7 iPhone App Millionaires and Their Real Stories

Rajasekar Raju KS
Director - Social Media Marketing
100+ Mobile apps developed on iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Android Since 2004
www.impigermobile.com
Confidential

Kostas Eleftheriou
App: iSteam($.99)
Kostas Eleftheriou (along with 23 year olds VassilisSamolis and Bill Rappos)
Age: 26
Country: Greece, lives in London
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Kostas Eleftheriou
$100,000 in three months
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Kostas Eleftheriou
Big Idea
Take advantage of a not-so-exploited feature of iPhone. Blow on mic and make something happen. Combine with tilt control, photo library and email.
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Kostas Eleftheriou
Marketing Tip
Make app free for a week. Promote apps through Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, blogs and news sites.
Confidential

Ge Wang and Jeff Smith
Apps: Ocarina, Smule and more
Age: 31
Country: United States
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$1 Million in first year
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Big Idea
Excited by microphone input & speaker output. App should allow users to be expressive, musically or otherwise.
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Marketing Tip
Create videos of users trying product and go viral on Facebook, Youtube and Twitter.
Confidential

Brian Greenstone
(Enigmo $2.99)
Cro-Mag Rally and Enigmo (plus some more)
Company: PangeaSoftware
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Brian Greenstone
$5million in first 15 months
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Brian Greenstone
Big Idea
Ideas may be fantastic but execution needs to perfect. That was our key to success.
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Brian Greenstone
Marketing Advice
Best way is to get into the App Store’s top 100 with a viral buzz with Youtubes videos and press releases. Just push hard.
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Ethan Nicholas
iShoot($1.99)
Ethan Nicholas
Age: 31
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Ethan Nicholas
Made 1Million in less than 7 months
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Ethan Nicholas
Big Idea
I was actually finding it difficult
to pay the medical bills and so
decided to try and make extra money, learning C and developing an iPhone app. The need for money was the driver.
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Ethan Nicholas
Marketing Advice
Put a free version of your app.
And drive publicity.
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Steve Demeter
Trism($2.99)
Steve Demeter
Quit software writing job at major bank
First released Trism as a free native app on www.jailbreakme.com
Confidential

Steve Demeter
$250,000 in two months
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Steve Demeter
Big Idea
Make sure you're asking yourself, ‘does my app convey something unique and interesting in ten to fifteen seconds? I wanted to craft an idea unique to the iPhone and with ideas minimal in style.
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Steve Demeter
Marketing Advice
Launch free version. Advertise
paid app in lite version.
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Bart Decrem
Tap Tap Revenge ($1.99)
Bart Decrem - CEO of Tapulous
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Bart Decrem
Touched $100,000 in three months
20 million downloads in first year
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Bart Decrem
Recipe for Success
Pay attention to app details. Make app engaging with exciting game play.
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Bart Decrem
Marketing Advice
Make a big push on Ads and PR. You just can’t make a top app without continuous marketing
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Joel Comm
iFart Mobile ($.99)
Joel Comm
Confidential

Joel Comm
$100,000 in less than
two weeks
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Joel Comm
Marketing Advice
Send emails, make phone
calls to network, shoot
press releases, blog and
push to social media
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YOU can be the next millionaire.
Find out if your iPhone app idea will work.
Speak to Impiger Mobile, developers of over 100 Mobile Applications on BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad and Android.
call us now.
972-591-3195
info@impigermobile.com
Visit iPhone App Developer
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