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Kickstarting My App
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 5:53 am
by perfictfitness
So I've heard that Kickstarting an app can be difficult (not sure why). I'm sure it has something to do with developing an app can be very difficult. Anyways, I've spent 14 months interviewing hundreds of people trying to make this fitness app incredible and I've gathered a stellar (I need to use this word more often) team of developers to build it. The quick link is perfict.co
So is there a way to push my app out of the "Hard to market app Kickstarter" or am I stuck with my friends and family. So far though no complaints because I'm already at 3,700 and 112 backers with 31 days left to go, but still I could use some advice on getting to my goal.
Re: Kickstarting My App
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 4:05 pm
by hyperstarter
Yes you're right - marketing app's on KS is hard.
Could you post the actual KS link? If you'd like some advice - let me know. Which "influencers" did you reach out to already?
Re: Kickstarting My App
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 5:23 pm
by perfictfitness
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13 ... n=1d13df0dSorry I thought the short link would be easier ha. And I honestly am still going through all my LinkedIn, facebook, twitter, and instagram contacts. The number is about 4000 and individual messages take forever haha.
Re: Kickstarting My App
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 12:59 am
by therriaultk
Congratulations on your progress so far! I have noticed that apps can be hard to fund on Kickstarter sometimes, but a lot of times that's because the creators are vague about what the app is all about and don't show what it will look like in the video. Your campaign looks great and professional, and gives the impression that you have the expertise to take your ideas to the next level.
Looks like you're doing good reaching out to people personally and I love how you thank followers in your updates. Maybe your next move could be to find out where other potential users are and start marketing to them there, answering their questions, building up social media? You can reach out to fitness blogs or social media groups.
Just a few suggestions! The app looks great - good luck with the rest of your campaign!
Re: Kickstarting My App
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 6:45 am
by hyperstarter
Ok cool, I had a look - I have a feeling you'll get funded on this. I've been involved in a couple Fitness campaigns and you've reached a good point with 1 month to go.
My suggestion would be to add more photos. We see photos of the app inside a phone, but why not remove the phone casing (we get it, it's a phone app) and just have 620px width detailed photos of what's going on in the app?
Regarding influencers I mentioned before, I did a post on Crowdfunding Influencers:
http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/100-crowd ... giles-dawe- Also I just tweeted out your campaign to our followers.
Let me know if it's useful and feel free to get in touch.
perfictfitness wrote:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1328638662/the-perfict-fitness-app?token=1d13df0d
Sorry I thought the short link would be easier ha. And I honestly am still going through all my LinkedIn, facebook, twitter, and instagram contacts. The number is about 4000 and individual messages take forever haha.
Re: Kickstarting My App
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:48 am
by perfictfitness
therriaultk wrote:Congratulations on your progress so far! I have noticed that apps can be hard to fund on Kickstarter sometimes, but a lot of times that's because the creators are vague about what the app is all about and don't show what it will look like in the video. Your campaign looks great and professional, and gives the impression that you have the expertise to take your ideas to the next level.
Looks like you're doing good reaching out to people personally and I love how you thank followers in your updates. Maybe your next move could be to find out where other potential users are and start marketing to them there, answering their questions, building up social media? You can reach out to fitness blogs or social media groups.
Just a few suggestions! The app looks great - good luck with the rest of your campaign!
Thank you very much! I appreciate it, and yeah I'll try to reach out to more blogs!
Re: Kickstarting My App
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:50 am
by perfictfitness
hyperstarter wrote:Ok cool, I had a look - I have a feeling you'll get funded on this. I've been involved in a couple Fitness campaigns and you've reached a good point with 1 month to go.
My suggestion would be to add more photos. We see photos of the app inside a phone, but why not remove the phone casing (we get it, it's a phone app) and just have 620px width detailed photos of what's going on in the app?
Regarding influencers I mentioned before, I did a post on Crowdfunding Influencers:
http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/100-crowd ... giles-dawe- Also I just tweeted out your campaign to our followers.
Let me know if it's useful and feel free to get in touch.
Thanks a lot for the response! Yeah I'll try and add more photos as the process goes on, and I really do appreciate the evaluation! Thanks!
perfictfitness wrote:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1328638662/the-perfict-fitness-app?token=1d13df0d
Sorry I thought the short link would be easier ha. And I honestly am still going through all my LinkedIn, facebook, twitter, and instagram contacts. The number is about 4000 and individual messages take forever haha.
Re: Kickstarting My App
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:01 pm
by devdev
For those who plan to create a fitness app - there's an awesome development guide (all about app features, business logic, competitors).
Re: Kickstarting My App
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:36 am
by Cristina
This post has been moved to the General Chat + Introduce Yourself section.