FaceNames 1.2 Rejected Today

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Hello,

FaceNames 1.2 and FaceNames Lite cannot be posted because they are demo versions.   Any reference to demo or beta needs to be removed from the binary and metadata.  Free or "Lite" versions are acceptable, however the application must be a fully functional app and cannot reference features that are not implemented or up-sell to the full version.  A screenshot has been attached for your reference.

Please upload new binaries and correct metadata using iTunes Connect.

Regards,

iPhone Developer Program
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One in 20 Have Rated FaceNames Lite

So far one in 20 people have rated FaceNames Lite. I wonder if that is average for most apps?

FaceNames Promo Codes on iPhoneAppReviews.net

iPhone App Reviews.net did a short review of FaceNames. As an alternative to a more lengthly, formal review you can supply them with a few promo codes and they will list your app with the promo codes for their readers. Mine was just posted. It surprised to see a bit of a blurb written to go along with it. They are much better with the marketing talk than I am! Take a look.

Another Change of Strategy - Change to Business Category

FaceNames has had slow sales in the Education category. Let's try the Business category.

bit.ly

I signed up for bit.ly and created a bit.ly link for FaceNames Lite. I sent this link out on a tweet. The statistics that bit.ly collects is interesting. I had a number of hits from the UK immediately after I sent the tweet out.

FaceNames Lite Available in App Store

I just received an email from Apple letting me know that FaceNames Lite was available in the App Store. FaceNames Lite took 10 days for approval -- a bit more than the 7 days FaceNames took, but much less than the estimated 14 days they list on their site.

I've logged into iTunes Connect and changed the release date to today so that it'll show up on the first page of the recently released apps when it finally filters through all their servers.

Two Promotion Tweets

I've sent out two promotion tweets today. The first one was sent out at about 1 pm Pacific time.

• "FaceNames - flashcards from your address book - an #app for your #iPhone www.digitalscrivener.com"

Note that I made a mistake on the link... without the "http://" it won't be clickable in many twitter clients.

The second tween went out at about 4:30 pm.

• "Bad at remembering names and faces? FaceNames - flashcards from your address book - #iPhone #app http://www.digitalscrivener.com"

I like the lead on this second one... hooks the customer better.

In the morning I'll see how sales went today.