How my very first iPhone app (version 1.0.0) got featured in the App Store

We submitted our very first iPhone app (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/localuncle/id473554413?mt=8) about 3 weeks ago to the App Store and about 2 days ago we were featured in the App Store. It's called "LocalUncle" and it gives you the ability to know what's happening anywhere in the world by sending questions to people who are checked-in on Foursqure. Think Quora meets Foursquare meets Magic.

Here's the proof: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=197084127038309&set=a.131140903632632.33967.124227507657305&type=1&theater

Or just go to the App Store to the "Featured" and "New" section and you'll find us.

How did we do that? Well, we just built a great app! Literally the only thing we did was build an app, submit it and we got featured! We haven't had ANY press whatsoever cause we wanted to softlaunch our app and prevent a #faillaunch like color.com. Little did we know that version 1.0.0 of our app would already be featured on the App Store!

We're seeing an amazing amount of downloads and couldn't be happier.

So our advice is: Focus on building a truly useful and nice-looking service. The rest will take care of itself! Good products always surface to the top and rise above the crowd.

If you have any further question, shoot me an email to philip@localuncle.com.

Great idea! Do you need the app to answer questions, or are they sent via Foursquare's messaging system?

Congrats. Cool to read!

Could you explain the difference between this and LocalMind?

I hate to nitpick, but this should be labeled as a Show HN instead of a 'how we did it' type of post.

We're working on it. Main reason to launch US only was not to pull off a color.com type of #faillaunch. But expect LocalUncle to be available worldwide sooner than you think! Follow us at @localuncle on T to stay in the loop.