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Promote your app

Get more people to download and engage with your app.

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Put your app front and centre to showcase features, help grow your user base and keep people coming back.

Create an online presence.

Create a Page or a business profile to access tools and products that can help you reach your business goals.

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Step 1

1. Promote your app from your Facebook Page.

One of the easiest ways to promote your start-up's app is through your Facebook Page. Showcase screenshots and videos, explain the benefits of your app and use a custom call-to-action button such as Shop Now or Play Game to get people to your app quickly.

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Step 2

2. Install the free Facebook SDK.

The Facebook Software Developer Kit allows you to track and measure app installs that are generated by your ads, as well as optimise your ad delivery for people who are most likely to install, take specific in-app actions or those who are high-value customers.

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Step 3

3. Create a mobile app ad.

The app installs advertising objective helps you reach more people to grow your user base, and makes it easy for people to download your app. You can also bring people back into your app with the Traffic objective or encourage specific actions in your app with the Conversion objective.

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Step 4

4. Measure your ads and learn from your results.

Facebook offers free measurement solutions that give you insight into how well your mobile app ads are working. See where your ads are performing best across Facebook apps and services, and use testing solutions to see how you can improve your strategy and creative.

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Success story

Jackpocket sees increased click-to-install ratios with playable ads on Facebook.

18% higher click-to-install ratio with playable ad compared to other ad formats

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