Create and Sell Apps To Local Businesses

Creating your own mobile app, especially your first one, could be quite challenging. Aside from needing a substantial amount of knowledge and experience, you’ll need to spend hours on research and a few trials to get things right. But what if you could make one quickly and easily? You’d probably keep making different types of apps just because it’s that easy. Lots of people have done so, and have realized that they can make a profit out of it.

Join the party and learn how you can make apps and sell them. There are many available app building services that are user-friendly but still powerful. They also offer customer support to help you out. So with the ease of app creation today, the main challenge you would have is getting local business owners to buy your app. Let this blueprint help you breeze through this whole process.

What You Need

• Membership to an app building platform

  – $15

Setup Steps

1. Do a Google search on small businesses around your area that don’t have any available app.

2. Come up with a list of app ideas or features that could make yours stand out.

3. Create a skeletal layout of your app.

4. Pick a platform to build your app. One recommendation is Seattle Cloud, it’s very powerful and easy to use at the same time; good for beginners without setting you back just because you lack experience.

Set up your Seattle Cloud account.

1. At http://seattleclouds.com, pick your subscription plan by clicking Plans & Prices and sign up.

   

2. Choose a payment option to activate your subscription plan > Fill in the required billing information > Complete the transaction.

Build your app.

1. Click Templates > Choose one of the recommended templates. Click the drop down next to “Order by” to find the template you want faster. Click Select, on the template that you want.

   

2. You can preview the application template > Click Use This Template to select it. Click Choose Another Template to pick something else.

   

3. If you click Use This Template, enter an App ID. This is not the App name and cannot be changed later. Click Create when you’re done.

4. Select your App Store Name and App Store Description. You can change both of these at a later date.

5. Choose the platform. SeattleCloud supports iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, and WebApp.

   

6. Enter the rest of the information on your app by clicking Navigation, Font & Text, Background, and Contact Info on the top.

7. Click Done on the Finish tab to add the app to your account. You will be redirected to the Application Dashboard.

8. A preview of your app will be found on the left side of the page, options to change elements on the right. To customize the app, click on an element > Customize to your preference > Click Publish once you are satisfied with everything.

Marketing Setup

1. Create a QR code and add it to your website, your business card, brochures, emails and snail mails.

2. Promote your app on social media with your app’s own accounts.

3. Create a website and post teasers for your app.

4. Engage your social media followers.

5. Utilize agencies focused on mobile app advertising.

6. Contact review sites and present your app.

7. Produce a video for your app.

8. Build your email list and send regular newsletters.

Timeframe

Time to do: 5 weeks

Time to see results: 3 months

Additional Tips

Download the SC App Previewer to view and test your app on your device. You can make changes there, and it will automatically sync with their server.

Add as many apps that your plan will allow. You can add pre- paid plans and other add-ons to your account.

Offer in-app purchases.

Join an affiliate program.

Allow advertising in your app.

Get Google AdSense.

Create a relationship with your customers. Be honest and transparent.

Ask for feedback and post them on your website.

Constantly update and add testimonials and other features in your site.

Potential Results

Getting your app out there, getting people to notice it, and getting clients to buy them will take time. You could get a sale and $200 – $500 on the first month. Get a few more months and clients in and you could generate anywhere from $100,000 to $700,000 a month.