The document discusses 25 free ways to promote a mobile app, including building a microsite or teaser website, blogging, creating videos, pitching to reviewers, contacting bloggers in relevant niches, running contests, optimizing social media profiles, email lists, and voicemail. It also suggests speaking at events, resolving reviews, optimizing app store listings, contacting large Facebook pages, and integrating social sharing directly into the app.

1. Universidad técnica de Ambato
Facultad de ciencias humanas y de la educación
Fecha: 11/01/2015
Hora: 10:00
Actividad de desarrollo
Medardo Vásquez
Segundo de psicologia industrial
25 CreativeWays to Promote Your App For Free
I've been meeting more and more app entrepreneurs who have made it in the
app world without spending a penny on promoting their app. And I've known
entrepreneurs who've earned more than a million dollars selling their app,
largely promoting it for free. Some have made use of press publicity and some
generated a lot of buzz on social media. While some manually recruited
customers, others had tremendous customer referrals.
In my experience, it does not make sense to pay advertising dollars to get
customers because the cost of a customer acquisition is never lower than the
price of the app. What's more, there are many ways out there to promote your
app for free. Here are 25 of your most creative options:
1. Build a microsite. This one or two-pager showcases your app to the web
audience. Take cues from Snapchat and Path.
2. Build a teaser website. Do this a month or two before your launch to collect
email addresses of people who would like to know when the app launches.
3. Start a blog. Attach it to your microsite. Write interesting content that will
draw people to your website. Buffer app does this really effectively.
4. Share your content. Use your Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn
profiles to promote the app several times in a week.
5. Create a product video. Make it creative, funny, thought-provoking or
personal. Tell the story, but in a way people can identify with. Here's a great one
as example from the Dollar Shave Club.

2. 6. Get press, tons of it. Entrepreneur Neil Patel says: "Press is the best way to
kick start your startup, and the best way to get it is to manually reach out to
journalists."
7. Pitch to app review websites. Sites like 148apps, AppStoreApps and
AppAdvice can generate a lot of buzz for your app if they mention it.
8. Contact bloggers who would care. Identify bloggers who write on niches
that relate to your app. For instance, a children's app can be pitched to bloggers
write write for mothers.
9. Apply for awards. Look into awards such as the Kiip Build Fund or The
Mobileys. If you win, you also get a ton of press, not to mention winner's booty.
10. Start a podcast. Publish it on iTunes or your own website. Draw content
from the niche your app caters to most.
11. Always be collecting emails. Gather potential customer emails through
Facebook, Twitter or your website. An email list of people who have opted in is
a powerful marketing tool.
12. Create a six-second how-to series. Make the most of Vine with videos
potential customers will find useful. The hashtag #howto is one of the top
trending tags on Vine.
13. Use Dubbler. Promote your blog posts or content having to do with your
app's niche on Dubbler -- a 60-second audio social network.
14. Post on Pinterest. Use blog images, infographics and visual content from
your app to create content on your Pinterest board. You can even use happy
customer photos or hold contests.
15. Manually recruit customers. The creator behind Canvsly reaches out to
local art schools, libraries and pediatricians to get more customers. Know your
audience and find them.
16. Run a contest. For example, you can encourage people to tweet and share
content on their social networks promoting your app. A random person every
week can win a promo code to download your app for free if it is a paid one.
17. Create a Facebook group. Form a group for people with common
interests related to your app's niche so they can meet and socialize regularly. If
your app caters to hikers, for example, create a hiking group.
18. Get speaking opportunities. Research events that touch on the topic your
app addresses and make an appearance. Start small and get recognized as an
authority in the space.
19. Take advantage of voicemail. Include a creative mention of your app in
your phone's voicemail recording.

3. 20. Be obsessive about resolving negative reviews. Remember: A happy
customer is a brand ambassador for your app.
21. Make good use of App Store Optimization. You can find it at the app
store.
22. Contact admins of related Facebook pages. Look for pages with 100k+
likes and reach out to their admins. Make sure these pages have something to
do with the focus of your app. Then give them a compelling reason to mention
it.
23. Optimize your email signature. Provide a catchy one-liner about your app
along with the link to download it in your email signature.
24. Consider offering a promotional price. If your app is a pay-to-download
one, consider a promotional pricing of $0.99 during the launch time. This price
point encourages impulse purchases.
25. Integrate social within the app. This will make it obvious to users to share
with others. Path app allows users to share photographs on social networks and
Draw Something makes sure you rope in a friend or more.