Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Earn money from free Apps using Ad-controller for WP

It is simple and easy to earn money from your free Apps with Microsoft Adverting controller now. You have to follow few basic steps to get your work done.

1) Download and install the Microsoft Advertising SDK

  First of all you will have to download the ?Microsoft Advertising SDK from here. After you download it install it to your computer.

2) Register your app in pub center.

In the second step you have to signup to pub center from here. You can simply use your hotmail to signup.


3) Register the App you hope to add the Ad-Controller and the app unit you hope to add to the App.


When you Register your App you will be given a Application ID and , an Ad-Unit ID when you register the ad unit. Save those 2 ID's and now you are done with pubCenter.

4) Now start the Windows mobile application you wish to add the Advertisements and add references to Microsoft advertising library as follows.


                   


5) drag and drop the ad controller from the toolbar and change the xaml data of it as follows using your previously saved Application ID and , an Ad-Unit ID . Now you are almost done.


Tuesday, October 23, 2012

How to Rate and Review Apps in Windows Phone Market Place


One of the most precious thing a programmer who develop and publish Apps in Windows Phone Market place wishes is the person who buys the App will rate his App and post a review. It doesn't matter whether the comment is a good one or bad one because if the user comments on some of the aspects in the App that should be improved the developer can see the comment and fix the bugs and resubmit a better version. So in this post let’s look at how to rate an App.

1 ) First you need to install the App you need top rate.

2) After you install it it will be appeared on the App list.  

3) To go to the App list Flick left from start.

4) Tap and hold on the app you need to Rate and Review .

5) Tap on some stars to rate it and add a review if you wish.

6) Then it is all done. Now you can see your rate after few minutes in the market.