I have released my game to Google Play Store. I am a hobbyist, and this was a great learning experience more than anything else. Among other things, I have included ads in the game. I am using AdMob and I have started House Ad campaign for everyone who is interested to have their game/app advertisement in my game.
Link to Mr. Dandelion's Adventures
What do you need to send me:
Name of your game/app (it will be in the results)
320x50 PNG banner for you game/app
URL of your game in the market, format market://details?id=your.package
Use private message or post it here, up to you.
What's the catch?
Apart from the fact that I just released the game and the game has few downloads, nothing. I will run the campaign for at least month, but probably longer. I will keep you posted. You don't have to give me anything in return. If you give me a review, it will be greatly appreciated, but you don't have to. If you see your ad in my game, a screenshot posted here would be awesome! :victory:
Why are you doing this?
First of all, it's another learning experience. This is all new for me. Second, I think it will boost my downloads a bit. Maybe you will be curious, if your ad is really there :fingers-crossed: Third, it's a good feeling :angel: , maybe I get to help someone :highfive:.
I want to comment on your game...
Please do so! The game has it's own thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44420022
Q/A
If you have more questions, ask.
kulisgames said:
I have released my game to Google Play Store. I am a hobbyist, and this was a great learning experience more than anything else. Among other things, I have included ads in the game. I am using AdMob and I have started House Ad campaign for everyone who is interested to have their game/app advertisement in my game.
What do you need to send me:
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Name of your game/app (it will be in the results) --> Break Books
320x50 PNG banner for you game/app --> I will create one and send soon!
URL of your game in the market, format market/details?=com.aarbot.BreakBooks['/I]
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THANK YOU!
Thanks
Thank you.
kulisgames said:
I have released my game to Google Play Store. I am a hobbyist, and this was a great learning experience more than anything else. Among other things, I have included ads in the game. I am using AdMob and I have started House Ad campaign for everyone who is interested to have their game/app advertisement in my game.
Link to Mr. Dandelion's Adventures
What do you need to send me:
Name of your game/app (it will be in the results)
320x50 PNG banner for you game/app
URL of your game in the market, format market://details?id=your.package
Use private message or post it here, up to you.
What's the catch?
Apart from the fact that I just released the game and the game has few downloads, nothing. I will run the campaign for at least month, but probably longer. I will keep you posted. You don't have to give me anything in return. If you give me a review, it will be greatly appreciated, but you don't have to. If you see your ad in my game, a screenshot posted here would be awesome! :victory:
Why are you doing this?
First of all, it's another learning experience. This is all new for me. Second, I think it will boost my downloads a bit. Maybe you will be curious, if your ad is really there :fingers-crossed: Third, it's a good feeling :angel: , maybe I get to help someone :highfive:.
I want to comment on your game...
Please do so! The game has it's own thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44420022
Q/A
If you have more questions, ask.
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smaugh said:
Thank you.
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Due to overwhelming lack of interest, I decided to stop this. I only got two banners during the whole time this was on :silly:
I have similar event going on at my website if anyone is interested: http://android.kul.is/2013/09/your-ad-here-publicity-matters.html
offer
i won't accept your offer. lol. coz i don't like ads popping out when i'm playing. lol
Related
Hi again guys,
We were just wondering,
Do you know any GOOD, USEFUL books, tutorials, materials about promoting apps and development brand that you could recommend?
If you know, lets make a 'library'! Share a link, some info etc.
Nothing? Anyone?
We know this one, hope it helps:
http://www.amazon.com/Android-Apps-Marketing-Secrets-Biz-Tech/dp/0789746336
C'mon, you gotta know something!
I would use http://DroidTweak.com they own http://fb.com/AndroidFans
stilv said:
I would use http://DroidTweak.com they own http://fb.com/AndroidFans
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I will take a look about them tonight... would rather not spend money but, if their service proves to be good... might go for it.
PhilCals said:
I will take a look about them tonight... would rather not spend money but, if their service proves to be good... might go for it.
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contact [email protected] for the latest promo's
This might be interesting: http://droid-blog.net/category/aso-2/
great
thay you guys for the links :laugh:
fruitybytes said:
Nothing? Anyone?
We know this one, hope it helps:
http://www.amazon.com/Android-Apps-Marketing-Secrets-Biz-Tech/dp/0789746336
C'mon, you gotta know something!
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Attention, one comment on Amazon says that this book was badly port from Apple App Store to Google Play.
Exchange Reviews with other developers
Lets face it, become successful on Google Play market is nothing easy, yes you need a very unique app but you also need a good marketing campaign in order to get enough downloads and a good rating, most indie developers can't afford that. But wait... there are many apps submitted everyday to android market, that means there are many developers trying to show their own apps, so that means... we are a lot.
Why not help us each others?
Join AndroidKi community and Exchange reviews with other developers!
How it works?
In order to submit your app to get reviewed, you need to review other 3 apps too. Each review gives you 5 AndroidKi points, you need 15 to submit your app. Simple, effective and SEO friendly.
AndroidKi[.]com
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If you are just starting out, I suggest you to read this blog post: http://www.techibiz.com/2/post/2013/02/the-app-developers-checklist.html
For more posts, go to the section on mobile apps where there are posts of various categories like app store optimization, marketing, promotion etc. Here is the link to all other posts: www.techibiz.com/mobile-apps.html
Akshat
Community help with marketing
Here on XDA I have seen many members collaborate which is great. Nobody is perfect but we can combine our knowledge and create something which is really amazing. This is one of the reasons I like XDA for. :good:
Currently there are threads for developers who are looking for testers, translators and designers.
However, it is a shame if we create fantastic apps and nobody is downloading them.
To bring the collaboration to the next level I set up this thread.
Developers, here are your marketing experts.
This thread is divided into different sections for different purposes.
If you want to participate, send me a PM with a link to your profile and tell me what you are skilled in. I will add you to the list.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO):
Your app needs to be found using search.
Waiting for you to be the first one...
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Demo videos and screenshots:
If you present your app in an app store, the first thing in addition to the description your consumers see are the screenshots and the demo video. Providing a demo video is a huge advantage. It is one of the best opportunities to present your app to your costumer.
Mrtoxicgamer10
Waiting for you to be the second one...
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App reviews:
One of the most important criteria for the user will be app recommendations and reviews on websites. So here is a list of people with app review sites:
kornett (http://androidki.com)
out of ideas (http://androidsexplained.com/reviews.php)
Hectopixel (http://www.appdorado.com)
More to come...
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(Check out this thread as well: Beam me Up Scotty !)
Reserved.
Big thanks to @QuantumFoam for the idea. :good:
By the way, if you have got ideas for new categories, tell me.
Cheers. This will help us app developers a lot
Sent from my Nexus⁴
Yooo man you always come up with something special for us Developers...
Cheers!!
Really great idea and something i could do with right about now! Hope this goes to plan
Cheers
If I have the time, I'll see if I can write up a more comprehensive marketing guide covering the pricing and promotion strategies and aspects of marketing. Both are really important, especially for this market, and quite a few times I've seen apps that seem to have potential hindered by a not-so-smart/appropriate pricing/promotion strategy that the dev have in place :/
SammiSaysHello said:
If I have the time, I'll see if I can write up a more comprehensive marketing guide covering the pricing and promotion strategies and aspects of marketing. Both are really important, especially for this market, and quite a few times I've seen apps that seem to have potential hindered by a not-so-smart/appropriate pricing/promotion strategy that the dev have in place :/
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Would be amazing! :good:
Added app reviews category.
Exchange Reviews with other developers
Today Android marketing is very expensive right now, so why not a review exchange?
androidki[.]com
Androidki is a exchange review web totally for free, your app can be reviewed by the web authors and also by other users in the web.
Also reviews are schema.org standarized so the reviews will also appear on google results
Best of luck with your android app!
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kornett said:
Today Android marketing is very expensive right now, so why not a review exchange?
androidki[.]com
Androidki is a exchange review web totally for free, your app can be reviewed by the web authors and also by other users in the web.
Also reviews are schema.org standarized so the reviews will also appear on google results
Best of luck with your android app!
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Looks like a cool website. Thanks.
I will add it.
(Sorry for not answering before. I was not at home, so I was unable to answer.)
Thank you! It is hard marketing an app! Specially when there is SO MANY!! This is a very helpful subject
Gabilheri said:
Thank you! It is hard marketing an app! Specially when there is SO MANY!! This is a very helpful subject
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Yeah, I hope that there will be more people participating.
nikwen said:
Yeah, I hope that there will be more people participating.
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Well I guess I'll toss my hat into the ring for some more reviews.
I'm doing a little android blog/review thing. It's in VERY early beta and i'm playing with it everyday so it'll be changing plenty.
http://androidsexplained.com/reviews.php
That's the reviews page, I already got a few big apps up, and bunch more I have to upload.
Basically its gonna be the standard bigger apps, and I want to have a good section focusing on the smaller and indie developers. Give some love back to XDA and all that.
Every little bit helps, so if you need a review feel free to message me on here or mail me at [email protected]
out of ideas said:
Well I guess I'll toss my hat into the ring for some more reviews.
I'm doing a little android blog/review thing. It's in VERY early beta and i'm playing with it everyday so it'll be changing plenty.
http://androidsexplained.com/reviews.php
That's the reviews page, I already got a few big apps up, and bunch more I have to upload.
Basically its gonna be the standard bigger apps, and I want to have a good section focusing on the smaller and indie developers. Give some love back to XDA and all that.
Every little bit helps, so if you need a review feel free to message me on here or mail me at [email protected]
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Thanks a lot.
Added. :good:
Great idea, I just sent an app for review to the links you provided. Thanks!
instalatorapp.co.nr
Great ideas here.
I've launched a game one week ago and it's really hard to be discovered and increase visibility.
Hartok said:
Great ideas here.
I've launched a game one week ago and it's really hard to be discovered and increase visibility.
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Yeah, that's right. I hope that more people will be participating.
Thanks!
Thanks for this great thread! I have sent a link for Review to androidsexplained of my game Number Play Free on google playstore. This game is published by Kjas Labs.
It is a Educational Brain Game suitable for all age groups.
Mispost
Hartok said:
Great ideas here.
I've launched a game one week ago and it's really hard to be discovered and increase visibility.
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Seeing your avatar, I guess that it is Feed the Sheep.
Hi community!
I am new to game industry and I have pulished a game on google play.
Crazy Hexagon
http s://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bugdevstudios.crazyhexagon( cannot post the proper link because of new user)
Now it is getting only 100 downloads a day. I wan to know how should I do marketing of this game.
What compaign should I run and what users I should target?
Please guide me as I know nothing about the marketing.
Thanks
BugDev Studios said:
Hi community!
I am new to game industry and I have pulished a game on google play.
Crazy Hexagon
http s://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bugdevstudios.crazyhexagon( cannot post the proper link because of new user)
Now it is getting only 100 downloads a day. I wan to know how should I do marketing of this game.
What compaign should I run and what users I should target?
Please guide me as I know nothing about the marketing.
Thanks
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It depends on how much money do you have, if you have a lot of money for propagation, I can recommend appbrain. If you don't have any money, or you don't want to spend them, there is a lot of options..changing review, ASO optimization, submit review to android sites, etc
btw. 100 donw/day is not really bad, I know developers, who spent hours and hours on making game and they have few downloads a day
Atukapps said:
It depends on how much money do you have, if you have a lot of money for propagation, I can recommend appbrain. If you don't have any money, or you don't want to spend them, there is a lot of options..changing review, ASO optimization, submit review to android sites, etc
btw. 100 donw/day is not really bad, I know developers, who spent hours and hours on making game and they have few downloads a day
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Thanks for the reply.
I will check the details.
It's was very hard and almost impossible if you don't have at least a small marketing budget. I am making this thread to help developers learn.
I want to stress that all my marketing was free. I didn't use paid advertisement.
Deciding what I am going to make
1) I decided to make a platform game that had very simple controls, anyone can understand how to play it without instructions.
2) I decided to use some cartoon images that, almost all I made myself. There is no some "Complicated graphics".
3) I made the game easy enough so that a gamer can play it without instructions.
Before Launch
1) After I finished the game I didn't release it to the google play store , that would equal a fail. I opened a small community in Google+ and collected some people that want to hear when I release the game to production.
2) I posted on facebook groups screenshots about my game that going to be published. I did it in 5-6 groups and I spend on it 3 days.
3) I went to some games forums and also a create a post and trying to make people waiting for this game to be published.
Launch
1) Launched my app on Google Play , posted on facebook and on Google+ that its finally arrived. And here comes the numbers:
After one week my app got more than 10,000 installs!
And now my game has 46,000 downloads at Google Play!
And I am still fighting to get more downloads. Hopefully I can reach higher but for last couple of days the downloads just decreasing Any questions ask away.
Game Link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.platform.game
My community page in Google+:
https://plus.google.com/communities/104791047015811270026
Please tell me if this thread help you
congrats
I don't think you got the downloads for the reason you think. I am unsure what you did, but almost 800 ratings is good.
congrats on your successful launch that is a lot of downloads for that type of game.
Tomer Trier said:
I don't think you got the downloads for the reason you think. I am unsure what you did, but almost 800 ratings is good.
congrats on your successful launch that is a lot of downloads for that type of game.
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So, If can I ask, why do you think all the downloads come from?
And thanks for replaying
Pretty interesting read, thanks!
Do you have a facebook page or something where people can follow you as a developer? I'm not sure if I should do that for the future.
4 days ago I published my first Android App. I prepared my release fairly well, I've read a lot about marketing apps.
- I've posted my app on forums where I'm active, inclusive a niche forum for the app.
- I've posted it on my personal facebook and tumblr.
- I've made a pretty good YouTube video for it.
- I've send it to over 30 review sites.
The reviews I've received are all very good, but I'm still struggling to get downloads. I'm still at 50-100 and I've done the best promoting I could.
Any tips?
The app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ignacemaes.bpmtap
Nebulic said:
Pretty interesting read, thanks!
Do you have a facebook page or something where people can follow you as a developer? I'm not sure if I should do that for the future.
4 days ago I published my first Android App. I prepared my release fairly well, I've read a lot about marketing apps.
- I've posted my app on forums where I'm active, inclusive a niche forum for the app.
- I've posted it on my personal facebook and tumblr.
- I've made a pretty good YouTube video for it.
- I've send it to over 30 review sites.
The reviews I've received are all very good, but I'm still struggling to get downloads. I'm still at 50-100 and I've done the best promoting I could.
Any tips?
The app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ignacemaes.bpmtap
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I have a community page in Google+ at the link:
https://plus.google.com/communities/104791047015811270026
You are more than welcome to join my community
1) A bunch of facebook groups are here where you can post some screenshots of your app:
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/108079516002935/
> Innovative APP Users & Developers for iPhone, iPad, Blackberry & Android (Huge group, more than 9k people are in this group)
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/152169141638746/
Publish your app in these groups and you will get downloads for sure.
I very recommend using this Forum, post there some screenshots of your app with description and I'm sure you will receive more downloads:
http://androidfreegamesapps.forumotion.com/
Can you show statistics of sources of installation? Just to compare how many people comes from reviews, Facebook, YouTube and other places.
Thanks for sharing. But REALLY???
Great
I'm trying hard to get only 100 down per day. It seem a hard target to reach. Could you give me some advices
My game on GG Play name Vivid Juicy Kool YOLO
INDY devs paying it forward!!!
We've hit the wall getting a 100 a day, and actually we did pay for advertising, I like your strategy and will try that with our next title. Indy devs paying it forward i like it!
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Thanks for sharing. But REALLY???
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yes,
I am not lying
honghoand said:
I'm trying hard to get only 100 down per day. It seem a hard target to reach. Could you give me some advices
My game on GG Play name Vivid Juicy Kool YOLO
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100 download per day is pretty good!
Look at my first comment. Publish your game in facebook groups and forums and try to get people knowing about your game, If they like it they will share it with their friends and you will get more downloads.
BTW I saw your game. Its looks very nice Keep updating this game.
This is cool!
hi , cool game you have there
thanks for sharing your experience
Thanks for your sharing
Some pretty good numbers. Best of luck with your app
Tomer Trier said:
I don't think you got the downloads for the reason you think. I am unsure what you did, but almost 800 ratings is good.
congrats on your successful launch that is a lot of downloads for that type of game.
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Agree with it
but truly graphics sucks
congralutation
Juste to be more helpful what's the list of forum where you have annonce jour game,
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From my own experience I can say, that it's very hard to find the right formula. There are so many variables and sometimes one method will work for specific app, sometimes not. But I agree that social factor has the best influence in downloads. The more people see, hear about your app - the more likely they will tell their friends and etc.
Thanks for the information really helpful, I will open a community in G+ right now for my current project.
Good luck with your platformer
I've been struggling trying to promote my game and get some downloads through multiple ways, unfortunately i'm stuck with like .. 70 downloads.
My game is totally free and does not contain any sort of in app purchases it's made to be downloaded played , hopefully enjoyed and then uninstalled , as simple as that , i made it for fun and wanted people to talk about it and give me some feedback so i can learn from it and enhance it.unfortunately it didn't happened, so please if you can help me reach more players with a review i would really appreciate it.Thanks again and sorry to annoy you.
best regards.
here's the game link : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.LoneDeveloper.SpaceShooter90Demo
LoneDeveloper said:
I've been struggling trying to promote my game and get some downloads through multiple ways, unfortunately i'm stuck with like .. 70 downloads.
My game is totally free and does not contain any sort of in app purchases it's made to be downloaded played , hopefully enjoyed and then uninstalled , as simple as that , i made it for fun and wanted people to talk about it and give me some feedback so i can learn from it and enhance it.unfortunately it didn't happened, so please if you can help me reach more players with a review i would really appreciate it.Thanks again and sorry to annoy you.
best regards.
here's the game link : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.LoneDeveloper.SpaceShooter90Demo
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I'm also an independent developer. I have created the Secrecy app, which was once covered on XDA portal.
I've just written a blog post. Hope the tips can guide you to app promotion!
http://thedoplgangr.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/promoting-your-android-app-really-that-easy/
Doplgangr said:
I'm also an independent developer. I have created the Secrecy app, which was once covered on XDA portal.
I've just written a blog post. Hope the tips can guide you to app promotion!
http://thedoplgangr.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/promoting-your-android-app-really-that-easy/
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Thanks a lot i really appreciate it