5 Tips to a Better Google Play Ranking
Posted on February 19th, 2016
Acquiring relevant users organically in app store search is the primary focus of app store optimization.
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Google Mobile Analytics
Posted on February 18th, 2016
In the early days of mobile apps, marketers used Flurry Analytics in their iOS apps and Google Analytics in their Android apps.
Choosing App Store Keywords
Posted on February 16th, 2016
Choosing app store keywords for an app’s store listings has at times been viewed as the holy grail of app store optimization. The thinking was that finding the magical combination of low competition, high traffic words would drive heaps of organic traffic to even the worst of mobile apps. While keywords are a big part of ASO, Gummicube considers the initial selection of keywords as much less important than the building of a complete acquisition funnel, and the ongoing optimization of target keywords and phrases as they support the funnel.
4 Steps for Better App Store Rankings
Posted on February 12th, 2016
A modern strategy of content marketing is investing in one great piece of content per week or month rather than posting daily articles targeting keywords. There is so much content being pushed on blogs and social media properties that to be discovered, read, shared, used - the content needs to be the best post for a given topic. For example, Gummicube saw that most app store optimization guides were either lacking, incomplete or inconsistent with what we were seeing in the app stores with our clients. We thought we could build the best ASO guide and did. This ASO Guide serves as a primary piece of “cornerstone content” for Gummicube and helps both introduce and educate clients and prospects. (For those wondering, this approach is called the SkyScraper technique among other names.) What does this have to do with apps? Well - the same is true in the app stores. There are millions of apps available for download, how does your app find its way to the top of an app store category or relevant search results (without buying installs)?
Making Sense of the Recent Apple and FaceBook Results
Posted on February 11th, 2016
Allocating budgets and prioritizing projects are primary concerns for marketers and executives. We rely on industry conferences and chatter, what competitors are doing and what is working internally to help guide these decisions. Two of the biggest and most influential companies in technology - one being the biggest company globally, ever - released
Trends in Mobile Marketing
Posted on February 6th, 2016
Mobile app usage and the enormous volume of apps continues to impact
How to Get Users to Download Your App
Posted on February 5th, 2016
Mobile user acquisition is critical for new apps - as new apps need enough data to see how users are using the app and optimize in-app items, loops, gamification elements and notifications. For established apps, acquiring users helps app store rankings which results in more downloads. From games to shopping apps and everything in between - we all want more users for our mobile apps. Here are five simple and cost-effective ways you can increase your app downloads:
Parse Migration and Alternatives
Posted on February 3rd, 2016
In a surprise to much of the community, Parse is folding up shop and will now be available only as an open-source Node.js project. A quick bit of history - Parse is a BaaS or Backend as a Service, making it easy for developers to build a database of assets for mobile apps, as well as add services like authentication and push to their mobile apps. Facebook acquired Parse in April of 2013,
5 Tips For Creating A Great Mobile App Name
Posted on January 29th, 2016
The App Store is the holy grail of mobile app user acquisition. Curated and exceedingly well-stocked, there are over 1.5 million apps and growing in both the Apple and Google Play app stores. Unfortunately, it is also a place where an app can easily be forgotten, especially when it attempts to muscle into a particularly difficult part of the market. If you want to chase your fortunes in the mobile app stores, or connect with more customers on the medium they increasingly prefer, every aspect of your application must be polished. The very first element of your app a potential user will see - whether when searching the stores or browsing - is the app name. A great application name must: - Avoid confusion - Stay on brand -
Tips for Designing Mobile App Icons
Posted on January 27th, 2016
Mobile app usage continues to see unprecedented growth, with top app categories such as messaging, shopping, productivity and gaming contributing to the overall increased usage of mobile apps. The amount of time spent by individuals on digital media is exploding as well. This growth is predominantly being driven by mobile apps. According to comScore's 2015 Mobile App Report, total digital media usage over the past two years has grown by 49%, with mobile app usage up 90%. Companies of all kinds are entering the mobile app space as their customers have made it clear mobile and mobile apps are the preferred medium. One of the main challenges facing mobile app publishers and marketers is the design considerations given the smaller form factor. These design challenges include both in-app UI/UX and maybe the most important graphical element of the app itself - the app icon. The app icon is the first image a potential user sees in search results or when browsing the app stores, and is the graphic that resides on their device once installed.
Localize App Keywords for Increased App Downloads
Posted on January 23rd, 2016
In 2015 China surpassed the US in the number of iPhones sold and in app downloads. Japan generated more revenue on Google Play than the US or the UK. For 2015, which of the below countries had more downloads on Google Play than the UK, Canada and Germany?:
8 ASO Tools to Help You Promote Your App
Posted on January 21st, 2016
Acquiring users for your mobile app organically starts with being ranked in the app stores for relevant search terms. Rankings are established by the app store listing, as well as by several app performance metrics. For example, an app listing that is optimized for travel deals might have great search term coverage, but the icon and screenshots are bad or confusing leading to low conversions.