in Entrepreneurship

How Many Downloads Does It Take To Be In The Top 25 Apple Apps?

Approximately 38,400 for free apps and 3,500 for paid apps.

To rank in specific categories, this number varies based on competition. For instance Games are extremely popular and it takes approximately 25,000 free app downloads and 2,300 paid app downloads to be in the top 25 for Games.

Entertainment (7,000) – Social Networking (6,000) – Lifestyle (4,000).

It’s been said by some that these number could be a little on the low side, but they give you a good benchmark nonetheless for Apple App downloads in 2012 and how you can crack the top 25.


in Quotes
It still amazes me how hard it is to get content from clients and how often this task is delegated to whoever is at the bottom of the org chart. Changing a few words on a page can pay huge dividends but the highest paid people in the room are rarely involved enough.

— Jonah Stein

03-21-12 Quote

Read an interesting article from Jonah Stein on SEOBook about some of the latest trends in SEO specficially in relation to a post-Panda Google. There were some very interesting insights, however the quote above really stuck out to me.

Content, my friends, has and always will be king. Are you paying your content creators what they’re worth or are you incorrectly thinking content is simply a necessary evil worthy of the lowest bidder?


in Faith

Armor of God (Part 4 of 4)

Jerry finished his talk on The Armor of God for our community group on March 4, 2012. The topics covered in this lesson were

  • The Sword of The Spirit
  • The Helmet of Salvation

Click play above to listen, and if you would like the MP3 you can download it here.

Note: There is no Part 1 as we didn’t start recording until Part 2. For the other lessons including downloads of each, visit these pages for Part 2 and Part 3.


in Faith

Armor of God (Part 3 of 4)

On February 19, 2012 Jerry continued on the Armor of God talk by covering the next three pieces of armor:

  • The Breastplate of Righteousness
  • The Sandals of The Gospel
  • The Shield of Faith

Click play above to listen, and if you would like the MP3 you can download it here.

Note: There is no Part 1 as we didn’t start recording until Part 2. For the other lessons including downloads of each, visit these pages for Part 2 and Part 4.


in Faith

Armor of God (Part 2 of 4)

During our Community Group on February 5, 2012 Jerry continued on the Armor of God talk by covering the first armor: The Belt of Truth. This is a great insight and commentary on Ephesians 6 and the important, foundational role the Belt of Truth plays in putting on the full Armor of God.

Click play above to listen, and if you would like the MP3 you can download it here.

Note: There is no Part 1 as we didn’t start recording until Part 2. For the other lessons including downloads of each, visit these pages for Part 3 and Part 4.


in Politics

It’s Not A Taxing Problem

It’s a spending problem.

Even taxing the top 1% at a 100% rate, you still couldn’t close the budget deficit. Think about that for a minute.

According to 2007 IRS data, there were about 391,000 taxpayers with income greater than $1 million, and they had aggregate taxable income of about $1 trillion. Taxing them at a 100% rate would still not close the annual budget deficit, and if the government did tax them at 100%, the following year there would be no income to tax.

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in Faith

Hell’s Best Kept Secret

I thought this was a very interesting perspective on salvation. Ray Comfort proposes a reason so many people who at one point profess to be “Christian” – turn away from their faith. Give it a listen. Source


in Quotes
"We are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swaths of the economy."

— Marc Andreessen (2011)

10-21-11 Quote