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Ads Tech Setup

  • Use native ad SDKs when you can. No need to use Appsflyer for Facebook ads.
  • With FB, stick to Automated App Ads (AAA). They let you upload 50 images or videos and 5 sets of text. They handle the rest (including audience).
  • Optimize for trial starts if you have enough events
  • Create two AAA campaigns to begin with. Tier 1 targeting only the US. Tier 2 targeting Canada, UK, Australia and Germany. Split spend 90% Tier 1 and 10% Tier 2 countries.

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Test Pricing

Price testing is useful but not as important as one may expect. First test weekly prices. Then monthly. Then annual. Analyze cohorts over time:

  • For weekly, test $1.99, $2.99, $3.99, $4.99, $7.99, $9.99. Test 3 and 7 day trials. When you find a winner, go onto monthly.
  • For month...

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Get More Ratings

Get More Ratings

  • The first rating request should be as fast as possible. Maybe even in the onboarding. Introduced with the text "How is it going so far?"
  • If the user completed a survey with a question "Why do you love the app?" use that text for the review. 
  • After your first...

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Dynamic User Surveys

Dynamic User Surveys

  • You must also be able to change questions very easily. Simplest setup is to show typeform surveys on app open. Add app user id as a hidden parameter. This lets you change questions over time.
  • Send two types of surveys out: trial cancel survey & product market...

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Market Old Features As New

Don’t hide old feature releases from new users. They aren’t as curious as you think. Take screen recordings of new features as you release them. Send email + push notification tips on how to use them. Send every 48 hrs. Start from the beginning for each new user

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Influencers based campaigns

Influencers based campaigns

Hiring influencers (via TikTok mainly is essential). Use them to create content for ads, not for an ROI positive influencer campaign, that’s too hard to achieve on a small scale.

  • Pay out influencers based on performance if you can. Again, this isn’t to make sure you’re...

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ASO Keyword Payloading

Keyword at the beginning of your Title and Subtitle carry far more weight than those at the end. Frontload ing keywords is a popular hack. This is the time to care LESS about your brand and MORE about being practical.

Use Apple Ads to find the best keywords for your description:

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    Use Sales

    Use Sales

    Sales can account for 20% of total revenue:

    • Christmas
    • Black Friday
    • New Years
    • Memorial Day
    • Labor Day
    • Spring Sale
    • Fall Sale
    • Summer Sale
    • Father’s Day
    • Mother’s Day

    Offer a discount like 50% off.

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    Survey after paywall dismissal

    When your paywall is dismissed w/o paying, ask why in a free response survey.

    Use responses determine multiple choice Qs. Use a word cloud to analyse free responses.

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    Remotely Update Your Paywalls

    Remotely Update Your Paywalls

    Being able to remotely update your paywall is essential.

    Use Firebase's Remote Config to alter pricing, text and images remotely. You can simulate a fully remotely-configurable paywall by using images as static UI elements.

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    User Creatives from Users

    • Target users with ad creatives, not with ad settings. Its always cheaper to cast a wider net with open targeting – videos & text will attract users who resonate with the problem your solving and the solution you are advertising.
    • Ask “who do you think would benefit most from using you...

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    Paywalls Views Matter

    Paywalls Views Matter

    Seeing paywalls is key for revenue on consumer apps. 

    • Most important metric is App Install → Paywall. Revenue moves (almost linearly) with this metric.
    • Second most important metric. Paywall views per free user. Around the 7th paywall view on av...

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    AppStore In-App Events

    Create in-app events via App Store Connect. Titles you use can rank organically in search results.

    Hint: If you choose a start date of around 1hr after you submit for review, your app review will be expidited.

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    Onboarding Tips

    You must balance completion rates and paywall conversion rates. Higher completion rate = more paywall views. Longer onboarding = higher paywall conversion rates (due to sunk cost bias).

    • Personal info like name, age, email etc. have the lowest completion rates. Offload as much as possib...

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    Constantly lower price with drip campaigns

    Constantly lower price with drip campaigns

    Run drip campaigns:

    1. Lower prices on day 0, day 3, day 7, day 14, day 30.
    2. Send reminders via push but also SMS or email
    3. Link to web checkout: You should have a URL like http://appname.com/checkout?app_user_id=100… that deep links to ...

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    Winback campaign with discounts

    Winback campaign with discounts

    Hide a cheaper priced plan in your subscription group. For ex, offer users $89.99/yr in app, but add a $59.99/yr product called Secret Discount.

    When users go to cancel, they'll see the discount. I've seen setups increase revenue by 10%.

    If the user cancels their trial, add a floating...

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