12 Mobile Growth Tactics for App Launch, Acquisition and Retention

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by @adrienm MOBILE GROWTH TACTICS 12

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by @adrienm

MOBILE GROWTH TACTICS

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1 out-of-market testing

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4 months before launch $500 ads to acquire ~3k users

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bit.ly/tempotesting

quantitative testing

Unbiased users

ASO

Conversion rates

Retention rates

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2 THE BANDWAGON EFFECT

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Dec 2012: The Viral Video

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3 App store Featuring

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2013: 700 000 downloads

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last week of 2013 (featured): 2.8 Million downloads

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Build a great app (excellent UI & UX)

Use latest iOS innovations: iCloud, Game Center,

Passbook, Apple Pay, Touch ID.

Be universal: iPhone and iPad, EN/FR/ES/DE/IT

iOS only

Get in touch with Apple: 3 weeks before, at least.

increase chances

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4 app store optimization

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APP STORE SEO !

LOCALIZATION !

CONTENT

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App Store: !- Keywords in the app’s keyword set - Keywords in the app’s title - Nb of downloads on a specific period of time - Rating

Google Play Store: !- Total nb of downloads - App quality (engagement, uninstalls…) - Rating - Keywords - Nb of backlinks - Social proof (G+ & FB)

Ranking algorithm

Tools: AppCodes, AppAnnie, Sensor Tower bit.ly/asocheatsheet

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LOCALIZATION

DOWNLOADS REVENUE

7 languages = 76% of the market

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StoreMaven

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5 get amazing reviews

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Apptentive / Helpshift: in-app feedback and rating prompts

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hustling

Find bad reviews users and change their mind: !- look for the nickname on Google - naming convention: “jdoe” => search “doe” in DB - use country in search - use social apps commented by this user

App in the Air

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6 ad hypertargeting

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deeplinking = opportunities

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7 channel experiments

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“You can’t share urls on Instagram and Snapchat” J. Miller (Product @Facebook)

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8 externalize experience

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Blab enables non-users to watch videos sent by users without downloading the app.

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Tinder’s matchmaker: enabled non-users to be

matched with other people by friends.

Tinder

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9 personalization

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20% of your “users” will open your app

only once

Source: Localytics

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Tools: Yozio, Branch.io

Airbnb

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10 push notifications

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Ask for authorization before pushing the pop up.

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Timely + personal = win

Tools: Parse Push, Appboy

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11 gamification

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65% of people stop using apps 3 months

after install !

(Appboy)

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Foursquare

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12 create a habit

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Shopkick

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Get the best articles and tools on mobile growth marketing:

!!

http://mobilegrowth.launchrock.co

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Thank you!

If you need help or want to chat about your mobile growth strategy:

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[email protected] @adrienm