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Bardi Golriz

Keep Going - A book on how to create award-winning apps in 12 months

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There’s a neglected human side to indie app development that deserves to be told. This is a book about feelings as much as numbers. Achieving multiple awards, 500k downloads and $25k revenue in a single month wasn’t easy. Learn from my wins and mistakes.

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Bardi Golriz
timing.is
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Hey 👋 I quit my jobby job two years ago to pursue indie app development full-time. Plenty of doubt but equal amount of grit later, I have two award-winning apps. They have made more than $5,000 in a day, and $25,000 in a month. That said, this is a book about feelings as much as numbers. There’s a neglected human side to indie app development that deserves to be told. So I wrote it. “Keep Going” is a chronological and unashamedly honest insight on how my apps performed in their first 12+ months of independent operation. It was meant to take a month to write. Six months, many late nights and early mornings later, the third and final edit was complete. The writing of the book was for me. But the book itself is not. It’s for Developers. Creators. Dreamers. This is their story as much as mine. And like any good story, there are memorable ups, miserable downs, unexpected twists and plenty of takeaways. And there’s numbers for thought too. When I started on this journey, I had no baseline reference point, whether it related to downloads, sales or any other relevant metric, to measure both apps’ performance. Now you do. Hopefully you can benefit from the transparency I was originally after. 🎁 Use the code “HUNTED” to get $10 off! There’s a free preview of the first month. If you like it, you will love the rest of the book. I’ll be here to answer any questions but you can find me on Twitter too @mtrostyle. Hope you can check it out, and find it helpful on your creative pursuit! Best,
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Adam Smaka
I love the graphics and the topic itself. How many pages of this book are about marketing? I'm a software developer and making stuff is easy, but letting people know about it is the hardest part for me. ;)
Bardi Golriz
timing.is
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@damsmaka Hey Adam! Thanks for the positive feedback and interest. Tell me about it! Even with the book, as hard as it was write, getting the word out is on another level. It’s the lack of definite outcome. I normally retreat to development on launch days because of its predictability. Anyway, if you want the book to be your go-to guide on marketing your apps, then you probably have more suitable options (that said, I wasn’t really able to find any in this space). There’s a free book sample from the link that details my first month’s learnings. I do talk about marketing there and there will be mentions throughout, but I don’t consider it to be core theme. The sort of things I talk about is what medium was the most effective when getting exposure, how I managed to get myself into an invite-only programme Play Pass, how I ensured Appy Weather may be perceived as the top app in its winning category when it was recognised by Google Play etc. If you like the sample, you’ll love the book. Hope that helps. If you have any other questions, let me know.