What are some good ways to promote free Android apps?

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There are some easy way to promote android apps 1. ASO (App Store Optimization) 2. SMO 3. Article 4. Press Release 5.Blog Posting 6. Blog guest posting 7. Contents sharing I have been following all things for Mobile Apps. Our Apps Details of ASO (Amazon) http://www.amazon.com/FotoGridZone-Pic-Grid-Collage/dp/B00VTHT996

Hi friends I would like to share my story on how I got 20 K initial users for my app so that you can apply these tactics to your website, mobile app or anything.Some flash back. I started developing for android 2 years back. And like many amateurs I thought that a great app will itself get popularity. The popular myth that we developers have.I made a snap chat like app and launched it on play store. Wow only 1 download on the first day. I was depressed. I started thinking ways to market my app. Distributed flyers and posters around my collge.Again hard luck. Lesson: Never do an offline marketing of a online product.Fast forward 1 year.I made a music player this time after hearing success stories of a general purpose app. This time I knew that making a good app is only half of the battle, marketing it effectively is the main thing.The marketing* Posting messages on 100 Facebook groups daily.* Reddit, Quora and other online forums can also help a lot.* SPAM the internet. Post the link of your product on every possible site.* YouTube- Posting messages on you tube to try my app. Around 100 daily."Execution is everything."Here are some of the Google play insides that I learned after all these days.* In the 1st 30 days 1st 2-3 days are very very important. Try to get as many downloads and reviews as possible.* No. of downloads will determine 60-70 percent of your ranking.* Review are very very important. I mean 2nd most important factor after downloads but sometimes even more( explained in next point).* Keywords in reviews are real ASO. It has more priority then the keywords in description.* Back links also matters.PS: these points are applied by me and my app shows relatively higher compared to some of the well established apps in the market. Search for music player you will get my app in around 30- 35 position. Music player fabulous.Will keep on adding more points. Please have a look at my app, I have launched a pro version.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.pro.musicplayer

1. Build a microsite. This one or two-pager showcases your app to the web audience. Take cues from Snapchat and http://path.com/. 2. Build a teaser website. Do this a month or two before your launch to collect email addresses of people who would like to know when the app launches. 3. Start a blog. Attach it to your microsite. Write interesting content that will draw people to your website. Buffer app does this really effectively. 4. Share your content.  Use your Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn profiles to promote the app several times in a week. 5. Create a product video. Make it creative, funny, thought-provoking or personal. Tell the story, but in a way people can identify with. Here's a great one as example from the Dollar Shave Club. 6. Get press, tons of it. Entrepreneur Neil Patel says: "Press is the best way to kick start your startup, and the best way to get it is to manually reach out to journalists." 7. Pitch to app review websites. Sites like 148apps, AppStoreApps and http://appadvice.com/reviews can generate a lot of buzz for your app if they mention it. 8. Contact bloggers who would care. Identify bloggers who write on niches that relate to your app. For instance, a children's app can be pitched to bloggers write write for mothers. 9. Apply for awards. Look into awards such as the Kiip Build Fund orhttp://themobileys.com/. If you win, you also get a ton of press, not to mention winner's booty. 10. Start a podcast. Publish it on iTunes or your own website. Draw content from the niche your app caters to most. http://blog.mastersoftwaresolutions.com/

Hi, It is good if you do the promotion for your app through its social media profiles, like posting daily updates in Facebook, Twitter, G+ etc., and keep your audience/users engaged with your app. You could also, run any contest about your app and you can gain more traffic to your app. So that, there is  chance to improve the downloads too. You can also submit your app in the app directories like , http://theapplover.com  . There are so many app directories are there which helps to improve the online visibility of your app. Try it out. Good Luck :)

one way is to promote through blogging. we just launched a free app for kids 2-7 years, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rdx.englishlettersfree

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