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Showing posts with label Mobile. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 January 2012

Make Money With Mobile Applications

ByMichael VK
You suddenly had the revelations that you want to create a mobile application and make money from it. Well, welcome my friends, because this article will tell you the steps and moneymaking process for all of your future mobile application dreams.
1. First you must come up with your mobile application idea and start taking the proper steps to the development process. It does not need to be intricate with a lot of detail. Frat boys have developed some of the most creative and highly purchased apps. Make sure you app works before you send it to the store for download. It must have a clean and polished look to it.
2. Promoting your app is huge and quite possibly the most important step to getting money in your pocket. Have a press release written or perhaps a digital marketing video to post on your site or Facebook. Use social media as a way to spread the word of mouth. Press releases are a huge hit for application development. Press releases can be put on Vocus, which is a digital press release site, and your application information will be dispersed to people who have sought interest in that particular category. There are a lot of ways to spread the word about your mobile application.
3. The cost for of your mobile app is up to you. If it is a simple game app I would not make it very costly. If it is a lot of fun word of mouth will spread and more people will download the game therefore racking up money on your end. Games normally cost no more than $0.99. This may not seem like a lot but look at how Angry Birds turned out. It is a worldwide phenomenon taking in lots of moolah!
4. Give your app visibility. Perhaps enter it into a contest or represent it at an event. The more people to see it the more downloads and money for you potentially.
5. Bigger isn't always better. Apps are simple, that is the whole point of them. It is to make people's life easier. Keep your app simple and creative. Quite frankly the more detailed it is the more it is going to cost you. If you use a mobile application development company to help you build your app bear in mind that it is not cheap. Developing apps are quite costly. The more complex it is the more money it costs on your end. If you are a mobile app whiz then perhaps you can develop the application yourself. There are ways to do that with app development kits.
6. And finally, to sum it all up all you need is determination, creativity, developing skills, and marketing tools.
Now that you know the proper fundamentals it takes to earn money from your creation, make it a reality!
Zco Corporation is an app development company offering services for mobile app development and iPhone app development.

iPhone Web Development and the Concept of Rich Mobile Apps

ByAndrew V Mark
The iPhone is the most successful mobile ever created and the launch of the new one has made several users flock to get one in their own hands. Users increasingly turn to iPhone for the best features which is available in mobile app development.
The iPhone can handle complex applications with perfect ease. Third party developers can also have a share in the pie now as the door is open for anyone to create any type of app from a simple game to a complex multi-level application leveraging the features of the iPhone. The concept of rich mobile apps and web apps has also helped users to get real-time output from their existing enterprise applications.
Apple launched the iPhone 4S with a modest upgrade over the earlier version. It has a fantastic dual-core A5 processor and also boasts of a gigabyte of RAM. The fast processor and memory now helps users to handle complex and sophisticated gaming which demand immense graphics speed.
Mobile Web Apps for the iPhone can now be accessed from your Smartphone through an in-built browser. Developers need to be sure of the type of apps that they are going to create since the apps are specific to your operating systems and its version. Additionally, one needs to choose the right deployment option which also depends on the user base and the cost savings involved. The time to market, simplicity of the app and its maintenance requirements are also of pivotal importance. Rich mobile apps are usually rated high on usability while there are many mobile web apps which are rated high on scalability and flexibility.
Rich mobile apps are found to be quite slow for time to market and the development cost is high too. One should determine the priorities first and then select the relevant deployment option.
One should also be decisive of buying a mobile app or building it internally within an organization. By building it internally, one would only be building to one's requirements. Customizations and maintenance can be done at will since you control the code. But the resultant time to market for that mobile app will be high compared to any iPhone web app purchased off the shelf.
There is also a tremendous need to identify the ROI involved in the iPhone web apps development initiative. On the benefits side, one also needs to account for both tangible and intangible returns like incremental revenue, repeat business, reduced sales cycle, improved customer satisfaction, and competitive advantage.
iPhone Application Development company has a team of skilled and experience iPhone developers who develops apps for many platforms that suit for business needs.

Saturday, 21 January 2012

The Mobile Marketing Trends That Are Changing Ecommerce

With a saturation of smartphones on the market more and more businesses are using a mobile marketing strategy for new innovative ways to reach customers. Smartphones have the high-end advanced functions required for mobile marketing. Smartphones can run third-party applications including merchant applications and GPS location applications. Combining smart new applications like QR Codes, mobile coupons with location-based applications are allowing the consumer to research, retrieve texts from businesses and receive local discount offers.
One of the popular mobile marketing trends is the use of QR Codes. QR Codes are an instantly recognizable code which when scanned with a smart mobile takes the user to a website which can provide videos, coupons, promotions and reviews on a particular product or merchant. Many smart mobiles like the Apple iPhone, Google's Android and the RIM BlackBerry, have the capacity to download a QR Code application which allows accessibility to the information stored in the QR Code.
Through the use of loyalty programs, merchants can send interested users mobile coupons, texts of last-minute deals, promotions and weekly ads. In a recent mobile marketing strategy merchants keep many deals under wraps until after loyalty customers have been texted the information first.
Location based services on smart mobiles allow users to receive local discount offers along with local merchant information close to the area of the user. Smartphones have GPS navigation units and also feature many GPS location applications. This was the last piece of the puzzle required for location marketing as the user shares this information.
More mobile users than ever before are texting and sharing photos through smartphone applications. First only used by business executives now smartphones have reached a younger audience which are introducing an older generation to the benefits of smartphone use. Smartphones have opened new venues for consumers. They are also reviewing and buying products, checking out coupons and group deals through their mobiles by using an enhanced shopping experience and taking advantage of mobile marketing trends. Worldwide more than half of all mobile users are smart mobile users and in the US approximately forty-three percent of all mobile users have a smartphone. There is a growing dependence on the smartphone due to its capability to perform office tasks, check email, mobile banking, make purchases, along with countless online web services and third-party applications. Along with the increased use of smartphones mobile marketing trends are continuing to be developed for smartphone users.
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App Maker Marketing Tip: Using Mobile Application to Boost SEO Visibility and Ranking

Does your business have an iPhone app or any other mobile application? If so, then you should use it as a leverage to improve your SEO efforts. There are many ways an app can help with your online presence and overall success. Find below some of these strategies:
Mobile app review sites -One of the easiest and most effective ways to leverage your application for SEO is to submit it to many different app review sites. Tech buffs, including ardent app users frequent these sites to either find new and exciting mobile apps or check feedback on a specific app before downloading it. Try to submit it to at least twenty review sites to obtain twenty new links!
Press releases -Press release submission is another great SEO technique to get more links. You can craft a press release and submit it on various PR sites for every news-worthy event about your app, such as launch, bug updates/fixes, promos, etc. Also, mobile-related news is all the rage these days. Thus, it usually gets better reception versus conventional company news and or product launches.
Article directories- To get more links, write articles related to mobile apps and have them published on countless article directories. Just make sure these are useful to readers and not just some shameless plugging about your app. Otherwise, they would just be rejected and your efforts would be futile. You may use keywords but don't overdo it, as it would sound spammy and would, again, be rejected. To get fast approval, be sure to follow the article directories' editorial guidelines.
Forum posts -Contributing in forums relevant to mobile app development is also another effective way to improve your SEO pursuits. Try answering questions from members to showcase your expertise. Forums usually allow you to put your website link as part of your signature. Like in article directory submission, you should also follow forum posting rules to not get into trouble or get banned by moderators.
Social media networks -While social networking is no doubt time-consuming, it is very useful in boosting SEO efforts. Make a Facebook page and create a social media presence for your app. Include your website links and keywords whenever possible--status updates, photo/video descriptions, etc. Like the above techniques, moderation is key.
Bizness Apps is making mobile apps affordable and simple for small businesses. We're a do-it-yourself app maker for iPhone, iPad, HTML5, and Android app platform with a full white label mobile app program.

Will Mobile Education Replace The Classroom?

BySam Stephan
Android is not a substitute for school, yet. It is unfortunate that digital technology is incorporated least in the area it is needed most: education. However, no one had foreseen the computer would replace conventional form of learning either.
Considered more a luxurious distraction, parents raise concern about their little toddlers going to school holding a Smartphone. Alternatively, a survey revealed that a quarter of the parents plan to gift their own devices to their children, and installing educational apps into them. The medium of instruction should not be the cause to restrict learning, but rather encourage it, and android smartphones are doing exactly that. Those who let their children experiment would not deny the increased interest in learning, for instance, through a math game or a social studies quiz on the mobile OS that enhance skill and memory.
Teachers, like parents, find the open based application a challenge. Referring to the Android tablet Kindle Fire, one reviewer aptly put it this way: "Although I'm hesitant to predict that the Kindle Fire will radically change education, I do think that the popularity of this device will lead to more development of educational Android apps that are optimized for tablets."
The Android has invaded the education arena in the smartest possible way, with Android television introduced in hospitals for providing entertainment as well as education to patient. Within a span of four years, Android educational apps, either free or paid, have managed to cover a broad range of subjects from the elementary level to adult education, as well as for professional skills improvement.
Amazon Appstore and Android Market app is developed exclusively for the android platform by Google has over 400,000 active apps and more than half are free. Shapes Five Pumpkins app are flashcards designed for infants, with the option to customize it with one's own voice. Tracing ABC is a free app that teaches toddlers to write by tracing alphabets or numbers using the cursor. iStoryBooks are interactive books that can either be read aloud or heard. Besides this, there are foreign language dictionaries for the older lot, art and craft activities such as Doodledroid, educational games and quizzes, skill based tutorials such as Photoshop, science research through arXiv mobile, Google Sky Map, the ASL sign language for the hearing impaired, to name a few. Encouraging teenagers to read the newspaper is no longer a challenge. Installing the Pulse news app saves stories for reading later offline or sharing it with others. The Fortune magazine has called as "the king of apps."
A director of information technology expressed that the teaching staff need to be trained in order to keep up with technology trends and to optimize their use and thereby prevent the overuse and harmful effects such 'openness' can cause to the education system. He suggested that the staff should hold more restrictions for the younger students and for the teachers to look toward finding administrative support and collaborate with parents to properly utilize and handle access via information technology.
The apps continue to reap from the harvest. In a matter of time, classes will become condensed apps. For now, faith exists in the physical presence of teachers.
Socialjitney is an iPhone Application Development Company providing App Development services including iPhone Developers and Android developer.

Saturday, 17 December 2011

Latest Event: Use of Biometrics in Mobile Communication

Security applications which use the person's biological assets have been in use for quite some time now. Finger print scanners can even be seen in home cased PCs, iris scanner and other types of biometric devices have also become popular lately. But due to some reason Biometric security till date has remained aloof from mobile communication systems. The need of miniaturization is the biggest challenge that has been in front of the engineers when it comes to taking the technology to mobile devices, PDAs and other hand-held machines.
Until now the biometrics has been used to tie a device to a person so that it does not fall in the hands of scrupulous persons. It eliminates the illegal use of the devices. But the latest IST project named SECUREPHONE has taken biometrics with a whole new approach. It lets the person digitally sign audio, text and even image files as a proof of their originality and authenticity.
The biometric data is basically stored in the SIM card ad can only be accessed by a verification module which also runs on the SIM card. This ensures that the user biometric profile is completely tamper proof. Thus this is one of a kind biometric application which processes and stores the data on the SIM card.
The existing communication might be very secure but there is no way to prove the authenticity or identification of the person on the other side of the phone. As we know mobiles due to the ubiquity are seen to be the future means of monetary transactions like eCommerce, even means to sign deals and give presentation but unless there is any full proof method to prove the identity of the person, all this would be a distant dream. The securephone technology provides a way in which even the audio or the text sent through mobiles will have a legal value. The aim is to find a means of conversation that cannot be disputed afterward for example a biometrically encoded voice coding would be a clear proof of the person speaking.
The securephone project thus consists of two different modules:
• The first module is basically the biometric verification module which verifies that only the legitimate person is using the particular service. It is a type of biometric security application which confirms the identity of the user.
• The second module succeeds the first one by digitally signing the data by use of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Thus rather than relying on something you possess like a pin code that you can easily lose the biometric encryption relies on what you actually are!