Tag: App

You’ve done the hard work, you’ve struggled and got your dream up and running, and now it’s time for you to earn your reward. You’ve finally developed the app and got it out on the App store, fulfilling an entrepreneurial dream. But is that the end of the journey? Not really, because the difficult bit starts here. How do you make sure people find it, and download it? Don’t be intimidated by the challenges, we’re here to take care of you.

To actually benefit from your app and make sure that it gets that shot at becoming a huge success, you need to ensure 3 major things –

• It needs to be FOUND by the users.
• It needs to be DOWNLOADED by them and seen as a solution to their pain points.
• It needs to be REVIEWED by them so that you get much-needed feedback on how to better your app.

First up, you need to make sure that your app is found by users. For this, the first step is ASO – App Store Optimization. To give you a quick overview on what ASO is – it is like Search Engine Optimization, but on the app store. You need to use keywords and phrases to get the app found on the store. But the part that makes this process so much tougher is that Google and Apple don’t disclose their store algorithms to anyone, so the developers really need to dan o their homework to make sure that when your user searches for a term or phrase that resonates with you, they come across your app. We have a team that does this for you, so you need not fret about this too much.

Next thing you need to think about is the icon of the app and the colors used. In simple reasoning, the logic here is that when someone sees a unique icon or encounters colors that stand out as compared to the rest, they’re more likely to take no,tice of the app. It should also be relevant. That’s why food apps with some food element in the logo or dating apps in red seem to do so well.

Now, you need to take the next step after getting your apps found by the users. You need to get people to actually download your app. How are you going to do this? One very simple advice that you should keep in mind is that people don’t buy an app, they buy an experience. So rather than hard selling your product, sell a story to the consumer. You should start building online presence as a brand – focus more on marketing and branding on online platforms, relevant websites, social media and try and engage the consumers so that they want to know more about your product.

For this you need a few basic elements to get them to work together, you need a unique and specific landing page for your app that has product details, offers, banners etc. You can also have a separate dedicated ‘blog’ page on your website for value-added content that is beneficial to the user and builds brand loyalty or at least brand preference. For social media it would be ideal to hire professional marketers that devise a separate social media strategy for each platform and is customized in terms of content format. Once again, we’re here to take care of that!

Another key thing you want to be doing at the start of your journey is to make the App FREE at launch. What this does is that it automatically puts you in the good books of the consumer. Don’t aim to start earning money immediately after launch, rather focusing on cementing your place in the competitive market and then taking it to the next step of the money model should be your strategy.

Now comes the third and one of the most important steps – get people to Review your app. For this, one simple and widely used practice is to incentivize reviews. You should add discount coupons or some sort of positive reinforcement to the public users for taking the trouble of reviewing your app.

Another important thing you can do is to find out whose opinion holds weight in the market and go after those people or influencers or publicists and get them to review your app. It serves as a boon to your marketing and gives your app that much more credibility. Influencer marketing is indeed important!

Practice these, build on your basics, keep it simple and you should have a winner at your hands! We’re here to help you take your dreams to the next level. For all expert help in mobile app development, please feel free to reach out to us.