So, I’m not sure what’s happening, but ever since Christmas, my Wooo! Button has been on a roll.

Before Christmas, I was averaging about 300-500 downloads per day.  I was very happy about this and I felt it was doing very well.  Just before Christmas, however, the downloads jumped up to about 1000-1200 per day.  I wasn’t sure why, but I felt it had something to do with the Christmas season.  Christmas Day, after everyone started activating their new iPhones, as expected, I got a lot of downloads, but a lot more than expected…over 6000.  I thought downloads after that day would still be high, but trail off significantly afterwards, well, they did go down to about 4000 per day, but that didn’t last long.  For some reason, I have been seeing a consistent rise in downloads…approaching Christmas Day sales as of this post.  I expect them to exceed Christmas Day sales soon too.

 I see this happening for a few reasons, the first being word of mouth.  If you read the reviews, you’ll no doubt realize that people either love the Wooo! Button or hate it.  They either give it 1 star and say it’s stupid, or give it 5 stars and say it’s the best thing in the world.  I definitely attribute that to a person’s sense of humor and what they think is funny.  I, of course, fall into the 5 star group of people which is why I wrote the app in the first place.  I easily get tired of computer sound effects, but this one never got old…even after 20 years of having this sound in my library.

Another reason, but not possible without word of mouth, is App Store position.  Because of the downloads, my Wooo! Button has just got back into the top 50 Free Entertainment Apps; 27 as of this writing, in fact.  If something is in the top 50, you immediately get a lot more visibility in the App Store.

Lastly, I have submitted version 2.0, which improves the Wooo! Button in areas that make it worthy of the iPhone and iPod Touch.  Thanks to an amazing designer, JD Jordan (http://www.cloudjammer.com), who has done wonders with the look of the Wooo! Button and should propel downloads back into the 5 digits per day.  I really think, and hope so.

I am really excited about this, not only because of the popularity of something of mine on the App Store, but it shows the success of the App Store and the high traffic it is getting.  It really excited me.

Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys the Wooo! Button and especially 2.0 when it gets released.  I am now working on updating my other applications and coming out with some cool new stuff over the next year.  Stay tuned!!!

Download Wooo! Button from the App Store

Wooo! Button 2.0