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Lilly Apps fyller 1 år!

(Read this birthday blogpost in english by clicking on these words.)

Tenk, nå har det gått 1 år siden den spede begynnelsen av vårt lille Rodeløkkabaserte appemakerteam. I november 2012 lanserte vi vår første tjeneste for småbarnsfamilier: Lilly Maps, et dugnadsdrevet kart for iPhone som viser barnevennlige steder i nærheten av deg.

Mye har skjedd på et år. Her er et lite tilbakeblikk på noen av høydepunktene.

Vi, det vil si sjefskoder Benedicte, supportsuperkoder Tom Erik, fabelforteller og folkeopplyser Ola og til slutt high five ansvarlig og innholdsrådgivenede Marit har pønsket ut, produsert, lansert, forbedret, justert og promotert hele tre lure løsninger på hverdagsfrustrasjoner for folk med babyer og småbarn.

The team — Sånn så vi ut en varm møtekveld i juli: Tom Erik, Ola, Benedicte og Marit

Dette har vi rukket å utvikle det første året

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How To Track App Install Conversions for Facebook Ads

We started experimenting with Facebook Ads for some of our apps, including Lilly Sleep. But how do we know if the ad actually leads to a purchase?

Facebook has a really good how-to to get this done.

The how-to describes a simple 2-step process:

Add the Facebook iOS SDK to your Xcode project and add a few lines of code
Create a Facebook app to associate with you iOS app and fill out some forms.

We are submitting this new code together with an upgrade for iOS7 in the near future. I will write a new post about how to use this feature to optimize your Facebook Ad for app install conversion, once we have it running and collecting data.

Tips en forelder med iPhone og barn under 1 år om Lilly Sleep

Irske babier sovner av støyapp sa Benedicte på P1. Radiointervjuet har økt Lilly Sleep salget, men vil støyappen holde seg på listen over Norges mest solgte apper? Ja hvis du hjelper Benedicte med å hjelpe en forelder du vet har baby under 1 år og iPhone. Kopier meldingen under inn i en tekstmelding eller fjesbokmelding og send nå.

Våkenatt? Kan støvsugerstøy få din baby til å sovne? Finn ut for 14 kroner med støyappen:
http://bit.ly/GAEUm2

Lytt til Benedicte snakke om støy på Norgesglasset i P1:
http://bit.ly/18Yq29S

Det er selvfølgelig lov å forfatte sin egen tekst 😉

Radio Interview: Lilly Sleep Sells in Ireland

Ragnhild Sleire Øyen from Norway’s most popular «radio show Norgesglasset invited Benedicte to a live interview«.

Benedicte tells norwegian radio listeners about how the noise app Lilly Sleep puts Irish babies to sleep.

The reason for the interview invitation was Marit’s blogpost here translated into irish:

Sales Numbers: Lilly Sleep Sells in Ireland

In Ireland 2 parents downloaded Lilly Sleep last friday. As in Canada, Great Britain and Norway 1 parent downloaded the Norwegian noise app in each country. Lilly Sleep plays recorded noise from norwegian homes. Babies are calmed and some babies are even put to sleep by noises like a loud kitchen fan or a vacuum cleaner.

Getting these weekly numbers about where in the world our tools are put to use is great fun for us four in our little tech start up. Friday 27. september we got some nice numbers for our newest parenting tool Lilly Sleep. We were pleasantly surprised to see norwegian noise put to good use not only by one, but two families in Ireland. With 1 family in Canada, 1 family in Norway and 1 family in Great Britain it all added up to one good friday. We love to make a difference for families around the globe. What if noise from norwegian homes is the next big thing for sleep deprived babies and their irish parents?

Read the original post by Marit»Magic» Letnes «Salgstall: Lilly Sleep selger i Irland»
Or look at a photo of Benedicte and Ola looking at the article Marit landed us in the norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen.

Lilly Sleep Illustration

We have had Lilly Noise, a white noise app to make your baby sleep, on the backburner for a while now. Not very lean and not good for moral.

Luckily after my good friend Terese helped with the illustrations (this one is for hairdryer if you could not guess) we are on our way again.

Read more about making the recordings for Lilly Noise with my friend Eirik in norwegian on the Lilly Apps blog.