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App Marketing Services: ASO and Paid User Acquisition

App marketing services across store optimisation, paid user acquisition, creators and lifecycle messaging, measured on retained and paying users.

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App Marketing Services: ASO and Paid UA That Reach Real Intent

App Store Optimisation plus paid user acquisition, measured against install-to-retention, not raw installs. Delivered 58% more installs and 41% better retention for PW.live.

App marketing at B2B SEO Services combines ASO (App Store Optimisation) with paid user acquisition, both measured against install-to-retention rather than raw install volume. PW.live saw 58% more installs plus 41% better 30-day retention through this approach in 2025.

How B2B SEO Services runs app marketing properly

01
Store Listing Rewrite
Title, keywords and screenshots rebuilt around real store-search terms.
02
Review Strategy
A structured review-ask flow launched to improve store ranking, not left passive.
03
Paid UA Launch
Paid install campaigns launched only after ASO groundwork is in place, so paid spend isn\u2019t masking a weak listing.
04
Install-to-Retention Tracking
Every install tracked through to 30-day retention, feeding Marketing Automation nudges.
App marketing services: mobile app store listing with ratings, installs rising and a day-seven retention curve

What’s included?

  • App Store and Play Store listing optimisation: title, keywords, screenshots
  • Review and rating strategy to improve store ranking
  • Paid UA campaigns across app-install ad networks
  • Post-install retention tracking, tied back to Marketing Automation
Client What was scoped Result
PW.live Store listing rewrite + paid UA refocus 58% more installs
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Evidence: app growth from a real client

Installs are easy to buy, users are not

Paid installs can be bought in any volume. Retained users cannot. Adjust’s benchmarks put average retention at 26% on day one and 7% by day 30 (Adjust retention guide), so most installs bought on a cost-per-install target never become customers. We plan app marketing around the users who stay.

The levers we use

  • App store optimisation: Apple says around 70% of App Store visitors search, and nearly 65% of downloads happen straight after a search (Apple Ads). See ASO
  • Apple Search Ads and Google App campaigns: capturing that search intent directly
  • Paid social: Meta and TikTok for discovery, with creative refreshed weekly
  • Creators: short honest demos from people your users already follow
  • Lifecycle: onboarding, push and email that get new users to value in week one

Measurement after App Tracking Transparency

Apple’s privacy changes made user-level tracking much harder; Meta said the change would cost it around $10 billion in 2022 (CNBC, Feb 2022). We use SKAdNetwork and Google’s privacy-preserving measurement, run incrementality tests and judge channels on cohort retention and revenue, not platform-reported installs alone.

From our client work

This approach delivered 58% more installs and 41% better 30-day retention for PW.live.

How we measure it

Cost per retained user at day 7 and 30, cost per paying user, return on ad spend by cohort and organic installs from store optimisation. Read why installs without retention are a trap and how to run paid UA without overspending.

FAQ

What is ASO?
App Store Optimisation, optimising app title, keywords, screenshots and reviews to rank higher in App Store and Play Store search.
Is paid UA included?
Yes, paid user-acquisition campaigns are run alongside ASO, both measured against install-to-retention, not raw installs.
What results has this driven?
58% more installs plus 41% better 30-day retention for PW.live in 2025.
Which ad networks does paid UA run on?
Google App Campaigns and Meta Advantage+ App Campaigns most commonly, matched to the audience the app serves.
How is ASO different from Google/Meta ads?
ASO improves organic store-search ranking; paid UA buys placement, both are run together so paid spend doesn’t mask organic weaknesses.
What is a good day-30 retention rate?
It varies widely by category. Measure your own cohorts, then work on the first week, which usually decides day 30.
Should we pay for installs before fixing onboarding?
Rarely. Fix the first session and first week first. Paid installs then become far more valuable.
Published Mar 22, 2025 · Last updated Sep 30, 2026

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