Entreprogrammers Podcast

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 stil

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

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 co

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 Pe

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

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 t

 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 rese

“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 bui

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

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

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 t

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

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

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 a

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 id

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 Con

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

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

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,

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.