Flown case study

How Flown Converts and Retains Customers

FLOWN is a global virtual co-working platform for remote workers, offering facilitated sessions, a 24/7 drop-in room and member-hosted options. It also provides coaching, along with educational resources, all available through individual and corporate memberships.
Company size:
10 employees
Industry:
Software development
Features:

Tours & Hints

Life Ring Banner

Newsfeed

Surveys

Use case:

Trial conversion

Feature penetration

  • Increased

    feature penetration
  • 2x

    faster onboarding deployment
  • Improved

    user experience

What will you learn from this case study

  • How Flown doubled onboarding speed
  • How personalized onboarding drives conversion
  • How in-app communication boosts feature adoption

Challenges

  • Manual onboarding was time-consuming and hard to scale
  • One-size-fits-all onboarding led to low activation and poor engagement
  • Limited ability to tailor experiences based on user intent or behavior

Solution

Flown streamlined onboarding using Product Fruits’ elements like checklists, tours, announcements and segmentation. This allowed the team to personalize flows, drive feature adoption and scale onboarding with less manual effort.

Guy Brockless
Guy Brockless
Product and Strategy Director
"Product Fruits has also reduced time to value for new users, helping them quickly recognize the benefits of our platform."

Use case №1

Converting trial users into customers

Survey + tours: driving personalized onboarding

To improve conversion from trial to paid, Flown designed a personalized onboarding flow using survey, tour, checklist and the Life Ring Button.

The onboarding journey starts with a survey card asking users why they signed up. Based on their response, users are directed to tailored content like live sessions, videos or articles.

This segmentation helps users reach their activation moment quickly. The milestone is defined as attending at four co-working sessions during the 30-day trial.

Onboarding survey in Flown app
Onboarding survey in Flown app

Once inside the platform, users see welcome tour card offering options to schedule live session (leading to a calendar) or watch a video guide right now.

Welcome tour card in Flown app
Welcome tour card in Flown app
Guy Brockless
Guy Brockless
Product and Strategy Director
"Personalized in-app communication with our users is crucial to our success. By delivering the right messages and content at the right time to the right users, we’ve significantly enhanced engagement and improved product adoption."

Use case №2

Freemium to paid conversion push

Checklist + newsfeed: guiding users towards engagement

After the 30-day free trial, Flown continues to nurture users through segment-based communication designed to convert freemium users into paying customers.

The embedded checklist is customized for freemium users. Its tailored content encourages ongoing participation in community-driven experiences:

  • Join their first live session (if they didn’t during the trial)
  • Attend thematic webinars and mentoring events
  • Explore and even host sessions within the platform
Embedded checklist in Flown app
Embedded checklist in Flown app

The newsfeed keeps users engaged with real-time updates like session invites, announcements and coaching tips.

It helps Flown guide freemium users toward conversion with timely, in-app content.

The Life Ring Button sits in the bottom-left corner of the platform, serving as Flown’s in-app Help Center.

It gives users instant access to support resources, self-service tools and key updates.

This fits naturally into the user’s workflow, there's no need to leave the product or wait for live assistance.

Guy Brockless
Guy Brockless
Product and Strategy Director
"The flexibility of Product Fruits is invaluable. Its no-code setup and customization features allow us to deliver tailored content seamlessly, significantly improving user engagement."

Use case №3

Retaining paid customers through ongoing engagement

Targeted content + feedback loops: powering long-term retention

To keep paid users engaged and continuously involved, Flown uses Product Fruits to deliver in-app experiences that reinforce product value and grow adoption of features.

Announcement banners share updates like coaching events or productivity sessions, segmented by user behavior and interests.

Flown in-product banner
Flown in-product banner

Pop-ups highlight major updates or launches using visually rich, AI-generated templates.

Flow in-product pop-up
Flow in-product pop-up

Flown uses banners for regular in-app updates. Segmented banners highlight relevant events like coaching sessions, while general ones keep all users informed about changes such as platform maintenance.

For more important announcements, large modal pop-ups are used, making sure key updates are not missed by the end-user.

Guy Brockless
Guy Brockless
Product and Strategy Director
"Segmentation is crucial for personalized user engagement. By targeting specific user groups with relevant announcements, we avoid overwhelming users with unnecessary information."

Tours drive specific actions like joining events, exploring new content or signing up for coaching sessions.

Tour examples in the Flown app
Tour examples in the Flown app

Surveys collect insights on session timing preferences and thematic interests, helping tailor the Flown experience to user needs.

Flown in-app survey
Flown in-app survey
Guy Brockless
Guy Brockless
Product and Strategy Director
"Product Fruits is vital for staying in tune with our users and conducting product discovery. With Product Fruits' custom targeting rules, the team sends the right message to the right users at the right time."

Conclusion

Flown’s strategic use of Product Fruits has transformed the user experience, successfully driving adoption, improving retention and increasing customer satisfaction.

With personalized onboarding and user segmentation, the team has streamlined workflows as well as reduced time-to-value.