Making money without selling your app.

Selling an app in the marketplace can be a successful venture. With trial modes and in-app purchase, the variations to price are many. But monetization of your app can come in other forms, too. Let’s see how a Windows 8 application can leverage Microsoft advertising SDK to include interstitial advertising – an approach that does not compromise your UX and doesn’t frustrate your users.

Jerry Nixon is a Microsoft Developer Evangelist in Colorado. He has been developing and designing on the Microsoft platform for 15 years. He speaks at universities, events and groups on Kinect, XAML, Windows Phone, and Windows 8. Most of Jerry’s days are spent teaching his three daughters Star Trek character backstories and episode plots.