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by ajhit406 15y ago
Yeah...maybe we'll make our money back. But this comment stream has taught me a alot, we want to run a considerably larger experiment with our free application and will report back.
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by ajhit406 15y ago
Yeah, see some of my other comments. I emailed Admob about this, and their response was: "Please note that budgets under $200 per day can still be spent in a matter of minutes."
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by ajhit406 15y ago
Thanks, we'll check out TapZilla. Amazed that people will spend so much time and energy trying to save $1 but won't spend time trying to make $1...
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by ajhit406 15y ago
"At least that's what the studies say" Link?! My preparation for Admob was admittedly limited to one or two google searches and a scan of a few blog posts, but I would love to read more if you would link to said studies.
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by ajhit406 15y ago
In retrospect (and maybe this should be a follow-up experiment), we should have advertised ONLY our free, limited version and focused on getting the cheapest CPC possible. $50 at a $0.02 CPC would yield 2500 clicks. For a free app, if we s
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by ajhit406 15y ago
Thanks for sharing. Your conclusion for the majority of app developers is spot on-- for small-medium market paid apps, Admob isn't worth the money. We're probably much better off spending it all on our Free version with limits to prove the
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by ajhit406 15y ago
Would love to see a blog post about your experience with reddit traffic data / demographics etc... I'm assuming you can target subreddits with ads?
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by ajhit406 15y ago
Agreed, in retrospect the CPC bid was stupidly high. They suggested ~$0.28 after we set our targeting...I guess I trusted google since their Adwords suggestions are generally pretty accurate. We also ran a $50 campaign previously though I
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by ajhit406 15y ago
shhh!
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by ajhit406 15y ago
Fair point. I think the lesson learned was that the targeting that we thought we were employing was not nearly as effective as we had anticipated (25-44, limited geographic area, iphone 3GS, iPhone4, iPad2). We also were just amazed at the
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by ajhit406 15y ago
I agree. The ~$0.25 CPC bid was suggested, we actually only decided to go with the suggested bid because they had warned us that demographic targeting would limit exposure. We actually ran a similar campaign a few days previous where we ha
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by ajhit406 15y ago
We actually got a clarification from Admob that I should include in the blog post: "[P]lease note that budgets under $200 per day can still be spent in a matter of minutes." I was just frustrated that they didn't include this anywhere in th
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by ajhit406 15y ago
That's very fair, we're just submitting this as a benchmark. We also (mistakenly) also spent $50 on Admob a few days before this. We didn't even realize we had spent it, that's how fast it happened. I just can't conceptualize technically h
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by ajhit406 15y ago
Once you've bookmarked a video, you'll see a link to add your personalized podcast to iTunes. So you can sync with your iPad / iPhone, etc...
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by ajhit406 15y ago
That is a sad fridge. Post updates every few weeks, I want to see it grow.
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by ajhit406 15y ago
What type of information density does "God" have? None or infinite?
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by ajhit406 16y ago
I agree, I'm just saying it's better than giving up. Sometimes founders think they have to (and can) do everything that's all. In this particular case, a $200k contract might warrant hiring new people instead of failing... But i'm all for
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by ajhit406 16y ago
Wouldn't the logical entrepreneur maybe take a moment and say: * This is a $200,000 contract. * I can pay my own d-bag $35k / year to just yell "Smokey, This is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules." Then, if he doesn't oblige, read
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by ajhit406 16y ago
I don't write for a living, but this might be the worst constructed sentence I've ever read: "But recently, Palantir has found itself in headlines for putting together a proposal, along with HBGary and Berico Technologies, to launch cyber-a
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by ajhit406 16y ago
chris sacca was born in buffalo, ny in 2009, chris rode a bicycle across the US buffalo...
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by ajhit406 16y ago
I would gladly pay YouTube if their services are even 50% as reliable as cable. Please give me a reason not to send money to Comcast or TimeWarner. Pleaassssseeee.
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by ajhit406 16y ago
I think google has done a much better job of targeting services they know they can integrate into their core. Yahoo has really just had a bunch of different silos operating (for the most part) on their own. When the founders lose their abi
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by ajhit406 16y ago
Agreed. I don't see the luxury market gents trading in their Panerai or Patek Philippe for a TikTok anytime soon.