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Why Your Mobile App Needs a BFF
Why Your Mobile App Needs a BFF
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Written by Tim Sherrill
Updated over 10 months ago

In today's app-saturated world, standing out requires more than bells and whistles. Users crave convenience and seamless experiences, and that's where a strong mobile wallet strategy enters the stage, ready to become your app's best friend forever. Mobile wallet passes complement your mobile app. Companies from State Farm to Eventbrite use mobile apps and mobile wallet passes to engage their users.

Here's why mobile wallet passes into your strategy unlocks a treasure trove of benefits:

  1. Mobile wallets provide a goldmine of customer data. Personalized offers, targeted promotions, and loyalty programs based on spending habits become possible, fostering deeper relationships and driving repeat business.

  2. Mobile wallets facilitate frictionless transactions, removing pesky checkout hurdles. This translates to happier users. It's like offering a VIP lane experience, encouraging users to return for more.

  3. Mobile wallets are the future of digital payments and interactions. By embracing this technology, you position yourself at the forefront of innovation. It's like equipping your hero with the latest gadgets, ensuring they're ready to face any future challenge and remain relevant in the ever-evolving app landscape.

And here's how you can integrate mobile wallet passes to enhance your mobile app(s):

  1. Optimize Your Native App Download Funnel:

    1. Mobile wallet passes have low-friction installation (just like installing an airplane ticket with one click) and can allow you to prove value to users who are resistant to downloading your app.

    2. You can engage mobile wallet pass users with push notifications and geolocation-based messaging before users install your app (unlike native apps, push notifications and geolocation for mobile wallet passes are opt-in by default), reaching users at the right time and place.

    3. Then upsell the native app using app linking and deep linking.

  2. Boost Engagement and Conversion: You can link your native app to a pass by associating it with your mobile wallet pass—this creates prominent entry points to your app on the front and back of mobile wallet passes.

    1. Provide your iTunes Store Identifier to link to Apple Wallet.

    2. Provide shortcuts to your app on mobile wallet passes.

  3. Supercharge User Convenience: Imagine offering customers the ability to pay, store loyalty cards, access tickets, and manage personal documents all from their wallets. If your native app supports deep linking, add deep links to the back of the mobile wallet pass, which can serve as a link tree for your company—consolidating benefits and features that live in the app.

    1. Use native wallet pass features such as geolocation, iBeacon, and campaigns (unique to Badge) to make your app deep links top-of-mind at the right time and place.

  4. User Management Made Easy: Mobile wallet pass content can be updated with your data sources of choice; this can be a manual data import from your CRM or API integration (which we can take on)

    1. You choose what data to send to Badge; the mobile wallet pass can serve as a preview or mini version of your native app.

Remember, your mobile app doesn't have to go it alone. By integrating a robust mobile wallet strategy, you create a winning partnership that delivers convenience, loyalty, and future-proofed success. It's time to give your app the sidekick it deserves – one that elevates its value and takes the user experience to a whole new level.

Ready to unlock the power of a mobile wallet? Let's discuss how we can make your app's hero journey a triumph!

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