My First Year in the App Store
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My First Year in the App Store
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Re: My First Year in the App Store
#2Is that a scroll bar down the right side? Seems poorly placed if you expect people to touch on the right side to advance a page.
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#3Is that a scroll bar down the right side? Seems poorly placed if you expect people to touch on the right side to advance a page.
Great point. The navigation between chapters is still being decided.
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#4Fascinating example of finding and successfully filling an under-served niche. I would have never thought of creating this kind of app.
It makes me contemplate - how can you break out of your filter bubble to come up with and test product ideas for markets you can't even imagine exist because they are so far from your experience?
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#5I was actually really excited by the "...you can get the next 9 posts delivered to your email by signing up here:" at the bottom. I like it. I like email, because I can read it anywhere and filter it any way I want. I dislike unsubscribing from email updates about as much as I dislike getting updates I'll never read. By making it easy to get emailed only about a story I've already demonstrated interest in (by reading all the way through), you've made sure I'll come back for your next 9 posts.
I'd like to see more people use something like this.
Or, if I've misunderstood how this works...well, the concept was exciting.
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#6Nicely done! I'd love to hear more about the marketing efforts that went into promoting the app.
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#7Fascinating example of finding and successfully filling an under-served niche. I would have never thought of creating this kind of app. It makes me contemplate - how can you break out of your filter bubble to come up with and test product ideas for markets you can't even imagine exist because they are so far from your experience?
My two cents: I scrolled through tons and tons of top ranking apps in each category. That was where the initial brainstorm began: profitable apps that didn't look very good.
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#8Nicely done! I'd love to hear more about the marketing efforts that went into promoting the app.
Thanks for the comment Nathan. Initially it was all via search.
Since then I've started collecting email addresses the very 1st time the app launches. I'm up to over 30,000 emails now so every new product launch starts relatively well.
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#9I was actually really excited by the "...you can get the next 9 posts delivered to your email by signing up here:" at the bottom. I like it. I like email, because I can read it anywhere and filter it any way I want. I dislike unsubscribing from email updates about as much as I dislike getting updates I'll never read. By making it easy to get emailed only about a story I've already demonstrated interest in (by reading…
Very kind words. Glad you liked it. Indeed, fewer people sign up, but you know they're the ones who value the content the most.
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#10Is there a link to the app on the app store? Or did I miss it?