Salar Cheema

nyc

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

excited to receive a scolding from the goat (my old algos professor)

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

@salar_faiq my twin 🤞

[Salar Faiq @salar_faiq]

Just two Salars chilling in New York with @SalarC123

We got connected here on X and apparently all Salars are cool lol

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

@darpinian unemployment calls for crazy measures

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

@yashg74 you are one warm outbound from changing your life

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

@adv8p how far apart do you space each follow up

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

i doubled my response rate for cold DMs just by following up on every message

it feels annoying to follow up every day but i've had to follow up with someone 4 times just for a response

and im not giving up on any potential clients until they respond and tell me to get a job

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

brought a $150 video deal down to $10 for a creator with over 12k followers

and im gonna try to bring it down even more

making the influencer start with a trial period of only a couple videos has proven to be a lot cheaper

and its pretty effective for finding consistent creators to promote your app

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

just found a new tiktok niche thats ripping MILLIONS of views

and the format is super simple

its just animals explaining concepts with a subtle link to an app in the tiktok bio or video caption

you can get thousands in revenue from each video and it literally takes 30 minutes to make

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

@rareZuhair @Superwall @JosephKChoi those lips gotta be ai too

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

i got my app approved on the app store in 20 minutes

the usual process takes 2-3 days for each review

but theres an option to contact the app review team and request an expedited review after your first rejection

i literally filled it out and got approved less than half an hour later

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

@salar_faiq same

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

here's how to get approved on the app store after your first submission:

i went through 4 rejections and waited over a week in reviews on my last app and there were a few common isses that kept showing up

1. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

this is usually overlooked but you need to include your own terms of use and privacy policy or the standard Apple EULA visibly in the app AND on your paywall

2. iPad Functionality

i set my app to only be available for iphone through @Expo and in my XCode settings but the app store reviewers continued to test on ipad

they rejected my app for having overlapping components on ipad and because the app store screenshots only showed how it would look on iphone

if you don't intend for the app to be used on ipad, the most efficient solution is to make the app look ugly on ipad while making sure there aren't any overlapping or hidden design elements

and then use @AppScreensASO to generate ipad screenshots to be used for the app store pictures

these screenshots don't need to look beautiful either

3. Laziness

i noticed that the app store reviewers are super lazy and they rejected my app because i had a simple scanning feature that couldn't handle the images they passed in

and they only tested it two times (i swear it wouldve worked on the third try)

app store reviewers will also reject apps that have long loading times unless its explicitly mentioned to them in the app

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

@0xprames @yashg74 banished*

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

being controversial is so underrated

a few months ago, me and @yashg74 made "uiuc ranked"

it was a joke site that let people compare cs students at our school based on their linkedin data and rank them on a leaderboard

the launch got 300k+ views on linkedin

there were a lot of downsides to the launch:
- we became a topic of discussion in our school's cs ethics course
- we got scolded by our algorithms professor
- the cs department had a meeting about us
- the top post on r/csmajors was a hit piece on us

but we had a net positive reaction:
- we got published in our school newspaper (https://t.co/4ZSqhuinNn)
- we got flown out to sf for a startup work trial and each made $1k+
- we inspired thousands of students

most people are too scared to receive hate

so they overthink and dont take action

but its honestly more dangerous to not take risks

because even though the idea was stupid

going viral with this site has been more transformative to my career than taking the safe route of focusing on my classes

people don't like when you do unconventional things

so do more unconventional things

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

i've seen so many people overlook simple paywall changes and put crazy hours into making their app functionality better but i was able to double my app's conversion rate by literally just switching the colors and giving a weekly payment option (most ppl forget to cancel it too)

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

what i've seen from working with hundreds of accounts is that international creators tend to have more bot comments (e.g. only emojis) and lead to almost no conversions for your app

its way more efficient to hit up creators on tiktok instead of instagram and youtube shorts

[Ernesto Lopez @ErnestoSOFTWARE]

B2C app tip # 7853

Never tell influencers you’re from
Miami or USA in general

They will know you’re loaded.
And will charge you more

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

why is no one making a deriod tracker for men??

this type of app does super well for women but haven’t seen anyone do it for the male niche yet

literal cheat code for 1M ARR

[Simone Canc @simonecanciello]

you can literally build an app for your girlfriend and make $ from day 1.

1. take an idea (Flo)
2. add AI
3. push w/ UGC

they’re doing over $1M/mo.

what’s stopping you?

[Salar Cheema @SalarC123]

@yashg74 @ccheever help this guy out

[hamza mostafa @hamostaf04]

randomly ran into David Laid at Washington Square Park lol