Comments on: Great iPhone preso on AppStore retention curves, pricing strategies, engagement metrics, etc. http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/02/19/great-iphone-preso-on-appstore-retention-curves-pricing-strategies-engagement-metrics-etc/ Essays on viral marketing, freemium, and social gaming Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:07:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Sehlhorst http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/02/19/great-iphone-preso-on-appstore-retention-curves-pricing-strategies-engagement-metrics-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-1478 Scott Sehlhorst Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:42:57 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/?p=872#comment-1478 Thanks for sharing this, Andrew! What really interests me as a product manager is trying to understand the differences between those top 10% applications that get the re-use and the ones that don't. One area where the analysis fell short - how much growth (in # users, not just per-user-usage) the top 10% applications had versus the others. I suspect it is a virtuous cycle - the best apps not only get the most usage per user, but also get the most word-of-mouth propagation from those users.<br><br>I just wrote about that - <a href="http://tynerblain.com/blog/2009/03/02/viral-product-management/" rel="nofollow">http://tynerblain.com/blog/2009/03/02/viral-pro...</a> building on what you referenced here. I'd love to know what you think, as an entrepreneur, about what might have made that "top 10%" different from the other applications.<br><br>Thanks again Thanks for sharing this, Andrew! What really interests me as a product manager is trying to understand the differences between those top 10% applications that get the re-use and the ones that don't. One area where the analysis fell short – how much growth (in # users, not just per-user-usage) the top 10% applications had versus the others. I suspect it is a virtuous cycle – the best apps not only get the most usage per user, but also get the most word-of-mouth propagation from those users.

I just wrote about that – http://tynerblain.com/blog/2009/03/02/viral-pro... building on what you referenced here. I'd love to know what you think, as an entrepreneur, about what might have made that “top 10%” different from the other applications.

Thanks again

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