Good Advice For Musicians, Software Developers, and Website Creators

Daniel James from gaming company Three Rings knows that the days of charging for bits outright are completely over. Why record companies don’t get this is beyond me.

In the process, he has penned some advice that software developers and website operators should allow to sink in. Specifically, these creators need to place LOVE above everything else in their product:

Our mission at Three Rings is to create an emotional connection with players. We want to become one of the ten places you go on the interwebs. We want to be on your Chrome start page. We want you to dream of puzzley pieces and Pirates (or Zombies). If some folks would like to give us some money, that’d be great too.

Money can’t buy you love, but love can bring you money. In software the only sustainable way to earn money is by first creating love, and then hoping that some folks want to demonstrate that love with their dollars.

My new project that’s currently under wraps possesses love in abundance. It might have a little bit to do with the tons of love that is being put into the development process. But first and foremost, our mission is to create an emotional connection with the people who will use the site to discover all the creators out there who have also put tremendous amounts of love into their works.  

Once all this love is taken care of, perhaps the dollars will follow for all those involved.