Getting To The First Sale (FS026)

That moment when you get the first email about a successful transaction… someone found your thing and then liked it enough to buy it… that moment changes you forever.

But how do you get there? What are the steps to making a thing that’s sellable? What roadblocks will you absolutely collide with and how can you hurdle over them?

We discuss the meat and potatoes live with a special guest, Barron Cuadro of Effortless Gent. Enjoy!

Show Notes

Effortless Gent — dress better — This is our guest’s site. Excellent stuff for the guy who wants to look good. Check out his killer style guides.

Webstock ‘11: Frank Chimero – The Digital Campfire on Vimeo — A really, really great discussion about the things we make.

Is It Too Late? (FS025) — The Fizzle Show — “Last week Corbett had a conversation with a friend who proclaimed: “it’s too late to build a popular blog or podcast. The day has passed when you could grow an audience and earn a living from it. Maybe you could do it in 2007, or 2009, but not now.”

Steve Jobs at the D: All Things Digital Conference (Video) by D: All Things Digital — ”..by far, the largest trove of video of the legendary innovator candidly answering unrehearsed questions and explaining his views on technology and business…”

Design Course in Fizzle — for $1 you get in and can take the Essentials of Web Design for Business Builders course we mention in the show. Here’s a sample.

Gumroad – sell directly to your audience — “Selling with Gumroad was so easy that it immediately made me want to sell more products. Gumroad is the best option available.”

Stripe — “Web and mobile payments, built for developers”

stickK − Change Starts Now — “show to yourself and others the value you put on achieving your goals.”