When you’ve made the decision to develop a mobile app for your business, there are lots of things you’ll need to think about to ensure you create something that pushes your business forwards and makes an impression on all of the potential customers who come across it. As the old saying goes, ‘first impressions count’,…
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When exploring the digital options available to boost your company’s online presence, the thought of an app may well fill you with fear as you consider where you would even start and the potential costs associated with such a venture. With more shoppers going mobile to hunt for the best deals through events like Black…
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Even if you’re only vaguely interested in following the latest mobile web trends, you will have been hearing plenty about Progressive Web Apps lately. For the uninitiated, Progressive Web Apps – or PWAs for short- offer the same functionality and responsivity as an app, the only difference being that it’s accessed through a browser, like…
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The true purpose of an onboarding process is still education, but while this was once focused on helping users understand how to use the app, it has now shifted to showing users the benefit and value in using the app. And the benefit of a good onboarding process for you is happy customers who keep…
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With just 24 app icon slots on the first page of an iPhone home screen, or 28 if you have a fancy iPhone 7, creating the perfect app icon is a vital step in user adoption. I once met someone who had an app icon containing every letter of the alphabet on his homescreen, but…
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Here at AppInstitute, we’re always striving to make apps built using our app builder look as professional, sleek and modern as possible. To do this, we update our platform frequently with new design and navigation options that add a little extra to the look and feel of our apps. One of the latest editions is:…
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As a small business, one of the most important features of your App should be ensuring your customers know the basics about you. To help you do this our App Maker provides you with a beautiful ‘About Us’ tab so your customers can access all your important business information such as your address, telephone number,…
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Many SMEs simply don’t have the budget or know how to make an iPhone app from scratch (costing anywhere from £6K to £40K), which is why using an online app builder platform like AppInstitute to make an iPhone app is so appealing. Not only can you build and publish a mobile app without any coding…
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This step by step guide will show you how to make an Android app using the AppInstitute App Maker platform, and you will see how easy it is to develop your own Android app in under an hour. With 80% of internet users owning a smartphone, and 89% of mobile media time happening through mobile apps,…
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Your App name plays a huge role in the App’s success in the App stores. Think of your App name as the page title of a website. Having a strong page title helps with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), just as having an awesome App name helps with App Store Optimisation (ASO). In a world of over three…
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