Susan Miller: AstrologyZone 2016
My app is on iPhone; Android and Samsung Galaxy and I went to one of the finest app producers in the country, Phunware to design it for me. Phunware is in Austin, Texas, by coincidence, where my website is engineered out of too. Phunware has many famous clients, like National Geographic, Discovery Network, NBC Universal, Oprah, WWE, NFL, the CW Network, and so forth.
When you go to top level, intelligent people you get great work. I feel when related to high technology, you cannot cut corners or go for the low bid. You need great navigation, beautiful graphics, ease of use—and of course, a place to showcase my writing. I pay more for their services, but get more in return, too. In other words, I feel you get what you pay for in high technology.
Back in 2002, many “experts” told me I was dreaming when I said I would have to charge for my daily horoscopes (the long ones I write for my app). They were wrong. People can tell authenticity when they see it and if a horoscope resonates, they can feel it. My readers can see my heart in my writing. My premium app is $4.99 a month, or $49.00 a year. Of that, Apple takes 30% of the cost and they deserve it as my retailer. (Apple takes this percentage from all app publishers, not just me.) My developer takes a large percentage too to keep the app working smoothly through all incarnations of cell phones, whether the app is on IOS or Google. It’s a yeomen’s job to keep up with every innovation.
OMTIMES: There is so much intensity happening all over the world, all the time and we are now more digitally connected than ever before. Your fans love you, they want you in their lives. How do you toe the line between sharing the good and bad news in a particular star sign?
Susan Miller: My readers know I am honest but at the same time very caring and delicate. In my own life, I would rather know about a difficult aspect coming up than to be broadsided by painful events that I never saw coming. I am a practical soul and I realize life can’t always be sunny and bright. Often we learn the most through our most challenging periods and become stronger for having gone through them.
