You can be more direct about earning money with mobile apps and advertising. That forum or mastermind group you’re involved with can be a great place to market your app or offer it free in exchange for sign up – just make sure you’re not violating the forum rules by promoting it!
Usually, however, there is some provision in better forums for helpful self-promotion: A “special offers” section or allowed links in signatures or bio boxes. (Remember that a signature is often the first place where people will look and click, if you include a linked signature tagline such as “creator of the Cute Pup Pic app”.)
Your Facebook page, your blog and press releases to targeted directories are also 3 essential places where you’ll want to promote your new app to make money with mobile apps and ads.
Selling Your Apps
Selling your app is also an option and people have made serious money doing so.
On the other hand, people have also found selling an app frustratingly difficult.
Smashing Magazine has an excellent article on the basics of “How to Market Your Mobile App“.
Mobile Advertising to Make Money with Mobile Apps
Ads are also something you shouldn’t ignore, when it comes to monetizing your mobile marketing efforts and content. You can actually earn money, quite simply, for publishing ads in your mobile content with Google Mobile Ads.
And unlike some of Google’s other monetization options, Google Mobile Ads has a clean and simple guide with sections such as “Get Started” and “How it Works”.
SMS Text Ads from Other Companies
One option you may wish to avoid if you live in the US: reading SMS Text Ads. It sounds deceptively simple: Companies will pay you to receive Text ads on your mobile. In reality, this is akin to “link-farming” – the practice of putting links in totally irrelevant websites to artificially boost the number of exposures to a client paying for link-building services.
The amount you make is usually miniscule (and often less than the charges you’ll run up on your mobile, if you don’t have the right Text Messaging plan).
Accepting ads on your mobile for pennies is big business in India and parts of Asia, but doesn’t tend to be worth your time (and sometimes, the “per message” charges) in North America.
Facebook Mobile Ads
Facebook does show ads to mobile users and most Facebook ad impressions come from people using their mobile devices.
Facebook ads are displayed in their feed when users are on the Facebook application on their mobile products.
You can also show mobile ads on other Facebook Meta platforms such as Instagram and Messenger which many people use on their smartphones.
Take advantage of the Meta platform to make money with mobile apps and ads.
Making Money with Mobile Apps
And that brings us to the conclusion of our tour through mobile content marketing. I hope it’s given you a deeper understanding of the potentials, as well as triggering some mobile marketing ideas based on your own particular niche, interests and abilities.
Mobile devices are not only here to stay but taking over the globe at an almost unbelievable rate, creating their own massive momentum.
People who depend on mobiles are true addicts – and happy to be so. Feed their need – and you are well on your way to making the most of this fantastic, new stream of income.
Mobile Content Marketing Series
Do you have a mobile phone? I’m betting you do. Maybe you even have several mobile devices, like tablet PCs or iPods. You use them to stay in touch with friends and relatives, to get up-to-date news and information when you’re away from the house, and even to entertain the kids on long car rides.
But are you using it in your business marketing plan?
Think about it. There are more mobile devices on the planet than there are computers. Just like you, your customers use them every single day to complete a variety of tasks and to keep connected to the outside world. Chances are, they’d welcome the opportunity to get updates and helpful information from you, too. So why are you not providing it?
In my five part blog, Mobile Content Marketing, I’m answering all your questions, addressing all your concerns, and helping you get started with your own mobile marketing campaign.
You’ll discover the whys and hows of mobile marketing, including critical information like how to avoid violating CAN-SPAM laws along with fun stuff such as developing the perfect app for your customers. You’ll even learn the technical side of mobile marketing, such as where to go to get up-to-the minute information on mobile marketing best practices.
There’s a lot more to mobile marketing than just optimized web pages, and this comprehensive blog series covers it all. You’ll learn everything you need to know, from ten kinds of mobile content you might not have considered, to what a standard mobile screen size is. And you’ll find out what elements your website should never contain if you want to keep your mobile customers happy.
Whether you have a fixed business location like a brick and mortar restaurant, or an online-only business, your customers are mobile, and in order to reach them, you need to be as well. This information-packed resource is just what you need to get your mobile campaign off on the right foot.
Here are the five posts to read for your mobile content marketing strategy.
What You Need to Know to Understand Mobile Content
How to Make Your Content Mobile?
Do You Need to Test Your Mobile Content Site
