$100K in 4 months: A niche app’s path to App Store success

Posted by modmax on Thursday August 12, 2010 @11:46AM
from the blog.endloop.ca dept.

http://blog.endloop.ca/blog/2010/08/12/100k-in-4-months-a-niche-apps-path-to-app-store-success/

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Re:$100K in 4 months: A niche app’s path to App Store success by gamble on Friday August 13, 2010 @02:04AM (#1600197)

> the 30 second video I uploaded to YouTube got over 50K views within the first week

I'm astounded everyone doesn't do this. It's free, and far more compelling than the handful of screenshots Apple allows.

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Re:$100K in 4 months: A niche app’s path to App Store success by huhtenberg on Friday August 13, 2010 @02:29AM (#1600223)

I suspect that these 50K views were a direct result of "I also tweeted at Robert Scoble to check it out which he did and retweeted the video to his followers".

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Re:$100K in 4 months: A niche app’s path to App Store success by modmax on Friday August 13, 2010 @09:58AM (#1600894)

I like to think it was my awesome highspeed editing ;)

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Re:$100K in 4 months: A niche app’s path to App Store success by Gibbon on Friday August 13, 2010 @10:56AM (#1601063)

I'm astounded more people don't use HeySpread or TubeMogul to upload their videos to EVERY video site.

Or better yet, make five slightly different versions of the video and upload it via HeySpread.

The more you can syndicate your content, the better off you'll be.

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Re:$100K in 4 months: A niche app’s path to App Store success by js4all on Friday August 13, 2010 @04:04AM (#1600366)

A great idea, a reasonable pricing and a bit luck. You found the recipe.

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