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Posted by on Feb 17, 2013 in Apps, Marketing, Mobile | 0 comments

5 Tips for Making Your Game Stand Out in A Crowded App Marketplace

5 Tips for Making Your Game Stand Out in A Crowded App Marketplace

It seems like every-single-day someone comes along with “5 more tips” on how to get your app to stand out.  Fact of the matter is, there are countless things you can do to make your app stand out amongst the competition.  Today we’re going to focus on some new ideas that haven’t been covered in the past, some that will hopefully get you to think about your over-all strategy before your app hits the store.   Let’s get into it.   1) Be different Sure there’s a ton of games that are basically clones of other games, but you know the really, really, really successful ones like Minecraft, CSR Racing, Infinity Blade, etc.. all drew from inspiration but inevitably brought something new to the table which allowed them to cut through the massive competition and succeed.   2) Decide on a monetization model early Because, to be quite honest, premiums, free games, and freemiums are all entirely different.  Many arcade-style games for instance don’t fit the freemium model well...

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Posted by on Feb 16, 2013 in Marketing | 0 comments

What will Graph Search mean to your business?

What will Graph Search mean to your business?

As a marketing strategist that’s a question I think about on behalf of my clients almost on an on-going basis.  As a small businesses, or enterprise social media marketer it’s something you should probably be thinking about as well.  With 90% of small businesses on facebook you’d be surprised to learn that only 1/3rd only make a post a couple times a week. Another 3rd want to spend even less time on social media.  With Facebook’s new ‘graph search’ on its way, that’s something that’s going to need to change.   Assuming you want your local business to grow.   If you haven’t been filled in on what ‘Graph Search’ will allow, let’s start there.  Facebook’s new graph search is going to allow Facebook’s 1 Billion+ members to easily and quickly find the best local businesses – according to their friends and other locals. Whether restaraunts, realtors, doctors, or carpenters: Facebook will highlight the services and businesses that your friends like, use, and engage with.   Don’t get left...

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Posted by on Feb 15, 2013 in Apps, Marketing, Mobile | 0 comments

5 Ways to Make your App Stand Out

5 Ways to Make your App Stand Out

With the number of Apps on the Apple and Android App stores these days (1.5 Million+ cumulatively) it goes without saying that you need to put some work in to really ‘stand-out’ a midst your competition.  Discoverability, engagement, retention, and monetization are all areas that pose great challenges for even the best (well not the best) of App Marketers. Those who hone in on targeting and acquiring loyal users who take specific actions, such as: an in-app purchase, tweet, fb share, registration  etc… are the users who generally become repeat customers, brand advocates, and deliver on-going and the best ROI. The 5 Tips to follow will focus on how to get more of these ‘loyal users’. One important thing to note is that this information is based on 70 Billion+ user-based app actions including: launches, registrations, and in-app purchases from Fiksu’s platform.   So let’s get into it.  1) Set Goals for Loyal Users Now what defines a loyal use will vary from app-app so you’ll need to define what that means...

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Posted by on Feb 14, 2013 in Marketing, Mobile | 0 comments

What Big Brands Can Teach You About Increasing Your Apps Revenue

What Big Brands Can Teach You About Increasing Your Apps Revenue

Launching an app is only the first step to success. You may have gained a few thousand new users but without knowing who these people are and how they use your app, you are basically shooting in the dark. Big brands however, use data-mining techniques to increase revenues by spotting trends, tailoring advertising campaigns to target specific customer segments and identifying the most productive social medium for promotional efforts.   Let’s talk about 3 Ways hidden data in your app can help you. Before we jump into though, I want you to understand why it’s important to study your apps users. If most of your customers come from Brazil, then you can target Brazilian blogs, South American magazines and local newspapers in the country. Similarly, a large female client demographic profile should have you thinking about advertising on Pinterest, targeting blogs that deal with raising children or running ads in popular women’s magazines. Let’s look at an example like The North Face, popular among outdoors enthusiasts, mountain climbers and...

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Posted by on Feb 14, 2013 in Marketing, Mobile | 0 comments

Twitter study shows its users are younger, more engaged, and easier to market to.

Twitter study shows its users are younger, more engaged, and easier to market to.

A new Study released by twitter about its “primary mobile users has revealed that these mobile users are younger, more receptive, and more engaged (compared to their desktop counterparts). Mobile-first users are 57% more likely to log-in to Twitter on desktop than the average Twitter user. They’rea lso 86% more likely to be active on Twitter several times a day. Of those percentages, 15% access my tablet first and foremost. The study also revealed that users in the 18-34 range are 52% more likely to log in primarily via a mobile device than other age groups. Also 157% more likely than average Twitter users to open Twitter when waking up, and 129% more likely to do so right before bed. If that wasn’t enough, 160% are more likely to use twitter at school or work, while 169% are likely to use the service while shopping and 3x as likely to use during commutes. Full details of the report can be seen...

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Posted by on Feb 10, 2013 in Apps, Marketing, Mobile | 0 comments

When tracking your DAU’s just isn’t enough.

When tracking your DAU’s just isn’t enough.

In the mobile world, companies are defined by their vanity metrics. How many monthly active users do you have? What’s your retention like? How many downloads do you have? These kind of metrics, while certainly surface level are usually what guides the Silicon Valley Mindset of, “get users today, make money off them tomorrow”. It is seriously crazy. Companies will amass millions of users, but still have no revenue model on how they’re going to monetize those users, yet somehow have raised millions in funding.   Let’s take a deeper look.   In mobile, DAU’s (daily active users) is often the standard by which app developers are judged. While the industry has yet to define a concrete term for ‘DAU’ analytics companies like Flurry use a rolling average, where a user is considered active if they’ve opened the app at least once in the past 7 days. Another would consider a user active if they use the app on a particular day. In any case, to determine mobile success one would...

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Posted by on Feb 9, 2013 in Apps, Marketing, Mobile | 0 comments

Happy Chinese New Year! [INFOGRAPHIC] for Developers wanting to enter the market

Happy Chinese New Year! [INFOGRAPHIC] for Developers wanting to enter the market

With the start of the Chinese New Years, year of the Snake starting to today one might ask ‘what do western developers need to know to make it in China’? After year-over-year growth analysts estimate that next year will be the year that China pulls ahead and starts dominating the app and mobile landscape in a big way. Maybe you’re looking to capitalize on this coming wave? Well good news. It’s not too late. The folks at pocketgamer.biz have put together this Infographic to lay down the logistics of the region....

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