The first question here is not how to get customers to download your mobile apps, but WHY you should do it. Once you know the ‘why’, the ‘how’ kind of falls into place. In a special webinar organized early in October 2013, Elana Chan of Google showed exactly why and how businesses should actively get customers to download their products. In a nutshell, here it is:
Why Should You Promote your Mobile Apps?
According to the data revealed by Chan, there are over 675,000 in the Google Play Store and more than 770,000 mobile applications (paid and free) in the Apple App Store. That alone is intimidating, but the interesting revelation was not about the numbers, because anyone can simply Google that information: the mind-opening truth was that people primarily downloaded as people flipped through top-ranked apps. 90% of them, in fact, were discovered this way. Therefore, it only goes to show that if you want your apps to be discovered, let alone downloaded, some active element is required.
That active element is advertising – but not just any kind of advertising. It has to be a thought-out plan that involves concrete solutions that bring in results. Here’s how to go about doing that.
Step 1: Use Google’s ‘click to download’ ad extension when you advertise
By showing a download link right on the search page results of Google using their ad extension, the chances that people will click through and activate the download are several times more than if they had to actually go into the search result to get the app. The link will take them right to the app store where the app is available, and the display on the search page can also include an icon with the price.
Step 2: Using interstitials to promote your mobile apps
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c. Gives relevant information to customer before download
Slide 7: Can I Target a Specific Audience?
a. Yes, mobile app advertising can be highly targeted by a number of criteria
i. The mobile carrier ii. Users with new smartphones or mobile devices iii. Interest category marketing – advertise based on use behavior and past downloads iv. App category marketing – target users of specific app categories such as productivity or games
v. Type of operating system – Android, OS, Blackberry, Windows Phone vi. Specific type of device, such as those running on iOS 7 alone vii. By geography – can target down to a specific city alone viii. Depending on whether Wi-Fi access is available
b. Cost effective because it adds a marginal increase to total development cost
Slide 8: Thank You for Your Time. Go make money promoting your mobile apps!
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