Sofa: Reach people where they already listen
Shawn Hickman explains why he promoted Sofa through podcasts and YouTube channels in the Apple and tech community. His account separates building awareness from expecting every sponsorship to produce immediate conversions.
What to take into your own app
Choose a relevant audience
Hickman describes selecting Apple and technology podcasts and YouTube channels. The useful question is whether a channel reaches people who might care about your app.
Name the goal before buying placement
He frames the effort around brand awareness rather than immediate conversions. Decide what a placement should accomplish before judging its results.
Separate reported outcomes from attribution
Hickman describes outcomes he observed. Those observations do not isolate how many customers the sponsorships caused; avoid turning the story into a promised return on spend.
A small experiment to try
Shortlist three small channels your prospective users already follow. For each, record the audience fit, the message you could demonstrate, a limited test budget, and how you would evaluate the result.
The original source
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