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Intro
Mada Seghete
About Me• Originally from Romania• Designed and built featured app - Kindred
Photobooks• Board of App Developer Alliance• Founder of Branch Metrics – deep linking• 8000 apps using us• Founder mobile growth community
Getting something to go viral is HARD
…doing it on mobile is nearly IMPOSSIBLE
Here’s what it takes on an app
User A engages in app
User A shares app
User B clicks on link
User B downloads app
User B engages in app
User B shares app
Double viral loop
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SHARING1
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Getting someone to share
Incentives
Ego
Emotion
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Incentives
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Incentives
Invite a friend to skip the line
Incentives
29%
Referral best practices
It’s better to get something than a discount on something.Give an incentive
If you can only reward one, reward the new user.Two-sided rewards are best
Make it incredibly easy for users to share.One-step sharing is best
People share when it makes them look good.Appeal to ego
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Ego
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Ego
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EmotionUsers click and share because something drives an emotion in them.
In general, positive emotions make people share (the happier the post, the more likely it is to be shared).
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EgoEnable users to create things they are proud of, and prompt them to share those creations.
Default sharing text should highlight how awesome the user is. Make sharing links rich deep links: the actual content should show up in Facebook, Twitter, SMS, and e-mail.
Create a Brand YOUR users what to be associated with.
Getting the CLICK2
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Getting someone to click
Incentives• New users need to know more than the incentive. Don’t
overemphasize the $25 users get for a download
• Show the app's intrinsic value, or even better, let users share something they discovered with their referred friend.
• Even if sharing isn’t incentivized, more intrinsic value means more clicks.
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Getting someone to click
• Show how an app will impact the clicker’s lifestyle.
• If there’s a feature that makes them look cool, highlight that feature. They can edit a photo just as well as their friend did, discover local restaurants, prove they are smarter than 97.6% of their friends
Ego
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Getting someone to click
• Strong emotions like anger can drive a lot more clicks than happy emotions.
• Negative emotions only drive clicks, not shares
Emotion
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Emotion: Acceptance and surprise Title: 83 reasons why cats are the best pet. You won’t believe number 45Click rate: 5.1%Share rate: 0.22%Like rate: 0.14%
Emotion: AcceptanceTitle: 83 Reasons why cats are better than dogsClick rate: 4.7%Share rate: 0%Like rate: 0.18%
Virality and cats
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Emotion: AngerTitle: 83 Reasons why you should not get a catClick rate: 5.4%Share rate: 0%Like rate: 0%
Emotion: Pride Title: 83 reasons why you should date a cat owner Click rate: 2.4%Share rate: 0%Like rate: 0%
Virality and cats
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EgoEnable users to create things they are proud of, and prompt them to share those creations.
Default sharing text should highlight how awesome the user is. Make sharing links rich deep links: the actual content should show up in Facebook, Twitter, SMS, and e-mail.
Create a Brand YOUR users what to be associated with.
From CLICK to DOWNLOAD 3
Click-to-install Conversions BY CHANNELPercentage of clicks that result in an Install and the app being opened for the first time
Twitter Pinterest E-mail Whatsapp LinkedIn Facebook SMS0.00%
2.00%
4.00%
6.00%
8.00%
10.00%
12.00%
14.00%
16.00%
18.00%
20.00%
0.50%
3.20%
6.00%
8.90% 9.10%
11.50%
17.87%
Referrals aren’t the best
Content drives growth
Standard Deep link to content
16% 29%
Activation Rate by Download Link
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EgoEnable users to create things they are proud of, and prompt them to share those creations.
Default sharing text should highlight how awesome the user is. Make sharing links rich deep links: the actual content should show up in Facebook, Twitter, SMS, and e-mail.
Create a Brand YOUR users what to be associated with.
ENGAGEMENT4
Done right, referrals can be powerful
29%
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GENERIC WELCOME
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PERSONAL WELCOME SCREEN
Use context to get better conversions
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