

App Marketing by App Masters
Steve Young
Discover app marketing growth hacks from the top app publishers. Learn the secrets of app store optimization, app store features, and online marketing to drive more downloads for your mobile app.
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Sep 2, 2021 • 36min
851: From Influencer to Mobile App
Today's guest has 11 best-selling books, influenced over a million people with her courses, talks, interviews, videos and books.
You will discover:
- How she first got started in the breathing sciences
- How she first got started with digital courses on the web
- How she validated her app idea with digital courses first
- Why it's important to find good technical co-founders
- Key lessons from making the app
- How she used her influencer friends to help promote the app
Nevsah Fidan Karamehmet is the CEO and Founder of Breath Hub.
Show Mentions
- Fav app: Freetrade
SPONSORS
CHECKASO is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io..
We all have developer horror stories. From language barriers to bad code to developing on time. That's why I recommend using B7Dev.com. They are affordable, fast and more importantly trust worthy. Go to B7Dev.com
Want to increase your downloads and revenue? Check out our new ASO Masters service where we help you with ASO, optimizing your revenue and will even manage your Apple Search Ads and Google Ads. Learn more at ASO Masters.
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Sep 1, 2021 • 19min
How to Jumpstart Your App with App Store Optimization
Did you just launch your app? In this video you will discover all the different strategies to jumpstart your app with app store optimization (ASO).
Joining me in this series is David Margaryan who is the Head of ASO at CheckASO.io.
You will discover:
- Foundation of keyword research
- How to brainstorm your keywords
- Why competitor analysis is so important
- Should we focus on low competition keywords?
- Should we have paid marketing from the very start?
Learn more about
CheckASO.io
https://bit.ly/3klMSVl
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmargaryan/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTRlhKbyyRuWxGETgNvSGzw
You can watch this video: http://youtu.be/06GbGI1i8UU
Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training
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Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit
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SPONSORS
B7DEV.com is the one-stop shop for all your app development needs. They can help you with design, development and even marketing. Plus, they are offering an exclusive discount just for the App Masters community. Check them out at B7Dev.com
CHECKASO is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io
Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters.
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Aug 30, 2021 • 1h 11min
Apple Search Ads Best Practices
Just getting started with Apple Search Ads? We break down the best practices to speed up your learning process.
Yusuf Barutcu is a UA Advisor for Apple Search Ads at SearchAds.com.
Topics Covered:
02:10 - How to track revenue by keywords?
04:24 - How to structure your Apple Search Ads campaigns?
06:30 - What are the default rules and automation you should set up from the beginning?
12:55 - Can you track search ads all on your own?
14:37 - How to see the keywords listed under "low volume terms"?
16:00 - Is there a way to optimize download/install ratio from Search Ads?
17:21 - 85% of your downloads should open your app
19:46 - How does ASA impact ASO?
24:58 - Can you hack ASA by having a high CPT but low CPA?
27:58 - App Audit: Stand up! Smart reminder
39:00 - Should we switch to 3-day vs 7-day trial?
40:15 - Subscription hack - yearly subscription with no trial
42:33 - Keyword level attribution on ASA Basic vs Advanced
45:39 - How long should we running ASA as a new app?
47:59 - What’s the ideal starting cost-per-tap (CPT)?
49:11 - What to do when your keywords are not getting visibility on ASA
53:33 - App audit: Note Quest
1:01:32 - Advice on bidding for your competitors' names on search ads?
1:03:40 - Why would a competitor bid on your brand name if your app is small?
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/VDyVWdngsW8
Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training
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Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit
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SPONSORS
B7DEV.com is the one-stop shop for all your app development needs. They can help you with design, development and even marketing. Plus, they are offering an exclusive discount just for the App Masters community. Check them out at B7Dev.com
CHECKASO is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io
Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters.
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Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Aug 26, 2021 • 45min
850: Should You Move Off Mobile?
Today's guest has had major success with mobile games driving over 70 million players over the last 10 years!
So why is he moving away from mobile to the PC / Console space?
You will discover:
- Why they are moving away from mobile
- How to decide between a premium paid game vs free to play
- Tools to do market analysis for the PC / Console space
- His thoughts on how ads deter the game experience
- How to get a partnership with a publisher
- The marketing channels for PC / Console games
- How setting a deadline helps you make a big decision
Rob Segal is the Co-Founder at Get Set Games.
Show Mentions
- SteamSpy
- Baldi's Basics
- Frostpunk
SPONSORS
CHECKASO is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io..
We all have developer horror stories. From language barriers to bad code to developing on time. That's why I recommend using B7Dev.com. They are affordable, fast and more importantly trust worthy. Go to B7Dev.com
Want to increase your downloads and revenue? Check out our new ASO Masters service where we help you with ASO, optimizing your revenue and will even manage your Apple Search Ads and Google Ads. Learn more at ASO Masters.
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Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Aug 25, 2021 • 6min
iPhone Push Notifications - Which Test Won?
Phone push notifications are a great way to bring users back into your app, but what's the best way to get users to enable push notifications?
Well, here's a very interesting test between showing the default push notification vs a double optin where you ask users if they'd like to enable push notifications.
Which one do you think won?
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/LSDmVGqbbJ8
Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training
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Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit
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SPONSORS
B7DEV.com is the one-stop shop for all your app development needs. They can help you with design, development and even marketing. Plus, they are offering an exclusive discount just for the App Masters community. Check them out at B7Dev.com
CHECKASO is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io
Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters.
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Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Aug 23, 2021 • 53min
How to Make An App Using An Online Community
Coming up is an indie success story that you are going to love. You will discover how he used reddit to come up with his app idea and get downloads from that community, how he transitioned from in-app purchases to subscriptions, and when he knew to stop working on his other app ideas to focus on this one.
Chris Onuigbo is the Founder at Grounded.
Listen to Chris's podcast episode: https://appmasters.com/indie-developer-3x-his-revenue-with-chris-onuigbo/
Topics Covered:
01:38 - How to overcome your fear of moving to subscription
03:16 - How to transition from IAPs to subscriptions
05:50 - How to ensure your app succeeds
09:30 - His two book recommendations that led to this app's success
11:28 - Do you recommend having a lifetime option?
12:20 - If you have an MVP, is it okay to charge for premium features
13:07 - How do you get people to share your app
16:10 - Money Buddy app audit
24:10 - Thoughts on cross platform development
25:35 - How Chris doubled his subscription revenue
26:57 - Why he built a community within his app
32:03 - Diabetly app audit
40:07 - Why chris is doing one-on-one interviews
46:55 - 3 factors that led to Chris finding success
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/57efKsUalfE
Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training
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Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit
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SPONSORS
B7DEV.com is the one-stop shop for all your app development needs. They can help you with design, development and even marketing. Plus, they are offering an exclusive discount just for the App Masters community. Check them out at B7Dev.com
CHECKASO is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io
Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters.
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Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Aug 18, 2021 • 38min
849: How to Presell Your Product
Today's guest is Ruben Dua who is the CEO of Dubb, the world's video communication platform for sales leaders. Based in Los Angeles, Ruben is the proud father of two, a drummer, and nature lover.
You will discover:
- How seeing his wife struggle with closing prospects helped him build the platform
- How he decided what features to build first
- How video can increase sales/customer feedback
- How he determined his pricing strategy
- How preselling the product helped its initial launch
- Creative ways that he's seen work with videos
Ruben Dua is the CEO at Dubb.
Show Mentions
- Fav app: Canva
SPONSORS
CHECKASO is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io..
We all have developer horror stories. From language barriers to bad code to developing on time. That's why I recommend using B7Dev.com. They are affordable, fast and more importantly trust worthy. Go to B7Dev.com
Want to increase your downloads and revenue? Check out our new ASO Masters service where we help you with ASO, optimizing your revenue and will even manage your Apple Search Ads and Google Ads. Learn more at ASO Masters.
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Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Aug 17, 2021 • 10min
Which Test Won? Pricing Strategies
Which pricing strategies increased revenues by 65%?
Discover the type of pricing page you should have within your mobile app to increase your revenue. We break down all the key elements of a highly converting pricing page.
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/XEW7WOmIiQc
Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training
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Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit
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SPONSORS
B7DEV.com is the one-stop shop for all your app development needs. They can help you with design, development and even marketing. Plus, they are offering an exclusive discount just for the App Masters community. Check them out at B7Dev.com
CHECKASO is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io
Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters.
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Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Aug 16, 2021 • 1h 2min
Acquiring Apps as a Growth Strategy
With app marketing costs continually increasing, how can app developers continue to grow at a capital efficient rate?
Today's guest is the CMO at Reflectly, Darius Moravcik.
He shares how Reflectly started to be more aggressive with acquisitions and how it's been working out very well for the company. You will discover how they select apps and how they are using the newly acquired apps
Topics Covered:
01:40 - Why Reflectly shifted to acquiring apps vs finding new marketing channels
03:57 - What criteria they are looking for in their acquisitions
05:43 - How they are finding apps to acquire
09:29 - What they do after acquiring apps
10:14 - Problems with transferring apps involving CloudKit & SMB program
12:48 - Is there a preference for iOS?
13:52 - How Reflectly is using micro influencers to drive downloads
20:20 - Minimal app audit
25:26 - What's the standing approach on stating social impact in the app description?
28:10 - Monetization tips: Why onboarding should be its on product
32:00 - Advice for transitioning from in-app purchase to subscriptions
34:49 - How do you value an app with great keyword rankings but no revenues?
42:14 - Timelog app audit
51:48 - Why just 4-5 people are enough to get user testing
53:57 - Is it normal thing to see low retention for social networking apps?
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/e99z7V_xiOA
Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training
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Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit
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SPONSORS
B7DEV.com is the one-stop shop for all your app development needs. They can help you with design, development and even marketing. Plus, they are offering an exclusive discount just for the App Masters community. Check them out at B7Dev.com
CHECKASO is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io
Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters.
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Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Aug 11, 2021 • 42min
848: How to Build a Company That Drives Revenue
Today's guest is a former Silicon Valley executive and single mom who created SupportPay to help manage the complex and conflict ridden process of managing child support and sharing expenses between parents.
You will discover
- How she built the first version of the app
- Why you should focus on revenue first
- Fundraising tips from raising over $7M
- Focus on getting users
- The SEO strategy that helped her grow
- Being product first then monetizing data
- Affiliate marketing as a great revenue driver
- Month vs annual subscriptions
- Promoting the premium features in email marketing strategies
Sheri Atwood is the Founder and CEO at SupportPay.
SPONSORS
CHECKASO is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io..
We all have developer horror stories. From language barriers to bad code to developing on time. That's why I recommend using B7Dev.com. They are affordable, fast and more importantly trust worthy. Go to B7Dev.com
Want to increase your downloads and revenue? Check out our new ASO Masters service where we help you with ASO, optimizing your revenue and will even manage your Apple Search Ads and Google Ads. Learn more at ASO Masters.
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Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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