You spend months polishing your app, pushing it to the store, persuading your friends to try it, getting a great review from some guy in Indonesia and…nothing. There are half a million apps out there and you need a marketing strategy. In fact, you need to figure it out before you start coding.

So you’ve already learned how to navigate the tricky world of cross-platform app design and worked through all of the common pitfalls of developing your app. You have a vision, some inspiration and maybe even a name that you know will be perfect. So … now what?

The world’s population reached 7 billion in Oct. 2011, and according to an IDC report, one in every seven of those people owns a smart device. By now, we’ve all heard, “mobile is the future.” What the IDC report should tell us is that mobile is already here.

A new breed of mobile applications is coming. These new apps will not only “sense” the world around you, using the smartphone’s sensors like the compass, GPS, and accelerometer – they’ll also be able to combine that data with a history of your actions to intelligently determine your likes, interests and favorites.