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What is your other business? Why is it failing? I appreciate you're trying to hang on in there, but it might be better to cut your losses and move on to the ne

by iqonik 11y ago

What is your other business? Why is it failing? I appreciate you're trying to hang on in there, but it might be better to cut your losses and move on to the next thing.

oliv__ 11y ago
It's Skyler[0]: it's a fashion weather app. We are bootstrapped and can't raise money so we have to shut down at the end of the month... :( [0] https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1011881829 https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1011881829
- iqonik 11y ago
  Looks interesting and it's a nice feature. Not sure if it is a standalone app though - I have the default weather app that works just fine. However, you have something that would be valuable to other Apps such as Next, New Look or similar (I'm in the UK, so these shops may not be relevant to you.). I would suggest approaching them and offering to license your software so every morning a push alert is sent to their users with the weather for that day and a suggested outfit from their shop. That is the only route to real monetisation that I can see.
- chillingeffect 11y ago
  I think these (and the pepper thing?!) are all good lessons for you if you're able to learn from them. The key things I missing from your portfolio are: A. The Elusive Obvious B. Communication of Value. Those are your blind spots. Nail those and with your other qualities you'll be successful. I hope this feedback is useful to you: A. The Elusive Obvious: What is a "fashion weather app?" It's obvious to you, but not enough other people. The Elusive Obvious is a common problem and the good thing is: it's relatively easy to correct. Just use the "elevator pitch" or "grandparent description" techniques. Say "It shows you attractive people in cool clothes automatically dressed for the weather forecast so you know what to wear that day." B. Value: You have to tell everyone who hasn't bought your app why to spend five minutes, 99 cents, 1.6 MB, learning and using your apps instead of doing other things we already love like making a stir fry and letting the chips fall where they may w/r/t weather: How much will we get back for our expenditure? Tell a story, will it save us time? Lead to better social results? Save us money? Change our mood, make us laugh, validate our clothes choices? Lead with emotion. You can't count on your customers to hang out in 45-minute brainstorming sessions ideating all the reasons they should use your program. You've got to tell them point-blank. (And now I'm off to do the most important thing which is to apply all these critiques to myself. Good luck, Oliv__)
- kenko 11y ago
  So ... why is it free?
alternize 11y ago
you probably should rather ask those questions through OPs website? :)
- iqonik 11y ago
  heh. You're probably right, except I wonder if I'd be helping to keep a business going when I'm not sure that is what is right thing to do here.

by iqonik 11y ago

What is your other business? Why is it failing? I appreciate you're trying to hang on in there, but it might be better to cut your losses and move on to the next thing.

oliv__ 11y ago

It's Skyler[0]: it's a fashion weather app. We are bootstrapped and can't raise money so we have to shut down at the end of the month... :( [0] https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1011881829 https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1011881829

iqonik 11y ago
Looks interesting and it's a nice feature. Not sure if it is a standalone app though - I have the default weather app that works just fine. However, you have something that would be valuable to other Apps such as Next, New Look or similar (I'm in the UK, so these shops may not be relevant to you.). I would suggest approaching them and offering to license your software so every morning a push alert is sent to their users with the weather for that day and a suggested outfit from their shop. That is the only route to real monetisation that I can see.
chillingeffect 11y ago
I think these (and the pepper thing?!) are all good lessons for you if you're able to learn from them. The key things I missing from your portfolio are: A. The Elusive Obvious B. Communication of Value. Those are your blind spots. Nail those and with your other qualities you'll be successful. I hope this feedback is useful to you: A. The Elusive Obvious: What is a "fashion weather app?" It's obvious to you, but not enough other people. The Elusive Obvious is a common problem and the good thing is: it's relatively easy to correct. Just use the "elevator pitch" or "grandparent description" techniques. Say "It shows you attractive people in cool clothes automatically dressed for the weather forecast so you know what to wear that day." B. Value: You have to tell everyone who hasn't bought your app why to spend five minutes, 99 cents, 1.6 MB, learning and using your apps instead of doing other things we already love like making a stir fry and letting the chips fall where they may w/r/t weather: How much will we get back for our expenditure? Tell a story, will it save us time? Lead to better social results? Save us money? Change our mood, make us laugh, validate our clothes choices? Lead with emotion. You can't count on your customers to hang out in 45-minute brainstorming sessions ideating all the reasons they should use your program. You've got to tell them point-blank. (And now I'm off to do the most important thing which is to apply all these critiques to myself. Good luck, Oliv__)
kenko 11y ago
So ... why is it free?

alternize 11y ago

you probably should rather ask those questions through OPs website? :)

iqonik 11y ago
heh. You're probably right, except I wonder if I'd be helping to keep a business going when I'm not sure that is what is right thing to do here.