Thanks go out to Joy Yoga for the positive review of “Bowls.”
Archive for April, 2009
LA Times selects “Bowls” as top 5 app to help you chill out
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009We learned this morning that the LA Times has featured “Bowls” in an article entitled “5 apps to help you chill out.” We love it.
Grass Roots Campaign
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Currently, “Bowls” is ranked #8 in sales within the Music category. If we can get “Bowls” to be ranked #5 (or higher) within Music, we will enter the Top 100 list for all app sales (regardless of category). We have all read stories in the news about apps that hit the Top 100. Exposure gained by getting on this list can really launch an app to incredible heights. Want to help?
We are starting a grass roots campaign to generate awareness for “Bowls.” If you are want to support us you can do so by donating your Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn status update for a day or two. Allow us to use your space to promote our message to your connections. If you choose to help, go to your account and copy/paste the following message into your status update window.
Facebook and LinkedIn. Use this…
I’m helping OM get “Bowls” into the AppStore Top 100 http://ow.ly/3XKH. Wanna help? Pass on this message & check out Bowls. Thanks!
I’m helping OM get “Bowls” into the AppStore Top 100 http://ow.ly/3XKH. Wanna help? Pass on this message & check out Bowls. Thanks!
Twitter. Use this…
Pls RT I’m helping OM get “Bowls” into the AppStore Top 100 http://ow.ly/3XKH. Wanna help? Pass on this message & check out Bowls. Thx!
Thanks!
“Bowls” is ranked #10 in sales
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
We awoke this morning to find that “Bowls” had climbed to the #10 spot of all Paid Apps in the Music category. Yesterday, we were #21. The day prior, we were unranked. What a huge shift!
The iTunes AppStore is a very tough place to sell a product. In an ocean of 34,000 apps how does one go about getting noticed? Sure, we had a nice little sales bump when we first shipped “Bowls”, but it was short lived. Within a few weeks, “Bowls” was buried with all of the other apps struggling to get noticed.
Then it happened. Someone at Apple decided that they liked our app. With one chance decision we were placed on the front page of the AppStore and everything changed. Doors opened. Sales jumped.
My wife and I refer to this person as our “Apple Angel.” We have no idea who they are. We do, however, strongly believe that we have made the right decision to start this business. Events like this only reinforce that belief.
To whomever is enjoying “Bowls” at Apple and to all of those who continue to support Oceanhouse Media and spread the word of our products, we are grateful and we are thankful.
“Bowls” a Staff Favorite on the AppStore!
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Very, very cool. What else to say…? We are very thankful.
Oceanhouse Media – 2nd gear
Saturday, April 4th, 2009We have just completed a 2-day Oceanhouse Media face-to-face summit. My head is swimming with ideas, tasks, and plans. The team is pumped! Compared to our last meeting many things have changed again. In many ways, it feels like we have shifted into 2nd gear.
- The team has grown to 11 people.
- Our first app (“Bowls”) is selling well and we have 6 more apps in production.
- Our current calculations are that we should have 20+ apps shipping this year.
- The team is efficiently picking up the internal production work allowing me to focus on the “big picture” business needs.
- If we were having fun before, we are certainly having twice as much now. I, for one, haven’t worked this hard or enjoyed myself this much since we first started Presto Studios back in 1991.
There is something special about starting a bootstrap company. This is my third attempt. Each one has been more enjoyable than the previous. Contemplating about the feeling reminds me of a quote that a very dear friend told me of when I started OM back in January.
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” – Rumi
OnlineRadioStation.com review
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009In a roundup of “10 Useful and 10 Not So Useful iPhone Music Apps”, OnlineRadioStations.com calls “Bowls” an amazing application.
Jordan Rudess plays “Bowls”
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009Jordan Rudess, the incredibly talented keyboardist from the band Dream Theater, took “Bowls” for a spin this morning. The app hasn’t even been shipping for 100 hours yet and this shows up in my email inbox. Wow! I’m not even sure if I could begin to tell you what he did to generate this amazing piece of music. All I can say is that even a simple tool in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing can yield amazing results.
Listen for yourself. Very cool.
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If you want to learn more about Jordan, go to
http://www.jordanrudess.com
Computer Graphics World mentions “Bowls”
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009CGW had a Game Developers conference roundup and “Bowls” was mentioned under the heading “Now for something completely different.”
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