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May 11, 2015 by Quixey

3 Reasons You Need to Deep Link Your App Today

We know how huge mobile apps are. People are spending more time than ever on them. In 2011, the average person spent 18 hours and 18 minutes per month on mobile apps. In 2013, that number exploded to 30 hours and 15 minutes. People spend 86% of their time on mobile devices in apps! Deep…

May 5, 2015 by Quixey

4 Things to Consider When Re-Targeting Users with Mobile Ads

One of the biggest challenges facing application developers is bounced traffic. Prospects might be happy to download your app, but not all of them will convert immediately. Even fewer will regularly return. Retargeting is the perfect way to capture these missed opportunities. It lets you advertise only to people who have already interacted with you….

April 27, 2015 by Quixey

2 Hour Guide to Implement Deep Links in Your App

Apps with deep-linking capabilities are in high demand. Need a little more convincing? Check out “3 Reasons You Should Jump on the Deep Linking Train.” It’s really not that difficult though, we promise. Your burning questions probably include “How do I define links so that users can open particular states directly?” or “How do I…

April 20, 2015 by Quixey

Re-engaging App Users With Deep Linking

Apps rarely thrive in a vacuum. It’s important to continuously keep users engaged and moving back towards an app, otherwise engagement can quickly drop off and never be reattained. To that end, deep linking can be used to create a comprehensive and continuous network between related applications. Deep links are a simple, easy to integrate…

April 13, 2015 by Quixey

Boost App Revenue Through Cross-Promotion

Monetizing apps is tricky. The big developers get huge slices of the growing mobile pie, and smaller developers are left fighting for scraps. We’ve dedicated entire posts to the issue! Cross-promotion is a simple, effective way to instantly boost your mobile user base and help monetize your apps. You can reach a brand new audience…

April 6, 2015 by Quixey

What if Every App Used Deep Links?

In essence, deep linking is the connective tissue of the world of mobile apps. It’s a way for developers to link to specific pages within the app itself, similar to the way one website links to another. If you run an app for your business, deep linking will help navigate your app users directly to…

March 30, 2015 by Quixey

How Using Deep Links Increases App Engagement

In a digital world, engagement is the key to just about everything. It isn’t just enough to have a person visit your website, for example – you need to really draw them in and give them something that they can’t find anywhere else. Increased engagement means increased traffic, more leads and ultimately higher sales. The…

March 25, 2015 by Quixey

Quixey Questions: What are three ways that developers can implement deep links?

The three ways that developers can implement deep links are: 1. By specifying the link HTML meta tag with rel, type, and title attributes. 2. Using site maps to aid search engine crawlers to identify important links within your web page. 3. Hosting their own AppURL.json file at the root of their domain or…

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March 23, 2015 by Quixey

The Art of App Re-Engagement

Smartphone users are primarily interested in what’s next. Unless you’re looking at niche collector’s markets, nobody shows off their 2012 iPhone, and few people brag about a high score in a game from five years ago that hasn’t been updated since it’s release. Re-engagement is vital. When you sell someone a blender, they’ll probably keep…

March 19, 2015 by Quixey

Quixey Questions: How does deep linking benefit the consumer?

How does deep linking benefit the consumer? In a nutshell, deep linking helps content and functionality from within apps to be discovered. Apps today can be compared to walled gardens, and consumers looking for information on their mobile devices have to go through multiple steps in order to get to the content they need. First,…