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Mobile App Promotion: All-in-One Guide

This article is posted in Mobile App Marketing

Creating a successful mobile app takes a lot more thought and consideration than simply having an innovative concept. Apps must be built to take into an account the marketing and promotion features that will be needed along the app’s lifespan to attract and retain users.Timing is KeyDon’t assume that as soon as your app is complete that it would be best to launch right away. Take a look at the season and the time of year you are planning to launch as it relates to your app and your target market...
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Successful Apps Track Lifetime Value

This article is posted in Mobile App Marketing

All is not said and done when an app is created and available on an app market. For a mobile app to be successful there needs to be analysis and implementation of what makes a user more valuable. Tracking the "lifetime value" of users is an integral part of a mobile app to have continued success.Lifetime value of the user includes but is not limited to the following metrics:Ad spendGenerating new usersUser engagementConversion ratesAnd of course how you monetize. The idea of "lifetime value" is to util...
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4 Mistakes to Avoid when Marketing a Mobile App

This article is posted in Mobile App Marketing

Creating a mobile application is a difficult task in and of itself, but in order to be successful, the work cannot stop there. The best mobile apps are not only developed with even the finest of details in mind, but also have a solid plan in place even before launch to market it strategically to the relevant user base.Below are 4 marketing mistakes that can make or break the success of your mobile app:Thinking mobile is a smaller version of desktopThe best apps are those that utilize the features of a mobil...
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Mobile App vs. Responsive Web Design: What Do You Need?

This article is posted in Responsive Design

Mobile apps have long been a power house in the mobile industry with the Apple App Store selling more than $10 Billion worth of apps in 2013 alone. Apps are great resources for so many mobile users, but what if you can build something for mobile users that looks just as great without building out an app? In comes responsive design, the latest and greatest tool to ensure your website looks and functions just as great on a computer screen as it does on mobile devices.Here is how you know if you should pull th...
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3 Mobile App Marketing Essentials

This article is posted in Mobile App Marketing

There are two main reasons to create an app. One reason is to help yourself be more efficient at a task or to entertain yourself without a care of others seeing it. Another reason is to share your app to the world which could be for a slew of purposes (money, recognition, to educate, etc.). For those who are concerned with the latter, you would be interested to read on. Those concerned with the former, need not worry about how to market their app to get more users.1) Attract Interest Prior to LaunchASO is o...
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Great App Idea? Validate It First

This article is posted in Mobile App Ideas

You are out with friends at the bar and all of the sudden it hits you like a ton of bricks. You have the best mobile app idea of all time. You have solved the greatest modern day problem for your generation since dial up internet and you intend to create a mobile app to become the solution. The issue is you were a few drinks in and so were your friends who could not agree with you more about how great your mobile app idea is. What do you do when your friends are laughing at the idea the next morning and you...
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Mobile apps for a world on the move

This article is posted in Technology

We live in a world that is always on the move.  We want our food portable, our businesses to run efficiently, and our time to be perfectly managed.  Long gone are the days where mobile phones are used as a communication tool only and they have advanced far beyond just a convenient communication tool into something that is indispensable to most people; the smartphone.Cell phone technology is advancing quick, phones are smaller, hold more memory and can do a wider range of tasks, thanks to the avail...
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iOS vs. Android: Which App to Develop First

This article is posted in Mobile App Development

The long asked question of which mobile app market to develop for, if you don’t have the resources to develop an iPhone app and Android app simultaneously, might be a bit clearer than you might think. Depending on your needs and strategy for developing your app, a particular platform may be a better fit to develop for first. Below are four topics to take into consideration when deciding which mobile app store to develop for first. Mobile Traffic Prior to deciding which mobile app s...
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App Store Optimization: What You Need to Know

This article is posted in Mobile App Marketing

In the last few years the popularity of mobile apps has been rising tremendously. A large part of this has to do with 32% of the global Internet traffic coming from mobile devices. The combination of the expanding mobile phone population and the ease of use apps bring to the user, as opposed to using a browser, is one of the major factors for the mobile app industry explosion today. In this increasingly crowded industry, you must know what to do to be successful in marketing your app. Why Use...
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Welcome to our new website

This article is posted in Mobile App Award Information

Welcome to the Best Mobile App Awards. Our site has been redesigned, our team has grown, and we’re ready to change the playing field for mobile applications. We know what it takes to create the best mobile apps, and since you’re here, we bet you do too. Mobile apps are the future of technology. The market has grown consistently, and as a result the apps created have improved aesthetically, functionally and creatively. We’ve been witness to some of the most popular apps explode onto th...
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