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I'll add another way to acquire users for free, but it takes a lot of work and isn't "free" in the traditional sense at first per se. Buy ads. Start with a $10

I'll add another way to acquire users for free, but it takes a lot of work and isn't "free" in the traditional sense at first per se. Buy ads. Start with a $100 AdWords coupon that is free and not hard to come by. Even $25-50 would be enough depending on your market. Bid on cheap cheap long tail keywords (3-4 word phrases). You won't get a lot of traffic at first, but that's kind of the point. Get your campaign dialed in where you are making at least $2 per $1 you spend. Use that money to grow your advertising profitably over time using the same method. Work your way up the ladder so to speak. You can do this on AdWords, Facebook, Microsoft AdCenter, and probably on AdMob as well. It's not hard at all. It just takes an incredible amount of patience not to blow all your money in a week. Remember, the goal is profit, not volume. Grow profitably and volume will come with time.

aaronblohowiak 15y ago
"Get your campaign dialed in where you are making at least $2 per $1 you spend." -- if you can do that, then you are in the perfect place to take a loan / favorable investment.
- georgemcbay 15y ago
  If you can reliably get $2 per $1 you spend, why bother with a loan or investment? You've already won the game.
  - jules 15y ago
    If it takes you 50 years to turn $1 into $2, then you have not won. Put your money in a bank account instead. If you can do it in a year, you've won. But if you start with $1 then after one year you have $2, then the next year you have $4, etc. It takes less time if you take a $1000 loan and turn that into $2000. Of course turning $1000 into $2000 is harder than $1 into $2, so take a loan as big as you can still double ;)
  - shrikant 15y ago
    I'd assume it's because you've spent $100 and made $200 3-4 times successfully, and hence want to up the ante, spend $50k and make a $100k now..
  - aaronblohowiak 15y ago
    Market conditions change, and many things could threaten your ability to turn $1 into $2 -- adwords prices changing, competitors, macro-economic effects, etc. Further, the more capital you have, the larger your bounty. In card games or board games, you've created your "engine" -- that isn't victory, but it is a necessary step toward achieving victory.

aaronblohowiak 15y ago

"Get your campaign dialed in where you are making at least $2 per $1 you spend." -- if you can do that, then you are in the perfect place to take a loan / favorable investment.

georgemcbay 15y ago
If you can reliably get $2 per $1 you spend, why bother with a loan or investment? You've already won the game.
- jules 15y ago
  If it takes you 50 years to turn $1 into $2, then you have not won. Put your money in a bank account instead. If you can do it in a year, you've won. But if you start with $1 then after one year you have $2, then the next year you have $4, etc. It takes less time if you take a $1000 loan and turn that into $2000. Of course turning $1000 into $2000 is harder than $1 into $2, so take a loan as big as you can still double ;)
- shrikant 15y ago
  I'd assume it's because you've spent $100 and made $200 3-4 times successfully, and hence want to up the ante, spend $50k and make a $100k now..
- aaronblohowiak 15y ago
  Market conditions change, and many things could threaten your ability to turn $1 into $2 -- adwords prices changing, competitors, macro-economic effects, etc. Further, the more capital you have, the larger your bounty. In card games or board games, you've created your "engine" -- that isn't victory, but it is a necessary step toward achieving victory.