On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Phill Wiggin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wow. You sure do read a lot into what people say. > As do you =). You continue to believe that requesting more space to describe an app means I want to write a book or inundate the user with "technical details". I'm just sorry you weren't able to read my post for content. So far as I > could tell, my response did not contain any statements of "I am perfect, do > as I say" and my tone was far from condescending. > Granted, I was pulling most of that crap from the general tone of this thread, not necessarily anything you specifically said. > Oh well, you obviously want to have the last word, so I won't reply to you > further. Fire away! =) > I don't give a damn who gets the last word. We're having a lively discussion and I will continue to participate if I have something to say or something to respond to. If you're not going to participate any more, it was nice talking to you =) Oh, and I do hope I've not offended you or anyone else. I can definitely be a sarcastic ass sometimes, but I just get caught up in the discussion. No harm intended, promise =) On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Every seller of products and services on planet Earth has access to > the most dizzying array of marketing tools in human history. > > > You did it all with 325 characters, two screenshots, and some savvy? > > Probably not. But you're not limited to those, either, unless you choose to > be, and then you have nobody to blame but yourself. > Hey Mark, welcome to the discussion! This was EXACTLY my point! Perhaps it got lost in my sarcasm ... Brad's touting of his marketing experience (which is impressive, to be sure) in particular left out the key points that he (likely) had those kinds of marketing tools available and was not limited to 325 characters and two screenshots. Indeed, neither are we, technically, if we pursue other marketing outlets, but my comments (and this discussion as a whole, I think) have been in the context of using the Android Market, specifically. The gist of what I've read here, in the context of marketing on the Android Market, is the implication that short and sweet is the best strategy, a good slogan and some catchy phrases will sell your app, and that giving developers the option to write more or list features is somehow a bad thing. What I still don't understand, and what no one has proved to me yet, is why allowing developers more freedom to post more would be so bad. Perhaps it may be bad for THEM, if they use the space poorly, but this has ZERO effect on everyone else that uses it correctly and would be HIGHLY beneficial overall. Somehow this spiraled into a discussion about what makes for good or bad marketing, which frankly is irrelevant to the point I've been trying to drill this entire time which either I'm not explaining clearly enough or is simply going over some people's heads. I should have clarified this long ago so I'm definitely part of the problem. Forget about marketing and what makes for good or bad. I don't care if you can sell someone a freshly minted turd using one sentence - that's irrelevant. The original point was this: having such a low limit is ridiculous and makes absolutely no sense, especially considering that that the Apple app store offers 4,000 characters and increasing this limit would take hardly any effort whatsoever. This limit should be increased to allow developers the freedom to describe / promote / sell their apps however THEY feel is best for THEIR particular app, regardless if it's otherwise considered to be "poor marketing". That's it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
