The Million-Dollar Exit Strategy for App Founders

In this video, I'll show you why you should do user testing and what questions to ask. I'm going to react live to a user testing video and you'll get to hear the questions I asked along with my reactions -- brutally honest and critical ones included. You can watch this video: http://youtu.be/_ufc1byTKb4 Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

19 Apr 202122min

Today's guest is an indie iOS developer success story and creator of Countdown for Disney Vacatio‪n. You will discover how he increased his revenue by increasing his in-app purchase price and the #1 source of all his sales. Nick Bonatsakis is an accomplished software consultant with over a decade of experience working on everything from scalable full-stack web applications to award-winning mobile apps. Countdown for Disney Vacatio‪n: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/countdown-for-disney-vacation/id1532628272 Topics Covered: 02:51 - How Nick 5X his revenues 05:01 - Where he converts over 50% of his users 06:57 - How adding the word "free" to his pricing page increased conversions 08:48 - The sharing feature that gets the most downloads 12:03 - How he's getting 50 email subscribers a week 14:23 - How to leverage Apps Gone Free campaign with rewarded videos 21:48 - Spontaneous App Audit 33:06 - Division Calculator App Audit 41:00 - Should you give credit to contributors of the app? And where? 43:42 - Aspire App Audit Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

15 Apr 202157min

Today's guest is David Reichelt, the creator of Color Switch. You will discover his simple approach for designing a top charting game, how David approached the re-launch of his game and how he's using his tremendous success to build Color Switch 2. This interview was recorded as part of our App Masters Virtual Summit back in November 2011. David Reichelt is the creator of Color Switch. Show Mentions - TinkerToys - Color Switch 2 SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

13 Apr 202134min

Discover the proven method to come up with app ideas that are guaranteed to make money. You can watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-RQ16TOz8w Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

12 Apr 202111min

Here's the easiest way to get started with Facebook Automated App Ads and how to eventually scale the campaign. Today's guest is Gina Kwong who runs Mobile Growth at Electronic Arts (EA). She focuses on global growth for EA’s mobile titles and has great experience in creative testing, especially across channels. You will discover: - How to approach UA with a new app - What SDKs and tracking you need before running user acquisition - How to get start with Facebook Automated App Ads - How to scale Facebook Automated App Ads You can watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRNPoK23nto Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

7 Apr 202114min

Geoff Cook is currently the CEO and co-founder of The Meet Group, a social dating and livestreaming company. He has been on the board of The Meet Group (NASDAQ: MEET) since 2011 until its sale in 2020. Geoff sold the company for $500 million in September 2020 -- one of the last large public deals prior to the declaration of a global pandemic by the WHO. He started his first company from a Harvard dorm and sold it for millions of dollars at age 24 in the year 2002. He sold his second company for $100 million in 2011. You will discover: - How he started his first company and exited it for millions - If selling the company changed the way he approached business - The surprising tactic that led to myYearbook surpassing a million users in nine months - The clever way he figured out to build a live streaming feature into his dating apps - What's trending in China Geoff Cook is the Founder and CEO of The Meet Group. Show Mentions - Geoof's Wired Article - Foundr Interview - vPaaS - Fav app: Clubhouse SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

6 Apr 202144min

Want to how to make memes? Check out this easy-to-use meme generator app that is making over $60K a month. We study what they are doing right and what they can do better. We want to inspire you to learn from the best practices of successful apps, but also show you the opportunities that still exist in the App Store. You can watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py-QYaWeltw Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

5 Apr 202113min

This week Louis Tanguay, Managing Director & Founder of App Growth Summit, joins us to answer all your app marketing related questions. App Growth Summit is an invite-only global conference organization dedicated to producing the highest-quality events which help the world’s top mobile app publishers and developers discover how to increase their app’s performance & sustainability through our regional limited-vendor events Topics Covered 02:09 - How marketers need to adjust to a post-IDFA world 03:15 - Why on-boarding and UX will be more important 04:15 - Best practices for on-boarding and UX 06:33 - Why Apple is implementing IDFA 17:48 - How Louis pivoted his events business into a virtual one 23:23 - Mehndi Designs App Audit 31:11 - Wrapr‪z App Audit 51:21 - Yvett App Audit 57:43- Google now has reward interstitial ads Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

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