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Apptamin is the company blog at apptamin.com, writing about business and design. Since 2012, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “An iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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25mentions?
17HN people?
2012–2017first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN commenters link Apptamin posts on App Store search ranking, app screenshots, and capturing iPhone and iPad screen video, as background on selling iOS apps.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

THE agency for app videos. We produce mobile video ads and app store videos for brands, startups and game studios from around the world.

Most-linked posts?

  1. An iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide
    9 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2013-02-12

What Hacker News says?

  1. This is awesome news (though it's been known for a while) for the top publishers who have: large download numbers, good AppStore SEO, and good screenshots. While I think that this is bad on whole for developers/discovery as we knew it, it might just help users. Most of the time, users are either window shopping or looking for a very specific product. Window Shoppers: "I want a photo editing app", chances are you are…

    Comment linking /ASO_Cheat_Sheet-v2.pdf

    on “iOS 6 Breaks the App Store”
  2. Submitted An iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide as a story · 55 points

    HN discussion
  3. Being successful on the app store involves a bit more than making a great app. It's how you play the search ranking/rating game. There are quite a few things that need to be done right. The way you get ranked in Search plays a huge part in your sales (Unless it's a top 50 app). Another huge factor is your screenshot. Your leading screenshot should not be a shot of the launch image. Here's more info on screenshots: h…

    Comment linking /ASO_Cheat_Sheet-v2.2.pdf

    on “How To Make An iPhone App That Actually Sells”
  4. Submitted Pros and cons of popular mobile analytics platforms as a story · 25 points

    HN discussion
  5. I wish they were GIFs. Actually the are .ogv which I can't see on my Android tablet (and probably neither on iOS). I had to go to the computer to see them. To answer you're question: I have no direct experience but check this http://www.apptamin.com/blog/capture-iphone-ipad-screen-vide...

    Comment linking /blog/capture-iphone-ipad-screen-video/

    on “The Principles of UX Choreography”
  6. Submitted Taking an app from good to great: 6 app pros critique Share the Fare as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted App Previews (video on the iOS 8 App Store): thoughts, tips and experiments as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted How To Find Early Beta Users For Your App as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted An iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Do you also think that iOS 6 has a huge disruption potential? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted An iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted An iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted App marketing insights from the 2013 App Promotion Summit as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Funding An App On Appstori as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted 98% of the Top 100 Paid iOS Apps have an online presence [Infographic/pdf] as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted How to Optimize Your Google Play Store App Details Page for ASO as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted The dangers of falling in love with your mobile app as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted An iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted An iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted An iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted An iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide as a story · 1 points

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  22. Submitted An iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide as a story · 1 points

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  23. Submitted How To Validate Your App Ideas as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted How Brad raised $4400 with appbackr to launch an iOS game (itw) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted The App Developer’s App Store Optimization Cheat Sheet [pdf] as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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