{"id":264681,"date":"2025-03-25T06:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T06:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/userpilot.com\/blog\/?post_type=pitt&p=264681"},"modified":"2025-03-25T12:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:45:03","slug":"improve-awareness-to-activation-funnel-conversion-pierre-jean-hillion","status":"publish","type":"pitt","link":"https:\/\/userpilot.com\/blog\/pitt\/improve-awareness-to-activation-funnel-conversion-pierre-jean-hillion\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3-Step Process to Improve Awareness to Activation Funnel Conversion in Mobile Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting users to discover your mobile app is only half the battle. The real challenge is guiding them toward activation. If users drop off before experiencing your product’s value, your acquisition efforts go to waste.<\/span><\/p>\n

To bridge this gap, here’s my<\/span> 3-step process to improve your funnel conversion, from awareness to activation:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. \ud83d\udc40 <\/span>Map your user journey:<\/b> Map the steps your users should go through from discovering your product (awareness) to experiencing its value (activation). This process starts by listing your main acquisition channels and ends with the activation moment. The purpose is to help you visualize your journey to optimize it.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. \ud83d\udcca Analyze conversion and identify bottlenecks:<\/b> Once your mapping is done, analyze the conversion between each step to <\/span>identify the main drop-offs<\/span><\/a>. They can be due to poor UX, complexity in using the product, or an unclear value prop. User research will help you understand why your users drop at these steps.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. \ud83d\udcc8 Identify growth levers to increase funnel conversion:<\/b> Focus on improving the conversion of the main bottlenecks. That’s where you’ll have the most area to grow. CRO tactics like educational content, CRM communications, social proof, or personalization can help you to drastically improve conversion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb Bonus at the end of the article:<\/strong> Catch my Miro template to map your user journey.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Understanding the 3-step process in detail<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

    1. Map your user journey from awareness to activation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    When users discover your product, your goal is to make them experience its value. But before that, they need to go through several steps. Our objective here is to map this path.<\/span><\/p>\n

    In growth, many people stop optimizing once acquisition has been reached, thinking their job is finished. But having a full-funnel vision is what will drive powerful and sustainable growth. Users’ life is just about to start when they reach acquisition.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Without a clear visualization of the steps your users must complete to experience your product, you’re totally blind and unable to improve conversion over your funnel. But, with a clear view of your user journey, you’ll have the keys to improve conversion.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u2192 That’s why <\/span>mapping your user journey<\/span><\/a>, from awareness to activation, is key. It’s the foundation to identify bottlenecks and then growth opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n

    To start our user journey mapping, we can decompose the user journey into 3 main phases:<\/span><\/p>\n