Entreprogrammers Podcast

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 f

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 an

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 t

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 De

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 accord

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 ta

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 do

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 t

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

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 fi

“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 abou

“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

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 th

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 a

"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

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 t

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 Remo

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

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

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