Comments on: Don’t be an App Store armchair entrepreneur http://watchingapple.com/2008/10/dont-be-an-app-store-armchair-entrepreneur/ Thoughts about Apple and design Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:32:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Partners in Grime http://watchingapple.com/2008/10/dont-be-an-app-store-armchair-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-17400 Partners in Grime Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:24:48 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/?p=484#comment-17400 Any promotion is good promotion. Any promotion is good promotion.

]]> By: John Blackburn http://watchingapple.com/2008/10/dont-be-an-app-store-armchair-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-16907 John Blackburn Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:46:52 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/?p=484#comment-16907 Bob, I agree with you insofar as Apple's promotion on the App Store effectively divides all apps into two categories: Promoted and Unpromoted. Can't know for sure, but I can believe that the poorest-selling Promoted apps might outsell the best-selling Unpromoted apps. But that doesn't mean the best of the Unpromoted apps are selling poorly. For those in the Unpromoted category, rather than complaining about being unpromoted, they should promote their apps themselves! Bob,

I agree with you insofar as Apple’s promotion on the App Store effectively divides all apps into two categories: Promoted and Unpromoted. Can’t know for sure, but I can believe that the poorest-selling Promoted apps might outsell the best-selling Unpromoted apps. But that doesn’t mean the best of the Unpromoted apps are selling poorly. For those in the Unpromoted category, rather than complaining about being unpromoted, they should promote their apps themselves!

]]> By: Bob Hearn http://watchingapple.com/2008/10/dont-be-an-app-store-armchair-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-16884 Bob Hearn Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:14:03 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/?p=484#comment-16884 What you say is certainly true. However, the simple fact is that no amount of promotion can compare to product placement on the App Store itself. For better or worse, every app's sales are almost a direct function of whether Apple decides to feature it. Bob Hearn Author of Subway Shuffle -- the #2-rated game in the app store (average star ratings) What you say is certainly true. However, the simple fact is that no amount of promotion can compare to product placement on the App Store itself. For better or worse, every app’s sales are almost a direct function of whether Apple decides to feature it.

Bob Hearn
Author of Subway Shuffle — the #2-rated game in the app store (average star ratings)

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