Build & Launch

This week Justin teams up with his friend Marty to build and launch a web application called Network Effects.Were they able to launch in time?Community update: Corey Stone built & launched: herokeyboard.com Kyle Adams creates incredible icons + illustrations: kyleadams.me Justin Weiss released his book “Practicing Rails”: www.justinweiss.com/practicing-rails/ On burnoutIt doesn't do you any good to burn yourself out and end up in bed... or worse, a hospital bed.Did they launch?YES! Network Effects launched to 10 beta testers on Thursday. You can sign-up for the beta here: networkeffects.meCosts 2-3 hours a night (each): 14-21 hours total for the week (each). Costs: $100 / month for Heroku, SSL, hosting for the marketing site, private GitHub The next Build & Launch productA lot of listeners have said they'd be interested in me partnering with someone else, and helping them launch a product in 7 days.My buddy Adam Clark needs help - he needs to launch his course, Irresistible Podcasting, in about a w

I called a competitor on the phone.There's always this worry that someone with the same idea is going to launch at the same time, and they're going to steal all of our thunder.Join Justin Jackson as he talks with Kiki Schirr about not getting discouraged when competitors pop up.It's kind of like showing up to a party and you're wearing the same dress as someone else.This week's Build & Launch projectThis is also the mid-week check-up for the second product we're building live on the show: a fully functional web application. In this episode you'll hear from my partner in crime, Marty Dill: will we be able to launch this side-project (working only in our spare time) on Thursday?You can see the website here: networkeffects.meShow Notes Sign-up for the beta of this week's project: networkeffects.me Want to get started? Check out Gumroad's 30 Day Challenge Kiki's book: The Product Hunt Manual Justin's book: The Product Hunt Handbook Join the Build & Launch newsletter to get all the stats Want to share

When we last spoke, I was mid-week through his experiment of building a product in 7 days. Yesterday was supposed to be launch day, did I succeed? Listen as I expose his personal audio journals to the world, chronicling his journey of writing and shipping "The Product Hunt Handbook." Explore the struggle, the obstacles, the exhaustion!The actual work of producing a product is hard. Most of the time you waste is not getting to the actual work. In this case, the only thing that mattered was me sitting down at my computer with iBooks Author and writing. That's the only thing that brought me forward.Initial Launch Stats for the Product Hunt Handbook Pre-orders: 58 people pre-ordered ($605) Total orders as of Friday morning (Feb 6): 89 total sales ($1,055) 40 sales came from Product Hunt, 32 sales came from the Build & Launch newsletter This week's Build & Launch projectMy buddy Marty and I are going to try to build an entire web application by Thursday, Feb 12th, 2015 BEFORE HIS BABY COMES.Show Notes Tech

It’s the mid-week checkup! Last Thursday Justin announced the first product he'd be building. He only has 7 days to do it.In this episode you'll hear real-life journal entries from Justin as he attempts to write The Product Hunt handbook for delivery on Thursday.He also got a special surprise... listen to hear about that.Follow-up We made it to the top of New & Noteworthy in iTunes! Thank you! (Keep leaving those reviews) You can pre-order The Product Hunt Handbook now and get $5 off (somebody already did!) Maurice Cherry shared his new podcast, Year of Tea Shantnu started /r/bankmanagers on Reddit ;) Lucas da Silva from Brazil wanted to hear some heavy metal, so I played City of Gold, by Striker Justin Hunter was inspired to start building! Stats update Total podcast listens: 8017 Most popular episode: "EP6: This is it: first product announcement!" iTunes Ratings: 50 List item Goal for todayGet the pre-order page up and ready: gum.co/producthunt/preorderBeard updatePhoto from Saturday while I was writin

Whoo. This is it. This is the day I announce the first product I'll be working on for Build & Launch. I wanted to start really small: I think the mistake most people make when they're building their first thing, is they choose something way too big."Nobody has the balls to do this." - Jarrod DrysdaleProduct announcementThe first official Build & Launch product is... The Product Hunt Handbook.The only way to truly validate an idea is seeing if people will pay money for it.There’s two important things you need to cover when building anything: Who is this for? What specific type of person am I targeting? What’s their pain? Why would the hire this product? What’s going to convince them to take out their wallets, and buy? New show format!Initially, was going to do a 30 min episode a week, but people are loving these smaller 10-15 minute episodes.Here's what I'm going to try out: I'll do 3 mini-episodes a week: Start project + previous week’s stats Mid-week checkup Launch day! Stats update Podcast listens

Yesterday was launch day for the podcast. It landed on Product Hunt, and there was a flurry of excitement. But what happens the day after you launch? Today I talk about the post-launch blues.We launch part of ourselves with the stuff that we do. We're launching ourselves in a podcast, or a book, or product. It's tough. - Paul JarvisYou're in really vulnerable position. You're putting something you've been working on in private out in public. The launch is fun, but then you have to do the work. And you're back by yourself. - Jarrod DrysdaleStats update Podcast listens: 2312 listens so far (up from 955 listens yesterday) Most popular episode: Podcast Gear Starter Kit 29 ratings in the US iTunes Store (up from 12 yesterday) My favorite review so far 677 views on buildandlaunch.net (up from 671 views yesterday) Beard updateCurrent photo.Launch week: How to make a podcast Episode 1: Choosing a topic Episode 2: Record your first episode Episode 3: Podcasting equipment Episode 4: Recording, interviewing, editing (ye

In this episode we hear what Justin's family thinks about this crazy experiment. Also: why is Justin standing in a completely dark closet?Launch statsI promised that I'd share all my launch stats for each project I release.So far, in the last 24 hours, here are the stats: 955 podcast listens 671 page views on buildandlaunch.net (almost all from Product Hunt) 12 ratings in the USA iTunes Store 5 ratings in the Canadian iTunes Store 93 upvotes on Product Hunt Launch email list: 394 subscribers Question & Answer What do you use for podcasting stats + hosting? Transistor.fm What do you use to record audio interviews over Skype? You can use Skype Call Recorder or Audio Hijack Pro. I use ScreenFlow, which is screencasting software, but it works really well for recording audio as well. Where do you get your theme music? You can get theme music from Premium Beat and Audio Jungle. I got my music from someone local. Want to help make Build & Launch a success? Subscribe, and leave a review in iTunes!Big guid

Want to start your own podcast this year? For Build & Launch's inaugural week, Justin Jackson is doing 5 mini episodes on what it takes to build and launch a podcast. Today's episode: what kind of of podcasting gear you should get.Want to help make Build & Launch a success? Subscribe, and leave a review in iTunes!Once Build & Launch starts it's official season on February 5th, 2015, Justin Jackson will launch a new product every week. Listen and learn from his wins and misses, and get motivated to ship your own SaaS, mobile app, ebook, or other digital project.Justin's podcasting startup kit Microphone: Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB Headphones: Sennheiser HD 202 II Editing software: Garage Band (for Mac) and Audacity (for PC) Launch week: How to make a podcast Episode 1: Choosing a topic Episode 2: Record your first episode (yesterday's episode) Episode 3: Podcasting equipment (this episode) Episode 4: Recording, interviewing, editing Episode 5: Launching and promoting Show notes Merlin Mann on

Want to Build & Launch your own thing? Join Justin Jackson as he launches a new product every week. Listen and learn from his wins and misses, and get motivated to ship your own SaaS, mobile app, ebook, or other digital project.Want to help make Build & Launch a success? Subscribe, and leave a review in iTunes!For the podcast's launch week, he's doing 5 mini episodes on what it takes to build and launch a podcast. Today's episode: start now and start small."Before you run out and buy a bunch of gear, record something now! You don't need a fancy mic to start practicing."How to record your first podcast Find the Voice Memos app on your iPhone Choose a topic you'd like to talk about (see yesterday's episode) Write out an outline for a short 5-10 minute episode Open up the Voice Memos app and record your episode! Repeat over and over again: practice recording that same episode dozens of times Send Justin your mini-episode: words@bizbox.ca Launch week: How to make a podcastEpisode 1: Choosing a topic (yes

Build & Launch is an experimental podcast about launching products. Every week, Justin Jackson takes you on a journey of shipping something new. You'll get to here about his missteps and wins as he creates something and then launches it to the public. Then you'll be able to check back the following week and hear about his launch stats: revenue, traffic, conversion rates, everything!Want to help make Build & Launch a success? Subscribe, and leave a review in iTunes!For the podcast's launch week, he's doing 5 mini episodes on what it takes to build and launch a podcast. Today's episode is about choosing a topic.Launch week: How to make a podcastEpisode 1: Choosing a topic (today's episode) Episode 2: Record your first episode Episode 3: Podcasting equipment Episode 4: Recording, interviewing, editing Episode 5: Launching and promotingShow notes Product People podcast Kyle Fox Merlin Mann: "People come for the topic, and stay for the voice" Venn Diagram: choose your audience wisely /r/bankmanagers on Re