Mobile Marketing Mobile App Marketing Strategy 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is 'app store optimization' (ASO) primarily designed to improve?
- App load speed and performance
- Organic visibility and downloads in app stores (Correct answer)
- In-app purchase conversion rates
- Push notification open rates
Correct answer: Organic visibility and downloads in app stores
ASO improves an app's organic discoverability in stores like the App Store and Google Play by optimizing metadata, visuals, and ratings.
Question 2: A mobile app marketer wants to re-engage users who installed the app but never completed onboarding. Which tactic is MOST appropriate?
- Running Apple Search Ads for new installs
- Sending targeted push notifications with onboarding incentives (Correct answer)
- Increasing the app's keyword density in the store listing
- Launching a lookalike audience campaign on Meta
Correct answer: Sending targeted push notifications with onboarding incentives
Push notifications targeting lapsed users with clear incentives directly address incomplete onboarding without acquiring new users.
Question 3: Which metric best measures the long-term revenue value of a mobile app user?
- Cost Per Install (CPI)
- Daily Active Users (DAU)
- Lifetime Value (LTV) (Correct answer)
- App Store Rating
Correct answer: Lifetime Value (LTV)
LTV represents the total revenue a user generates over their entire relationship with the app, making it the core profitability metric.
Question 4: What does a 'cohort analysis' reveal in mobile app marketing?
- Which ad creative drives the most clicks
- How groups of users acquired at the same time behave over time (Correct answer)
- The geographic distribution of app downloads
- Competitor app ranking trends
Correct answer: How groups of users acquired at the same time behave over time
Cohort analysis groups users by acquisition date and tracks their retention, spending, or engagement patterns over time.
Question 5: An app's Day-7 retention rate is 15%. What does this mean?
- 15% of users made a purchase within 7 days
- 15% of users who installed the app are still active 7 days later (Correct answer)
- The app crashes for 15% of users on day 7
- 15% of sessions last longer than 7 minutes
Correct answer: 15% of users who installed the app are still active 7 days later
Day-7 retention measures the percentage of users who return to the app exactly seven days after their initial install.
Question 6: Which app marketing channel is considered 'owned media'?
- Apple Search Ads
- Google UAC campaigns
- In-app messaging and push notifications (Correct answer)
- Influencer sponsorships
Correct answer: In-app messaging and push notifications
Push notifications and in-app messages are owned media because the brand controls the channel without paying a third party per impression.
Question 7: What is the primary purpose of a 'soft launch' strategy in mobile app marketing?
- To generate maximum downloads on launch day
- To test the app in limited markets before a global rollout (Correct answer)
- To bypass app store review processes
- To reduce app development costs
Correct answer: To test the app in limited markets before a global rollout
A soft launch releases the app in select markets to gather real user data and fix issues before the full global launch.
What is 'app store optimization' (ASO) primarily designed to improve?