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How Personal Best Grew

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How did Personal Best grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Personal Best's growth was primarily driven by Apple features, organic search, and steady app store optimisation work such as testing keywords and screenshots. This growth was supported by posting on the app's Instagram and TikTok accounts.

Channels

5 channels · grouped by how Personal Best grows

  • SEO

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “I spent some time improving PB’s ASO by experimenting with different keywords and screenshots on the App Store.”
    high
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    “I spent some time improving PB’s ASO by experimenting with different keywords and screenshots on the App Store.”
    high

  • Organic social media

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “I posted a lot more on PB’s Instagram and TikTok accounts.”
    high
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    “I posted a lot more on PB’s Instagram and TikTok accounts.”
    high

  • Leveraging existing platforms

    · 1 mention
    “The two catalysts for this were having a career break (I took five months off from paid work to work on Personal Best full time), and getting featured on the App Store.”
    high

  • Podcasting

    · 1 mention
    “Thanks to this I was lucky to be featured by the App Store editors for the iOS 26 launch, and PB was also included in some of Apple’s internal slides shown to developer workshops as an example of best practice.”
    medium

  • Guest posting

    · 1 mention
    “Get a review of Personal Best into a big tech blog Status: Achieved ✅ Thanks to reaching out to some journalists and bloggers, I got into iMore and Club MacStories (see links above).”
    high

How 2,739 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Personal Best’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    68%
  • Social media
    60% ◀
  • Search/SEO
    57% ◀
  • Email
    48%
  • Community
    35%
  • Content/Inbound
    33% ◀
  • Partnerships
    32%
  • Paid ads
    24%
  • Events
    24%
  • Press/PR
    17%
  • Outbound/Sales
    17%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    10% ◀
  • Product expansion
    2%
  • Influencer partnerships
    2%
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