Ask HN: We realised one of our pet projects. How to market this?

2 points by sandaru1 15y ago ↗ HN

We have been working on a small iphone app on the side, and we have just released it. We have done this project entirely for fun and gaining exposure to the app store(frankly, it wasn't that bad - compared to the horror stories we've heard). We released two of versions of the app, free and pro. We are not expecting any profit from this, but it would be nice to have some users and get some feedback. Do you have any pointers for marketing this?

URL : http://www.grammarfungame.com/

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timpish 15y ago ↗

Cool! I would say get out of the building and bring this to some schools. Get it in front of kids and TEACHERs. They might be your best evangelists. One TEACHER has many STUDENTS who have twice as many PARENTS who have checkbooks.

Also, it would be especially cool if each background graphic related to the sentence presented -- like a second tier for reinforcing the learning experience.

sandaru1 15y ago ↗

Nice idea. We should try to reach some teachers.

Actually, the background image may not be a bad idea, but the problem is that we currently have about 100 sentences for the Free version and keep adding new sentences for the Pro version. So, keeping up the background would be a huge task (along with the file sizes)

Mz 15y ago ↗

One potential target audience: Homeschoolers. A term you should learn and use: "carschooling". This would be a great activity to teach them something and keep them out of mom or dad's hair while driving around to all the activities that some busy homeschoolers pursue. I have already posted it to one (edit: two) of the lists I am on.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

sandaru1 15y ago ↗

Thanks for spreading the word. Sure, we'll let you know the results.