Have you tried SearchMan for analysing keywords?
Also tried Appcod.es for a while, but the seemed to stop improving their service.
Anybody else who knows other potential good tools for keyword optimisation?
As for adding new features: anything specific you were missing?
However, what made me not return was your paywall, which is placed right after the login. In other words, I could do anything without paying.
Given all the free tools out there, this approach made me skeptical.
I am not an expert on SaaS, but I suspect it would be better to give people some kind of freemium option.
- http://www.tylernichols.com/web-development/i-am-done-with-t... - http://blog.rapportive.com/is-freemium-right-for-you
When building AppCodes I decided to sacrifice the learning curve for the ease of use once the tool is understood.
This kinds of products don't work well when published with freemimum plans - people don't try to understand the product, skip the tutorials, sign up for free, spend 5 seconds evaluating the tool, and unless the learning curve is very calm - leave.
What I prefer is for people to take a while and make sure they understand the ASO process ( http://www.slideshare.net/kolinko/appcodes-app-store-marketi... ), and then - once signed up, to spend a while learning the tool. The expectation is that the ones that go through this will get a better experience afterwards. The ones that won't - there's a no-questions asked refund :)
Another thing with freemium is that it works best with products that people use consistently for months and years. While this might be the case for web SEO or for app sales tracking, in case of App Store SEO it really isn't. You want to spend 3-5 months setting up your position, and once it's all set and you can forget about it.
If I was running a freemium service, I'd have to find some tricks to keep bringing people back. I'd also be more inclined to gear the service towards the app developers with more than one app - because only those devs would bring in the profit.
I don't track our competition too closely, but the last time I checked, that was what they were doing. Publishing charts of your position, and sending you e-mails of your daily rankings (even though rankings in the app store rarely ever change), and moving towards Enterprise customers. They also tend to deliver an interface that's easy to learn, but not that effective really (e.g. they don't bother distinguishing between iTunes keywords, and App Store search phrases). At least that was the case with the ones I checked...
If you disagree, I'd greatly appreciate a reply :)
The thing is though, when I don't even get to see the interface before I pay, I would really need a lot of good reviews from friends before I sign up.
You should clean up your front page to, it's a but messy. Don't mean to be rude it's just my honest opinion.
Love your Slideshows by the way! :)
As for seeing the interface - did you see the demo? ( http://www.appcodes.com/demologin/ ). Not trying to make a sale here, just curious.
Thanks for the feedback regarding the front page. Can you be a bit more specific here? What seems too messy for you? (btw. e-mail support@appcodes.com if you'd like a free account as a "thank you")