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Developing an app that will really sell is hard and it’s only getting harder. I recognized this and decided to develop a site around helping others find great app ideas.
App Recon includes helpful “Get a Great App Idea” reports based on data analysis of the App Store. The site also has app business strategy articles.
So check out App Recon. I hope you’ll find it useful and would also love to hear from you about how the site can become even better!
-Bob
In the last few weeks I’ve come up with a process that makes a lot of sense based on my past experiences: Test Driven Business. At it’s core, this involves tight iterations of experiments, data analysis and course adjustment.
In all fairness, I didn’t invent this concept out of thin air, rather was greatly inspired by concepts presented in Steve Blank’s Startup Owner’s Manual, the Minimum Viable Product discussed by Eric Reis and best practices of niche site building.
I just finished up a really cool book this weekend called Work the System by Sam Carpenter. In it, Sam talks about optimizing your life by viewing activities as a part of interdependent systems. I found a lot of what he had to say a bit revolutionary and quite refreshing compared to conventional time management advice.
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The following are the best business and productivity web articles I’ve come across in the past week. I try to find the stories that won’t waste your time and have the potential to positively impact your business.
As I’ve been trudging through various methods of finding a niche site topic, I realize more than ever that a topic I discussed last week is really important: Good content is key to creating viable niche sites.
As the Internet matures, the businesses that make money will evolve to be of higher and higher quality. This means that cheapie niche site content will become less and less of an option going forward.
The following are the best business and productivity web articles I’ve come across in the past week.
I try to find the stories that won’t waste your time and have the potential to positively impact your business. Read More
In the last week I’ve learned more about niche site building, nullified some theories and refined others. The net result is that I’ve decided to switch from a ‘niche site’ building strategy to one of ‘niche-authority site’ building.
This shift not only makes sense because of my personal sensibilities, but I think it makes sense from a long-term business perspective also.
The following are the best business and productivity web articles I’ve come across in the past week. I try to find the stories that won’t waste your time and have the potential to positively impact your business.
I decided to bite the bullet and incorporate niche site building into my overall Internet business strategy.
I’ve heard Pat Flynn talk a lot about his security guard site and know a ton of other people out there have had great success with them so I figure niche sites would be a good idea.
The following are the best business and productivity web articles I’ve come across in the past week. I try to find the stories that won’t waste your time and have the potential to positively impact your business.
