Exclusive: 48 top tips & tricks of app promotion on small budget
Appsjunction.net – your favourite networking, #crowdfunding & freelancers platform, brings to you this useful collection of 48 top tips & tricks of app promotion on small budget for Lean Startups & SMEs guide. This presentation was first presented at appsjunction.co.uk 29th Jul Meetup by our App Guru Navin Arora @navinarora . Appsjunction is a networking platform which brings together iOS Developers, Android Developers, Win Phone developers to find each other and build apps for each other and startups. Soon to be launched a market place for buy & sell of App Code.
Don’t we all know that without App Promotion an App is like a needle in a haystack. Perhaps even smaller & harder to find in the ocean of millions of app. Often an App Entrepreneur wonders how to make his/her app noticed and bring it in-front of the crowd. The thing is, as of 2014, there are roughly 2.5 – 3 Million Apps out there. Yours could be a great app but how many people know about it? Don’t have big budgets like big companies? You can still make a huge difference on low budget if you are not a lazy bum 🙂 Read On….
Following is the List of not 5 not 10 not even 20 but 48 Awesome Top Tips on App Promotion on Low Budget (assuming £/$500 – £/$1000)
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- Print few tshirts, mugs, pens – Keep it Funny & Quirky (roughly £/$100) from instantprint or vistaprint, your team should wear those t-shirts at meetups/demos, give mugs to bloggers/journalists types, give pens to beta testers if you can
- Leaflets, Stickers & Brochures – Carry leaflets about your app to events & festivals (roughly £/$100) from instantprint or vistaprint
- Use QR code & Discount codes – Print QR code, Discount code On Promo material
- Try Hacker Radios & Local newspapers – not expensive, sometimes free coverage
- Carry Plenty of Business Cards – With discount codes and QR codes to download the App (roughly £/$20) from instantprint or vistaprint
- Grab every demo opportunity At Meetups , demo & pitch events, find early adopters
- Local Pizza Shop & takeaways- Pay & tempt them to put your leaflets with orders (free or £/$25)
- Paper mail to lots of right addresses – It works 😉 depending on the audience of your apps (£/$50)
- Charity & Community events – Offer your time, share news, offer in-App credits free
- App launch site – Prepare a great looking mobile responsive launch site (DIY or £/$100)
- Online Blog on Launch Site – Share your story, talk in-depth about your market
- ASO & Organic SEO – DIY, its easy – Appear in Google searches, DIY guides available (DIY or basic SEO from £/$100)
- App Explainer Video – Must Keep it funny or impressive, try to make it viral (DIY or from £/$200)
- Press releases are must – Buy PR submission packages, No DIY, outsource bulk submissions (DIY or from £/$100)
- Social bookmark all Content – Digg, Reddit, Stumbleupon, Delicious, Tumblr and so on
- Facebook page – best platform Invite all friends, run quizzes, share news, photos
- Twitter – be heard and ask for feedback – Follow the right people, follow competition, retweets
- LinkedIn – get influencer mentions – Impress them, ask to mention App in their stories
- Pinterest, foursquare & others – Create account everywhere, share content, follow
- Event Walls & Comments – If comments allowed, always spread the word
- Tech or Industry Discussion forums – Participate in them, use signatures wisely, spread word
- Google, facebook, Twitter Ads – Buy ad space, use it wisely, run multiple campaign text (£/$50 + free £/$75 credits offers with new website)
- Implement Tap 4 Tap SDKs – Many popular platforms, free cross promotion of apps
- Work on App Store Optimisation – Choose tags carefully, write killer description (DIY or basic ASO from £/$100)
- Reward users for referrals – Be hugely generous like Uber, reward heavily
- Submit to App Blogs & review sites – Text & video should be compelling (DIY or £/$100)
- Find individuals behind free apps you like – Barter ad space with them, record impressions
- Start your own Meetup group- Keep it contextual to app subject, offer in-App rewards
- Offer unlogged in flow in App – Provide sneak peek to one time users, show cool stuff
- Ask in-app quizzes, ratings & reviews – Offer in-App rewards for helpful users, nudge for review
- Give reasons to share/brag Scores, Wins, Crowns – many ways to ego boost users
- Unlock features if friends invited – Most commonly use trick of the trade, social invites
- Push Messages to Notify Users of Bonuses – Keep users engaged, offer reward bonuses for sharing (e.g. urban airship)
- Implement Mailshots – Announce new features, pull dormant users (pay as you go – cheap options sendgrid/mailchimp)
- Rich Push Notifications SDK Provide a richer experience (e.g. urban airship)
- Gamify your app Offer hidden treasures in App, implement seek friend’s help
- Learn growth hacking – do it everyday Announce new features, pull back dormant users
- Add more value to repeat users – Provide bigger discounts to loyal users e.g. credits for login
- Email signatures & Voicemails – Just tell the word about the App you are proud of creating
- Try to get VIP endorsement – Get him/her drunk, ask for favor, remind in morning 🙂 (Free or £/$50)
- Take Part in App Contests Like Appsters Awards & Mobileys
- Upgrade your App Regularly – Great way to bring it back to notice for everyone inc Appstore
- Always react to –ve reviews – Its an art, always start with sorry, you wasted their time
- Try to answer Qs on App Related Forums – Hardwork, slow but more long lasting benefits than other tips
- Reward your happy customers, not new ones – Find out who is happy, read +ve feedback, get in touch 🙂
- Make a timely routine to do all above promotion – Don’t be lazy, If you hangout with Bums, you will end up like a Bum 🙁
- Dedicate 30 mins everyday on reading tips from App Marketing Gurus on Twitter
- Subscribe to RSS feed of top tips-sources like http://appsjunction.net/popular-guides.html, stay updated on ASO, Social media marketing & trends
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