Do ads on websites work for marketing iOS games?

[TechnoEagle]

I am considering buying some ads on various websites to market my new iOS game. Does anyone have any experience with ads and whether they are successful or not? (And if they are, what websites are good for buying ads on?) Thanks for your advice!

[lifewares]

Originally Posted by TechnoEagle

Does anyone have any experience with ads and whether they are successful or not?

This seems quite useless - I have never seen any increase in downloads from buying ads. As far as I can see a lot of developers here did not have this kind of luck either.

Conclusion? Go for other, less expensive apparently marketing methods.

[TechnoEagle]

Originally Posted by lifewares

This seems quite useless - I have never seen any increase in downloads from buying ads. As far as I can see a lot of developers here did not have this kind of luck either.

Conclusion? Go for other, less expensive apparently marketing methods.

Thanks, lifewares. Do you have any suggestions as to what does work?

[lifewares]

Originally Posted by TechnoEagle

Thanks, lifewares. Do you have any suggestions as to what does work?

Just what "kind of" works, there is no magic bullet here:
- Forums - various things: posts about your app, about you free app, promo codes to get visibility, videos where allowed etc.
- Reviews and ratings - you need some in the app store.
- Press releases. It is not big, but sometimes it can be helpful - you probably need will need a lot of press releases.
- Reviews on websites... they work if the site is popular or very popular. This seems a very hard thing to get. Most site simply ignore your emails.
- Twitter - sometimes a big marketing campaign might work. But it is costly and not very reliable. One time it works, next time - zero effect...
- Sales (price reduction) of the apps. Not always, not often...

[TechnoEagle]

Originally Posted by lifewares

Just what "kind of" works, there is no magic bullet here:
- Forums - various things: posts about your app, about you free app, promo codes to get visibility, videos where allowed etc.
- Reviews and ratings - you need some in the app store.
- Press releases. It is not big, but sometimes it can be helpful - you probably need will need a lot of press releases.
- Reviews on websites... they work if the site is popular or very popular. This seems a very hard thing to get. Most site simply ignore your emails.
- Twitter - sometimes a big marketing campaign might work. But it is costly and not very reliable. One time it works, next time - zero effect...
- Sales (price reduction) of the apps. Not always, not often...

So I have made some posts on a couple forums, I submitted a press release through prmac, and am trying to get some reviews on websites. My question is, how do I get reviews and ratings on the app store? Currently neither the paid or free version of my app have enough ratings for it to display the average rating of the app.

[poisenden]

Originally Posted by TechnoEagle

So I have made some posts on a couple forums, I submitted a press release through prmac, and am trying to get some reviews on websites. My question is, how do I get reviews and ratings on the app store? Currently neither the paid or free version of my app have enough ratings for it to display the average rating of the app.

There are always services that will do paid reviews. Though cheaper options are giving promo codes to your friends in exchange for a rating/review or trading itunes ratings with other devs here.

[maggyparker]

Hello,

I think this all depends on your Game, and on your targeted audience. If you will give Ads Banner on Technology Website then it will not help you. so choose marketing website very carefully. You can also AdMob and same services provider.

There are many different affiliates are available, you can start affiliate marketing for your games. In this you have to pay on each and every Game Installation. It sounds like "Pay per Install"


Cheers