Hi Andrew. Love Mixergy and your interviews, but honestly you're going about this all wrong. Asking people to provide their e-mail, and then making them wait for a spam newsletter. It is so gimmicky. just give me the content I want. I'm willing to pay for it, but don't try and be clever and trick your users. I hit the back button, as soon as the popup came up asking for name and e-mail. Just charge me, a few bucks, or whatever, I just want the content without the BS.
@johnny5sf the challenge I've had with the 'get 10 interviews on one page' approach is that many people don't listen to them. So I'm testing this 1 at a time approach and I'll see what happens. My audience knows that I love feedback, so if it's better they'll tell me. If it sucks, they'll tell me that too. I'm also going to track downloads to see how many interviews people listen to.
If you want to get a bunch of interviews at once, try this http://mixergy.com/podcast
You also said you'd pay, if you join Mixergy Premium, you can download everything on my site.
Frankly Justin, I love you and if you hate this approach and just want them all, hit me up and I'll find a way to get all the interviews in this series to you. But try this 1 at a time approach. @sachitgupta, who curated the list of interviews with me, put a lot of thought into what we send.
@lekanb Thanks for having my back. It makes me feel less alone as an entrepreneur to have you care about my work that much.
I actually appreciate feedback like the kind Justin gave. If enough people feel the way he does, I'll add a note on the page explaining why we chose to send the interviews one at a time. Feedback helps me improve.
@lekanb@andrewwarner Phenomenal replies. I gained a ton of respect for you just now. I just subscribed and I'm excited to tune in to the first episode with Jessica Livingston (@foundersatwork).
Added this to my "Tools for Founders" collection btw (http://www.producthunt.com/irvin...)
@baptistegreve Thanks for saying that, Baptiste. She's the first interviewee that we send out because she's well-known.
Check out some of the lesser known founders. One of my favorites is Emmett from TwitchTV. His company is getting a lot of attention because of the sale, but few people know how he did it.
You'll get that one soon.
Andrew has become one of the best interviewers out there. He is forceful enough to drive out insights without being a jerk about it. Whenever I do an interview with him he makes me want to tell more versus being worried that someone is going to try to ambush me. The quality of his interviews are a testament to his approach.
@wilschroter A few weeks ago I called you about an upcoming interviewee and asked you for insight into him/her. You spent time on the phone with me helping me understand how they work and what you're curious about that founder.
The fact that you, and other founders, have been willing to have those conversations with me help me make Mixergy interviews into more substantive programs than the usual interviewers who ask questions like, "so, what's your favorite book?"
Mixergy is truly one of the best content hubs out there, especially for founders but basically for anyone, who wants to understand how to build a business in tech.
Also, the level of honesty and willingness to share, that Andrew's guest are demonstrating, is unprecedented in the category.
I love this product.
Love this @andrewwarner you might want to check out Pat Flynn's smart podcast player which will allow you to have all these interviews all on one page.
Here's an example:
http://www.appmasters.co/app-mar...
@stevepyoung Pat's design is really hot. For this, I'm intentionally trying to give 1 interview at a time to see if we can increase the number of interviews that people listen to.
This is awesome Andrew, love the idea of getting one interview at a time and that I can listen to it when it fits. I would probably just go ahead and explain the reasoning behind it in two sentences right on the page, below the call to action. Probably people are even more likely to sign up then.
@harris_bryan Thanks. It's a quick test to 1) see if we can find a way to organize the 1000+ interviews by topics and 2) test if giving 1 interview at a time increases listernship.
I could certainly see the benefit of one at a time. There is so much great audio and I know I frequently sign up and if all at once probably would not get around to listening.
Jessica posted links to her interviews with the founders of some of these companies in 2010 - really worth a watch! http://foundersatwork.posthaven....
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