are helping people, and that is a bigger reason for running a business. Derick talks about the projects that excite him and feedback that make it worth doing. Derick talks about new sponsor signing on for Q1 on the EntreProgrammers podcast.   29:15 John talk about his experience with the Tony Robbin’s event Date With Destiny. John talks about  his exceptions of the event and people in ran into.  33:00 John talks about discovering the Art of Achievement as the next step for his career. John talks about gaining insight on values. John talks about the being able to feel a change  42:00 John feels the impact of the Tony Robbin’s event and realize another understanding of success. John recommends that Tony Robbin’s events are worth the money. John recommend watching the TED talk of Tony Robbins to get a better idea of what the event is about.  48:00 John shares more on the event, activities, exercises, and action items.   53:00 Chuck mentions his 36th birthday just pass, and taking care of his father needs. Chuck realizes caring for his family is top priority. Chuck realizes that he has to take care of himself more, and watch out for his future health.  59:00 Derick says that caring for his family is the reason he needs his business to work. Derick talks about when he realized his moment of relief when he shut down SignalLeaf.  1:06:00 John talks about “coincidences” and similar patterns each member is having within the EntreProgrammers.  1:08:00 Chuck ask for feedback on the Text To Join project.  Chuck shares in some challenges with funds, and making ends things come together.  1:17:00 Chuck shares his thoughts on paying himself a salary and having an emergency fund. Chuck says he wants the adventure in choosing what he wants to do, without the stress.  Chuck mentions “The Eventual Millionaire” podcast and the action items he is implementing.  1:27:00 Derick mentions that one has to adjust to the level of uncertainty no matter what time management system you are using. John talk about rewriting the future of your plan.  1:31:00 Chuck says his rule about breaks is to walk away from his computer, and flirting with his wife, or play games on his phone.  Derick is still on his winter crocheting run.  1:33:00 Josh brings up some new features of Drip maybe offering.  The EntreProgrammers take turns apologizing to Rob for talking about these feature early. Josh endlessly talks about the exciting Drip features. Nerd. 1:40:00 Josh talks about a possible customer who is in the Home Building and Real Estate niche. Josh talks about bumping up is fees. Josh talks about his coaching strategies for a student and her emails. Josh gives some feedback on a coaching call that his student has won.  1:50:00 Josh will be promoting Sumome on his list. Derick mention he lost two subscribers as he was on the call.  Thoughts the Week! Chuck  - If you want something acted on it! Josh -  Most people under estimate what they can do in a day… John -  “Achieve without fulfillment, is the ultimate failure” Derick - Buy high quality yarn… Take a step back and relax…  

Episode 95 “Smoking, Crocheting, and Bigfoot” 1:35  We’re Live! 2:30 Derick shares his sick story, and running his new smoke house business. Josh suggestion using a Darth Vader mask when smoking meats! 5:00 Derick has picked up crocheting again. Put your orders in for your favorite pot holders or scarfs.  8:00 Josh talks about making pot holders as well, and getting into leather craft.  9:55 Derick’s total sales on his Black Friday sales was over seven thousand dollars, Derick mentions that one sales push him over his annual income goal. Derick is pretty excited about the actual take home income. Derrick is still very happy about his entrepreneurial journey.  14:20 Josh suggest the Derick should bundle in Watch Me Code with the rest of the bundle sales.  17:00 Derick mentions that his subscriber numbers keep going up and down. Derick talks about the emails, and unsubscribes. Josh ask about the traffic to the sites. Derick mentions disabling the some emails, to focus on the launch sequence.  24:00 Derick talks about things in the work for 2016, as far as virtual conference and working with some Chuck.  Chuck ask what Derick is trying to accomplish overall in the next year.  Derick explains the details of what he would like to do in the new year.  30:00 Josh suggest SumoMe Pro to Derick! https://sumome.com/pricing 35:00 Josh suggest tools for Derick to implement.  37:15 Josh talks about an email marketing guide for e-commerce, and some of the strategies use to market this guide.  41:00 Chuck suggest borrowing audiences and guest posting, to gain subscribers and a bigger following. Josh mentions doing a guest podcasting and posting as well.  Derick mentions needing pushing to create a plan.    45:00 Chuck suggests how Derick and create a plan.  Chuck talks about the types of plans and ways to foresee the needs of your business and life style.  57:00 Josh talk how his goal changed since beginning work with John.  1:00:00 Josh plans to get his mail list to 10,000 in 2016. Chuck is pushing everyone today. Chuck talks about growing his list as well.  1:04:00 Josh talks about getting his first 2 coaching students. Josh is trying to limit the email access that he has open to coaching. Josh talks about the coaching features he is offering.   1:14:00 Chuck mentions the numbers of Keen.io and topics of React. Josh talks about packaging a book up to create extra income.  1:19:00 Josh share a little information on the partnership with John and Simple Programmer. Josh mentions that income growth over the last few years, and he is excited about where he is at.  1:20:00 Chuck mention he is sitting on over 40 grand of invoices, to get by and pay his people. Chuck is thinking about dropping the Silver Sponsorship, because it has the least conversions.  1:25:00 Chuck mention that he want to get a Dev Chat.TV app out. Chuck mention this would be for feedback to the hosts, and a communication tool for die hard fans. Also, Chuck would like to do video versions of the podcast.  1:29:00 Chuck say building the email list first is the main focus for now. Chuck talks about the conferences tickets details and the package deals.  1:31:00 Chuck share the moving around of the conferences. Josh questions the sizes of the packages of the conferences. Chuck mention the packages will drop off as the conferences happen.  1:37:00 Chuck asks if Josh has his emails ready to going in Drip. Josh suggests how Chuck should do his email strategy.  1:40:00 Derick mentions he would signup for the round up from Dev Chat TV, but this is a particular kinda of listener. This give Chuck a better idea about how to email subscribers.    1:45:00 Chuck it thinking about doing a podcast about mythological creatures with his 10 year old son. Derick shows up is lay down desk. Chuck talks about parent kicking each other out of bed, and snoring situations.  Thoughts of the Day    Josh - It is really easy to sell yourself short… Derick  - The Automatic Customer http://www.amazon.com/The-Automatic-Customer-Creating-Subscription/dp/159184746X Chuck -  Take a minute to recognize what you have!  

Episode 94 “Ultimate Warrior Diet 2.0” 1:35 Josh ask if John had a cold. Josh explains he was absent week because he was sick.  3:00  John shares his excitement about the Surface Pro, except for the bugs. Is it still worth it? John further explains the Surface Pro Dock.  6:00 Josh mentions he hates the “one connection for everything port.” Josh brings up the possible changes in the next generation of iPhones.  8:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about how Apple is not as innovative as they use to be. Nothing has changed in Apple products except devices getting thinner.  11:00 Chuck speaks about Pebble Time and the Apple watch. Chucks talks about what he likes about both.  John talks about the workout app on the Apple Watch.  14:30 John mentions he is probably shorting Apple’s Stock with all his complaints to his audience. Chuck talks about how he would not spend and extra 400 dollars on an Apple watch compared to others on the market.  18:20 John stops the Ultimate Diet 2.0. John talks about the 5 years of body fitness data he acquired and his next step. John is gives us the details about the Ultimate Warrior Diet 2.0.  26:00 Josh fill us in about his Black Friday sales with his client Wes, and compared it to last years revenue. 30:00 John talks about how Josh should be doing a giveaway every quarter, to gain 30,000 subscribers.  35:00 Josh shared contestant numbers of his Thrive competition.  Josh also talks about possibly doing a Drip tutorial video.  39:00 Share talks about doing more Sublime stuff. John suggests that Josh have a hand off approach to this project. Josh talks about re-marketing on Facebook, and the cost to market on Facebook.  54:00 John talks about the sticking point with Simple Programmer, with hiring people and turning it into an automated money maker. 55:30 Josh is also watching his coaching program, he mentions that subscribers are very interested in the program.  Josh’s goal is to add and increase subscribers and pricing for the coaching seats.  1:03:00 Josh wants to do an analysis on the project he did for John, as a lead magnet project. Josh mentions he is a little less stressed out, know he is going to partner with John.  1:05:00 Chuck talks about his busy week and projects he has coming up. Chuck mentions he did well on the season pass for the remote conferences during the Black Friday sales.  1:09:00 Josh suggest a value Ad, and additional strategies Chuck could try to implement. 1:12:00 John talks about an email strategy to watch out for discounted prices. John mentions he forgets to use this feature.  1:16:00 Josh talks about how to do a newsletter type of email that is not to spammy.  Josh explains a weekly round up news letter.  1:18:00 Chuck talks about his conversation with Amy, and his email strategy for a 24 hour push for a product that the audience picks as a project. Derick may have to commit to John’s suggestion.   1:20:00 Josh suggests a kind of a lead magnet to Chuck. John suggests a lead magnet, something to do with the podcast that Chuck can offer. John suggests a best of Chuck’s podcasts, as a lead magnet.  1:28:00 Chuck feels good about the suggestions the mastermind is giving him.  1:30:00 Josh shares that he just got an email form Perry Marshall that he wrote for him. 

“Just the Die Hards” 1:35 John and Chuck talk about possibly going out for Black Friday. John mentions that he doesn’t care for the effort you have to go through during Black Friday.  5:00 John thinks about the miss deals to those who buy early, then Black Friday deals hit. How do those people feel?   7:20 Chuck share some stats on the early conference tickets of the entire year. Chuck sales for the tickets are available to purchase now. Chuck talks about the unsubscribes, but realizes why he even has the list, if he is not trying to market to them.  14:00 John talks about what Chuck should do with his email list.  15:00   Chuck talks about the sponsorship durations and costs. Chuck plans to sell the ads space for Simple Programmer.  John is talking about creating a media kit. Chuck need Josh to look at his media kit as well.  19:00 John mentions Josh’s copy is still bringing in sales.  20:25 John shares a story called “Fight My Wife.”  John mentions Derick is doing well with his sale.  23:00 Johns talks about his diet and workout during the Thanksgiving holiday. John may change up the Ultimate Diet his is currently on.  26:15 John may have found a lawyer for the new partnership with Josh. John mentions that Josh will be apart of the Simple Programmer team starting in January.  29:00 John hired a video editor for the new Simple Programmer stuff.  John talks about the growth on Youtube with 80,000 view per month. John is trying to add additional iPhone videos per month.  31:00 Chuck shares more on his video project on YouTube. Chuck is trying to decide rather to use Skype for CrowdCast. Chuck agree that it makes sense to be on YouTube.  34:00 Chuck shares a box opening of his iPhone rig for video recording projects. Chuck plan to do a “Post Bootcamp” project.  37:00 John and Chuck talk about the difference of the front facing camera to the rear camera on the iPhone. John mentions he is on his Surface Pro today.  41:00 John mentions using the selfie stick to hit record if you are using the rear camera. 45:00 John and Chuck talk about using Periscope vs Youtube to build a business.  50:00 John talks about how to get topics for videos, mostly for his audience with questions. 52:00 Chuck shares some tactics for getting people into the door for JS Remote Conf. John talks about the celebrity created on Youtube rather then Podcast. Chuck think that TV will be more like Youtube, or something more like apps on TV. Chuck shares his vision on TV channels and the business model to come.  58:00 John talks about his new Surface book and Window 10, and some the pros and cons. John talks  about the ultra wide curved screens, and maybe switching.  1:06:00 Chuck talks about the lockdown on the iPad Pro and how you cannot use it as a laptop.  1:08:30 Chuck shares his goal setting strategy during this time of the year, and reverse engineering them for the new year.  1:12:00 John talks about creating a 5 year financial goal over a 1 year goal. Chuck shares the target he wants to hit for the year on the Remote Conferences.  1:18:00 John says he is debating making new financial goals as well. Chuck talks about the number of people he has to get in front of to meet his goals.  1:22:00 John talks about The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan   Thoughts for the Week   Chuck - Don’t miss out on the important things…   John - Resources Mention in this Episode The One Thing http://www.amazon.com/The-ONE-Thing-Surprisingly-Extraordinary/dp/1885167776  

“That Dude Ain’t Jasmine!” 1:35 Derick is eager to get back to playing his new video games. Josh is persuaded that Derick has to much time on his hands since killing SignalLeaf.  4:30 John is seriously thinking about purchasing the new Surface Pro laptop. John is convinced that Windows 10 is going to work better for him.  8:00 Derick created a landing page for his Black Friday sales.  Derick creates the ultimate bundle for his customers. Derick mentions that this is going to be a one time bundle sale, after this you can purchase theses products individually.  12:00 Josh suggests that Derick should sell his bundle at $97 instead of $79. John is possibly doing two sales on Black Friday.  17:00 Josh shares the stats on a news letter that helps in modeling a new product sale. To first position on a trial basis, before actually completing the sale. Chuck asks exactly with Derick’s strategy is for the Black Friday sales.  24:00 Chuck is thinking about doing an early bird ticket sales on Black Friday. Chuck wants to somehow use the new addition to his family as a way to capitalize during Black Friday. The EntreProgrammers talk about Google Analytics and Demographics.  40:45 Chuck discuss more about sales of conference tickets and breaking even. Chuck is hoping for an average of 6 tickets per sale.  Derick says he finally remembered to do a Black Friday sale. Derick shares that he sold a RabbitMQ bundle, and a few subscriptions for Watch Me Code.  47:00 Josh shares his income goals for the year. Josh talks about a new deal for Simple Programmer and working with John. Josh is hoping for a 49% share of Simple Programmers with John.  52:17 Josh talks about paid retainer work. John talks about the new partnership with Josh and Simple Programmer.  1:00:00 Derick talks about changing clients, jobs and projects. John mentions that he is still on the Ultimate Diet 2.0. John talks about removing gluten from his diet, but eating birthday cake.  John talks about his vision improvement experiment.  1:10:30 John talks about hiring people on UpWork as a video editor. John has 11,00 subscribers and 70,000 views per month.  1:13:00 Chuck is thinking about hiring a developer to help with Dev Chat TV. Chuck is looking for a cheaper developer to help on the projects. Chuck is talking about a possible open source project. This may leave Derick as the solo EntreProgrammer.  1:19:00 Derick mentions how marketing became apart of his job and how he does not care for it much.  1:21:00 John shares the final number of his recent launch, he made 41,674 dollars. John talks about the issues he experienced during the webinar, with video issues. John says the his next webinar will have a chat forum.   1:38:00 Josh is talking about doing more guess posts and an e-book.  1:41:00 EntreProgrammers talk about the MicroConf. retreat they're planning.   1:45:00 John recommends Outwitting The Devil by Napoleon Hill. Josh shares his thought about the book, The Martian.  1:50:00 John and Josh is looking for a business lawyer! Thoughts for the Week John - Slow down and do things right.  Sorry the video was cut short for some reason! Resources Mention in this Episode    Outwitting The Devil by Napoleon Hill

EntreProgrammers Episode 90 Josh ‘Cha-Ching’ Earl  1:35 John is returning from his civil duty. Derick comes to us from the DFW Airport. EntreProgrammers discuss jury selection questions. John  gives pointers for getting out of Jury Duty.  6:45 Chuck shares the attendee numbers for Rails Remote Conf. Chuck drops us more information about the upcoming remote conferences, and his plans to execute the logistics. 18:00 Chuck mentions he is getting his “Competent Communicator” in Toast Masters. Chuck has mastered how to stop using, the annoying Ahhs, Umms, You Knows, and So,in his speech delivering.   Chuck talks about his plans to streamline organization and workflow.  24:30 John gives us the numbers for the sale of “How to Market Yourself.” A whooping 484 purchases  yielding $39,817. Josh gets 10 percent too. John talks about the conversion rates and traffic coming to the products page. John shares the awesomeness of Josh’s copywriting skills and packaging. John shares plans for the shipping and fulfillment of the books sold.  30:30 Chuck mentions Crowdcast to John. John is on a boring carb day. John is looking out to see if he has a gluten intolerance.  42:00 Josh talks about his email marketing strategy, and the stories he incorporated into the open-loop emails.  46:30 Derick is down 6 subscribers at 420. Derick may give his Nodember talk to his Watch Me Code subscribers.   51:00 John talks about Kajabi. John finds the Kajabi features interesting and might be one of the better ones. Josh thinks that the biggest problems with these kind of services is the Analytics and Payments. Josh mentions having to use PayPal for the sales numbers to be as high as they are now. 59:20 Josh and John are thinking about teaming up. Josh would be about a partner in Simple Programmer. Josh talks about the salary he needs verses the industry he is working in now with his clients.  1:06:50 Chuck thinks this is a bad idea, because he needs Josh to help make 40 grand too. Josh shares that this may be a great partnership.  1:13:30 Chuck talks about the list building actions that Josh had written about and how important the email list really is.  1:16:00 Chuck says he is thinking about doing a giveaway. The EntreProgrammers talks about Web Storm.They discuss some giveaway ideas such as a Drone or a Raspberry Pi.  1:24:00 Chuck gets advice from Josh and John about the marketing strategies for giveaways.  1:31:30 Josh ask Johns about using the launch to leverage and get him on Entrepreneur On Fire with John Lee Dumas.  1:34:45 John shares more information about the Nasty Amazon reviewer of Soft Skills. Thoughts for the Week Josh -  Get back on the horse and do it again. John -  Recognize where you have weakness. Chuck  - Building systems.    Resources Mentioned in this Episode Crowdcast https://www.crowdcast.io Kajabi https://www.kajabi.co Web Storm https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/  

EntreProgrammers Episode 90 “I Got a Keg…” 1:35 Alright, we’re live. Derick awaits the delivery of his Black Ops 3 copy. John is having second thoughts about his vision improvement experiment. John is experimenting with another diet. John shares his thoughts on his weight gain after loading up on carbs, and  somehow lost it all again. Derick thinks he was just carrying around a bunch of crap for several days. John defends his diet with a huge scientific explanation.  John is also doing ephedrine and caffeine stacks. Very extreme?  14:00 John talks about a guy from Tim Ferris latest episode, who shares information about a similar diet to John’s one meal a day. 17:25 Derick hits 427 active subscribers at full subscription price.  Derick is having an influx of subscribers so far.  21:30 John asks about Mix Panel. John is leaning toward Google Analytics, andlearning more about how to use it. The EntreProgrammers talk about the better tools to uses for marketing from a programmer perspective.    33:24 Josh talks about how he rigged up his marketing tools by hooking King Sumo to Mail Chimp, and then into Drip. Derick talks about the Marketing Strategies of Grav3yardgirl on YouTube.  36:30 Derick is excite about the upcoming Nodvember on the 14-15th in Nashville Tennessee http://nodevember.org. Derick mentions he has the perfect audience for the RabbitMQ bundle. Josh talks about “wet” appetites. Derick shares a bit about the process on writing the ‘talk’ he is going to deliver. 46:51 Josh talks about the Surface Book Pro, and he may not adopt it just yet… 48:20 John talks about how Target will not sell an iPhone without activation with a carrier. John had the same experience with Best Buy. Class Action Lawsuit anyone? Josh talks about going back to the old size iPhone, when Apple decides to go back the early standard size.  58:00 John asks why we even need a cell phone, 95% of mobile uses it not cell phone calls.   1:00:00 John had some Ads made by 99 designs for the Perfect Audience campaign. Josh gives some pointers about the images for the Perfect Audience ads. John mentions that these images are for the retargeting of the audience.  1:05:00 Josh talks about the information the Facebook has about people. Facebook and ‘Big Data’ are in bed together, so they already know your mortgage and salary. Josh mentioned that Perfect Audience never got back to him about why they never approved his site.  1:12:30 Josh decided to go to MicroConf. Josh wants to do a Lightening Talk, but may have missed the window.  Thoughts for the Week Derick - Its all about the journey, not the destination   John - Don’t be afraid to fail your way to success Resources  Mention in the Episode  Grav3yardgirl https://www.youtube.com/user/grav3yardgirl   Nodevember  http://nodevember.org  

"The Dream Crusher" 1:35 Whazz up! Josh express his frustration with Apple, OSX, and iOS. Derick mentions pissing off Apple support. Josh mentions that Apple has gone downhill since the passing of Steve Jobs.  7:00 Derick and Josh talk about having too buy app and plugins to make things function like a Windows. Derrick apparently hate Power Shell.   9:00 John realizes less is more, when is come to monitors. Derick talks about the need for a second monitor when he was coding.  13:00 Derick talks about the rising subscribers to Watch Me Code. Derick is adjusting all his marketing tools, as far as emails and campaigns. Derick is not sure where the following is coming from, but they’re welcome to join Watch Me Code. 17:00 Derick shares his realization of how odd his day jobs is as far as being self employed. Pretty cool, to get paid for writing blog and recording videos or EntreProgrammers and Watch Me Code. Derick is swapping service with another developer, and mentor this person.  22:00 Derick ask Josh to help with the discount code dilemma. John says its not okay to bring hookers over, after the discount code as expired.  28:30  John says it not going to matter if the person or customers uses the discount code, because they’re slim to none.  31:00 Josh suggestion putting the discount code in Drip. John ask if Scarcity Samurai takes care of this issue. Derick talks about possibly writing some code for the one time discount code, John suggestion using Scarcity Samurai instead. Derick ask the mastermind what he could possibly do to create scarcity. The mastermind help with suggestions of what Derick should do. 51:50 Derick is tired of trolls, or comments. John makes mama jokes as stupid comments. The EntreProgrammers talk about stupid comments on blogs or on YouTube channels.  59:20  Josh is working on John’s launch.  Josh gets an endorsement from Ben Settle.  Josh talks about  the launch email sequence for John’s Simple Programmer Project. Josh shares some upcoming client work for a Gym. John suggests reading Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff.   1:10:00 Josh talks about if he could have any business he wanted. Josh mention he would like to have a super huge email list and interview type job. Josh talks about working on acquiring Facebook traffic. John talks about what he would do different with what he knows now, if he were to start a new business.  The mastermind talks about how to market a product with or without as built product. The EntreProgrammers advise Josh to find a ‘worth while’ business to revive.  1:25:00 John want to create a partnership to grow Simple Programmer with Josh or someone. John is hoping to have a hands off approach with Simple Programmer over some time. John advises against reckless paid acquisition. 1:32:00 Chuck talks about when to know to kill the project if it is not working out.   1:34:30 Chuck is systemizing the conferences to his helpers can get them taken care of. Chuck talks about  the Smart TV product. Chuck is look for a list of companies who are eager to jump on the Smart TV app project.  John does not like the idea, but suggest a co founder to help. John fears that Chuck will hit a burnout stage. Chuck ask how he could find more clients. 1:57:00  The EntreProgrammers talk about meeting on March 30th for MicroConf. John want MicroConf to sponsor the EntreProgrammers. Josh is not sure is if he is going to make it.  Thoughts of the Week Derick -  I am hungry John -  You got to be willing to die to be born again Chuck -  Make a goal, make a plan, and make it happen   Resources Mentioned in this Episode Scarcity Samurai http://www.scarcitysamurai.com Pitch Anything http://www.amazon.com/Pitch-Anything-Innovative-Presenting-Persuading/dp/0071752854

EntreProgrammers Episode 88 “Now I Got A Leaf Blower…” 3:35 And we’re live! John comes to us live from downtown Tampa, at an Elliot Holst’s seminar. John talks about the exciting correlations between his career and Elliot’s career. 7:15 Derick mentions he purchased and Subaru Outback. After a trade-in 1200 bucks. No car payments, Awesome! 12:15  Derick shares some feedback on his Watch Me Code stuff. Derrick has 420 active subscribers. Derick is working on growing the subscribers. Josh suggest that Derick, that he should do webinars.  18:30 Derick is now sending 4 emails a week, and curating content. 20:00 John is working with the Perfect Audience program and is very excited about the features he has setup. John is holding a design contest for the How to Market Yourself material.  23:00  Johns is thinking about retargeting his audience to Facebook, like mentioned in the Perry Marshall book.  John is thinking about using Perfect Audience for Facebook.  27:00 John mentions that his wife bought tickets for him to see Tony Robins. Josh ask if John will be doing a fire-walk. John talks about the pricing to see Tony Robins. Chuck mentions the break throughs people experience  might be worth the price tag. 36:00 John’s youtube channel has reached 10k subscribers. John mentions that 10k subscribers equals 200 dollars on youtube, just think what the million subscribers means in sponsorship revenue.  John is still working on the 80% fat diet. John may switch to the Ultimate Diet 2.0.  John mentions Lyle McDonald and his diet expertise. And Is that a spider behind John? 48:30 Chuck talked to a Code Group Bootcamp in South Africa over Skype. Chuck made an appearance on Cloud Radio podcast, and Read The Source podcast.  55:00 Josh talks about possibly teaching newbies or giving an introduction to coding in its simplest form. Derick mentions an article about students handwriting code on paper, without a computer.  57:00 Josh talks about teaching patterns to those new to code. Derick talks about board games to help teach code to newbies.  Then EntreProgrammers discuss the stylistic ways of teaching and learning code.  1:02:00 Chuck talks about listening to The Eventual Millionaire Podcast. Chuck shares the process of (30X), which is teaching someone 30 times to do what you do. This process should save time in the future of efficiency and production. 1:12:00 Josh is trying to come up with a process to post to all his social media tools. Josh may need to hire a VA to take care of this process. Josh asks about Book Keepers. Chuck talks about how he does his own books.  1:20:00 Derick describes his book keeping tactics.  Thoughts for the week Josh - Being Ok with how work is going, rather you feel it or not. Chuck -  Make sure you are doing the most important thing, now! Derick - Appreciate what you have… The EntreProgrammers anticipate news from MircoConf. and Rob Walling.  Resources Mentioned in this Episode Perfect Audience http://www.perfectaudience.com Ultimate Diet 2.0  http://www.amazon.com/The-Ultimate-Diet-Lyle-McDonald/dp/0967145627 Perry Marshall  https://www.perrymarshall.com

EntreProgrammers Episode 87 "No Glare Coating..." 1:36 Alright we’re live! Josh has some hope for Johns will to improve his vision. John shows his collection of eye glasses. John admits the eye experiment is a pain. 9:30 Chuck makes a good point about John’s experiment and positive mindset are aiding his success. Chuck mentions Carol Dweck’s book Mindset. Also some talk about Money Master the Game by Tony Robbins. Chuck shares learning about where you are putting your money.  15:00 EntreProgrammers talk about headphones and audio quality.   18:20 John shares his thoughts on the Richest Man in Babylon story.  19:00 Chuck is talking about using a standup desk, and having experienced some energy improvements.  Chuck explains the stand up desk health benefits.  23:40 Chuck is restarting a morning routine, thanks to Hal Elrod’s book Miracle Morning.  26:00 John feels like he is doing the opposite of Chuck routine. John talks about turning the routine into a habit over time. 28:25  Chuck has a schedule for his Remote Conferences that he is hosting every month.  The Conferences are on these following topics: Java Script -  January  Freelancing -  February Ruby - March, iOS - April Podcasting - May  Get in June, Newbie - July  Robots -  August,  Angular - September        Rails - October  Dev-Ops - November No Sequel - December   30:00 Chuck talks about the specific details for the Newbie Conference. Josh is interested in the idea, because this resource did not exist when he was learning to code.    34:00 Josh talks about funnels and emails for these remote conferences. Chuck is going to talk about podcasting at a conference in Salt Lake City. Chuck asks what he could possibly do to gain interest with small business owners. John suggest collecting emails.  48:50  Josh has been tracking his writing through out the week. Josh is working on doing a thousand words per day.  John mentions enjoying Josh’s emails. Josh shares information and gaining a  new client.  55:00  Josh talks about how he is enjoying the Discovery process to on board new clients.  1:00:30 Johns talks about the effects of 0 Carbs diet. Josh stops the Steak and Eggs diet, because he was getting snappy toward people. 1:06:00 John mentions the features of close.io. Josh mentions the Sales Force, and the issues with CRMs. Chuck shares his complains with the CRMs he was using.    1:17:00 John suggests going to Upwork or Clarity.FM and hire a professional, or book time to learn how to use Sales Force.  1:20:00 John talks about how well the sales page and copy was written by Josh.  1:24:00 Chuck talks about the email system he uses to coordinate is panel podcasts. John talks about the mail merge features and customizable features that help you get things done. 1:27:00  John is exploring the things he is excited about. John is working on getting conversion rates up. John has put out jobs on Fiverr and Upwork for his workbook project.   1:33:00 John has been working with Perfect Audience and learning to use the system of retargeting. Josh ask if Perfect Audience was similar to Custom Audiences on Facebook? John talks the tracking and pixels in the emails.  1:39:00 Josh is not to keen on the traffic he is attracting. Josh talks about the power of Facebook tracking or marketing strategies. Josh suggest to John and Chuck to learn to market on Facebook.  1:45:00 John talks about finding sponsors and creating a media kit for the sponsorship levels.  1:54:00 John mention that he is typing 55 words per minute, with correct technique. John talks about updating the EntreProgrammers Website, or changing servers. Should be running faster Thoughts for the Week John - Sometimes your have to slow the EFF down Josh -  Balance Creativity and Consumption Chuck - How you start your day matters Resource Mentioned in this Episode    Mindset http://www.amazon.com/Mindset-The-New-Psychology-Success/dp/0345472322 Money Master the Game http://www.amazon.com/MONEY-Master-Game-Financial-Freedom/dp/1476757801/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1445220543&sr=1-1&keywords=Money+Master+the+Game+by+Tony+Robbins Miracle Morning http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Morning-Not-So-Obvious-Guaranteed-Transform/dp/0979019710/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1445221464&sr=1-1&keywords=Hal+Elrod’s+book+Miracle+Morning.

EntreProgrammers Episode 86  "Steak, Eggs, and Butter" 1:35 We’re Live!    EntreProgrammers talk about using earbuds while driving and breaking the law. Using bluetooth headphones, and some  of the issues that arise while doing errands.  6:00 Chucks talks about the bluetooth cassette. Here is some talk about the good ole Radio Shack. Derick talks about only using Radio Shack for Arduino parts.  12:20 John is not sure his vision is improving, he is still experimenting with other type of reading glasses.  He mentions if there is no progress in a month he may ditch the experiment.  14:20  John experiments with his diet and vision are a ticking time bomb, says Derick. 16:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about the Dvorak keyboard. Also, a show and tell of their keyboard preferences.   20:35 Derick mentioned the Jeff Atwood keyboard and blog. Also some talk about the Page-up function. Function+Up Down Arrows. 23:00 John mentions the Surface book. He would have bought a Surface Book a year ago if it was out then.  24:00 Derick mentions that El Captain OSX is finally catching up to some of the function of Microsoft. 28:19 Derick sent of his first email pitch for his Watch Me Code series. And the best of campaign, with a 32% open rate.  Derick shares his ideas with the marketing strategy with the Watch Me Code subscription.  32:00 John thinks that this strategy is going to work for Derick and have some great conversion rates. John talks about the aggressive pitching and how the may or may not help. 37:00 The EntreProgrammers talks about the settings on Drip, and how to to read the tracking and open rates on the emails. The EntreProgrammers discuss the lead scores and which to pitch too. They mention that they may eventually get an email from Rob Walling.  43:00 John suggest pitching to a larger group instead of a smaller group, even if there may be some unsubscribes.  49:01 Derick mentions what he is going to do with his email pitch, based on the conversation with the mastermind.  John mentions a 2 week email sequence before the primary email list, then the pitch. John talks about the bulk import, and things to watch out for when implementing this action.  57:40 Derick decides he is going to do this campaign in the next few weeks.  58:30 Chuck did a Periscope everyday last week. He mentions the great feedback he has been getting with this strategy.  1:01:00 Chuck'sDev Chat TV manual has turn into a book, this is has gone from a dev chat tv manual to a book about podcasting. John mentions that Chuck needs to hire someone from Upwork who knows Adobe InDesign to create the book design for Chuck. 1:12:00 John mentions to sell on multiple platforms. In order to maximize on it. Josh suggest focusing on writing to book first.  1:16:00 Chuck mentions reading “The Alchemist” by Pualo Coelho 1:18:00 John thinks that to many platforms may be dicey. John talks about the define lines between the many different things Chuck is doing as far as Podcast course, developing, and how to run a business.  Josh talks about how to blog about each, rather it is personal or business.  1:28:00 Derick talks about how he found a sweet spot in his work life and family life. He said that he does not feel like he needs to work more then he has too. Also, he had a realization that he has reached a career goal that he had dreamed of since high school. 1:33:53  John mentions that he is glad for Derick, and feels that it is worth it to work and go at life at a comfortable pace. John mentions the Attitude of Gratitude and living the dream.    1:37:40 John shares his crazy week of 80% fat diet. He feels more energy everyday. John goes to McDonalds to hits his Daily Marcos. 1:42:30  John does a big sale and talks about the bulk email screw up, and having to do manual fixes in the emails. And after some struggles, John was able to bring in 10k. John shares some information on a blogging course.  1:50:00 John has just signup for Perfect Marketing to help with the retargeting of traffic and optimization.  1:55:00 John talks about DPD and having to create a new store, for the 5 dollar book. Also some talks about Gumroad and Vat Tax.  1:57:00   Josh is trying a steak and eggs diet, with shots of heavy cream.   Josh mentions he is getting sick from the butter on the eggs.  2:02:00 Josh is try to step up his writing to create engaging people. Josh is doing new pitches for Copy critique and Discover process package He is creating a new contact form to categorize the level of the project. Serious people only! 2:10:10  Josh talks about the leverage of a guess post. Josh mentions that he has to be careful who he does a guess post with.  Thoughts of the Week John - You’ll hate your hobby, if you are starting to get paid for it.  Josh - Relearn how important goals are to you.  Chuck - If you are communicating with someone, then your have the opportunity to make a difference.        Resources Mentioned in this Episode Jeff Atwood http://blog.codinghorror.com Surface Book https://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us?ocid=OCTEVENT_MSCOM “The Alchemist” by Pualo Coelho http://www.amazon.com/The-Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho/dp/0061122416 Perfect Marketing http://perfectmarket.com

EntreProgrammers Episode 85 Interesting, If Not Beneficial 1:35 Alright we’re live! John is already working on improving is vision. John says it is to soon to tell if his experiment is working. John’s mentions that his wife is doing the eye exercises as well. She may be on to something, as her last vision test was a small improvement.  3:45 John is doing the 48 hour fasting experiment. He mentioned he is suffering some mental challenges by not eating enough. John is now experimenting with a 85% fat diet. John says its is similar to to Paleo diet. Johns explains how the Ketosis diet works. 8:40 Derick subscribers are still growing since he announced his birthday sales. He thinks the primary difference is that he is talking about Watch Me Code to his email list. Derick talks about all the different series that are available on the new series page. This page should work well on any device your using from tablets to desktop.  12:15 Derick mentions that he is sending more email then he ever has. Derick talks about the new email sequence he is implementing. John is interested in the strategy Derick is trying out. John thinks this will filter out those who are not so interested. Derick may have to deal with un-subscribers with all these email going out.   15:25 Derick talks about a double opt-in for his email strategy, and shares how his strategy is slightly different from Ben Settle’s .  18:00 Derick thinks his new strategy will drive new traffic to his page. John is curious to see what will happen with Derick's new email strategy. Derick is excited that these are subscribers who are not using coupons and discount codes.  19:45 Derick mentions doing a podcast interview with Matt Krammer. MK 015 “Using Email List for Traction.” Derick also mentions that there are no traces of SignalLeaf anymore, it is completely dead! 24:00 John asks why he couldn’t make his iPhone into to a webcam or at least connected to his computer over wifi or usb? Is there an app for this feature? 27:10 Josh mentions that Derick’s email strategy may lead to an influx of sales, then a drop off.  Derick mentions that he is two weeks ahead or his work. Derick thinks that his productive is due to killing SignalLeaf, and his son’s health is stabilizing.  33:00 Chuck hosted the Angular Remote Conf. last week. Chuck mentions that everything went well and got a ton of great feedback. People have asked Chuck to do a monthly Remote Conference. John thinks a yearly pass that allows you to pick from four out of six for the year is a good idea. Chuck is still playing with the idea, but thinking about doing six remote conferences.  38:30  John thinks that Chuck may have found his synergy with podcasting and remote conference.  42:00 Chuck is talking about creating apps for the new “AppleTV” type systems. This will mean approaching media companies who want to be on this new platform. Welcome to “TV Chuck.” Josh ask Chuck if he has read “Million Dollar Consulting,” a great suggestion for this type of venture.  49:20 Josh talks about how he was approach by a certain prospect. Josh was reluctant to take on this client. Josh talks about the process and changes he is implementing with the new client he is taking on.  57:20  Josh gets a new iPhone 6s, and talks about the 3D touch feature. The EntreProgrammers talk about the cell phone companies systems and upgrades. Derick talks about how his service is grandfathered in on the unlimited data for 35 dollars.  1:07:35  John mentions the the Google cell phone service. Hmm, that may make Android profitable finally, Derick says.  1:11:00 Josh drops a few quotes from Hacker News. Josh shares some feedback about Infusion Soft consultants. Josh was not received well by the letters he mailed out. However, he has the consultants talking about the handwritten letters. Josh talks about the plan B, if this strategy does not work.  1:18:00  Chuck asks Josh how to go about posting a news letters on LinkedIn. Josh talks about the importance of the subject line and how to create a engaging title.  1:33:00 Josh maybe taking over certain sections on Simple Programmer. John shares his future plans with Simple Programmer.     1:39:10 John talks about how he redesigned the podcast page, products pages and resources page on Simple programmer.  1:43:00 John is having issuing from Reddit. Derick blocked Reddit and redirected the traffic to Google.  1:49:00  The EntreProgrammers discuss the difference between the Pop-up and the Welcome Mat.   Thoughts for the Week Chuck - Keep the positive mindset. Josh - Spend the time to re-enforce the value Derick -  Your mailing list is your life blood.  John -  Don’t keep doing something, just because you were doing it before…  Resources Mentioned in this Episode Ben Settle  http://www.podcastchart.com/podcasts/antipreneur-the-ben-settle-show Matt Krammer Podcact with Derick Bailey https://mattkremer.com/mk-o15-derick-bailey-using-email-lists-for-traction/ “Million Dollar Consulting” by Alan Weiss http://www.amazon.com/Million-Dollar-Consulting-Alan-Weiss/dp/0071622101

EntreProgrammers Episode 84 "I Could Stick My Head Up a Cow's..." 3:05 We’re Live! 3:30  Derick is sad to see RayGun.io go as a sponsor. Thanks to RayGun.IO for sponsoring the EntreProgrammers Podcast.  4:40 John’s T-Pain vocal effects are not working. Technical Issues with his mic.  5:30 Derick is also having a happy week. Derick gain 86 new subscribers to Watch Me Code, which is an overall 25% increase. Awesome! 7:45 Derick has been working on updating his website, redoing the subscription section. Derick is planning to work on a new Drip sequence for his email list.  11:50  John suggest implementing a new offer to upgrade the new subscribers to a full year, to keep them of dropping off over time. Derick mentions he has a better hold on the marketing strategies and tools. 15:30  Derick gives an update on his son’s tests. Derick so far is getting back on track and is happy with this past week’s success.  17:00 Josh ask if Derick is able to do a webinar to build up more clients. Josh shares his vision on the webinar idea.  21:30 Derick may possibly pitch to John’s audience for a webinar idea. John thinks that creating a joint product with be more affective, then pitching as an affiliate.   26:00 John share a pitch he did to is email list for Steve Young, and it was not a success for the mobile app marketing.  29:30 Josh mentions “White Labeling,” idea. Which may be an interesting way to market digital products. John talks about another strategy of purchasing licensing to the product and selling and keeping 100% profits.  35:00 Derick talks about how there are tons of great ideas, and still working on catching up to them.  36:00 Josh drop 128 envelopes into the mail, which is a  sales letter to Infusionsoft consultants. This is a partial handwritten letter. This project took Josh 8 hours to complete. Josh is trying to get more copywriting clients. Josh is thinking about doing a monthly newsletter to keep his prospects in the loop. Josh is implementing a “Host Parasite” practice.   40:00 Josh shares all the connections he is making and people he is talking too. Josh mentions he may be attending a Dan Kennedy meet up.  46:00 Josh hired a coach Laurie, who is helping him with staying on track and to network with her audience as well. 47:30 John talks about eating one meal every two days, a 48 hour fast! John talks about science behind this, because no one has ever done this.  John then runs 6 miles after eating a meal when the fast of complete.  John continues to talk about the fasting through out the week.  51:40 John shares that the fasting has been “hell,”  and s difficult experiment. 54:00 John talks about getting depressed during the fast. John is talking about all the “Should I do this or …” On the other hand, John talks about the depression might be because he was not eating and it may have had a mental impact. John may write a blog post called “How I Broke Myself,” about his fasting experiment. 58:30 Derick talks about the depression that occurs in some entrepreneurs, and how not eating right may cause a depression or  may kill motivation.  1:08:00 John talks about the Ketogenic diet experiment done by a certain individual, which is an experiment he wants to try. Derrick mention that John turns EntreProgrammers into an episode of Get Up and Code. 1:12:00 John talks about the mental consequences when experimenting with these diets. Derick shares his diet changes in caffeine and specific times he eats, and how that has improved certain things in his workflow and concentration. 1:17:50 John talks about book “Shopcraft as Soulcraft” by  Matthew Crawford. John is interested in the rewards of creatively and the negative psychological effects of getting paid to do your passion. Sort of Kinda? 1:24:00 John talks about reaching the level of wealth to have complete freedom. This is somewhere between 5k-20k of passive income. Josh talks about how some people will inflate their lifestyle, and it is not realistic. John say to go “Get the FU money!” 1:30:00 In other news! John is learning to type. The EntreProgrammers talk about their  struggles learning to type in the past. John is spending 30 minutes a day retraining himself to type the proper way.  1:35:00 John is going to get rid of the need for glasses. John talks about practice and self training to correct his own vision. Another interesting experiment he is willing to try.  1:47:00 John talks about his book, “Soft Skills” is doing great on Audible.com John hit #2 in the Health subject, and #3 in Computer science.  1:50:00 The EntreProgrammers discuss the political options or having no options.  Thoughts of the Week Josh - Rather people value what your do for them, it depends on how your positioned in their mind. Derick  - Do one thing a day. Something small. John -  Trust the process. Your brain will automatically learn, and own the process.  Resources Mentioned in this Episode  Steve Young  Mobile App Marketing Dan Kennedy http://www.entrepreneur.com/author/dan-s-kennedy  Shopcraft as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford http://www.amazon.com/Shop-Class-Soulcraft-Inquiry-Value/dp/0143117467/ref=sr_1_1/189-5203509-8014660?ie=UTF8&qid=1443457768&sr=8-1&keywords=shopcraft+as+soul+craft Soft Skills - audio book  http://www.audible.com/pd/Science-Technology/Soft-Skills-The-Software-Developers-Life-Manual-Audiobook/B014QJB8AG/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1443462371&sr=1-1

EntreProgrammers Episode 83 “Penguins with Erectile Dysfunction” 3:05 We’re Live John in no longer a nomad. John talks about t the bad review guy, still not a friend of Simple Programmer.  11:30 John’s audio version of SoftSkills is now out. John is hitting about 100 new subscriber a month for the book links.  15:42 Derick does 37 subscriptions for 5 dollar a month to commemorate his 37th birthday.  All subscriptions are sold-out.  18:30 Derick once again announces his dislike for PayPal. But really enjoys the services of Strip.   21:30 Josh talks about how Derick should create a developer how could create a plugin for the payment options.  23:40 John mentions how Derick should rise prices. But mention how they can lock in the lower prices.  30:00 John ask if it is possible to sneak more people in at 5 dollars a month.  Derick say he can do a discount code instead. John talks a “Name Your Price,” or some sort of “support you,” idea  or model.  36:00 Parton account and freezing your money? 42:00 Derick is still holding up and managing to take care of his son and what business plans he has.  43:00 John is thinking about creating a forum for about 50 dollar month. This will have premium  level people who are serious about marketing and blogs.  44:00 Chuck give john some feedback about the communities and type of things to consider.    51:00 Josh suggest that John go through the Copy Chief forum talk a look at what they are doing as far as prices and content.  Josh thinks this is a gook investment. John want to build a passive forum oppose to actively caring for the site.  55:00 Josh suggest a paid google or Facebook forum or discussion group. Or a group coaching program. John think he need less interaction.  1:02:00 Josh ask what would be that ideal travel duration next time John is on vacation. John  goes into minimalist mode.  1:09:00 Chuck talks about possibly becoming a media broker or agent to help blogs and podcast who want sponsorship.   Chuck is thinking about high traffic sites like Simple Programmer, and when it is worth he may help lower traffic sites. Chuck is thinking about ways to integrate tracking.  1:17:00 Chuck talks about the sponsorship level he has on Dev Chat.TV. Chuck can’t seem to keep his Silver Level sponsors. John suggest that whoever leaves Dev Chat. Tv as a sponsor can perhaps go over to Simple Programmer as a sponsor.  1:27:30  Chuck brings in a bit of cash for the Angular Remote Conf. through an email reminder. John talks taking offers for sponsorship for Chuck.  1:32:20 John mention listening to “The Martian.” John claims it to be a great book.  1:35:00 Derick talks about blocking off time to practice and record episodes. John mention recording a least 4 hours a day.  Chuck talks about blocking off a day just for Rails Clips.  1:40:00 Chuck talks about thing he would cut, like iFreaks and the Freelancer show, because they don’t pay for themselves. Chuck pays at least 900 dollars to produce the podcasts, and he needs it to have it bring in 3000 to pay for it’s self.  1:45:30 John suggest to Chuck to pay for the Freelancers Show, Chuck needs a product to take care of the cost.  1:53:00 Chuck talks about reorganizing his podcast roles.  1:56:05 John mention how great Josh’s emails are written. Josh talks about creating more connections with his followers and audience. Josh is going after the Infusion Soft market.  Josh talks about a podcast he is following. Josh is talking about doing a monthly news letter to stay in front of his audience. Josh hired a coach to help him full-time to get his business running.  Thoughts for the Week John - Get rid of junk, even digital media.   Chuck - People matter.  Josh -  Get help, pay for help, it worth it. Resources mentioned in this episode Stripe https://stripe.com

EntreProgrammers Episode 82   Melting Snowballs!   3:05  And We’re Live!   The EntreProgrammers talk about the scary subject of having their children on the internet. John suggest no internet behind closed doors, or an intranet site. Josh says it would be a  version of the Chinese government’s version of the internet.    8:30 John talks about a time when his parents did not know anything about the internet and checking on him when he was using it. Josh talks about the rate of change we experience compared to our parents.    10:00 Derick mentions the self regulation and morals defined by parents when it come to teach kids about the internet. Chuck shares the reality of monitoring and teaching his children about he cautions of the internet or any privileges he provides to his kids.    13:45 John talks about how kids should be producers of media instead of consuming. To much leisure time leads children into getting into trouble.    16:00 Josh mentions the moonlighting and side jobs people had back in the 40s and how that has diminished greatly today.    18:40 John talks about how kids are comfortable with technology, but don’t know how is works. They’re just consumers rather than creators.    20:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about the complex education one needed to code and complete projects in development. Consequently, newer patterns and languages allow users a new and easier standard, and we no longer need the rooted knowledge as a starting point.    30:40 John sends a survey for Simple Programmer, about “What is the most valuable thing Simple Programmers can do for you?” First off, more people want entrepreneurial content and knowledge on how to build a business, and Soft-skills content, and in-depth training videos.    37:30  John will be back in the the states next show. John is also thinking about taking a retreat before getting back to work.  Chuck is thinking about taking some time off as well, similar to what Rob from “Startup for the Rest of Us” talks about  when getting taking vacation from work.   44:01 John is doing a meet up in Iceland with 2 people. This is the last meet up for the  summer long trip.    45:50 John tries Vaultpress for security and backup. John is removing some stuff over to Google Domains.    54:40  Derick is still caring for his son and family needs, and excitingly building his next series of screencast for Watch Me Code. Derick is building a multi-purpose product that will potentially be 6 months worth of videos.    1:00:29 Derick wants to do a variation of bundles. Possibly 28 videos and 4 series. John mentions Voltron from the 80s, as Derick talks about is multi-purpose video bundles.    1:08:30  John puts “Yearly plans” back on the table. He thinks it will increase subscribers and revenue for Derick.    1:11:30 Josh talks about subscriptions for a year over a monthly subscription.  Derick thinks part of his problem is not knowing who is watching what videos. Josh suggest integration with Drip.   1:20:38  Derick is selling more RabbitMQ bundles! Which made up for some of the dropout of customers.   1:24:00  John suggest releasing a free video per series with an advertisement for the entire series on YouTube.  Josh suggest doing guest blogging, but only with videos on YouTube. Josh thinks one video a week can double traffic.    1:31:00 Derick talks about a subscriber who needed a few pointers to follow along with the training videos. Derick is starting to implement all that suggestions the EntreProgrammers are offering him.   1:35:00 John talks about the sustainable number of subscribers and melting snowballs!    1:45:27 Derick asks Chuck, who is Aaron Frost. Chuck is helping make connections, networking, and cross training with Derick’s business.  Chuck talks about the networking tactic he has planned for Derick and Aaron.   1:51:10 Josh talks about Sitepoint   1:56:00 Chuck has not sold any tickets to Angular Remote Conf.    Thoughts of the Week   John -  Not going backwards.  Derick - Just stay afloat or just do that one thing! Chuck - Take the time off! Josh - Be careful who you alienate    Resoures mentioned in this episode   Vaultpress   https://vaultpress.com/   Google Domains https://domains.google.com/about/?gclid=COvJ8MLq9McCFQiNaQod9PAAlA   Cloudflare https://www.cloudflare.com   Voltron http://www.voltron.com     Aaron Frost http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001623   Sitepoint    http://www.sitepoint.com

EntreProgrammers Episode 81   3:05 And we’re live!   John shares that he is conversing with "the guy" that made a nasty review on Amazon.    Derick says that good marketing, makes a good product.    John talks about the back and forth chatter between him and the customer.    11:55 Derick gives some feedback about John’s approach to communicate back to this particular customer.    16:20 John is doing an interview with this customer on Simple Programmer, to ask questions and get his perspective. John believes that this could help his future marketing.    18:30  Derick makes a great point that as intelligent as people maybe, marketing still has a subconscious  influence.    26:05  Derick talks about the “gray area” with the automatic charging service by Lead Pages. Derick shares the refund service he provided with his SignalLeaf accounts.     30:25 Josh has a new client starting next week. Josh shares about networking in the work he is able to contract. Looks like Josh is going to busy with steady work with a copywriter’s guild. John says Josh is apart of Oceans Eleven.    36:00 Josh thinks he may have picked the worst time to start prospecting. Josh is going to start marketing himself to InfusionSoft clients and as a email copywriter.  Josh is going to use LinkedIn to find marketing consultants and those who use InfusionSoft.    40:00 Josh shares his followers and view on LinkedIn. Chuck think that is a great place for Josh to  search for the InfusionSoft users.    42:00 Josh mentions that InfusionSoft is really complicated and should be used by developers. Josh shares information about video testimonial he received.     54:00 Josh talks about meeting with Perry Marshall. Josh mention he is going do go ahead and do the USP coaching program. Josh meets John Fancher    1:04:00 John says that Josh’s association with the top copywriters is awesome, and he will eventually become one of them.    1:07:28 Derick says he can’t seem to catch a break. Derick has been taking care of his son and daughter, and trying to keep up with work. Derick still doing blog post, even though he can seem to keep up with some other work. He mentions that some sales went stagnant.      1:14:15 Josh share some data on some general marketing analysis. 50% of those who opt-in eventually buy with-in the next 18 months. Derrick talks about his email marketing pitch, and plan of attack.    1:19:40 Josh ask if Derick is offering the RabbitMQ course to a JS users and course buyers.    1:21:00 John mentions that they have never put a limit on the sales announcement approach. Josh mention that you are catering to your top 10% and you will often lose some.    1:30:00  Derick talks about his @mention accounts and how he created his following. Josh uses Pocket to create a batch of mentions and attach it to Edgar.    1:32:35 John talks about the trying to get traction on his panel group for Get Up and Code podcast.  Derick suggests not following a  specific schedule, but record whenever they needed to. Chuck suggest finding someone who will be a full on coordinator for Get Up and Code.  John brings up the idea to have Chuck take on the syndication of Get Up and Code, and organize the panel.    1:43:00 Chuck talks about his podcast producing ideas for Get Up and Code. Chuck ask what John would like to get out of keeping the Get Up and Code podcast running. John mentions that he does not want to kill the podcast because there is a following.       1:50:30 Josh talks about how Chuck may the only podcaster in this field who has the sponsorship and advertisement power.     2:00:00 Chuck suggest using Basecamp as a work load tracker.     Thoughts of the Week   John - Do not up-date your Linux server. Josh -  “Money is in the list…  ” Chuck -  Would you change for the better for your kids and family.    Derick - You can’t keep doing the same thing and expect things to change.   

EntreProgrammers Episode 80   "2 Man Show"   3:05 And we’re live!   John is still in London and is headed to Iceland in a few mintues.    The EntreProgrammers discuss the debt repayment, bankruptcy, and land ownership of several countries and states?    10:15 Chuck talks about how he got lucky not getting audited. Chuck shares information and risk involved in tax laws and running a business.    14:45 John talks about how he is in-the-know, just as much as his CPA. Also, how he like to hire a second professional to give a second option.    17:45 Derick shares that his CPA was referred to him by his lawyer.    20:00  John talks about the caps on self-employment tax.   23:45  Chuck shares that early bird sales for Angular Remote Conf. is done! Chuck brought in over 10k in ticket sales. Ruby Rogues has an open spot for sponsorship. Chuck shares that he was a chair member at Toastmasters. Chuck mention that Toastmasters help with is public speaking and podcast production.    25:00 Chuck ask if John did any more Periscopes.   32:45 Derick disclosed more information about his son’s condition. Derick shares more information about is subscribers and the RabbitMQ projects, and having to spent time taking care of his family.     38:00 Derick and Chuck talk about how some of the content they create, is wanted free and how organizations like Plural Sight is the 8000 pound gorilla in the room.    40:00  Chuck thinks that there is more of a need for Derick’s Watch Me Code over the Rabbit MQ. Chuck is convinced that if Derick did more focus on marketing Watch Me Code, his subscribers should go up. Derick mention that is exactly what he was doing, but he needs step-by-step guidance on what to do.  45:45 Derick is going to talk to Mark about the subscription of his content.    47:00 Chuck gives Derick a handful of strategies to help the  marketing of his business and finding something to get traction and a pay off.     50:00 Chuck shares the strategy he uses to get guess on his podcast. This is a great way to find out about the general public, who are the followers, and  what the listeners are doing.  Chuck gives a  rundown of all the questions he has ask to get great content.    1:02:15 Chuck is hoping to point out some road signs to help Derick. Derick is trying to find some focus and direction. Maybe re focus on old and current projects, or start something new?   1:08:15  Chuck makes a good point to not operate from a place of fear to get through tough decisions or a crisis.    1:12:00  Derick thinks that he does not have any kind of consistent and constant message that is driving traffic to his product.    1:15:00 Derick mentions that the beginner’s market changes quickly and keeping them as customers is always changing. Derick says he doesn’t want to stay with the beginner class.    1:21:00  Chuck talks about how Derick might want to think about creating some sort of free content as a lead magnet, for some of his material.  Chuck thinks that Derick has a traffic problem instead of a content issue.     1:27:00 Derick says he needs tracking, because Hotjar was not working for him.    1:30:00 Chuck talks about how Derick could gain subscribers, first by building rapport and meeting in person. Chuck say its is not going to happen off the website, but only by in person meet and greets and relationship building.    Thoughts for the Week   Chuck - Don’t spend to long evaluating! There are lots of power in focus.      Derick - Make sure you take care of yourself and your family first.

EntreProgrammers Episode 79   3:05 Derick shares some Star Wars info. Watch out spoiler alert! Derick share some family matters with his mastermind group. Derick is trying to stay busy while taking care of his family’s needs.     9:55 John reports from London! Good transportation system and very expensive living. 1 and 1/2 times to the dollar in pounds. John shares he gym experience and their automated system.     17:35 Chuck mentions that the Official Angular JS Twitter account Tweets about Chuck’s conference. Tweeted to 70,000 followers.  The Unfollowers strategy is working for Chuck’s conference and audience building. Chuck is very excited about the positive feedback.    22:40 Chuck ask his if his coupon form on his site. Should he move the form as to the sales page?    25:30 Derick shares some information of PCI compliance with the sales form in Stripe and other sites.    28:00 Chuck is talking about early bird ticket sales prices for 100 bucks and 200 bucks for regular sales times. Chuck shares his plans to get traction for the conference through LinkedIn and Reddit. Chuck mention that Rails Clip is picking up stream.   33:05 John has the guest posting stuff going, and feels his editor is good and doing things without asking. John is not to happy with his course being put in the retired bunch on Plural Sight. Considering that John has done a lot of work helping build up Plural Sight,  John has been ready for this to happen. John realizes he is playing in someone else’s sandbox.    49:30 John mention the https://haveibeenpwned.com website.    51:20 Josh has 33,512 new signups, maybe 2,000 for the old list for the giveaway. Josh is using Kinh Sumo and MailChimp for the giveaway contest. Josh shares information about him email giveaway tactic.      59:00 Josh has a request for Rob at Drip. Josh talks about his email plan.   1:02:30 John share his meet up information and email issues.     1:04:15 Josh does a trial run with a CRM. To do direct mail for his copywriting business. But Josh is still  happy with Drip.  1:09:00 Josh talks about sales funnels according to Dan Kennedy.  Josh is trying to land Whales and not minnows.  Josh is doing guest blogging for the automated minnow side.  Whale side is base on networking, going to conferences, and manually  reaching out to them.    1:14:45 John mentions the book, “The Ultimate Sales Machine,” by Chet Holmes.    1:17:00 Josh is trying to find the stage he is in as a freelancer according to John Carlton. Josh says he is going to specialize in email marketing. In his research he found there are not to many email copywriter.     1:22:15 Josh is working on working with the “whales” such as Dave Ramsey or Tony Robbins. At leash to niches that he could write copy for in his sleep, because he knows the market.     1:29:00 Josh mention that finance and health are difficult niches to working for email marketing.    1:32:30  Josh ask Chuck about  AutopilotforLinkedIn.com and what it does. This helps the visibility for your LinkedIn profile. Chuck says to install the extension and going to LinkedIn and do a search by location and keywords. It keep track of who you visited and helps your presences on LinkedIn and connections.     1:37:15 Chuck was able to make 30-40 connections on LinkedIn, and see everything else that he is doing.    1:40:00 Josh ask if AutoPilot  breaks the service rules of LinkedIn.    1:53:30 Josh mentions that LinkedIn is a good proxy for email.    1:55:00 John’s profile has grown by a snowball effect, but he is not active on LinkedIn.     Thoughts for the week   John -  Don’t do low value things.   Josh - Get a USP for you business.     Chuck - Get Balanced, make sure your bvdeliberate with things.    Resources mention in this episode    Autopilot   AutopilotforLinkedIn.com 

EntreProgrammers Episode 78   Sideways Periscope…   3:05  We’re Live!   EntreProgrammers have a discussion about Periscope. Chuck seems to a have a pretty understand of Periscope features, considering he attended a session about it, during the Podcast Movement. Chuck is planning to use Periscope as a  strategy to market Angular Remote Conf.    7:30 Derick says he would use Periscope if there is a desktop version. John thinks it is like a live sex show, Kinda.  John complaint is that it only shoots vertical video. Maybe to avoid sharing with youtube?   13:00 Josh does not like the 24 hour life of the video content.   13:50 Derick thinks this is a great way to get feedback using this feature. Derick sys he is going to literally broadcast Watch Me Code.    17:44  Chuck says to 24 hour life of the video, urges people to go and watch your video right away.  John says he is going to create an Inappropriate Periscope channel. The EntreProgrammers talk about how people prefer the anonymity when using these types of tools.    23:55 Chuck mentions of Periscope has it own following beside the Twitter crowd.    26:60 Derick mentions that there may be some possible uses for him when he is coding live. John says we do not know the norm of this product yet.    28:55 Chuck talks about using unfollwers.com    31:00 Derick does a live Periscope of the EntreProgrammers recording.   32:00 Josh mentions his furnace started smoking.  Josh is trying to figure out what to do with this Explainer video client. Josh is looking at all aspects of marketing to help his client. But seems like there are somethings this client it choosing not to try.     50:00 Derick talks about the bidding and contract jobs. The difference between the cheap penny pinchers and those who see the value in the product or service with high end prices. John talks about how people sometimes gravitate to the high end perceived value.    1:00:00 Josh is officially speaking at the USP coaching program. Josh mention he is little uncomfortable speaking and being in the spotlight. This is a course for those who have a business and don’t really have a good idea of what they are about.    1:04:25 John talks about how Josh is possibly the top 1 percent in his niche, and has all the knowledge to teach this class.       1:10:00  Josh turn in his copy for a  client, who said “I thought I would be longer.” Johns gives a Michelangelo reference to Josh’s trying times.  Chuck says to vent on Periscope.   1:17:50 Chuck send an 18 point marketing plan. Josh thinks it maybe a little to long. Josh talks about his email contest signups. The EntreProgrammers talk about their giveaways, and the types of thing they used in their giveaways.     1:27:05 Johns was approached by Udacity  to headup the Java  courses.  John is interested with cool stuff that are doing.       1:29:55 Josh ask Chuck to do a run down of his list, and go through the points that have the highest value.  Chuck shares the promotional tactics and strategies he is thinking about using. John talks about interviewing Chuck to put on Simple Programmer and give information about Angular Conf.    1:36:35 EntreProgrammers are pulling the plug on the Retreat, due to no signups. The EntreProgrammers talk about their own meet up plans.  John talks about the idea of possibly moving to San Diego…? The EntreProgrammers talk about possible doing something for their followers in the future.    1:48:30  John talks about doing the Day of Challenges, to spend a day to focus to one member challenges. John talks about the hate email he got on Simple Programmers after the wide amount of guess post.    1:52:00 John mentions the traffic he is getting is from google. John is is still working on getting a million page views in a month. John is working on freeing himself from the controls of his projects, except checking emails. John is interested in the amount of time each member does with email and work.    2:02:00 Josh talks about answering an email in 3 sentences.    Thoughts of the Day   Chuck -  Control your destiny or someone else will…    John -  There are always more people coming in     Resources mentioned in this episode   Periscope https://www.periscope.tv   Unfollowers https://unfollowers.com   Udacity    https://www.udacity.com/?gclid=CILPzefMsMcCFQ-IaQodD2oHaQ

 EntreProgrammers Episode 77 “Wash My Door Knob”   3:05 The EntreProgrammers discuss the how the world’s violence has diminished since the dark ages.   8:45 Chuck talks about his merchant account issues during the week. Chuck is now working on making a switch with these accounts. The EntreProgrammers talk about the beauty of Stripe accounts.    18:00 John talks about how some vendors do not take credit cards in Europe.    20:00 Josh talks about leadpages.net, that renewed his account without warning. At they do not give refunds. Derick is shutting down his account with LeadPages because of their poor customers service.    28:00  Josh talks about his aunt who works at a hospital. She oversees the ignorant  staff who treat patience horribly and are unaware that the patiences could easy Tweet their bad experience. The hospital administration retaliates by attempting to turn off the internet on the floor of the patience.    29:30  John talks about how companies need to think about their customer service, and research the people they service before they decide to follow through with bad service. Because, tweeting about bad service is imminent, and can ruin your leverage.   34:55 Chuck talks about his Podcast Movement experience. Chuck did a whole lot of eating and networking in Fort Worth TX. Derick talks about his dinner experience with Chuck.    41:00 Chuck is working up setting up some training courses. Possibly a beta course then sell for regular price. This is Chuck plan to raise at least 10 thousand bucks.  John suggest sell the material before you create it.    Take a look at railsclips.com, Chuck updated his site with all the suggestion from the EntreProgrammers.    54:30 Derick ask Josh about some of the SumoMe features. Chuck ask is SumoMe Works with Drip.    57:47  Chuck has tickets available for Angular Remote Comf.    1:02:35 John talks about a course with and interesting upgrade approach by Amy Hoy   1:05:20 Derick figures out his SumoMe issue.    1:05:45 John publish a guess post on Simple Programmer. The EntreProgrammers talks about how to embed code from Gist.  John mentions he should have a least 5 post per week on Simple Programmer. John talks about his new Get Up and Code panel podcast discussion plans. Chuck gives pointers about the process.    1:14:00 Chuck talks about the guidelines for his panel podcasts. John ask if he could use Chuck’s guidelines. Derick talks about a fan who run Suggest a Guess.  John gives run down of his plan to free himself from have to watch some of his project.    1:24:00 John talks about start a new project. Josh suggest moving a forum to Facebook.    1:30:30 Josh mentions how he uses Copy Chief. This is his suggestion to John. This is John next project for recurring revenue.    1:40:00 Derick talks about Lead Page getting backing to him about his recent Tweet. Derick mentions the Sumo Me integration with Drip. John gives a lot of hype to Thrive. Derick mentions the monthly subscription SumoMe is offering of more advance features.    1:52:00 Josh has 21,000 signups for his giveaway contest.  Josh is really not sure how he was able to get a huge number of signups. Josh shares information about his email strategy for his contest.      2:05:00 Josh talks about some of his workflow issues with Edgar. Derick thinks John is no using Edgar to his advantage using the RSS feed instead of a blog. John may be have some traction issuse with the way he is using Edgar.    2:14:00 John explains where his traffic is coming from for the podcast. But still puzzled about how he is getting so many subscribers. Derick is shock that John has as many subscribers as he does, with how his setup is working.    Thoughts of the Day   John - Think about where you were.    Derick - Re-Focus…   Josh -  Take the time to research, or your homework   Chuck - Life is like riding a bike, in order to keep your balance, is to keep going forward   Resources mention in this episode Stripe https://stripe.com/us/pricing   Sumo Me http://sumome.com   Copy Chief http://copychief.com”

“EntreProgrammers Path of Destruction”     3:05 All right we’re live!   John joins us from Amsterdam.    The EntreProgrammers talk about their path of destruction, wherever they go.    14:15 The EntreProgrammers talk about the signups of the retreat. No takers, yet?   16:00 Some talk about Drip’s prepayment for the entire year. Here is some interesting talk about the subscription strategy.   22:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about the relevance of A&B testing in their industry, and A&B testing within Drip.    28:45 Josh talks about his client who is running advertisement from Facebook to a landing page. Josh think this is something worth testing.      33:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about the marketing stats and A&B testing with Drip. Josh talks about the different feature he likes to use. John mentions some of his testing strategy.    38:45 Josh talks about the difference A&B testing does with different or variant copy.    43:30 Josh talks about Ryan Dice’s strategy for marketing and funnel building. Josh talks about keeping marketing strategies simple.    48:00 Josh talks about building an audience with webinars.   52:00 John talks about a ripening period of an audience before they buy. John talk about the world’s best car salesman story.      54:50 John suggests that it may a year before Derick get more traffic.     57:25 Josh says to start simple. Josh explains his frustrations with some of his client’s marketing strategy.    1:04:00 John talk about what he would do in starting up an online  teaching business. John would come up with a 3 year plan, and eat ramen noodles, live in Thailand.  Build a couple of products to sell. Josh cautions against freeloaders who subscribe to free content.  Josh think that it may be difficult to build a huge number of dedicated audience.   1:14:00 John thinks that having a 3 year program and building an audience of 1000 true fans, will equal success.    1:15:00 Derick said he needs 1000 true fans. Derick has done most of this for 3 years and building an audience, and done tons of work. Derick thinks that John is dead wrong with the 3 year plan idea.  Derick finds it difficult to follow John’s 3 years plan and seriously cut expenses. He thinks it may be unrealistic for the majority of people out there.      1:32:00 John thinks that Youtube content could beneficial for business as apart of your regular business.  Derick ask if it was a mistake to have Watch Me Code as a separate website. Derick talks about his blogging days when he was working at Los Techies.     1:41:35 Josh think there may be a problem with those who are condition to expect free content. Selling to them may cause a revolt.   1:52:00 John thinks that you can be successful if your consistent producing content for 3 years. Derick says you have to be actively fighting  on the road on success, because people will active try to put you down.    1:56:30 John makes a good point that these things are achievable if you are willing to make a serious commitment. The EntreProgrammers talk about their experience in the early days with live efficiently.    2:00:00  Derick says he only want to talk about the reality that he lives under and not the theoretical circumstances.    2:08:00 Johns mentions that sometimes be dealt the bad hand in life maybe the best thing. Because it will be your driving factor to success. Meanwhile, Josh suggests somethings that Derick needs to do to up the audience numbers, and possible guess blogging.    2:15:59 John suggests that Derick should be the niche - RabbitMQ guy. Derick is going to appear on .NetRocks!   2:24:45 EntreProgrammers Podcast has been running for nearly 2 years.  Derick is trying to find something to help him grow. Derick feels burnt out.    2:32:00 Derick has issues with the Watch Me Code account for the subscribers. John think that Derick needs to build more content marketing.     2:34:10 Josh suggest that Derick go to ReddIt, Sumo, and find out what people are talking about.     2:37:02 Derick wants to fill a specific gap, with RabbitMQ and JS. Derick says he would fill the messaging and  architecture. Derick thinks he could get traffic for the area.     2:45:35 Josh suggest Derick do a pilot.    2:50:00 Josh think that different markets respond to differently to personalities. Derrick shares his plan for RabbitMQ. Derick says he does not know how acquire information and research what people are talking about. Josh again suggest to go to Hacker New and Reddit.    3:04 - The team gives advice to Derick   Thoughts for the Week   John -  The only thing that is guaranteed is failure   Derick  - Find your focus.  Remember success is built upon a massive amount of failure   Josh - Start simple and only add complexity when you see simplicity   Resources mentioned    Optimizely https://www.optimizely.com/   Reddit  http://www.reddit.com   Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com   Buzz Sumo http://buzzsumo.com

EntreProgrammers Episode 75    3:05 We’re Live!   John is coming to us from Belgium. Chuck sporting a pretty cool Mic Flag.    6:30 Josh shares that he is having a little bit of a tough time with his client. Josh shares his challenges with his marketing strategies, cost of clicks and conversion rate issues. “Eat’n Crow”  Josh is going to scratch his July invoice and pretend in never happened. Also, Josh is going to try to take control of the SumoMe stuff for his client.  John and the team tell Josh can’t not be responsible failed marketing attempts of his clients business if things are not going well.     20:00 Derick gives examples of his own marketing efforts that are not guaranteed. So Josh should not scratch his invoice for the month. The EntreProgrammers tell Josh there is not way for him to know the market ahead of time, so the risk is in the hands of his employer.    27:50 Josh may drop this current client, but still want a referral for this client. Derick suggests to do the minimum and exist this job with this client. Chuck says to reevaluate his situation and maybe reorganize.    35:00  Josh relayed information that AdWords was not going to work after sometime. But, Josh continued with this project, until he knew it was not going to work. John tells Josh to ask himself if he is willing to invest in this project, if so it is worth working on the project. Josh is looking into another client who is not willing to pay Josh’s fees.    45:00 Josh is talking about testimonials he has received from big names, and wondering if he should use those testimonials for future business.   Josh share more about a new client, who is not delivering needed material to get the project rolling.    52:00 John and Josh agree that this is a great learning experience. The Josh will have a better idea on the kinds of projects he could take on. Josh mentions he may want to find someone who experienced what he is going through to get some coaching.    57:50 John suggests that Josh should picking one or the other jobs, as far as doing copywriting.      1:04:00 Josh maybe thinking about leaving or doing copywriting along with starting another entrepreneurial project. Josh wants to build authority in his industry and wants to fill his time with things he can do until things pickup.    1:13:45 Josh is talking about writing copy for an amazon seller for 500 dollars, 3 paragraphs. Even in all the tough circumstances, Josh is optimistic and has the right attitude.   1:16:00 Chuck shares a visual of “Essentialism.”   1:17:50 EntreProgrammers Retreat! We’re dead serious now! We will take your money!    Sign-up by the end of August   Only 10 Slots To join the EntreProgrammers  in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Sign up and save your spot at: entrepreprogrammers.com/retreat2015   The EntreProgrammers share their plans for the retreat.    1:25:30 John sold the crap out of his sale! Without trying…   1:28:30 Josh talks about the new tracking links in Drip.  Chuck ask a question about Drip features.  The EntreProgrammers discuss that features of Drip.    1:34:00 John asks how things are going with the Libsyn features. Derick talks about how some people want to buy SignalLeaf. But he says it is not willing to sell, because he thinks it is junk.    1:40:00  Derick is still trying to figure out how to sell his RabbitMQ package. Derick shares some stats and marketing information on RabbitMQ ads.  Derick is running out of avenues to advertise the RabbitMQ package.     1:50:00 Derick is think about using AdWords for RabbitMQ marketing. Josh gives some feedback about the conversion rates, click rates, etc.    1:58:00  John asks if anyone know someone who is making money off of AdWords selling a digital product?    2:01:00 Chuck confirms that signup for Rails is hard to find.   Chuck explains the madness of the signup issues of Rails Clips. But, he is getting great feedback about the videos. Chuck is talking to some sponsorship prospects. Chuck share in little bit about the Web Security podcast. Chuck is working on the recommendations the team gave him.     Meet with Chuck, 6pm at Coopers BBQ, Fort Worth TX  

EntreProgrammers 74   Ponds, Fish and Social Media     3:05 And We’re Live! Derick is back from California with a little beach tan. Derrick shares his family Disneyland experience, had a great vacation.    13:30 John has found the catch to the T-Mobile unlimited data, only 256k in Europe. Traveling tip:  John suggest buying a Sim Card  for unlimited data and usage.  John finds  the biggest wireless network in Europe, called Three.    21:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about the fascinating accents of cultures and people around the world. John talks about the first impressions and people who have heavy accents. Derrick shares his thoughts of stereo types of those who have accents.    26:35  The EntreProgrammers discuss the natural reactions and responses people have been programmed with, when we encounter different cultures. We often make judgements  base on dress, accents and loud opinions.    29:30 Derick call his team for advice on the RabbitMQ patterns email course. Derick needs help on the marketing strategy side of things with the email sequences. Derick is seeing customers opting in, but no real sales yet. Derrick is hoping this maybe because it is still a little to soon for sales. Josh thinks he maybe a bit early still.    37:45  Josh thinks that Derick should talk to the 10 or 15 people who have opened all the emails that  Derick has sent out. Johns thinks that 250 dollars is very cheap for the benefit this package provides, so sales should look better.    40:00 Josh is shares suggestion to Derick. To sell as the package as business training material.  Derick has a 10.5% click thought rate and a small sample. The team decides that Derick may really have to ask his customers a few questions and get some feedback to help his sales. Derick talks about creating a funnel in a few more places beside Twitter.    48:00 John is going to help Derick get some leverage by having Derick do a guest post on Simple Programmer.    52:10  John and Josh have different views on the Twitter traffic. John suggests the book Google ads over Twitter.  Josh thinks what could help is the targeting with in the channels Derick chooses to use. Josh mentions that advertising on social media like Facebook, is that you have to constantly watch and change the ads up to make an impact.   1:03:30  John makes the analogy of ponds and fishing to social media. John suggests that different lures are equal to the different kinds of Ads. The ponds themselves are the different social media  behaviors.      1:09:40  John finally gets to share a quote he found.    1:11:10 Chuck shares that he launched Rail Clips, and has one pay subscriber. Chuck also, has put in place some advertising plans. Chuck mentions a small issue with the subscription signup.  Chuck has plans with an episode in the bag for the project.  Derick finds it difficult to signup on Chuck’s page for Rails Clips. Derick suggests some tweaks that Chuck should do to his Rail Clip page.      1:21:50  Josh asks if Chuck made any moves on the consulting project. It is still very early and Chuck has not gotten any responses. The EntreProgrammers talk about what Chuck has to do with his consulting project. Chuck is thinking about doing  an on site training, 500 bucks a seat.    1:34:30 John mentions that Chuck’s podcasting experience is possibly the biggest by any developer.  Chuck mentioned he has a new podcast that he is apart of, that is going to make a debut soon. Chuck bringing in sponsorship is probably the biggest source for income.  Chuck is talking about adding more podcast shows to get sponsorship income.    1:46:15 John takes notice of the different niches that each member is growing into.    1:49:00  John got his royalty statement for SoftSkills. John thinks it will be a 5K a quarter income. John did a meet-up with 11 people in Dublin, and signed a few copies of SoftSkills.  John mentions the heavy drinking he encountered at the meet-up.   1:58:30  EntreProgrammers Retreat 12-16th of October!  Josh will send out email. Chuck is looking into finding a venue or resort.    2:02 Chuck is going to the Podcast Movement.    Thoughts of the Week   John - Be a gentlemen of lady   Derick  -  That moment between action and response, choose a good one   Chuck  - Rather you think you can or can’t, you’re right   Josh - Nothing!   

EntreProgrammers Episode 73 “You Get What You Are…”   3:05 All right we’re live!   Derick is out soaking up some sun in Cali.   7:30 Josh is trying to figure out how make time and do something with the family, twice a month. The rest of the mastermind talk about similar issues trying to make time for family.    10:00 Chuck makes a good point that his hobby is his job. So it seems like he is working all the time.   11:45 John says that as an entrepreneur, work and life are the same thing. “Once you take the blue pill you never go back.”   14:40 Chuck says “just being present and being there is enough” It does not take to much time to be with the family and make an impression.    18:00 As entrepreneurs, Chuck and John agree that their work and business schedules allow them to make time for their families.   20:00 John recommends reading “As a Man Thinketh by James Allen,” similar to Think and Grow Rich and law of attraction.  The EntreProgrammers discuss the principles found in books of the 1930s, and some of the great thought leaders of the time.  Also how we have to rediscover these principles to become successful as an entrepreneur, marketer, developer, etc.   29:30  Josh mention that just because you’re doing the hardest thing, doesn’t necessarily means it is the most efficient way to get to where you want to go.    30:00  John is working with Elisa from Craft Your Content, who is publishing John’s blogs. John made some connections to get with Glenn Allsopp from ViperChill.com, to help John to get on the Entrepreneur On Fire podcast with John Lee Dumas.  John Is scheduled to record a podcast on October 27, 2015. John mentions he still has to move his podcast from SignalLeaf soon… John mentions that the Simple Programmers Podcast is getting 4000 downloads per week, at 3 episodes per week.    37:35 John learns to drive on the wrong side of the road, and learns to read a European gas gauge.   42:00 Josh says he may ignore his email because he is getting way to many. John like to use SaneMail, thanks to Chuck. John got 3,121 to his personal account and sent 334 email to 221 people.   50:00 Josh takes on a new client, who sells on Amazon. Josh finds out about the dark world of selling on Amazon. Josh is trying to spend time writing after this week of being unproductive. Josh is trying to figure out what to do with his Ad Words project, but has not gotten any conversions yet.    1:04:00 Josh shares details about his project with marketing for a client who operates a Explainer Video company. Josh talks about creating free reports, getting opt-ins, and conversions.     1:17:10 John got Josh thinking about real estate investing. Josh shares his interest in possibly doing investing in the future and how to go about it.  John suggests real estate over investing in stocks or 401K. John shares what Josh should do if he wants to get started in real estate today.    1:25:00 Josh ask John what he pays they real estate managers. Johns mentions paying 8-10 percent of the rent. John gives some steps of what to do before offers and acquires real estate manager personnel    1:30:00 John says that in the long term a bad investment has slowly turned, and he is glad he had invested. Short term investments unless your lucky, are not going to get you a good return on investment.  Josh is thinking about switching the CPA or tax guy.     1:42:00 Chuck is asking about landing pages for his testing project. John ask what is the main pain that he is fixing for customer.      1:45:50 Josh suggest that Chuck needs to be specific to what his project is about, in order to set up an offer.  John suggests a complete guide to test in Rails. Chuck covers different kinds of testing scenarios that he is thinking about doing. Josh thinks that Chuck may need more time to get this project done.   Thoughts for the Week   John - You get what you are   Josh - Being productive is better than procrastinating    Chuck - Simplify   Resources Mentioned in this episode     Book - “As a Man Thinketh” by James Allen   Glen Allsopp http://www.viperchill.com                         

EntreProgrammers Episode 72 “F Chiggers”   And We’re Live! Derick shares his wealth of lego trivia.   7:54 Derick completed his 9 plus day email course on RabbitMQ patterns. Plus a landing page for signups.   11:16 Derick is also getting ready to format the RabbitMQ content into an ebook, with the cover finished! He mentioned a charge of 5 bucks. Derick is hoping this leads to further traffic and attention for the bigger RabbitMQ bundle. Derrick talks about the mailing list discount, 25% off   16:00 Josh is curious about the conversion rates and the cost of the engagement of Derick’s bundle. Josh is also curious about the tracking on Twitter.    21:00 Derick mentions spending a lot of his time setting up the marketing automation for RabbitMQ.    21:10 Chuck is going to be creating a course on testing. Chuck ask if he should do a more special target market. The EntreProgrammers vote, yes. Chuck is possibly thinking about doing  something in Rails or JS, in a live event.     26:00 Derick suggests doing a bundle, and thinks that creating the content would take longer than 2 months. So an on-site training gig would be the best option with the time Chuck has left.    31:00 Josh asks Chuck what does he have now that he could sale at the moment? Josh suggest a door buster on everything on what he has to offer.    38:00 Josh ask if Chuck has the time to sale block of his time for consulting for podcast coaching or developing. Derick thinks that on-site consulting, and pre-selling.    44:20 Josh suggest to Chuck that he record or take good notes, to possibly create an ebook, or for more content.       46:00 Derick suggests that Chuck put all his focus on this new project if his decide to create something. Chuck shares that he has a lot of things in place to where he could begin this project.  Chuck talks about doing more conferences this coming fall. Along with releasing the videos of talks from prior remote conferences.     50:25 Join joins the podcast for Dublin.       55:00 Chuck shares that his sponsorship stuff is looking good in the future, and will be able to make over ten thousand dollars a month.      56:11 John offers to help Chuck with a quit fix.     1:00 The EntreProgrammers talk about refinancing a mortgage. John mentions taking a longer financing with a lower payment. But paying back the loan as fast a you can to save on interest.   1:10:00 Josh meet a tax guy who is consulting him on self employment taxes. Taxman says to pay 50%, Derick says he pays 30%. John explains his tax preparations and cautions.    1:16:00  Josh says he needs a book keeper for his taxes. John talks about well documented tax practice and how he pays all his estimated taxes in the  4th quarter. Yikes.   1:23:00 Josh  is still trying to find his “break even point” of what he needs to bring in from his business. The EntreProgrammers talk about creating a financial buffers, used for whenever the need money. But John say that it is money already spent, and one should be careful with the size on their buffer. Josh talking about a HELOC, as a secondary buffer.    1:30:00 Josh, Derick talk about taking 401K out. John explains taking out now verses taking 401K later at a higher tax penalty.    1:35:00 Derick ask if he has all this money he is making what should he do with it or where should he put his money. John say explains that real estate investments are a great place to invest in.   1:37:00 Josh talks about starting to invest.  John start to sounds like Robert Kiyosaki, while debating with Josh about real estate verses stocks.     1:48:00 Josh makes a great point that there is more hands-on with owning real estate. John says only if you do not have management in place.    Thoughts for the Week   John -  Do not sit on benches in wooded areas, because of Chiggers. Derick - Words mean things…Choose your words carefully Josh - Say what you mean.. Chuck  - Keep track of stuff…                            

Episode 71 "Gold Farmers"   3:05 We’re Live!   3:22  Derick mentioned he had the greatest sale of his RabbitMQ, he traded a copy of the RabbitMQ bundle for a Lego Star Wars kit. Josh says that he’ll reminded him about his choices when he complains why he did not hit 7000.     4:45 Derick talks about the marketing campaigns of the RabbitMQ bundle.  Also some talk about a mini ebook on LeanPub, with an email course in the works as well. Derick shares more about his complicated marketing strategy. Derick is also working on driving traffic to his pitch   11:30 Derick mentions he is not advertising world wide, last time he did that sales were low in other counties.  Derick shares that he had a difficult time deciding when his Drip emails should go out. In response to Josh, Derick says he is not opposed to sending out  two ad emails a day.    20:05 Derick made 6700 dollars on the RabbitMQ bundle after all the stragglers came in, including trading for Lego Star Wars. Derick explains he tweeted that he would trade a copy of RabbitMQ for Lego Star Wars. Well Played! Derick is still getting emails from people who are still interested in buying in a few weeks.     23:55 Josh says that Derick should setup a cross promotion that connects Javascript to RabbitMQ.  Derick says he actually has time to setup the marketing stuff. Derick shares the reports of the optimization of his website.    31:00 Josh talks about the inner workings of a Continuity model. Derick talks about an embarrassing moment when recording a Watch Me Code video cover ES6 material.     41:55 John is liking Berlin, but leaving on Monday. John talks about the diversity and culture of Europe. John meets someone who he had a discussion with about entrepreneurship and jobs. John talks about how most people would have to become an  entrepreneur, considering changes in the economy. The EntreProgrammers talk about entrepreneurship and how employment is evolving into entrepreneurship. Also, how things have become very niche. EntreProgrammers discuss the problems with Union employment and how people are  trading they’re freedom for security or benefits. They agree it is not sustainable.    59:00 John goes back to mentioning some great things bout Berlin, and give us a recap of the communist history.    1:04:35 John and his family will be flying Ireland, then driving to Dublin.    1:07:00 John’s article on Fast Company has published. Plural Sight asked John to do an interview with Fast Company about the Plural Sight organization. Josh says that John should have gotten a backlink to his site for more traffic.    1:13:50 John asks the team if making the Get Up & Code podcast into a panel discussion, would be a good idea? Similar to Chuck’s podcast.  This allows a bit of freedom and less responsibility.  John is trying free himself from his on going projects, to where he has less responsibility with them while keeping them going.    1:18:00 Josh has installed a gmail plugin that allows him to check his email twice a day. This allow him to only check his email an certain times, so he can get work done. Derick compares this email feature to the Tim Ferris email option. Josh says he needs the mental space to  do his client work. Josh is loving his work schedule and being able to do whatever he needs at anytime.    1:31:15 Josh is trying to line up this client work so they’re month to month. This way he can schedule his week, and plan the following month as it allows. Josh is getting ready to hire a copywriter to help him do some research for him? Josh is about to take John’s advice and hire a transcriptionist VA to take over some menial work.   1:45:30 John suggests that Josh should ask for referrals. Josh says that he joined the John Carlton course to learn from David Garfinkle, a copywriter coach. Josh mention that he would be making 12000 not  including benefits.    1:58:30 John talks about a couple of books he liked reading or listening too, one of which is “The Richest Man In Babylon.”    2:00:00 John was mentioned on John Lee Dumas’ podcast Entrepreneur On Fire. John was an example of those who have a niche and make money from that niche.      Thought of the Week   John - Pay yourself 10% first.   Josh - Cut down distractions   Derick - Don’t be afraid to make a non-traditional sale    Things mention in this episode   John’s Article http://www.fastcompany.com/3047592/most-creative-people/this-online-school-for-developers-pays-teachers-millions-of-dollars   Fight Company http://www.fastcompany.com   Rev.com https://www.rev.com/transcription   David Garfinkel  http://www.hardtofindseminars.com/David_Garfinkel_Copywriting_Templates.html   The Richest Man In Babylon http://www.amazon.com/The-Richest-Babylon-George-Clason/dp/1505339111

EntreProgrammers Episode 70 RabbitMQ Twinky    3:04 We’re Live! John is still on his expedition in Berlin…   5:45 Derick shares his sales report with is new launch of the RabbitMQ bundle. Josh asks about the break-down of the sales.   Derick has given away 8-10 full version packages 20 sales of the full package plus 8 giveaways 5  sales of the mid-level bundles 9  sales of the e-book Interestingly,  two customers were generous enough to full price, without using the discount code. Derick reports he is a couple hundred dollar short of his goal, but still impressed with the sales report.  Derick shares information about his follow-up strategy in the next two week, and  in another 14 days after.   15:24 Josh suggest a clever strategy with Derick, setting up a campaign that takes key content from the ebook and send an emails of small snippets of key information over several days. Then send a discount code for an upgrade. Derick mentions he may do a discount later on.    19:30 Josh mentions Click Funnels as an amazing way to track activity on your funnels. John mentions seeing DPD trucks from his apartment window.     20:24 Overall, Derick is pleased with his sales results and is confident in the sale post launch. John talks about those who have a subscription to Watch Me Code, but in interested in the RabbitMQ bundle. John thinks this will upset the customers or make them feel ripped off that they did not get a discount offer.     27:00 John suggests in the future that Derick create a Platinum Watch Me Code subscription that gives access to anything Derick produces that is also apart of a package or bundle. After this new information, Derick checks the subscription packages to see his Watch Me Code subscribers.     34:29 Derick talks about helping his SignalLeaf customers migrate to Libsyn. He is able to be an affiliate to Libsyn for the migration of his customers. Derick may create a screencast for the migration to Libsyn, not a promise, but may happen.    39:23 John talks about creating a type of tracking system for podcast. This system will track the  exacted sections of listens in the audio episode, add images to appear,  adding links to appear. Of course this embedded piece of audio would need a special type of player to provide the enhanced experience. Josh says this sound like QR codes for podcasts.    43:06 John mentions he use Overcast to listen to podcasts instead of using iTunes podcast app. Overcast is an iPhone app that enhances the listening experience of podcasts, by removing dead space, normalizing, and playback at different speeds.    52:15  Chuck mentions that he has several things happening to taking up his time, and he is not able to record videos and make content. Ruby Remote Conf. event is happening next week. Chuck has sales coming in, but not as much as he was expecting. Chuck has 30 - 40 people signed up for Ruby Remote Conf. Josh talked about the timing of the conference may have some things to do with the numbers of sign-ups.    1:04:05 Chuck is thinking about quitting freelancing. With the numbers is making, Chuck could possibly quit. Derick gives advice to freelance for the time he needs extra funds, or until things smooth over. John talks about only freelance for a high rate rather than taking on several jobs that may take up time at low rates.  Josh talks about ways to bounce back, with the story of Ryan Dice and internet marketing. John thinks that Chuck is in no danger with the numbers he is producing. John thinks he could move some things around to make ends meet.    1:21:31 John talks about his meet-up he had in Berlin. 7 people showed up, locals and distant travelers to meet up with John. John is going to do meet-up is all the cities he visited.  John talks about redoing some server stuff with Digital Ocean.    1:31:30  Josh has been tracking his work time during the week. Josh is trying to become the teaches pet, while taking Carlton’s course.   Writing = 20 hours John Carlton Copywriting Course - 2 hours     Josh has the talent of creating the connections with those he want to learn quality traits. Josh is also apart of a writing group where he is getting recommended for work.  Josh talks about meeting with Perry Marshall and thanked him for the 80-20 information he learn. Also, Perry is publishing a letter Josh wrote and working on a project with Perry.    1:43:15 Josh ask how the Entreprogrammers handle their vacation time.   1:53:00 John says that he never really full leaves work behind. He does have to deal with email, otherwise things will pile up.    1:56:30 The Entreprogrammers help Josh figure out his retainer model. Josh is thinking about moving from a project to project model.    Thoughts for the week   Derick - Temper your highs with knowledge that the lows are coming, and brace yourself against the lows that the highs are coming again.   Josh - To find your strengths, look at the thing that got you in trouble as a kid John - Don’t go off the rails  Chuck - Stick with call you believe. If you hold some convictions, stick with them.   People and things mentioned in this episode   ClickFunnels  https://www.clickfunnel.com/price-table   Overcast https://overcast.fm   John Carlton http://www.john-carlton.com Perry Marshall   https://www.perrymarshall.com/80-20/

Episode 69Signal Leaf Talk…3:04We're Live!John coming to us from Berlin, Germany. Still with red curtains. John has been walking 14 miles a day, and exploring the city, and the Diet Coke is cheaper in Berlin. 8:00John talks about the toilet situation while in Paris. Worst bathroom in the entire city was at McDonald’s Paris.  John can’t get over the fact of how the  beautiful the city of Paris is, but the inhabitance are questionable. John took notice of the many smoker in Europe. 19:56Josh ask John about is AdWords  campaign. John explains that he was not getting good result because of the “bounce back” to the simple programmer site.  John talks about not having the will to write a blog post.  John has not been able to workout or run, because he has been moving from place to place. 26:27Derick’s Watch Me Code RabbitMQ Bundle with be release June 15th.   watchmecode.net/rmq/4devs   Discount code: CAERBANNOG for high level package. 29:14 Josh thinks that Derick decision with the discount might not be a great idea. Josh explains the urgency of the lower tier packages. 34:20John explain the discount, using the toilet paper vs. a Tesla. John thinks it depends of the products and the targeted market. Josh suggest a discount across all tiers, but a discount proportionate to the price of the bundle. The EntreProgrammers discuss the pricing models  for Derick’s bundle. They all have great opinions about how to going about discounting these packages. They are all keeping focus of the success of the launch.  45:00 Josh thinks that Derick should keep the urgency of the discount. Which will leverage the sales and make people think that they should buy before the expiration of the discount code. 48:38 After the launch is over and when Derick gets in to regular sales. Derick talks about using the ebook as a way to up-sale to the  high level tier. John suggest something similar, by taking the ebook and selling it on Book Smash or Book Baby. and sale it for .99 cents, and use it as a traffic source.  53:09Derick decide to create a discount for the lower tier bundles. 58:08 So what about SignalLeaf? Derick talks about  how he fell the growing pains of Signal Leaf. Derick has to quick fix his pricing model. At the beginning, Derick did not account for the bandwidth of the podcast.  John talks about the small lost vs. big loss of money each month. Derick gives a run down of the amount subscriber numbers of Signal Leaf.  Josh talks about the infrastructure of the internet:  “They can’t shove anymore lights down the tubes.”1:06:02John ask if bandwidth with be cheaper or more expensive in 5 years? Johns passionately talks about the internet bandwidth. Chuck ask if Signal Leaf will have twice the problems it it grows. 1:11:05Derick talks about how he does not want to do what Libsyn or Blueberry are doing when it come to unlimited bandwidth.  Chuck suggest raising prices. Derick say he does not have the time to fix the problem. The EntreProgrammers ask Derick, why keep Signal Leaf if he is losing money and on track to loss more. Derick talks  get ideas from keeping Signal Leaf going.  Chuck ask what needs to happen for Derick to keep Signal Leaf continue to work. 1:24:00The EntreProgrammers talk about ways to keep Signal Leaf going. John suggest the Derick needs fundamental way to make money with Signal Leaf and fix the business model. 1:36.00John suggest the Derick get someone to work off of commission to gain Signal Leaf customers. Derick talks about the other ideas he had to Signal Leaf going. Derick talk about how the DropBox integration would be the killer feature. 1:43:00John suggest that Derick set a threshold to when the bandwidth problems occur and send a notification to the user. Derick talks about the other thing he would have time to do if he shuts down Signal Leaf. Derick is talking about how ideal it would be to turn Signal Leaf into a subscription service.1:50:00John suggest turning Signal Leaf off or to private, and triple the price.  Derick doesn’t feel that Signal Leaf is worth keeping up. The Death of Signal Leaf. 1:55:15John mentions how about a year ago, Derick wanted to shutdown Watch Me Code, and focus on Signal Leaf.  2:00:00 Josh talks about Killing a deal… Josh need help with his scheduling his work load. Derick mention he plans something like one month ahead. Chuck mentions that Josh needs to figure out his prices and his workload he can deliver. 2:16:00Amount work the EntreProgrammers do a week. Chuck - 50-60 hours per weekDerick - 50-60 hours per weekJohn - 50- 60 hours per weekEntreProgrammers Retreat landing pageThis will be email this weekGo to. entreprogrammer.com/retreat2015 Thoughts of the Week!John - Damage controlJosh - Kill things Chuck - Where do I want to be in 3-5 years? Derick - commit to your decisions.

Episode 68Get Maid Service…We're Live!EntreProgrammers Rave Party!John comes to us live from Paris, with no air conditioning and super expensive diet Coke.08:32 John is sent on a wild goose chase to get his Edition Apple Watch in Paris. Derick mention that the Sport Edition is not durable enough for sports.  John thinks it is worth the thousand bucks, for the initial use of the maps feature on the Apple Watch. 16:21 John does a lot of walking around to different places while in Paris: Eiffel Tower, Mona Lisa, and Napoleon’s Tomb and Disneyland Paris.  22:55Derick is work hard on the RabbitMQ for develops bundle - tons of editing, making things look prettier, and some work on the marketing. 24:36Derick gives you a run down to the three packages are going to be available on the 15th of June. Here is a little bit of what you could expect: Complete Bundle: 12 Screen Cast, 6 Interview, e-book2nd Version: e-book, screen cast, 2 interviews3rd Version: e-book, and 1 free interviewDerick mentions the ThunderPlains Conferences, an excellent resource for developers and networking. John likes the new logos made by 99 designs. Derick talks about the devaluing of designers when contest are held like the ones 99 design hold.  39:57EntreProgrammers discuss the meritocracy of developers, designers, etc.  John talk about how the gate keeps should only exist that is lower level.  John talks about not competing with jobs being outsourced, but give actual evidence and reason why you charge your rate.   49:01 Josh makes a great point about freelancers and how they should not take all the low paying jobs, but should take the higher end jobs.  To keep from juggling to many low-end projects.51:00 Johns goes to the wrong airport when leaving for Paris. FYI, There is No Iceland Air at Orlando International Airport. Derick shares his horrific travel story.  1:01:19 Chuck gets back form Atlanta from Career Builder training. Chuck is planning a personal retreat to recoup and reorganized.  John talks about taking the blue pill, and as entrepreneur, this is the new life of dealing with energizing yourself to get work done. Chuck would take a retreat now, but there tons of events coming up every week. Josh talks about how he goes into a tail spin when people try to ping him, or contact him in the middle of work.   1:16:37 Derick suggests that Chuck should listen to a pass episode with Rob Walling. Rob talks about personal retreats and recuperating.  1:18:28 John tells Chuck to get a lawn mower and maid service. John suggests taking the family out while the mowing and cleaning get done. It will give back so  much time. 1:27:52  Chuck talks about how he may be at the inflection point, before thing should take off. John says if you can get through it, thing will look great again.  1:30:06 Josh is working for his mentor, a book project (60) pages.  Josh talks about how he joined a copywriter’s group that does critiquing.  Josh talks about turning down projects and taking on only high-end projects.  John suggests that Josh hold on to the small paying clients  and not just one big client. Josh shares details about this copy writing jobs, a lot of thing going well, but some small circumstances keeping from full potential sales.1:54:10 Josh says is doing my self development and taking courses with copywriter,  John Carlton, one the best copywriters in the world.  Josh has a call scheduled with Perry Marshall, Josh is excite to begin this new project. Thoughts of the WeekDerick -  If your always successful, you’re not learningJosh -  Plan for slack room John - Keep on doing the things that make you feel uncomfortable to growChuck - Your Perceptions form your realityPeople and Things mentioned in the episode!Thunder Plains Conference for Developers: http://www.innotechconferences.com/okc/about-2/special-events/thunder-plains-developer-conference/John Carlton: http://carltoncoaching.comPerry Marshall: http://www.perrymarshall.com/products/

Episode 67 "Get Off My Lawn"All right We're Live! A Trip Down Memory Lane3:30 - The EntreProgrammers talk about receiving free books, from companies and individuals, for the purpose of marketing efforts and Ad spots. Derick shares a few stories of the first books he use to launch his career.   8:34 - John confesses to modifying cookies on PayPal sites, and changing prices to a dollar. 9:32 - Derick shows us his original copy of Windows 95. John suggests taking a picture, instead of holding on to artifact. Neat, Derick cleans his office; we can finally see the wood floors.    Biker Gang   12:57 - John gives a shout out to the crazies in Waco TX, small town, big problems.17:46  - What’s going on business wise?Derick will release the RabbitMQ bundle on June 15th, and will release a free episode with Udi Dahan.  Derick talks about his awesome marketing strategy for his bundle.  All the EntrProgrammers agree that this tactic is a golden nugget for the product launch. 24:02 – Josh mentions he uses Audio Book Binder to create a sequence mp3s to play back like an audiobook. Josh explains how to configure this format to sync to the Audible app. 25:02 – John talks about an app called Mac ID, which John claims he filed a patent. John explains how the app is use to unlock and lock your Mac when you phone is in proximity of your Mac, or by touch ID from your iPhone. 27:30 - John talks about an ultimate prank, using web proxies, he pulled on a member of the Democratic Party. 29:25 - Derick share is best prank of a screen saver that mimicked “the blue screen of death,” and rebooting sequence. Derick shares another stories of his glory days.  36:54 – John mentions he has seven episodes on his new Simple Programmer Podcast. Derick does some commentary on the intro music. John mentions the 17,000 downloads.  40:05 – John shares a podcasting incident: old files and new file getting mixed up.  John finalizes his contact with the consulting gig. The EntreProgrammers talk about their current and pass consulting gigs and their plan to action. 50:12 – John talks about his new blog editor, Elisa Doucette who is going to help with the writing content for the Simple Programmer site.John plans to post all these pieces of content on the Simple Programmer site. -       5 blog posts per day-       5 videos per day -       Get Up and Code podcast-       EntreProgrammers podcast1:03:00 – John talks about how he is able to create tons more content as he hands-off his tasks to his VA, and outsource contractors. John’s goal is to hit a million page view per day on Simple Programmers site. 1:10:30 – John leave for Paris, and 3 months on the road in Europe.  John reluctantly share that he is apart of another mastermind group.   1:12:30 - Chuck shares his busy work schedule and not having the time to record videos and create content. Josh helps by sharing how he looks ahead in to the next week and figures the things he is capable accomplishing. John talks about his pass workload in dealing time crunches.  Next, Chuck shares how sponsorship opportunities keep coming up, he may have to raise his sponsorship fees. Keen IO approached Chuck about some sponsorship. 1:24:05 - Derick shows off his tattoos and confirms his affiliation to the biker gangs. 1:33:00 – Derick has a new site design on watchmecode.com, thanks to Momoko at Kantan Designs1:35:35 – Derick add that he refuses to use PayPal for subscriptions. One-time payments are fine, but PayPal has issues with subscriptions payments. 1:43:25 - Josh is very excited not having an official job. Josh is implementing the pomodoro time management techniques, as wellas turning off  Skype and Slack notifications. Josh is battling deadlines and pleasing clients. Josh shares more about the work he is doing with is client who owns the runner business. He is taking away a great amount of knowledge that he is employing with other projects. 2:08:00 - EntreProgrammers Retreat sign up are comingOctober12-15th, 2015 1200 dollars per person 10 slots availableRegister at Entreprogrammer.com/retreat2015 2:12:10 - Thoughts for the WeekJohn – Raise your prices Josh – Plan yout day first thing in the morningChuck – If there are things you need to get done, say no to othersDerick – Simplify, clean up and get rid of stuff. People and things mentioned in this episodeUdi Dahan: http://www.udidahan.com/?blog=trueAudio Book Binder: -http://bluezbox.com/audiobookbinder.htmlSimple Programmer Podcast: http://simpleprogrammer.com/podcasts/Elisa Doucette: http://www.craftyourcontent.com/work-with-us/  Keen IO: https://keen.ioKantan Designs: http://kantan.io

Episode 66"Stop Buying Those Gucci Purses"Alright We're Live!Josh is officially unemployed and all the EntreProgrammers are officially unemployed by the man. 8:00 - Josh makes a good point that writing code is a 100 dollar per hour business skill, and solving business problems is a 1000 dollar per hour skill. John 9:24 - John share his efforts to hire an editor. John interviews a few professional editors, but discovers the difficulties of communication verbally12:23 - John talked to Elisa Doucette a freelance writer and editor. Elisa will be working with John to help with publishing content for Simple Programmer. John talks about his vision for his blog post, and how would like to add more artistry in blogging. 17:40 - John announces that he launched the Simple Programmer podcast. 19:12 – John finishes the audio recording of his book in one week, “Softskills.” Josh talks about recording process of the audio book. Johns book will be going to Audible.com soon. He added some bonus content for the listener/reader. Along with the 16-hour audio book reading, he managed to shoot 29 videos for his YouTube channel.  John mentions his contract consulting work that is coming up. Chuck28:01 – Chuck is very happy with his Virtual Assistant.  Chuck talks about his income numbers, and still feels like he is struggling. Chuck shares information about debt and expenses. John gives advice about how to go about budgeting money in separate accounts. Josh talks about his family budgets money. Chuck talks about paying off debt this month. John believes that is where the huge amounts of money is going, to paying off debt. 47:42 - Chuck talks using the Financial Peace University at home package. John shares some mindset about how to look at the expenses Chuck has to pay during the month. 51:55 – John talks about getting the Apple Watch, for running and playing back audio books. John does the math and time saved not having to pull your iPhone for your pocket.  57:55 – Chuck is going to be doing RailsClips, and possibly switching to WordPress. Chuck talks about struggle to get things done. John talks about a technique he used to get his audio book done.1:04:20 - Josh talks about his strategy to get things done, by turning off all notifications like Skype.  Josh says it is difficult to get started writing, no matter how many times he has done it.    Josh1:08:20 - Josh talks about the transitions out of his job, and getting equipment returned and deleting software and such from his work computer. Josh shares how his client work is going well, and writing emails for a launch. 1:15:15 - Josh talks about diagram funnels his client is creating, he says it is a clever and not like anything his has ever seen. Josh is still getting contacted about copyrighting jobs. 1:20:00 – Josh talks about getting an email from business prospect that is selling products similar to carports. He is wondering how to promote this product?1:22:15 – John talks about getting a new client for life coaching. John talks about the pricing for coaching, hourly, blocks of calls, or month packages.  Josh talks about the pricing models his mentor uses for copyright coaching. 1:27:38 – Josh mention is really digs Omnifocus, to get notifications and staying organized. 1:32:29 – Chuck uses Sanebox to manage emails and sort the insanity of email The mastermind talks about how they sometimes have a lack of motivation to recording video and audio content or writing. John elaborates how doing tasks, such as posting content has become apart of his weekly routine, and something he doesn’t need to think about anymore. 1:50:09 – John says that it takes him about 4 pomodoros write a 3000 word blog post. 1 pomodoro is a 25 minute work period, each with 5 minutes of rest. 1:58:00 – John talks about developing skills under constraint like a Hibachi chef.2:06:06 – EntreProgrammers Retreat information and dates October12-15th, 2015 1200 dollars per person 10 slots availableRegister at Entreprogrammer.com/retreat2015Thoughts for the WeekJosh – Time boxing Chuck  - Don’t short change yourself, by only listening to people you agree with. John – Wait for the Hell Yes! People and things mentioned in this episodeElisa Doucette at: http://www.craftyourcontent.com/work-with-us/  Simple Programmer podcast. - http://simpleprogrammer.com/podcasts/Dave Ramsey -  http://www.daveramsey.com/store/financial-peace-university/financial-peace-university-home-study-kit/prod163.htmlOmnifocus: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocusSaneBox at: http://www.sanebox.comReatreat – http://entreprogrammers.com/retreat2015

Episode 65 "Not Girls, Not Dudes, Just RabbitMQ"3:29 – Alright we're Live!EntreProgrammers are broadcasting live!4:24 - Mac TalkJosh talks about the notorious Mac labeled the "Job Killer," apparently this Mac has the power to turn one into an entrepreneur.John overnights a docking station for his new MacBook Pro. But it does not come with the Thunderbolt cable, dang it!Derick is proud of his thousand dollar docking station and thunderbolt monitor.John mentions he never waits for tech, he just sells it, he is proud to be an exclusively Mac user. 11:36 - John has a great idea for a product gear toward understanding how to use OSX. He is thinking about creating videos of a professional Mac user, who teaches all the ins-and-outs of OSX. Preferably, someone who is a developer writes code and is very prescriptive about how things are executed on OSX.The mastermind gives some information about some great tools for OSX. Check out what these techies use on a daily basis for work.  Links Below for TotalFinder, Size Up, and Alfred.  20:02 – John wants to create courses about how to use Gmail. Especially, learning to use the key-commands that maximize your time and productivity.  Wanted: A Gmail Kung Fu Master!24:18 – John uses his calendar app to send him reminder emails. Derick use Omni Focus for his calendaring. 30:00 – Johns signs up for Traveling Mailbox,  to scan mail, deposit checks, and manage mail while he is traveling. 36:35 – Derick ask how does one manage the home utility bills and stuff while traveling for months. John and Josh talk about automation for their banks. And paying bills online. The EntreProgrammers talk about being able to travel without being tied down to one spot, since their work allows them to office anywhere.45:05 – Derick is a bit setup with the launch of his product, not one taker. He did notification by Email, Tweets and Google Plus. Derick is about to pull the product. The teams discuss the click thru rates and data received to make sense of the issues. Also, John and Josh talk about how different payment option could attract sales. Including that fact that theses are classes and how there are limits to what corporation will pay to get seat for their employees.  56:35 – Derick is worried that his launch of the RabbitMQ for Developers bundle will not go well.1:08:00  - John and the team trying to find the specific market for Derick’s RabbitMQ consultation package. 1:11:54 - Derick mentions the Authority Vs. Expert Blog.1:14:50 - John suggest that Derick’s market maybe the Node.JS users.  1:17:24 - Josh is about to leave his job, so he jumps on the finding health insurance independently. The team shares information about the coverage they get based on being entrepreneur.1:29:19 – Josh shares his story about turning in his two-week notice. The boss took it well and was kind of expecting the day Josh leaves.  Since Josh was leaving, TrackAbout ask Josh to do a review about the company on the Glassdoor. John and Derick talk about the interview process when they were first hired at TrackAbout. 1:42:00 - Josh is learning to gauge how much he could work or set work limits. Josh’s gauges his pay based on emails he creates for clients. 1:58:30 - Josh is having some tech issues with splitting MOV. Files in to mp3.Thoughts for the Week Josh – Do not stop after the prices.Chuck  - It’s been a long week.Derick – Do Not jump off too many steps all at once.John – Start moving, and then adjust.  People and Think mentioned in the episode!BooksThe Missing Manual for OSXGetting Things Done ApplicationsTotalFinder:  http://totalfinder.binaryage.comSize Up: http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/Alfred: http://www.alfredapp.comServicesTraveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.comPeopleRyan Deiss Blog http://www.digitalmarketer.com

Episode 64.5"Josh Pulls The Plug"Josh's mentor pressures Josh to take on a new client, Craig. This client has a product/service, a fitness niche that targets runners. Josh is excited about taking on this client because the new client is willing to pay Josh’s fees. Excitingly Josh gives his two-week notice and has jump completely into entrepreneurship. Josh mentions that he feels like he betrayed his current employer, as he was the only iOS develop in the business.  John says that Josh being the only "iOS guy" is enough notice that he is most likely to leave that job. Josh talks about his plans for his new work lifestyle.  He plans to help is wife more, as he is going to be home full-time. Josh notices the small tasks that take up a lot of time, before he gets to the real work. The EntreProgrammers discuss Content Marketing. Josh explains that SEO is not content marketing.  John talks about how these new changes with Josh, could lead to live episodes.In other news, John finally does a podcast with Brenan Dunn.Josh’s new referral client is apart of a mastermind group with his mentor, which means he is pretty serious about his work. John congratulates Josh, but he mentions how Derick’s still tops all.  I wonder what Derick did?Finally, we get to the real impending matters about health, dental and vision insurance. John and Derick give some great information about what to watch for as far as insurance goes. This is great information from those who are experienced entrepreneurs, apart form a regular job that provides health care.John suggests that Josh practice the 70 20 10 model considering the nature of his work.   Josh still questions the soundness of his area of business, and how he doesn’t quiet have the official status to write, blog or publish content about his field. The team reassures his significances in his area of work and affirms that Josh is a key contributor to this area of marketing.  John has an excellent rant about how subjecting yourself and doing your business with conviction. The EntreProgrammers have tons of advice for Josh as he makes his next step into totally freedom from actually employment. Josh talks about how he could possibly start his own podcast soon, because of the circumstances. John reminds Josh of the conference he had attended and how he was light years beyond those who are formally trained.  Josh in total has sent 3.4 million emails for the purpose of marketing. 

Episode 64 Test MonkeyAll right we're live!Derick 3:43 - Derick makes a pitch to 3 people! Mastermind Bundle of RabbitMQ for Developers goes on sale May 12th for $1200 (per person) John7:28 – John returns from a strange QA/Tester conference. John is persuaded that there are good Testers/QA people, but the majority is pretty lazy. John is concerned that there is not enough innovation. Josh14:36 – John has come full circle with automated testing and writing iOS code using a Xamarim. Derick talks about unit testing and building tools. Josh talks about a certain magazine for DEVs that focus on testing in production. John22:03 - John mentions that he believed in the continuous deployment, until Chrome! Broken flash…  Derick talks about how he uses Privacy Badger and Ad Blocker apps, and how they refuse to service Flash. John talks about the keynote of QA, and how QAs are passionate about testing. In short, the Doctor probably can do what the nurse does – and maybe better - but the nurses may to be able to do the doc’s job. John28:35 - John runs into Michael Bolton the famous tester, and turns the sour relationship to a friendly connection.  Also, John meets Dan North that the conference and made some respectable connections. Derick 30:49 – Derick shares how the interviews for RabbitMQ will have far more value for him, as well as his customers. Josh suggests that Derick’s own testimonial would be a great marketing strategy. In other news, Derick is also 22lbs down on the one meal a day.     Chuck 39:20 - Derick mentions the 10 seats for the consulting packing will go live, but the rest of the package will be for sale later on. Josh41:38 – Josh is running on 4 hours of sleep, he had two clients and diving into the projects. He has plenty of excitement that he cannot sleep.  Josh is working websites and backend marketing/data stuff.  Josh says thank you to Brian Harris for the referrals. The EntreProgrammers talk about ways to support Josh’s project, things to do and ways to approach the project, especially with the given circumstances. John talks about changing the work relationship between Josh and his client, which is to use him a referral channel. In turn this will make Josh more money and take the load off his client. John 1:05:35 – John mentions how Josh is one degree away from Tim Ferris. Because of that, Derick is now thinking about not befriending Josh any longer.  John wants software built to make automatic contacts with people in LinkedIn. The rest of the team doesn’t think it is worth the time to do so.  This is John’s vision for another marketing strategy, he mentions how some small businesses use LinkedIn for a small portion of their marketing.  1:17:35 – Johns has over 20,000 followers on Twitter. Here is some talk about Twitter and following rules and limits. 1:21:39 - John is finally going to record an audio version of his book! John is also doing consulting, a test automation gig for Verizon. The EntreProgrammers talk about hourly rates, values base pricing, weekly, or daily rates for doing a consulting job like this particular one. John now decides to update his hourly rate after consulting with the Mastermind.  1:33:32 – John mentions a highlight of the QA conference, the 70-20-10 model, a productively model for where your focus should be. Chuck 1:35:00 – Chuck is trying to decide or figure the value of Dev Chat TV. Chuck is trying to refine the efforts of his podcast, content and platform of Dev Chat. Chuck has also hired a VA to support his YouTube channel, email, and some podcast content. Johns gives some feedback on how to divide the work, and how provide access to sensitive information to VAs. 1:43:00 - The EntreProgrammers share information about how and why assistants are to document their task list or work. 1:51:25 - John shares information about LastPass, a folder you could share with your assistants.  John talks about how divide weekly and quarterly time sensitive work. 1:59:21 – The EntreProgrammers Retreat Info: June 1st there will be a page for payment to reserve you spot with the EntreProgrammers.  Link is below for the email list. 2:01:52 - Thoughts for the DayJohn – Make sure that you have the poker into more than one fire.Josh – Rise to the challenge, and define the work.Chuck - You can’t improve things unless you continually measure it. People and things mentioned in this episode!Master Mind Bundle of RabbitMQ for Developershttp://derickbailey.com/2015/05/07/update-on-rmq-for-developers-consulting-to-be-available/Xamarimhttp://xamarin.com/platformc Michael Boltonhttp://www.developsense.com/courses.htmlDan North http://dannorth.net70 20 10http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/70-20-10-formula-for-successful-networking.htmlLastPasshttps://lastpass.comThe EntreProgrammers Retreat http://entreprogrammer.com/retreat2015Book : Anti Fagile  by Nassim Nicoleas Taleb http://www.amazon.com/Antifragile-Things-That-Disorder-Incerto/dp/0812979680Book: Traction by Gino Wickmanhttp://www.amazon.com/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1431300621&sr=1-1&keywords=traction+by+gino+wickman

Episode 63 Work'n For The Man!We're Live!EntreProgrammers talk about doing arm curls with smart phones and experiencing intense fatigue.John is at an undisclosed location…with his new MacBook Pro. 6:30 - What Johns is up to this week-       Badge launch for Simple Programmer-       Recording tons of Get Up and Code Podcasts-       Selling old hardware, thanks to Twitter followers-       Waiting on Double Your Money project with Kai-       Getting ready for Europe-       Things going well with new VA8:18:10 - Tech TalkThis is a conversation about using the Boot-camp feature or VM ware - the pro and cons of using Windows on Mac. 19:05 - Derick – Trying to find a people to do the intro rabbitmq in different languages (code).20:00 - John buys special traveler clothing – Merino Wool clothing- clothing you could wear for up to 100 days straight, minimum maintenance apparel.  Johns is getting prepared to spend some time in Europe (Berlin, Iceland, Dublin) – so he is packing light.  Also, trying to figure out the time zone difference, to keep up with the EntreProgrammers podcast recording schedule. 27:25 - John is thinking about using - Perfect Audience  - a retargeting across Facebook and Twitter. http://www.perfectaudience.comJosh 30:00 – Josh has some issue with migrating to a new Mac, and hit with the bluetooth issue some OSX systems have as well. Also, some talk about maintaining your Macbook. 39: 25 – Josh is going through the Theater of the Mind program to clear is thought patterns http://www.psycho-cybernetics.com/theatre-of-the-mind.htmlJosh talks about his explainer video project, and how the coordinator has “gone dark.”  Josh is working closely with is mentor and trying to keep up with business and all other projects.   40:39 – John signs off for at least an hour. Chuck48:52 - Chuck is finalizing stuff for the Ruby Remote Conf., and talking to companies to for sponsorship. Chuck is talking about getting some sponsorship for Ruby Rogues and JavaScript Jabber podcast.  He is also thinking about raising prices on the sponsorship spots, which could lead to him quitting consulting. Chuck shares his thoughts on the strengths of the podcasts community between JavaScript and Ruby Rogues. 50:48 - Josh is attempting to expand the advertising on the Sublime Text New Letter project, and is asking to Chuck to go in with him to help advertise and possibly split revenue.1:06:15 - Chuck is working on funnels for Ruby Rogues and creating several videos for Rail Clips to publish through-out the week. Dev. Box Club- what should Chuck throw into the box? Books, T-shirts, Ardunio, Videos, etc. http://www.arduino.cc1:11:16 – Derick ask if we ever seen his "Slide Chop." I don’t think so…? Do we want to? I'll pass…  Derick shares information about a pass Ardunio base project that Chuck should use as a fun box project. 1:13:21 - Chuck is speaking a couple of developer groups, about “How To Be More Hirable.” And he gave his second talk a Toast Masters club, on podcasting. Chuck has started a small interest for those among the Toast Masters club who want to learn more about podcasting and creating a show.  Chuck informs us more about what Toast Masters is about. http://www.toastmasters.org/1:20:12 - Chuck took the Pod-Track sponsorship.  He is also trying to workout how to be best efficient with his time and money, as he is picking where and who should take on sensitive projects and menial projects. Derick 1:23:00 – Derick is working on the rabbitmq project, as he is deciding small things like the sign-up page and redesigning for marketing purposes. Every small detail like transcriptions of interviews will be apart of the e-book.   Derick is also working on a mastermind group bundle with a sign-up limit of 10 people. Chuck gives feedback on the value and cost Derick should think about. 1:37:35 – Derick has done 4 interviews and a high profile name in the business. Derick recaps for Josh.  Josh suggests a selling beta version – early access to a few buyers that could give feedback.  Josh is concern about the number of emails and signups that Derick has as of now. The EntreProgrammers discuss way to help Derick’s launch of his package. Main concerns the number of interested people and price. Derick is impatient and wanting to launch and fix issues later. Update on the EntreProgrammer Retreat2:00 - Josh has a conflict with the date for the EntreProgrammers Retreat. The date could possibly be moved again.  Next week will have an absolute date for the retreat. Thoughts for the weekJosh - You will not allow yourself to have the things that you don’t think you deserve.Derick – Rather or not you think you can, your right.John – Simplify, and  "F-U to fate"Chuck – Focus on solution, instead of problems 

Episode 62"Ham Is Made From Hamsters"3:31 - We"re Live!John is getting a Pulp Fiction vibe from Chuck!Chuck is back in black, at Rails Comp! Chuck, slicing and dice with others developers and making a scene, enjoying the meetings, but starting to dislike being away at conferences. Lots of networking and marketing about Rails Clips and much more. Chuck says the take-way of the conference would be sponsorship and Rail Clips. The Entreprogrammers discuss the next step with marketing by email and sharing one others network to expand their marketing tactics, and a discussion about not stepping on toes when doing and receiving favors. 13:43 – Chuck's meet-up goes great in Atlanta, after the conference, dinner with a few true fans. 16:54 – Derick, working on rabbitmq package, interviews, transcriptions and tons of valuable material for consumers. Josh asks for further explanation about the content of the interviews with the rabbitmq users.  Derick is writing a e-book of this new material - he mentions that there will be some discounts involved– and more interviews lined up to complete the package.  22:57 – Derick is pondering on a pre-sale to generate interest and support for transcriptions and production.  John suggest pre launch content – leak out a few clips of material – and build up excitement about the launch. Derick plans a full launch sequence, first emails and them launch. 29:46 – Josh suggest to Derick, doing a limited pre-launch sale – to about ten people at a discount price - this will be a beta product for the early buyers.This is excellent advice from the mastermind – putting all their heads together to help one member’s success – which will eventually will great learning for the entire mastermind and followers.  34:31 - Chuck suggest to Derick to setup two parallel sales funnels, to convert the JS community.   The Entreprogrammers talk about how to reach out the other language (code) communities with this product. Although a great deal of work it could be worth the time for those who want to learn a new language. 41:15 – Josh suggest that Derick bottle up the energy he has for this project, and let it translate into his screencast that he wasn't keen on in earlier times. 46:57 – Josh is still in parenting mode for another week.48:18  - Chuck signs off…50:00 – Josh is working on copyright stuff in the morning and take the rest of the day off. He is updating his website, and sorting through old information.  Josh is not having an easy time with AdWords, and redoing his LinkedIn profile.  1:05:00 - Josh is helping build a specialized funnel for is mentor. Ton of editing and “leg work.” The team talks about when and where ads are most affective, also the revenue made from all the efforts.   1:06:00 - Ad space on websites, newsletters for passive income – John and Josh talk about providing Ad space on the webpages for various clients. 1:08:00 - Busy times take John away from healthy eating on the one-meal-a-day diet. John is trying to get schedule for a podcast with Brennan Dunn. 1:10:00 - John is talking Kai Davis at: http://doubleyouraudience.com. This is an interesting service that helps promote your content to grow your audience. Listen to the interesting approach to his marketing strategy. John is thinking about getting Keith Perhac to do some marketing work for Simple Programmer. 1:16:00 - John creates a badge system. Also here is some info about, Pretty Link https://prettylinkpro.com – John talks about the use of this program for redirecting. 1:19:00 - Josh suggest to John, about hiring and editor to manage writers. This will help to create a blog post per day. 1:24:00 - John shares his Pages Views: Jan 127,000, Feb 163,000, Mar, 188,000 April 131,000, and Daily Average 5500-6000 page views. 1:29:00 - Josh mention James Clear blog post, about, “The 2 type of Growth” and web about web traffic vs. production. http://jamesclear.com/growth-curves1:31:00 - John is thinking about implementing the "Tim Ferris job application thing."  Then some talk about a text-editor shoot-outs and some training of verbal programming.1:37:00 - John is starting to do transcriptions for his YouTube videos, thanks to VAs. Derick suggest to John to hire an editor familiar to, or from the journalism field. 1:40:24 - John gets his Site Point article published, "How to Creating a Chrome Extension is Ten Minutes Flat," at: http://www.sitepoint.com/create-chrome-extension-10-minutes-flat/1:46:00 - John enjoys use FollowLiker, http://www.followliker.com. He’s growing! John has 18.7k follower of Twitter… These EntreProgrammers are trying to understand the proper way TweetAdder was supposed to be used?Tech Talk1:49:40 - Josh is migrating to a new macbook, he question is if the migration utility was worth using? Of Course…1:51:00 - John is due for a monitor upgrade – he no longer using to 4k monitors- John is think about moving to a curve 5k monitor.  Also, John ask the group if maybe the New Macbook and the 5k iMac are sufficient for his workflow. Derick suggest to wait for the next generation Macbook. Read the review of the New Macbook.  Thoughts of the Day!Josh ­­– The physical stuff always beat virtualDerick  - Sometimes doing it your self is worth it, just to learn something new…John – Dream Big. 

Episode 61 "I Want Cupcakes!"We're Live!Derick gives and introduction to our new sponsor, Raygun.io, an error tracking service, release tracking. https://raygun.ioDerick reveals his newfound vision, with his new spectacles. Here’s good detail info on some eye care, especially with working in-front of computer screens all day. The group chats about age, and what they were doing when… 30 plus is old? Age verses experience…8:08 – Chuck shares his, New Media Expo and MicroComp experience. Most exciting events were the quad-copters.  John agrees that Micro Comp was worth it! Just by the networking and the people you get to meet. 12:48 – Chuck talks about email marketing. Also some advise from Brennan Dunn, to create A Guide of How to Deploy Apps.  Yes, so Chuck has some great ideas to begin work on. The EntreProgrammers discuss how each of them deploys apps, and different strategies to funnel to products they’ve created. 24:48  – John talks about work with a new full-time VA, and being able to gain back time (20 hours), and able to do more projects. John details the type of projects he has his VA working on, and how outsourcing theses tasks have better results as far as presentation, SEO, etc. 30:41 - Chuck asks what John's production schedule looks like, as far as timing of blog post. John weekly work schedule for blogging:New blog post Monday (2000-3000 word blog post)-       Another blog post on Thursday of the YouTube video with the highest views-       Once a month shooting 26 videos for SP32:56 - Derick is impressed with John's production of videos. Derick says he recently created several screencast and is drained with all tasks involved. EntreProgrammers talk about the tiny mistakes in the content the produce, and how in certain circumstances the small missteps end up benefiting followers. John talks about the magic of editing video and audio,  "Its like you got this god power!" over editing. 43:24 – While John was at MicroComp, he was surprise with how many people listen to EntreProgrammers podcast.47:55 – Chuck talk about his talk with Rob Walling. 51:17 - John talks about his biggest takeaway of MicroComp talks.  John realizes a fresh approach to reinvesting into Simple Programmer.  55:36 – Josh join the group for some undisclosed location.  Josh gets a new computer and new baby boy. Josh gives the run down of hospital stays, baby births, and being unplugged from the world. 1:04:45 – Derick is taken some action items from John’s book, and make contact with some individuals.  The third degree of separation and the kind of connections you can achieve is amazing.       1:10:55 - Josh shares a tip he found about how to follow-up with someone by email without being pushy. Johns shares his god power of the censor beep. Derick talks about creating hype about new material he is working on. 1:18:43 – Chuck asks questions on how to Derick has thought out his marketing strategy of rabbitmq. Derick is trying something new. He has been influenced by Keith Perhac and his mastermind group to try this new venture.  Derick has continue his search for new ideas and materials, and has realize that every production does not to be an epic home run. 1:26: 33 – John mention how popular Josh's email has been among those who attended MicroComp.  Josh is in the workings with others in the copyright business, and making contacts. Josh is striving to work with people at Microsoft, Adobe, etc. Josh continues to praise the access to professions using LinkedIn. 1:35:00 - Josh and John talk about the features of Tweet Adder, and Followliker. Also, some info on how to avoid getting blacklisted from a few of these social media tools. http://www.followliker.com. The entreprogrammers discuss the practice of marketing using spamming? Spamming gracefully. 1:45:12 - Josh talks about using Contactually, a CRM tool, to syncing all his contact and calendaring events. https://www.contactually.com1:52:08 - John mentions the features of SendOwlhttps://www.sendowl.com1:57:55 – EntreProgrammers Retreat: Confirmation for October 16-19th 2015Tentative price 1200 bucks.  http://entreprogrammers.com/retreat2015Tuesday, April 21Meet Chuck in Altanta, GA at conference center for Railcomp. Tweet to find Chuck for a meetup!   Thoughts of the weekJosh – Go for the bigger WinsDerick – Remember why you are doing all this.John - Don't be a miser Chuck – Sometime you have to make big steps.

Episode 60 A Lesson in MarketingToday's Group – John, Josh, Derick, Chuck, and Keith Perhac0:17 – All right, We're Live!Exciting news! Derick introduces Digital Ocean as a new sponsor for the next (Episode 61). Learn more here at: https://www.digitalocean.com/2:22 – John gives an introduction to Keith Perhac, co-host of the Kalzumeus Podcast. Keith is a digital marketing guru of DelfiNet. http://delfi-net.com, and check out this podcast at http://www.kalzumeus.comProfessional Counsel5:54 – Derick asked Keith a few questions about how to package his screencast products for marketing, should he sell his product by category levels or tiers to get the best returns.13:09 – Keith shares his insight on package bundles that have Work Sheets attached. Reason being is that some people have tons of time or money, and worksheets are a quick checklist to success. It creates value by way of getting your customer on the fast track to their goals. It is a time saver, because every developer/entrepreneurs needs to beat the learning curve.14:29 – Chuck asked Keith of about how he could monetize a weekly or monthly video series subscription. What could Chuck do, Tiers, Videos, Webinars, E-Books, and various kinds of Tier subscriptions.These EntreProgrammers discuss the various ways to package and monetize their products. These are subscriptions tiers and access to the communities that they have created for networking, and general access to viewing instructional material.17:06 – Chuck explains his trials with his products subscriptions, podcast, and videos.Coaching20:02 – Keith talks about how valuable coaching is to customers, and should not be discounted. However, discount coaching might be possible if this was a continuous service, to keep it appealing for the client.24:41 – John suggest presenting a formal landing page for coaching services and advertising. This concept provides a final and transparent documentation of coaching service cost, and a final set price.28:00 – John has a question about the pricing of his material, How to Market Yourself package. John’s idea is to make more revenue over time, rather than converting customers with discounted versions of his product.31:19 – Here is a discussion about the extreme price of the Apple Watch special edition. Keith makes an interesting point about the price gimmick of theses watches. Keith explains that they are set high, and perhaps, not expected to sell huge. However, this creates the illusion that consumer tier Apple watches appear cheaper and affordable at 550 dollars. Nice marketing trick!Keith shares information on funneling your customers to your products. He also talks about the trials and errors on how to make your marketing efforts worth your time.41:41 – Keith asks what the team uses for their CRM (customer relationship management) or email system. John responds that Drip is their main system. The group discusses the hundreds of features Drip offers and which ones they enjoy the most.This section is great for understanding how CRMs could give you feedback stats, and data that could help you manage your sales. Understanding analytical feedback can provide information on the demographic your sales, and whom you need to target in the forthcoming sales.53:28 – John shares his impromptu sale of How To Market Yourself. John tries a generic type of sales approach, with no particular link to holidays or special events. Josh suggests that even a random reason like a “snow day” could be a great sales motive. Keith talks about the emotional connection that people often make with such random topics or events, which then ultimately generates a frenzy of customers.1:06:42 – Keith adds that marketing is applied psychology.1:19:53 – Chuck is staying Las Vegas for an extra day at the New Media Expo. http://nmxlive.com/2015-lv/1:21:33 – Johns test the Thrive Leads plugin at: http://thrivethemes.com/leads/1:25:54 – Derick subscribers are climbing by 10 a month, 370 to 326 from 6 months ago. Go Derick!1:27:37 – John shares more about his new HD YouTube video. The first video of this revamp series is out!1:28:48 – Josh brings up new info on the Tweet Adder update. The new feature rate limits...? http://tweetadder.com. Josh talks about the backend work of a client’s websites.1:40:33 – John is often asked why he gives a lot of product away for free, like the blog post, etc. John explains that if they are consuming free material, they are probably willing to pay for well-organized and packaged products.1:40:09 – Keith explains the practice of retargeting. Retargeting, the secret sauce on Internet marketing. The group continues to examine the marketing strategy of huge companies verses the small companies. Small businesses need to know the Return on Investment (ROI) and figure what area of marketing need more funds.1:57:11 - EntreProgrammer Retreat: tentative dates are October 16-19, 2015. Cost is about $1200. For more information email or visit: http://entreprogrammers.com/retreat2015You can find more information on Keith Perhac; http://delfi-net.com or http://www.kalzumeus.comThoughts of the Day  Derick - Face your fears head-onChuck - Read: The Richest Man In BabylonJohn - Don’t try to get caught up, focus on opportunityJosh – Sleep get it while you can…Keith - How do we make people feel special…Publish your podcast with SignalLeaf: https://www.signalleaf.com/

Episode 59 "The Universe will bend…"0:18 - Ok, We're Live!Check out this sponser! Build Better Software – http://buildbetter.software4:34 - Derick shares some customers feedback on website navigation issues. Derick explains how to make a life-long friend of rabbitmq and watchmecode.net. This section teaches on how to handle issues, and provide customers service at a profound level. Personal development, books, audiobooks and more…9:17 – Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Action items! Derick is practicing visualization and belief in achieving goals. Josh is leaning toward the Psycho-Cybernetics practices, and explains the mystics of the thought process and events or needs revealing its self, like the actions items in Think and Grow Rich. The EntreProgrammers discuss the visualization realities, beliefs, and the law of attraction.23:33 - As apart of this discussion John recommend The Science of Getting Rich, Wallace D. Wattles, the pre cursor of Think and Grow Rich. 27:33 – Josh explains a mental failure script that he fears every time he begins a project. This was a past experience that carried over in to his current work approach. Chuck give feedback on how to counter this fear with the help of books.32:29 – Derick ask John how he has time to absorb book content. John does audio book 3X speed, plus reading during workout times. Talk about 2015 Retreat39:02 - EntreProgrammers Retreat information – The dates move up to October.  Check it for more developments at entreprogrammers.com/retreat2015Chuck, the businessman43:52 – Chuck has the episode campaign for all his products. There are plenty of excited subscribers. Chuck implements the mastermind advice and shows some success. 49:05 - Chuck was approach by an online magazine company called The GG or The Gentlemen Genius, to promote Rails Clips. Also, Chuck was interviewed by The Debossified podcast about a bad boss experience and how to help other entrepreneurs.http://www.gentlemangenius.comhttp://debossified.com    John Talks about books and concepts of running a business. 52:15 – John gives information about EMyth Revisited by Michael Gerber, as a basis or structure for running a business. John describes this a how McDonald runs, or the management of it’s people. 1:04:17 - Chuck talks about cutting expenses. The programmers discuss the pros and cons of how expenses are dealt with. The cost and return on items. This is excellent planning and review of what you could save on, or save on time.1:09:33 - John shares his video project and streamlining the process. The excitement of reinventing these videos will definitely pay off. 1:17:14 – Derick does his first keynote at SpaceCityJS. Derick expresses his enjoyment of public speaking, but loathes the preparation and waiting. Derick spoke about the Five Stages of Developer Grief. 1:23:57 – Josh suggest the possibility of monetizing on the emotional connection Derick has achieved with his keynote at SpaceCityJS1:29:45 - UDemy has tried to connect with John about his courses. Possibly more content production for John including some marketing perks. This is similar to a repacking deal of his content, to a wider market that he may not have reached yet. Derick suggest that John should have the authority to pull his content from UDemy, and or also be able to pair the UDemy content with SP site products. https://www.udemy.comThought of the Day!Chuck – The antidote of fear is actionDerick – Build relationship first and foremostJohn – Adjust the sales….Josh – Break it to pieces and work on the small pieces        Publish your podcast with SignalLeaf: https://www.signalleaf.com/

Episode 58 "If She Doesn't Float, We Burn Her"1:07 – We're Live!2:28 – EntreProgrammers Retreat, December 4-5, 2015, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Workshops on email marketing, podcast, brand building, etc.  Sign up for the mailing list and stay up to date with detail as they develop.http://entreprogrammer.com/retreat2015Chuck shares his week9:53- Chuck’s Kick-starter campaign reached it’s funding requirements!  Time to record videos, and begin work. This is a great example of entrepreneurial planning. Chuck decides from multiple point of view how he should maximize on the screencast he is going to market. There are several approaches he is using to market; in this case, email is one ways in this particular market that is used to reach out.    Josh talks about soccer ball…a job Josh was looking into19:41- Josh receives advice for the EntreProgrammers about techniques on following up, and creating a conversation to get the next interview.   John talks about understanding the employer’s need and be confident enough to carry out these duties.  Chuck: "Hulk wants job…now!" or give this approach a shot.Virtual Office tools 26:45 – John buy Boomerang, a Gmail plugin that help you follow-up. John is trying to connect with Chad Fowler, and Chuck has some connections.  http://www.boomeranggmail.comJosh shares a similar plugin called Streak a free Gmail plugin https://www.streak.com 30:04 – John's book, Soft Skills, is on the front page for the ultimate list of programming books.http://simpleprogrammer.com/2015/03/23/the-ultimate-list-of-programming-books/John has a plan or technique to help Soft Skills in sales, is to make associations with other books in the best-seller list.  This is a simple, but affective way to market.36:00 – Minimalist or EssentialismJohn talks about focusing on one project at a time, and completing project that will be used through out the rest of the year. These new ideas are to create a new book, along with 52-blog post scheduled for a weekly release. This blog post will coincide with the book. The main point is to create this material within a 2-month time period and schedule the material for the rest of the year. Next, to is complete all the video material for Simple Programmer within a month, for the rest of the year. This allows for focusing on one project, instead of juggling several.  42:21 – Josh ask what things John plans to cut out of his task. Some WorkoutsGet Up and Code! 45:46 – Derick directs Johns attention to author, blogger, Chris Strom http://japhr.blogspot.com50:32 – John is about to up his video quality soon.58:00 - John charts out the hour of his week. Blog =3 hoursYouTube = 2 hoursEntreProgramers = 2 hoursEmail =10.5 hoursGet up an Code = 1 hourSpeaking Engagments = 7 hours  Guest Post = 4 hours Anthony at Health CareDoug = 1 hourTwitter = 3 hoursZephyr = 1 hour  Total about 35ish hours1:00:00 – The EntreProgrammers talk about the pros & cons of breaking the cycle of work. Watch and listen closely to the possible drawbacks and successes involve in taking a cessation in your regular schedule. 1:11:17 – Josh had his conference, Get Clients in 30 Days as a Copyrighter Conference. Josh idea is to target software companies for clients. Josh attempts to get one on one time with Bob Bly. He manages to get the teacher's pet treatment form Bly.This proves the social and communication skills entrepreneurs have to possess to make successful networking and connections.1:27:43 – The EntreProgrammers talk about the Million Dollar Consulting by Alan Weiss great book for adding to entrepreneurial skill set.  Speaking at Conferences1:30:00 - These programmers discussing value in participating in conference as a keynote speaker. Is it worth the time? What kinds of opportunities does this attract?  When should you speak at conferences?1:34:30 - Chuck has other appointment to keep, iPhreaks and such. 1:39:07 – John an actor? What? 1:45:31 – Josh and the programmers decided that speaking at a conference may give leverage to a "new comer" in the field.1:46:03 - John recommends the book,Traction 1:49:19  Thought for the DayDerick – It’s not about being perfect, it about progressJohn – Focus on what is essentialJosh – Don’t be content to stand inline Publish your podcast with SignalLeaf: https://www.signalleaf.com/

Episode 57"It's a Full-Time Job, Trying to Not Have a Full-Time Job"Small Talk  1:07 – All right We’re Live!  Minus Josh? How is everyone doing?1:24 – Chuck is all right and Derick is stressed, time for some R&R. Derick finishes a screencast of rabbitmq. 2:10 – A little bit of Apple product malfunctions happened with these EntreProgrammers. Magic or Tragic track pad problems and MacBook Pro screen issues.  Apple Customer support gives John special treatment. Moral of the story: Quickly document issues with the company as soon as you experience problems, especially within the one-year warranty. Theses Gents express their affinity with Mac products, but still the… usefulness of a PC. I’m a Mac…Hello PC. 11:41- A quick allegory of how these programmers meant. TrackAbout - https://corp.trackabout.comDerick takes the floor14:11 – Derick, completes a production deploy! Wow this guy just did a huge service! Check it out! Change the mainframe…Kill the batch process. 19:43 – Dericks projects: Rabbitmq screencast series complete! Next project please. SpaceCityJS preparations are being processed.  Derick talks about how he plans to package and market these products. The end goal is to maximize. This section is a great resource on project plans and how to implement new products for the market. (Excellent resource for entrepreneurial action plans)Johns takes the spot light25:13 – John extra business, and needs to delegate new projects to employees. Dereck shares how the new projects, including information on Hotjar.com, and how use this service. https://www.hotjar.com John gives insight on how to strategize with your employees. Plans to 7X or 10X…John talks about how he uses ClickBank http://www.clickbank.com34:00 – John’s ideas in revamping how Kanbanflow works?  https://kanbanflow.com Check these ideas out! 39:40 - Entrepreneurial Terms - MRR: Monthly Recurring Revenue. 40:36 - Johns shares shattering ideas on Simple Programmer. Badges! 42:11 - New video project ideas for the his Youtube channel.  43: 16 - John’s talks about his new theme on the Simple Programmer website. http://simpleprogrammer.com  49:01 - Chuck shares how he tempted to migrate from Jekyll to Wordpress.    50:45 – Johns post on “The 11 rules all programmers should live by” goes viral on Twitter, 1037 shares, and 33,000 page view in its 2nd day. http://simpleprogrammer.com/2015/03/16/11-rules-all-programmers-should-live-by/ This section is an excellent example of an entrepreneurial mind at work. John is continuously researching ways to grow his already successful, Simple Programmer Company. John sorts through ideas to out-source tasks, marketing new projects, shooting HD videos for the YouTube Channel, to analyzing statistics for areas that could use improvement, down to optimizing the SP page for leisure and effective experience. Follow these examples, and you’re bound to conquer your next venture.Chuck takes the floor53:37  - Chuck identifies with being buried in work coming from a 6 week Conference marathon.  Next big project is the Kick-starter Campaign for Rails Clips. 57:23 - Chuck is going to continue client projects. 1:00:44 – John advises on Buying Freedom, and thriving on the cyclic achievement.1:01:37 – Derick praises Avdi Grim for his success in completion of his checklist. Read it at: http://journal.avdi.org/2015/03/18/exit-0/ or http://about.avdi.org. A possible guess, maybe?Here is some discussion of financial freedom, wealth building, and when, where, and how to make this work. John talks about idea of merging the EntreProgrammers into one empire? 1:18:24 - Chuck was approach to train a company in Atlanta. Here is information on how to charge for a training project. Johns shares information on how to set rates from PhilSimon.comhttp://www.philsimon.com/about-phil/rates/Derek shares how his screencast Watch Me Code, is essential a secondary approach train in person. 1:29:03 - Here is John’s hack on training.   1:32:00 - Entrepreneurial Terms - Short Term Money Grabs1:32:36 - Chuck approach by PodTrac http://podtrac.com. Derick shares to be careful with 3rd party advertisements. The team gives some feedback on the pro and cons of utilizing a 3rd party service. This is a great discussion of advice and consulting with specialists about what to do in your next move. The EntreProgrammers are a great example of a small mastermind community that sees advice from within the mastermind group. Build your own mastermind team!  1:51:44 – Fight against piracy!1:55:40 - John's audio book picks: Essentialism by Greg McKeown, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven R. Covey Thoughts for the Day!Chuck – If it's not a hell yes, it's a noJohn – Piracy is wrong!Derick - It's ok to take a break Publish your podcast with SignalLeaf: https://www.signalleaf.com/

Episode 56A Lesson In Pricing Models1:07- Alright, we’re live! After 56 episodes these EntreProgrammers have yet to perfect an introduction. Here is some awkward discussion about pirating of music and Disney movies.6:24 – Our guess, Wes McClure joins us from a New York City jail cell. Joking! http://devblog.wesmcclure.com9:09 - Wes gives the lo-down about the process of achieving a Value Base Price system. This information is a great resource for software developers and those in similar fields.    13:03 - Chuck shares his approach to pricing and how much value it provides the client.  Derick shares this thoughts on fixed bid rates and trials of a project using this type of rate.14:50 – John talks about the Fixed bid, Hourly, Weekly based pricing and focusing on the value and project. John continues on about when to use which kind of billing model, in each type of project. Wes shares his prospective on when, where, and how to work, value base pricing in to your projects. Looking at the outcome of your project is key.  23:34 – John makes some good points about the value base pricing of projects.  The time is takes to track your hourly work verses the value on a fix base priced project. The time it takes to administer to your operative is out of the question. On the upside, a fixed base operation with a guarantee job, and has aches to deal with.   24:35 - Wes talks about a Value Buyer, shopping based on the value of the product, not focusing on the price tag.29:45 – Wes differentiates the Contingent model and Value based model. Wes gives information on how to coach your client if they lack the expertise of value in their project. Wes also distinguishes another type of buyer, Price Buyers.34:51 – Derick asks about the risk involved on the developers side of the project.  Wes provides that risks are elements like: the possibilities of issues with the product, maintenance and support of the product, the training aspects, users and feedback.42:56 - Chuck asks about how to deal with joint responsibilities when implementing a development. Or what to do if the client does not uphold their end of their responsibility when the software is launched and their outcome is not what they expected.  Wes gives feedback on the do’s and don’ts, and the kinds models project work best with.51:07- Josh’s question is about how to getting clients from an hourly-based rate to a value based pricing. Wes answers that providing extreme value is a starting point.    54:50 – Josh’s question is about what to do to gain more clients. Wes says to go about gaining clients like your using an hourly model. Elements such as, word of mouth offers great leverage and being proactive.  Wes urges excellent customers service and locking in a future client. 1:04:12 - John talks about 4 levels of freedom, and how these levels tie into the entrepreneurial stance in this field of business. 1:07:23 - Wes gives his background in work, consulting and developing. 1:10:52 – Derick asked how to deal with living paycheck to paycheck to making the change to a value based pricing pay. Wes describes how to slowly convert by saving, doing both pricing models, and various different tactics to implement. Also, Wes talks about the money back insurance to the client, and how it helps the confidence of your client in your services.1:23:50 - John’s famous advice is to go to Thailand, live for cheap and create a passive income to gain freedom. Best advice till now! Finally I get it!  John also gives excellent advice and thoughts of where to begin with using the value based pricing model. The bottom line is you have to be willing to sacrifice to make the change.1:25:45 – Josh asked about the kind of life style Wes leads, according to his current work model. Is there freedom? Wes answers…1:42:00 – John talks about the practice of bonuses or perks in the corporate business and how that would translate to a VA (Virtual Assistant). Johns mentions the practice of intrapreneurship inside of a business. Josh talks about the book, Million-Dollar Consulting, and how the concepts here are also shared in the book.http://www.alanweiss.com/growth-experiences/million-dollar-consulting-convention/1:54:01 – Thought for the WeekDerick: “Focus on small things that are easy to count as a success…” Very insightful!John: “One Percent More” Chuck: “ Be true to yourself”Josh: “Guard your mindset”Wes: “Buy on value”Publish your podcast with SignalLeaf: https://www.signalleaf.com/

Episode 55 “I Just Want It To Be Fast, Dang It!”Derick  1:07 - Alright , We’re Live!No Chuck today. Boo. Derick describes his travel disasters due to snow in Dallas/Fort Worth. Icepocalypse 2015! 4:32 – As Derick thaws out for his northern expedition… He had a great conference in Manitoba.   Now, ready to rev-up for the next conference SpaceCityJS in Houston TX.  Also, more on strategies and tactics to streamline information on website and backend information.13:00 – John talks about migrating to different servers for lighting fast web speeds. More talk on prices, and how to get deals because of his promotion efforts. Maybe updates to the theme on the EntreProgrammers site?  Tons of web tinkering information for beginners! Optimization or Fastification!John31:05 – John’s Author Summit in Salt Lake Cityhttp://blog.pluralsight.com/author-summit-2015Royalty treatment for yours truly, Sir John Sonmez, walks the orange carpet.  John had great networking and contacts and PluralSight author summit. Super Levarge!  John, finally meets Chuck for the first time.40:28 - John host a webinar with Dan Martel https://clarity.fm/danmartell/43:53 – John advertisements get him paid with BlueHost http://www.bluehost.com/45:23 – John setting up an IFTT for mailchimp to Drip. 48:00 - Paid advertisements in the works. Anyone? Possibly, out source advertisement to someone who knows multiple platforms.   When, Who, Where and How…52:41 - Entrepreneurial skills begin to stretch-out as John finds himself needing more help, and ways to free up his time to do more important things. But, he finds it difficult to let the reins go and still get things done.54:35 – Josh and Derick give excellent advise to seek professional counsel for the next level break through. “It’s Gonna Go Boom!”John’s ADHD and Medication. Redlining RPMs!The EntreProgrammers discuss the types of growth (exponential, long term) and the areas to focus on that may be slowing the growth entirety of Simpleprogrammer.     1:00:02- John gives a list of his weekly task. Check it out! Take a look at the life of a successful programmer, in-depth and explained.Josh1:07:39 - Purged his list, deletes 10,000 emails. Josh shares that Drip has account export. He intentional saves a stack of emails…Next, project is a webinar and coaching. John gives feedback of things to try or implement for higher results. John suspects that patrons of Josh’s Sublime movement, maybe a bit more fugal. Maybe the reason Josh’s sales are lower than expected. 1:21:23 - Josh working incognito? Copyright gig? Well-known marketer? Whaaaat?  Listen to Josh’s clever application submission, excellent way to grab attention and get recognize. 1:27:28 - Massive growth of EntreProgrammers followers, 6 week average 1300 followers, 67,000 downloads… Big leaps friends. Thank you!Derick shares about subscribers’ benefits for his screen cast of rabbitmq. 1:32:27 - John recommends the Entertainment Book! 6 buck for coupons. But it’s the concept of how the book works that is genius. Derick mentions how he justifies the cost of things.https://www.entertainment.com/coupon/welcome.jsp?gclid=CI_HmvHalsQCFdgUgQodR5gAsg1:36:28 – EntreProgrammers talk about the ideas of value base pricing. Theses programmers have some serious books, information, and the how-to implement ways to save and make money.Information on the Discovery Contract: Consultant discovers your faulty points in your business, and gets paid for it.1:48:00 - John reveals how he installed a WordPress plugin (Transposh), to translated his blog into varies languages. Sluggish webpage, I think so…1:51:31Thought For the Day!Josh  “Do nice things for people”  Derick “Just show up everyday”John “Live by the sword, die by the sword”Publish your podcast with SignalLeaf: https://www.signalleaf.com/

Episode 54"I'm Not Playing Slot Machines"2:13 - And We're Live! Wait, without John?Derick launches his Pro ExpressJS Screen Cast Bundle. Doing well on sales. Josh mentions Drip’s new drop down menu for time zone selections. Also an excellent default admin time zone feature added. Charles gives homage to Drip’s features and usability. Charles and Derick give information on advertisement and campaigns. Both have multiple strategies on how to setup these types of marketing and developing task. Also, using the Drip feature in such away that your accounts are separate, but easy to monitor several accounts. 17:33The EntreProgrammers give Mandy at http://www.devreps.com two thumbs up! Great collaboration 21:00Josh does a webinar with Sean Fiorito of Sketching With CSS http://www.sketchingwithcss.com28:28Charles is working on ways to incorporate ads in with his show notes. 31:17Kick starter campaign talk by Charles. Stripe Account vs. Merchant Account, Derick explains why he favors Stripe. Maybe PayPal, a little bit..kinda? Derick does not bash Merchant, but is even willing to use PayPal. 35:41 – John joins the wolf pack, “I’m Not Playing Slot Machines.”Derick and John, both notice a difference with buyers who use PayPal, more users and increase sales. John makes a good point that using PayPal bypasses the entering of credit card information. That maybe that deal breaker, quick and easy.42:00 - John, headed to an author retreat in Salt Lake City.John buys a new iPhone 6 plus. Discussion of how these programmers use data, texting, calling. This cellular data usage is what makes the word go-around! Lets just throw money into their pockets…53:45 - Mayday mayday Chuck in on mute!  Josh compares the iPhone 6 to a handling live fish, slippery. 1:00:00 Health! John runs 10K, 3 times per week.  Kill’n it!1:00:05Charles inquires about how to reach out to people for his Kick Starter program. Specifically on how to space out the advertisements. Also, he plans to launch the Ruby Remote Comp in June 2015. Charles has several speakers line-up for Ruby Remote Comp. 1:15:59 John took is MacBook in for diagnostic test. 1:17:20 - Surface Pro 3, Profitable? Really?Josh vents about how he has to rewrite code to fix compatibility with 64bit systems. Darn it Apple! 1:23:02 - Josh gets another VSL (video sales letter) project. Topic: Natural Gas. Fart jokes anyone? 1:26:20 – John gets a response from Ryan Holiday, about John’s book, Soft Skills. 1:32:15 – A Recapping for John, Tardy boy!1:36:30 – John starts coaching services page at http://simpleprogrammer.com/coaching-services/1:41:09 - Derick is head to Manitoba next week for the Prairie DEVCON, March 2-3, 2015. http://www.prairiedevcon.com Are these EntreProgrammers are working top secret? Hush hush Projects? Thoughts for the Day!Derick- Leverage!Josh - Nothing yet…(Stay away for iOS)    John – “Get knocked down 6 times, get up 7”Charles – “Just keep going.”Publish your podcast with SignalLeaf: https://www.signalleaf.com/

Episode 53   "Its All Megabytes Man!"02:46 Derick decides to torcher us with more acapella singing "For the first time in forever!"13 reviews for EntreProgrammers, up 2 reviews since the last.04:11John expresses his dislike with Apple's review process, and their denying the problems with the 2012 Macbook Pro screen. Own It and Fix It!7:14So what is going on in the world of the EntreProgrammers?Derick is swapped with preparing a talk and work on batch processes scheduling with new developed software. 9:30Healthy Diet? Eating One Meal A Day?John describes his gorging on a foot and a half long sub and cheesecake. As, Derick tries not to think of the “Brisket Nachos” from the previous night.   So in between work, family and kids, and paying “Uncle Sam” these programmers struggle with grazing in the green pastures. Grass Fed Programmers? 18:33 Express.js talk!Derick talks about his Drip Campaign for launching the Express.js screen cast series. 20:45This is going to be a valuable series, showing how to do things right with Express.js; routes, middleware, and cleaning up code.  Watch out, 4 pro tips by Derick!26:17 Java script pitch Free videos and working and are gaining followers! Praise to guess Jake from episode 51, his advice is help Derick’s YouTube videos. 29:54 John spoke with Dan Martell, who shares advice on how distinct his production and marketing strategies impact his product. https://clarity.fm/danmartell 32:42Derick “toots his horn” about his RabitMQ series vidoes. No, idea what he’s talking about? But, a bunch of cool programmer jargon. This guy needs to solve world hunger…42:20Sponsors, Telerik and Drip, Merci Beaucoup!43:30 Drips Been Kill’n It!Josh raves about the new features Drip offers. Lead Scoring rocks!   44:40Pruning!John trims his list 1500 and improves his opening rates. 46:27John shares the success with his course on How To Market Yourself, the success is attributed to his email course. 47:28 Blog Post on Life Hacker! Evergreen Traffic John submits the Joel Test for Programmers!   http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.htmlhttp://simpleprogrammer.com/2015/02/16/joel-test-programmers-simple-programmer-test/55:18Best Selling author Ryan Holiday John get advice for Ryan, possible re-launch of Soft Skills.  Also, having a huge mailing list +8,000 could help with acquiring guess post.  Again, focus on “Leverage.”1:00:06John is going to make an appearance on McMethod podcast- http://www.themcmethod.com/facebook-marketing-master-derek/1:04:30John did an interview with Paul Mooney, who did a show on- http://www.dotnetrocks.comJohn mentions he has growth of 30%, currently has 3100 subscribers on YouTube. He can seem drop some things due to the exciting growth of projects. 1:09:00  Josh Takes the Floor with Advertisement CampaignsJosh is updating his Google AdWords site, cleaning out the cobwebs.  He is gearing up to do a webinar with 200 signups, next week. Johns suggest that Josh ways to scale up, his advertisements and increase the stream, using Reddit. 1:27:10 A Thugz Life!Josh is apart of a copyright project for dog performance enhancement. This is a much see section a josh explains is challenge.   Sublime TextJosh talks about his projects with Sublime Text. http://www.sublimetext.com1:35:54 Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarcoJohn mentions he is reading Millionaire Fastlane. He expresses his thoughts on the takeaway of the book. “Become the franchise owner” Good reads!1:42:45John reaches Pat Flynn’s executive assistant. A possible future interview, maybe?1:45:09Thought for the DayAs John searches for deep meaning in life, he suggests signing off with a thought for the day. Derick steals John’s  “It’s about the process, not perfection.”

The EntreProgrammers Episode 52 "How 'Merica Is This"8:12  Derick sings "Let It Go" 10:41The Enterprogrammers have a discussion of the Dropbox integration with SignalLeaf. Derrick mentions the excellent integration of Dropbox with SignalLeaf. Great new feature is the ID tag recognition. Things to fix or update, is the date feature. Derick talks about how podcasters are eager to make the exciting switch to have excess to the time saving features. 15:06 Derrick explains the integration features and how-to-do list for dates, publishing...etc. 16:30Charles suggests creating videos on "how to publish podcast in less then a minute,” or other “how-to videos in less then a minute.”John speaks highly of audio books Traction by Justin Mares and Gabriel Weinbreg, and Money, Master the Game by Tony Robbins. Money, Master the Game is a game changer for new comers and the tried & true entrepreneurs. John talks about how successful entrepreneurs invest in seminars despite the extreme cost.29:40The Wrap Up of JS Remote CompCharles shares the positive feed back with JS Remote Comp. Charles also discovered new ideas for conferences in future. The Team has more discussion about Ruby and design features.Charles continues on about his consulting business, and what he thinks is helping the business to pickup. 45:07 “Soft Kills”John talks about the 5 soft kills every software engineer should know. John give emphasis on the delivering great of the presentations and how it is very important to be captivating. John was able to sale products or courses and get sign-ups and acquire more email addresses. 49:28Derick will be speaking at Praire Dev Con at Manitoba in March and giving the keynote Space City JS in Houston, TX. He will be giving insight on the entrepreneurial and developmental aspects as a developer. 51:38John interviewing Dan Martell, a Canadian Entrepreneur, CEO/Founder of Clarity, Angel Investor. Also, an speak with, Ryan Holiday, an author and marketer. John will possibly use his help with marketing John's book, Soft Skills.John shares his thoughts on using "Leverage" to his advantage for the advertisement of his book. John shares his thoughts and plan to implement some outsource some marketing, editing, planning and taking over weekly task for John's share of work. The Mastermind team contributes to the idea of their ideal workhorse team member to take over small tasks. John jokingly admits the thoughts of getting a “real job.” Not!1:21.50John gives the key points about gaining or buying your freedom.  This section has great information on books and individuals who prescribe actions and practices to achieve this lifestyle. Josh and the team discussed the value of attending conferences. How the smallest ideas plant a seed and lead to triumph! 1:36:15Josh gives information of his February 25th Webinar with book author.1:45:25John asks, “What do you think about using Slack?” The team discusses which type of chat service would be most useful. P2, Slack.1:56:46 Entreprogrammers Retreat discussionSeptember or October, maybe? 10 Slots for five hundred dollars, possibly? Book your podcast at http://Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 51 Ship ‘em Pears(Reminder: We’re back to 1 full episode. Feel better, now?)Of course, one of the great ways to learn and make new friends to scam on, is at a conference. Chuck has 3 more days left for his online conference which is turning out to be a total success: February 10th, 11th, and 12th.The conference is from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on each of these 3 days.John is one of the speakers; you can hear him on the 12th.There’s a lot to putting on a good conference and if you want some super insider tips…that’s right, Chuck gives them to you in this episode.The weak in review, Chuck wasn’t sure whether to offer money to the speakers. You’ll find that when approaching potential speakers for your conference, keep money out-of the equation. You can get the details at 1:20:00 in this episode.Many of you will want to attend Chuck’s conference: JS Remote Conf. To go to this online conference, click this link: https://jsremoteconf.com/Chuck uses this Internet tool for the conference. http://www.clickwebinar.com/The EntreProgrammers featured guest is Jacob Williams. He’s the developer of WiLDacademy. Click here: https://www.youtube.com/user/JakeDayWilliamsJake requests that The EntreProgrammers, at some point in their Mastermind session, address people who are just starting-out in the programming arena which will double in the next year.In a comment about the show, Jake recommended to The EntreProgrammers to show a picture of their listeners; for example, Jake shows Lavell Edwards Stadium which holds about 65,000 people. Jake gets about 65,000 viewers on YouTube. To see the stadium full, click here: http://thumb.usatodaysportsimages.com/image/thumb/540-390nw/8122868.jpgIn addition Jake said, “When you are looking for a sponsor you have to show consistency.”Jake is also a designer in 3D modeling and landscape and interior design. Plus, with his wife involved, they participate in Foster Care.Jake talks about a prior business he created, called, Fix A Phone, which he later sold and then started http://www.wildlandscaping.com/.Do a story on potential client. Did Jake get an education? He’s a writer, too. Jake was having a hard time seeing a certain CEO; so, he called and made arrangements to interview this CEO and do his story.John will have a video-chat with John Martell. https://clarity.fm/Another way to get in touch with the hard to find person is to buy their product and immediately email them right afterwards – quick hook-up.Jake gives some fascinating insight to YouTube formats @ 30:32 into this episode.Kick-starter campaign -- Charles is developing marketing strategies to beginners as well as intermediates and looks for solid ideas to create this approach without discouraging his listeners.Based on his experience, John cautions Charles regarding a focus on intermediate programmers; programmers are expected to double in number in the next year; they will all be beginners.Jake brings-up a rather fascinating point: no one is teaching programmers how to be programmers so they can get a job. What?John suggests that teachers be replaced and students sent down a funnel to get their education K – 12.Book your podcast at http://Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 50 Sponsors! Nice! Nice!One day, you will look back and say, “I knew The EntreProgrammers when…”You are the fly on the wall. Get comfy because you’re not going anywhere. This fiercely heated debate has captured you in the EntreProgrammers arena.Well, we screwed-up again – thinking to divide each episode into 2 parts, really – but you unscrewed our twisted minds and so we fixed it; episodes of The EntreProgrammers Podcast will not be divided into 2 parts beginning with Episode 50 Sponsors! Nice! Nice!Once again, The EntreProgrammers saved by you.All EntreProgrammers’ minds - twisted at birth – do greatly appreciate your guiding comments. Otherwise, how would we show you to be the greatest of spammer-scammers if we couldn’t spamm-scamm your ideas (to make them look like ours)?Don’t answer that. Quick, what’s next?Oh yes, 2 sponsors, now – Cool! Keep it here for more Drip and Telerik! Learn from industry giants who fear not failure……because there is no such thing as failure. It simply does not exist. A Portland, OR radio producer once advised a promising radio student to get radio gigs in small markets and “make a lot of mistakes.” Say what?Mistakes are merely golden nuggets of knowledge used to grow the human experience, sometimes necessary to dig a little deeper to find them. So it was for the radio personality, one mistake after another, the golden journey of knowledge. A good entrepreneur does not brag of knowledge wealth - be it, give it. Appreciate the positive energy in others and they will in return appreciate the positive energy in you.Then, do a spammer-scammer digital marketing strategy like The EntreProgrammers do and sell ‘em all your stuff – “teach me how to program my friends with code tutorial.” Nice! Nice!And so it goes for The EntreProgrammers, analyzing, resolving, to become totally transparent on the front lines in a fiercely competitive marketing entrepreneurial arena mining for those golden nuggets which are then passed on to you. (Get your boots on; it’s a little deep in here.)Your entrepreneurial financing is critical, of course; the more known about the subject, the better and The EntreProgrammers show you the way in this episode. The EntreGenius tackled the Derick money crisis, quite recently; in 3 weeks Derick went from $25,000 in debt to just under $5,000 in debt. You’ll hear the details on how he did it mid-way through this episode.However, the Derick stress level in not declining – to accomplish this, more is to be done as his awareness does fortunately guide The EntreProgrammer down the path of resolution. Derick continues to explain that his journey to debt freedom is not quite over.Good money management eliminates the potential for experiencing extreme financial stress. A stress that is so powerful, it can literally ruin your entire life. Get it under control.Chuck suddenly takes center stage attempting to start another argument when asking Josh, “So, Josh, what’s your next product?” This leads The EntreProgrammers into a debate about which is better to offer: the product or the consulting. Many wrestle with this issue, now.The 4 toss this, sometimes agonizing concern, around to make sense of it all. And, apparently, not all are in agreement – independent entrepreneurial spammer scammers. Is this you? So, what do you think it should be: product or consulting?Jump on in; leave a comment. The EntreProgrammers must know your take on this subject.If now confronted with this issue, you most definitely want to hear this debate in depth. Where and how should you invest your money? Where and how should you invest your time?We are talking huge lifestyle issues and developments, here. Join in. Grow yourself. It appears that these 4 bare it all just so you can make your life a little better.Book your podcast at http://Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 49.2 The Arena of Web Log(If you do nothing else today, that’s OK; check-out interviewed.io below.)These financial genius guys literally whittle Derick’s $25,000 debt down to $0.00. Then, oh ya, here it comes – Derick goes with some “positive news.” Can’t miss this Kodak moment.JavaScript Fundamentals Screencast Bundle, by Derick, is available “at 50% off.” Do not buy this bundle; it is too good to be true. (I’m fired.) Let’s look at this from one perspective – and only one – capitalism.Check-out this bundle and calculate how much money you will make with the knowledge that Derick gives you. So, how much? Put your calculation in comments; your perspective is “huge” to those like you. Besides, we’re curious.In a matter of fact fashion, how much could you make in 1 year using Derick’s JavaScript Fundamentals Screencast Bundle – at 50% off, even? But, have you received your last-chance email from Derick to make the purchase?It pays to be on Derick’s email list. Get the details at 9 minutes into this broadcast.It also pays to research. More time should be spent on research than the actual writing of the article. What if you don’t have time? Derick has the answer to that, right here. Momoko Price does research for Derick. She has helped Derick significantly with http://Signalleaf.com and http://watchmecode.com So, that’s how Derick beats the competition.Go to: http://kantan.io/ and get acquainted with Momoko Price and John McDowall. Derick talks about them at about 10 minutes into this broadcast.And now there is: http://Interviewed.io Find this detailed material at 15:11 into the broadcast. John points out the genius in this web site.Extremely useful toolWho doesn’t want to have a page?Big name will reply to creator of site.Support creator and share itJohn explains that he has an “About” page, but will point people to this well formatted web site of the well-known. He said, “I would be surprised if this doesn’t go super viral like in the next few days just because of how many big name people are going to be blasting this thing out there.”For example, Derek Sivers. He revolutionized the way in which musicians sell their music when he created cdbaby.com. Ten years into this venture, he sold cdbaby.com for $22mil. A great deal of that money goes to help musicians grow as musicians. His following is huge.You will also find several fantastic interviews with the creator of Cyber PR, Ariel Hyatt and Derek Sivers on YouTube. All worth your time to watch.In addition, Sivers recently published a series of 16 books, each is detailed with marketing, promotional material and entrepreneurial lifestyle for a certain country – 16 countries with extensively researched material directly related to that countries marketing habits.About Derek Sivers on interviewed.io“I'm a musician, programmer, writer, entrepreneur, and student — though not in that order. I'm fascinated with the usable psychology of self-improvement, communication, business, philosophy, and cross-cultural relativism. I love seeing a different point of view.”Book you podcast at http://Signalleaf.com.Take care!         

The EntreProgrammers Episode 49.1 The Arena of Web LogThis is part 1 of episode 49. If part 2 of episode 49 isn’t just above, well it should be. Google+ and Facebook are having their heads chopped-off in this episode; John pushes the envelope and actually does an interview – no this is true, coming-up.Right-off, this discussion heats up fast. Is Google+ worth it? It doesn’t even give you the time of day – or does it? John seems to be straddling the fence as to its “powers.” Nonetheless, he recommends that Derick use it in marketing strategies.This works out great for Derick because he likes Google+…”one of three people who does,” he says; then Josh jumps in with a list of reasons why he doesn’t like Google+. Check this out.What’s your take on this? Do you use Google+? Please add to the confusion; leave your highly appreciated comments. Remember, it’s all about you and who you are. So, be you.Where did blog come from? Web Log. If you are thinking about writing your blog, wishing about someone writing your blog or hoping someone will show you how to write your blog – really show you – click here to subscribe to John’s blog course.As heard about in The EntreProgrammers Broadcast: http://devcareerboost.com/blog-course/John conducted a rather interesting interview with a writer now receiving over 100,000 visits per month to his blog – he got there in 14 months. Even writers who don’t have blogs will be interested in this.“How Taiseer Joudeh Created a Wildly Popular Blog in 14 Months” – interview by John Sonmez. Get in on this strategy which is being created right before your much unsolicited pears. Josh says that the hard part of what John creates is the coordinating of all these different events that make the equation balance. You get it in this episode. Be there. It’s laid-out for you.Click here to view the entire video recorded interview: http://youtu.be/-2WZco-8P4c If you are interested in actually seeing the blog itself, well then: http://bitoftech.netIt hits the fan. Of course, you remember that last week Derick was getting tons of advice about how, and with what, to pay off his $25,000 debt. He has revealed all and in doing so this has become a great lesson on financial management in the entrepreneurial arena.Listen quite closely as it all unravels just for you.Josh recommends cutting-up the credit card. Not so fast, says Derick who shows good reason to keep it active. Learn the good ways to handle your credit – it can make you, or break you.John gives good advice when offering this practice: Don’t put anything into savings when you are still in debt. Pay-off your debt, then save. Charles analyzes Derick’s financial situation, and all of The EntreProgrammers come to agreement on Derick’s plan. You’ll find this conversation at about 22:33 into the broadcast.Don’t get rid of your credit card. Use it for everything that you purchase, advises John, who plugs a credit card company and gets nothing for it – but, hear John’s logic on how he gets paid to spend, and then gets paid to pay it off – yes, he even buys a stick of gum on his credit card. What? Who writes this stuff?The EntreProgrammers: always learning, always solving. Book your podcast at Signalleaf.com.   

The EntreProgrammers Episode 48.2 The Horror of DebtThis is part 2 of episode 48.Derick contemplates his email marketing strategy while The EntreProgrammers riddle him with ideas regarding his entrepreneurial direction. What will it be?John highly recommends that Derick email some of his old subscribes at watchmecode; renew the relationship with new material being offered.Get in on this conversation to watch how you can spin doctor some of your old friends. Give it a new twist as seen in this episode.Now Charles is giving the jab, jab, right hook. What? That’s right. This is actually a market strategy and you really should hear the way Charles explains a campaign to Derick. It is literally genius.Then, Charles wants to know how Josh gets out of bed so early in the morning. Is this a fair question? There is no mercy in The EntreProgrammers Arena.Do you use an alarm clock to get you up – whenever? Is there a special time that you are shooting for, but have a hard time with just getting out of bed?You really need to check this out – Josh. He has developed (or stolen) a process by which to get up to according to the time, but according to whenever he hears the alarm. Get the details from Josh about 9 minutes into this broadcast.In addition, Josh talks about his difficulty in getting to sleep by 10 p.m. It seems that if he does anything at all in the evening, he gets energized to the point of not being able to sleep. So, who do you call for a good night’s sleep?Derick points out the frustration in logging Tweets – several Tweets. However, there is a solution to this, of course, mentioned by John in this debate – surf here: https://bufferapp.com/Now hear this: John’s book, titled, Soft Skills, hit number 1 in the U.K. in the technical category; for a short time, he said. Nice! Want John’s book? Go to: http://www.manning.com/sonmez/?a_aid=simpleprogrammer.Net Rocks featured John’s book, quite recently. Let’s have a look-see. All you have to do is click this link: http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=1088In this episode, John reveals a rather sophisticated approach to promoting and selling a book for authors to be involved with – could be a new software headed our way. You heard it here, first.Book your podcast at http://Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 48.1 The Horror of Debt(Just a Reminder: Each episode now has 2 parts; this episode is 48.1 & 48.2, so after listening to 48.1, it becomes time to click on 48.2. Do you like this format better – or not. Please leave your comments below. Thank you for being a part of The EntreProgrammers Broadcast.)Derick and Charles claim to have “friends who are in debt.” Wonder who they are talking about? It appears that both “friends” are about $25,000 in debt. This is a question that an entrepreneur constantly faces – “How much should I go into debt to fuel my entrepreneurial efforts?”The EntreProgrammers go on the attack.The EntreProgrammers have the solution and give it to you in this episode. John offers the biggest of advice recommending the services of “a loan-shark” at 10% monthly interest. And, if you believe that, there’s this bridge…no wait, there’s a great horse running this weekend, a sure win.What is your total debt and how is it affecting your overall performance as an entrepreneur? The EntreProgrammers hit this topic relentlessly with Derick caught in the middle of it all.John insists that getting out of debt should be the number 1 priority on the big list of things to do in promoting business growth. Debt constantly works against you. Cut-back on everything that you can and focus all of your income to paying off your debts.Derick claims $25,000 in debt and looks to The EntreProgrammers for an approach to paying it all off. Solutions of genius pour out in this episode for those of us needing debt relief. What is an entrepreneur to do in achieving a debt free lifestyle? Is anyone debt free?John wrote an entire chapter on debt in his book, titled, Soft Skills: The software developer’s life manual. Click here for John’s book:  http://www.manning.com/sonmez/?a_aid=simpleprogrammerSome extremely interesting stats come out in this discussion about who we are in terms of spending; hear what Josh has to say regarding our spending habits in this episode. He suggests that a good person for financial advice is Dave Ramsey, someone he used to listen to.You can check out this financial expert at: http://www.daveramsey.com/ Then Charles jumps in to share his experience with financial budgeting for his family by recommending several ways to cut expenses and that a great way to discover overspending is through http://www.youneedabudget.com/ Drop by and take control of your spending.In addition, Charles reprograms Derick’s marketing approach to ensure him more income towards his debt. Charles wants Derick to take his listeners “to the next level.” And Josh tells Derick that he hasn’t “focused enough” on which of his products to promote and sell.A huge recommendation comes out from The EntreProgrammers to invest in yourself. Drop the movies and get a tutorial – grow thyself. John is overwhelmed by the response that he is receiving using GetDrip.com – nothing but praise for Drip. Oh sure, Drip is a sponsor for The EntreProgrammers. What would you expect? Is Drip really any good? Check-out Drip at GetDrip.com. You’ll be glad you did.Let’s get a discount on “Tweet Adds” shall we? Contact Josh and click: http://joshuaearl.com/tweetadder/And don’t forget; book your podcast at http://Signalleaf.com.      

The EntreProgrammers Episode 47.2 A Dark Room for iOSWith the increasing popularity of Amir’s app, he felt it necessary to have a trademark for it, taking 3 months just to get the paperwork filled-out, then another 6 months wait to allow anyone who feels it appropriate to contest Amir’s trademark application.In this episode, he speaks about how damage to his ownership of the app could take place in that 9 months period. As it turned out, different versions of his app began to appear. Amir tells how he dealt with this situation.Tune-in and become involved in community development with Amir who coaches beginner programmers on game development, plus he even wants to get your parents jamming in this community.Educated parents make it much easier for “young newbie programmer child” to explain what technology is required to create these games.Yes, Amir will even talk to your parents and give you a good review on your app involvement in the community.Belt colors are given to indicate that a person is advancing in Amir’s app community. He explains in detail about the Internet community that he is growing on his twitch channel. “When you really get into game development, you’ll need a nice computer (and maybe a Mac if you want to do iOS development). Your parents will be more inclined to buy you these pricey items if they better understand what you want to do with them. This is a place where they can come and ask Amir questions.” – Source: Amir’s twitch channelLet’s surf Code Dojo (Amir’s twitch.tv channel) located at: http://www.twitch.tv/xodiak_“Code Dojo is a game development channel that welcomes all developers (especially beginners). If you’ve never done any game development and want to get started, this is the perfect place to get your feet wet.” And you can bring parents, too. What?John shares an email campaign gone “south” as he finds that Drip.com email hosting has cancelled his account – so, what is an EntreProgrammer to do?At about 22 minutes into this episode, he explains the cancellation of his email account – marketing strategy misfire.This is an opportunity to learn how to deal with a situation like this if it ever happens to you – entrepreneurial wisdom so often needed on the front lines.Charles is started a video campaign and it’s now your opportunity to get an early advantage to some great material.John gives some unexpected powerful advice to Charles with respect to videography – how to do a superior profession video project at extremely low cost – you guessed it; check out your local library for video equipment access.Do you have focus? In this episode, learn Derick’s approach to high volume productivity in the studio by practicing what he calls “his weekly focus.” He’s got it back.Book your podcast at http://Signalleaf.com.   

The EntreProgrammers Episode 47.1 A Dark Room for iOSAmir Rajan is the featured guest in this episode, creator of A Dark Room for iOS.“Notable events are listed below along with any pertinent information about how it affected downloads, reviews, emotions, and anything else that influenced the success (or failure) of A Dark Room for iOS,” writes Amir Rajan.Be sure to check-out “Amir’s dev log for aspiring indie devs” for the blow-by-blow action leading up to the creation of this highly rated app.Looking for “the official web site of ADR iOS?” And/or go to the web site of Amir Rajan.Amir discusses the marketing value of the media (press) which turns-out to be surprisingly low. Interviews and write-ups in many areas did not translate into what might be considered an appropriate number of “downloads” for his extremely popular app.He talks about the power of word-of-mouth; if engagement is involved, the results are incredible – an extremely insightful analysis of marketing and promotional strategies, how it all plays out in the highly competive entrepreneurial arena. Listen quite closely.Audio is used in the form of a “developer commentary” by Amir to promote engagement ending with a personal conversation with interested folks in code-land.He reveals a rather influential marketing tactic, here, that would be employed by a wise entrepreneur seeking to increase visibility of her/his products and services across the web. Highly impressed in another promotional aspect, Amir mentions and compares in detail how long of a tail that his creation has cast.If you are developing software, regardless of your level of achievement, you won’t want to miss the discussion that Amir has with The EntreProgrammers in this episode – no really, it’s true.Test it for yourself. Jump right in with your comments.Derick strikes a good perspective when asking Amir how it all came about. Did it happen quickly like an overnight success, or was it ten years in the making.Ten years is more like it reveals Amir, but a very calculated several years it was. You can hear in another interview explicit details governing the journey of Amir on another popular podcast in John’s: 

The EntreProgrammers Episode 46.1 Soft SkillsNew FormatEach Episode is now 2 parts. This is Episode 46 and is labeled: 46.1 and 46.2.Signalleaf.comDerick is briefed on last show, sort of, but decides to actually listen to episode 45 to get caught-up. Josh mentions http://Signalleaf.com and Derick runs with it. He describes all of the recent changes.Tracking SystemsCharles takes the discussion to Mixpanel; Derick tells what it does. Along with his interpretation of Mixpanel comes several options to what you might want to use for your tracking system(s).Podcasting for PodcastersCharles recommends that Derick go to Fort “Worst” for a conference, a stones through from Waco. Pat Flynn is one of the featured speakers.Get all of the details, here: http://podcastmovement.com/#slideshow the conference is in Fort Worth about 205 days from now.Rails ClipsThe EntreProgrammers pound-out solutions to help Charles determine his path as an entrepreneur. Quite likely, you have been in the same position. It looks like Rails Clips. Charles could go all-out for podcasting, but sees light at the end of the rails.Charles wants to “buy his freedom.” – sound familiar? Derick explains just exactly what that means and to make his point, shares a photo of John which is in John’s new book.To get John’s book, titled, Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual go to: http://www.manning.com/sonmez/ -- you’ll be glad you did.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 46.2 Soft SkillsIdeal StrategyJosh recommends that Charles sponsor his own show – interesting, don’t you think? But, Charles isn’t quite satisfied with that and wants the specifics; Josh hesitates, and John steals the show with a great marketing strategy for the many podcasts of Charles.Clue-in to this powerful promotion recommended to Charles. Then, jump into the conversation by leaving your comments. How would you go about doing this promotion?Charles perhaps will give a free bonus and add a ten second promo before and/or after his recommended interview – audio power, nothing like it. John uses .NET Rocks! As example of cash giveaways.Hear John’s interview, here, on .NET Rocks! Managing Your Career with John SonmezJohn received 123 comments from listeners.Advanced Course or NotThe discussion heats-up when The EntreProgrammers tackle a marketing issue that Charles is dealing with; his advanced listeners are saying, “No beginner material.”What’s an EntreProgrammer to do, especially when including everyone is his way of life? The EntreProgrammers jump on this issue with insightful business sense acquired from their years of experience and feedback of dealing with this exact issue. Get the details in the beginning arguments of Episode 46.2 Soft Skills.Are there people who don’t like Comcast? Well, now, imagine that. Right your comments about Comcast – and anything else that you desire. Good? Not good? Comcast just froze Charles! Not a good thing, Comcast.Start a Web LogJohn is now offering you the opportunity to start your own blog using his material. Is this a good thing? Go here, now. When you enter your email and first name, you’ll immediately receive information from john – you’re on your way to creating your blog, as a professional. http://www.devcareerboost.com/blog-course/Also, contact John, here: http://simpleprogrammer.com Now, buy John’s book; be sure to let him know what you think of it.                       (104 customer reviews) Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual    

The EntreProgrammers Episode 45 Happy New YearIn your Happy New Year, look for The EntreProgrammers Podcast to broadcast each episode in 2 parts – same show, of course – and you can still be the fly on the wall.The EntreProgrammers hope you had a wonderful Christmas and wish you the Happiest of New Years in 2015 with the greatest of successes in all of your entrepreneurial efforts – unsolicited pears at an all-time high in 2015.Little persons are the focus in opening discussion with Josh and Charles; Christmas, the global time of year when parents buy their kids sophisticated computers, lots of software and Drip.com to maximize their email marketing strategies – kids rule.So, what happens when you have an in home studio where you become totally focused in creativity always found while possessed by Artistic Process and your Monster Houdini Child escapes from those new Christmas Shackles? Well, now, isn’t this splendid; Houdini Child has taken total control of your Creative Artistic Moment (the one that feeds the entire family) and nonchalantly decides to feed your creative moment to the family puppy dog.Oh, yes, you still need to stay creative, but now it’s for a different purpose and a completely changed focus – to patiently deal with the little person that you love more than life, itself.Kids rule and you’ll find it listed in The EntreProgrammers handbook, under, “How Do I Get That Creative Moment Back?” This question and answer is discussed deeply by Josh and Charles in this episode.Ever been there? It’s the emotional paradox so commonly found in the entrepreneurial arena of creative productivity which could lead to stress, depression and lack of sleep – if you don’t handle it appropriately.Yes, you might even jump off the 8th Street Bridge. So, please listen quite closely as The EntreProgrammers bring you back to that same moment of Creativity in the spender of the Artistic Process.Incidentally, physical and mental exhaustion often ends up in depression. The EntreProgrammers talk of experiencing lack of sleep, work exhaustion and depression.We must know our limitations or we will pay the price for our lack of appreciation and self-awareness. Sometimes getting to know yourself can be a little frightening and emotionally painful; embrace the fear, embrace the reality of who you painfully are; the fear and emotional pain decease; and you can live in the now.It is to be expected that when you go to the entrepreneurial lifestyle that there will be some extreme changes in your behavior – deal with it because you can.Josh asks the question of change and Charles tells all about his experiences and how people close to him reacted. You won’t believe how many podcasts that Charles appears on and/or produces.The discussion also includes adrenaline driven projects because of deadlines, a need to create urgency with your own projects and the hold yourself accountable philosophy to keep you focused and motivated with vision, not to mean that you should live in the future.Lots of emotion exists in a project. The EntreProgrammers analyze this behavior and Josh says that he likes to engage “that powerful emotional side.”Their EntrePsychology is reflected in their discussions in this episode. John joins the team from Washington D.C. and points out that now a productive day is based on the use of pomodoro. Click this link to find out if this techniques is for you.  http://pomodorotechnique.com/The talk of the EntreGenius pivots to the importance of an “About Page” and debate on the value of a blog and value of social media. Josh, who favors Twitter, says that Facebook is a good place to run an ad, but membership conversions are not plentiful. John clarifies his statement:  “You need grand recognition on your personal brand.” He makes the argument that an entrepreneur’s marketing strategies need to be focused on the use of video, audio and the written word.Happy New Year from The EntreProgrammers Fab Four. Have a great 2015.Book your podcast at: http://Signalleaf.com

The EntreProgrammers Episode 44 Size Matters NotThe appropriate use of email is now one of the most powerful marketing strategies on the globe. Normally, these insider marketing tactics are unknown to man-womankind, but you are the unnoticed fly on the wall stealing ideas from The EntreProgrammers Mastermind Session. Flash Moment:John has a book and he’s the author. He shows a copy on-the-air.The EntreProgrammers have out-done themselves, this time; they brought in the drip. And for you marketing freaks who dwell in the email arena of entrepreneurial promotions, well, this is your lucky podcast because the drip is here and The EntreProgrammers force him to show you how – how to send thousands of emails without looking like a scammer spammer, that is. Oh, yes, the drip…You know the drip; why sure, he’s The Drip Captain – Rob Walling, special guest of The EntreProgrammers, in this episode. He is the email of genius. And you’ll never guess how many businesses this guy has/had.Rob’s lifestyle mostly sees him as product launcher, especially during a Kodak moment when Captain Drip figured out that “nearly everyone has used email to accelerate growth.” This moment is known as Captain Drip’s Epiphany which led to – you got it - Drip. The question quickly arises: Did Captain Drip figure this out all by himself? https://www.getdrip.com/He’s one of the Drip founders, also an “angel investor and mentor.” And he speaks. You’ve probably heard him, throughout the entire year – that’s right, startup conferences. And if you read, you’ve also seen him in “national publications.” http://www.softwarebyrob.com/press/Apparently size does not matter to Captain Drip, author of “Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer’s Guide to Launching a Startup.” It’s a guide to bootstrapping a startup, but don’t plan on making it big – become a small, but mighty, entrepreneur. In the programmer’s arena, small is bigger. http://www.startupbook.net/Later in the Show: Captain Drip mentions udemy; and John speaks highly of udemy instructor, Dan Wahlin - Architect and Software Engineer at Wahlin Consulting.Discussion goes quickly to the disposition of a December market right after John announces that he has switched over to Drip from MailChimp. “And why was that, John?” many have asked. Drip is now providing resolution for all of you MailChimp “bashers.”Well, then, should we all do what John did? Plus, later in the show, you’ll find out why you don’t actually get “unsubscribed” from a mailing list when you click on “unsubscribe,” the dark-side, captured, held without bail with nothing left to loose.Must make a purchase to gain your freedom - is that even legal?You’ll hear the latent complex reasoning, in this episode, as to why it is damn near impossible to free yourself from the capitalistic driven talons of a merciless email marketing campaign that is actually designed specifically for you. Rob is a founder of Drip and wants to know John’s experience with it in email marketing. You get extremely valuable – “no, seriously” – insider information regarding management of an exceptionally strong rather complex promotional element known as email marketing. John gives Rob the details of his experience with Drip.Captain Drip quietly listens…after which, the entire focus zooms-in on Rob Walling when John asks, “What are all your businesses, now?” Rob explains his entrepreneurial obsession with business operations.A genius at what he does, Rob takes it extremely serious when contemplating business change. Stay tuned, keep it here for the insightful business philosophy on behavioral change, quite detailed, from the thoughts of this GeniusPreneur – Rob Walling.OMG! Derick is, once again, in entrepreneurial behavior “panic mode.” Your analysis is needed, here; please, oh please, leave your resolution to Derick’s nightmare of panic. Fear not though, for Derick is in the confident consulting hands of Rob Walling.The EntreProgrammers are teaching you by their example – on stage, transparent and vulnerable – quite simply put, you now have an exceptional opportunity to gain a great deal of deep professional insider insight regarding the complexity of the influential strength which is now found to be characteristic in the arena of email marketing. “Oh no, not more unsolicited pears!” And so it goes…held captive in email.Book your podcast at http://Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 43 Care Bears CareThere is no mercy in this court as The EntreProgrammers rip Derick a new one – a new landing page that is. Before that, this.(And about John’s book; keep it here for the details. See end of this article.)You are the fly on the wall and can’t help hearing Derick talking about his new screencast package – soon to be launched. What’s that you say? It’s already been launched? https://sub.watchmecode.net/mongoose/Ninety-nine Dollars!!!?? Scammer Spammer!!…but wait, let’s work this out scientifically. Click on your calculator.Enter: Is information that pays for itself ten-times, actually worth it? Oh ya, that’s a tough one, alright; and that ain’t no unsolicited pear, neither.Time now to be swift in your actions. Yes, we know that you outdo everyone; got to have it now! http://watchmecode.net/mongooseWell, then, go to Derick’s MongooseJS Fundamentals Screencast Package. Nice! Nice! Hint: Do it soon. (But, not if passing on insider trading info is illegal in your country.) It has a 30 day money back guarantee attached to it. Imagine that!Listen quite closely. These four GeniusPreneurs actually construct a landing page right before your unsolicited pears. What-it-up?But waves and more waves of relentless criticism seem to have no shattering effect on the “bullet-proof” ego of Derick. True character of a person shines – or not – under this type of intense analysis.Derick lends a prime opportunity to learn importance of gratitude – all year around. The people who look inward fill their Spirits with gratitude. The people who look outward fill their Spirits with envy. Which do you think would sell better?Many are seen expressing their gratitude on Thanksgiving then back to their selfish ways the very next day – not The EntreProgrammers. Perhaps this is why they are so popular. Say what?Is there a deep latent message here? Is it possible for people to market their services without even mentioning the service that they offer? Get your waders on; it’s getting pretty deep in here.Charles, John, Josh and Derick are extremely grateful all of the time for you writing comments, so jump on-in to this discussion by voicing your opinions, observations and constructive critical analysis.After all, it just happens to be all about you – so they would have you think.So, clue into this episode for the powerful structuring of your landing pages – how to show your gratitude to people who have just landed on your page. Be it done.Josh has developed a rather “standard Internet marketing funnel.” He simply wants to track it and offer a couple of easy options, but is having trouble locating an app that will do it. John steps in with a solution…Listen to Josh’s marketing dilemma to see if you, too, share this problem. If you do have a similar trouble, do this: Listen to John’s response, then go to Infusionsoft.      Do it. Be it done.  www.infusionsoft.com/Also, you can contact Jeremy Reeves at: www.jeremyreeves.com/  “…a direct response copywriter…specialize in building strategic, automated sales funnels.”Another success story for The EntreProgrammers is John’s book. Details are in this episode and on his blog: http://SimpleProgrammer.comBook your podcast at:  http://Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 42 Unsolicited PearsDerick quickly begins with a rather unbelievable announcement that The EntreProgrammers have a new “official” sponsor: Baremetrics. Details next…but first…How would you like to take a retreat – somewhere – with all 4 of The EntreProgrammers? Yes, this could be another scam to make your business better – face to face, though.Contact them on the “About” page at http://entreprogrammers.com to let them know about your/their retreat, together. And while you are at it, tell them to break this 90 minute Podcast up into 3 sections – or not.The EntreProgrammers Podcast will be recorded the same as always, in a 90 minute master of the minds, unrehearsed, transparent show; and you are the fly on the wall.However, if you would like this 90 minute show to be presented in a 2 or 3 part series throughout the week – or on the same day - to give yourself some time to digest the heavy information presented in the shows, please contact The EntreProgrammers and let them know.They do love hearing from you. (Catch this discussion at 32 min. and 5 sec. into the show.) In other words, do you fall asleep listening to The EntreProgrammers? Of course you do. Perhaps a series of three (30 min.) shows published on the same day, or on Monday, Wednesday and Friday would help you learn more and sleep less. Write your thoughts to The EntreProgrammers.Well, now, just hold the phone, here. Were you asked whether or not Baremetrics would be of any help to you, in any way, shape or form? No sir!!Is this a scam that will end-up making Ramen noodles The EntreProgrammers’ only meal of each day? (Was that racist?) Ramen is a Japanese noodle soup dish, you know.Or, could it be a conspiracy wherein Baremetrics wants to help you develop your business?So, let’s get a close look at Baremetrics; just exactly who they are and what they do. Oh no, don’t even think of going to: http://baremetrics.io– not just yet; first, go to the blog that is mentioned by Derick in this episode.To get what’s-up on Baremetrics, fill your mind with an article, titled, How to have an overnight success in 10 short years, by Josh Pigford – it will get you started and thinking about how fast ten years can fly by.Time, now, to click: https://baremetrics.io/blog/overnight-successKeep in mind, you can actually call the people at Baremetrics on the phone.Please send your comments to The EntreProgrammers – after thoroughly surfing http://baremetrics.io– to let Charles, Josh, John and Derick know if they have done the right thing. We hope so! In other words: What is Baremetrics to you - anything?Your comments are greatly appreciated.Be looking for interviews of The EntreProgrammers conducted by … Steve Young…subjects like how to market yourself course by John and tips from Josh and Derick.John is getting huge results. Again? He gives you the details on email clicks towards his book. The publisher is not expecting such high results in testimonials and is planning to ship John’s book by Christmas.Would you like to write a testimonial about his book? Leave your wishes in comments for John to read. Oh, yes…and send a note to Santa!Trivia Question: What software developer “mostly guided” John in his career? You just might want to latch-on to this guy. (Robert Martin)What’s that? John’s Cyber Monday sale grossed over $10,000 – get the details in this episode on how he did it.Charles is organizing and booking a conference that…well, you just might be interested in attending to grow yourself – a lot. Get it here as Charles reveals in-depth.Book your shows at http://Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 41 Lost in CyberspaceThis episode of the Entreprogrammers is brought to you by Baremetrics – SaaS Analytics for Stripe. Ever wonder what your LTV is? What about churn? Are you calculating that junk manually now? Let’s hope not…because you’ve probably gouged your eyes out! Use Baremetrics and get SaaS analytics for your Stripe account is a single click. Seriously. It’s that easy. Check it out now, at baremetrics.io/entreprogrammersThere is no end in sight for the ongoing work of a programmer – especially an EntreProgrammer. It’s time, now, to surf John’s web site where he’s making significant operational an aesthetic changes.So, what think you?Please write your valued comments; The EntreProgrammers love to hear from you, after all, it’s all about you and your struggles in a fast moving informational marketing arena and The EntreProgrammers do share your pain, but for you – remedies to the cause.So, let these 4 EntreProgrammers go before you to endure the breach and help make your entrepreneurial growth pain free. The struggles continue…John discusses the changes that he is making on his web site and the importance of having a backup system in place and remarks, “What is the worst thing that could happen.” Josh takes this as his queue to tell the worst thing that could happen - lost in cyberspace.Josh’s sacred family treasure was completely consumed by the cloud. Dropbox dropped and Josh freaked. Sure, hide all of your bounty in the cloud, but remember one thing, you could lose it all in one little click.Hear Josh describe his reaction to extremely high value lost in cyberspace. That’s not all; a podcast was also digested by the cloud. Derick tells another story of being lost in cyberspace. All of this disappearance begs the question: “What is the best backup system to use.” Hear what The EntreProgrammers have to offer on this subject. Dropbox or no dropbox?Cyber Monday Sales are a hot ticket with The EntreProgrammers. Derick is contemplating what he should sell. What’s your take on this? Listen to Derick, then tell him what you would like to buy during this sale.Chuck brings light to the importance of knowing the value of a lifetime customer because Derick is considering selling a lifetime subscription. The EntreProgrammers can tell you how to calculate the value of a lifetime customer – worth knowing.Book your podcast at Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 40 The Pain of LibsynYou are the fly on the wall planning informational capture from The EntreProgrammers who are now starting their fortieth episode.“Do more by doing less” philosophy is reflected in the comparison between Signalleaf and Libsyn; the power of high quality efficiency and simplicity, plus the personal professional attention in service philosophy which is embedded in the design of Signalleaf, as compared to the high learning curve of processing, complexity of engagement and the inadequate corporate philosophy in service that is found in Libsyn does arguably reflect that Signalleaf is more powerful than Libsyn.Yes, of course, this is a David and Goliath type relationship; but, we all know who won that confrontation. Signalleaf offers an atmosphere where you can actually get more done by having to do less. And so it goes… Signalleaf with its power of simplicity beats Libsyn.Podcast professionalism has grown significantly over the past 7 years making it imperative that producers book their shows at Signalleaf.com.Podcast producers new in this highly competitive arena of market and voice should subscribe to Derick's email series that will show you how to do it well.Incidentally, development of email lists providing informative usable content is a tremendously powerful marketing strategy - guess what – in this episode, Derick leads The EntreProgrammers to an in-depth analytically Mastermind discussion on just how exactly to accomplish the development and implementation of this email marketing strategy.If you are pressed for time and can’t listen right now, don’t stress; The EntreProgrammers will always be here to hear you – not a problem. So, listen when you can take the time for lifestyle change through growth of your wisdom, knowledge and creativity.Derick was found to be rather nervous at the beginning of his presentation at the November conference last week. Although thoroughly rehearsed, he couldn't explain the sound of vibrating nerves cracking his voice, his hands shaking.The discussion takes public speaking focus as productive talks are imperative to The EntreProgrammers personal visibility in the marketing arena known for its entrepreneurial efforts. Not to fear because if there is a problem, then there is also a solution.Derick’s concern takes The EntreProgrammers deep into the behavioral analysis regarding speaker audience relationship – need for a connection; a chemistry bond.One technique of powerful emphasis - when used appropriately – is the pause; a moment of silence that embeds the presented information forever in the brain.And the solution arrives when John shares an extremely useful exercise which is to be conducted just before a speaker makes her/his presentation to the audience.It creates the nerves of steel that is essential for the calm and focus needed to capture the entire audience. And you’ll hear this great tactical maneuver of Johns, now, in episode 40 of The EntreProgrammers weekly Mastermind Session.It’s quite natural for an entrepreneur to at least desire capital investment into her/his marketing and work efforts. Does this make the behavior of the entrepreneur a “total sell-out?” Is it ever okay to become a “total sell-out?”The EntreProgrammers know; they take the discussion to capital investments and John gives everyone the true perspective as to when it is okay or not okay to become a “total sell-out.” You are invited to jump-in on this discussion; voice your opinion by writing in the comment section in response to this question: “If it’s okay to become a “total sell-out” does that mean everyone “has a price?”The EntreProgrammers highly appreciate your comments.Chuck redirects path of discussion by insisting that The EntreProgrammers again focus on the marketing of Derick's Signalleaf.com podcast hosting site – and Derick is 100% all for this idea.Chuck also indicates a video that he liked very much and would like to share it with you. The video is one of John’s productions with great advice on efficiency – how to get it all done. John’s production is titled: How I Plan My Week.In this 8 minute video, John will show you how to get the most out of your day. Thanks Chuck! Click here for John’s video.Drop by Signalleaf.com and check the nice look and feel that Derick has developed. Arguably one of the nicest.To produce and market your own show is an extremely exciting endeavor. There is no place better to learn how to do it well and book it well than Signalleaf.com.Derick will personally coach you on your podcast theme, development, production and promotional marketing to ensure that it truly becomes your voice to the world.Book your podcast at Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 39 Talk to People?Charles, Chuck, you know, The Guy; he’s from Utah, has officially become one of The EntreProgrammers, and get this; he wants to become Josh – that’s right, more on this as we go.Derick gets into analyzing just exactly how long of a subscription should he be selling, how to discourage cancellations with, perhaps, offering quarterly and/or yearly subscriptions. Let’s say your card expires and ends your subscription.Should you have purchased a yearly instead of a monthly? John says yearly. What’s your take on this? Jump into this conversation with the (now 4) EntreProgrammers.Give Chuck, John, Derick and Josh your comments by writing to them below; your comment might be read on-the-air, but then again...If you are a person who hates people, absolutely dreads being around them more than 17 seconds and wouldn’t offer any of your ideas to them – even if paid – don’t worry because in this episode The EntreProgrammers will fix you.You will actually enjoy coming out of your programmer’s cave to meet and (oh yes) talk to the human species.John just returned from Sweden – so what? Well…he brought back some great ideas for connecting with other humans at a conference. John was one of the speakers at this conference in Sweden; met, talked and connected with lots of folks – that’s so what!So, it’s a good idea to connect with The EntreProgrammers because they do it all for you.These genius programmers were discussing whether or not someone would want to talk “to me.” Josh is a little concerned about this, too. Chuck set it all straight, in this conversation, when saying to Josh, “I want to be you!” How to be humble can be learned from the multitalented Josh.Always remember that we want to hear from you – about anything.So, who is Charles, Chuck, you know, The Guy; he’s from Utah and a beautiful state it is. Chuck is an unfriendly unknown sort, stays in his programmer’s cave, doesn’t like people – you know, he’s an Utahhonian human type person; so, this could take a little research. Connect with Chuck. Go to: http://devchat.tv/about to connect with Chuck. He’ll put a smile on your face and grow your code. In addition, he gets into detail about his entrepreneurial effort in this podcast right after Josh blows our minds with his stats.Book your podcast at Signalleaf.com. Derick will always be right there to help you.

John is editing the podcast again with our editor still out.In this episode the Entreprogrammers welcome Charles Max Wood from http://devchat.tv to the show to talk about his network of podcasts and get some tips on how to get sponsors.John is in Sweden speaking at the Oredev conference, but promises to share more about it next time.John and Derick realize that not hiring help is definitely holding them back and vow to make a change in the future.

Our editor, David, is out sick right now, so John is editing the podcast.In this episode, the Entreprogrammers prepare for some Halloween festivities and engage in a discussion about how you'll eventually succeed if you just keep plowing in one direction.The Entreprogrammers also discuss pricing tiers again and how it relates to product sales.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 36 Anti-Sponsor Apple AmazonJohn’s funny look says it all when Derick says he wants to do a crazy radio broadcaster introduction for The EntreProgrammers Podcast which has received over 20,000 listeners according to the stats on Signalleaf.com podcast hosting service.Apple destroys a tremendous amount of programming by Josh, and he’s not too please about it; therefore, Josh awards Apple as an Anti-Sponsor. Check out, in this episode, everything Josh did that Apple literally broke down.Do you know a corporation that should be given the award of Anti-Sponsor for negligence towards human beings? Write in the comment section below and let The EntreProgrammers blast big business for human negligence.The EntreProgrammers go up against the biggest there is and fear no one. In addition to Apple’s human negligence, John gives Amazon a big award of Anti-Sponsor, which is also backed-up by Derick, for a ridiculous marketing strategy that could be called an outright lie. You’ll hear their remarks in this episode.Can you recover from a computer crash? Do you have off-sight storage?The EntreProgrammers want you to play it safe and get into a big discussion about the value of storage space and where it should be located. How would you feel if you woke-up one morning and all of your files where gone – floating around somewhere in cyber space?When you have a great deal of valuable content, do you know what to do with it? You’ll hear some productive and powerful ideas on this subject as The EntreProgrammers examine the use of their own accumulated content. Josh shares some remarkable ideas.Publish your podcast on Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 35 AppreciationJohn talks about his experience with a “grumpy” cable guy and billing without TV that doesn’t really make any sense. The EntreProgrammers discuss download and upload power from their ISP.John’s book is over 1,000 in sales plus the publisher is suggesting a video to go with the book. Is this the beginning of a trend? Do you think publishers will begin asking for videos with the author’s book? Leave your comment.The subject of conversion rate comes up as The EntreProgrammers analyze this process. What percentage of visitors should be converted into customers?Derick is focused on Signalleaf. He has come up with informative tracking procedures that every podcast producer should have, even a 6 week period.The discussion goes to the importance of diet; Josh has a little person emergency and takes leave. Derick tells a funny story about silly putty. Remember that stuff? Ever get it in your hair?Josh talks about his early days as a writer and how many of the people around him didn’t use a calendar. It definitely was a learning experience – Josh tells all.Planning and scheduling is always an important task for the entrepreneur, but there is a good and bad way to go about this. John explains the necessity of staying flexible.Do you appreciate who you are and what you have? Derick takes this idea and talks down to earth as he begins to realize just how good he has it. Talking to a friend resulted in somewhat of an epiphany.Perhaps, the single most important outstanding characteristic of the successful entrepreneur is to “know thyself” in the arena of appreciation. How do you feel about this?Book your podcast easily at Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 34 Warrior DietHumans replaced with code?What’s good in the computer market? What’s the warrior diet? Programming robots? Why doesn't Josh like iPhones? Derick’s Kindle Paperwhite is a lie?Derick refers to an EntreProgrammer fan, Matt Kremer, who offers a great deal of valuable information. Visit Matt’s web site at: https://kobra.io/A rather confusing arena of marketing, programming and technology tackled by The EntreProgrammers, now makes more sense; these 3 smash the in-denial Apple which seems to think that it’s your fault.You get an in depth analysis of computers from The EntreProgrammers in this episode, and of course, a lot more – Josh reveals computer marketing as unethical; John predicts the way of the future in computer design; Derick implicates Microsoft Surface 3 will discontinue; and in a conference presentation, demonstrates that your robot can be programmed by writing code. Plus: Dip your phone or iPod in plastic? John explains.You are the fly on the wall and you have The EntreProgrammers’ spontaneous, transparent and unrehearsed mastermind session. Could it be that these 3 EntreProgrammers have totally lost their minds? That the captain has truly left the bridge? Are they nuts?It’s extremely important to eat well; hopefully, someday everyone on this planet will. Food creates behavior which greatly influence the decisions often made in the crucial development of programming and marketing strategy thriving in the entrepreneurial arena. Maximus development of “self” depends on good food. Why are The EntreProgrammers eating only 1 meal per day – around 800 to 1,000 calories? Do you think that these 3 developerneurs are actually losing it?The EntreProgrammers explain advantages of the warrior diet. Add your comments to this discussion. How do you feel about what The EntreProgrammers are doing? What is it that you do? John has been on the warrior diet for 2.5 months. Says he feels great.Derick is in Oklahoma City, recently gave a presentation at a conference and tells you all about it – ways to control robots, program them to obey your commands. Just think; humans can be replaced with coed. Write some code to program your robot…Be professional; book your podcast at Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 33 Seneca’s LettersThe EntreProgrammers analyze different aspects that make-up a great entrepreneur; things get started with diet, after John explains an uneventful 10 hours of flight to get home.Diet, of course, is extremely important to the success of an entrepreneurial effort. Yes, you are what you eat which includes making business choices based on diet – your diet. Derick goes into detail what all of this could mean in a day of having to make many choices.If possible, make your decisions when you feel good; avoid making important decision when you don’t feel good. The greatest asset of an entrepreneur is to “know thyself.”Josh talks about how focused he is – “laser focus.” He gets into detail concerning his choice to better himself as a copywriter. He and Derick drop a few copywriters’ names for those of you interested.An analysis of book sales dropping for both Josh and Derick takes place as they hammer-out resolutions and new directions for their entrepreneurial efforts. John is focused on tying-up loose ends of what he has already created.John unites the 3 to work together on projects. This could turn-out to be quite interesting as The EntreProgrammers will focus on one project at a time over a 3 day period. Stay tuned for this one.Derick details the main frame scheduling system that he is creating; he will own the rights and is fast considering promoting and marketing this system. You don’t want to miss this.At the end of their discussion, John recommends a book that he is reading, titled, Seneca’s Letters. “…best wisdom writing that I’ve ever read.” An excellent place to get this book to read for free as well as other information is the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/Seneca You make it a great day.Book your podcast at Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 32 Marcus AureliusDerick talks about his production schedule with WatchMeCode, just after spending 2.5 hours behind the mic. The approach that John recommended 2 weeks ago is now working for Derick as he focuses on one project for one week.Derick’s description of his production schedule is a lesson in itself to all entrepreneurs who plan their daily and weekly schedules. Derick’s estimation on how long a project would take was off just a little. So, how long does it take to write a book?Do you ever get a potential client who says, “I want a web site. How long will it take to build it?” Capture all of the details to a project that you possibly can. The accuracy of your estimation is counting on it.Derick has the rest of the year planned out. He is focused, yet consultation is getting a little “scary” as he pushes up against that deadline.Josh has “too much going on right now” and has decided to quit SitePoint. This successful EntreProgrammer seems to be constantly choosing his successes. What happens when you succeed? Then what do you do? Enter Marcus Aurelius.It’s extremely important that entrepreneurs learn how to deal with the consequences of success. John talks about this in some detail. Ironically, success can destroy the best of entrepreneurs. John helps to find us answers to this dilemma in the writings of the Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius.Book your podcast as a professional at Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 31 Nice! Nice!John, who didn’t know how to program his alarm clock, was almost a no-show as a result. That’s because time just does not exist in Hawaii. Josh wants to hear all about John’s book, so John gives the details – about 1,000 sold, so far – along with future marketing plans. John plans to rock the community when he returns to The EntreProgrammer arena.Then a big discussion takes place concerning Josh’s intent to consult. The other 2 EntreProgrammers most definitely have something to say about that – WARNING! But Josh stands his ground. Josh trains to consult. But, what do you have when you consult?Both John and Derick have backgrounds as consultants and go into rather lengthy detail as to the ups and downs of this entrepreneurial effort. Josh describes how he is going about capturing clients in the consultation arena.The EntreProgrammers are hot for debate, sniffing the trail of resolutions. What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? It takes the ability to endure. John pushes the point that when you start, don’t stop and reroute. This will ruin the already developed effort, only to start a new one all over again.John not only writes books, he reads them, too! And he’s got a great one going now. The author goes into great detail about how to develop new constructive powerful habits offering that kind of growth that gets you places. Discipline is merely habit.Derick is liking his new way of doing his projects; focusing one week on one project at a time. He explains his achievements and high energy productivity. John notices that Derick seems to be feeling pretty darn good these days. Wonder if his accomplishments have anything to do with that? And so it goes…Book your podcast in the professional atmosphere of Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 30 Discipline Merely HabitDerick is making behavioral changes in his project line-up. This week is screen cast; next week, Signalleaf. Is Derick aware of the psychological phenomenon wherein a change of behavior will also bring temporary anxieties?These anxieties have been known to force an individual to stay in her/his comfort zone which means that the new behavior intended does not become reality. Discipline is merely habit.Tune-in to see how Derick deals with his new schedule. Some entrepreneurs take on this philosophy: “I love what I do; if it ever turns into a job, I’ll quit!”Entrepreneurs often go through this exact procedure that Derick speaks of. Are you? This new approach for Derick was recommended to him last week by John and Josh. For this episode, Josh is away on other business, returning to the show next week.Be sure to check-out some of detailed marketing strategy that Josh and Derick plan to deploy for the development of Signalleaf. For those of you who may have missed it, Josh is now working with Derick in the marketing of Signalleaf – nice!John’s book sales are likely headed to 7 or 8 hundred, by now, which guarantees that it will go to print. He gives details in this episode. You just might want to hear this whether you are writing a book or not.Tracking is a necessity when looking for information about the people that traffic your site which, of course, is why you are being tracked right now. But what system should you use? John talks about tracking in real estate then Derick takes it to program marketing.Derick mentions several ways to get that information. John makes a great point when discussing why a person would use that information and how to use it. There are several reasons, not all of which are good. The EntreProgrammers know; they live it.Derick elaborates in depth about what information he needs to calculate accurate pricing. These are details that every entrepreneur should have captured along the way to successful marketing and production in later efforts of the marketing arena.One service that Derick really shouts is: https://baremetrics.io/ Check it out. John shares with Derick, living in the now. Is living in the now a good thing for The EntreProgrammers?Book your podcast as a professional at Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 29 Existential CrisisCan you help Josh find himself? It takes a long time to know who you are and this EntreProgrammer is in the middle of an entrepreneurial career shift which is causing him to feel a little anxious. During a behavioral change anxieties do occur, but they are temporary.Could it be that Josh needs to focus on where he is going, rather than where he is? Time, now, for you to listen to this podcast to hear the situation of Josh. Changes like this do happen in the arena of EntreProgrammers; we should know how to handle them when they do occur.But first this: John wants to know about “the pictures” that were hi-jacked from iCloud. The metadata in this investigation points to a big screw-up by Apple, and just before Apple plans to introduce more of their “goodies” for all of us to buy. Josh accuses John of a hack job cover-up.Dereck is ready to hang-up the phone on this one. He wants nothing to do with it. What’s your take on this? The celebrity photo hack was first posted on 4Chan – now they’re everywhere. Josh said it best when stating “whatever you think is public.”The conversation in this meeting of the minds goes to John’s book. The publishers are going on a test ride with John’s beginning chapters – he explains the strategy, but then John is caught off guard and doesn’t want to anger his customers. What do you think he should do? The EntreProgrammers spin into resolution mode.What about the family? The EntreProgrammers discuss what it’s like to work at home with young children banging on their computers. John gets right to the point when talking about his retirement.The EntreProgrammers go on the hunt to solve Derick’s existential crisis. Does Derick realize how good he has it? Does he appreciate himself and the wonders of life? It takes a long time to know yourself.Book your podcast at Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 28 Author Craig McKeachieJohn is in Hawaii. Still? Derick broadcasts from Texas and Josh talks from Pennsylvania; and The EntreProgrammers have a special guest, author Craig McKeachie who is broadcasting from his house.How long does it take to write a book? The EntreProgrammers and Craig tell you.Craig is the author of: JAVASCRIPT FRAMEWORK GUIDE                                     ANGULARJS, BACKBONE, EMBERSo, we have 4 authors – also entrepreneurs - in this episode discussing the difficulties that come with writing a book, being a programmer and entrepreneur, and of course, promoting and marketing that which they create.You just now flew in and have become the fly on the wall. McKeachie gives the premise of the book that he wrote, “It’s basically like a book that compares and contrasts angularjs, ember and backbone and talks about a lot of the pros and cons and helps you kind a quickly learn them all by learning them together instead of like learning them separately which would require you reading 5 or 10 books, that sort a thing.”Visit Craig McKeachie at: http://www.funnyant.com/javascript-framework-guide/. This gives you the opportunity to purchase his book in addition to taking in other useful information published on his site.Down load a sample chapter and the table of contents to read what’s in his book; and check-out the section: LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS which includes Ari Lerner, Derick Bailey, Ward Bell, Brennan Dunn, Brian Sam-Boden and Nathan Barry.Vacations are supposed to be healthy for you. On the down-side, a vacation can actually hurt you and your entrepreneurial efforts. John elaborates on this subject.The EntreProgrammers go into a rather lengthy and detailed discussion with Craig about the benefits of doing guest blog posts, posts in a community and article sites. And Craig has a system which, of course, he talks about.Book your podcast at Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 27 Live by the Sword… (Background SFX: Birds of Hawaii)In recent episodes, Derick explains that he has several irons in the fire and isn’t quite sure where to put his focus. This episode reveals a totally focused Derick; and his focus is Signalleaf.Clue in to this episode for major upgrades to the podcast site, Signalleaf.And Josh is another focused EntreProgrammer, writing approximately 5,500 words, hoping to get it published on the popular Pat Flynn web log as a guest post. Well, did Flynn accept Josh’s proposal? Josh implements a sneaky tactic on the email sent to Flynn; interesting is that Flynn is the one who taught Josh the sneaky tactic. Would you like to use this tactic? Josh tells the whole story in this episode. Plus, Josh and Derick form a team.                                                       Click here for Flynn’s web log: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/blog/ Maybe Josh is a guest! Josh elaborates on his relationship with Flynn and checks the Drip report. Should you clean your emailing list?MailChimp appears to be headed for trouble. The EntreProgrammers investigate.The EntreProgrammers dig into MailChimp; what’s it good for, not good for. John brings-up something that he is rather disgusted with about the email service – holidays. And Drip just keeps getting better. Would you like to visit Drip? https://www.getdrip.com/Would you like the builder of Drip to appear on The EntreProgrammers show? Give your comments.Josh has a moment of realizing who he really is brought on by a survey that he took through AdWords. And it leads into a discussion with Derick. Are the 2 becoming a team with the mission to market Signalleaf? What a team it will be.In the discussion between Josh and Derick, the subject of content strategist comes-up. “If anybody is interested in a content strat-egist…” http://www.copy-cat.co/ Momoko Price has worked with Derick on Signalleaf; Derick highly recommends her.There is big news about John’s book. He has received 4 and 5 star reviews. So, John will be adding a few changes to the book – in Hawaii – with the publishing date set tentatively for December 10th, 2014.Happy with your Podcast? Give it a nice home at: http://signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 26 Freaks of DataOk, information freaks, you heard it here first; we are talking about the cutting edge of technology. Josh speaks about his experience of being introduced to mixpanel.What’s that? You absolutely need to see it for yourself: https://mixpanel.com/   I’m the fast kid on the block; I need it now: https://mixpanel.com/pricing/The EntreProgrammers John, Derick and Josh are broadcasting to you from Hawaii, Texas and Pennsylvania; the mastermind developerneurs begin with a weather report from each state, plus John invites one of his new feathered friends to the broadcast; please apply suspension of disbelief for the occasional audio delays in the program.Josh completes his coaching sessions with John McIntyre who demonstrated tracking with mixpanel which turned out to be a rather mind-blowing experience for the editor. “My head was ready to explode afterwards,” Josh said. So, let’s have a listen to John McIntyre, shall we? Let’s check-out mixpanel! Wait! Entrust my information to these guys? Are you sure?For those of you not familiar with McIntyre, this is now your opportunity to cash in on some professional advice. Here, he talks about “drop dead copy in email marketing.”Josh is editor for SitePoint.com and considers McIntyre’s marketing podcast to be his favorite: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drop-dead-copy/email-marketing-podcastand that speaks loud for McIntyre.Of course, anyone would argue that information is extremely powerful. How do you get it? How do you know if it’s the right information for your project marketing? McIntyre digs into this resolution in Josh’s coaching session by showing the energy directed in mixpanel.Speaking of good coaches, drop by http://Signalleaf.com to publish your podcast; Derick has the knowhow of a professional podcast and will coach you into professionalism.With higher expectations in quality, podcast production has changed dramatically over the past 7 years and now it really pays to have a pro on your side. Tme, now, for The EntreProgrammers.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 25 Life’s HurricanesJosh is stuck in traffic and John is stuck in a hurricane – well, sort of. The weather forecasts are blowing things out of proportion, says John and another hurricane headed his way.The mountains will stop this one.Josh is still tied-up in traffic with no lap top and Derick isn’t sure what to do with his career. Does this sound familiar? Have you ever felt this way? What did you do?Derick lays it all out while getting good advice from John. Sounds like Derick has a bit of his own hurricane to tame. What would you do, if you were Derick? The EntreProgrammers always appreciate your comments.Derick’s question should be: “What should I do with all of this talent?” He has several things going, and it’s becoming a little stressful for this EntreProgrammer to be handling all of these projects.Is he looking in all the right places for his answers? And then they take a look at marketing. It appears that you either market yourself, or hire someone to do it for you. Musicians have exactly the same problem – a musician and a promoter are both full-time jobs.The EntreProgrammers show how this can be done.Go in-depth with The EntreProgrammers to help Derick solve the “I’m way too talented for my hat” dilemma. And a nice surprise shows-up at the end.Book your podcast at Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 24 Rewrite Sales PageJosh gets into some serious writing techniques in another coaching call with John McIntyre. He is assigned the rewriting of his sales page.Josh recalls “struggling” with putting together a “decent sales page for my book.” He explains in-depth how his writing comes together with information from his surveys.So, let’s have a listen to John McIntyre, shall we? He talks about “drop dead copy in email marketing.” Josh is editor for SitePoint.com and considers McIntyre’s podcast to be his favorite: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drop-dead-copy/email-marketing-podcastBecause information for his book was derived from mostly his blog posts, Josh said that initially he was having trouble establishing “what need I’m trying to meet with it.”He points out appreciation for having the survey data to better his writing approach for his sales page. “…showed me what people are looking for,” he said.Josh was a little “bummed” when first receiving his survey information, but things quickly turned around for this writer. He read the information 3 times.“And then the third time through, it was really weird, like, phrases started to pop-out to me,” he said. Once again, writing solutions are provided by The EntreProgrammers who share it all with you.What’s this? Josh has been having so much success in his email marketing strategies that he actually gets a “warning” for Mail Chimps management. He gives all the details in this episode.Derick, experimenting with live podcast-style broadcasting, gives his comments from a hipster coffee house playing live jazz in the background. John recommends that Derick should talk in a 5-10 jazz beat to make complete all analysis in his hipster-style presentation – as in coffee with the beatnik culture?...well, maybe.John remains in California, soon headed for 2 months in “the islands” with his family.Never fear that different locations across the globe will ever alter the regular broadcasts of The EntreProgrammers Podcast. John will be broadcasting from Hawaii, Josh Pennsylvania, and Derick Texas.Place your podcast in Signalleaf.com.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 23 SouthWest NightmareJohn’s plane, finally getting ready for takeoff, showed another delay in flight plans when the Captain left the bridge; shivers down your backbone when you find out why.Derick is getting enormous response on ideas developing Signalleaf…and where did the name Signalleaf come from? Ask Derick to share the answer. He shares a little family history about the room he’s in, his father’s office in Kansas which used to be a …Many friends of The EntreProgrammers Podcast have listened to all 22 episodes (now 23) and there are some who listen to an episode more than once.And when you do a mathematical projection, the number of loyal friends turn-out to be quite nice for The EntreProgrammers – here to help you anyway they can. So, who has the highest numbers John, Derick or Josh? They show the focus not to be numbers; the focus is you.Speaking of mathematical computations, Josh jumps in with staggering numbers that he has been working with this past week – numbers in the hundreds of thousands. A rather interesting point comes-up: Should I do away with my list and create another; or, should I forge ahead with the one I’m currently using? The EntreProgrammers have the solution.How do you juggle the mix? Advice from John and Derick on how to produce a video that promotes your product in high quality helps Josh find solutions. A great place to start: have a good editor.Give your Podcast a nice place to live – Signalleaf.com. Thanks for listening.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 22 Brains Are For What?Derick takes control of the show, but appears to be unplugged. Ah, yes, the wonders of technological advancement.And into John’s book they go; the editors have spoken and John defends his writing approach. And what’s that, brains are…?The editors think that it’s a bit much, in places, needs a trim. Josh quickly jumps in with the solution and John saves all. Derick recommends that John keeps all of his information, but in a slightly different way.The EntreProgrammers are on the attack – solution time.And if anything needs a solution, it’s how to pay bills; to budget or not to budget; that is the question, here.John explains in detail that there are times when a person should watch her/his dollar very closely; but, there are also times when a person can’t really afford to watch her/his budget closely, nor does it pay to do so.This is The EntreProgrammers’ financial philosophy – some good advice, here. Another interesting point of view comes from Derick who has become, perhaps, the wealthiest member in his family, now.Not only does Derick explore marketing tactics, but also explains that you must learn how to deal with the money that you make when becoming a successful entrepreneur. Once again this marketing warrior teaches us through his good example.Derick tells it all; information to learn.“Have you ever played Cash Flow 101?” John asked. Well if you haven’t you probably should; your kids can play along with you – okay, you can check it out, here:http://www.richdad.com/apps-games/cashflow-classic.aspxJust exactly what should I do with this dollar, and the next one, too? In addition, this game “applies to real life.” How should we spend our money? The EntreProgrammers tell us.The next big question: How did Josh collect over 300,000 email addresses? Stay tuned, Josh will tell it all – the phenomenal marketing arena of Josh Earl – http://SitePoint.com editor.Book your Podcast in a friendly environment, http://Signalleaf.com. Derick is the creator of Signalleaf and shows you the path to a fun podcast.

The EntreProgrammers Episode 21 Josh’s NumbersIn Episode 20, it was argued that having a sale was an arbitrary adventure; it doesn’t matter when you have a sale, and in a global market, especially don’t have a sale over the 4th of July. John’s numbers in his 4th of July sale seems to blow this theory apart.John finished his book, a huge accomplishment. Why feelings of depression? John explains post-goal depression, something we all need to be aware of. When you should be celebrating the achievement of your goal, you’re not. Why is that?Josh offers John advice regarding research. Josh is a magazine article writer requiring a great deal of research for every story. When is your research complete?Then Derick explains that he doesn’t like to do research unless there is something to be solved by doing the research. John uses an experience he’s had with blogs to put forth the idea of recharging – getting more ideas to write about.Josh talks about his numbers which have sky rocketed. How did you do it, Josh? He goes in depth to share his secrets. In a surprising business marketing twist, The EntreProgrammers tell you how to buy a car.The EntreProgrammers go to baseball: When should you get a base hit and when should you swing for the boards? In this hypothetical analogy to marketing, using Josh’s success, they provide insight on a home run situation versus a base hit.Let’s turn to Derick, who now has a rather stressful situation at hand. The EntreProgrammers dig in to dig Derick out. They have a solution.Book your podcast at Signalleaf.com.

The Entreprogrammers Episode 20 Josh’s Favorite Marketing Podcast“You are the only person that has your experience so you should be sharing that with people.” Entreprogrammer Derick Bailey (Signalleaf.com Podcast Site)And so it goes…John has big news. Josh is M.I.A. You are the fly on the wall. This Master Mind Session is recorded live to share with you, promoting you living independently.The Entreprogrammers begin their 20th episode of total transparency and complete vulnerability in the analytic arena of marketing, promotion and public relations.John expresses, perhaps, having a 4th of July sale was a “bad thing.” Derick questions why have a 4th of July sale at all, especially in a global market where 70% of the world could care less about America’s independence.Derick has a great way of proving his theory that having a sale is an arbitrary marketing strategy. His substantial proof, based on his children, will have you laughing your ___ off.But the whole idea of living an independent life – and sharing it with you – is always at the heart and soul of The Entreprogrammers. It’s all about you.Speaking of you, The Entreprogrammers now discuss their huge list of subscribers and how they continue to make it grow. How do these guys do it? Derick tells how, in detail. Josh tells how to determine cost per acquisition. Just how much does it cost to get 1 person to subscribe?The McMethod Email Marketing Podcasthttp://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drop-dead-copy/email-marketing-podcastThe Entreprogrammers have given this podcast a rather high rating. So, let's have a listen...shall we? Author, SitePoint editor, Entreprogrammer, Josh Earl said it is his "favorite marketing podcast"...you can take that to the bank.                                What is the Title of John’s New Book?Another thing you can take to the bank is John’s book – he finished writing it. His editors and consultants have their hands on it now – stay tuned for a book launch coming your way in the form of 73 chapters and about 150,000 words. In John’s words, “That’s a lot of work!”Book your Podcast in a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

The Entreprogrammers Episode 19 My MicMathematical equation comes into play when The Entreprogrammers answer Josh’s question about how close a person should be to her/his microphone when talking. John demonstrates what it means to eat your mic – oh, yes, and sexy.John and Derick project a little more than Josh does, so it only stands to reason that Josh is closer to his mic. It’s good vibrations from The Entreprogrammers.It’s determined that the same equation as used in gravity and magnetics, and the equation used for light can be used to determine the appropriate distance that a person should be from the mic to produce perfect vibrations. Then Derick – what is he doing, anyway?The discussion goes to episode 18, that it was published; if you haven’t seen episode 18, yet, you surely must do so – John calls an emergency session to determine his life path. “You guys saved my life, basically!” he said to Josh and Derick.John deals with marketing criticism from a potential client by describing the reality of marketing to the client; Josh adds that it is The Entreprogrammers’ responsibility to help people, even if the marketing strategy is a little “cheesy.” John comments that marketing research reveals, “Cheesy works.”Josh gets into a detailed description of a change he is making in the marketing strategy used to sell his books; people are buying his books and Josh tells why. Also, Josh interviewed James Clear who produced 72,000 subscribers in about eighteen months. (JamesClear.com) Clear is into good health and habit change.Tablet, iPod, PC, laptop, iPhone, iPad, Blue Tooth – Who is using what? The Entreprogrammers tell us what they use and all about it. In addition, John goes big screen. Do these 3 Entreprogrammers ever use paper?Stay tuned…links to software used by The Entreprogrammers, coming soon. You requested it, so you get it.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

The Entreprogrammers Episode 18 John’s Life Path DecisionJohn’s life path, now, is to be made with one decision. He needs, in urgency, the high-end advice thriving consistently in the weekly Master Mind Sessions of The Entreprogrammers Podcast – he calls an emergency meeting with Josh and Derick.They quickly respond to John’s request and listen intently as he describes the dilemma that ultimately was born in the arena of popularity and success. Be careful about what you ask for because you just might get it – and more.John’s series of successes brought several options – a decision has to be made and becomes the intense focus of The Entreprogrammers emergency Master Mind Session.The emotional well-being of John’s family, now in the hands of The Entreprogrammers, is at stake, here – the subject of analysis for this episode.An extremely serious tone ensues as the 3 dig for resolution. What will it be? Lifestyle priorities of The Entreprogrammers surface in this deep discussion regarding John’s entrepreneurial dilemma; there is much to be learned in their analysis as resolution becomes recommended.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

The Entreprogrammers Episode 17 No Crisis HereWhere’s GetUpAndCode? Josh is a little saddened by John’s cut-back in the productions of GetUpAndCode. John quickly takes the moment to analyze the human nature living in a production schedule. John says, “Does it have to be so strict?” However, the fans of GetUpAndCode begin to expect shows on a certain schedule. Derick, points at the fans, saying to John, “That’s their problem, not yours.” Josh talks about having to take too much time to figure-out code; Derick, with 4 blogs on Wordpress, refers to Signalleaf as the oddity and finds himself struggling to get into its workflow calling it “too much work.”Derick continues, “I can’t get motivated to write for Signalleaf because there’s too much work involved in writing.” Is he in over his head? What’s to become of Signalleaf?The discussion then goes to whether or not good video production and editing is really worth it.John talks about a newsletter he’s sending that describes the most popular person on YouTube – this person’s show from Sweden is cut rather roughly – “playing video games and making stupid comments,” John said. But, he has 25 million subscribers.And the question arises, “Does production quality matter?”John catches himself (laughing) as he remarks that The Entreprogrammers isn’t produced – when it actually does have a producer.Derick is quick to undermine the producer’s efforts, calling him an editor, “No, we have an editor, he’s not a producer. We have a guy that just literally listens to it once to make sure we don’t say a few certain things (like this) and he tacks on the intro and outro and uploads it.”So, the discussion comes around revealing that The Entreprogrammers aren’t at all really interested in good production – bad sound, bad video – it doesn’t matter.The Entreprogrammers – not professional broadcasters - have asked their video producer to edit the show in this fashion which of course reflects the lack of professional broadcasting which is quite often found on the Internet, and perhaps, set video and audio back a hundred years.The Internet gave license to the amateur hour of audio and video, although these amateurs may have something good to say, they just don’t know how to say it good – not from the Arena of Artistic Process. Only a small percentage of the populous has true appreciation of the extreme beauty which is only found in the humanities.

The Entreprogrammers Episode 16 Josh’s True RewardJohn begins by asking Josh and Derick, “How are you guys doing.” Derick, in a Samurai shirt, says he wants to “Samurai something” not having such a great week.But the ensuing discussion changes Derick’s perspective on rewards for his efforts. Josh chimes in and says that he is good. John then describes a talk that he recently gave to a live audience saying that it went really well.Giving a talk like this one is among John’s favorite entrepreneurial marketing efforts; and claims motivational speaking to be his number 1 activity. Josh is quick to point-out that John is quite gifted when it comes to giving live speeches.The Entreprogrammers begin analyzing what really are the true rewards for their relentless approach to marketing strategy, writing blogs, newsletters and books, plus the involvement in digital production.Do you produce projects for the money or is your true reward in Artistic Process?Josh tells a story about certain emails that were written to him which gave him more excitement having read them, than the selling of his book – Josh’s true rewards. Derick’s perspective begins to change – the Samurai cools.Programming entrepreneurs usually have several “irons-in-the-fire” and at some point have to drop 1 or 2 (or more) irons – scale down appropriately. And this is where the Entreprogrammers take their next discussion.Derick is quick to caution this behavior as the wrong projects could be eliminated. John is seriously considering a move to motivational speaker for software programmers. He is well received with reasonably large audiences.Should an entrepreneur take any time off, or should she/he work straight through and bypass any opportunities for a break – obsessed with the project? The Entreprogrammers clear the air on this subject.Josh talks about the cycles of creativity. Then passion is defined. What is your passion? Should you follow it? The Entreprogrammers go into great detail as to what passion really is – and is not.Josh is developing and implementing new marketing strategy. He’s now getting over 20,000 hits per month on his blog. His new public relations path takes after another marketing genius in the entrepreneurial arena.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

The Entreprogrammers Episode 15 Tracking ConversionsJohn accuses Derick of being an amateur broadcaster. Josh spins off into analysis of his Tweeter advertising campaign with detailed ups and downs of his past week.Derick’s week reveals pandemonium in the data base at Signalleaf.com as he quickly jumps to its rescue after causing Signalleaf to crash, but the show still goes on at Signalleaf and turns out to be a gaining knowledge experience for Derick.And Signalleaf remains strong because of Derick’s programming expertise. Read Derick’s blog about ugly advertising works; he proves it in an isolated case study – good stuff.The discussion turns to converting traffic with respect to Josh’s marketing experiments; Josh faces a challenging dilemma in that he is generating a great deal of traffic to his web sites.But he doesn’t know enough about these people to understand why – with the impressive traffic – these people are showing such small conversion percentage rates.The 3 pound on this subject to determine solutions – something the Entreprogrammers are quite good at. They demonstrate how research is extremely important in determining market strategy. 

The Entreprogrammers Episode 14 Headline MattersThe Entreprogrammers continue progress as they reveal how they achieved their entrepreneurial gains. Congratulations to Josh on his new editing position which he talks about in this episode; this truly is great example of the rewards that can be gained from hard work and Josh demonstrates this in detail.What’s that; Signalleaf creator, Derick Bailey, is in the closet? Derick reveals up-close insight to home recording studios. There are many levels to the success of programmer entrepreneurship; John, Derick and Josh leave no stone unturned.The Entreprogrammers reveal how successful this podcast has become – and in such a short time. No hype, here, just the facts. Derick reveals the Signalleaf stats which have become quite impressive – this is only the 14th episode of the Entreprogrammers Podcast.Mathematical indicators in a business X - Y graph predict a huge success for this podcast over the coming weeks, months and years – in an arena so competitive that only about 20% of podcast productions actually succeed; consistency is revealed as being one of the key components.The Entreprogrammers demonstrate genius in many complicated areas as shown in their approach to academic argument where they establish the arena of solution. John, Josh and Derick, through their example, teach and are helping hundreds become better programmers and marketers – bettering people make healthier communities – a healthier society.These 3 entreprogrammers also discuss their contributions to charity. And John brings-up an extremely interesting point about character development and these marketing programmers discuss the value of appreciation in life and where it comes from in different levels of behavioral development.Another topic these 3 go to is publishing and selling of books. John, currently writing a book, is on chapter 45 of 80 with strong publishing and marketing resources behind him; it’s quite interesting to hear him talk of behind the scenes developments that a writer goes through. Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

Entreprogrammers Episode 13 HuBoardHuBoard creator, Ryan Rauh from Austin, Texas, is featured guest of The Entreprogrammers Podcast with John, Derick and Josh. Ryan talks about how long it took him to develop HuBoard which is “instant project management for GitHub repositories.”Ryan also gets into legal issues that he had to address in his HuBoard journey; he tells a rather humorous story about the first lawyer he approached regarding HuBoard legalities. It’s a small world, folks. Then Derick talks numbers, declaring upswing in his WatchMeCode.net subscriptions.The discussion goes to the advantages of Derick’s current entrepreneurial marketing efforts. He tells all with specifics on his capital gains which proves that what the Entreprogrammers do works in the marketing arena.John recommends shooting for a $5,000 monthly base income; incidentally, so does Derick, who has just revealed having a great month in terms of income – excellent numbers. Focus of the discussion goes back to Ryan who itemizes his reinvestment into his HuBoard.com efforts and the cost and worth of investing in a good Freelance Designer.Ryan gives details about the designer, his worth in Ryan’s venture and the importance of reinvestment. The group debates the 80-20; and in a surprising move, Ryan tells that he has put little to nothing into the marketing of HuBoard.com, yet goes on to report 69 sign-ups for this month.The reaction: “Wow!” But Ryan is somewhat baffled as to this “grass-roots” growth. How is this happening? And Josh talks about his experiences with GitHub and what a difference HuBoard would make in “having everything in one place.”Josh says, “It’s spreading by the word of mouth.” Suddenly, it appears that programmers have the same problem as musicians; they don’t like to indulge in self-promotion. The Entreprogrammers discuss their philosophy in regards to this somewhat awkward  behavior when someone has toot her/his own horn.Give you podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

Entreprogrammers Episode 12 The ObsessionAnalysis of analytics starts the Entreprogrammers discussion; Derick jumps in first expressing his disdain for Josh; in Episode 11 Josh challenged John and Derick to refrain from the viewing of their stats pages; “view once per week,” he said.So, could they all actually do it? Derick’s week was destroyed from lack of stat viewing. Then, in-depth analysis of the workings in advertising with Twitter ensues. Josh experiments with the effectiveness of Twitter ads and provides a gold-mine of information in his findings.Derick also uses Twitter ads and supplies more extremely valuable information in the Twitter ads program. John too adds more valuable commentary on Twitter. So, if you do Twitter, or would like to, jump right on in to this Twitter advertising discussion, then email your comments.Then Derick declares his bundle sales on Leanpub to be rather unusual. And Derick mentions his royalties from Leanpub – quite impressive. John tells of his experience with .NET ROCKS, an Internet audio talk show for .NET developers.John’s expectations of the results of his interview on .NET ROCKS are initially pessimistic, but then… How To Think in Object Oriented Design is a course published by Derick; he seeks advice from John and Josh; he sets the stage for this “week long course” then says, “What do I do at the end of that.” His direction is determined in the upcoming discussion with Josh and John providing answers to Derick’s dilemma.Towards the end of this podcast, the 3 developers discuss the importance of a book title; and they come very close to talking about procedures that have been used by famous copywriters. Are these programmers creating master-mind marketing tactics on the fly?Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

Entreprogrammers Episode 11 Cognitive PsychologyThe Entreprogrammers reveal the success in the launch of this podcast where Josh, Derick and John brainstorm weekly in the arena of pure spontaneity. These 3 programmers offer extremely useful information on many different levels directly related to synchronizing entrepreneurial marketing efforts with lifestyle.And it’s not just for programmers as the public relations strategies that the Entreprogrammers discuss, even occasionally create, and are extremely powerful factors essential in the survival of every entrepreneur.For example, (although they probably did not know it at the time) these 3 programmers talk about their implementations of legendary marketing developed in the genius of famous copywriters.And a great example of the diversity of information presented in the Entreprogrammers Podcast is when Derick gives John his “next assignment” which is to research and read about cognitive psychology, the highest single contributor to Derick’s success.Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity and thinking. Derick applies these psychological concepts to his daily entrepreneurial efforts.The discussion goes to the publishing industry. Is it better to self-publish? Cash in on the Entreprogrammers’ advice on how to publish books. They give in-depth analysis regarding the operational perspective of publishing companies.And analytics takes center and Josh proposes that Derick and John join him in “turning off the stats” by only looking at them “once per week.” But why is that? Don’t you want to know how much you sell and who’s buying? The Entreprogrammers explain the theory behind the behavior.Then a shift to advertising digital products on Twitter; Josh admits to what he calls “taking the Viet Nam” approach but is now changing that to more aggressive tactics. Tune in for Josh’s explanation. Plus, mailchimp gets thumbs down. Find out about news marketing campaigns that are being tested by Josh. Then compare and determine if this might work for you.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

Entreprogrammers Episode 10 The Arena of QuackThe reality of it is, being a good entrepreneur can also mean being healthy – good things come from good health.The Entreprogrammers, always transparent in this podcast, reveal some of their health issues in a heated debate on medical and chiropractic quackery.John, Josh and Derick take a look at elements that we all face in life – doctors, chiropractors and dentists. This academic argument between the 3 of them reveals approaches and perspectives to the use of medicine, doctors, dentists and chiropractic procedures. John’s obsession for medical research is constructively criticized by Derick and Josh; they question John’s behavior. Then, the Entreprogrammers compare their findings in health care to the practices found in the profession of programmers.Their discussion segues into questioning the productive value of answering emails and what they ultimately produce. Sincere application of emails become extremely powerful in the efforts of an entrepreneur, although time consuming; the Entreprogrammers tell us why the written word can produce a huge effect in the public relations arena.Derick expresses the realization that thoughtful timely effort when answering emails will eventually develop and produce close long lasting relationships with the audiences that they have acquired.Suddenly, playful noises originate from John’s microphone; the Entreprogrammers attempt to keep straight faces, ignoring the outbursts, but it eventually gets the best of them.Well, in the spirit of great parenting, John suddenly disappears from the show’s discussion to take care of his most important focus, that of his child.There seems to be a little person having some fun in the background. Another great lesson for the stay at home entrepreneur dealing with a little person who wants to steal the show.Josh and Derick have a good laugh, and then Josh tells a hilarious story of what happens when on the phone with a client as he’s walking among the toys of his little boy – hello duck, surprise daddy!!The little persons are found everywhere in the efforts of the stay-at-home Entreprogrammers. Derick tells about a runaway naked baby running across the screen – quickly followed by Mom – in one of his broadcasts with a client in a consultation conference.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

Entreprogrammers Episode 9 The Weekly EditorThe Entreprogrammers Josh, Derick and John start by ripping into the iPhone; good phones, bad phones. This entrepreneurial discussion grants new perspective on the good, the bad and the ugly iPhones.Derick goes into drama mode, not feeling well all week long, but perks-up to report good news about his relentless efforts in the fiercely competitive marketing tactics so commonly found in the arena of entrepreneurs.Example of the Entreprogrammers “never-say-die” attitude towards finding resolutions to serious problems that often lurk quietly in the shadows of capitalistic darkness is true testament that these 3 guys know what it takes to survive.Always ready to do battle in the sometimes fluctuating unpredictable marketing behavior found so often in the public relations programming entrepreneurial arena – a place where a programmer is forced to sometimes deal with the absence of ethics and morals.The Entreprogrammers just hired The Weekly Editor for this podcast – what’s that? John knows that the new editor is watching and takes the opportunity to “baptize” him with insults – welcome to the Entreprogrammers podcast, David. The focus goes to Josh and a rather awkward situation that he is in with a buyer of one of his books – a buyer who doesn’t appreciate the information and research that Josh produced in the form of a book.Josh is not one to back down from an unsynchronized situation and through this experience he shows viewers and listeners that when “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” then what you have to do is reprogram the negative and make it smell like roses. This is the story of how Josh takes 1 negative and programs it into 2 positives that actually boost him forward in his public relations efforts in marketing strategies designed for programmers.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleasf.com.

Entreprogrammers Episode 8 Love My HeadphonesJosh, Derick and John start with good headphones, bad headphones.The discussion goes to subscribers and John shows how unpredictable an audience can really be – even a long-time loyal fan base can trick you into making wrong predictions in marketing behavior.Auto-responder techniques are extremely high on the Entreprogrammers things-to-do list; John discusses with Josh and Derick how to fine-tune and establish the right sequence of auto-responder emails.This will yield the high rate of conversions that a marketing entrepreneur is looking for in her/his advertising campaigns.To hit the wrong groups in your listening audiences with the wrong or redundant messages could result in “turning-off” the switch that makes them read and purchase your material. Blogging, in comparison, finds John more into editorial writing while Josh and Derick focus on the technical side of writing.Josh says that he would like to write more about marketing in his blog, however he is quick to point out that this thinking runs into a dilemma with what’s found to receive the highest nod in Google rating - the “how to” blog.Josh continues by saying that you practically need to be an expert in your field of writing to pull this high rating for the information that you are providing. So, what is an entrepreneur to do?This ending could not have been a better promotion for Podcast Recorder (soon to be at Signalleaf.com), even if it had been written and rehearsed. As the Entreprogrammers Team is discussing that they will be offering high quality podcast recording at Signalleaf.com, their show starts cutting out in both the audio and video.Please accept our apologies as we are experiencing extreme technical difficulties – and Josh is quick to theorize that this outage is the result of envious Google conspiracy.The Team, laughing about the whole situation, is forced into a quick sign-off.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com

The Entreprogrammers Episode 7 Mentally Kickin’ My…Josh has a rough week and bares it all. Derick’s Twitter ads go south; they were generating traffic but no conversions; he admits forgetting to install conversion tracking.John shows how important its use can be in providing useful marketing information; then, John bares all.Here’s a marketing tip for you: It’s essential that audiences see you, your image or logo repeatedly over time. Generally, a person doesn’t make a purchase until having seen that product for the seventh time. Derick tells just how technical and precise is today’s tracking systems – yes, you are being followed quite closely by at least corporate America, spending millions getting to know your behavior, then bait you.So, what should you expect and how should you deal with what appears to be moments of despair experienced on a regular basis in the entrepreneurial arena - the natural law of things?The Entreprogrammers get into a discussion that reveals several inadequacies that they have encountered in their efforts of email marketing – quite frustrating from time to time – and so it goes, the infinite search for solutions.And how would you like to increase your daily productivity; Josh, Derick and John tell you a way to do just that and all 3 of them are using the same system to increase doing that which really matters.Then we switch to John’s update and get a deeper insight to his successful marketing strategies. The Entreprogrammers reveal obsession for the entrepreneurial arena – so, to keep the human experience healthy, just take a break from the arena of obsession.And what about all of those ideas that I’ve been having; Derick will sum it up for you. The Entreprogrammers advise you on how to deal with thought continuum. Derick summed it up this way: “You’ve got to scratch that itch!” John explains some of the natural laws of promoting your service or product. Don’t allow yourself to get stressed over a dip in your marketing efforts.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

The Entreprogrammers Episode 6 Income Tax Panic ModeEntreprogrammers John, Derick and Josh get into it with resolutions for Derick’s income tax panic mode.What are some solutions to taxes in the efforts of entrepreneurial financial management? Derick bares it all to help others who are experiencing the same “tax man” nightmare.John’s argument shows that real estate is the best investment compared to trading stocks; then, Josh expresses concern about the true lifetime value of the digital products that they are producing, especially if the economy takes a down turn.Derick quickly argues from his experience that digital products are valuable when the economy indicates recession. How consistent is digital value?Derick argues based on his fourteen years as a consultant that in an economic down turn the demand for consultants consistently rises.This indicator shows that it is profitable to have digital availability. The focus of the discussion quickly turns when John’s asks, “You guys want the numbers?” How many did John sell? John credits the sending of his emails resulting in consistent sales. The discussion goes to global traffic and how it measures up in the conversion equation.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

The Entreprogrammers Episode 5 John’s Roller-coaster RideJohn talks about his roller-coaster ride and Mailchimp’s time warp in Malaysia. The idea of cross promotion is discussed.Theme prices appear to be a rip-off and solutions to this are suggested. The powerful flexibility and quickness of execution are recognized as being a great advantage that Entreprogrammers created within their partnership.Derick mentions his Signalleaf marketing strategies, a powerful addition to his campaign and talks about the person behind it.If you are looking for promotional and marketing energy for your organization, this is your opportunity.Derick explains the different areas of focus in his energized marketing.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

Episode 4 Josh’s Not Sure If MomentJohn introduces a new hip-hop jingle causing Josh to have a “not sure if moment.” While Derick, laughing, has to make sure it gets played during this episode. John defends the $5 jingle then segues into experimentation “bottom third.” The team gets into it; Josh is a “little scared” when checking his numbers on book sales.Derick provides useful informative in depth analysis on Twitter ads combined with Josh’s sublime text tips. Derick expresses frustration in being involved in several projects, but somehow feeling lack of productivity in the right areas of his entrepreneurial marketing strategies.The team focuses on time management using Derick’s current situation as a reality check model – a great deal to be learned from this brainstorming session as the team isolates barriers and provides the solutions necessary in the dynamics of the entrepreneurial effort. Josh, Derick and John show great example to entrepreneurs who are faced with exactly the same problems, and how to deal with the mind-set that is required to maintain sanity and focus in a sometimes pressured and stressful entrepreneurial marketing arena.The team will show you in current exemplified analysis of their strategies to push – to the edge – a continued productive entrepreneurial effort. And, we want you to job in on this, too: What would your analytical argument be to the team with respect to their discussion concerning dilemmas often faced in the arenas of appropriate time management? Always hang in there; the team is always on your side!Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

The Entreprogrammers Episode 3 This WorksJohn Sonmez and author Josh Earl discuss marketing strategies that work while Derick spends some time in Canada.Earl gives examples of books that he has recently sold and the implementation process of his marketing approach that he developed and used to sell his books.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

Programmers, entrepreneurs John Sonmez, Derick Bailey and Josh Earl discuss the obstacles and solutions to the balance of work and lifestyle - a constant battle that all of us face.Insight to dealing with this dilemma surfaces in the transparent analysis of Derick's, sometime's awkward approach to the art of time management.This is the fast paced, highly demand-full, often stressful, schedule of events found in the typical American work weak as capitalistic philosophies demand.It's found in a marketing arena riddled with a high percentage of intentionally produced digital products embedded with continuance of planned obsolescence.Give your podcast a nice home at Signalleaf.com.

This is the first episode of Entreprogrammers where John, Josh and Derick talk about what the podcast is and introduce themselves.Then, they get right into business and show you what it's like to be an entrepreneurial developer! These podcast by the Entreprogrammers contain a wealth of information for anyone involved with the Internet.Do your podcast at Signalleaf.com.