App Math — Simple methods to know market numbers

The App Store is such a vital tool to your success. It’s unlike any other industry in that there’s a TON of information readily available for you. You can see the popular trends, successful graphics, top apps, companies making the most money, and customer feedback all in real time. However, to really understand the market you need to also do …

3 Tips to Be a Hot Shot UI/UX Expert

— This is a guest post by Cliff Viegas, owner of Kerofrog, a mobile app development company dedicated to quality iOS apps and design. —Did you know that Apple keeps track of user retention? Also known as the amount of times a user uses your app, and how often they come back. And of course, the longer they are using …

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Top 5 Legal Issues Facing App Developers

— This is a guest post by Aaron George, fellow app developer and founder of LawKick — Developing apps can be an exciting and rewarding business to jump into. It’s also one of the easiest businesses to get up and running on a small budget. The iOS App Store and Google Play are powerful platforms that developers can tap into, …

How Can I Get App Funding? 4 Platforms You Should Know

Ideas alone will not make a successful app. App success is all about execution. A great idea can be a complete failure, and a seemingly bad or simple idea can make it to the top charts. Just look at some of the top apps right now. Many of those apps sound silly in theory – flying birds knocking out green …

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How to Buy Source Code — Lower App Development Costs

This guest post is part of our “App Flipping” series by Carter Thomas. “If you could do it all over again, what would you do differently?” That’s one of the most popular questions people like to ask anyone in business who has made an exit or moved to a new level. With that new perspective, what advice can they give? …

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Recycling Apps — Quadrupling ROI

This guest post is part of our “App Flipping” series by Carter Thomas. I want to start off by telling you a story about what I did before I started flipping apps. Then I want to show you exactly how I figured out how to build assets in a way to dramatically increases ROI potential. I haven’t always been interested …

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App Flipping: The Fastest and Cheapest Way to Make Apps

I’m really excited to introduce our guest series this week featuring Carter Thomas. Some of you may recognize Carter from our “Secrets of the App Store” interview. He’s got incredible tips and an extremely successful strategy called App Flipping. I particularly love this strategy as it brings me back to my real estate days when I flipped houses. Instead, we’re …

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Optimizing Apps and When to Move On – Interview

A couple months ago, I interviewed AE member, Sophie on her app company, Applause. She got into this business knowing nothing about app development and has continually hit the top charts with her Photo App Empire. Sophie and her business partner, Stephanie, are a great case study to follow because they’re the perfect example of moving with the market. Are …

App Checklist: How can I improve my app?

Is it time to give up on my app? We’ve all asked ourselves this question before. Sometimes there is a time to move on. Whether you picked the wrong market, over-spent your budget, or lost your vision, it’s important to know when to cut your losses and move on to money-makers! But how do you know when to “give up”? …

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App Hot Spot: Sophie’s Photo Apps

Meet Sophie. She likes long walks on the beach, our mutual love of Tim Ferriss, and working from home. More importantly, she was one of our first AE course members and is a great example of market research reaping rewards. She still makes $500/day on her first app, “Cut Me In“. On this App Hot Seat, we’ll analyze Sophie’s past, …