How do you start from nothing?

[Matt4WG]

Heya, I'm part of a group of friends who just started up (well 'just' kind of - we released our first game Droggon Attack in Deptember and so far we've only got 56 sales) and we all have next to no money.

Baically, we all know how to make/design apps, but what we're having trouble with is advertising them. I keep hearing that we need to make 'buzz' about our app before it's released and then for a long time afterwards, as well. Trouble is, none of us know just how to do that, really. Personally, I've got some experience thanks to school/college at things like print advertising - but there's no real way for us to afford something like that. How can we get some marketting buzz going on very little money?

we're marooned, send help, please!

[AdamsApple]

Seriously?

Come on!! Go to the top free game list and compare
those graphics to your game's graphics. Even if you spent
top dollars to market your game, i doubt it will gain any traction.

[Kapil9845]

Buddy this is not looking that much good you need to improve lill bit...

[Matt4WG]

Dang you guys just not like the graphical appearance of it? I'll have to see what I can do about that. Besides this, is there anything anyone can offer about how to get started with all of this?

[RoryHarvey]

56 sales since December? You're doing better than most.

[mochibits]

Do not spend any money on advertising. You will just be throwing it away. Work on making a fun great looking polished unique game. I would recommend spending 99% of the time on design, graphics, and programming. 1% on any kind of advertising or marketing.

[IphoneSdk]

Try and get onto the big review sites. Just got a review onto 148Apps.com today and it's had a good impact on the rankings

Other things to try are:
- Twitter
- Facebook
- YouTube
- prMac