Pre-Launch Marketing Checklist

1. It is important that your app buttons and layouts are not distorted
2. The user interface should be intuitive and easy to learn and use
3. The navigation should take care of the movement from and to a particular screen
4. Make sure there are no design dead-ends in your app
5. App loading should be tested for concurrent usage

» App Store Optimization: The app should be optimized in line with the guidelines listed out by the App Store. It is important to have the right keywords, headline and the proper screens uploaded with your app. This will enable an app store to clear it for usage.

» Go Social: It is important at this hour to establish a thorough social presence for your application. Make sure you are on all the relevant social media sites and have evoked a response from the prospects. You can even create a blog, and update it with information related to your release. You need to play on the interest of the prospect, and ensure you get a good consumer base to start with.

» Prepare for Promotions: Promotions are very important if you want to gain traction. That’s why you need to start creating banners for the interstitial ads. This will help you target your audience better. You will need to use ad services to boost your app’s promotions. This will help with cross-promotions. Cross promotions will help you gain enough traction.

» Press Release: Prepare the app’s launch for the press view too. You will need to work on a press release that will help you win enough conversions to boost your app’s conversion rate. The more publicity you can cash in on, the better your online presence would be.

» Press Kit Preparation: The press kit is always a good way to pique the interest of the journalists, and allows you a good headline. It will also give a visual impact to what you are claiming. The following things should be part of the press kit you are planning to release with the press release

1. Images for marketing and promotions
2. Screenshots of the app UI
3. Well suited icon, using standardized dimensions
4. The team picture along with pictures of the top management

Group Your Reviewers: You should have your eyes on the people whose reviews will matter to the target audience. Get some influencers on board for the best results. If you have a paid app, release it to the select few to allow them to use and review. The best reviewers come in the form of friends and family or closely known people. You can easily get them to review the app, and you know they won’t lie.

Email Marketing: If you want to reach out to people who are in your subscriber list, through the landing page by adding a call to action, make sure you send them an email about what to expect. You can even mail them a day or two before the launch, to make sure they reach the store to install the app.

Localize the App: Before launching it to the app store, make sure you have localized the app in order to give it more traction more potential users/potential customers will download the app from google play or from iTunes.

Launch Day Marketing efforts/Checklist

• Promotions Everywhere: You will need to heighten your promotions at this point. Have a video made right before the launch, and post the video on all social networking sites. Leverage your audience on YouTube at this point. You will need to notify everyone that the app is live. Make sure you have notified the media that the app is live so that they can convert the news and make everyone in the audience known to the fact. Turn on all the cross-promotions you have created.
• Test App Links: When you are launching the app, make sure you check the app links you are posting before you do it so that the launch day does not become a fiasco.
• Submit Press Release: This is the day when you submit the press release you have worked upon. Connect with media contacts to work on promoting the app launch activity.
• Add to Email Signature: The app link should be part of the email signature so that you can spread the word via email too.
• Tie-up with Bloggers: To get more attention, you might want to tie-up with the top bloggers, who can give your app some weightage and will win over the conversions.
• Influencers: Reach out to the influencers in your network and make sure they can spread the word across the land about the launch of your app.

Summing up

Post-launch, you will need to continue promoting your product, not as heavy as during the launch phase. You will need to make sure you mention the audience about the updates that you are planning in the application. Keep the audience on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook updated with the latest on your app. Don’t forget to respond to the customer’s emails, as that will boost your efforts towards conversions. Use analytics to keep a check on the performance metrics of the application, and know how to improve it further.

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