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10 mistakes people make when preparing for a presentation:
1. Practicing in front of a mirror
2. Practicing only the words, not the delivery
3. Rehearsing the whole presentation from start to finish every single time
4. Never recording themselves
5. Memorizing sentences word for word
6. Practicing only when they have an upcoming presentation
7. Ignoring pauses, pace and vocal variety
8. Never practicing how to recover when they lose their train of thought
9. Spending hours improving slides instead of practicing speaking
10. Speaking too fast, because it's just a practice and I'll do it perfectly only when I present the real thing right?
A lot of these mistakes are why I built ToastUp.
It gives you a random topic, 2 minutes to speak, then feedback on things like structure, pacing, fillers and gestures.
When you do those 2-min reps daily it's incredible how better you become at speaking.
clemstation.com/toastup
If presenting at work makes you nervous, practicing your presentation 20 times probably isn't the best way to get better.
I eventually won a Toastmasters District speech contest.
Here are the practice habits that helped me the most:
When you're presenting to a room, don't think:
"I'm speaking to 100 people."
Pick one person.
Talk to them for a few seconds.
Then move to someone else.
A big presentation starts feeling much more like a series of one-on-one conversations.
I became convinced that short, frequent speaking reps were one of the best ways to improve.
So I built ToastUp around that idea.
You get a random topic, speak for 2 minutes, and get feedback on things like:
🪝hook
🏛️ structure
⚔️ filler words
🏎️ pacing
🌬️ pauses
🗣️ delivery
💁 body language
Available on the App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/toastu…
Vision boards never worked for me.
Sure, I hang a private jet picture on my wall and then what??
So I’m trying @patrickbetdavid’s mentor-painting idea instead.
Let’s see if having these people stare at my face all day actually works…👀
I made a $5,709 mistake in 4 days. 😱
I'm new to Apple Search Ads.
So I followed @adamlyttleapps's visibility boost strategy. Exactly as he described.
One exception.
When entering keywords, omitting brackets = global matching.
Not exact matching.
Global matching across all countries + 4 days = $5,709 bill.
That's more than my entire annual app revenue.
Does it hurt? Yes.
Will I do it again? No.
Don't forget the brackets. THE BRACKETS guys [[]]
Day 16 of building in public Lumo💫
✅ Fully integrated Analytics
✅ Made settings minimal
✅ Added breathing apnea reminders
What’s next?
Creating App Store screenshots with my favorite tool.
Clement Rousseau retweeted
From public reports:
RevenueCat: 115k apps
Adapty: 16k
Apphud: 14k
Superwall: 8k
That’s ~153k apps using subscription infrastructure.
The App Store has ~2M apps.
Meaning roughly 1 out of every 13 apps relies on these tools.
Day 14 of vibing an app to fight screen fatigue 🥊
Building a suite of unit tests.
Always have a hard time starting iwth those and following TTD.....
I'm a 1 y/o giving myself 12 months to hit $100,000 in revenue, walk and get my own house.
All I have:
Codex, Twelve Months and a Bottle 🍼.
I'll post daily: wins, losses, and everything in between Tomorrow is day 1, Follow to keep up
If the real product is as good as the demo it's promising.
But products are rarely as good as the demo
