Author
Joe Farrell
Chief Product Officer
Joe is co-founder and Chief Product officer at BiTE Interactive. A project management expert, he has helped deliver critically acclaimed, financially successful interactive and mobile projects around the globe. He specializes in Jobs-to-be-Done methodology and Behavior Driven Development, and is the company’s best indoor skydiver (a title hotly contested by Brant DeBow).
Published Posts
Why is Amazon Flailing?
With the disastrous release of Fire Phone and the utterly ignorable Echo, it seems Amazon has lost its way. The trouble started when Amazon forked Android to make Fire OS. While Android is technically open source, and anyone can take the code (AOSP) and build, there are limitations. AOSP gives you the basics, but it …
Why Mobile Apps Should be Seen as Products, Not One-Off Initiatives
Mobile apps are incredibly intentional media. Users must search the app store for your app, download it, open it and then return to it. If you’re asking a user to go through all that effort, there has to be a compelling reason for them to do so. If your app doesn’t have a clear goal, …
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How to Help Your Customers Find Your Mobile App
Ensuring you’re not lost in a sea of apps. With over a million apps each in Apple’s App Store and Google Play discoverability gets harder every day. Today I’ll talk about a few simple ways you can help your customers find your app. Let’s go way back to the early days of digital marketing. The …
Helping Your Brand Commit to Your Mobile App Development Program
If you’re the minority advocate for your brand’s mobile app program, there are a few steps you can take to ensure your brand commits. Mobile apps are a powerful platform through which brands can engage, convert and retain customers unlike ever before. Strangely, many brands continue to treat apps as necessary evils they must (but …
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More Reasons Agile is the Best Choice for Your Mobile App Development
Seven mistakes to avoid when going Agile. Agile has been both evangelized for its ability to allow for rapid delivery of product, and dismissed as chaotic. After years of frustration with traditional project management, I have grown to love Agile. The speed with which you can complete projects, and the ability to manage cost and …
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Offshoring Your Mobile App Development Will Not Save You Money or Time
Offshoring may be attractive but it’s a dangerous choice. I lived in Hyderabad, India for six months managing a large telecommunications software project. During my 20+ year career I have worked with offshore developers from all across the world: India, Eastern Europe and South America. These experiences helped me come to understand why offshore projects …
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Jobs-to-be-Done and Your Mobile App Development
The central question of your mobile app development should be, “What job is the customer hiring my mobile app to do?” While this may seem like an obvious starting point, I have rarely seen companies employ the “getting the job done” test while developing their mobile app. Below are the “do’s” and “don’ts” to make …
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Consistent Branding in Mobile App Development and Design
All too often brands forget that their mobile apps need the same careful and meticulous branding as any other of their advertising channels. Your brand works hard to maintain a consistent, well-defined identity, so users can easily recognize you, keep you top-of-mind and form a lasting relationship. But all too often brands forget that their …
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