Wednesday, February 5, 2014

“Freemium Model” works in App World

Greetings from Mobile Generated News® MoGN!



The Top 10 most downloaded apps on both Apple and Android devices are games.

Let that sink in.

Developers spend years trying to figure out solutions to increase a user’s productivity or ease some aspect of a person’s day, yet games are what users are most frequently downloading.

The apps that bring in the most revenue are games as well.

The “Freemium Model” explains how this phenomenon occurs. Users download a free game onto their devices, get hooked on the game, and pay to unlock new levels, powers, virtual items or eliminate the annoying ads.

Users like the idea of free because they believe they have nothing to lose for the enjoyment of the free app. That is, in Economics 101 terms, the utility gained for playing the game far outweighs the cost of downloading the apps.

The “freemium model” makes sense for some Apps, but we like the “free model” even better. At Mobile Generated News®, we want news viewers to be able to interact with local media for free. We believe that contributing to the news cycle is essential to our democracy. Most often, viewers do not get to control what they see on the news. Now, the MoGN App enables news enthusiasts to have a say in the content they see on their televisions, web sites and newspapers. We are trying to enhance the human experience when it comes to news. Download the Mobile Generated News App and become a Citizen Journalist! If you are out and about and see news happening, send in your Breaking News. If you have a story or opinion that’s worth sharing, record it and send it in as well!

Search for Mobile Generated News in the Apple App Store. And, you will see all of our related affiliate Apps.

The Univision-Mobile Generated News Apps were just released this past Super Bowl weekend. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Austin, Dallas, San Francisco, Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Raleigh, Arizona (Phoenix), San Antonio, Fresno and Puerto Rico.

In addition, you will find the Mobile Generated News App for Nationwide coverage; Entravision-Mobile Generated News App and Serestar-Mobile Generated News App.

The family of MoGN Apps is currently available in English and Spanish with French language coming soon!

Content submitted by you, as a Citizen Journalist, will be seen on the Entravision-Mobile Generated News Network of Broadcast Stations in Albuquerque, Boston, Denver, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Hartford, Laredo, Las Vegas, Monterey/Salinas, Odessa/Midland, Orlando, Palm Springs, Reno, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tampa, Valle de Rio Grande, Washington, DC and Yuma/El Centro.

The Serestar-Mobile Generated News® Broadcast station covers the Sacramento, Stockton and Modesto market.

And, stay tuned for new affiliates joining the Mobile Generated News® Network team in 2014. Start contributing today!

Remember, if it is newsworthy, we will post it nationwide and you will see it on the MoGN "Newsfeed" distributed to Broadcast Stations, Newspapers, Web Sites and news organizations across the United States and soon around the World.

Mobile Generated News®. Mobile News. Global Views.

─Andrew Kallick, Mobile Generated News®, Los Angeles

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