Hi, I'm Alex, known as supremerumham on the internet. On this podcast, I will be documenting the process of building http://smashingthemes.com Using this podcast I hope to educate as many people as possible on web development, indie maker culture, and many other things.
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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.


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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.
Andrew Pappas, Game Marketing Strategist and Consultant
Andrew Pappas, founder of RenGen Marketing helps take indie devs and their games to a whole new level by discussing business best practices and sharing marketing strategies and tips to better navigate the world of indie game marketing. Regardless if you’re an indie dev starting out or a veteran small team, the topic discussions apply to anyone wanting to better understand the online environment and stand out in a saturated market. A marketer since 2011, Andrew has found a passion for applyin ...
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Indie Brand Builder: how to build a successful business online


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Indie Brand Builder: how to build a successful business online
Dan Chadney: Creative entrepreneur, Online Business and SEO Expert, Blogger
Each week we interview successful entrepreneurs and industry experts while reflecting on our own experience building e-commerce brands. Topics include selling consumer products wholesale, SEO, e-commerce, marketing, and business management. Whether you’re just getting started in developing a consumer product-based brand, or are looking to build an existing brand, you’ll find a ton of useful, actionable information both in the podcast and at danchadney.com.
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Ep 305 - Understanding and Applying Audience Needs to Your Product Design with Alexandre Mandryka
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Anytime you’re looking for opportunities in the game market, understanding your game’s audience is a great place to start. Unfortunately, the process isn’t usually defined well, making it hard to understand audiences, let alone how to apply their needs to your product design. Today we’re taking a deeper dive with our guest into exploring this conce…
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In this episode, I discuss updating the podcast website, why I'm doing, and how I'm doing it. Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com camarofamily.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com notmute.com Episode Page Join the Email List This podcast is proudly hos…
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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.


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Ep 304 - Creating Impact Using Animated Trailers for Games with Carlos Gaxiola
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Animation has been connecting people to characters across the world for generations. With animated game trailers rising to prevalence in the indie game community, we’re taking a look at the role they play, as well as some of the outcomes they encourage.על ידי RenGen Media
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In this episode, I discuss the differences between Bing and Google SEO Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com camarofamily.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com notmute.com Episode Page Join the Email List This podcast is proudly hosted on Caproni.fm. Supp…
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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.


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Ep 303 - Facing Challenges and Creating Opportunities for the Game Dev Community with Marcelo Rigon
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The gaming industry is a global industry that continues to grow at a rapid rate and being interconnected virtually is a main contributor to this. Despite being connected, there are still segregated areas and communities that face multiple challenges when creating a presence and establishing recognition in the industry. Thankfully, our guest today s…
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In this episode, I discuss why I started looking into Bing for SEO and go over Bing Web Master Tools. You might notice I kinda quickly end the podcast. I wanted to record more but got interrupted. I will talk about Bing more next week. Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com camarofamily.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday…
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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.


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Ep 302 - Finding Your Game’s Fit While Leveraging an Insight Mindset with Chris Bain
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When it comes to finding your game’s fit, identifying opportunities and creating value for players is something we all like to lead with. While important, there are a lot of other essential and core concepts that usually go unchecked, making it a challenge to stand out even if there is market demand. Thankfully our guest today shares how implementi…
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Building an Indie Business


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How to Sell Digital Products on Shopify
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In this episode, I discuss how to create and sell digital products on Shopify Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Episode Page Join the Email List This podcast is proudly hosted on Cap…
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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.


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Ep 301 - Maintaining Your Wellbeing in the Games Industry with Kevin Scheepers
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With the stigma around mental health discussion slowly starting to go away, more and more industries are being tasked with examining their own mental health implications and ways to overcome these challenges. With games being a high stress environment, we’re taking a look at some ways to manage mental health while working in the industry.…
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How to Sell Digital Downloads on WordPress
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In this episode, I discuss how you can sell digital products on WordPress Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Episode Page Join the Email List This podcast is proudly hosted on Caproni…
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Ep 300 - How Your Process is in Your Product with Xalavier Nelson Jr.
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Your systems and processes as a developer or studio can dictate everything about your project. From how you source your funding to implementing your game’s vision and communicating that to players through marketing, it’s all done by having systems in place. The challenge with this is we may not always be aware of how each of these areas can be more…
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In this episode, I discuss free Shopify tools Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Episode Page Join the Email List This podcast is proudly hosted on Caproni.fm. Support this podcast 💥T…
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Ep 299 - Aligning Your Marketing and Game's UX with Neil Edwards
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Whenever we think about what makes a great game, generally speaking it boils down to the positive experience players have. However, when making games, the focus shouldn’t be making a great game, but making the right game for a particular audience and delivering more value than what’s currently available. But even with this shift in mindset, studios…
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How to Create Discount Codes in Shopify
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In this episode, I discuss how to create discount codes in Shopify Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Episode Page Join the Email List This podcast is proudly hosted on Caproni.fm. Su…
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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.


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Ep 298 - Leveraging Market Research and Reddit for Niche Games with Alice Ruppert
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Making any game has its challenges, but making one that caters to a niche audience can be an extremely daunting task. Between discovering a limited market and having few games to compare yours to, what you thought was an opportunity could quickly look like a big risk. Thankfully our guest today shares how a little market research and an understandi…
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In this episode, I discuss my latest domain sale and what makes this domain sale more interesting. Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Episode Page Join the Email List This podcast is …
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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.


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Ep 297 - How to Provide and Receive Information Using Proper Context
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Information can be a valuable and powerful tool for anyone. Whether you’re providing or receiving information, it can make all the difference in helping others reach their goals and your own. However, the context and intent of how information is created and received can impact our decisions, and direction and influence others. That’s why we’ll be d…
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In this episode, I discuss how to add a domain to Shopify Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com notmute.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com Episode Page Join the Email List This podcast is proudly hosted on Caproni.fm. Support this podcast 💥Thanks to th…
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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.


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Ep 296 - A Three-Pronged Approach to Building an Indie Studio with Astral ClockTower Studios
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The path to success as a game studio is full of obstacles and opportunities. Reflection and outlook are a common theme here on the show, as well as the theme of fostering a healthy culture and mindset. And that of course, starts with having a strong foundation and doing things a little differently. Today we’re meeting with the co-founders of Astral…
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In this episode, I discuss how to add and remove a domain to WordPress Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Not Another Notetaking App greenspacesrealestate.com virtualrealestatejobs.co…
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Ep 295 - Battling the Odds and Scaling Your Studio by Becoming a Leader
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Whenever we consider how to beat the odds and stand out with our games, lots of times we tend to only focus on the product itself. This manifests itself in various ways but it often boils down to focusing on a lot of different things that don’t always lead to solving big problems you or your studio face. So in this special masterclass-thought exper…
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In this episode, I discuss creating a competitive advantage for Smashing Themes by getting good at CSS Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Not Another Notetaking App greenspacesrealest…
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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.


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Ep 294 - Building Traction for Your Studio by Leveraging Your Past with Marnix Licht
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There are a number of reasons to start an independent game studio, but the practical side of the process can be quite daunting especially when you don’t have any kind of a track record. Today we’ll be discussing some aspects of starting a new studio and how you can leverage past experiences to build traction with your game while receiving support f…
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In this episode, I discuss getting backlinks for Smashing Themes Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com camarofamily.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Not Another Notetaking App greenspacesrealestate.com virtualreales…
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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.


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Ep 293 - Myths about Joining the Game Industry and How to Improve It with Cassie Hoglund
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Working in the games industry has become more and more coveted as the medium has evolved over recent decades. With this boom of up-and-coming devs, more and more misinformation pervades the conversation. Today we’ll be debunking some myths about what it means to join the game industry while sharing ideas on how we can improve it…and even yourself.…
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4 Years of the Podcast + Life Updates
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In this episode, I discuss all the products I've created since I started the podcast and some life updates Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Episode Page Join the Email List This pod…
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Indie Game Movement - The podcast about the business and marketing of indie games.


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Ep 292 - Layering Beats and Events to Maximize Results with Antoine Bordeleau
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The marketing of games is a delicate balance and requires a lot of careful thought. Between hitting your development milestones and determining how those can align with your marketing, there’s not always a straightforward answer to what you should be doing and when. However, our guest today discusses ways to approach this and how to implement event…
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In this episode, I discuss WordPress SEO. My goal with this episode is to try and rank for the keyword "WordPress SEO." Sometimes when I pause during the episode I am looking at a list for keywords to say. I will download a transcript and add it to the podcast website. We'll see if it works!! Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerot…
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Ep 291 - How Community is the Heart of Your Business with Heart Machine.
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There are lots of different ways to create awareness for your games, from events to marketing beats, but none quite get the blood flowing and momentum going than having a committed and loyal fanbase. Today, we talk with Alx Preston and Yiyi Zhang of Heart Machine and take a look at their past and upcoming titles to discuss how their fanbase influen…
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How to Remove Powered by Shopify in 2023
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In this episode, I discuss how to remove Powered by Shopify from a Shopify store Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Not Another Notetaking App greenspacesrealestate.com virtualrealest…
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Andrew and Mustapha have a lot of exciting updates we're happy to share with you in this update, and you might say that one of them is a "game" changer.על ידי RenGen Media
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In this episode, I discuss the new domain I bought Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Not Another Notetaking App greenspacesrealestate.com virtualrealestatejobs.com oxtheme.com Episod…
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In this episode, I discuss the new domain I bought Show Notes and Other Domains: smashingthemes.com dinerotravel.com dogstraveling.com easytravelday.com travelmealbag.com wakandatravel.com letstravelup.com ixtheme.com bootstrapthemes.net hackthemes.com Not Another Notetaking App greenspacesrealestate.com virtualrealestatejobs.com oxtheme.com Episod…
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