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App Savvy

Ken Yarmosh

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App Savvy focuses on the business, product, and marketing elements critical to pursuing, completing, and selling an app. Learn about every step in the process, find the right developer, and make your app unique.

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Ken Yarmosh is the author of App Savvy and the founder of a boutique mobile agency based in Washington, D.C. Their work has has resulted in successful apps for national brands such as PBS and Network Solutions and strong, strategic foundations for traditional businesses and serious startups.

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How can you make your iPhone or iPad app stand out in the highly competitive App Store? Many books only explore the technical aspects of iPhone and iPad app design and development. App Savvy also focuses on the business, product, and marketing elements critical to pursuing, completing, and selling your app. This practical reference shows you how to engage customers early and often, so you can get their input for creating an app they'll be passionate about.

Whether you're a designer, developer, entrepreneur, or someone who simply has a great idea for an app, App Savvy explains every step in the process, with guidelines for making your app unique, addressing budget items, and finding the right app developer. The iPhone and iPad will continue to demand the attention of consumers, the media, and organizations of all sizes. This book shows you how to take advantage of this growing market.

  • Learn specifics about the App Store, Apple's mobile devices, and iOS 4.0

  • Follow guidelines for vetting and researching app ideas

  • Begin talking with customers and marketing your app before it's built

  • Assemble the right team, understand costs, and establish a workable process

  • Assess performance and improve an app once launched into the App Store

  • Read extensive interviews with successful small and large app developers

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Dedication

To Daddo

This all started with Q*bert.

Psalm 136:2

Preface
Who Should Read This Book
What You Need to Use This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Conventions Used in This Book
Terms
Safari® Books Online
How to Contact Us
Acknowledgments
1. You Have an App Idea...Now What?
The "New" App Store
Looking at the Numbers
Evaluating Your Idea
The App Store
Quantifying Your App
Know Thyself and Thy Resources
Interviews
Digital Post - Mike Rundle
Mobclix - Krishna Subramanian
Recap
2. Finding Your Inner App
Getting Familiar with Apple Devices
Before That...Think First, Design Later
Breaking Down Devices and Device-Related Features
iOS 4
Approaching App Innovation
Your Heart and Brain
When Being Blue Doesn't Mean You're Sad
Other Differentiators
Interviews
Smule - Jeff Smith
Sophiestication Software - Sophia Teutschler
Recap
3. From Idea to Concept
Customers are the Key
Why Customers? Why Now?
Who are Your Customers?
How to Find Your Customers
What to Discuss With Your Customers
Creating a Concept App
Artistically Challenged
Understanding Wireframes
Re-engaging Customers
Interviews
KISSmetrics—Cindy Alvarez
Balsamiq Studios—Peldi Guilizzoni, CEO
Recap
4. For Hire: Identifying Help
Your App Team
Skills
Vetting Help
Costs
Finding Resources
Streamlining Solicitations
Where to Look
Make Your Decision
Interviews
GetAppsDone.com—Davide Di Cillo
AppStoreHQ—Chris DeVore
Recap
5. Getting a Working App
The Development Process
Your App's Roadmap
Releases, Features, and Updates
Defining v1.0
Your App's Description
Design and Development
Design
Development
Managing Your App's Progress
Keeping Organized
Screens and Prototypes
Interviews
Tapbots - Paul Haddad and Mark Jardine
Agile Web Solutions - Roustem Karimov
Recap
6. Making Your App Better Before the App Store
Installing Your App
UDID
Registering a Device with the Provisioning Portal
Mobile Provision File
Development App
Going Beta
What's This "Beta" Thing?
Cultivating Beta Testers
Quality Assurance and Feedback
Make Testing "Real"
Feedback and Bugs
Going Deeper with Nasty Bugs
Funneling Feedback
Interviews
Hog Bay Software - Jesse Grosjean
Mariner Software - Michael Wray
Recap
7. Preparing for the App Store Submission
Finishing Development
Analytics
Your App Store App "Binary"
iTunes Connect
Checklist for App Store Submission
App Store Submission
App Store Approval Process
Interviews
TapMetrics - Christopher Brown
PoweryBase - Dominik Balogh
Recap
8. Building Your Marketing Crescendo
Changing Your Marketing Mindset
The Best New Way to Marketing...Doesn't Exist
How to Use this Chapter
Your Marketing Crescendo
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Launching Your App (Phase 5)
Promo Codes
Launch Checklist
Additional Promotion
Interviews
tap tap tap - Phill Ryu
Jeremy Olson - Grades
TouchArcade - Arnold Kim, Founder
Recap
9. Measuring Success and Future Development
Into the App Store
Monitoring Feedback
Keeping Customers Engaged
Listening and Learning
App Updates
Assessing Your App's Future
Closed for Business?
Beyond Warning Signals
Towards the Future
Interviews
Flurry - Peter Farago
Lumos Labs - Romain David
appFigures - Ariel Michael
Recap
10. Afterword: When Mobile is No Longer the Exception
A. Tips and Tools
iPhone Developer Program
Registration and Enrollment
Paid Application Contract
Tools
iPhone SDK
Third-party
Additional Resources
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