113: Justin Jackson - Growing Transistor to $10,000/month

Full Stack Radio

Episode | Podcast

Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:52:00 +0000

<p>Topics include:</p><ul> <li>Why you need more than just a product, and what Justin brings to the table in his partnership with Jon</li> <li>How having an audience helped him get his first customers, even in a crowded market</li> <li>Why you should use every advantage you have to get people in the door, even though the only thing that will make customers stay is a great product with great service</li> <li>"People like us do things like this" vs "scratching your own itch"</li> <li>How their affiliate program has been working surprisingly well for them, and how affiliate programs compare to traditional advertising</li> <li>What Justin's day looks like working on Transistor as the marketing focused side of the partnership</li> <li>How Justin and Jon are paying themselves, inspired by Profit First</li> </ul><p>Sponsors:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://cloudinary.com/users/register/free?utm_source=fullstackradio&amp;utm_medium=Sponsored_Podcast&amp;utm_content=fullstackradio_PodCast">Cloudinary</a>, sign up and get 300,000 images/videos, 10GB of storage and 20GB of monthly bandwidth for free</li> <li> <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=74a1c5d63dac&amp;utm_source=fullstackradio&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=DO_Dev_Signup_Cold_FullStackRadio_Podcast">DigitalOcean</a>, get your free $50 credit at <a href="https://do.co/fullstack">do.co/fullstack</a> </li> </ul><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://transistor.fm">Transistor</a>, Justin's podcast hosting business</li> <li> <a href="https://saas.transistor.fm">Build your SaaS</a>, Justin's podcast on building Transistor with Jon</li> <li> <a href="https://www.thegoodnewspodcast.fm/">The Good News Podcast</a>, Cards Against Humanity's podcast hosted on Transistor</li> <li><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/">The Transistor blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://transistor.baremetrics.com">Transistor's revenue metrics</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.getrewardful.com/">Rewardful</a>, the affiliate SaaS Justin uses</li> <li><a href="https://profitfirstbook.com/">Profit First</a></li> </ul>