Hey, this is the Daily Overpass! My name is Eric and I make apps. Now today, I want to
talk about how I could be wrong.
Alright, so I'm gonna start off today with a confession.
It's not actually Friday, November 3rd. I'm pre-recording this one coz I'm not actually
here today. So, tomorrow, which is actually gonna be Friday, Nov. the 3rd, I'm gonna be travelling
all day, so I thought I would get this one done a day early so I could explain to you,
guys, what next week might like - might look like. So, I'm - tomorrow I'm flying back to
the States for a week. And I'm gonna go visit my dad in Maine. And I've never been to his
- I mean, he's lived there for quite a few years now. And I've never actually been to
Maine. I may have driven through it once before, like ages ago, but it's kind of like - it's
out and it's very rural, it's out, and you know, the kind of place where it's out in
the countryside and the next neighbor's miles away and all that kind of stuff. For as many
people, it's very idyllic like, but for me, it's like "hmmm, how fast is the internet?".
It's like -apparently the internet is very bad, but I've kinda been putiing that off.
But, I thought, we'll go -so I thought I'd book the trip and I'm gonna go out there next
week . However, electricity's been out since like Sunday because they had this big storm
they went through. So I don't know when I'm gonna doing the next video. I'm going to bring
the camera with me, I'm gonna try to use some videos next week. And I want to be out of
my element. I mean, I preferred crowds, and fast internet as opposed to nature and no
internet. But, let's see how it goes. Anyway, so, just so you, guys, know, I'm gonna try
put out some videos next week, but I may or may not be able to, but it might be fun otherwise.
The second thing I want to talk about today is because it was - because it's still Thursday,
and it's just been a few hours since I put out the video for today, but yesterday, the
last video where I talked about the quality of your app is not enough. And we've already
had a few comments through. I do read the comments every day. I hope you, guys, do too
because a lot of times they're really, really interesting. And sometimes they just kinda
- sometimes they kinda put me in my place. So, here's a couple of the comments from yesterday
already. First of all, we had two from TheMrLove2, and by the time you, guys, see this tomorrow,
there'll probably be more, whatever. Like "Eric, you're full of shit," all that kind
of stuff. So, anyway, (laughing) so yesterday we had - the first ones we had through - and
I was talking about - if you didn't see the one yesterday I was talking about how the
quality of the app is not enough, you have to think of the marketing and all these kinds
of stuff. Just because it's better than others, there's no guarantee it's gonna do better,
right? So, the first comment I had was from TheMrLove2 who said, "U just describe the
app market now, no solutions were suggested or anything usefully..." Alright. You know
what, I have - in retrospect, yeah, you're absolutely right. I didn't really suggest
anything. I tried to reply to the comment, but you know, it was - maybe not- maybe not
my best. And then he said, "Market is crowded, ads are pricey, sun goes down, the sky is
blue, please sub to my channel." Alright, ma, I get it. So, that's it. Then the other
comment came from AXGamesoft which is, "Hey, Eric, I'm sorry but I mostly disagree with
this one (I still give you a thumbs up though). It's okay if you give me a thumbs down, I
don't mind. And he said, "In my recent experience," ahh, he basically has an opposite experience
where the quality of his app is the reason why it got downloaded and it got a better
use than a lot of similar flight simulations software out there. So if you ever have the
chance to go through and read that.. actually I'm supposed to read it to you right now because
it was pretty good. "In my recent experience, I think the quality of my game was about 90%
of what made it successful, with he rest of 10% being the presentation (icon, trailer,
screesnshot, description, and ASO), and I did almost nothing in terms of advertising
and promotion. My game is a flight simulator on Google Play, where there are literally
thousands , if not tens of thousands of games claiming to be flight simulators, so quite
for an overcrowded market for my type of game. And also my analogy was about being the cult
classics that, you know, picked up after their theatrical releases is inaccurate because
we don't have a time limit on us. And so that may be true. First of all, let me say about
these comments - back when I started doing the daily videos, it was one thing I said,
I kept saying over and over again, you know, for those of you, guys, who may not deal with
it, is that I AM NOT AN EXPERT, right? I'm not a teacher, I'm not a, uh, I'm not a guru,
I'm not a YouTuber. I'm an app developer. You know what I want to be? I want to be a
better app developer so when you, guys, come to me and you, guys, disagree with me and
comments, and you, guys say, "Eric, this - respectfully, I think you're totally wrong. I have a completely
different experience." That is perfect! That is awesome! So, I hope you, guys, are reading
those comments because a lot of times I talk about stuff. I'm talking about my experiences,
things that worked for me, some of my opinions on certain things, like the things guide being
in terms of how making things work- making things work. And like I've had moderate success
with the app store. I'm not - there are people who've done way better than me, there are
people who have done worse than me and I'm just sharing with you some of the stuff that
works with me. And when you, guys, share stuff that works with you and that doesn't work
with you, then that's - then things get really - then we all get better. Then we get all
smarter. Everybody who reads through it they could say, "Eric says this." This is Eric's
opinion." But AXGameSoft, he has a completely different experience. Let's hear more of what
he has to say, that kind of stuff. And what reminds me of this - back when I started doing
the apps, this was back, you know, the first one came out 2012. I think it was 2014 the
first time I got approached to be like, in a Mastermind. It was like a Mastermind group
out there, it does not exist anymore. I wish it did, I would tell you, guys, all about
it, but it was like people getting together talking about apps and everything. When I
got this phone call from somebody, his name was Martin, and he was giving me - he was
asking for recommendation on a developer I worked with before. And it was like - it was
like the first time I spoke to somebody who is another app developer. It's like a year
of nobody having to talk to. It was strange to talk to somebody who had very similar experiences
that I did. And even in the mastermind group, when we started talking about things, people
who have the same experiences that I did. Which I was so alone before, right? Coz I
would talk about I have this problem with AdMob, I have problem with discoverability,
I have problem with this and you know, everybody was an expert but nobody was an app developer.
Like everybody around you would give you advise on what you should do. "You know what, you
should make the.." - they would tell you stuff that you should make the ads really annoying
so people - force people to pay for them. Or you should make the ads pop up right before
the button, all this kind of stuff. Stuff that's like illegal that would get you banned.
And everybody was an expert but nobody was actually doing it. And was talking to other
developers who had successes and failures and things that they tried, things that they
were gonna try and stuff like that. And it was like opened a whole new world for me.
And it was like, not only did it make me feel less alone but it also - it sparked the creativity
and other stuff to think of. That's something - when I think about doing this video each
day, this is what I hope happens with it. I hope that you, guys, do. If I say something
you disagree with, definitely disagree with me. If I say something that you do agree with,
yeah, go ahead and say - say that you have similar experience and all this kind of stuff.
Because all of us together is gonna work together. And I hope you, guys, if you're thinking about
doing a YouTube channel, this is not - this is not the "Eric's show". This is- If you,
guys, start you're own channels, you have your own views and beliefs and you have things
that you try, you put channels out there, put -send me the link. So, I'll put them in
- I'll put them in under the comments., You know, all of our collective efforts together
is gonna- was gonna make all of us better. If I come out of this as a better app developer,
a better developer, a better business person or marketer, all that kind of stuuf, I win.
If you, guys, come up better with a bit more information, then you win. And that information
could come from me or it could from somebody else commenting in the channels. So, anyway,
I just want to say very - thank you very much to TheMRLOVE2, to AXGamesoft and all of the
- everyone else who have commented over the last few years. And you also contacted me
on Snapchat, there's really -there's so much good information I get from you, guys, which
you know, there's a - it's a really rich community out there and we all stick together. And don't'
- don't be offended, I mean, don't ever think you're gonna offend me. Unless you, guys,
you know sometimes - alright, this is embarrassing. Sometimes people would comment how hairy I
am in my videos. That's kinda, you know, quit calling me hairy, but other than that, that's
great! Anyway, I still stand by what I said yesterday, I do think that quality is not
enough, but obviously my experience is not the same with other people's experience. So,
you know, that's fantastic! I'll take it for what it's worth. So today, anyway, hopefully
I'll talk to you, guys, next week - from Maine. I'll go to McDonald's to upload a video. But
if I don't then (laughing).. Don't forget me! I just want to close with the immortal
words of TheMRLOVE2: "Market is crowded, ads are pricey, sun goes down, the sky is blue,
please sub to my channel." That's it for this week. I will talk to you, guys, the next time
I see you!