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Lessons on app marketing

How to make better, faster decisions with a group.

Still need to figure out what the P stands for

Still need to figure out what the P stands for

Last year I wrote that I was moving to Silicon Valley to work on something new and crazy. Now that we are out of stealth, I’m excited to…

Apple Design Award winner Jeremy Olson shares how he made the journey from app maker to marketer and reveals the secrets he has learned marketing Tapity’s top apps.

This is a really big announcement for us but I‘ll get right to it: Tapity has sold our time tracking business, Hours, to Five Pack…

Jeremy Olson of Tapity joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk about his latest app, Hours, how he got into design, his process, and the important of knowing some code. – Listen to 72: Jeremy Olson on Hours by Iterate instantly on your tablet, phone or browser - no downloads needed.

Most of my articles are about how to succeed with apps—for example, How Hours became a top grossing app. Those are fun to write.

Learn how to have a successful app launch in this podcast episode with special guest Jeremy Olson!

Time is our most valuable resource and it is constantly slipping away from us. Similarly, the most valuable corporate resource is their…

Why time tracking stinks and how we are fixing it

It was just a hunch; it was kind of crazy; it broke the rules; but ultimately, it worked.

Or, why we decided to make zero dollars on Hours for the Apple Watch

Lessons on app marketing

"Your idea is worthless, execution is everything. Jeremy used to believe that but after building apps for four years, he thinks different. His Apple Design Award winning app, Grades, had everything going for it but his second app Languages made more money in one day than Grades made in it's lifetime. Why? Grades was missing one of the key elements of a killer idea. After this talk, you'll know how to find and validate an idea that works on the App Store." Speaker: http://www.mmconf.com/speakers#jeremy_olson Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/mmconf/the-elements-of-a-killer-app-idea-by-jeremy-olson MMConf: http://www.mmconf.com/ twitter.com/mm_conf

Jeremy Olson believes we learn much more from success than from failure, and that we have many shining lights in the app industry. By studying independent developers who have succeeded in the App Store again and again, he was able to learn the basic principles that he needed to succeed, and he hopes this article will help others do the same.

If your app fails, you’d probably want to know why. Instead of blaming forces beyond our control, why not look at some successful cases?

Advice from a winner of the 2011 Apple Design Award on how to use Apple's judging criteria to build incredible mobile apps. Exploring these criteria might help you win the award, or at least to build experiences users will download and enjoy.

Avoidable design and usability mistakes that can shatter hopes of success on the App Store.

The creators of RedLaser, a popular iPhone app, tell the UX story behind their success.