Call to Action (CTA)
If you have ever clicked the “Download Now” button on the ad for any mobile application or clicked the “Start Your Free Trial” button on a website or anything that shows “Join 10 Million Users Today”, then you have responded to a call to action. If you are involved with app marketing, you have written these types of prompts for users, whether you have called them what they really are or not. This glossary will help you understand the full meaning of a CTA in marketing, including what it is and why it is so important in the app ecosystem, how to write a good CTA, as well as some examples of good CTAs and how they calculate conversion rates against CTVs. What is a Call to Action? A Call to Action (CTA) is a type of prompt to tell a potential customer what you would like them to do next. This could be written as one word or phrase (such as “Download”), a button (such as “Start”, or “Join”), or an in...