Demand for mini programs keeps growing across every industry, yet a gap always exists between the development process and what the public wants. If you develop mini programs, you need to master the cores of the craft to meet user needs better. So what are they?
1. Raise the interactive experience
Users’ needs show themselves in many ways, just as hit games in the gaming industry keep being replaced by newer ones. Users prefer attractive interaction and using experiences, and mini program development must start from the same point.
As a developer, keeping a mini program lively over a long period is genuinely hard. Nothing in the online world stays hot forever, but you can work to extend its life cycle, and that demands spending more thought on the interaction between the mini program and its users, backed by long-term market research and changes that follow the market’s direction.
2. Design the promotion channels
Mini program development and operation today need a fairly long accumulation, and many companies build and promote on that principle, just as Microsoft and Apple survive in the market long term by updating constantly. But overhauling promotion channels consumes much manpower and money. Some companies try to bypass that funding black hole by pouring old wine into new bottles, which only keeps losing them users.
The traditional channels for mini program promotion are Moments, fan groups and official accounts. Innovating on top of these is genuinely difficult, but not impossible: look for traffic in daily life, for example the currently popular co-branded promotions with other brands.
3. Raise user stickiness
Every mini program developer wants deeper attachment between users and the program. The core is to develop on the basis of user needs and guaranteed retention: upgrade functions and operations according to what users demand from the mini program, and keep testing to reach a good retention rate.
After these three points, the cores of mini program development should be much clearer. Refer to them as you build, and the results will be better.
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