The time for big brands to get strategic about marketing their apps is now. Mobile apps are no longer standalone entities for big brands. What we’re now seeing is brands integrating mobile apps into their business models and their overall marketing strategies -- to build closer customer relationships and drive business.
It’s no longer enough for brands to just have an app (or a suite of apps) and promote it through traditional channels. Now that brands recognize the impact mobile apps are having on business, their focus is shifting to employ a strategic marketing approach to their apps.
All this means that big brands are starting to treat their apps as more than just another channel – they’re treating them as a business. And they’re getting serious about marketing their apps, by putting the marketing resources behind them and incorporating apps as part of their ongoing strategy.
Top-tier brands like Coca Cola®, Sephora®, Wal-Mart®, and many more are all publically talking about the central role apps play in their marketing strategy. Here, we’ll describe what some of those brands are doing, how they’re doing it, and outline 10 strategic moves brands are employing to get more strategic about their mobile apps.
Driving Growth With Omnichannel Marketing MoEngage Inc.
Today’s consumers live in a hyper-connected world. They switch between mobiles, desktops, using multiple channels and platforms. This presentation covers the strategies and best practices to implement omni-channel user engagement to drive growth for your company in 2019.
Smart Digital Marketing Plan for eCommerce Website, by Anthony RaglandAnthony Ragland
This presentation, by Smart Digital, Inc is a 2015 Digital Marketing Presentation for an eCommerce Website Client.
About Smart Digital Marketing Firm:
Smart Digital is a forward-thinking digital marketing service firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. Our team provides expert digital marketing services to companies who want to increase their online revenue and expand their digital footprint. Our firm capabilities are smart digital marketing strategies and savvy growth hacking strategies.
About The Presenter:
Anthony M. Ragland is the founder of Smart Digital, inc. As founder, he is the leader of the firm’s digital marketing practice. Anthony plays a hands-on role in the strategic planning and tactical execution of all client projects.
Plan your digital Marketing strategy
Website Optimization Tips
Learn how to advertise online on Google, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin
Analyze your data and know what's working
Test and improvise for result
Case Studies
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People are on more than 1 platform. So you need to be where they are.
Their time is spent on multiple apps. Their Attention span is decreasing
In UAE, there are 3.1 connected devices per person
30% of searches happening are with location keywords
88% in UAE access the internet daily ( Source google consumer barometer )
96% of UAE use internet via Mobile.
Means, they want quick information. They want it NOW
People expect to get products and services immediately
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Google Search - If they are searching for you. They are looking for you
Youtube Ads - Good place to share your story with video and be in their minds
Display Ads - Banner ads on multiple websites, good for awareness
Mobile Click to call ads are good for direct response ads
High Qualified Leads, if done right.
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Google My Business - Local Business.
User Google Keyword Planner, uber suggest tools to find what people are searching about your services.
If there is high amount of search happening, then blog about it.
Create fresh, relevant & useful content / blog once a week.
Make sure to have Good Title of your blog ( Meta Tags )
Build Backlinks using Buzz Sumo
Check your website strengths & weakness using the free tools
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Blog every week once. Research your topics in demand and blog
Content form = Text, Infographics, Video.
Republish that content on social media.
Get your friends and staff to share the content.
Email the valuable content to your email list.
Measure the engagement and boost post good ones on social media
Repeat
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Which audience worked - Age, Gender, City, Job Title, Interest, custom audiences
Which Placement type worked - Facebook / Instagram / Audience Networks
Which Ad creative worked - Single Image / Carousel / Video
Which Device type worked - Mobile / Desktop / iOS / Android
What time of day or day of the week worked.
Which landing page worked better. Or was it the offer
Analyze the above and optimize
Leads Dubai is a Lead generation company in UAE. We try to learn more about digital marketing and help our clients win.
http://leadsdubai.com/digital-marketing-strategy-budget/
Driving Growth With Omnichannel Marketing MoEngage Inc.
Today’s consumers live in a hyper-connected world. They switch between mobiles, desktops, using multiple channels and platforms. This presentation covers the strategies and best practices to implement omni-channel user engagement to drive growth for your company in 2019.
Smart Digital Marketing Plan for eCommerce Website, by Anthony RaglandAnthony Ragland
This presentation, by Smart Digital, Inc is a 2015 Digital Marketing Presentation for an eCommerce Website Client.
About Smart Digital Marketing Firm:
Smart Digital is a forward-thinking digital marketing service firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. Our team provides expert digital marketing services to companies who want to increase their online revenue and expand their digital footprint. Our firm capabilities are smart digital marketing strategies and savvy growth hacking strategies.
About The Presenter:
Anthony M. Ragland is the founder of Smart Digital, inc. As founder, he is the leader of the firm’s digital marketing practice. Anthony plays a hands-on role in the strategic planning and tactical execution of all client projects.
Plan your digital Marketing strategy
Website Optimization Tips
Learn how to advertise online on Google, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin
Analyze your data and know what's working
Test and improvise for result
Case Studies
=======
People are on more than 1 platform. So you need to be where they are.
Their time is spent on multiple apps. Their Attention span is decreasing
In UAE, there are 3.1 connected devices per person
30% of searches happening are with location keywords
88% in UAE access the internet daily ( Source google consumer barometer )
96% of UAE use internet via Mobile.
Means, they want quick information. They want it NOW
People expect to get products and services immediately
======
Google Search - If they are searching for you. They are looking for you
Youtube Ads - Good place to share your story with video and be in their minds
Display Ads - Banner ads on multiple websites, good for awareness
Mobile Click to call ads are good for direct response ads
High Qualified Leads, if done right.
======
Google My Business - Local Business.
User Google Keyword Planner, uber suggest tools to find what people are searching about your services.
If there is high amount of search happening, then blog about it.
Create fresh, relevant & useful content / blog once a week.
Make sure to have Good Title of your blog ( Meta Tags )
Build Backlinks using Buzz Sumo
Check your website strengths & weakness using the free tools
======
Blog every week once. Research your topics in demand and blog
Content form = Text, Infographics, Video.
Republish that content on social media.
Get your friends and staff to share the content.
Email the valuable content to your email list.
Measure the engagement and boost post good ones on social media
Repeat
=====
Which audience worked - Age, Gender, City, Job Title, Interest, custom audiences
Which Placement type worked - Facebook / Instagram / Audience Networks
Which Ad creative worked - Single Image / Carousel / Video
Which Device type worked - Mobile / Desktop / iOS / Android
What time of day or day of the week worked.
Which landing page worked better. Or was it the offer
Analyze the above and optimize
Leads Dubai is a Lead generation company in UAE. We try to learn more about digital marketing and help our clients win.
http://leadsdubai.com/digital-marketing-strategy-budget/
Medrara_DIGITAL REPORT NEW Saudi Arabia 2024.pdfShereen Badr
We Are Excited to Share Our Latest Digital Report - Saudi Arabia 2024
As we navigate the ever-evolving digital landscape, staying ahead of trends and understanding the current market dynamics is crucial for success. we are thrilled to share our comprehensive Digital Report, which offers in-depth insights into the latest developments, emerging trends, and future outlooks in the digital domain.
🔍 **Key Highlights:**
- Detailed analysis of current market trends and consumer behaviors.
- Data-driven insights into competitive strategies and industry benchmarks.
- Forward-looking predictions to guide strategic planning and innovation.
This report is the culmination of rigorous research, analysis, and collaboration, designed to equip professionals, businesses, and enthusiasts with the knowledge to make informed decisions and strategies.
Whether you're looking to enhance your digital strategy, understand market shifts, or explore new opportunities, this report offers valuable perspectives and actionable insights.
📈 Dive into the report for a deeper understanding of how these trends can impact your strategies and operations. Let's embrace the digital future together!
This presentation on Mobile app marketing covers user acquisition strategies for launch and growth stage. Detailed info on user acquition - campaign planning, incent vs. non-incent, network selection, creative planning and testing, buying models, programmatic buying for mobile, campaign performance and analytics.
I presented this at NASSCOM Game Developers Conference ( NGDC 2015 ) in Pune, representing [x]cube LABS.
Learn how to market software as a service. This deck fundamentals of growth, how to define growth, leverage growth, and setting marketing goals. Slides from a class taught by Christopher O'Donnell of Hubspot. To learn more from the experts, visit http://intelligent.ly/learn
Use this modern go-to-market framework to define the activities required to successfully build market-driven products & services that customers will accept.
MoEngage: Next Generation Marketing CloudMoEngage Inc.
MoEngage is the Next-Generation Marketing Cloud, built for the Mobile-first world. With MoEngage, companies can orchestrate campaigns across channels like push, email, in-app messaging, web push, ad retargeting and SMS, with auto-optimization towards higher conversions powered by machine learning.
Traditional marketing clouds are expensive to implement, hard to learn and rule-based. At MoEngage, we are building enterprise software that is easier to use, elegantly designed, fully integrated and learning-based.
MoEngage works with Consumer businesses across the world including Fortune 500 brands like Samsung, Deutsche Telekom (T Mobile), Vodafone, Hearst, Vodafone, and Prudential & L Brands.
They enable hyper-personalization at scale, analyzing 200 million+ users and delivering 8 billion+ interactions across channels in a month.
This is a presentation on a mobile app marketing strategy. The app name "SAYLIVERY, You say, we Deliver" will be an app, collaborating with different service providers and customers can find all these services under one head, i.e. this app. The estimated price for the service will be displayed beforehand.
As of June 2014, Apple announced there were 1.2 million apps available to download in their iOS app store. In such a crowded and growing marketplace it’s hard for apps to stand out. Hundreds of thousands of apps remain buried in the depths of the App Store, unused, un-downloaded and unloved.
Everyone wants to be the next Uber, Instagram or Candy Crush.
So… what’s their secret to success?
Part of their secret is creating a great product that is integrated into the lives of its users.
But, what a lot of people forget is how difficult it can be to find & acquire loyal app users. We believe that’s the second half of the secret.
While there’s no specific formula for success, we’ve created a guide for successfully marketing your mobile app.
Based on our past experience and brand and mobile expertise we’ve put together a guide for marketing mobile apps. In this toolkit, we share 8 things that every mobile app processes, resources and recommendations that we’re confident will guide your app to success.
Marketing has evolved at a rapid pace over the past 12 months. There has been an increased emphasis on providing a great customer experience across multiple channels. Recently, we’ve noticed a clear shift toward digitalization and more automated ways for brands and customers to interact.
AI technology is another significant growth area; it has taken personalization to a more advanced level and saved marketers time in creating their email campaigns, articles, ads, and landing pages while also improving performance results.
During the past year, data privacy concerns have also increased, and this has led companies to be more transparent about the way that data is gathered and processed, including the replacement of third-party cookies with first-party cookies.
As for SEO, we’ve seen a noticeable evolution; machine learning has made the processing of data more and more advanced. For example, Google has started showing more relevant search queries that SEO marketers are looking for to drive organic traffic to their websites, based on analyzing tons of historical search results. This advancement is due to machines used by Google that humans couldn’t process because of the big amount of data analyzed. For example, Rankbrain is a machine learning AI algorithm used by Google to sort search results.
There are also a number of trends from recent years which look set to continue in popularity in 2023, including minimalist design, UGC, influencer marketing, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
However, there are a number of additional trends in AI and machine learning, advertising, SEO, social media, and ecommerce, that look set to be dominant in the coming year which we will discuss in this webinar.
We will cover:
1. 2022 in review
2. The main digital marketing trends for 2023
3. VBOUT’s resources to help you prepare for the upcoming year
Medrara_DIGITAL REPORT NEW Saudi Arabia 2024.pdfShereen Badr
We Are Excited to Share Our Latest Digital Report - Saudi Arabia 2024
As we navigate the ever-evolving digital landscape, staying ahead of trends and understanding the current market dynamics is crucial for success. we are thrilled to share our comprehensive Digital Report, which offers in-depth insights into the latest developments, emerging trends, and future outlooks in the digital domain.
🔍 **Key Highlights:**
- Detailed analysis of current market trends and consumer behaviors.
- Data-driven insights into competitive strategies and industry benchmarks.
- Forward-looking predictions to guide strategic planning and innovation.
This report is the culmination of rigorous research, analysis, and collaboration, designed to equip professionals, businesses, and enthusiasts with the knowledge to make informed decisions and strategies.
Whether you're looking to enhance your digital strategy, understand market shifts, or explore new opportunities, this report offers valuable perspectives and actionable insights.
📈 Dive into the report for a deeper understanding of how these trends can impact your strategies and operations. Let's embrace the digital future together!
This presentation on Mobile app marketing covers user acquisition strategies for launch and growth stage. Detailed info on user acquition - campaign planning, incent vs. non-incent, network selection, creative planning and testing, buying models, programmatic buying for mobile, campaign performance and analytics.
I presented this at NASSCOM Game Developers Conference ( NGDC 2015 ) in Pune, representing [x]cube LABS.
Learn how to market software as a service. This deck fundamentals of growth, how to define growth, leverage growth, and setting marketing goals. Slides from a class taught by Christopher O'Donnell of Hubspot. To learn more from the experts, visit http://intelligent.ly/learn
Use this modern go-to-market framework to define the activities required to successfully build market-driven products & services that customers will accept.
MoEngage: Next Generation Marketing CloudMoEngage Inc.
MoEngage is the Next-Generation Marketing Cloud, built for the Mobile-first world. With MoEngage, companies can orchestrate campaigns across channels like push, email, in-app messaging, web push, ad retargeting and SMS, with auto-optimization towards higher conversions powered by machine learning.
Traditional marketing clouds are expensive to implement, hard to learn and rule-based. At MoEngage, we are building enterprise software that is easier to use, elegantly designed, fully integrated and learning-based.
MoEngage works with Consumer businesses across the world including Fortune 500 brands like Samsung, Deutsche Telekom (T Mobile), Vodafone, Hearst, Vodafone, and Prudential & L Brands.
They enable hyper-personalization at scale, analyzing 200 million+ users and delivering 8 billion+ interactions across channels in a month.
This is a presentation on a mobile app marketing strategy. The app name "SAYLIVERY, You say, we Deliver" will be an app, collaborating with different service providers and customers can find all these services under one head, i.e. this app. The estimated price for the service will be displayed beforehand.
As of June 2014, Apple announced there were 1.2 million apps available to download in their iOS app store. In such a crowded and growing marketplace it’s hard for apps to stand out. Hundreds of thousands of apps remain buried in the depths of the App Store, unused, un-downloaded and unloved.
Everyone wants to be the next Uber, Instagram or Candy Crush.
So… what’s their secret to success?
Part of their secret is creating a great product that is integrated into the lives of its users.
But, what a lot of people forget is how difficult it can be to find & acquire loyal app users. We believe that’s the second half of the secret.
While there’s no specific formula for success, we’ve created a guide for successfully marketing your mobile app.
Based on our past experience and brand and mobile expertise we’ve put together a guide for marketing mobile apps. In this toolkit, we share 8 things that every mobile app processes, resources and recommendations that we’re confident will guide your app to success.
Marketing has evolved at a rapid pace over the past 12 months. There has been an increased emphasis on providing a great customer experience across multiple channels. Recently, we’ve noticed a clear shift toward digitalization and more automated ways for brands and customers to interact.
AI technology is another significant growth area; it has taken personalization to a more advanced level and saved marketers time in creating their email campaigns, articles, ads, and landing pages while also improving performance results.
During the past year, data privacy concerns have also increased, and this has led companies to be more transparent about the way that data is gathered and processed, including the replacement of third-party cookies with first-party cookies.
As for SEO, we’ve seen a noticeable evolution; machine learning has made the processing of data more and more advanced. For example, Google has started showing more relevant search queries that SEO marketers are looking for to drive organic traffic to their websites, based on analyzing tons of historical search results. This advancement is due to machines used by Google that humans couldn’t process because of the big amount of data analyzed. For example, Rankbrain is a machine learning AI algorithm used by Google to sort search results.
There are also a number of trends from recent years which look set to continue in popularity in 2023, including minimalist design, UGC, influencer marketing, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
However, there are a number of additional trends in AI and machine learning, advertising, SEO, social media, and ecommerce, that look set to be dominant in the coming year which we will discuss in this webinar.
We will cover:
1. 2022 in review
2. The main digital marketing trends for 2023
3. VBOUT’s resources to help you prepare for the upcoming year
Mobile and CRM - Marketing to Situations and ContextsBrandEmotivity
Mobile can be integrated into a company’s communications mix in two main ways. If done rightly, it presents brands with an opportunity to manage their customer relationships in a deeper, more relevant way.
Remodista is a savvy retailer’s forum for all things mobile, taking its name—and mission—from core principles of retail and mobility distilled into one community. Fresh content from industry thought leaders and peer reflection meet in a collaborative environment for retailers to learn, share and bring visionary strategies to market.
These steps are meant to serve as a guide for creating a branded mobile app. If you already have an application in market, use this opportunity to evaluate it.
This presentation provides an overview of the Chinese mobile marketing space. Also contains some useful examples of mobile advertisements and mobile apps.
Are you a CMO looking to make an impact with your retail brand wherever your consumers are? Mobile is the solution for brand building, growth, and revenue. Learn how to unify brand awareness, engagement, and retention activities with a mobile campaign.
The ‘Future of Mobile’ focuses in on location based services and the opportunities mobile presents for brands at the point-of-sale.
This is part of Mindshare's ongoing Future Of... research programme which explores the development of the media and technological landscape, and assesses the likely impact on advertisers and media businesses.
This presentation provides an overview of the Chinese mobile marketing space. Also contains some useful examples of mobile advertisements and mobile apps.
El estudio "AdReaction 2012: Marketing in the Mobile World" llevado a cabo por Millward Brown y Dynamic Logic en noviembre de 2012 destaca la influencia de los anuncios de televisión en usuarios de dispositivos móviles a la hora de realizar búsquedas, descargar aplicaciones y visitar webs de empresas.
2014 top mobile trends. Discover which trends are shaping what marketers will need to know in the coming months and years to take advantage of the mobile opportunity.
A must-read before finalizing your marketing plans
Mobile Marketing Masterclass - March 2012kapoorkriti
This deck covers the fundamentals of mobile marketing campaigns, including, SMS, apps and integration of mobile strategy with traditional and social media marketing.
Dive into numerous case studies, analyzing the best mobile campaigns and evaluating why those campaigns found success. Using these case studies, this session will walk attendees through the steps necessary to build, launch and maintain highly optimized mobile strategies for their organization.
Learning objectives:
Understand how mobile marketing results in positive ROI
Integrate mobile into their overall marketing strategies
Craft a successful mobile marketing campaign
Increase mobile efforts through optimizing mobile fundamentals
Measure mobile success
The online advertising industry is currently based on two dominant
business models: the pay-per-impression model and the pay-per-click model.
With the growth of sponsored search during the last few years, there has been a
move toward the pay-per-click model as it decreases the risk to small advertisers.
An alternative model, discussed but not widely used in the advertising industry,
is pay-per-conversion, or more generally, pay-per-action. In this paper, we dis-
cuss various challenges involved in designing mechanisms for the pay-per-action
model, and approaches to tackle some of them.
As digital marketers, you’re faced with a daunting threefold challenge
when it comes to your email program: how to make your emails
more relevant to people exposed to as many as 30,000 commercial
messages a day1, how to drive more revenue, and how to do so while
stretching your precious resources further than ever.
Enter automated (“triggered”) email programs, which are typically
the highest-performing approach for email marketers — and often
the equivalent of printing money, though thankfully without having to
actually enter into the illegal counterfeiting business.
Unlike traditional broadcast campaigns, in which the marketer
decides when to send a message, triggered emails involve setting
up business rules that require a criterion (or multiple criteria) be met
before a message is sent. In other words, the buyer is the driving force
behind the timing of the email, with his or her behaviors, interests or
demographics automatically triggering the message send.
While more than 50% of mobile phone users in the U.S are smartphone
users according to comScore, most phones sporting a 4G antenna are
pricier than their 3G counterparts. Examining smartphone Web usage
across North America, Chitika Insights found that 4G phones contribute
to about 30% of the total traffic from all North American smartphones.
Within the 4G group, users of newer phones, specifically released after
July 2012, generated 53% of continental 4G smartphone traffic.
New research, undertaken by
leading cloud contact centre vendor
NewVoiceMedia, provides a snapshot
of attitudes to customer service in the
UK. Offering a compelling view of the
consequences of poor customer service,
the results reveal that an estimated
£12 billion is lost by UK companies each
year following an inadequate customer
experience.
The environment in which today's
brands connect and build loyalty with
their customers and program Members are
markedly different than the environment that
existed even a few short years ago. In fact, it
is markedly different than it was even just a
year ago. The pace at which today’s marketing
landscape is changing is remarkable – there
is a chronic torrent of macro trends exerting
their influences on the market. Economic,
social, technological, and political factors
are affecting brand loyalty and programs,
Members’ interactions with programs, how
Members perceive programs, as well as
the role that programs play in the lives
of consumers.
Social CEOs are gaining traction. Weber Shandwick’s 2012 audit of the online engagement activities of the world’s top CEOs (Socializing Your CEO II) found that CEO sociability increased from 36% to 66% between 2010 and 2012.
Email is quickly becoming the preferred method of communication for businesses across the
world, regardless of industry. Email is faster and less expensive than traditional mail, and many
customers choose to receive messages from the companies they do business with through the
email channel.
Today, customers move constantly between the online and offline worlds, using a range of devices
— such as smartphones and tablets — that didn’t exist a few short years ago. Thousands of
applications and dozens of social media platforms collect and transmit an unprecedented amount of
structured and unstructured data1, and API changes are a fact of life. The volatility of social data and
the pace of change mean that tried-and-true measurement methods are no longer enough. Social
data is different. The old rules don’t apply.
AMA_Corporate Attitudes and Adoption Trends of Multi-Channel and Omni-Channel...Scott Valentine, MBA, CSPO
Recognizing the need for insights into multi-channel use and OCM adoption,
Platt Retail Institute (PRI), in cooperation with the American Marketing
Association (AMA), and with the generous support of hybris software, decided
to undertake a survey of a portion of the AMA audience in January 2013. In
general, the purpose for conducting this research was:
1. To understand current and future marketing channel usage. As most
firms use various methods to reach their customers, we desire to gain
insights into current and future utilization, budget allocation, and
perceived channel ROI.
2. As organizations are being driven to adopt a more integrated marketing
approach, we desire to learn whether OCM strategies are being
implemented, or if there are plans to implement them within the next
three years. Underlying factors that are driving these plans, as well as
budgets allocated to implement these programs, were also considered.
The study also identifies the most significant business challenges faced
when implementing an OCM strategy, as well as who is primarily
responsible for making the decision to implement an OCM solution.
Acxiom_LOYALTY IN TODAY’S MARKETPLACE DEMANDS BETTER CONNECTIONS WITH CUSTOMERSScott Valentine, MBA, CSPO
New research indicates when brands don’t
connect customer data with marketing
efforts, the results are inconsistent
engagement that leads to lost opportunities,
diminished results, eroded margins and
fleeting brand value…engendering a loyalty
divide. Consumers demand better, authentic
connections based on value and brands
must deliver. Savvy marketers blend data
from multiple sources to provide customer
engagement that is authentic, relevant and
consistent to the brand, nurturing comfort,
familiarity, safety and trust – thus increasing
loyalty with their customers.
Businesses face a multitude of challenges in today’s environment. The overall speed of business is constantly increasing. Decisions are made within minutes and channels are diversifying rapidly. Perhaps most importantly, face-to-face interaction has started to become a luxury, rather than a necessity or consequence of everyday behavior.
Consumers continued to become more technologically savvy in 2012. Tablets, smartphones and even traditional computers all worked in tandem to help customers shop. Today’s digital marketers must adapt and evolve their messages to speak to this customer across multiple channels or devices.
The Marketing Strategists from Bronto’s Professional Services team are on the front lines of digital marketing; they help clients drive sales by optimizing and evolving email, mobile and social programs. Each strategist looks into the future and shares his or her predictions for upcoming trends and the tools that will be essential in 2013.
We are entering into a golden age of content and media. Today, media companies are
investing huge sums of money in non-traditional media delivery options, start-ups are
innovating and redefining how the content industry works, and consumers are demanding
and expecting access to virtually any content on any device at any time. This includes media
and entertainment content, but also corporate, social, marketing and personal media. The
tectonic shifts happening in the media and content world are going to irreversibly reshape
how companies and consumers create, display, view and consume content.
A leading global hotelier is using real-time marketing to enhance loyalty and increase the amount of money spent during each hotel visit. A major financial institution is using event-triggered transactional and real-time communications to increase product penetration and turn customer behaviors into profitable product investments. These are just two real-world examples of the impact of real-time marketing.
To Monetize Open Social Networks, Invite Customers to Be More Than Just “Frie...Scott Valentine, MBA, CSPO
New research asserts that consumers want deeper connections with brands — but open social networks are not where they want to build these connections. Instead, marketers need to invite their “friends” into a branded customer community that converts them into buyers, advocates, and long-term customers.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
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Big Brand Strategies for Mobile App Marketing
1. High Performance
App Marketing
10
BIG
BRAND
STRATEGIES
For Mobile App Marketing
LEVERAGING MOBILE TO BUILD
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS,
DRIVE REVENUE, AND GROW
MARKET SHARE
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2. 10 BIG BRAND STRATEGIES
For Mobile App Marketing
LEVERAGING MOBILE TO BUILD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS,
DRIVE REVENUE AND GROW MARKET SHARE
The time for big brands to get strategic about marketing their apps is now.
Mobile apps are no longer standalone entities for big brands. What we’re now see-
ing is brands integrating mobile apps into their business models and their overall
marketing strategies -- to build closer customer relationships and drive business.
It’s no longer enough for brands to just have an app (or a suite of apps) and
promote it through traditional channels. Now that brands recognize the impact
mobile apps are having on business, their focus is shifting to employ a strategic
“ With our Hyatt smartphone
app, it took 10 weeks to
marketing approach to their apps. launch and three days for us
to do our first million dollars
All this means that big brands are starting to treat their apps as more than just of revenue. Comparatively,
another channel – they’re treating them as a business. And they’re getting serious it took 11 months to achieve
about marketing their apps, by putting the marketing resources behind them and that following the launch of
incorporating apps as part of their ongoing strategy. our mobile website. What
mobile does—especially the
Top-tier brands like Coca Cola®, Sephora®, Wal-Mart®, and many more are all app—is provide consumers
publically talking about the central role apps play in their marketing strategy. with instant gratification for
Here, we’ll describe what some of those brands are doing, how they’re doing it, what they need, when they
and outline 10 strategic moves brands are employing to get more strategic about need it, how they need it,
their mobile apps.
”
wherever they need it.
— John Wallis, Global Head,
Marketing and Brand Strategy,
2 | | www.fiksu.com/ebooks Global Hyatt Corporation 1
3. The Time Is Now
EXPLOSIVE MOBILE GROWTH DESERVES DEDICATED MARKETING
Mobile is quickly becoming the go-to way a growing segment of consumers
interact with brands, and apps are rapidly becoming the dominant avenue for this
interaction. The stats and predictions are overwhelming:
• Mobile app downloads doubled in 2012 to 46 billion2
• ownloads will double again in 2013, reaching 81 billion, on their way to
D
310 billion by 20163
• obile apps will generate $35 billion in revenue by 20144 and $74 billion
M
by 20165.
• 0% of online retail dollars spent in Q3 2012 were on mobile devices,
1
and that share is expected to increase to 12-13% during Q4 20126.
“ By implementing a rich
mobile app, Nordstrom
can engage and transform
Customers expect apps to be part of how they interact with your business. In fact, customers from occasional
there’s an entire category of consumers who prefer to do business from mobile visitors to loyal customers by
apps. In fact, Gartner’s Brian Blau predicts that “by 2016, mobile app use will having them download the
app for faster, more frequent
surpass the use of Internet domain names, making apps the No. 1 way of
and higher value experiences
engaging with brands.7“ whether they are at home,
on the go or in a Nordstrom
But as Coca-Cola’s Tom Daly recently described it, “consumers have never store. In doing so, Nordstrom
been more connected – but it’s never been harder to connect with them.8 “ will drive incremental sales,
increase customer loyalty and
–Simply having apps and promoting them through existing channels isn’t enough.
learn more about consumer’s
To claim space on their customers’ phones, large brands are learning that they
buying behavior to serve them
have to aggressively market their apps, getting them into the hands of customers
”
better in the future.
before their competitors do.
— Luxury Daily,
November 17, 2011 9
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4. FIKSU CLIENT EXAMPLE:
Finance Company Goes Big for Apps
The client:
• Financial services company
• $100M+ revenue
• Public company (NYSE)
• ~15 million active customers
• Actively marketing their mobile app for 2+ years
• Mid-six-figure monthly spend
The challenge:
• Their online user base is shifting to mobile
• Smaller competitors were threatening to disrupt their business
How Fiksu helped:
• onsistently kept client in the top ranks of the
C
App Store - ahead of competition
• Acquired millions of users
• Kept cost per acquisition below targets
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5. There are three key lessons to be learned from this client:
1. ffort and execution matter
E
The company runs a steady, continuous campaign, targeting the ideal user
across an array of different traffic sources including leading ad networks,
social channels, and real-time bidding exchanges (RTB). They also develop
high quality creative assets, track their ROI through to the last dollar, and
occasionally use a “burst” strategy, putting out an extra blitz of ads to
maximize results when needed.
2. eep testing and optimizing
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No matter how good campaign results are, it’s essential to test new ideas
and traffic sources. This client uses Fiksu’s optimization technology and
performance data to make ongoing optimization decisions, keeping cost-per-
acquisition low while finding ideal customers. They also dedicated 10% of their
monthly budget to testing new ideas and channels, many of which eventually
make their way into the core marketing stream.
3. ind your ideal rank
F
As we’ll discuss, every app has an optimal “sweet spot” in the app stores, and
it’s not necessarily “as high as you can afford to stay.” This client has figured
out what rank gives them the best ROI and how it changes over time. To get the
most out of your app marketing dollars, you need to determine this optimal rank
and what you need to spend to stay there.
Some of these lessons may be unfamiliar to marketers new to mobile. But that’s just
the start – let’s take a look at how mobile app marketing differs from online and
traditional marketing.
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6. App Marketing Requires
a Different Approach
App marketing is an entirely different world than what many experienced
marketers are used to in both digital and traditional channels, incorporating
different dynamics that require different marketing approaches. Here are some
of the differences app marketers are facing.
Unfamiliar channels
Of course, brands with large customer bases can drive app installs through
traditional customer touch points and promotion. But to quickly reach the massive
volumes of app users required for success in this space, marketers depend on
mobile advertising networks, such as Google’s AdMob, Apple’s iAd, and emerging
sources such as real-time RTB exchanges.
“ In the ten days since the
iPad’s debut, its TV-show
watching app has been
Many brands are now promoting their apps through these dedicated app downloaded 205,000 times,
marketing channels because they are by far the most effective way to capture giving the Walt Disney Co.
high volumes of new users quickly. But how do you decide which networks to (DIS) unit a presence on
nearly half the 450,000
work with? What method do they use for ad tracking? Do you have to integrate
devices that Apple says it
SDKs from several networks? How do you deal with all the different reporting has sold. Moreover,
formats? These are brand new challenges that marketers need to address to users have watched at
have success. least part of 650,000 televi-
sion episodes using the app,
generating “several million”
”
ad impressions.
6 | | www.fiksu.com/ebooks — Wall Street Journal, 4.13.10 10
7. Targeting challenges
Due to both technology limitations and privacy concerns, mobile ad targeting isn’t
as sophisticated as what marketers are used to in the traditional online marketing
world. Marketers used to precise demographic targeting will have to adapt to new
technologies and approaches for reaching those users that can help you achieve
the best performance and ROI.
Downloads often don’t lead to users
Even when you succeed in getting your app downloaded, it doesn’t mean the
customer will actually use it. Only a fraction of downloads convert into
productive users.
According to a recent industry study, more than a quarter of downloaded apps
are used only once, and then abandoned.11 If your app marketing generates too
many downloads by non-engaged users, your results will take a significant hit.
Fortunately, there are integrated tracking and optimization technologies that help
marketers identify the traffic sources that drive more than just downloads –
but quality, loyal users.
Marketing goals are different
App marketing also requires balancing an entirely new set of marketing goals –
from achieving a certain rank within app stores, to acquiring users that actually
use your app, to a target cost-per-install. These are new types of goals for many
marketers, and require new measurement approaches.
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8. “ Users have now listed 100
million items to its market-
place using the eBay app,
Store dynamics by taking a picture of the
Where do users search for apps? Overwhelmingly, they use the two major app item with their phone
and uploading all the data
marketplaces: Apple’s App Store and Google Play. As an app marketer you need
”
within minutes.
to understand and address new dynamics associated with the app stores such as
achieving optimal rank, understanding the relationship between ad spend and
organic users, and the factors that drive rank in each store.
Organic users
Your app will be downloaded by two types of users:
1) ad-driven users -- downloads by users that are driven from your paid ads
2) rganic users -- downloads by users that find your app naturally when
o
browsing the stores.
Organic users are considered to be the highest quality users and there are
proven approaches that can help you capture more of them and reduce your
overall cost-per-acquisition.
Ad tracking and attribution
A key consideration for app marketers is ad tracking and attribution, which
is required to reveal what’s working and where to focus marketing spend.
Mobile ad tracking presents unique challenges for app marketers because there
“ EBay previously forecasted
that it would hit $10 billion
is no industry standard on the iOS platform, and many of the tracking options in revenue on mobile this
year. Based on last year’s
have tradeoffs. In addition, some marketing channels and networks only support
gross merchandise volume
specific tracking solutions, so you need to understand the range of tracking of roughly $60 billion, that
solutions that’s right for your marketing plans. works out to 16 percent of the
”
company’s revenue.
— allthingsd.com, 9.24.2012 12
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9. 10
Mobile App Marketing
Strategies For Big Brands
1. Bring App Stakeholders Together As One Team
2. Put Dedicated Marketing Resources Behind Your App
3. Set App-Oriented Marketing Goals
4. Market Your App On Mobile Media
5. Target Optimal App Store Rank
6. Target Loyal Users
7. Use Optimization Technology To Drive Marketing Performance
8. Choose A Proven Mobile Marketing Technology Partner
9. Test, Learn, Implement, Repeat
10. Establish A Feedback Loop With App Development And Business Stakeholders
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10. 1. Bring App Stakeholders Together
As One Team
Who owns your app marketing strategy?
Is it a centralized marketing department? A marketing team within a business
division? Or maybe the e-commerce business? Does your company have multiple
apps, marketed by different groups?
It’s not uncommon in large organizations for some controversy to exist regarding
who should “own” the app marketing strategy, and often several players can make
a valid argument.
Try to steer clear of territorialism and unite all of the app stakeholders to work
as one team to align overall goals and avoid power struggles. Pulling a team
together from different departments and divisions can often be difficult, but it will
go a long way towards making your app marketing strategies more successful.
Ideally your organization will benefit from regular, ongoing communications
among all the key players, from app development and business stakeholders
to you as the app marketer and even to outside partners such as your agency.
By bringing everyone together as a team, you have an opportunity to get everyone
on the same page and build a successful app business.
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11. FIKSU CLIENT EXAMPLE:
Major Telecom Services Provider
One Fiksu client demonstrated this approach well. As a large corporation,
it would have been easy for them to fall into a trap of having multiple apps
managed by various business units. Instead, they:
· Set up a central product group to focus on their apps
· onducted weekly calls with an external developer,
C
the marketing and strategy people, and their
external agency
· Reviewed a six-month marketing calendar.
This helped them hit multiple app marketing goals
and minimize confusion and surprises down the line.
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12. 2. Put Dedicated Marketing
Resources Behind Your App
Apps are revenue-generating vehicles and deserve dedicated marketing
resources. Capturing and maintaining app market share requires marketing
resources, just like any other product. It’s no longer enough to simply market
your apps at your traditional customer touch points. To build market share,
brands must go out and get app users through proactive marketing – and this
takes resources.
According to the Mobile Marketing Association, marketers currently allocate
less than one percent of their marketing budget to mobile advertising. However,
based on the MMA’s detailed ROI analysis of mobile, the optimal percentage of
a marketing budget to spend on mobile is seven percent, on average, and up to
nine percent for brands with higher app involvement.13
Many big brands have started to put the necessary budget and staff behind the
marketing of their apps, and those are the two key components. It takes people
“ The Creative Ideas app
allows users to find
inspiration and home
power to manage the strategy and execution across the many mobile app market- improvement content
ing vehicles, and as the MMA describes, the scope of the mobile app opportunity where and when they
also deserves a significant app marketing budget, separate from other channels. want to interact with it.
We are at almost 800,000
”
App marketing budgets should also be planned for ongoing promotion. Limit- issues downloaded.
ed-time “burst” campaigns can quickly boost an app’s rank and drive downloads, -- Sandy Culver,
but the effects don’t last. To maintain visibility in the app marketplaces and bring Consumer Marketing Director,
Lowe’s Home Improvement 14
in new users on a continual basis, your app promotion needs to be ongoing.
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13. 3. Set App-Oriented Marketing Goals
As with any marketing program, mobile app • Rank – Reach (and maintain) a target app store rank, either overall
marketing programs should be measured against and/or in-category
specific, measurable goals. App marketing • Downloads – Generate a certain number of app downloads on
presents an entirely new range of marketing goals, a daily/weekly/monthly basis
with different corresponding strategies and tactics. • Cost-per-download – Stay below a threshold cost to
generate downloads
You’ll most likely wind up with several goals, • Loyal user acquisition – Drive downloads from users that make
some primary goals that directly reflect on your a purchase, use the app repeatedly, or take other actions that
support your overall app strategy
marketing successes, and other secondary goals
that measure more detailed aspects of your • Revenue – Hit targets for revenue generated directly through the app
campaigns. What’s important is to consider • Organic user acquisition – Acquire a target number of organic users
your goals beyond the obvious goals of rank or – those who download the app without paid marketing influence
downloads, through what you’re trying to achieve • Key performance indicators – Post-download user actions:
for the business after the download, and align repeat use, clicks, session length, clicks to online store, in-app
purchase, other
your marketing strategies to these goals.
• Competition – Achieve higher app store rank or more downloads
that competitors
• New customer acquisition – Acquire a target number of
new customers
• Existing customers – Generate a target number of downloads
from existing customers
• Geography – Generate a target number of downloads in key
geographies
• Velocity – Meet defined metrics within specific timeframes
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14. FIKSU CLIENT EXAMPLE:
Leading Fashion Retailer
Client Goals
• hile rank goals aren’t ideal for every brand, this brand-name
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fashion client knew that store visibility was going to be essential
to acquiring the large numbers of users needed to hit their
in-app purchase goals.
• heir app was new, so they set an achievable rank goal of top
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30 in their category. Based on their research and comparative
data, they knew that getting into the top 30 would help them
generate large numbers of users cost effectively.
How Fiksu Helped
• sing a combination of Fiksu’s centralized media buying
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and optimization technology, they were able to achieve a rank
between 20 and 30 within weeks
• And they’ve maintained it to this day, over one year later.
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15. 4. Market Your App On
Mobile Media
Some brands with large customer bases are confident that they can drive a lot of
users simply by promoting apps through their existing customer touch points, such
as stores, web sites, or traditional mass media channels. However, many marketers
have found that promoting their apps through these channels is no longer enough.
Brands are now committing an ongoing portion of their overall marketing spend to
promoting their apps where mobile users are: mobile advertising networks and
real-time bidding exchanges. Advertising on these dedicated mobile media
channels is the fastest way to build and sustain a large user base.
It’s true that most users find apps in the app stores – but discoverability of any one
app among thousands of competitors isn’t something you can count, no matter how
well-known your brand is.
The impact of mobile ad buys cannot be underestimated. Apps with high app store
rankings and market share are almost always backed by continuous marketing in
the form of paid media buys through mobile advertising networks and real-time
bidding exchanges. These dedicated mobile channels enable brands to achieve
an initial rank boost then maintain that rank over time to drive discoverability
and installs.
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16. In addition to advertising on mobile channels, marketers have learned that
working with several ad networks, rather than just one or two, increases their
success by up to a factor of ten. This multi-network approach helps marketers
reach their largest potential audience, guard against audience saturation,
and maximize ROI by identifying opportunities for lower acquisition costs.
There are different types of dedicated mobile marketing vehicles from which
to choose:
Ad Networks: Aggregate traffic from publishers like mobile web sites and apps
that display ads.
Incentive Networks: Provides a reward to a user that downloads and engages
with an app. Otherwise known as an ‘install’. Apps with good initial engagement
mechanics can obtain new users at a low cost. Examples of incentive networks
include FreeMyApps and SponsorPay. “ We launched an iPhone
app in the United States
about a year and a half ago.
Premium Traffic: Web and app publishers with their own ad serving capabilities It is now processing around
and sell inventory direct to very large buyers or aggregators. Examples include 15% of all the WesternUnion.
Pandora, The Weather Channel, and Twitter. com transactions that go out
from the US. Europe will be
the next area where we roll
Real-Time Bidding Exchanges: A rapidly growing advertising channel where
”
this out.
high-speed, automated technology runs auctions on an impression-by-impres-
sion basis. (See next page.) — Gregg Marshall,
Global Head of Sales and Business
Development, Mobile Transaction
Services, Western Union 15
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17. The Emergence of Real-Time
Bidding Exchanges
One of the more rapidly growing developing ways app marketers are accessing mobile media is through real time
bidding (RTB) exchanges.
Real-time bidding gives marketers an effective, cost-efficient way to target precise audience segments --
one impression at a time. RTB achieves this through online auctions that work in the same manner as bidding
on AdWords.
RTB systems auction media inventory on a per-impression basis: every time an ad slot becomes available due to a
user opening an app or mobile web page, an RTB exchange makes that impression available for bidding. Advertisers
are given highly granular targeting data to programmatically evaluate the impression and generate a bid for the
impressions. The exchange delivers the ad to the auction winner within milliseconds. This provides advertisers with
the ability to reach high-value prospects at the cost they’re willing to pay, rather than purchasing bulk impressions.
Real-time bidding offers one of the most cost-effective ways to identify, target, bid on, and buy impressions based
on specific acquisition goals and at a target cost. Buying media impressions through RTB exchanges helps
app marketers:
• Access highly targetable traffic for better performance
• Drive high-value users
• Achieve substantial cost efficiencies
• Realize higher marketing ROI
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18. FIKSU CLIENT EXAMPLE:
Global Electronics Manufacturer
Client Goals
• large ad agency worked closely with Fiksu to deliver for their client
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– a multi-billion dollar manufacturer of some of the world’s leading
consumer devices.
• he client had only a few weeks to acquire a large number of app
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users globally, in 13 different languages.
How Fiksu Helped
• he agency worked with Fiksu to market their app
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across dozens of ad networks, RTB, and direct
publishers, with a goal of driving high volumes
of usage during a worldwide marketing push.
• he result: hundreds of thousands of app downloads
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ahead of their deadline and under their CPA target.
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19. 5. Target Optimal Store Rank
Mobile media advertising will drive users to download your app. But it’s just as
important to reach users who are browsing the app store for new apps – and
the way to do that is to get your app into the top of the store rankings. If you’re
not near the top, you’re not likely to be seen, never mind downloaded.
Rank is all about acquiring organic users
Organic users are those who install your app through natural discovery while
browsing the app store, as opposed to those that are driven to the app by a paid
ad. Organic users often become higher-value users – but in the rank-driven
environment of the app stores, paid users have an important role to play beyond
their individual value.
As we’ve pointed out, high rankings are key to being discovered by organic
app searchers – and one critical factor in ranking is total download volume: “ The mobile app is probably
our first aggressive initiative
the more downloads you get, the higher you rank. And that’s where paid users aimed at strengthening
come in. loyalty among current and
potential new guests.
Paid mobile advertising continually drives more downloads, which raises your We wanted to deliver an
extension of our brand
app’s rank and visibility within the stores, so it can then be discovered by organ-
experience and give people
ic users. This is called “organic lift” and it should play a central role in your app a reason to engage with
marketing strategy.
”
the Denny’s brand.
— John Dillon,
Vice President of Brand Marketing
Product Development, Denny’s 16
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20. Because rank is so critical to obtaining organic users, one method of achieving
higher rank quickly is to conduct a burst campaign with an incent network.
A burst campaign concentrates advertising spend over a short period of time
to quickly drive a high volume of downloads. When done correctly, a burst
campaign results in a prominent ranking in the App Store, causing a spike in
organic installs. Once the campaign is generating a substantial amount of
organic downloads, you can dial back the spend to just the level necessary to
sustain your download numbers.
Optimal rank
To capture organic users most efficiently, it’s important to think in terms of
optimal rank, rather than simply highest rank. This is because there is a point
of diminishing returns associated with rank. For example, an app may get more
organic users at rank 5 than at rank 10 – but the cost of maintaining rank 5
might more than offset that advantage.
Marketing platforms such as Fiksu’s use algorithms to determine an app’s “ We now have planograms
for every store in our app, so
optimal rank by monitoring the relationship between ad spend, rank, and we know every item that’s on
organic downloads, then optimizing campaigns to deliver the rank that drives a shelf by store and where
the most organic users at the most efficient cost. it’s located. You can create a
shopping list in the app and
there’s a button that with
As you develop your user acquisition plan, think not only in terms of download
one click, the items on your
numbers, but also in terms of number of organic users. As you track your list appear on the store map,
advertising program, you will be able to track your organic lift and optimize to it. which is a representation of
”
the store.
— Rich Lesperance,
Director of Digital Marketing and
Emerging Media, Walgreens 17
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21. FIKSU CLIENT EXAMPLE:
Multinational Media Corporation
• multinational media organization went from treating their app as
A
a loss leader to expecting ROI results – and achieving them.
• ith both Android and iOS apps, they attained a top ten ranking
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in their category with their initial app marketing efforts.
• owever, over time they realized that even though they had the
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budget to stay top 10, their overall campaigns were more
effective when they targeted ranks in the low 20s.
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22. 6. Target Loyal Users
As you run your advertising across mobile ad networks, you will also want to
think in terms of “loyal user” acquisition – not just downloads.
A loyal user is a user who takes actions that lead back to ROI.
For example, a loyal user may be one who:
• Uses the app repeatedly
• Clicks through to your online store
• Downloads a coupon
• Makes an in-app purchase
• Places an order
• Registers for a service or newsletter
Whatever the conversion metric is, it is loyal users on whom you build your
app business.
“ Starwood has seen a 300
percent increase in mobile
A download, or even an app launch, doesn’t mean that you have a loyal user booking revenue generated
this year compared to the
that translates into a business result. Data shows that many users abandon an
same time last year, per the
app after one or two uses, and that high download numbers are often just part hotel chain. “This data is
of a high churn rate. To truly drive business from your app, loyal user a serious indication to the
acquisition is more important than driving large volumes of downloads.
”
future of booking travel.
And there are technology solutions available that help you identify and target
— luxurydaily.com, 12.12.12 18
these loyal users.
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23. 7. Use Optimization Technology
To Drive Marketing Performance
Optimization is one of the most The best optimization technology employs intelligent
critical components of your app algorithms that evaluate thousands of targeting com-
marketing program. binations. That can include variables such as networks,
This is because mobile ad targeting is not as sophisticat- time of day, device, operating system, geography and
ed as what you’re used to when working with traditional more. Those algorithms also depend on having a mas-
marketing vehicles. As you plan your mobile media buys, sive database of historical outcomes - billions of events
there are limited targeting criteria to help you determine - to best predict how to allocate future efforts. This level
which ad networks will cost-effectively deliver the of detailed optimization can’t be done manually.
largest number of downloads, which will drive loyal
users who spend money, and which will merely Plan your optimization up front.
consume your budget. Too often, app marketers treat optimization as an after-
thought. As programs run and they see that they’re not
This is where optimization technology getting the results they had hoped for, they scramble to
comes in. figure out how to readjust their mobile ad spend.
With optimization technology, you can gain detailed
insights into the marketing sources that are delivering Not all optimization is created equal.
on your goals. Whether that’s driving loyal users, min- When evaluating marketing technology partners,
imizing cost-per-download, or attaining optimal rank, you’ll encounter the term “optimization” used in many
optimize lets you zero in on those outcomes during the different ways. For maximum value, it’s important to
campaign. An optimization solution will help ensure that look carefully into exactly what an optimization solution
your ad spend is focused on the marketing sources that really provides.
are delivering the results and ROI you’re seeking.
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24. Characteristics to seek in an
optimization solution
There are five characteristics to consider when choosing an optimization solution:
1. Provides automated optimization 3. ntegrated with ad tracking
I
As your campaigns are running, automated and attribution
optimization technology feeds performance data into Data obtained through ad tracking software or
an optimization engine automatically, and uses network dashboards isn’t immediately actionable,
algorithms to optimize media buys based on the best due to the manual nature of the data analysis.
price/performance results. Report-based solutions They don’t build in any algorithms that make
simply tell you which ad networks are performing optimization decisions, such as what media is most
the best, leaving you to analyze large amounts of cost-effective, how to bid, or how to manage volume
data and take action to adjust your buying plans and budget.
across multiple networks.
Unlike manual reporting-based methods, an integrat-
2. ptimizes on post-download events
O ed approach allows you to take advantage of more
Rather than optimizing based on download data, the detailed data and respond immediately to cost or
solution should be able to track post-download user volume issues. Automated decision-making about
events, such as the loyal user events we described in what media is most cost-effective, how to bid,
strategy #6. This helps ensure that media spend is and managing bids and budget yields significantly
allocated to the sources that are truly driving more cost-efficient results.
business results.
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25. Characteristics to seek in an
optimization solution
4. Enables Broad Media Deployment
The optimization engine is integrated with ad
networks and real-time bidding exchanges to
enable optimization across your entire media buy
simultaneously. It can also identify new media
sources that are highly likely to perform well.
5. Provides Store Optimization
The optimization engine monitors the relationship
between ad spend, app rank, and downloads, and
optimizes to achieve the rank that delivers the most
organic users at the lowest cost.
For more information, read
Optimization for Advanced App Marketers.
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26. 8. Choose a Proven Mobile
Marketing Technology Partner
As you get strategic about your mobile app marketing, you’ll want to partner
with one or more vendors that provide technology solutions for app marketing.
Traditional advertising agencies may have considerable expertise in user
acquisition and brand marketing, but as we’ve described, mobile marketing
demands very specific expertise and technology.
Coca-Cola executive Tom Daly recently emphasized this idea, saying that one
of his main goals for 2012 was finding and connecting with the best partners
for mobile marketing. He mentioned that mobile marketing is a different skill
set than digital marketing, and that his focus then and now was on finding
partners who know how to really collaborate so he could “invest in the best”
and execute on his vision for mobile.19
“ Mobile sales continue to rise
sharply—up by 46.9%—and
MillerCoors Director of Digital Marketing Steve Mura echoed the point, now account for 18.5% of
describing how you need the right partners to help you win in the mobile
space. “We need someone who lives and breathes mobile,” he said, both for
total online sales.
”
— Nick Dutch, Multimedia Manager,
technology and for mobile media management.20 Domino’s Pizza Group 21
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27. One of the reasons these big brand executives are so eager to find partners for
their app marketing is the range of technologies and skills required to succeed
with mobile marketing:
• entralized media buying – Partners that provide one central point of
C
contact to buy mobile media from numerous media sources.
• d tracking and attribution – Software that tracks, measures and
A
reports on marketing performance, and also attributes user actions
back to the original marketing sources.
• pp usage analytics – Software that tracks and reports on how your
A
app is being used.
• Optimization – Technology that uses algorithms to optimize your adver-
tising to the marketing sources that deliver the best price/performance.
If your agency manages your app marketing programs, you may want to explore
with them the subject of partnering with a high performance mobile app
marketing platform provider to help them drive results for your business.
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28. 9. Test, Learn, Implement, Repeat
As marketers, we often rely on extensive testing of Build testing into your budget
promotional strategies, messaging, creative, and other In addition, as your campaigns and programs are
aspects of our campaigns and programs before launch- running, it’s important to devote a percentage of your
ing them on a grand scale. The same holds true for app budget to testing new media sources. There are dozens
marketing, but it’s more important in the app marketing of excellent media sources on which to promote your
world not to fall into the trap of “analysis paralysis” over apps, and there’s no way to know which will perform
long periods, because the market moves so quickly. best without testing.
Because mobile apps are a relatively new space com- From ad networks, to premium web and app publishers,
panies can easily fall into the test and retest trap. What to RTB exchanges, you may be missing out on potential
marketers need to understand is that the opportunity is opportunities to improve price/performance and
large enough and happening fast enough that it’s more identify highly productive users if you don’t test new
important to get out there in the marketplace rather sources on an ongoing basis. Identifying new media
than to test and refine marketing programs over extend- sources also helps you avoid potential audience
ed periods. You don’t want to get stuck in test and learn saturation when advertising for long periods of time.
mode because the market is developing so rapidly: you
need to be getting results now, before you may know the Media testing is also useful in identifying up-and-com-
perfect approach. ing sources before they become mainstream, while their
costs are relatively low, and helps you remain more
It’s okay to test and learn what does and does not work, competitive by taking advantage of newer sources
and to then make adjustments. That’s a key component before your competitors.
of the optimization described in the previous section.
As you see what works best you can then start to scale
and refine your campaigns. But don’t wait for perfection
before you dive in.
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29. 10. Establish a Feedback Loop with App
Development and Business Stakeholders
You can do a great job marketing your app but, at the end App landing pages – A good feedback loop can help
of the day, if the app doesn’t provide value to your users optimize app store landing page components, including
and doesn’t work well, the app will not be successful. screen shots, app descriptions, ratings, and even
In addition, even the most widely adopted app must be your icon.
updated regularly in order to provide new motivations
App consistency - If your company has multiple apps,
for users to engage with it. Marketers are in a unique
and particularly if they’re managed by different groups,
position to gain insights to improve the app, as well as
your input can help ensure consistency across them,
the business impact of the app.
including logo usage, cross promotion, and overall user
experience.
App marketers can add strategic value to the app busi-
ness by establishing a formal feedback methodology Ad testing – You can conduct testing in new geographies
with both the app business stakeholders as well as the to help the team make decisions on launching in new
app development team. Set up a monthly or quarterly markets.
feedback session with the stakeholders and review your
Conversion rates – You can track app usage and
findings and recommendations.
conversions to see if an app is generating the desired
There are a range of ways you can provide feedback: user engagement and ROI.
Metrics reporting – You can study metrics regarding app You can be highly successful at marketing your apps
downloads, store rank performance, cost-per-download, and getting them downloaded, but if they’re not used,
organic lift, media source performance and other all that great marketing doesn’t matter. By establishing
marketing metrics to provide insights that can help a marketing feedback loop with the business and
guide decisions. development teams, you can make an impact beyond
just promoting the app by contributing to the app
development and business direction.
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30. Checklist: App Marketing Plan Template
Developing 1. App name
2. Platforms (iOS, Android, etc.)
a Mobile App 3. Marketing goals (Rank, organic users, downloads, cost-per-download,
Marketing
loyal users, revenue, other)
4. Key performance indicators (Clicks to online store, in-app purchase,
Plan
session length, repeat usage, other)
5. Geographies (Countries in which to run marketing programs.)
6. Marketing channels (Mobile ad media, PR, social media, display ads,
search engine marketing, emails, etc).
If your apps are strategic to
your business, they should 7. Mobile media channels (Mobile ad networks, incent networks, bidding
have the backing of a formal exchanges, etc.)
marketing plan. Here’s a
marketing template that you 8. Media plan (List ad networks, timeframe, cost structure [CPC, CPI, etc])
can customize to match your 9. App store landing pages (Components, creation, responsibilities)
particular situation.
10. Marketing attribution and optimization strategy
(What is the strategy, technology usage, responsibilities)
11. Ad network SDK integration with apps (Requirements, responsibilities)
12. Outside vendors (Ad agency role, partner selection, technologies)
13. Localization/translation (Languages, vendor)
14. Measurement and reporting (What is being measured, how, frequency)
15. Budget
16. Timeline
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31. Fiksu Mobile App Marketing Platform
High-Performance App Marketing Campaign Planning and Implementation
For Big Brands Fiksu’s experienced service team provides ongoing
Is your company taking a strategic approach to mobile support from app marketing experts with strategic
app marketing? Fiksu invites you to learn how we’re knowledge, deep experience, and the resources to help
helping big brands build big app businesses with our you achieve marketing campaign excellence. Fiksu
award-winning mobile marketing solutions. provides numerous services based on your needs,
including: strategy and planning support, advertising
Fiksu Mobile App Marketing Platform program development, and campaign execution.
The Fiksu Mobile App Marketing Platform is used by
businesses worldwide to remove the complexity from Agency Support
app marketing and drive exceptional business results. Fiksu partners with advertising agencies to provide
The Fiksu platform combines centralized mobile access to the Fiksu app marketing platform, along
media buying with advanced attribution and optimization with expert support in a range of areas based on your
technology, to help marketers acquire large volumes of agency’s requirements, including campaign planning
quality, loyal users, with outstanding marketing ROI. support, access to mobile media sources, optimization
technology and more.
Centralized Media Buying from the
World’s Largest App Media Inventory
The Fiksu Platform is tightly integrated with top mobile
media sources, for centralized buying from the world’s
largest volume of mobile app media inventory. Fiksu
provides access to 95% of the world’s - iOS and Android
mobile inventory.
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32. Footnotes
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CMO One-to-One: Hyatt Builds Loyalty With Integrated Marketing - eMarketer
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2
eMarketer, Paid vs. Free Mobile App Store Downloads Worldwide, 2011-2016. September 11, 2012
3
ibid
4
http://www.growthink.com/content/10-incredible-mobile-marketing-statistics-every-entrepreneur-must-know
5
http://www.eweek.com/mobile/apps-marketing-and-the-cloud-gartner-predictions-for-2013/
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http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Blog/The_Imminent_Mobile_Commerce_Avalanche
7
http://www.eweek.com/mobile/apps-marketing-and-the-cloud-gartner-predictions-for-2013/
8
Mobile First Look, 1/17/13, “Coca-Cola: Mobile – the closest you will get to your consumers”
9
http://www.luxurydaily.com/nordstrom-builds-cross-channel-engagement-with-interactive-mobile-app/
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http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/04/13/abc-sees-success-in-ipad-app/
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Source: Localytics, July 2012
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http://allthingsd.com/20120924/ebays-mobile-momentum-100m-app-downloads-100m-items-listed/
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MXS: Mobile’s X% Solution, Mobile Marketing Association, August 2012.
14
eMarketer, “Lowe’s Crafts Creative Ideas for the iPad,” June 7, 2012.
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eMarketer, “Western Union’s Mobile payments App Finds Its Niche,” October 16, 2012
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eMarketer, “Denny’s Serves Up Loyalty with Launch of Mobile-Local App,” July 12, 2012
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eMarketer, “Walgreen’s Mobile Tactics Include foursquare and Store-Inventory App,” November 5, 2012
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http://www.luxurydaily.com/starwood-boosts-mobile-booking-by-extending-spg-app-to-android/
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Mobile First Look, 1/17/13, “Coca-Cola: Mobile – the closest you will get to your consumers”
20
Mobile First Look, 1/17/13, “MillerCoors: Why mobile is a key social medium for the nation’s No. 2 brewer”
21
eMarketer, “Mobile Sales a Bigger Slice of Digital Revenues for Domino’s in the UK,” November 12, 2012”
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