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In 2021, hosted the first-ever awards!! HackerNoon Startup of the Year The goal of this campaign was to give recognition to the hardworking startups who pulled through the pandemic -- growing and thriving (despite all of the challenges). More than 44,000 startups were nominated all across the globe! They were selected from over 4,553 cities, with a total number of * cough * “4 billion” votes. Insane, right? To see who is a winner in each respective city, visit and pick a city. The name at the top of the list is the winner. (Compromised awards are under review. Cities with tie votes will be updated to have two winners!) startups.hackernoon.com The will announce the winners per region in their respective cities. Startups Winners Announcement series Here are the winners in the : Asia region Top Startup Cities in East Asia Seoul The Startup of the Year in is with 377 votes! Seoul dable Central is the Startup of the Year! It came out ahead with 121 votes. UpNow Central Sheung Wan came out as the Startup of the Year in with 154 votes. Votee Sheung Wan Tokyo The Startup of the Year in is with 41 votes! Tokyo ACES Wan Chai The Startup of the Year in is with 54 votes! Wan Chai Zetl Osaka, Japan In , is the winner! Osaka Nanophoton Taiwan came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Tico Taiwan Dongcheng, China In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Dongcheng Waiju Taipei came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Tico Taipei Akasaka In , is the winner! Akasaka WAKUWAKU Chuo In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Chuo GO-NET Ginza came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Netyear Ginza Kanazawa In , is the winner! Kanazawa Granzella Minami-aoyama In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Minami-aoyama Tokyo6 Entertainment Shibuya came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Hupro Japan Shibuya Toranomon In , is the winner! Toranomon Small Worlds Toshima In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Toshima Altplus Guangzhou, China came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Leyaoyao Guangzhou Hong Kong, Hong Kong In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Hong Kong Episode Six Kunming In , is the winner! Kunming Green A Sapporo In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Sapporo Polar Star Space Shirokanedai came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Nupp1 Shirokanedai Wuhan In , is the winner! Wuhan CSICEE Baoan, China In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Baoan Jumper Baoshan, China In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Baoshan Renren Games Chengdu, China came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Ju You Xi Chengdu Fujisawa, Japan In , is the winner! Fujisawa Scohia Pharma Fukuoka, Japan In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Fukuoka Kyulux Haidian, China came out as the Startup of the Year in ! 51vv Haidian Hongkou, China In , is the winner! Hongkou Kidstone Jiading, China In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Jiading IMRobotic Kawasaki, Japan came out as the Startup of the Year in ! QD Laser, Inc. Kawasaki Kyoto, Japan In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Kyoto Hacarus Minato, Japan In , is the winner! Minato Visionary Fun Nagoya, Japan came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Prodrone Nagoya Ningbo, China The winner in is . Ningbo OlymTech Corporation Aomori In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Aomori Forte Japan Bandai-cho In , is the winner. Bandai-cho Delta-Fly Pharm Changchun In , the Startup of the Year is . Changchun Kaidi Animation Fuchu In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Fuchu TMS Fukuoka-shi The winner in is . Fukuoka-shi SkyDisc Fukushima In , the Startup of the Year is . Fukushima Matsuri Technologies Gotanda In , is the winner. Gotanda Basset Hachioji In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Hachioji Adriakaim Harbin The winner in is J . Harbin oining Technology Iwaki In , is the winner. Iwaki Tao Engineering Izumo In , the Startup of the Year is . 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Jamshedpur Intelliber Kabul The winner in is Kabul Miracle Shop (Vocinno Technology) Karur In , is the winner Karur Karur Vysya Bank Kochi The winner in is Kochi BestDoc Kozhikode In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Kozhikode OfficeKit HR Ludhiana In , the Startup of the Year is Ludhiana Trendy Beat Network Madhapur In , is the winner! Madhapur Head Digital Works Mangalore When it comes to , is the Startup of the Year Mangalore Hangyo Nagpur came out as the Startup of the Year in ! UPrudence Agro Nagpur Rawalpindi The Startup of the Year in is Rawalpindi Pro Options Marketing Rishikesh came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Descatuk Rishikesh Secunderabad couldn’t be beaten for Startup of the Year in Prakriti Biosystems Engineering Secunderabad Tirupur In , is the winner! Tirupur Tubeknit Fashions Udupi The winner in is Udupi Krishitantra Top Startup Cities in Southeast Asia Singapore, Singapore The Startup of the Year in is with 6556 votes! 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Kuningan Prinzio Bukit Merah came out as the Startup of the Year in ! DC Alliance Bukit Merah Huai Khwang In , the Startup of the Year is . Huai Khwang AppMan Co.,Ltd Kuta In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Kuta Gringgo Mandaluyong came out ahead as the Startup of the Year! Work Inspire Mandaluyong Midview City In , is the winner! Midview City BioMers Phuket The Startup of the Year in is ! Phuket Sapahn Yangon, Myanmar The winner in is . Yangon Wave Money Denpasar When it comes to , is the Startup of the Year! Denpasar Revasi Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand The winner in is . Nakhon Ratchasima Siam Lottery co., Ltd Taguig, Philippines In , is the winner! Taguig PayMongo Bogor came out as the Startup of the Year in ! TIRANYX Bogor Senai, Malaysia won as the Startup of the Year. Nutrition Technologies Senai Bekasi Kota couldn’t be beaten for Startup in the Year in ! 8villages Bekasi Kota Top Startup Cities in Middle East Tel Aviv, Israel The Startup of the Year in is with 1,065 votes! Tel Aviv hyro Beirut, Lebanon is the Startup of the Year! It came out ahead with 1,276 votes. Hovi Digital Lab Beirut Riyadh, Saudi Arabia With 350 votes, came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Flicron Riyadh Tel Aviv-yafo, Israel When it comes to , is the Startup of the Year with 167 votes! Tel Aviv-yafo Cymbio Haifa, Israel couldn’t be beaten for Startup in the Year in , it won with 183 votes! Pico Haifa Amman, Jordan In , with 141 votes, is the winner! Amman Edexy Dubai, United Arab Emirates In , the Startup of the Year is with 74 votes. Dubai Ziina Doha, Qatar In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Doha SkipCash Tehran, Iran The winner in is . BeyondBoard AR Tehran Jerusalem, Israel In , is the winner! Jerusalem SolidBlock Rishon Le Zion The Startup of the Year in is ! 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The Startups Awards are sponsored by: , , , , , , , , , , Blockster Brex FreeCodeCamp LaunchDarkly Coil Udacity Udemy Vercel Asia Pacific Transgender Network Bybit Everscale Network The post was written by Kushal Tamrakar and Valerie Ejegi, edited by Hang Ngo. If you have any questions or concerns or would like to report a discrepancy please email ellen@hackernoon.com.

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On every project, there are always tools that can help your team align, standardise, and increase productivity and quality of code through their use. We’re constantly reviewing new tools to help automate away pain points, and help us create a better end product. I’m listing what we currently use here in the hope that you get some use from them. And please, let me know if you have suggestions for tools you think we should be using. Git Hooks 1. – Local git hooks made easy. It allows you to force running of commit message linting, project linting and unit tests (if these are cheap to run) pre-commit or pre-push. Cuts down on bad commits or PR reverts with linting and formatting issues. husky Linting and formatting 2. – It’s the standard for Javascript and Typescript now. We have company-wide rules implemented for standardisation across projects. eslint 3. – Opinionated formatters take away the debate about which formatting to employ. Company wide rules are implemented once again for standardisation. prettier s Commit Message Standard 4. – Keeps your commit history clean on a project, and can be customised to suit your team’s needs. Normally runs via husky pre-commit to stop anyone not keeping their commit messages standardised. commitlint Dependency Auditing and Updating 5. – Purchased by Github and free to use on that platform. Allows you to continuously keep your dependencies up to date and opens PR’s for you, allowing you to keep your project up to date. dependabot 6. – Useful for auditing dependencies pre-deploy or on CI jobs to stop critical vulnerabilities getting into production. audit-ci PR Assignment and Metrics 7. – and free to use on that platform. Allows automatic assignment of pull requests on a round-robin or load-balanced basis, or based on CODEOWNERS file, sends pull reminders to team in Slack about open PR’s and provides useful metrics on turnaround time, size of PR’s, time to merge etc. pull panda Purchased by Github Slack Integrations 8. – For build statuses. github slack integration 9. – For PR reminders and updates from within Slack. pull panda p Hel 10. – NPM package to add a help.json file for quick helpful description of the npm script commands available. package-json-help T esting 11. – Easy parameterised unit testing. Can be used with Jest or Mocha/Chai and is easier to use and more powerful than the equivalent Jest.each functionality. js-parametrize Component Development 12. – Allows development of components in isolation. Also allows a client to view components being developed independent of the app. storybook Logging 13. – Provides detailed error and crash reporting for your applications per environment. sentry Previously published at https://blog.nona.digital/useful-tooling-we-use-at-nona/

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As a software development company, it’s easy to focus on technical excellence while forgetting that a lot of what creates that excellence isn’t technical in nature at all. Culture, practices, and all those ‘soft’ things in and around the technical heavily influence the way software gets built, and the quality of output. With that in mind, and believing that the most valuable things I’ve learned in the last few years aren’t all related to technical expertise, I decided to ask some of my colleagues the one most valuable non-technical lesson they had learned recently, in the hopes that I would learn some new things myself. Here is what they had to say. in the correct rhythms are very important. If you’re doing it right then people are like, ‘Yes, that meeting was great and now things are better for my work’. 1. Proper meetings . Get things 100% done, one at a time, rather than starting many things and only getting them 80% done. Work as if you may be stopped at any minute and would need to be as far along as possible when that happened. That way you actually deliver real usable value into the world as often as possible. 2. Stop starting and start finishing , even if you are on a tight deadline. Just focus on that one next step that you can take. 3. Remember what you can do in a moment, and just focus on that . Leveraging the people around you and their knowledge is key to progressing. 4. Collaboration is the key to unlocking good work . There is a dangerous and misguided trend in the industry to think of clients (or really any non-developers) in a fundamentally oppositional frame. It is our job to deeply understand their needs and goals and help them get to where they want to be. Empathy is also critically important within our teams, in understanding each other and building a communicative, productive environment. 5. The most important non-technical skill for a developer is empathy when it comes to scope creep and continually changing priorities mid-sprint. It’s also part of your job to let your client know when you believe that what they are doing doesn’t serve their best interests. 6. Don’t be afraid to hold your boundaries . As much as it is one’s responsibility to clearly communicate, it is just as much one’s responsibility to understand what was communicated to you. Take the time to clarify, double check and jot it down for future reference. Writing out my understanding and sending it back to someone (be it a client, developer or designer) is a great way of solidifying, understanding and aligning. 7. Take responsibility for your understanding . No one wants to be be the bearer of bad news to a team member or a client, but beating around the bush serves no one. With clients, if a piece of work is going to take far longer than expected, be clear about this and don’t fall into the trap of “it will just take a little bit longer”. With teammates, don’t be afraid of telling people when they aren’t meeting your expectations for quality or velocity. You will be surprised how people actually appreciate your feedback. 8. Don’t sugarcoat things What is the one most important non technical thing you’ve learned? Let us know in the comments below! Previously published at https://blog.nona.digital/most-important-non-technical-things/

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Ecommerce apps are powerful tools for online retailers, making it possible to reach users with more targeted offers, intuitive interfaces, and a more streamlined experience overall. But if you’re going to have an ecommerce app, you need to do it right. Providing an app that offers a poor user experience will actively lose you customers by pushing away those people with enough interest in your company to download your app — and that really doesn’t sound like a good idea, does it? So if you’re going to have an ecommerce app, you’d best make sure it’s up to par. Here are 6 killer features that you simply must provide through your app: 1. Convenient access Once a user has successfully made a purchase, the store details will likely be remembered on their phone, meaning that they won’t have to worry about it again — but the first time is absolutely crucial. Make it awkward to get through the process and you’ll drive people away in droves. Remember that most users aren’t opening your app because they want to commit to a long-term business relationship; they simply want to buy something and leave. Accordingly, your app should request as little information as possible to get started. Provide the option of logging in but don’t demand it. Let guests browse your store and add things to their basket, then either give them the option to create an account during the checkout process or find the most painless way to request their basic details (allowing users to is an excellent way to go). login through their Google, Facebook or Twitter accounts 2. Push notifications is a message sent from your app to the mobile operating system and passed to the user at the top level (as opposed to existing only inside the app). If overused, , but they’re extremely valuable when used carefully for reaching people while they’re not directly interacting with your app. A push notification push notifications can be annoying Image source Configure push notifications to make good use of fear of missing out (FOMO) through mentioning timed exclusives, limited-stock items, popular purchases, and anything else that will inspire the user to stop what they’re doing and take relevant action. FOMO is a huge ecommerce motivator because we hate feeling that we’ve let opportunities slip through our fingers when we have 24/7 internet access through our mobile devices. 3. Bookmarking Sometimes you’re browsing the web and you see a page you’re interested in reading but don’t want to look at right away, so you bookmark or favorite it, allowing you to return to it later. Being able to tag something as worth revisiting is an important but often-overlooked ecommerce option, especially considering how quickly a user’s opinion or determination can change. Imagine a user getting 95% of the way through your sales funnel, only to realize that they’re not sure if the product they’re about to purchase is what they’re looking for. Maybe the color choice is giving them pause, they want to check their bank balance first, or they want some reassurance from someone they know that they’re making a good choice. Regardless, they reluctantly cancel the order and leave. quite With a bookmarking option, they can tag the product right away if they think it might be something they want, then fully consider the prospect at a later date. You can also tie this information the push notifications system to notify people when bookmarked products have limited stock or have been temporarily discounted and thus spur them into action. 4. Fast checkout In 2018, no one is willing to take out their credit or debit card and manually enter all their details into a cramped mobile checkout. Consumers are too accustomed to payment convenience to be willing to handle that kind of irritation, so you must implement fast payment in your ecommerce app — the faster, the better. Image source At a minimum, you should support options like PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and all the other major payment gateways. In addition, you should allow the user to store payment and shipping address information so they only need to set their address details once (and provide a fast address finder to avoid them having to add all the details themselves the first time). 5. Social proof options , not only because it’s so easy to implement but also because users don’t have the luxury of looking at the products in person, touching them, trying them out. All they get to see is a product listing, and they must trust that the information is accurate. Showing that others have already bought and been satisfied with the product will hugely reassure them. Social proof is astonishingly influential for ecommerce buying Make it as fast and easy as possible for users to see reviews in your store, and leave their own reviews following purchases. You should also seek reviews of your app itself, because the more people download it, the more exposure your store will have. And never try to hide negative reviews: users won’t trust arrays of exclusively-glowing reviews. 6. Full analytics Analytics options are extensive for any type of online visit, but apps can provide even more information through the availability of touch heatmaps. That’s why you need a comprehensive analytics solution installed to gather as much data as you can and identify opportunities for improvement. You can then see which features people use, which get overlooked, what products are most popular, when people are buying, and so much more. Manually trawling that data will be useful, but you’ll get the most out of it by configuring a that will collate the important data and make it simple to draw meaningful conclusions. fully-featured mobile app analytics platform Update or Restart If you’re looking to create an ecommerce app, be sure to include these features at a minimum, because you’ll really lose out if you don’t. If you already have an ecommerce app and it isn’t performing as you want it to, consider how you want to proceed: your options are to work on your existing app or start again fresh, and which is the best choice for you will depend on the development resources available to you. Bear in mind that just as ecommerce stores were made heavily standardized by companies like Shopify (its was a sign of things to come), automated app development is increasingly viable — just look at options like Plobal Apps, or for WooCommerce. Don’t spend heavily on updating an app that isn’t fit for purpose if it would work out as cheaper to start fresh. inexpensive retail site creator Mobikul How could your planned or current ecommerce app surpass the competition? Mobile app buys are a huge part of today’s ecommerce world, so don’t undervalue what a killer app can do for business. Invest in a mobile-first approach and you’ll reap the benefits later. About the author: is a writer and ecommerce expert from Ecommerce Tips — an industry-leading ecommerce blog that shares the latest insights from the sector, spanning everything from business growth hacks to product development. Check out the latest posts on . Patrick Foster Twitter @myecommercetips If you enjoyed this article, feel free to hit that clap button 👏 to help others find it. Follow Inapptics: | | Medium Twitter Facebook Originally published at blog.inapptics.com on June 29, 2018. 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6 Killer Features Your Ecommerce App Needs To Have

Getting users to install your app is half the battle. Making them use it constantly is another key thing to consider. As of 2015, developers have been submitting to Apple’s App Store daily. Considering the continuous creation of apps, we can assume that in 2017, this number has grown much if not doubled. So, how long does a user keep an app? Based on , the average app loses 70% of its DAUs (daily active users) within the first 3 days of installation. In addition, the loss reaches 90% within the first 30 days and 95% within 90 days. over 1,000 apps Quettra’s data And, yes, you got it right! Across all industries, the churn rate reaches 95% within the first 90 days of app installation. So, what are the reasons behind app uninstallation? In fact, there can be many. For example, , state that intrusive advertising is the primary reason why they delete apps. Others complain of privacy concerns and complex registration as well as high crash rates and poor design. Let’s dig deeper into these reasons to understand why people may delete your app. users over the age of 55 Technical issues like crashes, bugs, or taking up too much storage Technical issues tend to be the number one reason why users delete an app. How many times have you gone back to use a mobile app that crashed while you were trying to use it? No one loves slow apps, or those that crash often or those that have a lot of bugs. When people install an app, their expectations are usually really high. And you can only imagine the amount of disappointment of your users when something goes off in your app especially if it happens continuously. Credits: Pexels.com When people install an app, their expectations are usually really high. And you can only imagine the amount of disappointment of your users when something goes off in your app especially if it happens continuously. So, make sure you do some functional testing on different devices to find out why your app keeps freezing or crashing. There are many tools that will help you with crash reporting. But if you want to do better than others, try which provides crash replay functionality. It will help you see the exact steps the user made before the app crashed. This way, you can easily reproduce the crash and fix it. Inapptics Credits: Inapptics As for the usage issue, make sure you create your app in the cloud: this will allow streamlining the experience of the end user. Poor design and user experience It’s never enough to stress the importance of user experience and interface design for an app. Why? Because it’s obvious: if the user finds it difficult to navigate through your app, then he/she is likely to delete it immediately.  Note that UX and UI are not just about how the app looks, but also about how quickly the user can find whatever they need within the app or resolve whatever problem they want through the app. Privacy concerns due to being asked for too much information People start feeling doubtful when asked to provide a lot of information upfront. As an app maker, make sure to provide value and then only ask for a lot of information. If you still need to collect a whole lot of information from your users, try to ask for it bit by bit at various intervals. Intrusive advertising Intrusive advertising or aggressive in-app purchases can easily become another reason for app uninstallation. Selling is an art since you should be dealing with human psychology. And if you try to sell too often, it might disengage your users. Credits: Pexels.com Here again, make sure you provide enough value upfront before jumping into offering pricing or Pro upgrades. In addition, use a beta group to test your pricing model with. Do not forget about A/B testing either. A better alternative This one can be really heartbreaking for app owners, but embrace yourself and try to face it. Users can look for a better alternative and they usually do so. They might search for better prices, more features, better usability, smoother navigation and a whole lot of other stuff. If your churn rate is getting higher, then you might be doing something really wrong. Do more competitor research, see what it is they are doing that you are not. Try to figure things out. And more importantly, do not panic! Grammar and spelling errors You might ask if this is a reason at all for deleting an app. For some users it is. As of 2015, nearly 4% of business app and nearly 5% of education app users said that poor grammar or spelling errors can make them delete an app. Fin Congratulations — this was quite a lot to read! So, the key takeaway here is that app retention is as important as app adoption. Knowing the reasons behind app uninstallation will help you keep your users engaged. Remember how hard you have been working and how much money you have spent to get those users? Now make sure you so they don’t quit using your app. keep them happy and engaged Help others find this post. Please hold down the 👏🏼 button below so others can read it. Comments are always welcome. Follow Inapptics: | | Medium Twitter Facebook Originally published at blog.inapptics.com on October 17, 2017. Read Next: The 6 Most Helpful App Analytics Tools for Developers

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You’ve made a great app and now you want to get some users, and also a little revenue would be nice, too. But that can be a tall order, with the app store becoming even more cluttered with an ever increasing number of apps competing for downloads. Independent app developers can bring a decent amount of revenue from the App Store with a quality app and effective marketing strategy. Here we’re going to introduce you to five tips that you can use to successfully market your app and drive user acquisition: Media Reviews, Cross Promotional Marketing, Video Ads, Rewards Based Marketing, and last, but certainly not least, Social Media Marketing. Media Reviews Getting positive media reviews is one of the best methods for creating public awareness about your app and getting downloads. For example, if you’ve got a hot business app, getting a review or promotion from a prominent business magazine or blog can be a huge event for building publicity and attracting potential users. A review request can be somewhat like a needle in a haystack. The high volume that journalists receive for this sort of thing along with putting yourself out there a way that will be more welcomed tends to put you in a better position. This can be done with brief relevant email submissions and social media interactions. Cross Promotional Marketing Here’s the idea — borrow someone else’s platform. You can position an in-app promotional ad for your app inside of the ad rotation of a related audience. For example, if your app is all about video editing, maybe it would be a good idea to advertise with a photography or photo editing app that features a decent sized audience, and that doesn’t provide competitive functionality. Here you are taking advantage of a related interest and hopefully providing more value to end users. This is a win-win strategy for both the app who’s providing you a platform and for your own app, all while . boosting your own user acquisition numbers Video Ads Video ads have ballooned in volume over the course of the past several years and revenue devoted to them is currently approaching $10 billion. Nine out of ten marketers incorporate video ads into their overall marketing strategy. It also happens to be one of the most significant ways to gain customer views and downloads. As a way to get your message across, video ads allow you to tell your story more than just through text or audio.It evokes more emotional responses as the viewer is able to see, hear, and relate to the individual who’s sharing that story. Additionally, users who come across your app through a video ad tend to have higher retention figures than those who followed a different advertising channel to find you. Rewards Based Marketing Users who see an opportunity to try something that usually comes at a cost see themselves as getting in on something special. Because it doesn’t happen every day, and they get something for (seemingly) nothing. So here, providing a temporarily free download experience, offered with a sense of urgency, is a way to stimulate users to view and download your app. The proverbial bait on the hook so to say. Providing rewards for referring others to use the app, like additional features, or a discount or free pass to use another related or paid version of your app can also be a way to drive user acquisition. These are the things that people tend to enjoy taking advantage of and are likely to share. Social Media Marketing From an SEO perspective, with Google providing ever higher prerogatives to social media profiles in search results, having multiple social media profiles provides higher visibility in search results. As the second biggest search engine, Youtube is a powerful avenue that simply can’t be ignored. Facebook and Twitter can’t be underestimated either, with both of them boasting over 2 billion searches daily. Instagram also is well worth considering in the quest to gain visibility, with its 3.5 billion daily photo likes and 400 million monthly users. When used in the right way, it can be a key to viral success. The potential audience and ROI that can be generated by active and effective social media participation make it one of the most important aspects of a successful advertising campaign, especially in , with mobile devices being the point of access for the majority of web users. the world of mobile user acquisition While having more social media profiles about your app increases your visibility, just having the profiles filled out isn’t entirely enough. This is a method that requires active participation to drive activity to your app by promoting it across each venue. In addition to your own efforts, well targeted social media advertising can be a way to boost your results even quicker and more effectively. Paid advertising on platforms like Facebook, for example, is a great way to send your message to a targeted audience that is likely to show interest and take action. Of course, there is a vast variety of . These are only five of them. An app launch is like any other product in the sense that it has to be of high quality, useful, unique, and have a solid promotional campaign to get your message out there to the right audience. There is no silver bullet for app marketing and it’s your responsibility to know your audience and find ways to tailor that campaign by using a combination of methods and tools to capture success on the App Store. ways to promote your app 👏 Found this post useful? Kindly hit the button below to show how much you liked this piece of content! :) Follow Inapptics: | | Medium Twitter Facebook Originally published at blog.inapptics.com Read Next: 6 Proven Ways of Engaging Your App Users Author bio: Artash Arakelyan is the CEO at Incredo . 6 years experience in internet marketing and marketing obsessed. Always thinking of traveling in exotic countries and wishing I could eat couture cupcakes all day long. My birthday is on Dec 17 and yes I don’t mind anonymous birthday gifts!

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Credits: Picjumbo Mobile analytics is vital to understanding how your app is performing. Failure to obtain quality analytics will result in not being able to make improvements. Your app might be up against a lot of competition and one of the ways to win out is to have qualitative mobile analytics in front of you. Traditional analytics tools simply aren’t enough today. The Downfall of Traditional Analytics (Quantitative Analytics) The analytics will tell you all about the WHAT of your app. You will see charts and numbers showing the engagement rates. You will also see the sales funnel and find out where you might be losing people within your app. All of the traditional analytics will tell you what you need to know to gain basic insight as to how your app is functioning. It will tell you what is wrong so that you can determine that something needs to be fixed. The problem is that traditional analytics only skin the surface as to what is going on. It still requires you to do a lot of work to figure out what is wrong, why people aren’t interacting with the app the way that you have designed. This can be a time-consuming process. While you’re in the process of testing and repairing your app, consumers are out there finding a better app to work with. By the time you’re done, they’ve moved on — and this means that you can’t rely on traditional analytics as the only source for tracking your app’s performance. What Does Qualitative Analytics Offer? Qualitative mobile analytics will show you everything that traditional analytics will show you and much more. In-app user behavior analytics will help you learn more about the user engagement. If users aren’t engaging with your app, it might have to do with your app’s layout or the browsing habits of your target audience. Quantitive analytics tell you WHAT happened in your app. Qualitative mobile analytics will tell you WHY that happened. By using you’ll see where users are tapping on each screen of your app. This will allow you to learn more about how users browse the app — and this kind of information will make it easier for you to improve conversion. If you see that everyone is tapping on one particular area and that’s when you are losing them, you know where to make the fix. If you were using traditional analytics, you would know that you are losing users, but wouldn’t be able to see exactly where and why. mobile app heatmaps Now imagine that your app crashed and you have no idea what the user did just before the crash. Traditional analytics tools will report you about the crash and give some details, but you need to spend hours to figure out what happened and how to reproduce the crash. This is the moment when qualitative analytics tool like can help you. It offers you crash replays that will show you all the steps performed in the crashed session. You’ll see exactly what the user did that the app crashed. Inapptics Crashes will often cause users to leave your app. When you can replay them to see the issue for yourself, it will allow you to fix the it and build a better app for your users. Improving Your App In the end, your goal is to improve your app so that it does exactly what you promised it would do. There are plenty of businesses that release apps on a regular basis. If you want your apps to be used effectively, then you need to use analytics that will help you make improvements constantly. Traditional analytics tools were fine when that was what was available. Qualitative analytics solutions have become available and they can make it easier to understand user behavior and engagement which will help you improve your apps. Found this post useful? Kindly hit the ❤ button below! :) Follow Inapptics: | | Medium Twitter Facebook Originally published at blog.inapptics.com Read Next: 5 Proven Ways To Increase Conversion In Mobile Commerce Apps

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