Entreprogrammers Podcast

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

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. Shou

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 inform

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. Music

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 thi

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

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

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

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 w

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 marke

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 di

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 – thi

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

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 solut

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 a

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 reinves

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,

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 p

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

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