S02E02 – Time to Sell
Good morning 👋
Although productivity remains nowhere near satisfactory levels, when I reflect on the week that’s just passed, I actually realise that there was meaningful progress made. But just never enough!
iOS development is moving up a gear, and is almost reaching the point when I’ll be spending less time figuring out how to accomplish things (remember I’m learning as I go) and just getting things done instead. The week’s high (or low?) was staying up till 1 am on Thursday to just get a card to expand/collapse like it does on Android. I was so close to giving up and dropping cards altogether for iOS but compromising doesn’t come naturally to me when it comes to design work.
With Appy Weather’s first birthday approaching, I’ve also finally started to seriously review monetisation. First things first is figuring out how to increase my sources of revenue, primarily when it comes to the app’s free users. Since I use no third-party ad solution, out of principle, I’ve technically been making a loss on them since launch. The plan always was to follow a sponsorship model but I didn’t dedicate any time to the task, prioritising core development work instead. Not any more!
If you have a minute, please check out https://www.notion.so/Sponsorships-Ads-c553ddb1e3b04b10a2f4cc32e8a6754a where you’ll see the latest draft of the page I’ll be linking potential sponsors/ad partners to (please keep the link + information to yourself). This isn’t an area of my expertise, so if you have any suggestions/recommendations, please let me know. I hope to begin reaching out to other app developers (firstly) starting later this month.
Have a great Sunday!
Best,
Bardi