207 FS Email Courses with Josh Earl

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• Twitter
• GitHub
• Blog
• Simple Programmer
• The Entreprogrammers Podcast

02:23 - Creating Email Courses 03:57 - Marketing vs Email Courses

• How to Market Yourself as a Software Developer

15:26 - Length

• 5 Learning Mistakes Developers Make

18:49 - Opt-in Forms 21:48 - Single vs Double Opt-in 26:28 - Keeping People Engaged 29:26 - Offering Discount Codes 33:35 - Content 41:32 - Tips for Telling Better Stories 44:45 - Agitation 47:22 - Competition and What Comes Next? 51:02 - Asking People to Share

• SmartBribe

54:39 - Selling Services   Picks

• The New York Times Mobile App (Reuven)
• Slate Plus (Reuven)
• Double Your Freelancing Conference Europe (Reuven) Discount Code: FREELANCER
• On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser (Jonathan)
• Jonathan's Webinars (Jonathan)
• Fitbit One (Chuck)
• The Entreprogrammers Podcast (Chuck)
• Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron (Josh)
• Scrivener (Josh)
• Strides (Josh)