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iAd Production Beginner's Guide

By : Ben Collier
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iAd Production Beginner's Guide

By: Ben Collier

Overview of this book

Think of an iAd as a micro-app contained within an app on a user's iPhone or iPad that they've downloaded from the App Store. When the user taps your advert's banner it bursts into life filling the entire screen of their device. iAd Beginner's Guide takes you through the start to finish process of building rich, compelling, interactive iAds. You will learn to create beautiful multi-page ads with store finders, social sharing, 3D images and video galleries. You will create ads that utilize the powerful technologies in the iPhone to make your brand shine. Once you have engaged the user you can carry out targeted advertising campaigns with location-based coupons, store finders and social engagement. Using the iTunes Store you will see how it's even possible to add one-click digital content purchasing right within your ad. Learn how iAd producer manages all the HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 behind your iAd. You will be creating emotive, gripping and effective mobile advertising campaigns in no time.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
iAd Production
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Time to get a Mac


Any Mac in the current lineup should be able to run iAd Producer; so, if you've had your eye on one for a while, treat yourself!

If you've already got a screen, keyboard, and mouse, the Mac Mini is the cheapest way to get started. If you're wanting to start afresh, a MacBook or an iMac will handle iAd production and development just fine.

If you're planning to buy a used machine, any mid-2009 or later model should be pre-installed with Mac OS X Snow Leopard and will be capable of running iAd Producer. Use the steps outlined earlier to see if a potential machine is suitable.

Becoming a registered developer

To access the iAd Producer tool and the extensive Apple iAd documentation, you'll need a paid developer account. Let's sign up to the iOS Developer program.