

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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Nov 1, 2021 • 1h 2min
App Development Features That Drive Growth
Discover the initial app development features you need to develop to drive mobile growth. Plus, you'll discover how to properly plan your app launch to avoid extra costs.
Today's guest is Chaim Sajnovsky is the CEO and Founder of B7Dev, a full-service development agency, businesses trust us with their app development, big data, machine learning, and server side needs.
Topics Covered:
01:20 - Proper onboarding flow
07:20 - 5X more subscriptions with trials
17:10 - Web vs App
22:11 - How often should you send push notifications
31:23 - Junglee Rummy App Audit
39:38 - What's the minimum downloads to 3X your revenue?
41:49 - Proper planning to avoid extra costs
51:00 Rainbow Ball App Audit
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/hqgaLR8VoKs
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
Scaling your Apple Search Ads campaigns can be challenging if you don’t have the right tool kit. From market insights to automation tools, SearchAds.com provides everything you need in a single intuitive dashboard, so you can easily adapt, optimize and grow your mobile business in the App Store.
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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YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Oct 25, 2021 • 1h 6min
How to Use Online Traffic for App Subscriptions
How do you use online traffic to grow your mobile app downloads?
Our guest is Thomas Petit, growth advisor and consultant for mobile apps.
He has worked with 100+ businesses (25 in the last 12 months) from MVP to unicorns, as trainee, founder, employee, freelance, advisor, investor or mentor.
Topics Covered:
02:02 - Why should you use online traffic to get app downloads
12:02 - What channels should you use for online traffic
14:15 - How to use Pinterest to drive traffic
15:34 - Blinkist Example
16:10 - Should we use different ad creatives
21:17 - Fabulous online onboarding flow
27:06 - Should you use Spanish in screenshots in Spanish Mexico
30:51 - How to convert paid content sign ups into subscriptions
37:41 - White Noise and Lullaby Lounge App Audit
51:35 - Can you provide sample of an app that lowered their price successfully?
54:52 - Who's Up?! App Audit
1:00:07 - Is it better to start with a higher or lower price?
Connect with Thomas:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasbcn/
https://madv.substack.com/
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/GLGI3roxjyQ
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
Scaling your Apple Search Ads campaigns can be challenging if you don’t have the right tool kit. From market insights to automation tools, SearchAds.com provides everything you need in a single intuitive dashboard, so you can easily adapt, optimize and grow your mobile business in the App Store.
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:
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Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Oct 21, 2021 • 29min
858: Successful Exit As a Solo Founder
Today's guest successfully sold her app portfolio as a solo founder. You will discover how she decided to go with the eventual buyer, her #1 tip to weed out all unlikely buyers, and how she comes up with app names that are simple and GREAT for ASO.
Topics Covered:
- Why she decide to sell
- key lessons
- Her #1 tip to weed out unlikely buyers
- How she calculated her "number"
- How do she comes up with simple app names that are also great for ASO
- Her #1 tip to grow downloads as a new app
- Why she decided to stay solo instead of building a team
Jenny Talavera is the Founder and Chief Creator at Treebetty LLC.
Show Mentions
- RevenueCat
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.
Through keyword and market insights, SearchAds.com can help your Apple Search Ads campaign to find the most valuable prospects and convert them into users in the most effective way possible. Advanced automation tools can take care of the busy-work so you can focus on things that really matter.
Go to SearchAds.com to start your free trial.
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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Oct 20, 2021 • 12min
This In-App Marketing Strategy Will Increase Engagement & Sales
Here's a simple in-app marketing strategy that will increase your app engagement and sales using a feature that your users already know and love!
Check out Storyly: https://appmasters.com/storyly
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/-hdkHpDmYJk
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
Scaling your Apple Search Ads campaigns can be challenging if you don’t have the right tool kit. From market insights to automation tools, SearchAds.com provides everything you need in a single intuitive dashboard, so you can easily adapt, optimize and grow your mobile business in the App Store.
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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Oct 18, 2021 • 1h 8min
How to Optimize and Scale Apple Search Ads
Discover the growth hacks to accelerate your app business growth.
Today's guest is Michael Shubin who started his mobile marketing career in 2009: since then, as Head of Mobile Marketing at ABBYY, he launched 50+ apps.
In June 2019, Michael finished his career at ABBYY to focus on Apple Search Ads. Later that year, Michael invented ASA Framework, which allows advertisers to continuously optimize and scale Search Ads campaigns.
Connect with Michael: https://angleconnect.com/
Topic Covered:
02:20 - Michael's ASA Framework
04:54 - ASA Search Tab Placement
09:01 - What's the ideal CPT for discovery campaigns
12:48 - Do you use the CPA goal with ASA
18:50 - Apple Search Ads attribution
19:01 - How to use just Apple AdServices for attribution
26:33 - A hack to see low volume keywords from your discovery campaign
29:34 - Blade Match App audit & ASA strategy
41:32 - Negative keyword management
48:48 - SAFE4R App audit
01:20:42 - A trick to increase your ad revenue
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/h50QibnHgTE
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
Scaling your Apple Search Ads campaigns can be challenging if you don’t have the right tool kit. From market insights to automation tools, SearchAds.com provides everything you need in a single intuitive dashboard, so you can easily adapt, optimize and grow your mobile business in the App Store.
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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Oct 14, 2021 • 40min
857: How to Get Valuable Customer Feedback
Today's guests are founders of Vidlet, a powerful digital platform and expert professional services for conducting remote qualitative & hybrid research, around the globe, using smartphone video.
They talk about selling their previous business, why it's important to use your own product, and how do you get valuable customer feedback.
Doreen Lorenzo and Patricia Roller are the Co-Founders of Vidlet.
Show Mentions
- Fav app: Dark Sky
- Fav app: Calm
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.
Through keyword and market insights, SearchAds.com can help your Apple Search Ads campaign to find the most valuable prospects and convert them into users in the most effective way possible. Advanced automation tools can take care of the busy-work so you can focus on things that really matter.
Go to SearchAds.com to start your free trial.
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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Oct 11, 2021 • 1h 1min
App Development Pitfalls - How to NOT Waste Your Money
All the tips and strategies you need to know so you don't waste money developing app features that NEVER get used.
Joining me is Austin Betzer who is the founder of Strides - an amazing team of developers and designers that bring real products to life. Their main focus is designing & developing full-scale mobile applications, for iOS, Android, and Web.
Topics covered:
03:45 - How to build an app fast
05:38 - How to build the right features in the beginning
06:47 - Using Typeform for customer research
07:30 - How to find your early customers for feedback
10:01 - How Austin got started his company
11:13 - How he found his first freelancing clients
11:40 - How to post in FB groups and Reddit subreddits organically
14:39 - Any tips on making app promo videos
20:33 - Stark App Audit
29:14 - What is the #1 app development pitfall? (starting too big)
31:46 - What is Austin's tech stack?
32:47 - What if the client's app idea is not that great, do you tell the client?
39:18 - Supgro App Audit
51:05 - Is it worth publishing on the Amazon app store?
51:42 - Top Firebase features
53:28 - Is it worth to have an MMP after iOS 14
Listen to my episode on their podcast:
https://www.strides.dev/podcast/marketing-and-growth-hacks-with-steve-young-app-masters
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/GLtBIw36FUM
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
Scaling your Apple Search Ads campaigns can be challenging if you don’t have the right tool kit. From market insights to automation tools, SearchAds.com provides everything you need in a single intuitive dashboard, so you can easily adapt, optimize and grow your mobile business in the App Store.
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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Oct 7, 2021 • 39min
856: How to Get Traction Before Building Your Product
Today's guest owns and runs 7 different companies including a software development company, Paladin. You will discover how to gain proof of concept and build an MVP before spending a dime in product development.
Dave Chesson is the creator of Kindlepreneur.com, a website devoted to teaching advanced book Marketing which even Amazon KDP acknowledge as one of the best by telling users to “Gain insight from Kindlepreneur on how you can optimize marketing for your books.”
He’s also the founder of Publisher Rocket, a book marketing software, and Atticus.io, a book writing and formatting software.
Topics covered:
- How he first started
- How to market before building the product
- How to get outside traffic (including his favorite tips)
- Why he decided to build a Progressive Web App
- Partnership tips that led him to running 7 different companies
Dave Chesson is the Founder at Kindlepreneur.com and Co-Founder at Atticus.io
Show Mentions
- Paladin
- Front
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.
Through keyword and market insights, SearchAds.com can help your Apple Search Ads campaign to find the most valuable prospects and convert them into users in the most effective way possible. Advanced automation tools can take care of the busy-work so you can focus on things that really matter.
Go to SearchAds.com to start your free trial.
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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Oct 6, 2021 • 7min
Which Onboarding Flow Increased Conversions by 234%
How aggressive should you be with your pricing page? Should you show it as the first page when a user first opens your app? Or should you have a couple of screens before showing the actual pricing page?
Which onboarding flow do you think increased conversions by 234%?
Thanks to Bart for running this test! https://apps.apple.com/app/resume-builder-resume-creator/id1236582597
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/UFdzpMEDAyE
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
Scaling your Apple Search Ads campaigns can be challenging if you don’t have the right tool kit. From market insights to automation tools, SearchAds.com provides everything you need in a single intuitive dashboard, so you can easily adapt, optimize and grow your mobile business in the App Store.
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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Oct 4, 2021 • 1h 4min
UI/UX App Design for Maximum Monetization
This week, we have my friend and designer Rich Wagstaff. We will discuss simple UI/UX design to help you maximize your app's revenue potential.
Topics Covered:
01:17 - What are the first things you're testing when you first launch your app?
08:27 - Which test won onboarding flow?
17:05 - What are you looking at when doing competitive analysis?
23:26 - Merrit app audit
39:12 - Is the monthly subscription good for profits?
42:52 - Sudoku app audit
58:21 - Which test graphics vs text?
Check out Rich's apps:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crossword/id1330947092
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/3-minute-mindfulness/id982502810
You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/FLBfIHXnCPo
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
Scaling your Apple Search Ads campaigns can be challenging if you don’t have the right tool kit. From market insights to automation tools, SearchAds.com provides everything you need in a single intuitive dashboard, so you can easily adapt, optimize and grow your mobile business in the App Store.
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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