Getting the Word Out on Your Social Networks

Remember when I said that you should develop Facebook friends and Twitter followers? I’m mentioning it again because it is so important. The ones who will want to know about your application are Android users, and it is really easy to inform them.

When it’s time for you to send out the message to all your Facebook friends, use the method that I discussed earlier in Chapter 8, the one that I said not to abuse. The launch of your application is important, but other press releases, like “We achieved our thousandth download,” not so much. You don’t want to abuse your power in this way, or you will lose friends (when I say “friends,” I mean the Facebook kind, but it might affect your personal friends as ...

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