Social Media as platform to Advertise Mobile Apps & Games

"Ways to promote mobile apps through social media" 

Ever wonder why some of the apps gone famous in a very short period of time ? Normally, mobile apps that related to social media can be famous in a short time because it links to your friends and family . For example, apps like 'draw something' and ' Sim City'

These are some of the ways to promote mobile apps through social media . 

1. Create targeted, shareable content 
-Make sure you a group is target when the apps is made 
-Then create entertaining, informative content that satisfies peoples .
- Ways to do that include hosting content and embedding YouTube videos on the main app website, sharing via your social media channels like facebook , twitter, instagram 

2. Use social media channel to build fans base 
- Social media is the fastest way to transmit something to the world 
-Social media is the best way to reflect how your apps is for example, the number of likes and shares or perhaps some comments. 
- Social media apps which is famous like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Pinterest, Linkedln, Foursquare.


Basically we can see most of the apps is already using social media apps to promote because people prefer to get news feed from social media apps rather than newspaper simply because the technology now is so advance that we can assess social media apps instantaneously.
Below is the clip of advertising apps that relate to social media :)

Reference : Murdico, D . (2014) 5 WAYS TO PROMOTE MOBILE APPS AND GAMES WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. Available at : http://supercoolcreative.com/sell-mobile-apps-social-media-marketing/ ( Last assessed : 1st July 2014) 

Eng Woei Chyuan (Eddie)