Mike Hines is a Developer Evangelist at Amazon in Seattle, Washington. Mike comes to Amazon after four startups in Financial Services and Software (two of which are still operating) and 13 years at Microsoft. At Amazon, Mike helped launch the Kindle eInk app development project, has written mobile app test criteria, judged at hackathons, and is a blogger for Amazon Appstore. Mike has spoken at dozens of national and international conferences, including AnDevCon, SXSW, CES and GDC. Moving forward, Mike wants to bring developer feedback back to Amazon and is on a continuing mission to find out what is and isn’t currently working in mobile app monetization.
Talks I've Given
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Is This Really All There Is? More Ways to Monetize
Featuring Mike Hines
We’ve all heard of premium, freemium and ad-supported monetization models, but is that really all there is?
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5 Best Practices of Top-Earning Mobile Apps
Featuring Mike Hines
Amazon is famously metrics-driven and obsessed with customer satisfaction. In its role as a mobile app publisher, it is perfectly positioned to analyze and interpret millions of mobile downloads and in-app purchases, leading to some surprising and intriguing insights into mobile app engagement...
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