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Make your apps awesome
Chris BeauchampEvangelist @CrittercismDeveloper @WhitewaterLabs@cjbeauchamp
Ways to improve your app and its performance in the App Store
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My idea is the best idea ever ideated!
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THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT
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Go hug your designerUsers should LOVE using your app
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Anticipate User PainYou can’t make everyone happy…
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Get feedbackProvide a place to vent
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Flurry actions/page views
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Analytics
What else?
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Performance Monitoring
• What happens if your deployed app…– Breaks on a user? – Runs slow? – Drops a connection? – Crashes?
• Left in the dark unless the user tells you
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App Store Feedback & Analysis
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Sort and filter crashes
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Drill into crashes
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Crash Diagnostics
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What about when a crash isn’t the issue?
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HTTP Service Monitoring
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Location-based Monitoring
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How can we use this to make money!!??
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Transaction Monitoring
E-Commerce Checkout Travel Booking
Stock Trade Account Signup
Mobile Point of Sale In-App Purchase
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Transaction Monitoring
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Transaction Monitoring
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No more bad reviews!
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Tweak + SEOLeave no keyword unfilled
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Ratings affect discoverability
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Ask for RatingsAppirater, Crittercism, etc
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Be ExplicitAsk for 5 stars! Make a connection
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Guilt Trips WorkWe aren’t a faceless corp!
No, I hate your app
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Double-CheckEnsure they’ll leave a good review
No, I hate your app
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Review MonitoringSee reviews/rankings in aggregate
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Track RankingWhat causes spikes? Countries?
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LocalizeExpand your reach!
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Be careful…With great power comes great responsibility
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Finishing Up
Chris BeauchampEvangelist @CrittercismDeveloper @WhitewaterLabs@cjbeauchamp
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