How did you increase app downloads?

[rikschennink]

Originally Posted by ThreeCubes

so i know that people with promocodes carnt leave a review but does the fact that they have download it still go to increasing your ranking and search stats?

Thanks

I'm not sure, it's only 50 promocodes per update, so on it's own that's not going to make much of a difference.

It's all about what you ask in return for your promocodes. Make it a contest, share on Twitter, follow on Facebook, also, these people might show your app to others which in turn results in more downloads. Make the promocode thread look good, even when you've ran out of promocodes people might still buy your app.

[Rainier]

Originally Posted by pat3ck

Have you tried contacting different app review sites? Maniacdev has a massive list of 174 app review sites:

http://maniacdev.com/2012/05/ios-app-review-sites/

Make sure you pitch your app nicely so it will get noticed (especially the top-tier ones).

Yes (and thank you for the list; I had it on my bookmarks as well). I hired a team to help do the outreach for me; I got a few genuinely nice responses (2-3) that ended up with some nice write-ups, while the small group that I heard back from ended up being pitches for paid reviews, a large majority of which appeared to have unfavorable ROI prospects.

So far, press releases and contest/giveaways have been the biggest help for my downloads.

[Rainier]

Originally Posted by rikschennink

I'm not sure, it's only 50 promocodes per update, so on it's own that's not going to make much of a difference.

It's all about what you ask in return for your promocodes. Make it a contest, share on Twitter, follow on Facebook, also, these people might show your app to others which in turn results in more downloads. Make the promocode thread look good, even when you've ran out of promocodes people might still buy your app.

Very good advice

[Rainier]

Interesting article on the number of downloads needed to get in the top 25 for certain gaming categories:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/16/how...the-app-store/

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