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4 Mobile Messaging Apps Marketers Need to Know About in 2016

4 Mobile Messaging Apps Marketers Need to Know About in 2016 | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Newer messaging apps like these are getting popular, and millennials and marketers are taking note.


When it comes to messaging, Snapchat and Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Messenger are the go-to apps of millennials and marketers alike. But increasingly, a new crop of messaging apps is growing in popularity. Players like WeChat, Line, Kik and Viber are beginning to quietly capture the attention of brand marketers via sponsored stickers and chat bots reaching millions of millennials and teens.


"Messaging today is what Facebook was in about 2006," said Evan Wray, co-founder and vp of Swyft Media, which builds messaging-based campaigns for advertisers like L'Oréal and Coors Light. "The tricky part is that every single app is different and [also] a new environment for brands. They're each trying to differentiate themselves slightly." Here, is what marketers need to know about four hot messaging apps in the coming year....

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Useful review of the top mobile messaging apps you should know.

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App Store Ratings: A Single Star Jump Can Mean 340% More Downloads

App Store Ratings: A Single Star Jump Can Mean 340% More Downloads | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

The in-app feedback provider recently asked 350 smartphone owners in the US about the “minimum star rating they’d accept in order for them to consider downloading an app.” Roughly 60 percent of respondents said that they “usually or always check ratings before downloading an app.”


According to the survey, only 15 percent would consider apps with a two-star average rating. One more star, and half the respondents would potentially download the app. An impressive 96 percent said they would install four-star apps. This makes logical sense and parallels the way consumers react to product and service ratings in other categories....

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Given the data about app engagement, much is at stake in the success or failure of a marketer's mobile app.

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