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Creative ways to Market your App 1. Promote your app on your website If someone has found your mobile website, they’re a prime candidate for using your app. Make it easy for them. 2. Feature your mobile app on your website. This doesn’t mean a small link in the footer. You need to promote it prominently where appropriate. Consider using a special offer to get customers to download your app to make it worth their time. 3. Promote your mobile app in your store. Mention your app in your signage and flyers to encourage buyers to download it. 4. Leverage the power of your email newsletter. Since reading email is a major activity people do on their smartphones, let them know about your mobile app and make it easy for them to get it. 5. Include a link to your mobile app in your emails. Let your customers know about your mobile app and make it easy for them to get it. 6. Add a link to your mobile app on your business cards. It’s another way of expanding your reach. 7. Discuss your mobile app in the appropriate forums. Think Yahoo and LinkedIn Groups, Google+ Hangouts, Twitter chats and other venues. 8. Incorporate a link to your mobile app in your social media profile. Add this to your business’s key information. Remember people spend at least a fifth of their time on mobile on a social media site! 9. Promote your mobile app on social media. This means create a special tab on Facebook or a set of regular tweets. 10. Use social media advertising to support your efforts. These ads are highly targeted and therefore can be effective. 11. Have a tablet or computer available to collect email addresses. Sending them a link to your mobile app is a great way to encourage prospects

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Creative  ways  to  Market  your  App      

1. Promote  your  app  on  your  website  -­‐  If  someone  has  found  your  mobile  

website,  they’re  a  prime  candidate  for  using  your  app.  Make  it  easy  for  them.  

2. Feature  your  mobile  app  on  your  website.  This  doesn’t  mean  a  small  link  in  

the  footer.  You  need  to  promote  it  prominently  where  appropriate.  Consider  

using  a  special  offer  to  get  customers  to  download  your  app  to  make  it  worth  

their  time.  

3. Promote  your  mobile  app  in  your  store.  Mention  your  app  in  your  signage  

and  flyers  to  encourage  buyers  to  download  it.  

4. Leverage  the  power  of  your  email  newsletter.  Since  reading  email  is  a  major  

activity  people  do  on  their  smartphones,  let  them  know  about  your  mobile  

app  and  make  it  easy  for  them  to  get  it.  

5. Include  a  link  to  your  mobile  app  in  your  emails.  Let  your  customers  know  

about  your  mobile  app  and  make  it  easy  for  them  to  get  it.  

6. Add  a  link  to  your  mobile  app  on  your  business  cards.  It’s  another  way  of  

expanding  your  reach.  

7. Discuss  your  mobile  app  in  the  appropriate  forums.    Think  Yahoo  and  

LinkedIn  Groups,  Google+  Hangouts,  Twitter  chats  and  other  venues.  

8. Incorporate  a  link  to  your  mobile  app  in  your  social  media  profile.  Add  this  

to  your  business’s  key  information.  Remember  people  spend  at  least  a  fifth  of  

their  time  on  mobile  on  a  social  media  site!  

9. Promote  your  mobile  app  on  social  media.  This  means  create  a  special  tab  

on  Facebook  or  a  set  of  regular  tweets.  

10. Use  social  media  advertising  to  support  your  efforts.  These  ads  are  highly  

targeted  and  therefore  can  be  effective.  

11. Have  a  tablet  or  computer  available  to  collect  email  addresses.  Sending  

them  a  link  to  your  mobile  app  is  a  great  way  to  encourage  prospects  

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interested  in  your  product  line.  Don’t  have  an  extra  device  available?  Then  

use  an  old  fashion  hand  written  list.  

12. Post  QR  codes  in  your  store,  on  your  product  and  other  offline  media.  Make  

sure  that  you  include  a  call-­‐to-­‐action  to  encourage  use.  

13. Advertise.  You  have  connections  with  corporate  sponsors  and  local  

businesses.  Ensure  that  you  use  all  opportunities  to  spread  the  word  of  your  

new  app.  Ask  your  connections  to  publicise  your  app  badges  and  imagery  on  

all  of  their  marketing  and  social  media  networks.  It  may  be  worth  placing  

advertising  campaigns  to  build  your  app  community  even  further.  

14. Text  Messaging.  The  Orion  Echo  App  can  supply  you  with  a  widget  that  

enables  you  to  send  your  app  download  link  directly  you  your  database  of  

mobile  telephone  numbers  via  text  messaging.  These  recipients  can  

download  the  app  with  one  click  from  the  message.    15. Run  contests  related  to  your  app.  Give  away  prizes  that  make  sense  for  

your  category.  16. Boost  popularity.  By  timing  the  launch  of  your  app  to  coincide  with  a  live  

event  or  trending  topic.    17. Release  your  app  with  a  big  bang.  Hold  an  online  or  live  event.  Attract  

visitors  in  creative  ways,  by  building  a  game  or  puzzle  or  just  throwing  a  contest  or  giveaway.  

18. Take  advantage  of  voicemail.  Include  a  creative  mention  of  your  app  in  your  

phone's  voicemail  recording.  19. Push  Message  sharing.  One  of  the  best  ways  to  market  your  Orion  Echo    

App,  is  by  utilizing  your  App!  Use  your  supporters  to  increase  your  downloads.  Push  a  message  out  to  your  app  users  encouraging  them  to  share  and  forward  your  app  link.  This  can  be  done  by  forwarding  the  App  badge  download  link,  via  email,  Facebook,  twitter  and  LinkedIn.  This  message  will  contain  the  link  to  download  your  app,  along  with  the  reasons  to  download  it.  

20. Create  a  blog  post  explaining  the  utility  of  your  app.  Include  screenshots  

and  other  goodies.