Monday, 24 October 2016

Why Retargeting should be part of Your Mobile App Marketing Strategy?



It may sound surprising for mobile app developers & marketers, but an average mobile app loses 80% of its users within a month of installation! After creating and launching a mobile app, the most obvious step marketers follow is to increase the number of downloads and user base. However, this is not the end of your mobile app journey. Mobile app advertisers and marketers need to devise strategies to retain users who have installed your mobile app and engage them in a strategic way. Mobile app retargeting is the solution to re-engage those users who have either lost interest in the app or are spending more time on other mobile apps. 

Understanding the Retargeting Basics

Mobile retargeting (or remarketing) is a form of mobile app advertising that lets marketers to reach their users with specific messages while they are using other mobile apps/websites. Today, app marketers are turning to mobile advertising companies to help them develop strong retargeting strategies in order to drive greater user retention and better ROI. Instead of spending huge chunks of advertising dollars, advertisers need to spend only fraction of the budget to re-activate lapsed users and increase users’ lifetime value.
How retargeting works?

It all starts with preparing list of app users based on different cohorts such as search queries, app purchases and most functions used. This list is them provided to the best mobile CPM and advertising networks. Your chosen mobile advertising company will prepare retargeting mobile ad based on different user cohorts so that each user can be targeted specifically based on what interests them more about your mobile app. This results in reactivation of lapsed users and better conversion rates.
Remember creativity matters in retargeting
Only hire best mobile advertising company and CPM networks that can deliver creative media ads for recreating better app experience for your app users outside the mobile app itself. Better mobile app ad means better re-engagement and higher retention.

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