Best Practices for Mobile Ad Creatives Production
User Acquisition managers are looking for great ad creatives like never before. An ad that achieves a high click-through rate, posts strong install numbers and manages to retain users is the best way to fight increasing acquisition costs. I reached out to three great mobile marketers, who produce tons of creatives every week, to learn […]
24 Conferences for Mobile Marketers in 2018
I’m a big fan of sharing knowledge. It was back in 2011 when I launched my first game. Since then, I have openly shared my failures and successes. Conferences offer a great opportunity to meet industry masterminds and get inspired. The thing is, not all are suitable for marketers, some solely focus on development or […]
How to easily calculate churn model for your mobile app
This is a guest post by Jakub Chour, Mobile Marketer & Marketing Technologist. High churn rates are a common problem in the mobile app world. Some users may abandon your app because of bad user experience. Some might simply forget about your app. Sometimes, you just don’t know. Today, when Cost Per Active User can […]
Viber case study: where big publishers miss free downloads
NOTE: Viber released an updated store listing shortly before we published the analysis, where they utilize several strategies mentioned below (new keywords in the name of the app or added subtitle). We’re glad to see Viber is actively improving their rankings and identifies new opportunities with iOS11. According to Statista, consumers downloaded a total of […]
The Smart ASO Trick for Higher Rankings
This is a guest post by Jiri Chochlik, founder at AsoFriend and ASO Specialist at AppAgent. It’s no secret that titles – and now also subtitles – are the most important factors for keywords in iOS11. Here’s a smart and simple trick that you can use to leverage the fact that these keywords are given […]
Why 7 seconds could make or break your mobile app
A recent survey on download decisions claimed that the description of the app was the second most important reason for install, with rating coming in as number one. The problem is, what people say and what they actually do are often two very different things, so I set out to find the truth about the […]
The massive impact of iOS11 on App Store featuring
Today’s post is part of my guest chapter from an upcoming book called “Advanced ASO” by Moritz Daan and Gabe Kwakyi. I cover the whole featuring process, all tips & tricks learned in past 7 years with dozens of examples and data. The post below focuses on the impact of iOS11 on featuring. The book […]
Fake it before you make it – the cheapest way to test your app’s viability
As a former startup founder, I have jumped at too many poor ideas and spent enormous amounts of time and effort developing new ideas, products and apps that ultimately no one cared about. Naturally, I explored how to eliminate uncertainty, finding markets with low costs and high potential. The Lean Startup methodology provided me with […]
Proven strategies for effective push notifications
Push notifications are one of the most important tactics app developers can use to increase retention rates – but not everyone uses them appropriately. Unlike emails, which can often be trapped by spam filters, notifications are able to speak directly to the user through their most personal device. In Tradewise – a news app targeting […]
3 major mobile analytics trends for 2017
During my time at the App Promotion Summit in Berlin it became clear that a pattern is emerging in mobile analytics. Data now impacts every single decision – from strategy to product to marketing. It may be essential, but many companies struggle to deal with scattered data sources; the task of translating these raw numbers […]
