Mobile Marketing: Some App Store Optimization Tips
App Store Optimization, or ASO, is a way of ensuring
your app meets app store ranking criteria and rises to the top of search result
page. It also improves an app’s overall and category ranking by boosting app
download and conversion rates. Due to this similarity with the search engine
optimization (SEO), Mobile
App Store Development is also referred as APP store SEO, App
search optimization, or Mobile App SEO.
To help you boost your app marketing strategy (along with your app
store ranking!), here is list of some ASO tips, many of which have their roots
in well-known SEO strategies marketers know and love.
1. Keywords are your foundation:
Just like the SEO, keywords are foundation for getting app found
in various app store. Start with the keyword in app title and choose it wisely.
One big change to the Apple App Store was limiting the character count from 255
to 50 characters. This means tightening your word choice, idea is to find the
correct balance between the app’s name and some keywords.
The same goes for keyword field: the App store limits keywords to
100 and each word should be separated by the comma with no spaces.
2. First few Screenshots Matters:
Screenshots are the first impression a potential user sees when
visiting an IOS app store or Android app store. First screenshot is your
elevator pitch and should clearly and quickly explain the essence of your app
and its value proposition. Only use high resolution screenshots and make sure
they explain what the app is about. Also, try to show some social proof with
the clear and positive customer opinion.
3. Localize and keep things fresh:
If your business have anything related to the location, make sure
that you localize the screenshots and the descriptions for your business’s
area. This should not be the main screenshot but that should be one of
the supporting screenshots.
Also keep things fresh with regard to not only updating the app’s
functionality but all the app store components: screenshots, app descriptions
and keywords. We recommend that people check these factors every quarter. As
for the ASO, keywords will change as your business does and you’ll always want
to stay on top of trends happening within your industry.
4. Encourage In-App reviews and ratings:
This is one of the frustrating parts of ASO because developers/app
owners have zero control over the reviewing/rating process within app stores.
For ultimate success of any app, app store optimization should
never be overlooked. It’s as important as app development itself. Follow these
four tips for ASO and remember to always study what your biggest competitors
are doing.
App store competitive research is some of the easiest research out
there. Simply, enter the keywords you are trying to rank for in whatever app
store you are using and see what the top ranked competitors are doing.
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