Apptica Talks – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode Apptica Talks about the Gamelight’s role in the rewarded UA industry with Günay Aliyeva – Co-Founder at Gamelight.

Gamelight is the largest Rewarded Marketing Platform for Mobile Games! Their AI algorithm analyzes users' playtime, engagement, competitor game usage & demographics data to identify users with the highest likeliness of long-term engagement on our partners' games.

We have explored an evolution of Rewarded UA, Gamelight’s rewarded UA model, case studies of Gamelight with key metrics, the Future of Rewarded UA and Gamelight’s Vision, what makes rewarded UA so effective in driving user engagement and retention, advice for leveraging rewarded UA for growth, and much more.

Key takeaways are available in our blog.

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In this episode Apptica Talks about the Power of Playable Ads with Gökçe Nur Oguz – CEO and Co-Founder at Playable Factory.

Playable Factory is the leading creative marketing technology provider which builds a future of advertising via highly engaging 2D/3D playable & interactive ads and gameplay video creation product for mobile games and non-gaming brands.

We have discussed the impact of rising costs per install (CPI) and strategies to combat them, overview of products Flex and Ready, current trends, best practices and successful cases in playable ads, integration of user-generated content (UGC) in playables, fffectiveness of playable ads in non-gaming industries, future of user acquisition and much more.

Key takeaways are available in our blog.

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In this episode Apptica Talks about growing your game with Smart LiveOps with Julia Iljuk, Head of Growth, and Pavel Ignatov, Founder, at Balancy.

Balancy is a LiveOps platform for game studios that helps increase LTV and win the competition by customizing and personalizing the gaming experience. 

We have covered the story behind Balancy; current state of the mobile gaming market and the place of LiveOps in it; LiveOps in 2023: current approaches and how tactics have evolved in recent years; the role of personalization + successful cases of game personalization from Balancy’s portfolio; LiveOps at UA level, advantages of ready-made LiveOps tools vs in-house platforms; spreadsheets and JSONs, upcoming events where we could meet the guys.

Key Takeaways are available in Apptica’s blog.

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In this episode Apptica Talks about UA from in-house DSP perspective with Alessandro Giuliani, commercial director at Dataseat.

Explore onset, evolution and main values of Dataseat, insights into bidding, transition from behavioural to contextual strategy, ad campaign optimisation: manual optimisations and ML, SKAN evolution vs probabilistic, trends in 2023, and upcoming conferences where you could grab a coffee with Alessandro ☕️.

Key insights are available in Apptica’s blog.

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In this episode Apptica Talks about experimental IAA strategies for games with Giuseppe Martoriello, co-founder at iion.

Find insights into the best-performing ad formats for monetization, different approaches in terms of game genres, new monetization channels: in-game ad (video, audio, banner), integration with brands, securing long-term success with in-game integrations, trends to follow in 2023.

Key takeaways are available in Apptica’s blog.

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In this episode Apptica Talks about creatives, tests, SKAN 4.0 and much more with Pablo Pérez González, performance marketing director at Admiral Media.

In this hot conversation Pablo brought us sun from Thailand along with valuable takeaways. We covered different formats of creatives (banner, interstitial, video, playable, native ad and fake ads), testing of creatives, TikTok as one of the most performing channel: spark ads, winning tactics and challenges; the most significant differences between SKAN 3 and SKAN 4 and trends to follow in 2023.

More insights are available in Apptica’s blog.

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In this episode Apptica Talks about combined trends in UA and Monetization with Marc Bearman, VP Commercial at oolo. 

We have chatted about common UA strategies, oversaturation/consolidation of the market + startup pressure in hostile environment, state of the market and privacy pressure, apple side-loading and its potential impact, revenue diversification: move to the middle e.g. hybrid (IAP vs IAA; subscription, freemium model, cross-portfolio model), trends and a broad overview of the industry in 2023.

Key takeaways are available in Apptica’s blog.

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In this episode Apptica Talks about app monetization trends with Stafaniya Radzivonik, Business Development Team Lead, EMEA and Ahmed Chakroun, Sr Mobile Product Manager at Smaato.

During our conversation we have touched upon the best performing ad format, current state of rewarded ad, different approaches for iOS and Android, insights into bidding (waterfall vs header bidding vs hybrid mode), trends for 2023.

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In this episode Apptica Talks about A/B testing in ASO with Emilio Mellado, ASO expert and Senior Customer Marketing Manager at Geeklab.

We have explored how to validate your ideas and find a winning variant; how to elevate your Custom Product Pages with AB Tests; what strategy to adhere with fake elements; best practices for mapping out a series of AB tests, and 3 trends to keep an eye on in 2023.

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In this episode Apptica Talks about Influencer Analytics, Market Landscape and Fraud with Alexander Frolov - CEO & Co-Frounder at HypeAuditor.

HypeAuditor is an all-in-one solution for influencer marketers that provides essential tools for successful campaigns and goes beyond the “standard tool” concept. The platform offers a digital area to find relevant and safe influencers across our 75+ million profile database. 

During our conversation you can learn about the shifts and updates in influencer marketing field, the trend of influencer fatigue, dynamics of fraudulent activities, healthy engagements and benchmarks, free and paid methods of searching for quality influencers, and much more.

Key takeaways are available in our blog.

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