do conferences make your app magical?

LOCATION APPSDo Conferences Generate Real Users?

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Compiled by Dave Smiddy dave@getenroute

http://getenroute.com

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FIRST, A LOOK AT PATHChugs along like an engagement monster, a new release around

3/4 gives it a nice kicker into top102

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APPLE’S FIND MY FRIENDSFmF don’t care, it’s like honey-badger, and is featured in over

1200 places in iTunes3

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GLASSMAPJust not ready for a big splash...yet. SV Angel and others

invested so perhaps they will get on top of things.4

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UBERLIFEMakes an appearance, but then dips back into the deep.

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FORECASTPretty much where they were hanging out a week or two prior

to the conference season.6

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SONARMakes a jump into the Conference season, hangs around,

hopefully due to organic acquisition7

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GLANCEEGets up into the top200 in Social Networking, holds and then

subsides. Great Media Coverage? Paid Installs? Both?8

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BANJOSurges into conference season, holds on in Social Networking. Do they have the secret sauce or are they paying for installs?

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HIGHLIGHTGets thru conferences and has a decent sustain. Incredible

media coverage + great product seems to be the case here.10

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Quick Thoughts:

Lots of growth occurring in Mid-Feb as companies gear up for Mobile World Congress and SXSW....but why? Media attention? Paid acquisition programs? Both?

A few apps held on to growth the achieved around the conferences, but some just returned to where they started. Further investigation required on why some stick and others don’t.

Highlight is clearly winning. Ban.jo is nicely positioned following the conferences, Glancee is in a better position as well.

My gut tells me that products that have so-called viral distribution sustain if they have good engagement. Get engagement right.

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