Last Updated: 08 Jan 2019 | 5 min read
With the huge influx of services and new service providing players across mobile and web-based products, it is now equally important to concentrate on acquiring a new target customer base as well as maintain customer retention. There are different ways to monitor, measure and improve but in this article, we bring you the best and top strategies to increase your mobile app user retention.
Customer retention rate (CRR) can broadly be calculated based on the number of customers for a given timeframe divided by the total number of customers.
Few of the data science reports findings suggest the trends for mobile retention which we will see further in this post. Out of which, the data from Leanplum released to focus on app send vs user open time to know the best possible time to send the messages via push notifications. The detailed report can be found here. Moreover, there is also focus on the factors surrounding app engagement for Android, iOS users by offering customized content and push delivery methods.
7 Times Better Mobile User Retention
It has been noted so far that the mobile apps have an average rate of 25% of retention rate which reduces down to only 8% by the end of the first month. However, this low figure trend suggests that there is something wrong and need new implementation and strategies to tackle the mobile user retention rate for your app. More importantly, there are more non-active or dormant mobile app user and there lies the opportunity to target such an audience and convert them to app-loving loyal customers.
So how exactly you can improve customer retention rate for your mobile app?
A rejig to your mobile marketing strategy can pave the way to enhance the app engagement with your customers. The prime factor to achieve this result is via sending push notifications. Implementing this in your regular mobile marketing plan can help you grab almost 20% of app retention.
Additionally, sending a customized or personalized push notification to individual users can help to see the retention rate increased by 7 times. The best way to capture attention is the optimal time when the user is most likely to check the message. For e.g, sending health or workout notifications and tips in the morning to the user or in the evening as per their schedule. Timing is of the essence here.
Furthermore, sending relevant data and notifications also plays a major role in securing investment as well as translating the relevant data to revenue. Not only you are grabbing user’s attention with relevant data and timely feed but also creating a need for the users to stick with your mobile app services and hence, this is an utmost important way to retain users and increase their activity with the said app.
There are many mobile apps and companies who do not pay attention to user retention and focus only on building a new customer base; but in such process, they are also overlooking the profit revenue they can generate by inculcating these mobile marketing strategies.
Irrespective of the size of mobile apps or the services, every business mobile app can benefit from the push notifications and by customizing send times. Relevant messages and timely notifications can change the entire scenario for a mobile app and can contribute to generating more revenue to fulfill all ROI needs.
Summary:
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