Episode 16: Pitch Perfect with Daniel

This week we don’t talk about Ben's new Surface Pro, but Alan does some howling about how to make your app stand out from the crowd.

We turn the tables on Daniel Rubino, editor-in-chief of WP Central and interview him on the topic of how to pitch an app to a news site.

We then surf the web with WebApps in the under the radar section.

And finally a loyal fan whose name we butcher wins 250k ad impressions on AdDuplex.

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Show notes

• The Howler
• What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy?

Daniel Rubino interview

• WPCentral
• Send tips
• WPCentral on Twitter
• Daniel Rubino on Twitter

Under-the-radar app

• WebApps

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Facebook liker of the week

• Charbel Zaghrini

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Episode 15: James Owns Golf

James Vertisan joins Ben and Alan to talk about his success building and promoting his number one golf app on Windows Phone called Shotly (previously known as Executive Caddie).

Also we talk about what it means to be a professional indie developer.

We take a snapshot view at Piktr an already great Instagram app on Windows 8 in the Under the Radar section.

And finally a wonderful human being wins 250k ad impressions on AdDuplex.

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Show notes

• How to Make it as a Professional Indie Game Developer
• Follow up: Response to "8 keys to indie success"

James Vertisan interview

• Shotly in the Windows Phone store
• Website
• Shotly on Twitter
• Shotly on Facebook

Under-the-radar app

• Piktr for Instagram

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Twitter follower of the week

• Ryan Miller @intranoggin

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Episode 14: René Did It All

Microsoft Windows Phone MVP, Nokia Developer Champion and community hero René Schulte joins Ben and Alan to share his experience building popular apps.

René Schulte is an internationally recognized, independent expert and was honored for his community work with the Microsoft MVP Award and as Nokia Developer Champion. He blogs about many topics of Windows Phone, .NET and Windows development in general and writes articles. Sometimes he can also be found at various events as a speaker including the Microsoft and Nokia Windows Phone launch events and he takes part as a judge for Mobile Development Contests (Microsoft Imagine Cup, AppCampus, Core77).

René Schulte is a Windows Phone developer since day one and develops highly acclaimed apps such as Pictures Lab, Funny Faces, Face Lens, Helium Voice, Cloud Recorder and more. He combines the advanced algorithms of computer graphics, image processing and computer vision with a great user experience. René Schulte also created and maintains several popular open source libraries for WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone and WinRT, such as WriteableBitmapEx or the Augmented Reality library SLARToolKit.

René Schulte also works for IdentityMine, an outstanding interactive design, software development, and user experience (UX) company.

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Show notes

• LOGIN conference
• BUILD conference

René Schulte interview

• Apps
• Pictures Lab
• Twitter: @PicturesLab
• Facebook: http://facebook.com/PicturesLab
• Press Reviews: http://bit.ly/PicturesLabReviews
• Funny Faces
• Face Lens
• Helium Voice
• Cloud Recorder
• more apps 
• René on twitter

Under-the-radar app

• PlusPoints Pro

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Facebook fan of the week

Rudy Rodarte III

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Episode 13: Jeff Turns Memories into Collages

Jeffrey Harmon the creator of Memorylage – one of the first apps featured in our Under-the-radar segment (Episode 6) joins Ben & Alan to talk about how he went from releasing his first app ever just few months ago to getting major features in Windows 8 and Windows Phone stores.

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Show notes

• AppCampus
• The Next App Business Model
• Time for some perspective in the free-to-play games debate
• What Windows 8 Developers Should Learn From iOS & Android

Jeffrey Harmon Interview

• Blog
• Twitter
• Memorylage
• Website
• Twitter
• Facebook

Under-the-radar app

• 5 Pics 1 Word

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LinderMotion

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Episode 12: Marios Builds Monsters Up

Marios Karagiannis from Karios Games joins Ben and Alan on the show to talk about his Monster Up and other games, MonoGame, Unity, Amiga, PhD and more.

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Show notes

• TechDays Belgium, TechDays Netherlands
• Mobile World Congress
• Unity 4 Early Access for Windows Store apps
• @joebelfiore: Curious about Unity engine on WP8? Here's the first #WP8 game built on their SDK (beta) http://t.co/9HsERPVhkD
  https://twitter.com/joebelfiore/status/311145251777683456

Marios Karagiannis interview

• Karios Games website
• Marios’ blog
• MonsterUp Games
• MonsterUp Facebook Page
• Marios on Twitter

250,000 impressions on AdDuplex go to…

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Episode 11: Flurry with Jarah

This week we go deep about price changes and how to be profitable with in-app purchase.

We also interview Jarah Euston - Director of Analytics from Flurry. And she surprises us with some good news about how Windows Phone is doing.

We put some coins in the Slot Machine and come up a winner in the Under the Radar section

And finally a cloud-based lifeform wins 250k ad impressions on AdDuplex.

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Show notes

Banter

• Mobile World Congress
• TechDays in Belgium and Netherlands
• Build for Both event

News

• Distimo: The Impact of Price Changes
• When a huge audience isn’t enough: how Punch Quest tweaked a free-to-play economy into profitability

Interview with Jarah Euston

• Flurry
• Jarah on Twitter

Under-the-radar app – Slot Machine

• Slot Machine for Windows 8
• Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
• Getting more visibility for your Windows Store app Part 1: Create great apps

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Episode 10: MarkedUp Aaron

Aaron Stannard talks to the guys about his analytics startup MarkedUp, metrics and app stores in general.

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Show notes

Banter

• AdDuplex Turns 2! – get 2X more impressions and an extra 30% off using coupon code APPBIZDEV2

News

• The Gamification of Mobile Games
• Money and the App Store: a few figures that might help an indie developer
• Consumers pay the hidden costs for the 'free' app ecosystem
• Game development is more than a creative exercise — sometimes it's a race
• Analytics for Windows Phone nuget to rule them all
• Which apps make money?
• Distimo: Download Uptake Of Ruzzle On iOS
• MINECRAFT GROSSES OVER $250 MILLION IN 2012, BUT WHICH PLATFORM DOMINATED?
• Mobile Sign Up Forms Must Die
• Next App Star: See your app featured in a Windows Phone TV ad

Aaron Stannard Interview

• MarkedUp
  • blog
  • GitHub
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Under-the-radar app

No under the radar app this week! Send us a link to your app and what you did to promote it or improve monetization, user retention, etc. to feedback@appbizdev.com and get featured on the show + 250,000 ad impressions on AdDuplex.

Facebook friend of the week

Rich Hopkins. Congrats!

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