A friend of mine said when I develop a good enough game, he would like to give money for AD. I told him I want $40,000, and $30,000 will be used on ADMob. The left will be used for website, such like TA. I don't want he lost his money, so before I decide to spend his money, I want to know does it worth to do or how can I get the answer? Maybe your answer is find a PR company, that's enough? Any suggestion?Thanks, and my game is:http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/action-egypt-free/id359582721?mt=8
That's serious $$$, and from what I've read from devs, advertising [Admob, banner on sites, etc] It doesn't always pay off. I'm not a dev though, so I'll wait for some to jump in.
All I know if you want your free app be the NO1 of all the free games, you need to spend about $30,000 on ADMob.
I really have no experience in the area, I'm just saying my opinion. From what I've gathered AdMob isn't always worth it.
be careful, admob is waste of money, unless you have a lot of money (enough to push your game to the top list)....
Why don't you try $400 first and see how that goes... Also be sure to use the special AdMob Download Tracking so you can know how many people install the game vs how many people clicked on the ad. You really need to work on your app description in iTunes though.
well, then start doing that sry, but i'm also honest, this would be likely a worse investment with this game you actually have.
It looks good but definitely not good enough to justify a $40,000 advertising budget. You could instead use the $40,000 to build a Triple A rating game and perhaps sell better without any advertising budget as compared to what you're planning to do now.
If I had 40.000 dollars I wouldn't coding games I'm kidding! Instead of AdMob advertising, I would invest into a good PR campaign and ads on gaming websites like TouchArcade.
the game looks nice and it is fun to play but i dont would advertise it with 40 k maybe you will get featured by apple thats free ( i think so ) and the best advertisement
I am coding game. He is not, he is a big boss now. It looks many people think ADMob is not worth it. Thanks.
Spend part of that $40,000 on hiring an english speaking firm that can write a good description for your game.
About the app description, which is the best app description you have seen? I like the Falling Balls description, it's very short.. Just one sentence: Tilt IPhone or IPod Touch to run left or right. Avoid falling balls. That's all. really. I think most people don't want to read too much words.
