How to increase downloads for your mobile app

How to increase downloads for your mobile app

So you have invented an incredibly innovative and useful mobile application, partnered with mobile app developers to bring it to life, added it to the Google Play and Apple stores and published a link to the app along with announcement to your social media channels. After a few days, you see that only a handful of people have downloaded your app and nobody has left reviews. What’s missing?

Mobile app marketing is as much an art as it is a science. As a digital media company that specializes in mobile marketing, we’ve picked up a few helpful pointers to help clients who want to increase downloads for their mobile apps:

Descriptions and language

You may understand the purpose and features of your app, but you need to make sure this message comes across correctly when speaking to your target audience as well. Include a clear, lengthy description of your app in the stores and get the description translated into all the relevant languages as well. Be sure to include localized terms and languages. Instead of using Google Translate, hire a professional translator or look for one on Fiverr.com.

Power words

As always, you need to consider the Search Engine Optimization side of things. Use Google’s Adwords Keyword Tool to find relevant keywords and include these in your app description. Also check out the lateral keyword suggestions to include a few of those keywords as well.

Be clear about costs and permissions

A person who downloads your app will see the permissions that your app requires anyway, so make sure that you are upfront about the permissions of your app. If the app has a cost model, then also state which features are free and which ones are paid for in your app description.

Show people what your app is about

A video about how your app works is one of the key ways to increase downloads for your mobile app. Not only can you upload this to YouTube (and increase traffic to your app), but it shows people exactly how the app works and what it will do. Hire a professional video editing agency for this and consider hiring a voice over artist as well. Include subtitles and get these subtitles translated to the relevant languages.

New Media Marketing in Greensboro, North Carolina, specializes in mobile content marketing and mobile app marketing. If you want to increase downloads to your app, then get in touch with us today.