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[The dirty secret is: if you’re paying for app installs, then you can be a victim of app install fraud. These fake installs don’t just burn cash; they muddy the data that you need to focus campaigns and measure results. Our host Peggy Anne Salz welcomes Gary Danks, Managing Director & Founder at Machine, the only company entirely dedicated to stopping app install fraud, back for an encore appearance and a candid discussion around the industry appetite to combat fraud, not pass the blame. Gary explains why no budget size or app vertical is safe from app install fraud and weighs in on the commitment of ad networks and partners to do their part. He also looks at hot trends, including AI and programmatic, and how his own company has evolved since it opened doors for business last March. Check out the company blog and the wealth of informative posts around app install fraud and best practices you should have top of mind./>

[How can app marketers operate (and excel) at the intersection of ad creatives and performance marketing? To crack the code marketers don’t need necessarily need algorithms, but they do need to get smart about how they evaluate ad creatives and harness the right format to get the best results for their app. Our host Peggy Anne Salz from MobileGroove catches up with veteran growth marketer Shamanth Rao to do a SWOT analysis of ad formats and discuss video ad best practices. Shamanth also talks about RocketShip HQ, his new venture where he is the Founder & CEO, and shares actionable advice around how you can make short-form video content work for your app./>

[Learn how to expand your personal brand through networking and extend your appeal through TV advertising with Gessica Bicego, Director of Performance Marketing, Blinkist, a microlearning company--and top-rated app--that offers users key ideas from bestselling nonfiction books in 15-minute text and audio. Gessica, a Mobile Hero recognized by Liftoff for her app marketing achievements, shares how she became a leading voice in the mobile space and offers solid advice for other women in mobile and marketing eager to do the same. She also draws from her first-hand experience to map the do’s and don’ts of TV advertising and media buying, and weighs in where and how you can use marketing automation and AI to be more effective--even if on a tight budget. />

[Thanks to streaming your audience listen to more music and podcasts than ever before. Data from 2017 reveals that users tune in for an average of 33 hours a week in the U.S. alone, and the momentum shows no signs of slowing. Little wonder that audio programmatic--the business benefits and the best ways to buy it--lead the list of hot advertising and marketing trends in 2019. Where is the growth? Who are the players? How can you measure effectiveness? These are just a few of the questions our host Peggy Anne Salz discusses with Jeffrey Mayer, Head of Programmatic at SoundCloud, the world’s largest audio platform and one that has seen an incredible surge in programmatic audio budgets in 2018. Jeffrey discusses the market drivers and updates us on progress following the decision to enter into an ad sales partnership with Pandora--a move that will create the largest ad-supported audio marketplace in the U.S. with an unduplicated audience of more than 100 million users. He also talks about how marketers can make

[The meteoric rise of mobile ad fraud is enough to make any app marketer anxious. But they don’t have to be victims if they know what to look for and the actions to take. Our host Peggy Anne Salz from MobileGroove catches up with Andreas Naumann, Head of Fraud at Adjust, the industry leader in mobile measurement and fraud prevention, for an entertaining and empowering discussion about the types of ad fraud and the signals that should prompt action. Andreas, a Mobile Hero recognized by Liftoff for his accomplishments and advocacy of an informed and balanced approach to fraud prevention, challenges popular myths and preconceived notions around tools and techniques, such as blacklisting and benchmarks, and zeroes in on what app marketers can do to disincentivize fraud. He also updates us on the progress of the Coalition Against Ad Fraud (CAAF), a group of industry leading players in the advertising ecosystem, including major attribution vendors and ad networks, that have pledged to tackle mobile ad fraud./>

[AR is going mainstream, enabling brands and marketers to tell amazing and immersive stories, so why wait to test the waters? We learn how to choose and tell stories with the help AR from Ray Soto, Director of Emerging Tech for the USA TODAY NETWORK, part of Gannett Co, Inc. and the largest local-to-national media organization in the U.S. His primary role within the organization is to revolutionize storytelling with emerging technologies, such as AR and VR, and we learn how he did just that bringing audiences deeper into apps and experiences including the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center and an investigative podcast revealing the inner workings of America’s cities./>

[Your app users are sharing why they love or hate your app freely in app reviews. Understanding what they say—and what it really means—is pure old when it comes to fixing bugs, adding features or just showing you care when it counts. But when you get hundreds, even thousands, of review a day, you can’t sift through it all on your own. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Stuart Hall, co-founder, and CEO at Appbot, a company that has harnessed AI and machine learning to help companies like BMW, PayPal and Twitter understand customer feedback and insights contained in app reviews. In practice, the Appbot tool aggregates app store reviews for all countries on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and Windows stores. Stuart, who has a long track record as a developer, blogger, and entrepreneur, also discusses his early day in the App Economy and offers advice you can follow to maintain an amazing app./>

[Don’t just read the reams of 2019 trends reports that call out in-app header bidding as the next “Big Thing” in mobile app monetization. “Get involved now, or risk leaving money on the table” is the top advice we get from Michael Brooks, SVP Revenue at Weatherbug, where he manages direct sales, programmatic partnerships, business development, growth, and more. Mike debunks industry myths and shares best practices, providing straight answers to tough questions based on his first-hand experiences with in-app header bidding at Weatherbug, the media property that connects 14 million consumers each month to accurate and innovative weather data./>

[Mobile gaming apps are a fast-moving space and pressure is high, particularly if your game harnesses blockbuster IP, to make sure your soft launch strategy covers the bases to be a massive hit from the get-go. Step-by-step, we learn how to succeed in the soft launch stage of your app and benefit from the vast experience of from Rose Agozzino, Senior Marketing Specialist at Ludia, the Montreal- based company that creates and distributes cross-platform interactive entertainment with mass consumer appeal. From the metrics to monitor to the images to feature to the pitfalls to watch, Rose, a Mobile Hero recognized for her app marketing expertise, shares her pick of growth hacks to help you rocket results in the soft launch. Rose also reflects on the traits and talents app marketers must cultivate to reach their stretch goals in 2019./>

[We get past the hype to dissect and discuss the major trends sure to have a significant impact on mobile app marketing in 2019, starting with the buzz around in-app header bidding. The concept is about allowing the app publisher to offer up all of their inventory at once to all of their demand sources to get the best deal. Our host Peggy Anne Salz brings back Saurabh Bhatia, CEO and Co-Founder of Chocolate, a leading mobile video advertising firm, for an encore appearance on Mobile Presence for a hard-hitting analysis of the benefits and the challenges, which include lower latency (offering audiences a better ad experiences) and open auctions, promising app publishers increased ad revenue and improved yield management./>

[Social casino games stand out as one of the most popular and profitable app categories, able to combine appealing and addictive gameplay with engaging and effective advertising. Winning in this competitive market requires in-depth knowledge of the audience and deep insights into the ad creatives and campaign calls-to-action that will keep players coming back. Our host Peggy Anne Salz from MobileGroove catches up with Margarita Vasilevskaya, Director of UA at Scopely, an interactive entertainment company and a leading mobile games publisher. Formerly Head of User Acquisition at DoubleDown Interactive, the leading provider of virtual “fun to play” casino games, Margarita talks about how she has made the move from casino to mid-core games and the lessons around audience acquisition and segmentation that apply to each. Margarita, a Mobile Hero recognized for her app marketing expertise, also speaks candidly about mobile ad fraud, what app marketers need to know about attribution solutions and why it’s critical t

[Mobile is as personal as it gets, and smart products power fiercely personal interactions between brands and consumers. Together they put the pressure on companies to balance data sharing and tracking—the foundation of superior and seamless customer experience—with the requirement to respect personal privacy. It’s just one of the mobile mega-trends John Koetsier—journalist, analyst, futurist and VP of Insights at marketing intelligence platform Singular—discusses with our host Peggy Anne Salz as they kick off the first show of the New Year. John also shares recent research around the ad partners you need to know and watch in 2019 and highlights the key takeaways of new (yet unpublished) research into the top challenges facing mobile marketers. We won’t give it away (you’ll have to read his post over at Inc. for that), but we can say marketers are overwhelmed with data and warming to approaches that will unify it./>

[Scaling user acquisition demands you think big and act bigger—even if you have a small team to manage and optimize ongoing campaigns. Our host Peggy Anne Salz from MobileGroove catches up with Zach van Driel and Adam Turowski, the Co-Founders behind MiriGrowth, an app marketing agency specializing in UA on Facebook and Snapchat. They get past the hype to deliver solid advice (in an edgy way) around how you can achieve scalable app growth through rapid creative testing and bid optimizations—no matter your size or budget./>

[From push notifications to email, all communications formats have convincing use cases. But new research suggests it’s the tone of the communications and the context of the message that decides whether your efforts are a hit, or miss, with your target audience. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Myles Kleeger, President and Chief Customer Officer of Braze, a customer engagement platform that delivers messaging experiences across push, email, in-app, and more. They discuss why brands must be honest and upfront in how they communicate with consumers and delve into the data that shows it really pays to be considerate and genuine—at every stage of the funnel and every touchpoint in the journey./>

[Forget your singular approach on optimizing your ASO strategy to take a top-notch spot in Top 100 rankings. Your users are searching for apps differently, increasing the importance of organic search and finding new ways to find the keywords and concepts that genuinely resonate with your audience. It’s straight talk, deep insights and fast answers in our ongoing series with Dave Bell, Co-Founder, and CEO of Gummicube, a company providing App Store Optimization and App Store Intelligence software and services to growth marketers and app developers. In this episode, Dave talks us through the trends and changes that marked 2018 and calls out some of the misinformed ASO practices you should avoid in 2019, including how often you *really* need to update metadata and test and optimize keywords. Check out the first in our series here./>

[Make 2019 the year of going global with your app. There’s a world of opportunity outside your home market and across Asia--if you know where to look for it and how to get the most value. We have a crash course in both when our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Robert Garfinkle, Senior User Acquisition Manager at Nexon M, the San Francisco-based mobile division of the South Korean gaming giant Nexon, the company responsible for MapleStory, Dungeon and Fighter and the free-to-play business model. Robert, a Mobile Hero recognized for his app marketing expertise, walks through what you need to enter and excel in the Chinese and Korean markets, and tells us why India may be “the” one to watch. In addition to sharing tips to help you grow your reach, Robert also weighs in on the UA and ad tech developments and trends that will define the next year in mobile games./>

[The AppsFlyer Performance Index is back with Edition VII, offering app marketers the most comprehensive report card on the performance of mobile media sources and ad network partners during the first half of 2018. The Index has new names, fresh data, and some surprises. Our host Peggy Anne Salz from MobileGroove catches up with Shani Rosenfelder, Head of Content and Mobile Insights at AppsFlyer, to discuss how the Index was started, how it has involved and the insights it offers. Shani also details the data and the significant shifts (and big opportunities) app marketers need to know to make business decisions and grow their app. .../>

[App marketers operate in a global market, but not many localize their app, adapting to the cultural differences and nuances that can make or break their campaigns. Dating apps wrote the book on consumer engagement and our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Marco Gerlach, Director of Growth EMEA at Mobile Trend, the company behind flirt dating chat app Yoomee. They discuss how the company has tapped localization to expand its app footprint. Marco, who is also a Mobile Hero recognized for his app marketing accomplishments, delves into the key characteristics of users across countries and regions, including Europe, marketers must know to plan and achieve global success./>

[When marketers detect one kind of mobile ad fraud attack, the success is short-lived as smart fraudsters are sure to pivot to another. SDK Spoofing, a form of ad fraud where fraudsters are generating installs that look like the real deal, is perhaps the most frightening type of ad fraud because it is both incredibly elusive and expensive. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Michael Paxman, Product Research Manager for Europe and Japan at Adjust, a global leading measurement company providing analytics, measurement and fraud prevention solutions for mobile app marketers worldwide, to discuss the scary truth about SDK spoofing. Mike explains why marketers can’t hope to put an end to SDK spoofing—ever. But marketers can beat fraudsters with an approach that makes sure their crime doesn’t pay. Mike also discusses a new update to the company’s free benchmarking tool that marketers can use to compare their apps against the rest and check if their own performance metrics are on the mark or missing targets by a

[Topline numbers show eSports has made it to the big leagues--which is why many publishers are aligning with Skillz. Its mobile eSports platform connects billions of mobile gamers through competition. Our host Peggy Anne Salz from MobileGroove catches up with Justin Sampson, Manager of User Acquisition at Skillz, to discuss how he and his team draw from audience insights to acquire and activate users with a deep passion for gameplay without digging deep into their budget to do it. Justin, a Mobile Hero recognized for his app marketing expertise, shares some of the secrets behind his top-performing campaigns and creatives and valuable advice for marketers determined to be (and stay) at the top of their game./>