yaya

Building mobile apps in public while traveling the world and sharing growth & failure lessons.

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[yaya @YairDev]

Saw @thepatwalls tweet an idea.
Built it in 8 days.
Now he's gonna be our first beta user 🤩

You can just do things.

[Pat Walls @thepatwalls]

Here's an app that needs to exist:

GOOGLE ANALYTICS FOR CONTENT

- A dashboard where you can see how all your content has done over the last day, week, etc.
- Works across your dozens of accounts and platforms e.g. YouTube, IG, X, Threads, etc
- Ability to see what's working and not, maybe an AI layer on top

This is probably really hard bc of the greedy tech companies and their protected APIs.

But it needs to exist.

[yaya @YairDev]

just noticed this duolingo icon lmfao

[yaya @YairDev]

@AutisticOvrflow Yeah

it's problematic especially with ads

[yaya @YairDev]

Feeling this right now

I'm removing free trials

[Idan Masas @idanmasas]

No, I mean literally put it behind a hard paywall and see what happens. If it doesn’t work, just add it back.

Running paid ads to a free trial is the worst, because you’re spending money without collecting any money upfront, and most of those customers will probably cancel before they’re ever charged

[yaya @YairDev]

stopping ads for now

I liked the $1 CPI but with 0 conversions, I have to improve it first before resuming

[yaya @YairDev]

@idanmasas US and going to Mexico soon

[yaya @YairDev]

Recent Airbnb has a BBQ

Man what a difference in the taste

[yaya @YairDev]

@AnasJameel300 bro I'm losing money on paid ads I can't give tips yet 😂

[yaya @YairDev]

with 105 new customers, thought I'll be able to convert more

yet only 3 trials.

gotta improve conversions

[yaya @YairDev]

Nice results from localization

Super low popularity but still

[yaya @YairDev]

CPI is still $1 today but conversions too low.

What I'm doing to improve it:
- Looked at what my competitors offer
- Realized they have a killer feature that I don't, they use it in a smart way in the onboarding
- I'm gonna build it and model my onboarding based on them

And of course, will be reporting the results

[yaya @YairDev]

too early to say but I may have found a winner targeting a certain country

$1 CPI
4 trials from $18

if 1 of them converts I break even, if more I profit

[yaya @YairDev]

App #2 in my app portfolio has been approved!!

Took 5 days to get initially reviewed, then had a rejection, then got approved after 12 hours

So excited to promote it

[yaya @YairDev]

just paid $100 to upgrade to business on a 6 hour journey (two 2.5h flights)

never seen such a good deal before

[yaya @YairDev]

@thekitze resident alien but only season 1

[yaya @YairDev]

@imjaglan bro I need tips myself 💀

[yaya @YairDev]

@idanmasas or you mean freemium instead?

[yaya @YairDev]

too early to say but I may have found a winner targeting a certain country

$1 CPI
4 trials from $18

if 1 of them converts I break even, if more I profit

[yaya @YairDev]

@idanmasas idk all my competitors have it and I feel like i'll get rekt in the reviews if I do that

[yaya @YairDev]

@onlinedopamine not sure if this is the issue, my competitors onboarding is also short and they seem to do well

[yaya @YairDev]

I'm tracking how many complete onboarding steps, large majority do so my problem is either:

1. paywall
2. onboarding not priming them enough

gotta think more what to do here

idk if to mess with the onboarding, paywall, prices

[yaya @YairDev]

with 105 new customers, thought I'll be able to convert more

yet only 3 trials.

gotta improve conversions

[yaya @YairDev]

just got a trial from a country I never localized my app to, probably my first organic trial 😮

I know what language is next!

[yaya @YairDev]

@firstfruitsapp what's your starter daily budget for meta campaigns?

[yaya @YairDev]

@firstfruitsapp sick dude.

how much do you think is a good conversion % from install to trial