To a large extent, the skills required to develop an app have become commoditized over the past few years. Also available, are a large number of templates to kickstart app development (specially games). That being said there are some key issues which differentiate successful apps: User Acquisiti...
You should first figure out your audience more specifically. Females 15-40 is very broad. Will all of that audience like the 1 product you have..? Get specific before you advertise. For example - you are selling iphone cases so you would ideally like the ability to target only people with iphone...
Have a look at Digital Globe's map API. We partnered with them recently and I learned about their mapping disaster recovery assistance in Nepal after the quake. I think the maps they offer will meet your needs: http://developer.digitalglobe.com/maps-api/
I can immediately think of several NYC-specific hacks. For instance, some that would be immediately deployable in Jackson Heights, Queens. I've lived in Brooklyn NY for over 10 years, and I had South Asian roommates for 6 years (college and after), which has led to having many South Asians in m...
Regardless of the industry/website type, use a service like usertesting.com to get some qualitative feedback. It often reveals some of the technical or user experience issues that you can become blind to having worked on the site for so long. On the day of launch, put some kind of prominent bann...
This is a little hard to answer because it is so vague. It depends on the area, the market and the strength of innovation. I know that The App Guy has a terrific podcast at http://www.theappguy.co/ and is also trying to organize a community for App developers to sell their ideas. Let me know if I...
Start by fixing phones! Make a name for yourself as the guy who can fix phones. Fix your own phones, fix them for friends and family for free/discounted rate to start with and you will build a name for yourself.
For whatever reason, Quotes are immensely popular and one of the highest searched terms on Search Engines. Now, because there are countless Apps already, you'd definitely need to monetize with advertising or perhaps implementing something that the user could personalize the quotes with. Pictures...
Great question - so, there are a myriad of ways you can look to monetize apps, but there are really three directly available ways, and a few indirect. Direct revenue generation for your app could include paid (i.e. download cost), in-app purchases (which can include a recurring subscription) a...
We use github for code hosting, issue tracking system and specs ( the wiki portion ). Dropbox for large files like designs, videos. Basecamp for collaboration and discussion coupled with real time chats over hipchat. I bought into the appcelerator promise a while back but had since abandoned it...