iFart creator Joel Comm tells me I need to chill out and have more fun

Joel Comm, InfoMedia, Marketing, Mobile Apps

Today’s guest created an app that got my attention years ago. It was called iFart. I’m not really into fart humor but the reason I downloaded it is because everyone else was freaking downloading it and I wanted to see what it was.

I tried it a couple of times and it felt inauthentic to me but I admired how this little app got to the top of the charts.

I took a look at the founder and his name was Joel Comm and this wasn’t his first success. He’s a guy who had an online game site that he sold to Yahoo. He then went on to build a bunch of different things. He was in affiliate marketing. He was in AdSense. He actually wrote a book on AdSense that was incredibly successful.

Joel Comm

InfoMedia

Joel Comm is the Founder and CEO of InfoMedia, a social media consulting company.

Andrew: Hey there freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. I found out about today’s guest soon after I got my iPhone and installed whatever stupid apps were on the app store at that time. I say stupid because they weren’t super useful.

And today’s guest was one who created an app that got my attention. It was called iFart. I’m not really into fart humor but the reason I downloaded it is because everyone else was freaking downloading it and I wanted to see what it was and I tried it a couple of times and it felt inauthentic to me but, man, I was admiring how this little app got to the top of the charts. I’m not really into fart humor. I’m really, really, really into like numbers and this app went to the top of the charts.

And then I look at the founder and his name was Joel Comm. I thought, “Ha, ha, maybe this is the...

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