Is your product launch starting to feel more and more like that trash compactor scene in Star Wars Episode IV? The pressure is mounting. Walls are closing in. The team you met on Tatooine Upwork isn’t making any progress. Time isn’t on your side. Will the outside world ever hear of your product again? Okay, …
Bring it in, Sumo-ling. We’ve got a big hug emoji with your name on it. With the world on fire these last few months, it’s no wonder we’re all starting to burn out. You wake up tired and you find it hard to focus. You’ve transformed from playfully sarcastic to downright cynical. And if one …
What financial metrics are you tracking as a freelancer? I know, I know. Most creatives didn’t go into business for the number crunching and spreadsheets. But tracking the right financial metrics can keep you organized and put your business ahead of the competition. When you track the right financial metrics, you start to uncover risks …
Lately, I find myself wondering what to do with all my extra downtime during quarantine. Should I finish the Google Sheets course I signed up for a month ago? Or brush up on my French? Or maybe…I should start a new website. I’m leaning towards the last option because… well, the first two fill me …
We sat down with four AppSumo affiliate marketers to do a deep-dive into how they make AppSumo’s affiliate marketing program work for their online businesses and clients. Sandeep Mallya, 99signals Agency Owner, Blogger, & YouTuber “To be a successful AppSumo affiliate, you need to be an AppSumo customer first…. Once you’ve tried the products out, …
Want to become “indistractable” and get more sh*t done? As a former chronic procrastinator who’s currently at peak productivity, you can trust that my knowledge comes fully from firsthand experience. If you’re anything like me, you’ve tried and used various time management tools but never managed to stick with one and use it on a …
With all the players involved in your business, cross-functional collaboration is one tricky beast. First, we’ve got the sales lead who blames the marketing team for failing to hit their numbers. Then there’s the CEO, who, despite her best intentions, becomes the bottleneck and delays every project. Don’t forget the client who always seems to …
Ah, crisp structured data manipulation. We meet again. Excel, a core tool in Microsoft’s Office Suite, has been the go-to spreadsheet application for basically everyone since it was created in the mid-1980s. (Yes, the pre-internet era.) And for good reason: time and again, Excel offers the advanced functionality and usability needed to make complex spreadsheets …
I’m Ryan, the PPC (pay-per-click) Manager at AppSumo. I handle all of our paid media across search, display, shopping, and social channels, and make a lot of testimonial requests to our customers. Recently at AppSumo, we decided to do a video testimonial campaign for two reasons: We believe that social proof is a key component …
Ever feel jealous that your phone recharges so easily? You just plug it in, and it gets all the rest it needs… must be nice. Resentment towards inanimate objects aside, we all need to recharge. And if you’re not getting quality sleep, you’re not starting the next day at 100%. If only there was a …
