So you have work hard and developed a great app and now you are all ready to put it up on app store and then users would be able to use it and your app would become successful but hold on its not that easy as it sounds there are certain variables you need to resolve before you could ensure success of your app such as

How would users discover your app?
How would you track the user behavior on your app?
How would you target a specific set of users for your app?
How much time does the users spend on your app?
and many more.

The answer to all this questions is Google App Analytic Tools and now Google is providing a certified course for you developers to learn the fundamentals of app anayltic and improve your app discovery and profitablitly. This course is available From November 18th, 2014 to December 18th, 2014. The course material will still be available after the deadline but the certification will not be given to the users who register after the deadline.

The course is taught by Fontaine Foxworth, Product Manager for Mobile App Analytic at Google. The course is divided into 4 units with assessment at the end of every unit. The course is taught through very informative video lectures and a text transcript of the video is also available which will help you for the quick reference. The course also provides a video to the Q&As with Fontaine Foxworth at the end of course which answers most asked question about the App Analytic Tools

The Units are divided into following sections

Unit 1 - Introduction to Mobile App Analytic

Unit 2 - Attracting New Users

Unit 3 - Measuring behavior

Unit 4 - Increasing revenue

 Analytic Academy Q&A with Fontaine Foxworth (video)

The Assessment at the end of every unit are MCQs which are based on the previous unit learned, Video lectures are brief and to the point and the course could possible be completed in very short time. At the end of this course you would come out with decent implementable knowledge of App Analytic tools

So if you are interested in the taking the course you can enroll here Google App Analytic Course And if you are also interested in getting a certificate of the course completion the enroll before December 18.

App development awards are very competitive and hard to win but the good part of this app development contests are even if you don't grab the top spot of the award and just manage to get in the nominations that could also bring a lot of media attention to your app and thus increase your app audience significantly and if you manage to win then you get money along with the media attention and other goodies increasing your app exposure and promoting it among the community thus app development awards are win win situation from a developers point of view

And to minimize your efforts in finding a perfect app award to apply to I have made list of best app awards availab, So lets start the list

1. Mobileys
This is the first in the list, Mobileys acknowledges the mobile app developers who have made a difference and implemented a positive impact on the lives of the people so if you think you fit in this category then go ahead and apply.

Prizes
1st Pos - $10,000
2nd Pos - $5,000
3rd Pos - $2,500
Peoples choice - $2,500

Criteria  
1. Should be an early stage app which is recently launched
2. The app should be a game changer creating a positive impact upon the users.
3. App should be demo able
4. The App should run on wireless networks (not just WiFi)
As with all other awards wining is not easy for a app but do not hesitate to nominate if you fill in all the criteria. Mobileys is widely media acclaimed and could bring your application in the spot light

2. Ericsson Awards

This is a global app competition where a jury of judges from the company as well as experts from the tech sector would judge your application there are basically two categories in which you can participate one is for students and one is for business. The best app will be seleceted by the jury among the above categories

Prizes (2014)
1st Pos - Euro 25,000
2nd Pos -Euro 10,000
3rd to 10th place nominees would receive diploma and honory mentions

3. The Best Mobile App Awards

This award accepts all the applications irrespective of what category it falls under The Best Mobile App Awards is a little different in its prize giving technique as it doesnt hand out cash prizes but provides the app to 40+ trusted news sites and thus increases the exposure of the application. It also claims to increase the downloads of the application by 5% only by nominating your application plus your app will be listed as nominee for every. but this app awards requires you to pay the fees for nominating your app in their awards.
You can go ahead browse by the category and submit your application to The Best Mobile App Awards on their website if you feel you could benefit from this program

Notable mention for App Awards

1. The Appster Awards
2. AppCircus Awards
3. Best App Ever Awards

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