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@edithyeung!
Startup Metrics for Mobile Pirates
Presented by 500 Mobile Collective – Edith Yeung!
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@edithyeung!
500 Mobile Collective - Edith Yeung!
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@edithyeung!
Dave McClure’s ARRRR !
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@edithyeung!
MOAARRR!
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@edithyeung!
AARRR for Mobile. MO-AARRR!!/!
• Acquisition – What is your install base? How do you acquire users?!
• Activation – What is your onboarding process? Happy UI & UX?!
• Retention – What is your MAU & DAU? Push, email & community strategies?!
• Referral – What is your referral process?!
• Revenue – How do (or will) you make money? What is your ARPU?!
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@edithyeung!
MO-AARRR!/!
Acquisition!
•  App Store SEO!
•  Mobile Web SEO!
•  PR (Blog, media, forum)!
•  OEMs / Carriers Preload!
•  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)!
•  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)!
•  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)!
•  App Referral!
•  Retail side-load!
Activation!
•  Sign up process!
•  Tutorial!
•  Welcome email!
•  Push permission!
•  Social permission!
•  1st Call to Action!
Retention!
•  Engagement push!
•  Review request!
•  Email!
•  Seasonal Campaigns!
•  Social !
•  Default setting!
Referral!
•  Social!
•  Email!
•  Incentivized or non-
incentivized!
•  Word of Mouth!
Revenue!
•  Subscription!
•  Advertising!
•  In-App Purchase!
•  eCommerce!
•  App Referral!
•  Backend data !
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@edithyeung!
Acquisition – App Store SEO !/!
•  Optimize your app store title, description, tags, keywords, images, logo,
videos.!
/!
@edithyeung!
Acquisition – Mobile Web SEO!/!
•  Build mobile optimized website and drive traffic back to appropriate app stores.!
/!
@edithyeung!
Acquisition – PR / Blog / YouTube!/!
•  Relevant media / blog / YouTube mentions do drive installs!
•  Think about stories / user benefits that are worth talking about !
/!
@edithyeung!
Acquisition – OEMs / Carriers Preload!/!
•  Work with mobile smartphone manufacturers or carriers and get your app
preloaded could be time consuming.!
/!
@edithyeung!
Acquisition – Incentivized & Non-incentivized Mobile Ad !/!
•  Pay for installs by working with incentivized or non-incentivized mobile ad
network could be effective, but also expensive.!
/!
@edithyeung!
Acquisition – Over the Air (Android only) !/!
•  By adding the Google+ Sign-In button to your web site, you can automatically
prompt your users to download your Android app over the air to their Android
devices.!
!
/!
@edithyeung!
Acquisition – App Referral!/!
•  Work with other developers and drive installs to each other apps.!
!
/!
@edithyeung!
Acquisition – Retail side-load!/!
•  In countries where most mobile users are pre-paid users, you can get your app
preloaded via different retail channels. !
!
/!
@edithyeung!
Mobile Customer Lifecycle & Conversion Behavior!/!
Acquisition!
•  App Store SEO!
•  Mobile Web SEO!
•  PR (Blog, media, forum)!
•  OEMs / Carriers Preload!
•  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)!
•  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)!
•  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)!
•  App Referral!
Activation!
•  Sign up process!
•  Tutorial!
•  Welcome email!
•  Push permission!
•  Social permission!
•  1st Call to Action!
Retention!
•  Engagement push!
•  Review request!
•  Email!
•  Seasonal Campaigns!
•  Social !
•  Default setting!
Referral!
•  Social!
•  Email!
•  Incentivized or non-
incentivized!
•  Word of Mouth!
Monetization!
•  Subscription!
•  Advertising!
•  In-App Purchase!
•  eCommerce!
•  App Referral!
•  Backend data !
/!
@edithyeung!
Activation – Sign up Process!/!
•  Is your onboarding process user friendly?!
!
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@edithyeung!
Activation – Tutorial!/!
•  Is your app very easy to understand or you need a good tutorial to explain how
your app works?!
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@edithyeung!
Activation – Welcome Email!/!
•  After you user install and active your app, are you capturing their email and
follow up?!
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@edithyeung!
Activation – Push Notification!/!
•  Are you getting any permission to send push notification?!
!
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@edithyeung!
Activation – Social Permission!/!
•  Are you asking for permission to post on your users Facebook or Twitter feed?!
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@edithyeung!
Activation – Very first Call to Action!/!
•  What is your very first call to action after they activate?!
!
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@edithyeung!
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Acquisition!
•  App Store SEO!
•  Mobile Web SEO!
•  PR (Blog, media, forum)!
•  OEMs / Carriers Preload!
•  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)!
•  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)!
•  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)!
•  App Referral!
Activation!
•  Sign up process!
•  Tutorial!
•  Welcome email!
•  Push permission!
•  Social permission!
•  1st Call to Action!
Retention!
•  Engagement push!
•  Review request!
•  Email!
•  Seasonal Campaigns!
•  Social !
•  Default setting!
Referral!
•  Social!
•  Email!
•  Incentivized or non-
incentivized!
•  Word of Mouth!
Revenue!
•  Subscription!
•  Advertising!
•  In-App Purchase!
•  eCommerce!
•  App Referral!
•  Backend data !
MO-AARRR!
/!
@edithyeung!
Retention – Engagement Push!/!
•  How often do you push your users and how relevant is your notification? !
/!
@edithyeung!
Retention – Review Request!/!
•  Getting great rating is key to driving up organic app store rating!
•  Request for rating too early may frustrate users!
/!
@edithyeung!
Retention – Email!/!
•  Well crafted, relevant, timely and strong call to action email do drive app
engagement.!
/!
@edithyeung!
Retention – Seasonal Campaigns!/!
•  Relevant & timely holiday campaigns drive in-app purchases. !
/!
@edithyeung!
Retention – Default Setting!/!
•  For Android apps, ask users permission to set your apps as default for specific
actions.!
/!
@edithyeung!
/!
Acquisition!
•  App Store SEO!
•  Mobile Web SEO!
•  PR (Blog, media, forum)!
•  OEMs / Carriers Preload!
•  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)!
•  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)!
•  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)!
•  App Referral!
Activation!
•  Sign up process!
•  Tutorial!
•  Welcome email!
•  Push permission!
•  Social permission!
•  1st Call to Action!
Retention!
•  Engagement push!
•  Review request!
•  Email!
•  Seasonal Campaigns!
•  Social !
•  Default setting!
Referral!
•  Social!
•  Email!
•  Incentivized or non-
incentivized!
•  Word of Mouth!
Revenue!
•  Subscription!
•  Advertising!
•  In-App Purchase!
•  eCommerce!
•  App Referral!
•  Backend data !
MO-AARRR!
/!
@edithyeung!
Referral – Social !/!
•  Get users to share relevant content via Facebook and Twitter can drive more
awareness of your app.!
/!
@edithyeung!
Referral – Incentivized Email !/!
•  Incentive and give reasons for your users to refer your apps. !
/!
@edithyeung!
MO-AARRR!/!
Acquisition!
•  App Store SEO!
•  Mobile Web SEO!
•  PR (Blog, media, forum)!
•  OEMs / Carriers Preload!
•  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)!
•  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)!
•  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)!
•  App Referral!
Activation!
•  Sign up process!
•  Tutorial!
•  Welcome email!
•  Push permission!
•  Social permission!
•  1st Call to Action!
Retention!
•  Engagement push!
•  Review request!
•  Email!
•  Seasonal Campaigns!
•  Social !
•  Default setting!
Referral!
•  Social!
•  Email!
•  Incentivized or non-
incentivized!
•  Word of Mouth!
Revenue!
•  Subscription!
•  Advertising!
•  In-App Purchase!
•  eCommerce!
•  App Referral!
•  Backend data !
/!
@edithyeung!
Revenue – Subscription !/!
•  Audible charges $14.95 for 1 book and $22.95 for 2 books. !
/!
@edithyeung!
Revenue – Advertising!/!
•  Become ad publishers with mobile exchanges or networks.!
/!
@edithyeung!
Revenue – In-App Purchase!/!
•  Think Candy Crush, Clash of Clans and Kim Kadasian games.!
/!
@edithyeung!
Revenue – eCommerce!/!
•  Drive eCommerce and monetize via affiliate sales, revenue share or direct
fulfillment. !
/!
@edithyeung!
Revenue – Partnership & Revenue share!/!
•  Google maps drives Uber usage and Uber shares revenue with Google.!
/!
@edithyeung!
Revenue – Selling Data!/!
•  Can you sell your rich & big data?!
/!
@edithyeung!
MO-AARRR!/!
Acquisition!
•  App Store SEO!
•  Mobile Web SEO!
•  PR (Blog, media, forum)!
•  OEMs / Carriers Preload!
•  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)!
•  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)!
•  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)!
•  App Referral!
•  Retail side-load!
Activation!
•  Sign up process!
•  Tutorial!
•  Welcome email!
•  Push permission!
•  Social permission!
•  1st Call to Action!
Retention!
•  Engagement push!
•  Review request!
•  Email!
•  Seasonal Campaigns!
•  Social !
•  Default setting!
Referral!
•  Social!
•  Email!
•  Incentivized or non-
incentivized!
•  Word of Mouth!
Revenue!
•  Subscription!
•  Advertising!
•  In-App Purchase!
•  eCommerce!
•  App Referral!
•  Backend data !
/!
@edithyeung!
Startup Metrics for Mobile Pirates
Presented by 500 Mobile Collective – Edith Yeung!

Startup Metrics for Mobile Pirates #MOAARRR by Edith Yeung / 500 Mobile Collective

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    /! @edithyeung! Startup Metrics forMobile Pirates Presented by 500 Mobile Collective – Edith Yeung!
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    /! @edithyeung! AARRR for Mobile.MO-AARRR!!/! • Acquisition – What is your install base? How do you acquire users?! • Activation – What is your onboarding process? Happy UI & UX?! • Retention – What is your MAU & DAU? Push, email & community strategies?! • Referral – What is your referral process?! • Revenue – How do (or will) you make money? What is your ARPU?! !
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    /! @edithyeung! MO-AARRR!/! Acquisition! •  App StoreSEO! •  Mobile Web SEO! •  PR (Blog, media, forum)! •  OEMs / Carriers Preload! •  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)! •  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)! •  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)! •  App Referral! •  Retail side-load! Activation! •  Sign up process! •  Tutorial! •  Welcome email! •  Push permission! •  Social permission! •  1st Call to Action! Retention! •  Engagement push! •  Review request! •  Email! •  Seasonal Campaigns! •  Social ! •  Default setting! Referral! •  Social! •  Email! •  Incentivized or non- incentivized! •  Word of Mouth! Revenue! •  Subscription! •  Advertising! •  In-App Purchase! •  eCommerce! •  App Referral! •  Backend data !
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    /! @edithyeung! Acquisition – AppStore SEO !/! •  Optimize your app store title, description, tags, keywords, images, logo, videos.!
  • 9.
    /! @edithyeung! Acquisition – MobileWeb SEO!/! •  Build mobile optimized website and drive traffic back to appropriate app stores.!
  • 10.
    /! @edithyeung! Acquisition – PR/ Blog / YouTube!/! •  Relevant media / blog / YouTube mentions do drive installs! •  Think about stories / user benefits that are worth talking about !
  • 11.
    /! @edithyeung! Acquisition – OEMs/ Carriers Preload!/! •  Work with mobile smartphone manufacturers or carriers and get your app preloaded could be time consuming.!
  • 12.
    /! @edithyeung! Acquisition – Incentivized& Non-incentivized Mobile Ad !/! •  Pay for installs by working with incentivized or non-incentivized mobile ad network could be effective, but also expensive.!
  • 13.
    /! @edithyeung! Acquisition – Overthe Air (Android only) !/! •  By adding the Google+ Sign-In button to your web site, you can automatically prompt your users to download your Android app over the air to their Android devices.! !
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    /! @edithyeung! Acquisition – AppReferral!/! •  Work with other developers and drive installs to each other apps.! !
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    /! @edithyeung! Acquisition – Retailside-load!/! •  In countries where most mobile users are pre-paid users, you can get your app preloaded via different retail channels. ! !
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    /! @edithyeung! Mobile Customer Lifecycle& Conversion Behavior!/! Acquisition! •  App Store SEO! •  Mobile Web SEO! •  PR (Blog, media, forum)! •  OEMs / Carriers Preload! •  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)! •  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)! •  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)! •  App Referral! Activation! •  Sign up process! •  Tutorial! •  Welcome email! •  Push permission! •  Social permission! •  1st Call to Action! Retention! •  Engagement push! •  Review request! •  Email! •  Seasonal Campaigns! •  Social ! •  Default setting! Referral! •  Social! •  Email! •  Incentivized or non- incentivized! •  Word of Mouth! Monetization! •  Subscription! •  Advertising! •  In-App Purchase! •  eCommerce! •  App Referral! •  Backend data !
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    /! @edithyeung! Activation – Signup Process!/! •  Is your onboarding process user friendly?! !
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    /! @edithyeung! Activation – Tutorial!/! • Is your app very easy to understand or you need a good tutorial to explain how your app works?!
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    /! @edithyeung! Activation – WelcomeEmail!/! •  After you user install and active your app, are you capturing their email and follow up?!
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    /! @edithyeung! Activation – PushNotification!/! •  Are you getting any permission to send push notification?! !
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    /! @edithyeung! Activation – SocialPermission!/! •  Are you asking for permission to post on your users Facebook or Twitter feed?!
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    /! @edithyeung! Activation – Veryfirst Call to Action!/! •  What is your very first call to action after they activate?! !
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    /! @edithyeung! /! Acquisition! •  App StoreSEO! •  Mobile Web SEO! •  PR (Blog, media, forum)! •  OEMs / Carriers Preload! •  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)! •  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)! •  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)! •  App Referral! Activation! •  Sign up process! •  Tutorial! •  Welcome email! •  Push permission! •  Social permission! •  1st Call to Action! Retention! •  Engagement push! •  Review request! •  Email! •  Seasonal Campaigns! •  Social ! •  Default setting! Referral! •  Social! •  Email! •  Incentivized or non- incentivized! •  Word of Mouth! Revenue! •  Subscription! •  Advertising! •  In-App Purchase! •  eCommerce! •  App Referral! •  Backend data ! MO-AARRR!
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    /! @edithyeung! Retention – EngagementPush!/! •  How often do you push your users and how relevant is your notification? !
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    /! @edithyeung! Retention – ReviewRequest!/! •  Getting great rating is key to driving up organic app store rating! •  Request for rating too early may frustrate users!
  • 26.
    /! @edithyeung! Retention – Email!/! • Well crafted, relevant, timely and strong call to action email do drive app engagement.!
  • 27.
    /! @edithyeung! Retention – SeasonalCampaigns!/! •  Relevant & timely holiday campaigns drive in-app purchases. !
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    /! @edithyeung! Retention – DefaultSetting!/! •  For Android apps, ask users permission to set your apps as default for specific actions.!
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    /! @edithyeung! /! Acquisition! •  App StoreSEO! •  Mobile Web SEO! •  PR (Blog, media, forum)! •  OEMs / Carriers Preload! •  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)! •  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)! •  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)! •  App Referral! Activation! •  Sign up process! •  Tutorial! •  Welcome email! •  Push permission! •  Social permission! •  1st Call to Action! Retention! •  Engagement push! •  Review request! •  Email! •  Seasonal Campaigns! •  Social ! •  Default setting! Referral! •  Social! •  Email! •  Incentivized or non- incentivized! •  Word of Mouth! Revenue! •  Subscription! •  Advertising! •  In-App Purchase! •  eCommerce! •  App Referral! •  Backend data ! MO-AARRR!
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    /! @edithyeung! Referral – Social!/! •  Get users to share relevant content via Facebook and Twitter can drive more awareness of your app.!
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    /! @edithyeung! Referral – IncentivizedEmail !/! •  Incentive and give reasons for your users to refer your apps. !
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    /! @edithyeung! MO-AARRR!/! Acquisition! •  App StoreSEO! •  Mobile Web SEO! •  PR (Blog, media, forum)! •  OEMs / Carriers Preload! •  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)! •  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)! •  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)! •  App Referral! Activation! •  Sign up process! •  Tutorial! •  Welcome email! •  Push permission! •  Social permission! •  1st Call to Action! Retention! •  Engagement push! •  Review request! •  Email! •  Seasonal Campaigns! •  Social ! •  Default setting! Referral! •  Social! •  Email! •  Incentivized or non- incentivized! •  Word of Mouth! Revenue! •  Subscription! •  Advertising! •  In-App Purchase! •  eCommerce! •  App Referral! •  Backend data !
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    /! @edithyeung! Revenue – Subscription!/! •  Audible charges $14.95 for 1 book and $22.95 for 2 books. !
  • 34.
    /! @edithyeung! Revenue – Advertising!/! • Become ad publishers with mobile exchanges or networks.!
  • 35.
    /! @edithyeung! Revenue – In-AppPurchase!/! •  Think Candy Crush, Clash of Clans and Kim Kadasian games.!
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    /! @edithyeung! Revenue – eCommerce!/! • Drive eCommerce and monetize via affiliate sales, revenue share or direct fulfillment. !
  • 37.
    /! @edithyeung! Revenue – Partnership& Revenue share!/! •  Google maps drives Uber usage and Uber shares revenue with Google.!
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    /! @edithyeung! Revenue – SellingData!/! •  Can you sell your rich & big data?!
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    /! @edithyeung! MO-AARRR!/! Acquisition! •  App StoreSEO! •  Mobile Web SEO! •  PR (Blog, media, forum)! •  OEMs / Carriers Preload! •  Social (Paid or Non-Paid)! •  Mobile Ad Network (Incentivized or non-incentivized)! •  Desktop (iOver the Air for Android)! •  App Referral! •  Retail side-load! Activation! •  Sign up process! •  Tutorial! •  Welcome email! •  Push permission! •  Social permission! •  1st Call to Action! Retention! •  Engagement push! •  Review request! •  Email! •  Seasonal Campaigns! •  Social ! •  Default setting! Referral! •  Social! •  Email! •  Incentivized or non- incentivized! •  Word of Mouth! Revenue! •  Subscription! •  Advertising! •  In-App Purchase! •  eCommerce! •  App Referral! •  Backend data !
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    /! @edithyeung! Startup Metrics forMobile Pirates Presented by 500 Mobile Collective – Edith Yeung!