mobile growth marketing: strategy, hacks and tools
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MOBILE GROWTH MARKETING
Adrien Montcoudiol • @adrienm
Strategy • Hacks • Tools
ACTIVATION
RETENTION
VIRALITY
ACQUISITION
We’ll focus on 4 things:
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
ACTIVATION
RETENTION
VIRALITY
1.2 MILLION APPS(it’s crowded)
1. Description (25%) 2. Reviews (24%) 3. Images (23%) 4. Stars (13%) 5. Icon (13%)
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
WHAT MATTERS MOST ON YOUR APP PAGE?
CONTENT REVIEWS FEATURING
AB TEST YOUR APP STORE PAGE
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
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1. Build fake HTML app store pages 2. Buy ads to bring traffic 3. AB test your content
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AB TEST YOUR APP STORE PAGE
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Tempo spent $500 in ads in Canada to acquire 3K users
Lessons learned after AB testing:
“Users preferred icons that looked like calendars”
“App screenshots with descriptions outperformed screenshots without descriptions”
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
NB: Apple and Google are innovating on app store insights (metrics & testing are coming \o/)
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% of consumers willing to consider downloading an app
Source: Apptentive
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
CONTENT REVIEWS FEATURING
Source: Apptentive
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
HALF OF PEOPLE WON’T EVEN CONSIDER DOWNLOADING YOUR
APP IF LESS THAN 4 STARS
CONTENT REVIEWS FEATURING
ASK USERS TO RATE YOU
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
1. ASK THE RIGHT USERS 2. AT THE RIGHT TIME 3. AT THE RIGHT PLACE 4. WITH THE RIGHT FLOW
but
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THE RIGHT USERS =
ENGAGED USERS
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
Example: 10 sessions over the last 3 weeks
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When something nice happens to the user on your app.
THE RIGHT TIME = HAPPY MOMENT
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THE RIGHT PLACE =
Menu, flow, pop up…
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
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ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
Examples:
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THE RIGHT FLOW =
Get 5 stars or get feedback!
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
CONTENT REVIEWS FEATURING
Flow of requestTools: Helpshift, Apptentive
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
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3 stars or less Feedback email
4 or 5 stars
Play Store
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App in the Air tactics: - Look for the nickname on Google
- Use naming conventions: “jdoe” => search “doe” in DB
- Use country in search
- Use social apps commented by this user
FIGHT NEGATIVE REVIEWS
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
See: http://bit.ly/appintheairreviews
CONTENT REVIEWS FEATURING
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
BEING FEATURED IS A GAME CHANGER
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Where youwant to be
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
REVIEWS FEATURINGCONTENT
Duolingo
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
REVIEWS FEATURING
2013: 700 000 downloads
CONTENT
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
REVIEWS FEATURINGCONTENT
In 1 week:2.8 million downloads (80% of
2013)
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
REVIEWS FEATURING
- Build a great app (excellent UI & UX)
- Use latest iOS innovations: Apple Watch, Apple Pay, Touch ID…
- Be universal: iPhone and iPad, EN/FR/ES/DE/IT
- Be iOS only
- Get in touch with Apple: 3 weeks before, at least.
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HOW TO INCREASE CHANCES:
ACQUISITION: APP STORE HACKING
ACQUISITION
ACTIVATION : THE GOLDEN MINUTE
RETENTION
VIRALITY
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
20% OF YOUR “USERS” WILL OPEN
YOUR APP ONLY ONCE
SPEND 50% OF YOUR TIME ON THE
FIRST MINUTE
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
ONBOARDING CONSISTENCY
1. Motivate your users to get started. 2. Help them learn the product in a meaningful way. 3. Let them know how to get help.
PERMISSIONS
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
ONBOARDING GOALS:
ONBOARDING CONSISTENCY PERMISSIONS
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
TEACH BY SHOWING
More examples on UXArchive.net
Google Translate’s onboarding flow
ONBOARDING CONSISTENCY PERMISSIONS
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
TEACH BY DOING
Tinder
ONBOARDING CONSISTENCY
Inspiration: UserOnboard.com
UXArchive.net LittleBigDetails.com
AB testing tools: Leanplum Apptimize
PERMISSIONS
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
ONBOARDING CONSISTENCY PERMISSIONS
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
OFFER A CONSISTENT EXPERIENCE FROM DISCOVERY TO DOWNLOAD.
ONBOARDING CONSISTENCY PERMISSIONS
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
USE DEEPLINKING FOR ADS
ONBOARDING CONSISTENCY PERMISSIONS
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
USE DEEPLINKING WITH OTHER APPS
ONBOARDING CONSISTENCY PERMISSIONS
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
ONBOARDING CONSISTENCY PERMISSIONS
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
The ask
ONBOARDING CONSISTENCY PERMISSIONS
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
This is what needs to be done if someone says no:
ONBOARDING CONSISTENCY PERMISSIONS
ADD CONTEXT BEFORE ASKING
ACTIVATION: THE GOLDEN MINUTE
ACQUISITION
ACTIVATION
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
VIRALITY
65% OF PEOPLE STOP USING APPS 3 MONTHS
AFTER INSTALL(Appboy)
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
DON’T FILL A LEAKING BUCKET!
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
See Jamie Quint’s post: http://andrewchen.co/retention-is-king/
A mesure of how many of your users come back over time at specific intervals
(1-week retention, 4w, 8w, 12w…)
RETENTION:
Instagram: 12-week retention at 25%
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
1. Isolate the most active users 2. Analyse their data, talk to them, find patterns. 3. Analyse the lest active users, find patterns. 4. Encourage active behavior.
GET USERS TO AHA MOMENT
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
Twitter: following 30 people. Facebook: adding 10 friends in 7 days.
1. Push notifications 2. Gamification 3. Habit
YOUR WEAPONS
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
TIMELY & PERSONAL ="
Users who receive segmented push messages convert 3x more often than users who receive
generic notifications.
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
TIMELY & PERSONAL ="Use:
- user information - demographics - location - behaviour - predictive data
PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
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PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
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PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
TIMELY & PERSONAL ="
Users will love them and share them.
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PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
Badging showed a 7% lift in DAUs and a significant lift in other key engagement metrics such as Pin close-ups, repins and
Pin click-throughs.
Also: Badging
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
And also: emailing!
PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
USING YOUR PRODUCT SHOULD BE LIKE PLAYING A GAME.
PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
Foursquare
Rivalry is one of the greatest motivating factors.
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
LOOK FOR DAILY ACTIVE USERS
PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
(Source: Flurry)
PUSH GAMIFICATION HABIT
Shopkick
Problem: most people don’t go shopping every day.
Solution: redesign the app for a daily use to create an habit: feed of discounts.
RETENTION: THE REAL CHALLENGE
ACQUISITION
ACTIVATION
RETENTION
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
START FROM YOUR USERBASE
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
Airbnb’s referral program
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
+25% bookings
Tools: Branch.io, Yozio
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
Free tool: Branch Metrics
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
TRACK & OPTIMIZE EVERY METRIC
sharing rate = senders / signups
spread rate = recipients / sender
click rate = clicks / recipient
referral conversion rate = registrations / click
viral coefficient over a period of time by channel
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
MOBILE IS A NEW GAME
ADAPT TO YOUR TARGET USERS & THEIR ECOSYSTEM
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
Rooms (Facebook)
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
WHY ??
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
“You can't share a URL on Instagram or Snapchat Chat, but you can share a photo.
We knew the novelty of screenshoting would be our biggest hurdle but also saw once people learned it became our A+ feature.”
Josh Miller (Product at FB)
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
OK, Rooms didn’t grow that much.
But guess who started using QR codes invites a few weeks later…
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
Snapchat
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
“Snapchatters can add you by pointing their camera at your ghost and tapping their screen!”
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
And people share their QR codes!
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
BRING THE EXPERIENCE TO NON-USERS
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
Meerkat
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
700K ACTIVE USERS IN 2 MONTHS
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
How did they do it?
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
Meerkat’s experience was fully integrated in Twitter’s social graph.
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
VIRALITY
SCARCITY
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
Providing an API really soon enabled the community to build cool
apps on top of Meerkat.
from ProductHunt.com
REFERRAL CONTEXT EXTERNALIZATION
VIRALITY: THE MAGIC SAUCE
And also…
Gamification among influential ambassadors always helps :)
Embedded players are great for externalization
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