Instagram has had its own version of this for months — Last week it was announced that Snapchat will soon let users search with simple keywords and be able to watch curated stories. These stories being based on snaps submitted to Snapchat’s “Our Story”. It sounds like a groundbreaking idea on the face of it but Instagram is already 2 steps…

After months of testing in different countries Facebook has finally launched it’s “day” (stories) feature to everyone on the Messenger App. I have been using it for a couple of days now and noticed some interesting takeaways. Demographic — This is not a massive surprise as Snapchat is typically has…

After reflecting on 2016 it’s time to look over plans for next year. In this post I’ll outline some tips for creating a solid social strategy for 2017! 🤗 Part 1: Target Demographic When putting a plan together it is vital to think of who you want to target even…

My journey from full-time employee to startup founder — Where to begin.. Please help me to spot the errors we made along the way 😅 As long as you learn from things right?.. Let’s rewind — It’s October 2015 and the summer is almost over my project Webfolio is doing alright, it made it onto Product Hunt and the…

My take on the whole Instagram / Snapchat thing — tldr; Snapchat wins, in my view people have more of a connection with their audience on Snapchat compared to Instagram. Due to the low barrier of entry to create stories, Snapchat has stories from a large diverse group of creators. On the one hand you have people providing vlog (video…

Theres a growing number of channels appearing on Snapchat now, but no way near enough! I’ve been thinking of a few channels I’d like to see! If you have any you’d like me to add to the list below just let me know. So here they are in no particular order The Nomad Channel — I think there…

( 🚨 Short post alert ) I recently hit a productivity streak after working whilst listening mainly to three podcasts. — 💰 The Twenty Minute VC Only started to listen last week but I’ve been hooked listening to multiple episodes everyday and cannot wait for more! With top guests and a great show format its easy to listen to and packed with value. (Kudos 👉 Harry Stebbings) 🛠 Building Nexcast If you haven’t come across this podcast yet, you…

Creating a micro api to fetch social account links from a website — This post is basically an insight into how my mind works when looking to make a tool to help something scale a little better. Background A couple of weeks ago I wanted to find some more details about potential leads, which meant checking out their personal websites and blogs to see…

Ultimately, the success of any web/native app comes down to user experience. At the MVP stage however, this can sometimes be overlooked in the rush to build the minimal amount of features needed to get your product out there. This was definitely the case with Webfolio, having recently left my…