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Nick.swan@gmail.com (Nick Swan And Martin Judd)
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Britstrapped
063: Back in the saddle, part 2
Nick and Martin are back with the second of two parts where we catch up on what's been happening since early 2017. This week, it's Nicks turn to go over what's going on with Sanity Check and life in general. Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/) Follow up and feedback nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2018-11-02
46 min
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062: Back in the saddle, part 1
Nick and Martin are back from hiatus with the first of two parts where we catch up on what's been happening since we last published an episode. This week, it's Martins turn to go over what's going on with Kids Club HQ. Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/) Follow up and feedback nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2018-10-29
31 min
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061: From 0 MRR to "Living the Dream"
This week, Martin catches up with Robin Warren from Corrello. We talk about getting from 0 MRR to an amount you can live on. You can find Robin at: https://getcorrello.com/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinwarren Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2017-02-27
52 min
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060: Catch up from January 2017
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing in the first month of 2017. LTV Conf: http://ltvconf.com/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2017-02-06
25 min
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59: New Year off and running
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing, talk about what's coming up for the New Year and Nicks latest venture. Sanity Check (Nicks new product): https://www.sanitycheck.io Improving page load speed: https://hackernoon.com/10-things-i-learned-making-the-fastest-site-in-the-world-18a0e1cdf4a7#.jj69951ok Successful 1 person businesses: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13326535 Stuff Justin Jacksons Tiny Marketing Wins (https://tinymarketingwins.com/) Episode where we discuss Pomodoro and Kanban Flow: http://www.britstrapped.com/episodes/6857-7-productivity-with-kanban-and-the-pomodoro-technique ...
2017-01-09
32 min
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58: A Christmas break
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and why they've missed a few weeks. Stuff Building Micro-SaaS Businesses: https://tylertringas.com/micro-saas-ebook/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-12-05
29 min
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57: New sign ups and a golf break
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing. Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-11-07
24 min
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55: Googles Penguin update, preparing for exhibitions and making stuff for the sake of it
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about Googles Penguin update, preparing for exhibitions and making stuff for the sake of it Power terms : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aR4uICyzgfauHg26AyH43uAR8tfqEd2cU5ssR6i5MsU/edit#gid=446293637 Product people with Nathan Barry: http://www.productpeople.tv/72 http://www.productpeople.tv/77 Mega Maker: http://megamaker.co/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-10-10
39 min
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54: More emails and lead gen
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about sending emails for lead generation. AgileCRM: https://www.agilecrm.com/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-09-26
29 min
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53 : Back to school
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about lead generation. Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-09-12
41 min
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52 - Interview with Christoph Engelhardt
This week, Martin interviews Christoph Engelhardt of LiksSpy and the SaaS Email Marketing Handbook. LinksSpy: https://www.linksspy.com/ Christophs book: http://saasemailmarketing.net/ Christoph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itengelhardt Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-08-29
40 min
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51: Leads, leads and more leads
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and Martin gives an update from Microconf Europe. Stuff Christoph Englehardts notes from Microconf Europe: http://www.christophengelhardt.com/microconf-europe-2016-notes-noteworthy/ Chet Holmes , The Ultimate Sales Machine: http://www.chetholmes.com/ultimate-sales-machine SaaStock: http://www.saastock.com/ Fixing dad: http://www.fixingdad.com/about/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-08-15
39 min
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50: Ideas everywhere, all the time!
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about turning around a moan into something productive, comfort levels with customer facing software and finding ideas in everything we do. Stuff Saastr - If You’re Going to Do a SaaS Start-Up … You Have to Give it 24 Months: https://www.saastr.com/if-youre-going-to-do-a-saas-start-up-you-have-to-give-it-24-months/ Nicks new co-working space: http://www.thehive-bude.co.uk/ Ask HN: What did your 'Show HN' project turn into?: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12030863 Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com,
2016-07-18
26 min
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49: EU exits and following up
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about exiting the EU and following up with leads. UK Bootstrappers conference, Life Time Value: http://ltvconf.com/ One person SaaS apps that are profitable: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11924009 Profitable SaaS? How did you grow your business? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11937132 Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-07-04
37 min
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48: Following up and Monday blues
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about exhibiting at an expo, following up and the Monday blues. Hubspot CRM: http://www.hubspot.com/products/crm ToutApp: https://www1.toutapp.com/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-06-20
37 min
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47: Marketing tactic meandering
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about switching marketing tactics and exhibitions. Useful Bootstrap stuff Onboarding: http://bootstraptour.com/ Bootstrap switch: http://www.bootstrap-switch.org/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-06-06
36 min
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46: Outreach hour and tips on moving
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing, allocating time for outreach and some tips on moving! Nicks goals for May: Do outreach Mondays Get 2 new customers Existing 2 customers live Martins goals for May: Get 5 more customers in the pipeline FSB Meetup in Reading on 24th May: http://www.meetup.com/Mega-mastermind-Meetup/events/229282918/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-05-23
30 min
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45: Spring has sprung and update on goals
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing, give an update on April goals and set goals for May. Nicks goals for May: Do outreach Mondays Get 2 new customers Existing 2 customers live Martins goals for May: Get 5 more customers in the pipeline FSB Meetup in Reading on 24th May: http://www.meetup.com/Mega-mastermind-Meetup/events/229282918/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-05-09
37 min
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44: Updates, interns and moving on
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about taking on interns, moving home and more. Nicks goals for April: 5 customers signed up Blogging functionality for golfers sites Marketing site up and running Blogging functionality for marketing site Martins goals for April: Sales website in a position where I’m prepared to share it Get trial customer properly signed up Get 2 more customers in the pipeline Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @ma...
2016-04-25
33 min
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43: Interview with Robin Warren, founder of Corrello
This week, Martin interviews Robin Warren, founder of Corrello, a SaaS app which provides dashboards for agile teams using Trello. You can find Robin at: https://getcorrello.com/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinwarren Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-04-11
50 min
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42: A challenge for the year
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk agree a challenge for the year ahead. The challenge: Each of us will attempt to get 100 customers on our respective products. If either of us misses that target, they will buy the other a steak dinner! Microconf Europe: http://www.microconfeurope.com/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-03-28
28 min
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41: Customer # 2, SSL issues and detailed articles for SEO
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about Martin going live with customer number 2, SSL issues and detailed articles for SEO. Must visit beaches: http://www.vouchercodespro.co.uk/blog/must-visit-beaches Testing SSL: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/ Disable SSL v3 on Ubuntu: http://askubuntu.com/questions/537196/how-do-i-patch-workaround-sslv3-poodle-vulnerability-cve-2014-3566 Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-02-29
36 min
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40: Back, but sleep deprived
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about being stressed and sleep deprived. Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-02-08
28 min
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39: Country specific domain names (CcTLDs) for SEO?
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and discuss whether to use country specific domain names for SEO. Moz on CcTLDs: https://moz.com/learn/seo/cctlds More from Moz (Study: How Searchers Perceive Country Code Top-Level Domains): https://moz.com/blog/cc-tld-domain-study Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2016-01-11
33 min
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38: Review of goals for 2015
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and review how they did against their 2015 goals. Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-12-28
34 min
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37: Dealing with overwhelm
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about being overwhelmed and how to help control it. Kevin Taylors Steel Beam Calculator: http://www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/ Y Combinator article, Who Y Combinator Companies Want: https://data.triplebyte.com/who-y-combinator-companies-want-c1880a08ac88#.wcf25ye52 Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-12-14
32 min
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36: Progress and positioning
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing. Tallest building: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world Hotel: https://www.atlantisthepalm.com Waterpark: https://www.atlantisthepalm.com/marine-water-park/aquaventure-waterpark The positioning manual: https://philipmorganconsulting.com/authority-resource-center/the-positioning-manual-for-technical-firms/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-11-30
31 min
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35: Bootstrapped is best!
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and discuss why bootstrapped is best. George Palmers article on why he thinks bootstrapped is best: https://www.sendowl.com/blog/sendowl-gumroad-and-bootstrapping.html Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-11-16
34 min
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34: Interview with George Palmer of SendOwl
This week, Martin talks to George Palmer, the man behind SendOwl. Find George at: https://www.sendowl.com/ https://twitter.com/Georgio_1999 Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-11-02
35 min
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33: Test driven development: yes or no?
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and discuss test driven development. Nicks newest side project: http://taskhub.com/ Lexicon by Max Barry: http://maxbarry.com/lexicon/ Cheese rolling: http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/index1.htm Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-10-19
45 min
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32: Customer number 1, pesky competition and internet marketers
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and discuss releasing to customer number 1, pesky competitors and internet marketers. Mixergy interview with Matthew Paulson, How MarketBeat founder gets traffic to convert (20,000 times a month): http://mixergy.com/interviews/matthew-paulson-marketbeat/ Tim Ferriss' interview with Scott Adams: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/09/22/scott-adams-the-man-behind-dilbert/ Cabin Porn ;0): http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cabin-Porn-Inspiration-Quiet-Somewhere/dp/1846148804 Jeff Walkers book, Launch: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Launch-Internet-Millionaires-Anything-Business/dp/1471143163 Jeff Walkers site: http://jeffwalker.com/ Amazon Web...
2015-10-05
36 min
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31: Champagne on ice
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and discuss hiring designers and developers on Upwork Pat Flyns podcast episodes on SEO and surveys: Backlinking: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/backlinking-whats-working/ The Ask Formula: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/the-ask-formula/ Nicks new side project: http://www.3goodbooks.com Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-09-21
25 min
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30: Notes from Microconf EU
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and discuss some take aways from Microconf EU Microconf 2015 notes by Christoph Engelhardt: http://www.it-engelhardt.de/microconf-europe-2015-notes-and-noteworthy/ Media first approach, Brian Clark (CopyBlogger): http://rainmaker.fm/ Nicks new side project: http://www.3goodbooks.com Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-09-07
40 min
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29: Holidays over, back to work
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing. Golf course reviews and golf equipment revies from Nick: http://www.golf.io Nicks first trip in his new camper van: http://nickswan.net/2015/08/06/campervan-first-trip/ Campervan forums : http://vwcaliforniaclub.com/ Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smartcuts-Hackers-Innovators-Accelerate-Success-ebook/dp/B00IHZUTGA Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-08-24
38 min
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28: Interview with Andy Brice
This week, Nick talks to Andy Brice, the man behind products Perfect Table Plan and Hyper Plan as well as the must read Successful Software blog. If you're interested in Andys training, Start Your Own Software Business, more details are here: http://successfulsoftware.net/software-business-training-course/ Andy also hosts a bootstrapper meet-up in Swindon, details here: http://www.meetup.com/South-West-Bootstrappers Perfect Table Plan: http://www.perfecttableplan.com/ Hyper Plan: http://www.hyperplan.com/ Successful Software blog: http://successfulsoftware.net/about/ Follow up and feedback:
2015-08-10
45 min
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27: Google updates and new side projects
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about Google updates and new side projects Stuff A quick fix for referral spam in Google Analytics: https://www.distilled.net/resources/quick-fix-for-referral-spam-in-google-analytics/ Web Design: The First 100 Years: http://idlewords.com/talks/web_design_first_100_years.htm Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-07-27
32 min
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26: Should I partner up on my bootstrapped business?
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about things to consider when deciding on whether to partner with someone on your bootstrapped business. How to pick the right business partner: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-pick-the-right-business-partners/ https://www.crunch.co.uk/blog/small-business-advice/2015/06/15/how-to-choose-the-right-business-partner/ You don't need a co-founder for your startup: http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2014/08/14/dont-need-co-founder-startup/ Joel on Software thread, Dynamic equity splits: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.846236.37 Joel Spolsky on Equity for Startups: ...
2015-07-13
28 min
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25: Updates, daily goals and testing trading algorithms
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about: daily goals starting a new site responding to an RFP testing trading algorithms Podcasts about trading: http://bettersystemtrader.com/ http://chatwithtraders.com/ Online trading algorithm evaluation: https://www.quantopian.com/home https://www.quantconnect.com/ Chasing Product survey of freelancers building products: http://www.chasingproduct.com/survey Andy Brices South West Bootstrappers meetup: http://www.meetup.com/South-West-Bootstrappers/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd...
2015-06-29
23 min
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24: Hiring a developer and trading shares
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about hiring a developer and trading shares. Sam’s guide to hiring developers on Odesk: http://thelatenightbootstrappedshow.com/sams-guide-to-hiring-developers-on-odesk/ My New $156 Startup by Jarrod Robinson (sorry, had a brain freeze and forgot Jarrods name in the podcast!): http://theteacherpreneur.com/2015/03/24/my-new-156-startup/ Naked Trader: http://nakedtrader.co.uk/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-06-15
35 min
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23: An interview with Adam Stylo from Crafty Clicks
This week, Martin talks to Adam Stylo of Crafty Clicks. Andy Brice's bootstrappers meet-up in Swindon: http://www.meetup.com/South-West-Bootstrappers Crafty Clicks: https://craftyclicks.co.uk/ Adam on twitter: https://twitter.com/styloa Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-06-01
18 min
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22: Fixed routines vs flexible routines
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what we've been doing and talk about fixed and flexible routines Nick’s blog post on burnout from 2011: http://nickswan.net/2011/12/29/thoughts-on-burnout/ Play episode from Zenfounder: http://zenfounder.com/episodes/episode-10-founders-at-play/ Get on your bike and ride: http://zenfounder.com/episodes/episode-13-get-on-your-bike-at-go/ Tim Ferriss and Noah Kaga talking nutrition amongst other things: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/05/07/noah-kagan/ Tim Ferriss on suicide: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/05/06/how-to-commit-suicide Suicide and poisoning leading cause of death for 20-3...
2015-05-18
38 min
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21: Are we burnt out?
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we've been doing and discuss the effects of burnout Interesting stuff: Content as a service: http://audienceops.com/ Loads of Microsoft updates at Build!: http://www.buildwindows.com/ Mobile Visual C++: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/explore/cplusplus-mdd-vs Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/Download .Net Core for Linux and Mac OS X: http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/29/microsoft-launches-its-net-distribution-for-linux-and-mac/#.pcbqet:ZXxw Microsoft makes it easier for developers to bring their Android...
2015-05-04
31 min
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20: Google updates and choosing an audience
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we've been doing and talk about recent Google updates and choosing an audience. Tropical MBA - business ideas: http://www.tropicalmba.com/businessideas/ Tech Crunch - do it for me services: http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/19/why-do-it-for-me-is-the-next-big-thing Better presentation of URLs in search results: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.de/2015/04/better-presentation-of-urls-in-search.html Running app, Strava: https://www.strava.com/ Link runs from other apps: https://tapiriik.com/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, ...
2015-04-27
32 min
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19: Updates, product audiences and more
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we've been doing and talk about a range of topics from product audiences to content marketing ideas from Reddit. Microconf notes: http://microconfrecap.com Niche marketing with Reddit: http://www.viperchill.com/private-niche-reddit/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-04-20
25 min
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18: Interview with co-working space founder
This week Martin interviews Louize Clark, founder of ConnectTVT. ConnectTVT: https://www.connecttvt.co.uk/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-04-13
16 min
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17: Corp tax and the walking dead
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we've been doing and have a bit of a rant on corporation tax. Jarrod Robinson, My new $156 startup: http://theteacherpreneur.com/2015/03/24/my-new-156-startup/ Pat Flyn, Product Idea Validation: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/product-idea-validation/ Thames Trail Half Marathon: http://saturdaynightmarathon.com/ Chromebit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32143923 Xamarin: http://xamarin.com/ Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-04-06
30 min
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16: Half marathons, emails, staying focused, drunk users and vampires
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we've been doing and talk about half marathons, staying focused and lots of general stuff. Half marathons, SEO, small businesses dealing with large businesses Finding a prospects email address: https://www.leadfuze.com/find-email-address-prospect/ Older article: https://www.distilled.net/blog/miscellaneous/find-almost-anybodys-email-address/ Email templates: https://attach.io/sales-email-templates/ Compelling Career Advice from Barack Obama: http://calnewport.com/blog/2015/02/27/compelling-career-advice-from-barack-obama/ Stay Focused: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en
2015-03-30
29 min
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15: Our review of JFS
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we've been doing and talk about Amy Hoys book, JFS. Amy Hoy & Alex Hillman, Just F'ing Ship: https://gumroad.com/l/justship/ Martins sponsorship page for the Reading Half Marathon: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Martin_Judd Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-03-23
32 min
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14: Updates and listener questions
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we've been doing and answer some listener questions. Listener questions How do you decide if you should get funding/investors vs saving money to start it yourself? What's best way to get sales initially without spending a fortune on advertising / marketing? Stuff Brennan Dunn, The Complete Guide To Finding And Selling Ecommerce Clients: http://doubleyourfreelancing.com/guide-to-selling-ecommerce-clients/ Quidditch in Batmans back garden: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-31788085 Follow up and feedback:
2015-03-16
29 min
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13: Recovering from a failed project
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on our projects and discuss how to recover from a failed project. Lee Ball found Nigel Mansells grand prix!!!!: https://archive.org/details/zx_Nigel_Mansells_Grand_Prix_1988_Martech_Games_a_128K Miracle morning - working it out: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/my-new-morning-routine-schedule-habits/ Yoga vids: https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene Suggested starting one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7AYKMP6rOE Zenfounder podcast - grieve for your startup episode: http://zenfounder.com/episodes...
2015-03-09
30 min
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12: Updates on projects and goals
This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on our projects and our goals for the year. Amy Hoy: https://unicornfree.com/2015/what-a-japanese-organizing-expert-can-teach-you-about-your-startup The Life Changing Magic of Tidying: http://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-effective-clutter-ebook/dp/B00KK0PICK ConnectTVT: https://www.connecttvt.co.uk/GROW Free bootstrap templates: http://startbootstrap.com/ Windows Server Updates and Google De-Index: http://inbound.org/discussion/view/google-de-indexing-sites Brighton marathon place going, Sunday 12th April: http://www.brightonmarathon.co.uk/ Running for the charity Young People with Dementia, West...
2015-03-02
29 min
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11: Evaluating a product idea against personal criteria
This week, Nick and Martin discuss evaluating a product idea on personal criteria and provide a brief update on our projects. Tenby: http://www.tenbyvisitorguide.co.uk/ Nicks Actions Initial setup and landing pages for golf.io website Martins Actions Write landing page for Joined-up Data around import/export Set-up Google ads pointing at landing page Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd
2015-02-23
29 min
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10: Lifestyle/business design and changing tack
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on our projects and discuss lifestyle/business design. Lifestyle/business design links: http://www.bootstrappedwithkids.com/episode-83-meaning-podcast/ http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-223-what-to-do-when-your-partner-quits-defining-success-and-charging-more-for-a-self-hosted-app Forever projects: http://jwb.io/20130122-the-joys-of-having-a-forever-project.html Churches.io: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8085213 Justin Jacksons podcast: http://buildandlaunch.net/ Tim Ferriss podcast: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/02/09/matt-mullenweg/ Nicks actions Have a great break! Martins actions Navel gazing about the future of Joined-up Data Follow up...
2015-02-16
37 min
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9: Updates on projects and ChiRunning
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what our projects and discuss ChiRunning amongst other topics. Targeted leads: http://www.leadfuze.com/ Outlook iOS app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-outlook/id951937596?mt=8 Stupid Tricks with Promoted Tweets: https://medium.com/message/stupid-tricks-with-promoted-tweets-57325552109d Nicks actions Cold emails for Golf Site Engine (30) Martins actions Cold calls for Joined-up Data (minimum 7) Look into Lead Fuze Follow up and feedback: nick.swan@gmail.com, martin.judd@joinedupsolutions.com twitter : @nickswan...
2015-02-09
29 min
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7: Productivity with Kanban and the Pomodoro Technique
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we're working on and discuss productivity using the Pomodoro Technique. Staying productive using the Pomodoro technique: http://simpleprogrammer.com/2014/02/17/secret-ridiculous-productivity-im-using-now/ Using Kanban flow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9k0OhJkjQ0 Andy Brice launched Hyper Plan: http://successfulsoftware.net/2015/01/15/hyper-plan-v1-launched/ also did an interesting test of re-marketing: http://successfulsoftware.net/2014/12/23/remarketing-does-it-work/ Overcast sales numbers: http://www.marco.org/2015/01/15/overcast-sales-numbers Bootstrap duel: http://bootstrapduel.com/ Exploding kittens...
2015-01-26
51 min
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6: Social sharing widgets, mastermind groups and CDNs
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we're working on and discuss social sharing widgets, mastermind groups and CDNs. Visual Studio Web Essentials: http://vswebessentials.com/ Microconf US: http://www.microconf.com/ London Bootstrapped Meet-up: http://www.bootstrappedbusinessmeetup.com/january-2015-meetup 3d printing and health http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-30801273 http://makezine.com/magazine/hands-on-health-care/ Reading Hackspace: http://rlab.org.uk/ Seth Godin: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2015/01/five-thoughts-on-software.html What...
2015-01-15
54 min
Britstrapped
5: Tips for a personal retreat
This week, Nick and Martin provide a brief update on what we're working on and Nick has some tips on personal retreats. We're in iTunes! Search for Britstrapped - we'd love some 5 star reviews! We have also enabled Facebook comments on the site so please feel free to give us some feedback. Dodgy looking referrals to Joined-up Data - looks like it’s referrer spam based on a quick search: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-non-existent-page-is-showing-up-on-my-analytics http://www.geekybits.in/block-priceg-com-referral-spam-traffic/ Values: http://www.startofhappiness.com/understanding-your-values-part-1/ ...
2015-01-12
45 min