“How We BootStrapped PadPressed To Our First 10k In Sales” – with Jason L Baptiste

Jason L. Baptiste, PadPressed, Bootstrapping, First 10K, PR / Media Marketing

How do you get your first $10,000 in sales with a part-time project and a “ghetto launch”? That’s what I invited Jason Baptiste to teach.

He launched PadPressed, which enables blogs and other publications to automatically make their content iPad friendly. What you’ll hear in this program is how he developed his idea, why he insisted on an imperfect launch, how he got coverage for his new product, and the exact tools he uses to get customers to pay.

Jason L. Baptiste

PadPressed

Jason L. Baptiste is the co-founder of PadPressed, which allows publishers to take their content and make it beautifully formatted for the iPad without the need to go through the app store. He’s also the co-founder of Cloudomatic which helps businesses and individuals discover Software as a Service (SaaS) applications.

 

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