Like the Techcrunch wrote in the article, there is a app fatigue mentality out there.
Nothing new?
You're right.
Since there are more than 1,500,000 iOS apps and more than 15,000 new apps are released every day, we have way more apps than we can actually use. If you are a developer and working for a company, may be no problem because you can make money, actually decent money no matter how much money your company can make through the apps.
But if you are a indie developer or you are part of app startup, developing apps is just the beginning.
You have to get users and make money.
Monetization is another huge topic but let me focus on user acquisition first.
User acquisition is hard. Not just hard, it's super hard.
How to get early traction is a million dollar question.
Here are the 5 things you can do to get early traction for your apps.
Before you try these 5 things you need to have at least a good product if not a mind-blowing product. Good product means with good design, good user interface and all basic functionalities in place.
1. TEST YOUR APP
You can use Ubertesters to make sure your app is marketing ready.
2. PREPARE BEAUTIFUL LANDING PAGE
Before launch, you need to prepare beautiful website.
You can use Strikingly for that.
3. PREPARE BEAUTIFUL SCREEN SHOTS
LaunchKit helps you to prepare beautiful screen shots, website and a few more things you need to launch.
4. PREPARE REVIEWS
Now it's time to get reviews. If you do not have enough users who willingly to write reviews to your app, Favorr can help you. Favor is a web platform for app developers to review each others apps.
5 LIST YOUR APP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!
You can list your app on app listing sites like 148apps or AppStoreApps. You can easily find more than 50 such websites in 10 minutes.
I hope your app can get early traction!
Reference : Statista, New York Times.
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