Hello!Aleksey IvanitsaReaddle
Readdle
- More than 50 Millions Downloads
- 8M Monthly Active Users
- App of the Year, Editor’s Choice etc.
- Readdle has never raised money and profitable from the very beginning
US App Store Today
1Where’s the
App for That?
Approximately 2 million apps are in App Store
Apple announced
⊙ $40 billion was paid to developers since 2008
⊙ More than half a million iOS developers have created apps
⊙ Apps could generate $101 billion annually by 2020 (AppAnnie)
2The app boom
is over
“ Your phone is full of apps, and you're done downloading new ones — unless they're Snapchat or Uber.
Reason and results
⊙ Most people have all the apps they want and or need. They're not looking for new ones
⊙ Average drop in downloads is about 20 percents in the U.S.
⊙ Globally mobile market is growing. But not by much. +3%
Reason and results
⊙ Most US smartphone owners download zero apps in a typical month
⊙ The top 7% of smartphone owners generate half of all download activity
⊙ 42% of all app time spent on smartphones occurs on the individual’s single most used app
3 I still want to
develop an app!
“How do I make my app known to my potential users once I launched it?
Answers ⊙ You pray and hope that a miracle happens
A few ways you can have you app being discovered:
⊙ You reach out to journalists
⊙ You are featured by Apple
⊙ You decide to invest in marketing campaigns.
4First steps
How to start building your product
Steps ⊙ Idea
⊙ Story
⊙ Market Research
⊙ Prototype, Design, Development, Beta Launch, Customer Feedback etc.
How to create a good
story
⊙ Tell people what they can do with your product, not what the product does.
⊙ Show how customers can use your product to make their lives better.
⊙ Build trust using proof with testimonials and customer stories.
Story Example
BE BRILLIANT AT EMAIL
SUPERHUMAN IS NOT JUST ANOTHER EMAIL CLIENT
We rebuilt the inbox from the ground up to make you brilliant at what you do. We specifically designed it for those of you who want the best.
superhuman.com
Superhuman is gorgeous. Blazingly fast. And comes with advanced features that make you feel superhuman.
5Building a product
in early stages
Early Stages ⊙ Define your Core KPI
⊙ Increase KPI results to drive the core value of the product
Instagram used the next Core KPI:1) Number of posts per user2) Number of shares per users. (core grow mechanic)
Early Stages ⊙ Define your Core KPI
⊙ Increase KPI results to drive the core value of the product
⊙ Great product call internal
triggers
Early Stages ⊙ Define your Core KPI
⊙ Increase KPI results to drive the core value of the product
⊙ Great product call internal
triggers ⊙ Create branded content
6Basic KPI
Basic KPI ⊙
⊙ Retention
⊙ LTV
⊙
7Monetization
Source of installs
⊙ Organic (featuring, search results)
Source of installs
⊙ Organic (featuring, search results)
⊙ Other platforms
Source of installs
⊙ Organic (featuring, search results)
⊙ Other platforms
⊙ Other products (Apalon)
Source of installs
⊙ Organic (featuring, search results)
⊙ Other platforms
⊙ Other products (Apalon) ⊙ Marketing
Type of in-apps
⊙ Paid Application
⊙ In-apps
⊙ Recurring ⊙ Non-recurring
Useful Services
Services ⊙ Amplitude.com
⊙ SensorTower.com ⊙ App Annie.com ⊙ Firebase by Google
Thanks!Any questions?
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