September 30, 2017 at 17:06Continuation of the post from schoolchildren. How was Habrahabr able to change our destiny?
To the publication "Developing a profitable Android game by two schoolchildren . "
This is a thank you post. In it we will not write many letters and give a bunch of complex graphics. We just want to thank all those who liked, left a comment, and indeed just read the previous post. We will also talk a little about how Habrahabr made us famous.
We thought for a long time whether to write this post at all? Can the sequel prove to be just as exciting and interesting? Well, in general, we did not want to simply abuse the hospitality of the Habrachians with their annoying posts on the resource. But, at the same time, we realized that we simply cannot but thank all those who helped us.
I will say right away: we had absolutely no idea how to advertise and promote the application, since we did not have any knowledge of this. The previous post on Habré was written more likely not for advertising, but simply because of the desire to share the story of the creation of the game with people. We were almost sure that the written post will not bring any effect.
But we were very deeply mistaken. We absolutely did not expect such an influx of people from Habr: after the publication of the post, something unimaginable began.
Within half an hour after the article was accepted by the moderator, the post already hit the main page of Habr, and within a day went to the first place, overtaking the article about Ilya Segalovich from Yandex, which I deeply respected.
After that, the article instantly picked up about 20 news aggregator sites that quickly spread the material over the Internet. The article appeared in news giants such as Yandex.Zen and Flipboard, as well as on many other sites.
After all this, we received a huge amount of all kinds of commercial offers and offers of cooperation in private messages in VK and our mails. Our phones were simply torn by the number of incoming messages. It even got to the point that we were offered to participate in a very large project abroad. And now we spend almost all of our free time in order to manage to respond quickly to all.
We also had a big problem with the reviews - they were not visible on the main page of the game, since most of the players left feedback during the beta testing of the game. And the beta test reviews on the release version of the application are not visible. Because of this, the appearance of the page on Google Play did not attract new users, since they had the impression that the game was a complete no-name. And here the sympathetic Habravites also did not stand aside.
We sat and read the reviews that came from Habr every 5 minutes with approximately the following appearance:
It should be noted that the game’s average rating increased and exceeded 4.5 stars.
Because of this load, and, accordingly, game indicators in Google’s overall ranking began to grow rapidly.
In comparison: if at the time of the publication of the game, at the start, we were in 280th place in the TOP of new applications and 260th in the TOP of new games, now we already occupy places in the first half of a hundred in both tops.
Now we are gradually moving away from the shock that has rolled on us and slowly we are beginning to understand what has happened to us. And, if before we thought maximum about creating a second game, now we have the opportunity to do something really cool, for example, creating our own business. Perhaps now these words sound too self-confident and somehow even in an ingratiating way, but by our example we have made sure that everything in this world is subject to man, and everyone can achieve a lot, but only on condition that he makes enough effort to achieve your goal. And we believe that our next life stage will also be crowned with success!
We will say right away that if we succeed in creating our own business, then we will 100% do it in Russia, since we have grown here. And we are very grateful to our country, which gave us education, as well as many, many opportunities. Well, in general, we just really like it here.
And now, during the difficult economic situation in the country, it seems to us that the time has come to thank her, to do something useful in return. We want to do something that will help Russia in such a difficult situation, perhaps even attract foreign investors.
In general, we want to thank with all our hearts those habrach residents who responded to the previous post, since it is thanks to you that our main dream has become possible.
Also, we want to thank those people who advised us regarding the registration of the company and the preparation of the tax return.
This is a thank you post. In it we will not write many letters and give a bunch of complex graphics. We just want to thank all those who liked, left a comment, and indeed just read the previous post. We will also talk a little about how Habrahabr made us famous.
Introduction
We thought for a long time whether to write this post at all? Can the sequel prove to be just as exciting and interesting? Well, in general, we did not want to simply abuse the hospitality of the Habrachians with their annoying posts on the resource. But, at the same time, we realized that we simply cannot but thank all those who helped us.
What about advertising?
I will say right away: we had absolutely no idea how to advertise and promote the application, since we did not have any knowledge of this. The previous post on Habré was written more likely not for advertising, but simply because of the desire to share the story of the creation of the game with people. We were almost sure that the written post will not bring any effect.
But we were very deeply mistaken. We absolutely did not expect such an influx of people from Habr: after the publication of the post, something unimaginable began.
Within half an hour after the article was accepted by the moderator, the post already hit the main page of Habr, and within a day went to the first place, overtaking the article about Ilya Segalovich from Yandex, which I deeply respected.
After that, the article instantly picked up about 20 news aggregator sites that quickly spread the material over the Internet. The article appeared in news giants such as Yandex.Zen and Flipboard, as well as on many other sites.
After all this, we received a huge amount of all kinds of commercial offers and offers of cooperation in private messages in VK and our mails. Our phones were simply torn by the number of incoming messages. It even got to the point that we were offered to participate in a very large project abroad. And now we spend almost all of our free time in order to manage to respond quickly to all.
What's up with Google Play?
We also had a big problem with the reviews - they were not visible on the main page of the game, since most of the players left feedback during the beta testing of the game. And the beta test reviews on the release version of the application are not visible. Because of this, the appearance of the page on Google Play did not attract new users, since they had the impression that the game was a complete no-name. And here the sympathetic Habravites also did not stand aside.
We sat and read the reviews that came from Habr every 5 minutes with approximately the following appearance:
It should be noted that the game’s average rating increased and exceeded 4.5 stars.
Because of this load, and, accordingly, game indicators in Google’s overall ranking began to grow rapidly.
In comparison: if at the time of the publication of the game, at the start, we were in 280th place in the TOP of new applications and 260th in the TOP of new games, now we already occupy places in the first half of a hundred in both tops.
What is the result? Our plans for the future
Now we are gradually moving away from the shock that has rolled on us and slowly we are beginning to understand what has happened to us. And, if before we thought maximum about creating a second game, now we have the opportunity to do something really cool, for example, creating our own business. Perhaps now these words sound too self-confident and somehow even in an ingratiating way, but by our example we have made sure that everything in this world is subject to man, and everyone can achieve a lot, but only on condition that he makes enough effort to achieve your goal. And we believe that our next life stage will also be crowned with success!
We will say right away that if we succeed in creating our own business, then we will 100% do it in Russia, since we have grown here. And we are very grateful to our country, which gave us education, as well as many, many opportunities. Well, in general, we just really like it here.
And now, during the difficult economic situation in the country, it seems to us that the time has come to thank her, to do something useful in return. We want to do something that will help Russia in such a difficult situation, perhaps even attract foreign investors.
Thanks directly!
In general, we want to thank with all our hearts those habrach residents who responded to the previous post, since it is thanks to you that our main dream has become possible.
Also, we want to thank those people who advised us regarding the registration of the company and the preparation of the tax return.
Thanks a lot!