Jamie’s Software Business Adventure – Part One In Wednesday’s post, I wrote about how I’d found a new idea for a service based on a business blind-spot of mine. I have spent the last few nights sleepless due to the fact that I should really develop the idea somewhat; even if only for myself (and…
Software Business Challenge Part Two: Don’t Know What You’re Doing? Great! This is the promised first update in my business software challenge series. It’s a collection of thoughts about why you need to document the process of building your software, even if you’re not sure where you’re going with it. This series isn’t intended for…
Why You Should Consider Starting An Affiliate Program There are a million different money making schemes online, but by far and away the best method for making money online (or offline) is creating a product and selling it. It’s not the quickest way. The quickest way is to offer an online service, and if you’re…
Software Business Challenge: Customer Support This will probably be the last update in the software business challenge for the foreseeable future. Customer support is the biggest failing that entrepreneur gurus get wrong. Here’s my guide. Build A “Database” Or Spreadsheet Of Errors And Fixes. You don’t have to provide support 24/7, but you should…
Software Challenge Update: Marketing Your Service I’m getting there with the software challenge. I’ve created the service. I have today bought the website for it. I’ve written a sales-page & business plan for it I’m currently using it to see what I can improve upon and bugs and the like In short, getting it…
Tech Copywriting 101 If you’re a copywriter working on freelance sites, then a lot of the potential work you might find (that pays well) will be in the technology sector. Whether it’s sales pages for apps, technical documents for cloud companies or an email list for a software-as-a-service start-up, there’s plenty of work to…
The Software Business Challenge: Unanticipated Edition Friday saw me admitting to a shortcoming in my fiction writing process. We’re going to continue the theme with today’s post. (WARNING: This article is a free-thought experiment on my software challenge. It’s not structured well, so the tips are hidden within it at random.) I left the Software…