The Business of iOS App Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Seeing the Big Picture in a Crowded App Store Marketplace

   • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

   Pages 1-10

3. Doing Your Homework: Analyzing iOS App Ideas and Performing Competitive Research

   • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

   Pages 11-32

4. Protecting Your Intellectual Property

   • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

   Pages 33-53

5. Your iOS App Is Your Most Powerful Marketing Tool

   • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

   Pages 55-90

6. Social Inception: Promoting Your Apps Within Apps

   • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

   Pages 91-120

7. Money for Nothing: When It Pays to Be Free

   • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

   Pages 121-149

8. Monetizing Free Apps with iAd and Other In-App Advertising Opportunities

   • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

   Pages 151-195

9. Exploring the Freemium Model with In-App Purchase

   • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

   Pages 197-238

10. Testing and Usability: Putting Your Best Foot Forward

    • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

    Pages 239-274

11. Get the Party Started! Creating a Prerelease Buzz

    • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

    Pages 275-332

12. Keys to the Kingdom: The App Store Submission Process

    • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

    Pages 333-376

13. Increasing Awareness for Your iOS App

    • Taylor Pierce, Dave Wooldridge

    Pages 377-404

14. Back Matter

    Pages 405-414

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Updated and expanded for the new Apple iOS8, The Business of iOS App Development, Third Edition shows you how to incorporate marketing and business savvy into every aspect of the design and development process, giving your app the best possible chance of succeeding in the App Store.

This book is written by experienced developers with business backgrounds, taking you step-by-step through cost-effective marketing techniques that have proven successful for professional iOS app creators—perfect for independent developers on shoestring budgets. No prior business knowledge is required.

The phenomenal success of the iPhone, iPad and the iPod touch have ushered in a "gold rush" for developers, but with well over a million apps in the highly competitive App Store, it has become increasingly difficult for new apps to stand out in the crowd. Achieving consumer awareness and sales longevity for your iOS app requires a lot of organization and some strategic planning. This is the book you wish you had read before you launched your first app!

As the founder of Electric Butterfly, strongDave Wooldridge/strong has been developing award-winning web sites and software for 15 years. When he's not creating Mac and iPhone apps, he can be found writing. Dave is the author of emThe Business of iPhone App Development: Making and Marketing Apps that Succeed/em and has written numerous articles for leading tech publications, including a monthly software marketing column for emMacTech Magazine/em. Follow Dave on Twitter @ebutterfly.

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