Post on 18-May-2015
description
App Development &
Social Media
Notes from Kemp Edmonds
Who is this guy?
•BCIT Marketing Graduate
•Technology Enthusiast
•iPhone Imagined
•Social Media Evangelist
The Gold Rush is OVER
•Quality Apps with good marketing plans will make significant funds
Successful Local Examples:
•iFart/PoopTheWorld (sad but true)
•ColorSplash/Juxtaposer
YourChalleng
e is
Standing out in the
crowd
Your packaging is important
How will you stand out?
Your icon is your box
Brand Continuity
•Either you, your company or your app
•Choose one logo/icon for each
•Use the same logo across platforms:
•Nings, Twitter, LinkedIn, Meetup, Store
Challenge: Make it useful or
entertaining
Trying to do both may not work
Apps I HAD to buy -
Can’t live without it•Freemium - Dropbox & Tap Tap
•Use - AirMouse Pro & Surveillance
•A Good Port - Gangstar & Dexter
•Replay/Value - Simulation, action, time
•Docs - GoodReader
Social Media as Marketing
•Tweeting/Facebook MSG for score
•News & Information Sharing
•Compete with real friends
•Actual Social Media Apps
•iPhone OS 4 Game Center
iPhone OS 4 Game Center
•Apple’s new SOCIAL gaming network
•Invite friends to play a game
•Start a multiplayer game
•Matchmaking
•Track Achievements
•Compare high scores via a leaderboard
iPhone OS 4Opportunities: New
APIs
Strictly Social Media
•OLD: OpenFeint
•NEW: OS 4 Gaming Center
•Sharing Scores/Trophies
•Sharing Achievements
•Sharing Activities
WOMon Steroids
Email Social Media
Less scale more control
More scale less control
The Essential Social Networks
•Meetup or Other Variations
•Facebook for your App
•Telling not Selling yourself: a Blog
Using Social Media Beyond Marketing•Networking
•Finding Contacts
•Learning What Works
•Finding clients
•Collaboration
•Finding work
The Challenge: Cut through the noise
Making Money•Be the first
•Bring quality entertainment
•Create an addictive game
•Make a tool people can’t live without
•A video/audio editor + make it affordable
•Understand the marketing needs
Marketing Your Apps
Talk to the experienced
Presentation from Atimi:
j.mp/AtimiMKTG
Track your efforts and evaluatehootsuite.com OR j.mp
And then...
•Get started with the tools
•This presentation:
•Check out kempedmonds.com
•email kemp_edmonds@bcit.ca or Tweet @kempedmonds with more questions