Comments for Association of Shareware Professionals http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog The World's #1 Trade Organization for Independent Software Developers and Vendors Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:43:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on How to Find Great Business Books for microISVs by Timmy Fawley http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/how-to-find-great-business-books-for-microisvs/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 Timmy Fawley Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:43:17 +0000 http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/?p=114#comment-1101 I have been using booksalemanager.com to find sales as well. Its a bit newer than booksalefinder but it allows me to do zip code search. When I travel and I don't know the surrounding cities, it was hard to find sales within a decent radius. Now I can easy search with out doing the work of comparing maps. I have been using booksalemanager.com to find sales as well. Its a bit newer than booksalefinder but it allows me to do zip code search. When I travel and I don’t know the surrounding cities, it was hard to find sales within a decent radius. Now I can easy search with out doing the work of comparing maps.

]]> Comment on What would you do differently? by Ivan Radmore http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/what-would-you-do-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 Ivan Radmore Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:17:26 +0000 http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/?p=72#comment-1100 The message is clear, we new entrants need to be led down a well lit path - florescence is good. My first version was a total mockery and flop which cost serious money in both development and marketing. If there was a stupid assumption floating about, I adopted it. Scratching about ASP wasn't too helpful as I simply didn't know how to ask the right questions and to whom to address it. In hind sight I would have benefited so much had there been a road map that showed the suggested process and the correct timings. Once the product is built there should be a generic ASP checklist that covers things like artwork, icons, keyboard shortcuts, Vista mouse-over icon effects etc.. Perhaps there should be links to approved artists and experts who may be called upon???? By timing I refer to a guideline as to when and whom should developers contact to facilitate issues such as Legal Matters, overcoming cracking of executable files, the PADGen, License Generation and Product Keys, pros & cons to collecting payments through own arrangements with banks or using resellers and so on. With this, provide lists of individuals and organizations that fellow ASP members are comfortable to recommend. There is so much misleading information and deception on the internet and I have little doubt that I have stumbled over the same dark and rocky paths as have many before and since I joined ASP have. In my own product, now that we have totally rewritten a version 2, I have so many things that I remain unsure of how to approach. The old hands have been there and got the T shirt. Please can we be given the road map even if the flowers and the height of the grass along the side of the road are different. The message is clear, we new entrants need to be led down a well lit path – florescence is good. My first version was a total mockery and flop which cost serious money in both development and marketing. If there was a stupid assumption floating about, I adopted it. Scratching about ASP wasn’t too helpful as I simply didn’t know how to ask the right questions and to whom to address it. In hind sight I would have benefited so much had there been a road map that showed the suggested process and the correct timings.

Once the product is built there should be a generic ASP checklist that covers things like artwork, icons, keyboard shortcuts, Vista mouse-over icon effects etc.. Perhaps there should be links to approved artists and experts who may be called upon????

By timing I refer to a guideline as to when and whom should developers contact to facilitate issues such as Legal Matters, overcoming cracking of executable files, the PADGen, License Generation and Product Keys, pros & cons to collecting payments through own arrangements with banks or using resellers and so on. With this, provide lists of individuals and organizations that fellow ASP members are comfortable to recommend.

There is so much misleading information and deception on the internet and I have little doubt that I have stumbled over the same dark and rocky paths as have many before and since I joined ASP have. In my own product, now that we have totally rewritten a version 2, I have so many things that I remain unsure of how to approach. The old hands have been there and got the T shirt. Please can we be given the road map even if the flowers and the height of the grass along the side of the road are different.

]]> Comment on New Version of PADGen (3.1.0.41) Released by Van http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/padgen-update/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Van Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:28:17 +0000 http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/?p=210#comment-1055 I'm just wondering that why ASP does not provide PAD file for this cool program? I’m just wondering that why ASP does not provide PAD file for this cool program?

]]> Comment on Safer Downloads for Sale by Dennis Reinhardt http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/sd4sale/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Dennis Reinhardt Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:15:41 +0000 http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/?p=262#comment-1049 <a href="#comment-1048" rel="nofollow">@Alexander </a> See http://saferdownloads.com/ @Alexander

See http://saferdownloads.com/

]]> Comment on Safer Downloads for Sale by Alexander http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/sd4sale/comment-page-1/#comment-1048 Alexander Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:57:59 +0000 http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/?p=262#comment-1048 Is there any detailed description of the service? Is there any detailed description of the service?

]]> Comment on How to Find Great Business Books for microISVs by Becky http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/how-to-find-great-business-books-for-microisvs/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Becky Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:22:09 +0000 http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/?p=114#comment-272 I think it is extremely important to find books that are relevant and beneficial [not a waste of time]. I recently read "What You Don’t Know You Know: Our Hidden Motives in Life, Business, and Everything Else," written by <a href="http://eisold.rt7media.net/about-ken/" rel="nofollow"> Kenneth Eisold </a> and found the book to be truly eye opening... I highly suggest it. I think it is extremely important to find books that are relevant and beneficial [not a waste of time]. I recently read “What You Don’t Know You Know: Our Hidden Motives in Life, Business, and Everything Else,” written by Kenneth Eisold and found the book to be truly eye opening… I highly suggest it.

]]> Comment on Pretty Sells – Does it Relate to Screenshots? by Pete http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/pretty-sells-does-it-relate-to-screenshots/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Pete Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:04:06 +0000 http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/?p=135#comment-210 Personally, I just ensure that my screenshot background is a neutral colour (eg, grey or white) rather than a desktop image and crop to provide a border of around 15px if the window produces a desktop shadow (eg, on Mac). A textured background of any kind distracts the viewer from what matters: your app's window or dialog. Personally, I just ensure that my screenshot background is a neutral colour (eg, grey or white) rather than a desktop image and crop to provide a border of around 15px if the window produces a desktop shadow (eg, on Mac).
A textured background of any kind distracts the viewer from what matters: your app’s window or dialog.

]]> Comment on What would you do differently? by How to Avoid the Common Mistakes of AdWords Management? | Unforgettable Name http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/what-would-you-do-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-134 How to Avoid the Common Mistakes of AdWords Management? | Unforgettable Name Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:50:15 +0000 http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/?p=72#comment-134 [...] What would you do differently as a software vendor | Association … [...] [...] What would you do differently as a software vendor | Association … [...]

]]> Comment on Pretty Sells – Does it Relate to Screenshots? by javier rojas http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/pretty-sells-does-it-relate-to-screenshots/comment-page-1/#comment-47 javier rojas Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:44:08 +0000 http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/?p=135#comment-47 Agree, the wedding background is distracting. Agree, the wedding background is distracting.

]]> Comment on Pretty Sells – Does it Relate to Screenshots? by Andy Brice http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/pretty-sells-does-it-relate-to-screenshots/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Andy Brice Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:30:05 +0000 http://www.asp-shareware.org/blog/?p=135#comment-44 Hi Milan, It is a fair point about 'dirty background'. I have actually turned off Aero for more recent screenshots and it is an improvement, e.g. see: http://www.perfecttableplan.com/help/410/windows/html/index.html?1_getting_started.htm I am not convinced about the wedding background or the reflection though - I think they are just distracting. Hi Milan,

It is a fair point about ‘dirty background’. I have actually turned off Aero for more recent screenshots and it is an improvement, e.g. see:
http://www.perfecttableplan.com/help/410/windows/html/index.html?1_getting_started.htm

I am not convinced about the wedding background or the reflection though – I think they are just distracting.

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