A couple of weeks ago I decided I would start making(or paying to have made) Android apps. I need to find a way to bring in income without calling or receiving calls from customers. I also need to generate cash flow without face to face customer interaction. Applications seem to be a good way to do this. I realize it won't be easy but you don't get anywhere without trying.
I'm in Afghanistan. I'm at work close to 70 hours a week and nearly all other business ideas are damn near impossible to execute on. Last year I made what I believe to have been an awesome real estate website. I busted my a$$ on it for 2 months straight(not all that long but 5+ hours a night after a 10.5hr shift) managing 5 part time Elancers. I had just launched my website when I was told I was going to have to move from my cushy base with a private internet connection to an overcrowded shithole in Kabul with only Government provided internet. I ended up "quitting" my job over it. About a week into my 3 week notice I talked to my boss and ended up backing out of it. I decided to keep my job :nonod: I have a family to support so decided to keep earning. I did not have enough to time to prove my website was going to become profitable and didn't have the balls to walk.
I let the site die and didn't look back. On to my next venture..Apps!
Once I came up with my idea for an app I checked out google play. Google play is the new Android market where you can upload your app and sell it to the masses. I did a search on the market to see if my idea had already been created. it had! Many times...Great! The idea is proven and it's selling like crack. I plan on taking market share away from the couple that are dominating and get compensated with a nice little stream of income. If I'm able to successfully penetrate the market I'll release app #2. With 2 apps on the market earning money without me trading hours for dollars I believe I'll be able to quit my job and focus on building more apps or another venture that I haven't been able to put in the time to get off of the ground yet.
After I came up with the first idea I decided that it was time to start learning all I can about these little applications. I picked up the book App Empire. It's a good read if you're new to the app business but it is completely focused on Apple iOS. I decided I needed to learn more about Android so I knocked out 2 more short books that are specifically about Android, Genius Android Marketing and The Best Book on Marketing your Android App. They were both short reads and I'd recommend reading Genius Android Marketing if you're going to read a book on Android.
On May 31st I posted a very vague work request on Elance. I said I would like to have an Android app created and that was pretty much it. I received 32 responses within about 12 hours and I contacted somewhere around 10 of them. Most of them were pretty slow to respond so I crossed their names off the list. I decided to contact 1 more programmer who didn't have much of a portfolio but he had created an app that I wanted tied into mine. He was super responsive from the start and seems to work all hours day and night. He must sleep when I do because he always responds within 15 minutes of my emails.
I decided to select him yesterday and try my luck. He's been devoted to this since then and sent me the apk of the UI today. Pretty sweet having the app on my phone already :icon_super: even if it is just a rough user interface things are moving along.
So this is where I will document "the process" I hope to have it live within 3 weeks..probably even sooner at this rate.
if you made it this far thanks for reading.
I'm in Afghanistan. I'm at work close to 70 hours a week and nearly all other business ideas are damn near impossible to execute on. Last year I made what I believe to have been an awesome real estate website. I busted my a$$ on it for 2 months straight(not all that long but 5+ hours a night after a 10.5hr shift) managing 5 part time Elancers. I had just launched my website when I was told I was going to have to move from my cushy base with a private internet connection to an overcrowded shithole in Kabul with only Government provided internet. I ended up "quitting" my job over it. About a week into my 3 week notice I talked to my boss and ended up backing out of it. I decided to keep my job :nonod: I have a family to support so decided to keep earning. I did not have enough to time to prove my website was going to become profitable and didn't have the balls to walk.
I let the site die and didn't look back. On to my next venture..Apps!
Once I came up with my idea for an app I checked out google play. Google play is the new Android market where you can upload your app and sell it to the masses. I did a search on the market to see if my idea had already been created. it had! Many times...Great! The idea is proven and it's selling like crack. I plan on taking market share away from the couple that are dominating and get compensated with a nice little stream of income. If I'm able to successfully penetrate the market I'll release app #2. With 2 apps on the market earning money without me trading hours for dollars I believe I'll be able to quit my job and focus on building more apps or another venture that I haven't been able to put in the time to get off of the ground yet.
After I came up with the first idea I decided that it was time to start learning all I can about these little applications. I picked up the book App Empire. It's a good read if you're new to the app business but it is completely focused on Apple iOS. I decided I needed to learn more about Android so I knocked out 2 more short books that are specifically about Android, Genius Android Marketing and The Best Book on Marketing your Android App. They were both short reads and I'd recommend reading Genius Android Marketing if you're going to read a book on Android.
On May 31st I posted a very vague work request on Elance. I said I would like to have an Android app created and that was pretty much it. I received 32 responses within about 12 hours and I contacted somewhere around 10 of them. Most of them were pretty slow to respond so I crossed their names off the list. I decided to contact 1 more programmer who didn't have much of a portfolio but he had created an app that I wanted tied into mine. He was super responsive from the start and seems to work all hours day and night. He must sleep when I do because he always responds within 15 minutes of my emails.
I decided to select him yesterday and try my luck. He's been devoted to this since then and sent me the apk of the UI today. Pretty sweet having the app on my phone already :icon_super: even if it is just a rough user interface things are moving along.
So this is where I will document "the process" I hope to have it live within 3 weeks..probably even sooner at this rate.
if you made it this far thanks for reading.
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