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(Android) Developer Income Report #14

kreci.net

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I've been following your reports for some time and am always pleasantly surprised when I see the next one pop up! One thing though is that whilst your writing conveys passion and excitement your English is still below par. If you're interested, I'd be happy to proof-read your articles before they go up. My email is in my profile. I look forward to your next report -- I hope you hit at least $4k =]

Thanks - trying hard to get those $4k. I had very limited time for today post so English is not as good as it might be but will try to improve it in the future... :)

Don't fret about it, you're doing great. The thing that matters is the content, not the package. I'm sure that if you'd write a sales brochure you'd have someone check it but for your blog posts your level of English is more than adequate.

Dziekuje bardzo za wszystko ;)

Kreci, just one suggestion: you're already doing very well with your products, you don't need to overdo with advertising on your blog...

Thanks for suggestion. I will consider removing some ads.

That would be a bad idea. You make your living by selling those things, you share your numbers with us and then, you would remove some ads because of a jealous programmer. Please don't do it and feel free to sell your stuff as much as you want.

I was almost angry when I saw the <AUTOPROMOTION> tag in your post. Why writing it? You have to autopromote your products if you want to sell them. This <AUTOPROMOTION> tag makes me feel like you're not serious about your book.

Thanks for this comment. <Autopromotion> tag is just to give my readers little smile. But I am very serious about the eBook. It is really helping to increase others revenue and give my income some boost too. You may check it by reading comments by happy buyers. So no without tag I am really recommending it to anyone who want some boost in downloads of their Android apps based on my experience ;)

Thank you for the "jealous programmer"... I had a feeling that on hacker news this kind of personal attack wasn't welcome, but hey.

By the way, I was talking about the google ads.

Really sorry for that. I can't edit my comment anymore but it am aware that is a mistake.

Ok, no problem. It's just that I wasn't used to it here :)

I would remove the adsense ads entirely. They just dilute your book ad which I'm sure is much more profitable for you. It's worth testing, but my guess is that you would increase your overall revenues by eliminating them.

I don't mind the ads so much, it's more the placement... Both in-line adsense blocks are in confusing places.

"Here are a few quotes from one of my favourite eMails:" followed by an adsense block. It took me a second to parse that quotes you were referring to weren't "Make 85% profit in 15 Min" and "Real Work at Home Income"

Same thing for the second block. It falls in a very awkward place.

At the same time this ad didn't pass you by and go unnoticed it fulfilled its purpose. Which is the entire purpose of the ad to you know get you to look at it and garner your attention.

If the ad were off to the side would it be as effective? @ OP I am sure you could play with this and find which is more effective thus increasing or maintaining your bottom line.

I'm not so sure ... I know I skimmed over two sections that I recognized as ads but now, only 90 seconds later, can't tell you what even one of the ads was for. All I know is that they weren't content.

And yet you are taking the time to write about it twice.

smoyer only has one post on this entire comment page...

Point made. It also seems to be the common topic discussion on this thread though.

Not quite the same. I'm not complaining that the ads are there ... that's something that he needs to determine using metrics. I'm just providing one reference point on a viewer's perspective, hopefully without negative or positive biases.

I guess I should also add that the ads I'm most likely to remember are those that appear on the page before the content I'm there to read actually loads. I'm assuming this is intentional.

Most importantly, by responding again I'm making your first comment on this thread seem prescient.

Good post, when advertising is your bottom line in reference to an income using metrics and things like "I'm most likely to remember ads that appear prior to content" are things that are good things to know.

I am curious about his analytics on this. I'm not a tech person, I've been selling internet advertising for 5 years though.

I also should have mentioned that (for me) his content was worth reading even with the in-line ads. Placing in-line ads in content that was marginally valuable/interesting to me might very well result in me skipping the content. That's why I brought up metrics. It's entirely possible he's making more off the ads even with a reduction in readership ... but only he has the data to know.

Don't feel pressured to, but I think you would make your page much more pleasing to the eye if you placed your ads on the side rather than embedded into your posts.

They will still give you some advertising exposure for AdSense, but they won't get in the way of people trying to read your blog post, and your product promotions in your post won't get lost in the noise.

Just a suggestion, you're kicking ass and taking names either way!

Just a thought why would you remove something that works for something that hasn't yet been proven?

In case it interests someone, I am planning to write similar data for my adventures with app development.

http://appsreport.agiliq.com/

(I made 33$ lat month, on path to making 45$ this month, but hey its increasing!)