Points to note in iPhone App development

To develop an interesting App in order to attract user downlooad, there are 10 points to note:

1 Creating a simple App

Avoid complex requirement or function, such as the App created at Pinger called Pinger Phone. Although this app did get into the top 100 for a short while, it had both a social media feed and an IM client. Those who understood it, loved it. Buy many people just didn’t get it.

2 Providing both Paid and Free App
It is suggested to have a free and paid version if possible in order to get double the possible exposure in the app store and let users try the App before spending money on it.

3 Using Attractive and Eye Catching Graphics
Just look at the top 100 apps. Some of the icons are blurry, unprofessional, and don’t stand out. Create the best graphics that budget allows.

4 Priced your App Properly

What are your competitor’s apps priced at? You could price your app a bit high to start, then lower the price later. Some Apps would free for the first couple days so as to market it into the top 100. Then made it $.99. So it’s not always one size fits all. Think it through.

5 Having a Marketing Plan

You should make your marketing plans at the same time while you’re developing your App.

6 Keep Tracking Everything You Can

At a minimum track downloads, ranking, revenue, and important changes daily. You have to check what is driving your downloads and what is not. Get a great review in an app review website, check the effectiveness before you spend money on mobile ads.

7 Willing to Spend Money to Promote your App

You’ve spent hours and hours building a great App. You should be willing to spend some money to promote your App.

8 Doing Keyword Research

Apple allows 100 characters to enter keyword information about the App.Use Google’s free keyword tool and the iPhone App store search box to figure out what keywords to use.

9 Using your Userbase

If you’ve got a userbase when you launch your first app, announce the app to them.

10 Becoming or Hiring a Marketer

You should not just develop the App but not market it, you need to become a marketer. Either start learning on your own or hire someone who can help you.

Source by http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/2010/01/10-iphone-app-marketing-mistakes-to-avoid/

iPhone App review

Apart from iPhone App introduction, we would also like to show you a great iPhone App review site, as the iTunes App Store is a bit of a big deal these days. New applications pop up in the iTunes store everyday. With hundreds of apps to download from it can be time consuming to sort through them all. Unfortunately, most of the App do not provide a trial version, user could not experience before confirm to buy. So, if you find one that looks interesting, but requires you to pay for it, App reviews really come in handy.

http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/ to check the Apps review

Let’s click to the links:

Advertising in iPhone App - Shopping.com

Online shopping comparison website Shopping.com, enabling consumers to make informed purchasing decisions while on the move. Shopping.com is launching a free iPhone app that will give on-the-go shoppers easy access to product information, price comparisons and reviews. Now, consumers can stand in the aisles and check out product reviews from the shopping.com's members. They can even price check and discover if the store they're in has the best prices or if they need to look further.

The FMCG company can make use of this App to place advertisement to the Shopping.com App, so apart from develop an Ad on your own to promote your product or company, you could also placing the advertisment in other App.

Reference: http://econsultancy.com/blog/5604-shopping-com-iphone-app-review