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Deep link Twitter mobile app ads can reduce cost per installation for brands

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Deep link Twitter mobile app ads can reduce cost per installation for brands

Twitter hosted an event (#AppsUntapped) for digital marketers in their London office. The event was all about introducing a “mobile app” twitter ads campaign to digital marketers. The event was nicely planned with an introduction from @brucedaisley, and then @RossySheil talked about mobile campaigns followed by case studies from @gettaxi and @lovoo. And then on following day there was an APP Promotion summit (#APS2014) that also touched on Twitter mobile installation ads. We have collected and analyzed some comments from these events and put some thoughts around Twitter mobile ads for brands.

1.How Twitter mobile ads work

Twitter has developed a full suite of targeting, creative and measurement tools to allow businesses to efficiently market their mobile apps. For brands, this means a rich, native ad unit that mashup the best of Twitter Cards and Promoted Tweets. Users can effortlessly install and engage with apps, directly from the Twitter timeline.

Bruce Daisley, Twitter UK MD, confirms that the advertisers only pay when a user click on ads and there is no cost for retweet, quotes, reply , favorite and follow on these ads, which means ads can help to kill two birds with one stone, engaging for free and paying only on app downloads.

However, mobile ads have one drawback, they can’t detect users’ phone and identify if the app is already installed on their phones. For example if you have Square App already installed on your phone, Twitter still may show a @Square app mobile ad if they think you are a potential user.

Another, issue raised by users was about spamming i.e. no one likes to see unwanted ads on their time line, considering Twitter is a very real time system.

2. Why Twitter thinks mobile ads will be a great success with brands

The points Twitter makes for mobile ads success are:
•80% Active users access Twitter on mobile
•61% Twitter users have downloaded apps on their phone
•66% of Twitter Users who have downloaded an app do so while watching TV
•Twitter has 250m active users with 15m users alone in the UK
•Twitter owned MoPub mobile ads exchange gives access to 1bn users to advertisers.

3.What does this mean for businesses and brands?

Twitter demonstrates two main benefits of mobile ads for businesses. , 1) The app registration will be higher than using non-Twitter mobile ads. 2)Cost per installation will decrease. And to support that, they have two case studies from @GetTaxi, who have seen a 34% increase in their mobile app registration, and from @Lovoo, who experienced cost per installation decrease of 65%.

Overall, Twitter mobile ads can be a very good innovative option for marketers, as it allows them to target people in real time and, if targeting is set precisely, conversion can be very high. However, there is still scope for Twitter to improve their offering and they have competition in Facebook.

How @KitKat is Using the #HaveABreak Hashtag for Marketing on Twitter

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How @KitKat is Using the #HaveABreak Hashtag for Marketing on Twitter

One of the best ways to increase your reach on twitter is to use the right hashtag, which can link to audience sentiments and trigger higher engagement. Hashtags should be precise, easy to remember and unique.

KitKat is one of the brands that have successfully converted their famous tag line (“Have a break”) into an hashtag (#Haveabreak) on Twitter that people can relate to and often tweet with, which enables the brand to engage with and reach out to their potential customers.

For example, the following user uses the hashtag when having a break from a busy morning and KitKat retweets with a quote which results in multiple favourites and retweets.

In the examples below, KitKat replies to tweets with #Haveabreak and that invokes others to join in the conversation or favourite and retweet those replies.

KitKat often posts very funny images (around the have a break theme) with the hashtag, which again triggers many engagements in the form of favourites, replies, and retweets.


Overall, businesses like KitKat can use their tagline as a hashtag to engage people and slowly help them build buzz around their brand. However, the key is simplicity and entertaining content, so that the audience can relate to it.

How @Burberry managed to trend @Twitter during #LFW

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How @Burberry managed to trend @Twitter during #LFW

London Fashion week (#LFW) attracts almost all top fashion brands from all over the world. However it was Burberry who managed to make most of Twitter power and trended in the UK and EU for almost 3 days. We looked into their Twitter content distribution strategy during London Fashion Week, which can help businesses in future to leverage Twitter to gain maximum exposure, especially when they are participating in an event!

Live Streaming from the Event

Burberry live streaming to their front stage ramp shows was embedded to their tweets so that viewers could watch the live show on Twitter in real time. Tweets were retweeted and favourited by everyone from the general public to fashion magazines, and therefore reached out to millions of people.

Tweeted Celebrity Pictures

Burberry tweeted pictures of celebrities like Bradley Cooper and Harry Styles, and these celebrity pictures got lots of engagement through their fans and helped the brand to continuously trend Bradley Cooper

Backstage Pictures

Tweeted backstage pictures gave a glimpse of how things work behind the scenes.

Used Vine to Demonstrate Products

Vine videos can be embed to tweets and Burberry took huge advantage of this by showcasing their new range in Vine videos. Again, these tweets get lots of attention and helped the brand to keep buzzing on Twitter during the event.

How @Tesco, @Argos and @KitKat used Twitter in the Holiday Season

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How @Tesco, @Argos and @KitKat used Twitter in the Holiday Season

Twitter is the place where users (or buyers) show their real time emotions about everything from leisure to entertainment and, more importantly for these companies, shopping. And some businesses are very good at capturing these emotions, especially in the festive season, by offering last minute deals and delivery options, or running competitions to give away freebies. For the next holiday season, we have collected some examples below to inspire other brands, businesses and digital agencies to run last minute holiday season organic campaigns on Twitter.

Argos – Gave free vouchers to become part of the #DontPanic Timeline

Argos ran a very smart campaign to allow users to win vouchers if they gave a reason for not panicking about last minute Xmas shopping (with hashtag #Dontpanic). #DontPanic was a very frequent trend used by shoppers on Twitter and this campaign helped Argos to become part of this hashtag timeline, with multiple retweets and favourites.

KitKat – Captured user emotions by presenting a nice picture

KitKat, rather than giving free vouchers or a deal, tweeted with a very festive picture to engage users, and the image was retweeted and favourited over 3,000 times. The gist is, businesses need not necessarily offer deals or freebies; they can also offer something to add cheer in this share economy where everyone wants to reach out to loved
ones with some special gifts.

Tesco – Ran a competition aligned to a popular TV series

Tesco designed a very clever campaign to leverage the festive mood along with Twitter and TV viewership alignment, as they ran an exclusive campaign on Twitter to giveaway free Downton Abbey DVDs in exchange for users tweeting with hashtag #GetMeToDownton and following their account. The campaign got good traction with over 1000 clicks and multiple retweets and favorites.