Sean launches TWO free tools, and the guys brainstorm marketing ideas

Small Efforts - with Sean Sun and Andrew Askins

In this episode, Andrew and Sean talk about Halloween plans and Sean's decision to kill Stackwise. Meanwhile, Sean has launched two new free tools in the last week! The guys talk about how he did it and what his goals are for both of them. Then they spend the rest of the episode brainstorming marketing ideas for MetaMonster.

Links:

• Andrew’s Twitter: @AndrewAskins
• Andrew's website: https://www.andrewaskins.com/
• MetaMonster: https://metamonster.ai/
• ChartJuice: https://www.chartjuice.com/
• Sean’s Twitter: @seanqsun
• Miscreants: http://miscreants.com/
• CopyWork: https://copy.work/
• Wordpress to Webflow-ready CSV: https://contentgobl.in/

For more information about the podcast, check out https://www.smalleffortspod.com/.

Transcript:
00:00.35

Sean

Cool. Happy Halloween.

00:02.59

Andrew

Happy Halloween.

00:04.93

Sean

Are you going to any parties?

00:05.11

Andrew

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00:08.27

Sean

Are you doing anything?

00:09.37

Andrew

Yeah, we're so normally we go to Chicago for Halloween hang out.

00:14.09

Sean

Because it's extra scary there. Sorry, go ahead.

00:16.45

Andrew

What?

00:17.99

Sean

It's just so scary in Chicago. and i don't know that's not why that's not why i was That's not why I was going with that.

00:20.19

Andrew

Wow, that's racist, John. Fuck you, dude.

00:26.99

Sean

Jeez, I'm kidding.

00:29.92

Andrew

fucking New Yorkers hating on Chicago. Gross.

00:33.16

Sean

That's not racist. I'm just elitist. That's different.

00:38.29

Sean

Yeah.

00:39.11

Andrew

normally we go to Chicago because, uh, a bunch of Maddie's best friends from high school all live there and they throw a Halloween party every year. So normally early we go and we go out with them and we go to like one bar and then we go get, uh, like shitty Greek food and then we go home.

00:46.34

Sean

yeah

00:56.68

Sean

Nice.

00:57.84

Andrew

but this year we decided to stay in Detroit, because we love Halloween and we love decorating for Halloween and. We've never gotten to be in Detroit for Halloween, we really want to pass out candy this year so tomorrow, which will probably be today by the time I get this published.

01:16.54

Andrew

We're gonna hang out, pass out candy, go drink some beers with our neighbors. And then Saturday, one of our best friends is throwing a haunted carnival party.

01:27.46

Andrew

It's her second year in a row throwing this like haunted carnival themed Halloween party.

01:30.91

Sean

Sick.

01:32.68

Andrew

So we're gonna go to the haunted carnival party and Maddie's dressing up as a ringmaster and I'm dressing up dressing up as a lion.

01:39.02

Sean

Nice.

01:39.91

Andrew

She's like a ringmaster lion tamer and then I'm a lion.

01:42.17

Sean

Yeah, hell yeah.

01:43.56

Andrew

So it's gonna be fun.

01:44.70

Sean

Sick.

01:46.43

Andrew

Yeah, what about you?

01:48.22

Sean

I'm debating on whether or not there's this like Instagram, ah like ah ah actually been sorry. I don't even know what they are. There's just like some cool internet website thing called shell tech that they're like a band or or producer do, or I don't, I don't fucking know.

02:02.36

Sean

They just make music. It's apparently dropped the new album.

02:03.90

Andrew

Fun.

02:05.31

Sean

They have like an album party tomorrow and I think it's for, so maybe that, or maybe I'll be in my room jamming away.

02:08.48

Andrew

pun

02:16.05

Sean

on whether or not stackwise has a future because i am uh-huh yeah

02:19.88

Andrew

wait Wait, wait, pause before we get too far into that. Can you just tell me a little bit about like what Halloween is like in New York? I'm so curious.

02:32.57

Andrew

Like Yeah.

02:33.00

Sean

what is how yeah yeah yeah yeah it's like uh well in queens it's super cute it's very residential you know so everyone like especially in a lot of kids in the neighborhood they walk around and they get candy and there's like really nice areas in queens that people will go to and there's like halloween decorations and stuff yeah exactly exactly the full skies can i think it's a trap i think that's like a like

02:52.01

Andrew

Got to go get the full size candy bars. I went to Costco today and I was this close to buying the full size bars, but yeah, I'm not actually sure it's better.

03:03.66

Andrew

I'm not sure giving out full size bars is better. Like my plan is to give out a big old handful of candy and, and then you get a mix of candy and you get to like spread it out a little.

03:05.94

Sean

Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah.

03:14.05

Andrew

Whereas if I give you a full size bar, you're going to eat it super fast.

03:18.14

Sean

I was just gonna say, like, the expectation of being in a house that gives full-sized candy bars, that's dangerous.

03:21.100

Andrew

Oh yeah. Once you go, once you go full size, you can't go back.

03:24.58

Sean

Yeah. Exactly. You can't, you can't roll back the whatever.

03:27.20

Andrew

Yeah.

03:30.16

Sean

Yeah. But like, yeah.

03:34.39

Andrew

It was 20 bucks for 30 full size bars or 20 bucks for like a five pound bag of candy.

03:40.29

Sean

Yeah, see?

03:40.72

Andrew

And so I was like.

03:42.09

Sean

Did you see that meme of, uh, one of the fuh- uh, like, fuh in a Halloween bucket?

03:47.49

Andrew

Yes, that was so good.

03:47.91

Sean

And it's like, one ...