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I'm recently on a roll of picking the value out of my past failures so here is something many of you may be able to take advantage of.
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At 18, I began learning to code and started making android and iOS apps. These apps were terrible. But that's only one way of looking at it.
There's no way around it, the apps looked bad, poorly functioned and were of barely any use. Not saying this is a good thing but there is a hook.
I was able to sell several of these per day and get 5-star reviews! (Making $20 in daily passive income in college was a big deal for me).
But how did I get great reviews? What did they see that I genuinely saw as garbage?
It is all in perception. For example: I made a music app. I can confidently say that the stock music app on your phone is 5x better in performance and features.
Although my music app was clearly not in the top 100 of alternatives, I was holding a top 100 ranking in the paid music category for that app back in 2012. But how? Perception.
I did no advertising, just the app store listing. I hyped the app up for all it could do, not what it doesn't do. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Instead of saying: "This app is terrible, it does practically nothing", I said: "This app is INCREDIBLY simple and clean"
My screenshots for the app store looked beautiful. Quote bubble were shown overlaying to images. Instead of saying: "Look! I told you, there's only 2 buttons!! What a joke!" I said: "Super quick controls for blazing fast access and enjoyment!"
As for the business. The 1 and 2 star reviews eventually caught up and sales ran dry about 2 years ago. I totaled about 2,500 paid downloads during a years stretch, most popular app being at $2.99. I ran this same strategy on over 12 of my terrible apps, it wasn't the profits that was interesting. It was the fact that some people could see it as gold and others including myself see it as a total joke. Just saying, perception is everything. Don't play all fronts, find your angle, experiment with your products perception.
TL;DR - I'm not saying to Febreze all of your trash... But find the bright side and sell that. You don't need to be the best product, just find your angle and work that.
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At 18, I began learning to code and started making android and iOS apps. These apps were terrible. But that's only one way of looking at it.
There's no way around it, the apps looked bad, poorly functioned and were of barely any use. Not saying this is a good thing but there is a hook.
I was able to sell several of these per day and get 5-star reviews! (Making $20 in daily passive income in college was a big deal for me).
But how did I get great reviews? What did they see that I genuinely saw as garbage?
It is all in perception. For example: I made a music app. I can confidently say that the stock music app on your phone is 5x better in performance and features.
Although my music app was clearly not in the top 100 of alternatives, I was holding a top 100 ranking in the paid music category for that app back in 2012. But how? Perception.
I did no advertising, just the app store listing. I hyped the app up for all it could do, not what it doesn't do. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Instead of saying: "This app is terrible, it does practically nothing", I said: "This app is INCREDIBLY simple and clean"
My screenshots for the app store looked beautiful. Quote bubble were shown overlaying to images. Instead of saying: "Look! I told you, there's only 2 buttons!! What a joke!" I said: "Super quick controls for blazing fast access and enjoyment!"
As for the business. The 1 and 2 star reviews eventually caught up and sales ran dry about 2 years ago. I totaled about 2,500 paid downloads during a years stretch, most popular app being at $2.99. I ran this same strategy on over 12 of my terrible apps, it wasn't the profits that was interesting. It was the fact that some people could see it as gold and others including myself see it as a total joke. Just saying, perception is everything. Don't play all fronts, find your angle, experiment with your products perception.
TL;DR - I'm not saying to Febreze all of your trash... But find the bright side and sell that. You don't need to be the best product, just find your angle and work that.
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