

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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Apr 19, 2021 • 22min
UserTesting Review & Live Reaction
In this video, I'll show you why you should do user testing and what questions to ask.
I'm going to react live to a user testing video and you'll get to hear the questions I asked along with my reactions -- brutally honest and critical ones included.
You can watch this video: http://youtu.be/_ufc1byTKb4
Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training
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SPONSORS
Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com.
B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com
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Apr 15, 2021 • 57min
Case Study: The #1 Source of In-App Purchase Sales
Today's guest is an indie iOS developer success story and creator of Countdown for Disney Vacation. You will discover how he increased his revenue by increasing his in-app purchase price and the #1 source of all his sales.
Nick Bonatsakis is an accomplished software consultant with over a decade of experience working on everything from scalable full-stack web applications to award-winning mobile apps.
Countdown for Disney Vacation: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/countdown-for-disney-vacation/id1532628272
Topics Covered:
02:51 - How Nick 5X his revenues
05:01 - Where he converts over 50% of his users
06:57 - How adding the word "free" to his pricing page increased conversions
08:48 - The sharing feature that gets the most downloads
12:03 - How he's getting 50 email subscribers a week
14:23 - How to leverage Apps Gone Free campaign with rewarded videos
21:48 - Spontaneous App Audit
33:06 - Division Calculator App Audit
41:00 - Should you give credit to contributors of the app? And where?
43:42 - Aspire App Audit
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
Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com.
B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com
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Apr 13, 2021 • 34min
831: The Simple Process for Creating a Top Charting Game
Today's guest is David Reichelt, the creator of Color Switch. You will discover his simple approach for designing a top charting game, how David approached the re-launch of his game and how he's using his tremendous success to build Color Switch 2.
This interview was recorded as part of our App Masters Virtual Summit back in November 2011.
David Reichelt is the creator of Color Switch.
Show Mentions
- TinkerToys
- Color Switch 2
SPONSORS
Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com.
B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com
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Apr 12, 2021 • 12min
App Ideas to Make Money - The Proven Method
Discover the proven method to come up with app ideas that are guaranteed to make money.
You can watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-RQ16TOz8w
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
Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com.
B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com
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Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Apr 7, 2021 • 14min
How to Get Started with Facebook Automated App Ads
Here's the easiest way to get started with Facebook Automated App Ads and how to eventually scale the campaign.
Today's guest is Gina Kwong who runs Mobile Growth at Electronic Arts (EA). She focuses on global growth for EA’s mobile titles and has great experience in creative testing, especially across channels.
You will discover:
- How to approach UA with a new app
- What SDKs and tracking you need before running user acquisition
- How to get start with Facebook Automated App Ads
- How to scale Facebook Automated App Ads
You can watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRNPoK23nto
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
Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com.
B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com
Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Apr 6, 2021 • 45min
830: The Meet Group Founder and CEO Geoff Cook
Geoff Cook is currently the CEO and co-founder of The Meet Group, a social dating and livestreaming company. He has been on the board of The Meet Group (NASDAQ: MEET) since 2011 until its sale in 2020.
Geoff sold the company for $500 million in September 2020 -- one of the last large public deals prior to the declaration of a global pandemic by the WHO. He started his first company from a Harvard dorm and sold it for millions of dollars at age 24 in the year 2002. He sold his second company for $100 million in 2011.
You will discover:
- How he started his first company and exited it for millions
- If selling the company changed the way he approached business
- The surprising tactic that led to myYearbook surpassing a million users in nine months
- The clever way he figured out to build a live streaming feature into his dating apps
- What's trending in China
Geoff Cook is the Founder and CEO of The Meet Group.
Show Mentions
- Geoof's Wired Article
- Foundr Interview
- vPaaS
- Fav app: Clubhouse
SPONSORS
Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com.
B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com
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Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Apr 5, 2021 • 13min
This Meme Maker App Makes $60K a Month
Want to how to make memes? Check out this easy-to-use meme generator app that is making over $60K a month. We study what they are doing right and what they can do better.
We want to inspire you to learn from the best practices of successful apps, but also show you the opportunities that still exist in the App Store.
You can watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py-QYaWeltw
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
Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com.
B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com
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Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Apr 1, 2021 • 1h 2min
App Growth Summit Founder Joins App Masters Live
This week Louis Tanguay, Managing Director & Founder of App Growth Summit, joins us to answer all your app marketing related questions.
App Growth Summit is an invite-only global conference organization dedicated to producing the highest-quality events which help the world’s top mobile app publishers and developers discover how to increase their app’s performance & sustainability through our regional limited-vendor events
Topics Covered
02:09 - How marketers need to adjust to a post-IDFA world
03:15 - Why on-boarding and UX will be more important
04:15 - Best practices for on-boarding and UX
06:33 - Why Apple is implementing IDFA
17:48 - How Louis pivoted his events business into a virtual one
23:23 - Mehndi Designs App Audit
31:11 - Wraprz App Audit
51:21 - Yvett App Audit
57:43- Google now has reward interstitial ads
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
Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com.
B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com
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Follow us:
YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Mar 30, 2021 • 29min
829: How to Test New App Marketing Channels with Susan Azari
Today's guest is Susan Azari, the Mobile App Commercial Lead at The Very Group. She is an experienced marketer with over 7 years experience across a number of verticals including beauty, fashion, and tech.
You will discover:
- How do you decide which KPIs to focus on?
- The levers to pull when you want to increase retention
- How to balance testing new app marketing channels vs proven ones?
- The new app marketing channel that's working for them
- What's the most important A/B test to run to increase organic downloads
- How paid ads contribute to ASO
- Her most memorable email marketing campaign
Susan Azari is the Mobile App Commercial Lead at The Very Group.
Show Mentions
- Fav app: Clubhouse
- Loop Me
SPONSORS
Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com.
B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com
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Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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Mar 25, 2021 • 60min
App Marketing Live & Update on My Apps
This week is a solo show where I'll update you on the revenue and download numbers of my newest app - Moonlight. I will pull back the curtains how I manage growth, ASO tests that I'm running, and how I'm optimizing for conversions.
Moonlight app:
https://apps.apple.com/app/moonlight-sleep-sounds/id1529371572
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
GamesBoost42 helps you increase your revenue and grow faster without investors and publishers. Get access to your App Store revenues faster and keep 100% control of your company! Learn more at GamesBoost42.com.
B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com
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YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube
Instagram: @stevepyoung
Twitter: @stevepyoung
Facebook: App Masters
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