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!

THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT

Go hug your designerUsers should LOVE using your app

Anticipate User PainYou can’t make everyone happy…

Get feedbackProvide a place to vent

Flurry actions/page views

Flurry retention

Analytics

What else?

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

App Store Feedback & Analysis

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Sort and filter crashes

Drill into crashes

Crash Diagnostics

What about when a crash isn’t the issue?

HTTP Service Monitoring

Location-based Monitoring

How can we use this to make money!!??

Transaction Monitoring

E-Commerce Checkout Travel Booking

Stock Trade Account Signup

Mobile Point of Sale In-App Purchase

Transaction Monitoring

Transaction Monitoring

No more bad reviews!

Tweak + SEOLeave no keyword unfilled

Ratings affect discoverability

Ask for RatingsAppirater, Crittercism, etc

Be ExplicitAsk for 5 stars! Make a connection

Guilt Trips WorkWe aren’t a faceless corp!

No, I hate your app

Double-CheckEnsure they’ll leave a good review

No, I hate your app

Review MonitoringSee reviews/rankings in aggregate

Track RankingWhat causes spikes? Countries?

LocalizeExpand your reach!

Be careful…With great power comes great responsibility

Finishing Up

Chris BeauchampEvangelist @CrittercismDeveloper @WhitewaterLabs@cjbeauchamp

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