Apptivate: App Marketing Explained

In this episode, you’ll hear the latest news about Google’s Privacy Sandbox on Android –  straight from the source. Pan Katsukis, the co-founder and CEO of Remerge, sits down with Amit Varia, Director of Product Management at Google, and Niv Klein, Product Team Lead at AppsFlyer, to unpack how the Privacy Sandbox will change the future of mobile advertising on Android.  Find out how attribution, r...

Ludovic Thevelin advises app advertisers on their international growth strategies at Google. In this episode, host Maria Lannon talks to Ludovic about go-to-market considerations for different verticals, like gaming and fintech, how to make strategic decisions on international growth, today’s most promising untapped markets, and the LTV opportunities of, what Google calls, Next Billion User Market...

Today’s guest is an expert in helping startups successfully launch new mobile apps and web products. In this episode, David Jumper, a managing partner at Hyper Digital Partners, shares the top five most common mistakes he sees startups making in their performance marketing, and offers his advice on what to do instead.  David Jumper is a managing partner at Hyper Digital Partners. He’s a growth exp...

In the second part of this two-part episode, Tara Kirkpatrick, a Mobile Trends Analyst at Apptopia, breaks down popular engagement and retention strategies used by the most downloaded apps of 2022, according to Apptopia’s report “How App Download Leaders Are Winning” (released Feb. 2023). Learn how apps got ahead of their competitors with loyalty schemes, reward programs, and retention “core loops...

In the first of this two-part episode, Tara Kirkpatrick, a Mobile Trends Analyst at Apptopia, breaks down popular acquisition strategies used by the most downloaded apps of 2022, according to Apptopia’s report “How App Download Leaders Are Winning” (released Feb. 2023). Learn how apps get ahead of their competitors with app store search ads and curating the right ad network mix.  Apptopia is a per...

Lomit Patel returns to the Apptivate podcast to share his experiences marketing Tynker, an Edtech product that teaches kids how to code. The platform reaches 60 million users in over 150 countries. In his new role as Chief Growth officer, Lomit discusses how the team got kids excited about coding and engaged teachers and parents to use the app. Lomit Patel has worked in growth at startups for over...

Jennie Lewis is the Senior Manager of Customer Insights at Airship. In this Women In Mobile episode, Jennie shares her positive approach and experience to navigating male-dominated tech fields, such as solutions architecture. She and the host, Maria Lannon, discuss how to build a more diverse pipeline of executive leadership for the future.  At Airship, Jennie helps brands understand the economic...

Saadi Muslu is the Head of Content and Product Marketing at Singular. She immigrated to the U.S. when she was 6 years old from Turkey and was the first woman in her family to graduate from college. These experiences, among others,  taught her how to ask a lot of questions, be resourceful, and build relationships with the right people – ultimately fueling her success in the mobile industry. In this...

Welcome back to another year celebrating International Women’s Month and the women who work in our mobile marketing industry. In this episode, our host, Maria Lannon, interviews Allie Hitchcock, the Lifecycle Marketing Manager at Houzz. They talk about helping users get the most out of an app product, turning mistakes into positive opportunities, and how to be successful when working remotely.   H...

Eran Friedman, Co-Founder and CTO at Singular, joins Apptivate to talk about what the initial postbacks from SKAdNetwork 4.0 mean for mobile marketers. In this episode, he and host Brian Altman discuss the new features of SKAN 4.0 for mobile advertisers, how to leverage these features, and how to transition from SKAN 3.0 to SKAN 4.0. You’ll also learn about FLEDGE and how to prepare for privacy ch...

Joel Debus is the Marketing Automation Manager at Klarna, a “buy now, pay later” shopping app. In this episode, Joel breaks down what good marketing automation looks like and how to implement the best approach. Joel discusses identifying trigger points in the customer journey, scaling automation, personalization based on user behavior, and using a “working backward” methodology. Questions Joel Ans...

Connected TV (CTV) as an advertising channel for apps is exploding onto the mobile marketing scene. How does CTV fit with your other mobile marketing channels and how can you measure its effectiveness? Gijsbert Pols, the Director of Connected TV and New Channels at Adjust, a mobile attribution and analytics company, joins the show to answer these questions and more. Gijsbert led Adjust in developi...

Maria Lannon, your host of Apptivate’s Women in Mobile series, brings listeners a roundup of some of the best bits from interviews with women working in the mobile marketing industry around the world. Find out their biggest leadership lessons in this special compilation episode featuring Sharon Romang, the Vice President of Creative at Headlight; Vicki Goldman, the Director of Marketing at Paramou...

Brian Altman, your host of the Apptivate Podcast’s Mobile Gaming series, brings listeners a roundup of some of the best bits from interviews about how to market your mobile game internationally. In this special compilation episode, you'll hear from Aaron Pietsch, the Senior User Acquisition Specialist at Rec Room; Claire Rozain, a User Acquisition Lead at Rovio; Farhan Haq, Founder of Hyper HQ; an...

Matej Lančarič has been in the gaming industry for 10 years. He’s launched 32 mobile games in the last five years as a user acquisition and marketing consultant, and soft launching mobile games is one of his specialties. In this episode, Matej shares some of the biggest mistakes companies make when soft launching their mobile games.  Matej is also one of the hosts of the 2 & a Half Gamers podcast....

This week we’re rebroadcasting a Growth Masterminds podcast episode with Pan Katsukis, Remerge’s founder and CEO, who talks about contextual targeting – where it works, where it's strong, and where it is weak.  Learn the psychology of contextual versus behaviorally targeted ads, the future of targeting, and how in some cases contextual targets can use up to 100 parameters to get even better than b...

Mert Çamur leads the user acquisition and creative marketing teams at GameGuru, a casual and hyper-casual mobile game publisher based in Istanbul, Turkey. In this episode, Mert shares how he decides which international markets to prioritize and how much of his marketing budget to allocate when launching a casual or hyper-casual mobile game. He also shares his biggest pieces of advice to mobile mar...

Carry1st is on a mission to be the leading consumer content platform in Africa, focusing on mobile games and fintech companies. In this episode, the co-founder and CEO of Carry1st, Cordel Robbin-Coker, shares his firsthand experience with marketing mobile games to the new, emerging markets of Africa. Learn about African trends, influencer marketing, user behavior, and how the African market compar...

With Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) opt-in rates at less than 50%, mobile marketers must think outside-of-the-box to decrease signal loss. In this episode, Josh Alvernia, the CEO and co-founder of Clue, shares a novel approach to media campaigns: Rather than launching a campaign, serving ads, measuring, and then optimizing, he suggests working from measurement backward. Josh explains that...

Eran Friedman is the Co-Founder and CTO at Singular, a next-gen mobile measurement partner and thought leader on SKAdNetwork. In this episode, Eran discusses the three most common issues marketers have with today’s SKAdNetwork – conversion models, time delay, and privacy thresholds – and what to do about them. He also highlights what to expect with Apple’s improvements in SKAdNetwork 4.0.  Singula...

Veteran mobile marketer Ariel Cohen rejoins the Apptivate Podcast to talk about rebranding your app. He tells us why branding matters more than ever, whether it’s the right time to rebrand, deciding how to rebrand, and getting buy-in from your team. Ariel Cohen is a mobile marketing and brand consultant based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Ariel first joined the Apptivate Podcast in 2019 when he was the Hea...

Offer walls have historically had a reputation for being low quality or associated with fraud in the mobile marketing industry. In this episode, Solomiya Mykoliv, the Global Demand Director at Digital Turbine, debunks these outdated myths about offer walls and explains how their shift to deep, meaningful engagement with users appeals to publishers and advertisers. Also, while offer walls are typic...

Dmitry Gubanenkov is a Marketing Manager at Space Ape Games, the London-based mobile game developer. He joins Apptivate’s Gaming Series to share his approach to launching new mobile games and install campaigns. You’ll learn how important your audio choice can be, the best ways to measure the performance of influencer campaigns, and where to launch your new game. Dmitry leads user acquisition campa...

In this episode of Apptivate’s new gaming series, Farhan Haq returns to the podcast to share his expertise on monetizing mobile games. What intel from your user base could be generating a ton of revenue? In-app purchases versus rewarded video ads? Where are the opportunities for game developers in markets around the world? Farhan answers these questions and more.  Farhan is the founder of Hyper HQ...

When marketers think about designing creatives for their mobile games, they usually have their users in mind. But how do you learn about your users? How do you include everyone and ensure your ads are accessible, responsible, and diverse? Claire Rozain, a UA lead of Rovio, joins the podcast to dive deeper into this topic. She says marketing isn’t just about click-through rates – marketers have a r...