Rob Norback

I run a small profitable app company.

I tweet my mistakes so you can skip them.

Asker of questions :)

Work: @chime

[Sarah @sarahlovesears]

- Or, we determine if the conversation topic is well suited to written English format. We use text messaging and apps/typing on laptops or tablets.

- If specialized vocab isn’t likely to come up in the conversation, we might use a speech-to-text app: Otter, Ava, Live Transcribe

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

@rebecca_decker So happy it helps! I’m the creator. I’m sorry to hear about your dad but I’m glad you’re still able to communicate.

[Rebecca D. @rebecca_decker]

Had to mention this app, Live Transcribe has made such a huge difference in communicating with my dad. He’s always been HOH but after his most recent stroke auditory processing was also impacted. He can read ok & this voice to text is quite accurate. Best $50 I’ll spend this yr

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

@threehourcoffee Try looking up the Forest app you were talking about. Most apps make 80% of their revenue on the iOS App Store and 20% on Android Play Store. Cheers!

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

@threehourcoffee Glad to see you coming to the App Stores! One game changer for me has been https://t.co/Gs4qSf2A4r. Without paying, you can look up other apps and see their revenue and downloads. It’s surprisingly accurate! Hope that can help you on the marketing side a bit. I use it for ASO and market research.

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

@threehourcoffee I heard you’re going React Native for your Mobile apps from the weekly build podcast. I’ve been working with teams around that for 8 years. If you have any questions about the mobile ecosystem, let me know. Happy to help.

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

@ColinDMcIntosh What made you find this in the first place lol. Does look attractive but $10k without a product to back it up is steep. Not all of us can manifest a whole business from a URL like you can Colin 😜

[Thomasbcn @Thomasbcn]

"How Duolingo pushes users from freemium to premium"

https://t.co/1EUpXTUeM0 by @Rhoggmascall

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

@makermattevans @tomosman @louispereira @makermattevans Curious, what would that allow you to do that you can't now?

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

Are you traveling to a country where you don’t speak the language?

We’re looking for 10-15 people to try out Translator Gator 🐊.

I used it about 2 hours per day while traveling in Japan 🇯🇵 and Taiwan 🇹🇼. Completely transformed my experience.

Comment if you’d like to try it.

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

@dagorenouf since you’re looking at AI for logology, this might be a nice jump start: https://t.co/IZdJp882Jg

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

@agazdecki Enjoying the microaquire emails so far. I'm curious though. Do all these companies actually sell for 6x of TTM? Seems optimistic, especially in this market.

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

Prompts are the new most important meta skill.

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

@HowtoADHD Have you tried ChatGPT?

Here are some suggestions:

“A Hilarious and Helpful Handbook for the ADHD Brain”

"A ADHDer's Guide to Surviving and Thriving in a Crazy World"

"Unleashing Your Inner Hyperactive Superhero"

“How to Tame Your Wild Mind and Unleash Your Inner Superhero"

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

@agazdecki My second favorite marketing strategy is to hire people who are super consistent because I absolutely am not and never will be 😜

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

Cool, now what’s your idea 💡? Hit me up and I’ll be honest with you if I think it has legs.

Cheers!

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

You’ve got an app business idea.

You’re not sure how to:
✅ Validate it
📢 Market it
🤷‍♂️ Who it’s for
💰How much to charge
🛑 When to stop

Just @ me and shoot your shot. I’ll consider investing up to $5k if it has a shot.

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

3. Use GPT-3 plus speech to text and text to speech to build a sleep chat bot.

You can chat with it at the end of the day when you’re winding downing trying to fall asleep.

Sure it’d be expensive. But if it actually helps people sleep, there’s a huge market for it.