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Inspiring. Do you agree with the saying "build it and they will come?"

• jordanmorgan10 4y ago
  …kiiiiiind of? The thing is, I’ve made a lot of things that didn’t jack crap. I launched four apps before I made one that mattered. I wrote on my blog for nearly a decade before I could launch a book that I sold. But on the other hand, I know several indies who hit it right out of the park. It’s so hard to say. It’s part marketing, knowing where your audience is, making something actually good and then luck. I think that there is an art to all of this, but having been on both side of the fence, I think dumb luck does factor in. Also, quick story - an app I made in 2012ish, I thought for sure was gonna do great! It was a Christmas list app, and I launched it in November. I woke up the next day and I saw…one sale. Later that day, I found out it was my boss’ daughter who bought it. Haha, so, you never know!
  • gentleman11 4y ago
    What was your blogs following prior to launch? How did you market the book? Congratulations btw
    • jordanmorgan10 4y ago
      I don’t have a social account for my blog, but on Twitter I have 27k followers which no doubt helps a lot. In terms of marketing, it sounds so simple but it’s the first I’ve actually done this process: Announce it, ask for email sign ups if they are interested, keep them in the loop, and then launch. The mailing list had about 1,000 people on it once I launched (about two months from announcing it to doing the early access launch).
• quickthrower2 4y ago
  Sounds like they came first: > I settled on adapting one of my more popular [blog posts][2] that I keep updated through each version of iOS into a five book series