being featured on the appstore:numbers and lessons learned
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Being Featured on the AppStore:Numbers and Lessons Learned
Israel Mobile Summit 2014
Yuval Kaminka
SHAPINGMUSIC EDUCATION
Highlights
• 3.5M organic downloads
• MusicSense™ Engine
• Team of 18
• Winner of United Nations Award, Parents’ Choice (x3), EMI Innovation Challenge, ...
Technical
• Features start on Thursdays
• Feature remains for at least a week
• Many types of features
• You will get asked for graphics before
– This doesn't mean you are in
• Divided into countries
Getting on the iOS Radar
• Being Friendly with Apple
• Mainstream PR
• Awesome Product Update
– By their standards
Some Results
• ~400K downloads, iPad only
• #1 Education in US, China, Russia and others
• #22 overall in US
• Boost in all metrics
Halo Effect
Seizing the Opportunity
• Virality
• Cross promotions
• Tactic move – aggressive monetization
• PR, Bizdev, Investment
• Expedited bug fix…
什麼?!
Spiky Behavior
Unpredictable
Other Hacks
• ASO, Long Titles
• Becoming Premium, Then Free
• Obvious Stuff
– Importance of screenshots
– What’s new
– Good ratings
– First-view reviews
Thank You.