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Our first negative comment posted today

Aug 3

Posted by Ted Moroz in Educational Games, Independent Software Development, iTunes App Store, Meghan's ABC123 | Comments off

So how does one respond to their first negative comment?

Don’t get
by crazymama3 on Aug 3, 2009 Version 1.0.1
Doest attract kids because no pictures and voice kind of wierd

Even if we could directly respond (which we can’t), should we? I believe that criticism is a good thing, it means that someone cared enough to let us know what they thought. Be it good or bad. I have thick skin, If someone thinks my voice is kinda weird, so be it. As for the app having pictures?? Not sure I follow that one, its an ABC Matching and Memory game, not a Picture matching/memory game. So this piece of the comment leaves me a bit puzzled.  I wish the forum that apple provided was not one way. It would be nice to be able to ask some additional questions of crazymama3 and find out what improvements she would suggest that would make the Meghan’s ABC123 an app she would provide a 5 star “Have to have” endorsement. So, a brief note to crazymama3, if you read this post, please take the time to use our Contact Us form and give us some more detail to work with.

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RatCat Software is Advertising on FaceBook

Jul 25

Posted by Ted Moroz in Advertising, Meghan's ABC123 | Comments off

Meghan's ABC123 on Facebook!Today I started a new chapter in RatCat Software’s brief story. I began advertising our apps on Facebook.

Setting it up was really simple, from my own facebook profile page, I selected “Create an Ad” found in the upper right hand corner above the ads, then I filled out a few web forms to fill out, added credit card information and off we are.

I choose a simple plan of $2 per day, and it estimated the ad might land about 4 clicks to our site and anywhere from 4K to 8K of ad impressions per day. Now the question will be… Do the clicks = buys? This is something I will monitor over the next month or two and see if I can attribute sales growth to clicks.

In addition to adding the facebook advertising, we also established a RatCat Software Facebook Fan Page to give our customers a chance to build community with our organization.

Facebook Advertising

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Meghan’s ABC123 now available on iTunes

Jul 15

Posted by Ted Moroz in Educational Games, Meghan's ABC123, What's New | Comments off

Meghan's ABC123RatCat Software is pleased to announce that our latest educational game for the iPhone and iPod Touch is now available in the iTunes App Store.

Designed to help her three year old little brother learn his ABC’s and 123’s Meghan’s latest app is actually three learning games in one.

Learning Mode - is similar to a flash card app with letters and numbers being displayed on a blackboard and read aloud to your child as they tap the screen to move through the alphabet.

Matching Mode - is like a memory game but give your child an opportunity to match letters to clear the board and go to the next level.  Letters and numbers are spoken as selected.

Memory Mode – will help your toddlers and preschoolers learn their ABC’s in a fun and challenging way. Being setup as a memory game, the letters are displayed for a brief period of time before the blocks flip over and match play begins. To aid in letter and number recognition each time a block is selected the letter is spoken.

If your toddler enjoys Dora the Explorer, Wonder Pets, Go Diego, Sesame Street, Blues Clues, Baby Einstein, Disney, Barney, etc they will enjoy learning their ABC’s with Meghan!

Features:
-Three games in one, Flash Cards, Matching Game and Memory Game
-Spoken Letters and Numbers
-Teaches English Language Alphabet and Numbers 1 to 9

To learn more about Meghan’s ABC view the product page.

For your older or more advanced child be sure to check out Meghan’s Memory Games available in preschool, kindergarten and 1st thru 3rd grade levels. To learn more about Meghan’s Memory Game view the product page.

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Introducing Meghan’s ABC123

Jun 24

Posted by Ted Moroz in Educational Games, Meghan's ABC123, What's New | Comments off

Meghan's ABC123Having noticed sales trends to be way in favor of our Preschool, Kindergarten and First Grade editions of Meghan’s Memory game we decided to focus our efforts on the development of a application geared toward the Toddler. This new game, simply titled Meghan’s ABC123 takes our game platform to a new heights offering three levels of increasing game play and a new learning mode designed like an interactive blackboard to help the little ones learn their ABC’s and their 123′s. Meghan’s ABC123 is now in final testing and early results have been very positive with two of the four testers having already given the two thumbs up. Will it be our next top 100 iPhone app? Who knows, but what we do know is that we are learning more each day about building an independent software company (or INDIE as it is know in the industry) geared to iPhone development that you just can’t read in a book or on a blog.

To learn more about Meghans ABC view the product page.

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