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Shawn Johnson
Shawn Johnson

Your CTO's Favorite CTO

Author, Mentor, Instructor, Lover of dogs and sometimes people :) Dedicated to empowering others with technology. Mobile App Hero, http://mobileapphero.com

Mobile and Mobile Web

Launch to Long-Term Success: Maximizing App Engagement and Growth in 2024

You’ve done it! You’ve built an amazing app, but let’s be real—launching it is just the beginning. The real work starts after you hit the "publish" button. In today’s crowded app market, it’s all about keeping users engaged and making sure your app continues to grow. In this talk, we're going to break down the strategies that can take your app from launch to long-term success. ### **What You’ll Learn:** - **App Store Listings That Convert:** Let’s talk about how to make your app store presence irresistible. From eye-catching visuals to smart keyword strategies, I'll show you how to optimize your listings so that they don’t just get noticed—they get downloads. - **Effective User Acquisition:** There are so many ways to bring users in, but which ones actually work? We’ll dive into everything from social media campaigns to influencer partnerships, making sure you’re reaching the right audience with the right message. - **Keeping Users Around:** Getting users is one thing; keeping them is another. I’ll share tips on how to create a smooth onboarding process and send push notifications that users actually appreciate—no spammy stuff here. - **Building a Loyal Community:** You want your users to stick around, and that means building a sense of community. Whether it’s through social features, rewards programs, or gamification, I’ll show you how to create a space where users want to come back again and again. - **Gathering Feedback that Matters:** Your users have opinions—so listen to them. I’ll walk you through how to collect and use feedback to continuously improve your app, ensuring you’re always meeting user needs. ### **AI Concepts for Your App:** - **Making It Personal:** AI doesn’t have to be complicated. It can help you personalize the user experience in simple ways, like recommending content or features that align with what users are into. Small tweaks, big impact. - **Automating the Right Stuff:** Automation can free up your time for the things that really matter. Think AI-driven customer support that handles common questions or routine tasks, so you can focus on growing your app. - **Predicting What’s Next:** AI can help you get ahead of user needs by spotting patterns. Whether it’s suggesting the next best action or flagging potential drop-off points, it’s about staying one step ahead. ### **AI Concepts for Customer Engagement:** - **Real-Time Support:** Integrate AI-powered chatbots to handle the basics, so your users get the help they need when they need it. It’s about making sure your users never feel stuck or ignored. - **Tailored Experiences:** Let AI help you adapt the user journey on the fly. Adjust challenges, offer personalized rewards, or suggest the next move based on what users are doing in real-time. Keep it relevant, keep it engaging. - **Reading the Room:** Use AI to dig into user feedback and reviews. By understanding the sentiment behind the words, you can make smarter decisions about what to improve and where to focus. ### **Staying Relevant:** We’re also going to talk about how to keep your app fresh in a world that’s always changing. Whether it’s staying on top of trends, adjusting your monetization strategy, or scaling up your infrastructure, you’ll leave with a clear game plan for keeping your app on the cutting edge. So whether you’re a solo dev or part of a bigger team, this talk will give you the tools and strategies you need to keep your app growing and thriving long after launch. Let’s make sure your app doesn’t just survive—it excels ---

CONNECT.TECHNovember 18-20, 2024
Cobb Galleria Centre 2 Galleria Pkwy SE Atlanta, GA

The largest multi-framework front-end conference in the USA.
A three day event diving deep with experts from across the tech ecosystem.

6 Tracks 60+ sessions 6 workshops

CONNECT.TECH is the largest multi-framework front-end conference in the USA.

A premium Web/HTML/CSS, Mobile, and Design conference at a community conference price!

Looking to attend an React conference, Angular conference, Vue.js conference, JavaScript conference, Node conference, Mobile conference or UX/Design conference this year? Why not go to one that combines all of these?

Connect.Tech attendees

Choose your ticket

Ticket fee includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks, conference reception, tshirts, and entry into our mega raffle prizes and more!

Late Individual Conference Pass

Two Day Conference, November 19-20

Late Individual Workshop/Training and Conference Combo Pass

Three Day Workshop and Conference, November 18-20

Late Group (5+) Conference Pass

Two Day Conference, November 19-20

Late roup (5+) Workshop/Training and Conference Combo Pass

Three Day Workshop and Conference, November 18-20

Schedule

All times are listed in EST. Scroll horizontally to see all tracks.

Monday, November 18

TimeVue/CoreJSReact/MiscAngular/MiscAI/MiscPracticesWeb/HTML/CSS
8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

9:00 AM

Web performance workshop: hands-on tools and practices

Sia Karamalegos

JS + AI: (BYOM) Build Your Own Model with TensorFlow.js!

Will MarpleGant Laborde

Automated Testing Made Easy

Micah Wood

Advanced React: Lessons from 10 Years

Cory House
10:30 AM

Morning Break

12:00 AM

Lunch

2:30 PM

Afternoon Break

Tuesday, November 19

TimeVue/CoreJSReact/MiscAngular/MiscAI/MiscPracticesWeb/HTML/CSS
8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

9:00 AM

Influence - Witchcraft and Wizardry

Gant Laborde
10:00 AM

20 Ways to Define Props in Vue 3

Alex Riviere

React in 2024: Exploring The New Stuff

Cory House

Signals Unleashed: Intro to NgRx Signal Store

Chris Perko

Unlocking Machine Learning Potential in JavaScript: A Journey Through Cutting-Edge Tools

Danielle Maxwell

How to Conference : A User Guide

Nerando Johnson

Cross-Framework Components using Custom Elements or Mitosis

Chris Griffing
11:00 AM

Morning Break

11:30 AM

Vue Data Fetching & Management Patterns that Work

Will Marple

50 shades of React rendering with Next.js

Ben Ilegbodu

Build Fully Type-Safe Projects with TypeScript and Zod

Sean McQuaid

Building AI Enabled Web Apps

Colin DeCarlo

Beyond the Cache with Redis + Node.js

Guy Royse

How I Bought Booze with a JSON Web Token

Angie JonesEbony Louis
12:30 AM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Vue-Router, Hoisting Mocks, and Unit Test Spaghetti

Camille Kaniecki

GraphQL in the Era of Server Components

Roy Derks

Intl is Your Superhero

Raymond Camden

Develop LLM Applications using LangChain

Douglas Starnes

Full-stack performance testing with Grafana k6

Daniel González Lopes

It's time to ditch Lighthouse 100

Sia Karamalegos
2:30 PM

Afternoon Break

3:00 PM

JavaScript Framework Cage Match

Amy Dutton

Using Chrome Developer Tools

Micah Wood

Ten Key Steps for Enhanced Web App Security

Ben Dechrai

Step On It! Using Visual Studio Code Features To Speed Up Your Code Development

Kelly Morrison

MySQL, Node, & Testcontainers - Testing Done Right

Scott Stroz

Removing Repetition By Building Your Own Automation Framework

Cameron Presley
4:00 PM

Advanced TypeScript

Tyler Jennings

The Three Laws of Test-Driven Development are Useful and Incomplete

Burk Hufnagel

Sailing Uncharted Waters: Exploring the New Navigation API

Ray Gesualdo

Launch to Long-Term Success: Maximizing App Engagement and Growth in 2024

Shawn Johnson

Node Project Configuration Management at Scale

Cameron Childress

Demystifying Micro Frontends: A Practical Guide to Modern Web Architecture

Martin Rojas
5:00 PM

PowerPoint Karaoke

Jeremy Meiss
6:00 PM

Conference Reception (Foyer)

Wednesday, November 20

Choose your ticket

Ticket fee includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks, conference reception, tshirts, and entry into our mega raffle prizes and more!

Late Individual Conference Pass

Two Day Conference, November 19-20

Late Individual Workshop/Training and Conference Combo Pass

Three Day Workshop and Conference, November 18-20

Late Group (5+) Conference Pass

Two Day Conference, November 19-20

Late roup (5+) Workshop/Training and Conference Combo Pass

Three Day Workshop and Conference, November 18-20

2024 All Sessions

CONNECT.TECH 2024 Sessions

Timeline

  • May 1

    2024 Kickoff

    Call for Papers, Early Bird tickets sales (first 100 only, then prices +$100), sponsor sales, scholarship program all open

  • June 1

    CFP Close

    CFP Closes

  • July 1

    Speakers Announced!

    Speakers announced, regular ticket sales

  • September 11

    Late ticket sales

    Late ticket sales, order now to get a swanky badge and tshirt

  • November 18

    Workshop day!

    Connect.Tech 2024 starts with workshop day

  • November 19

    The big show!

    Connect.Tech 2024 begins!