{"id":740,"date":"2014-08-07T10:48:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T08:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/?p=740"},"modified":"2014-10-06T14:50:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T12:50:46","slug":"ways-to-keep-app-user-activity-during-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/ways-to-keep-app-user-activity-during-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"7 amazing ways to keep your app users active during holiday season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard a cry &#8230; a sharp cry from the other side of the desk? Take off your headphones. Listen again.\u00a0Have you heard a cry &#8230; a sharp cry from the other side of the desk?<\/p>\n<p>Take off your headphones, and look at Intercom or Mixpanel.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Where the f*:-O is everybody?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/whereiseverybody.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-741\" src=\"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/whereiseverybody.gif\" alt=\"whereiseverybody\" width=\"381\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a>I tell you where the f*:-O\u00a0is everybody. It&#8217;s summer, you moronic entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<p>Unless your startup product is related to accomodation, trips, ice creams, sex, gintonic, Secret, snorkel, siestas, swimming pools, mountains, did I already say sex?, tours, car and bike rentals, clubbing, trekking, bungee-jumping, mobile gaming, gastronomy, sex, Secret, gintonic, sex&#8230;your ratio of slipping away users will probably boost during the month that shouldn&#8217;t be just there, August. And in some countries, August starts in July.<\/p>\n<p>No more fears, <strong>explorers<\/strong>. We are kindly sharing with you an <strong>unmissable list of tips to keep\u00a0your user on board and thinking of you<\/strong>, while they&#8217;re on vacation (and let me tell\u00a0you again: while you are not).<\/p>\n<h2>7 tactics to keep your app users thinking of you and your product during holiday season<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ll take for granted that you&#8217;ve segmented your users. You know their likes and hobbies, you even know where they connect from. Apply your segmentation accordingly:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Be disruptive.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/startupgif.com\/sites\/startupgif.com\/files\/Iciwg.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"242\" \/><br \/>\nPro-tip: Yes. Disruption\u00a0never fails. Especially during their summer traffic operation.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Refresh their memories.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/startupgif.com\/sites\/startupgif.com\/files\/8kaq0.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pro-tip: Just be careful and don&#8217;t refresh the bugs too.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Perfect time of the year to implement the new UX interface.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/startupgif.com\/sites\/startupgif.com\/files\/8eDN1Ck.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"222\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pro-tip: Just make sure you implement the new interface on their departure flight cockpit, not on the return&#8217;s one.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Shake up their curiosity.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/startupgif.com\/sites\/startupgif.com\/files\/4083_4a52.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pro-tip: Remember to collect their reactions right there. Fresh opinions, direct from your users.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Say hi, stay connected with them. A\u00a0fly-out reminder never fails.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/2ba977a3af9f7c77467fde4e953e0c8c\/tumblr_inline_msw21euTTX1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pro-tip: Check your intercom, mixpanel or the user onboarding and metrics app of your choice. Find the in-app messenger feature and enjoy. Just remember to say hi and give tender loving care to your users. Something like popping out a &#8220;hi, we hope you&#8217;re enjoying vacation&#8221; and the like will do the rest.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a06. Engage with your user. Time to let them feel your passion about their needs.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/startupgif.com\/sites\/startupgif.com\/files\/boating-fail.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pro-tip: Paraphrasing Jobs, make a dent in their lives. Just keep them on board.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a07. If everything fails, just target your user directly.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/startupgif.com\/sites\/startupgif.com\/files\/Pdv0qIZ.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"226\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pro-tip: avoid traffic lights and other traffic signals and posts.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Help us spread these tactics to help startups around the world.<\/h4>\n<h4>Do you know more tips to keep users activity during holiday season? Please share with the rest of explorers!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard a cry &#8230; a sharp cry from the other side of the desk? Take off your headphones. Listen again.\u00a0Have you heard a cry &#8230; a sharp cry from the other side of the desk? Take off your headphones, and look at Intercom or Mixpanel. Where the f*:-O is everybody? 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