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How The Shpock Shopping App Weaned Itself From Demographic Data

When Shpock, a European shopping app, started using search behavior to inform its ad targeting this year rather than just relying on demo data, it began to realize what its users were actually interested in. “For many years, demographic targeting was one of the main options used by brands and agencies alike,” said Jon Hatfield,... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // October 22nd, 2018 //
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IronSource Has A Tool To Help Devs Determine Ad Revenue At The User Level

Without a way to calculate ad revenue per user, optimization is just an educated guessing game. “I wouldn’t call it a complete blind spot, but the process is definitely not as efficient as it could be,” said Jeff Gurian, VP of marketing and ad monetization at Kongregate, a mobile and PC game publisher acquired from... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // October 3rd, 2018 //
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DoorDash Blends Brand And Performance To Deliver The Marketing Goods

When DoorDash partnered with The Cheesecake Factory in December to give away 10,000 free slices of cheesecake, the food delivery app set up a cross-functional war room to deal with the logistical complexity. Free food is always a strong customer acquisition tool, but if marketing pushes an offer and product isn’t in the loop, users... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // August 31st, 2018 //
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Realtor.com Welcomes Reinstall Data To The Neighborhood

“You can never go home again” doesn’t apply to the home screen. Most smartphone users – 98%, according to mobile attribution provider TUNE – have reinstalled an app that they previously deleted. Forty percent of users delete and reinstall apps on a regular basis. But most app marketers don’t differentiate between first-time downloads and re-downloads, mainly because... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // July 10th, 2018 //
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Analysis: Apple Can Succeed In Ads Without Sharing Data

Apple is reportedly headed once more into the fray with the launch of a contextual ad network that could include inventory from Pinterest, Snap and a collective of other apps in the App Store. The move, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, may seem strange in light of macro events like Facebook’s data scandal... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // June 4th, 2018 //
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Is Apple Angling To Cut Out App Attribution Vendors?

Apple just made a move under the radar that could cause third-party attribution providers to become obsolete. In late March, Apple quietly released SKAdNetwork, an API for iOS 11.3 that allows ad networks or advertisers to directly attribute installs from the App Store without relying on an attribution vendor. Apple’s well-documented stance on consumer privacy... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // May 14th, 2018 //
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2018 Will Be A Year Of Reckoning For Mobile App-Install Fraud

This is the first in a series of deep dives from AdExchanger on mobile fraud and mobile data quality, including guides to fraud tactics and threat vectors and practical solutions from advertisers in the growth and user acquisition trenches. Read the second story ("Mobile Data Has A Quality Control Problem") and the third ("Anatomy Of... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // January 30th, 2018 //
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Auction App Tophatter Is Bidding Adieu To Facebook As Its Primary Acquisition Channel

Back when real-time auction app Tophatter was founded in 2012, it spent as much as 95% of its user acquisition budget on Facebook. But with a solid user base of around 12 million registered users, it’s been making a concerted effort to mix up its UA strategy. “In the beginning, Facebook was a big gorilla, but... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // July 13th, 2017 //
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Lucktastic Taps Playable Ads To Snag Users Who Keep On Playing

Developers like Lucktastic, a F2P sweepstakes app, play a seemingly never-ending game of balancing quality vs. scale when acquiring users. Increasingly, they’re turning to mobile video and playable ads to find users who stick around after the install. “In a category like ours, you need scale to succeed, but we also really have to care... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // June 5th, 2017 //
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Grabr Connects Community With Global Commerce – And Collects Data Along The Way

Grabr is an ecommerce app for the stuff you can't usually find online. “You can think about us as the Airbnb for international shopping and delivery,” said Daria Rebenok, CEO of Grabr, a peer-to-peer marketplace that aims to help travelers make a little extra cash by acting as couriers for difficult-to-obtain items from anywhere in... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // December 23rd, 2016 //
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