Users will be able to tell Google Assistant to pay their bills, book a ride, order food and more. George Nguyen on May 7, 2019 App Actions, first previewed at last year’s Google I/O, is expanding with built-in intents for four new App Action categories: health and fitness, finance and banking, food ordering and ridesharing. … Continue reading App Actions expands with four new categories
Ashley Sefferman — April 17, 2019 — April 17, 2019 Although all apps are published to the same app stores, customer expectations and use cases vary tremendously between app categories. It’s important to remember that all apps aren’t expected to be created equal, and app publishers shouldn’t all take the same approach to engagement and … Continue reading 2019 Benchmarks for Finance Apps
Barry Levine on March 11, 2019 For physical retailers, an omnichannel strategy often includes a mobile app that can be used in-store. But how good are those apps? Research firm Forrester tested them out, and, out of nine major retailers, found that four were tops. The new study, “The Forrester Retail Wave: US Mobile apps, … Continue reading In-store apps are now rated like products, Forrester report finds
Stacey Rudolph — July 20, 2018 — July 20, 2018 With the influx of apps competing for smartphone users’ attention, marketers have realized that getting users to install that app into their phone is only half the battle. The real battle is in keeping the users from uninstalling the apps. App users are generally fickle. … Continue reading The Growing Importance of Mobile App Push Notifications [Infographic]
By IanNaylor January 8th, 2018 There’s no way around it, we live in an app-saturated world. There are well over 4 million apps available via Google Play and Apple App Store alone, and that number is growing every day. Statista The downside is that your app will be competing in a hotly contested market. … Continue reading Challenge: How To Retain Your App Users
Michael Salo — December 1, 2017 — December 1, 2017 If you are in the banking industry and asking yourself this question, you have some work to do. But you are not alone. A recent KPMG report says that 57% of legacy banking institutions are only in the planning phases of upgrading their systems to … Continue reading What Makes Mobile Digital Banking So Special Today
Arik Hanson — July 21, 2017 — July 21, 2017 My daughter is nine (soon to be 10). And, apparently, age 9 is now the socially acceptable time to ask for (and in many cases, receive) a phone. In fact, it’s happening earlier than age 9, believe it or not. Some of her friends had … Continue reading The App That Few Marketers Are Talking About (But Probably Should Be)
Janette Speyer — June 20, 2017 Follow @JanetteSpeyer — June 20, 2017 niekverlaan / Pixabay Have you used Flipboard for blogging? Are you an influencer? Then, this article is for you. As many of you already know, I have been using this app for quite some time. — Mostly for curating articles and for branding … Continue reading An Effective Use of Flipboard – Using the App as a Blog
Bob Hutchins — June 6, 2017 Follow @Bobhutchins— June 6, 2017 Maybe you forgot… but there was almost certainly a time when you were thrilled to download Evernote. (“You mean I can make a note on my phone and the same note will be instantly available on my computer?!”) Today, the original release of Evernote… … Continue reading The Evolution of Apps – Plus, What’s Ahead! [Infographic]
Got an app you’d like to promote? Columnist John Lincoln provides some basic tips for helping your app to appear in Google’s “app pack” search results. John Lincoln on April 27, 2017 Do you have an app that you’d like to rank in mobile search engine results? If so, you’re going to need to make … Continue reading Simple tips to get your app indexed, ranked & installed
