App Masters · Oct 5How to Market a Paid Niche App & 10X Revenues
Covered the voice translator's free day and cares less about reviews than AppAdvice does.
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BGR
Boy Genius Report, a tech news site that also posts app deals.
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Organic, content and creators4
- Pitch App Advice and BGR when you go free▶ 3:03Press on App Advice has driven tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of downloads in past campaigns.App Masters · The Easiest Way to Drive Downloads & Revenue for a Paid App
- Run a paid to free campaign by pitching AppAdvice and BGR▶ 5:52Typical results are 5,000 to 20,000 downloads, and it has hit 100,000 twice for different clients. One app got 12,000 downloads from a single AppAdvice mention.App Masters · App Marketing Strategies: The Most Effective Campaigns
- Pitch BGR and App Advice with a prepared email script▶ 10:36Paintball Rush got BGR coverage on August 2 and App Advice coverage on August 3.App Masters · Case Study: 14.5K Downloads with a Paid-to-Free Campaign
- Promote a free-for-a-few-days offer through press and Reddit▶ 2:20Paid-to-free can drive thousands to hundreds of thousands of downloads within a couple of days.App Masters · 5 Growth Hacking Strategies to Increase Your App Downloads
Paid acquisition3
- Run a paid-to-free campaign to drive downloads and press▶ 8:40The campaign drove about 30,000 downloads, and the day after returning to paid it brought an additional $1,000 in revenue.App Masters · How to Market a Paid Niche App & 10X Revenues
- Run a paid to free promotion with press coverage▶ 22:51A client's $12 paid app got over 33,000 downloads in a day and an additional one thousand dollars in revenue.App Masters · ASO Beginner's Guide
- Expect most of the downloads in the first two days▶ 2:36Press hit on August 2 (BGR) and August 3 (App Advice), with the biggest volume in those first days and a drop after.App Masters · Case Study: 14.5K Downloads with a Paid-to-Free Campaign
App Masters · Oct 5App Masters · Aug 30ASO Beginner's Guide
Coverage from BGR drives the downloads in a one-day paid-to-free promotion, which lifts rankings.
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App Masters · Aug 28The Easiest Way to Drive Downloads & Revenue for a Paid App
The second of the two biggest sites to pitch for paid-to-free campaigns. Some sites pick up price drops by bot, but both are still worth pitching.
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App Masters · Jun 27App Marketing Strategies: The Most Effective Campaigns
Named with AppAdvice as one of the biggest sites for paid to free coverage. A good relationship with writers gets you covered.
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App Masters · Aug 19Case Study: 14.5K Downloads with a Paid-to-Free Campaign
It covered the Paintball Rush free campaign on August 2, starting the download spike. Steve's pitch script nearly guarantees at least one of BGR or App Advice covers a campaign.
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- Expect most of the downloads in the first two days▶ 2:36Press hit on August 2 (BGR) and August 3 (App Advice), with the biggest volume in those first days and a drop after.
- Pitch BGR and App Advice with a prepared email script▶ 10:36Paintball Rush got BGR coverage on August 2 and App Advice coverage on August 3.
App Masters · May 205 Growth Hacking Strategies to Increase Your App Downloads
Young pitches BGR alongside AppAdvice as the biggest sites to cover paid-to-free campaigns and get clients featured.
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