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4 days ago | 
businessofapps.com | Nayden Tafradzhiyski
While most apps focus on building their product and acquiring users, payment friction is quietly sabotaging their success. New research from Primer reveals that nearly half of growing app businesses rely on a single payment processor, leaving them vulnerable to account suspensions, frozen funds, and service outages that can halt operations overnight.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessofapps.com | Nayden Tafradzhiyski
The golden age of easy app growth is over, and artificial intelligence is both the problem and the solution. That’s the stark message from Anton Volovyk, co-CEO of Reface, the AI face-swap app that once dominated download charts with 250 million installs before having to grapple with the consequences of a major project failure that brought its momentum to a halt.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessofapps.com | Nayden Tafradzhiyski
From May 20th to 22nd, over 2,000 mobile marketers, founders, product leaders, and growth practitioners descended on the MGM Grand for the latest edition of MAU Vegas. Attendance was up 27% from last year, and the energy matched the numbers: lively sessions, energetic discussions, and active networking from poolside to pitch deck. Across dozens of talks and strategy deep dives, one thing became clear: there’s no single playbook for growth in 2025. But there are powerful patterns emerging.
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4 weeks ago | 
businessofapps.com | Nayden Tafradzhiyski
User acquisition costs keep rising, but repeat orders refuse to follow suit. App store charts look full, yet a third of shoppers delete a retail app within a week. To tackle these pressing realities, App Promotion Summit London 2025 invited three brands that have fought through the noise and kept their installs buying.
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4 weeks ago | 
businessofapps.com | Nayden Tafradzhiyski
Advertising is all about communication. Yet, people in the industry rarely sit at the same table to discuss what they work on every day. Well, now they can. In “Points of Growth”, advertising and monetization experts come together to share insights, ask big questions, and, believe it or not, find common ground along the way (maybe; we’ll see). Tune in to these discussions to learn more about the state of the industry and fresh ways to increase revenue and grow businesses, locally and globally.
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1 month ago | 
businessofapps.com | Nayden Tafradzhiyski
App Promotion Summit is heading back to New York City on September 18th, and the agenda is still open for fresh voices. Want to share the stage with app marketers and product experts from WeWard, The Economist, DraftKings, Hopper, and Reddit? There are some opportunities remaining, and we would love to connect with you. There’s room for everyone: from eCommerce apps to travel and finance, from user acquisition to product marketing and CRM.
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1 month ago | 
businessofapps.com | Nayden Tafradzhiyski
Marketing sits at the heart of mobile app growth. It drives discovery, powers engagement, and converts users into revenue. But the complexity of the ecosystem has outpaced what any single team can manage on its own. From user acquisition to retention, monetization, and experimentation, modern app growth requires a network of specialized partners. However, finding the right ones is no small task.
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1 month ago | 
businessofapps.com | Nayden Tafradzhiyski
“Every year, we say it’s the hardest year to grow an app,” Flo Health CEO Dmitry Gurski joked to a packed house. “But after 16 years, I’m convinced: it really does get harder every time.” These were the opening words of Gurski’s keynote address at APS London 2025, in which he delivered a candid and data-rich account of how he and his team built one of the world’s most widely used health apps.
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1 month ago | 
businessofapps.com | Nayden Tafradzhiyski
In the dog-eat-dog world of apps, it’s no secret that effective user onboarding is crucial for retention and conversion these days. Applica’s latest guide, A guide to onboarding optimisation using JTBD and MaxDiff, offers a strategic approach to refining onboarding processes by focusing on user motivations and preferences. The guide breaks down a practical, research-driven approach to onboarding that does more than walk users through features.
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1 month ago | 
businessofapps.com | Nayden Tafradzhiyski
In the dog-eat-dog world of apps, it’s no secret that effective user onboarding is crucial for retention and conversion these days. Applica’s latest guide, A guide to onboarding optimisation using JTBD and MaxDiff, offers a strategic approach to refining onboarding processes by focusing on user motivations and preferences. The guide breaks down a practical, research-driven approach to onboarding that does more than walk users through features.
