Building multi-platform
  apps and tools for
professional audiences
       @nickfallon
news

                       periodicals




research & analysis

                      data tools
Use Cases                  Analytical   Strategic   Executive
                Info Pro
 by User                     User         User        User

Current
awareness        1           3           4            4
Discovery
                 4           4           2            0
Consumption
                 0           4           3            1
Collaboration
                 4           4           2            1
Use Cases                        Desktop /
                Phone   Tablet               TV
by Screen                         Laptop

Current
awareness       4       4          4         0
Discovery
                3       4          4         1
Consumption
                2       3          4         2
Collaboration
                2       2          4         0
One service
               *	
  
Four screens
Many devices
Responsive
                               Native apps          Web apps
                  design

News products
                                 Various             Sooner
 Periodicals
                   All new/
                  refreshed
 Research &     products and
  analysis           sites
                               Task-specific
                                                      Later
                                apps only
                  2012 à
  Data tools

 Marketing &
                                               --
 ecommerce
Lloyd’s List &
Lloyd’s List Intelligence
       Case study
Lloyd’s List
   Touch-points       Lloyd’s List
                                      Intelligence
       Print              Daily            --

   ePaper (PDF)           Daily            --

     Website              Yes             Yes

    Newsletter        Daily, Weekly        --

Saved search alerts       Yes             Yes

     RSS feed             Yes              --

  Video channel           Yes              --

“Ask the Analyst”          --             Yes
Lloyd’s List for iPhone & iPad
•  v1 April 2011 (v2 August 2011)
•  Built using Escenic mobile framework

•    Downloads: 3k by Dec 2011
•    Usage 50% iPhone; 50% iPad
•    Average time: 1 to 5 mins
•    Before 09:00 and after 18:00
The good

•  Real-time updating

•  Offline reading

•  CMS integration

•  Seamless access for subscribers

•  Access by non-subscribers
The bad

•  Poor social media interaction

•  Lack of multimedia (and temporarily data)

•  Ux and UI OK, not optimal

•  3rd party technical solution slow
Lessons?

•  Iterate


•  Test


•  Integrate
The measure of success is not
  whether you have a tough
  problem to deal with, but
whether it’s the same problem
    that you had last year
     - John Foster Dulles

Nick fallon mobile strategies 2012

  • 1.
    Building multi-platform apps and tools for professional audiences @nickfallon
  • 5.
    news periodicals research & analysis data tools
  • 6.
    Use Cases Analytical Strategic Executive Info Pro by User User User User Current awareness 1 3 4 4 Discovery 4 4 2 0 Consumption 0 4 3 1 Collaboration 4 4 2 1
  • 7.
    Use Cases Desktop / Phone Tablet TV by Screen Laptop Current awareness 4 4 4 0 Discovery 3 4 4 1 Consumption 2 3 4 2 Collaboration 2 2 4 0
  • 8.
    One service *   Four screens Many devices
  • 9.
    Responsive Native apps Web apps design News products Various Sooner Periodicals All new/ refreshed Research & products and analysis sites Task-specific Later apps only 2012 à Data tools Marketing & -- ecommerce
  • 10.
    Lloyd’s List & Lloyd’sList Intelligence Case study
  • 13.
    Lloyd’s List Touch-points Lloyd’s List Intelligence Print Daily -- ePaper (PDF) Daily -- Website Yes Yes Newsletter Daily, Weekly -- Saved search alerts Yes Yes RSS feed Yes -- Video channel Yes -- “Ask the Analyst” -- Yes
  • 14.
    Lloyd’s List foriPhone & iPad •  v1 April 2011 (v2 August 2011) •  Built using Escenic mobile framework •  Downloads: 3k by Dec 2011 •  Usage 50% iPhone; 50% iPad •  Average time: 1 to 5 mins •  Before 09:00 and after 18:00
  • 21.
    The good •  Real-timeupdating •  Offline reading •  CMS integration •  Seamless access for subscribers •  Access by non-subscribers
  • 22.
    The bad •  Poorsocial media interaction •  Lack of multimedia (and temporarily data) •  Ux and UI OK, not optimal •  3rd party technical solution slow
  • 23.
  • 24.
    The measure ofsuccess is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it’s the same problem that you had last year - John Foster Dulles