Let me throw in an example. I've written an app that serves as a plugin to a well known point of sale application. I'm marketing it directly to users of that application. I'm not relying on the app market for exposure, only for access. I can't imagine, with the tremendous number of apps listed in the market, that anyone should expect the market to be useful for creating profit recognition for a new app.
Good luck. On Feb 13, 2012 3:34 PM, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Jim Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > > If anyone knows of any other (than the Android Forums) sites for new app > > announcements, please list them as a followup to this post. Thanks! > > If you do not have a focused, targeted audience with a clear idea of > how you are going to promote your app to that audience, you should not > have bothered writing the app in the first place, unless writing Java > code is your idea of a fun evening. > > > Aside from that, though, you're right...if you don't have the advertising > > budget, can't get it reviewed (I have *NO* idea what it takes to get that > > done), and the new app announcement forums don't get you anywhere, your > > apps will go unnoticed (like my more recent ones have) and, if it's a > > paid app that you've spent a lot of time on, well, you probably wasted > > that time. > > I have been saying FOR YEARS that developers should not be focused on > promoting apps via the Android Market, as it is merely a catalog. > > I have been saying FOR YEARS that developers seeking income need the > same sort of business plans as do any other entrepreneurs, and that > paid apps are merely one (lousy, overused, etc.) business model out of > many. > > From what I can tell, many app developers have less business savvy > than $DEITY gave an eight-year-old who runs a lemonade stand. > > > Yeah, it sucks...massively. > > No more than does opening a dry cleaners or a Quik-E-Mart. Or do you > think that app developers are somehow immune to the real world that > affects entrepreneurs in all other lines of business? > > > And from what I've heard, that > > was the intention behind google's doing that---to limit the Market to the > > major devs (no indies) with massive budgets. > > Citation, please. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android 4.0 Programming Books: http://commonsware.com/books > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
