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[Our host Peggy Anne Salz walks through what you need to know to produce amazing content - just using an iPhone - with Julie Ryan, Managing director and producer of MK1 Productions. Julie has a long and impressive track record in film and drama, best known for producing the box office smash hit The Young Offenders, the fastest Irish film to reach the one million mark last year and now available in over 180 countries on Netflix. She discusses how she created the new TV Drama Are You Free, a pilot she and her team shot using an iPhone 7. Julie also muses about the role of mobile in film and TV today, and shares innovative ways she used mobile to build successful film marketing campaigns for some of her earlier projects - working with studios including Walt Disney Animation, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, HBO, Showtime, Lionsgate, Sony and Paramount. />

[Our host Peggy Anne Salz and guest Jonathan Kay, co-founder of Apptopia, discuss new use cases for data to power your app marketing and why marketers should pay more attention to Pinterest. Drawing from a popular blog published by Apptopia, a competitive intelligence provider for players in the app economy, Jon reveals the data-driven opportunities marketers can harness - across Pinterest and other networks - to connect with users and drive conversions./>

[​Our Host Peggy Anne Salz wraps up our series showcasing UA experts and expertise with Aurelie Genet, Liftoff Mobile Hero and Mobile Marketing Lead at Trainline, the world’s leading independent digital rail platform - selling train tickets over 24 markets - that also offers a mobile utility app. Aurelie draws from her background working at a wide variety of mobile companies to highlight key differences in UA approaches depending on the app you have and the value you offer. She also deep-dives into how - and why - the boundaries between UA and CRM are blurring to create new opportunities and challenges for marketers as they seek to build trust and loyalty.​/>

[How can you get featured in the Apple App Store? What is the best approach to pitch your app? When should you cut your price, or offer your app for free? These are a few of the topics our host Peggy Anne Salz explores with Steve P. Young, founder of Appmasters, the ASO and mobile growth consultancy helping app companies drive high volumes of downloads on a limited budget. Following the release of her latest ASO Practitioner’s Report with VentureBeat Insights, Peggy and Steve talk shop, discuss the takeaways of a few of his best-known blog posts and lift the lid on ASO tips and tricks you can use to move the needle on your app./>

[Our host Peggy Anne Salz from MobileGroove talks about app marketing and advertising approaches that engage and influence Millennials with Marc Atiyeh, who leads leads Strategy at Clarity Money where he focuses on growth efforts across User Acquisition, Operations, Partnerships, and Marketing. Marc, a recognized Liftoff Mobile Hero for his UA expertise , discusses the art and science of UA, the balance between creativity and data and the many effective ways marketers can reach and influence Millennials with app campaigns that boost loyalty and build trust. />

[Host Peggy Anne Salz from MobileGroove welcomes John Koetsier - journalist, analyst and futurist - to discuss his recent research into the relationship between mobile apps, which allow immediate connection between companies and customers, and the level of success Fortune 1000 companies have achieved on the financial markets. He reveals compelling reasons why “winning in mobile means winning” and explains why over half (65.4%) of companies that demonstrate financial success are also leading their business category in how they interact with their customers on mobile. The episode also looks at mobile fraud and John’s insights into the massive amount - and impact - of mobile fraud./>

[Host Peggy Anne Salz continues her tour of Mobile Heroes and UA experts with Marco Esposito and Faisal Hammad, International Mobile Marketing Managers at Delivery Hero, who take her on a candid and constructive deep-dive into into the creatives and conversations they use to target and retarget people who may only be intending to order meals. They also discuss their relationship with each other and how they recommend app marketers and UA managers build strong ties with ad partners based on trust./>

[Host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Sami Khan, Senior Director of Marketing at Acorns - a micro-investing company changing customer behavior around financial planning and savings - to discuss creatives, campaigns and calls-to-action that get the attention - and the respect - of Millennials. Sami lifts the lid on the approaches that allowed him to scale using Facebook app install ads and reviews what marketers need to know about platforms, including Snapchat and Pinterest, to leave a lasting impression that encourages lasting loyalty. />

[Show host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Evelyn Tong, a recognized Mobile Hero and User Acquisition Manager at letgo – the leading secondhand marketplace app– to discuss why app marketers are looking beyond last-click attribution to optimize mobile campaigns and results. Evelyn also shares top tips to help app marketers achieve amazing ROAS (Return On Ad Spend) and impressive engagement rates by using more touch points (and data points) to connect with app users at a much deeper level./>

[LTV - or Lifetime Value - is the “king” of app metrics and what companies must calculate if they are want to achieve success for their app and fund growth for their business. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Martin Macmillan, founder of Pollen VC, a FinTech with offices in London and San Francisco, who discusses the company’s new LTV Calculator. Just 60 seconds - the time it takes to use the tool - can give app companies insights into the revenue they can earn and a window into app cash flow across 365 days. Martin walks through the mechanics of the LTV Calculator and why knowing your LTV is a must, particularly if you are serious about acquiring users cost-effectively through paid user acquisition./>

[Dating apps represent some of the highest grossing non-gaming apps in the App Store, proof that they understand performance marketing better than most. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Thomas Hadjadj, a recognized Mobile Hero and Head of Display Europe at Meetic -Europe's largest dating service and one of 45 dating brands within the Match Group. Why do dating apps excel in using paid campaigns to acquire users who keep coming back to the app? How do they engage and re-engage users on challenging channels such as Snapchat -- and what can ALL marketers learn from their approach? These are just a few of the questions covered in this informative and informal episode in our ongoing look at the performance marketing Mobile Heroes as chosen by Liftoff./>

[Your app can reach a global market, so why limit your focus to the two major app stores? Our host Peggy Anne Salz discusses how you can harness alternative app stores to drive double the downloads per app with Jason Hill, sales director at appScatter. They deep-dive into appScatter’s mission as the only company that addresses the complete range of distribution, tracking, performance, and business intelligence needs and issues developers face, and review the top app stores you should have on your list. Finally, Jason walks through practical tips and takeaways from More Is Better: Market And Monetize Your Apps On A Greater Scale For Greater Reach And Profit, a new white paper from appScatter that equips developers to understand what is involved in publishing to alternative app stores - and why they can’t go it alone. Download the free white paper here./>

[Nick Quan, Performance Marketing Manager at Twitter who has joined the ranks of Liftoff’s Mobile Heroes, borrowed from mobile games UA expertise (managing user acquisition at EA Games) to move the needle on UA campaigns for Twitter. He discusses what all marketers can learn from games UA pioneers in performance marketing and reveals how he applied a smart approach to KPIs to scale mobile campaigns 4x at Twitter./>

[Our host Peggy Anne Salz welcomes Dustin Amrhein, Solutions Leader at insert.io, to discuss how marketers can pick and choose from 30+ in-app messages and in-app campaign types known as “inserts” to fight churn, increase conversions and boost engagement with app users. From coupons and interstitials, to survey forms and fun quizzes, they review 30+ inserts from The Giant Book Of In-App Campaigns, the essential read for app marketers published by insert.io, a company best known for its automated in-app marketing platform offering customizable features./>

[Apps are a global market, and smart app marketers are looking beyond the U.S. and Europe to tap new opportunities – and reach new audiences - in China. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Justyn Lucas, Head of Demand at Appcoach, who reveals how his company, a global mobile performance agency, helps app marketers gain serious traction in China. They discuss the real-life case study of how Kabam games cracked the Chinese market to achieve a significant boost in in-app purchases. />

[Our host Peggy Anne Salz welcomes Shumel Lais, CEO of Appsumer, who details what marketers need to know - and the steps they need to take - to improve data-driven marketing, take control of their data and boost the performance of their paid marketing budgets. Lais, who has led UA teams and campaigns for 30 brands before founding Appsumer, draws from his agency experience to recount the story of how (and why) he set about to build the “advertising analytics of the future.”/>

[Following our insanely popular series profiling the Mobile Heroes here on Mobile Presence, our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Dennis Mink, VP Marketing at Liftoff, to discuss the talents, background and appetite for app market and engagement data that define UA experts and distinguish Mobile Heroes from ordinary app marketers. Drawing from the data Liftoff released in its recent Mobile App Engagement Index - which breaks down the cost per action (CPA) for apps in five major categories (Shopping, Finance, Gaming, Travel and Utility) - Dennis and Peggy run through the myths and truths around where marketers should focus spend and where they could be leaving money on the table. />

[In this episode, Peggy Anne Salz welcomes back Paul Berney, co-founder of mCordis, to talk about the organization's recent efforts and successes in its mission to educate the industry around the rise of the connected individual and the imperative to become The Connected Marketer. Paul takes us through a crash course in understanding the role of mobile in a larger strategy to link up physical, digital and sensorial experiences in order to create stronger emotional connections between our brands and our customers – on their terms. Shahab Zargari also concludes with his hotspot series on influencer marketing - the importance of a smart campaign with actionable goals and proving the ROI./>

[App experiences aren’t limited to smartphones; combined with bots and AI they are bridging the digital and physical worlds, creating new opportunities for smart marketers to reach, engage and convert consumers on the daily journey. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Paul Jarrett - managing director and founder of Sonin, a leading UK app development agency creating bespoke apps for enterprises and consumer use – to discuss this shift and how cutting-edge brands, including Walmart and Shell, are re-imagining the app experience to offer consumers value on mobile and in the real world. This week’s Hot Spot segment with Shahab Zargari lifts the lid on the real story behind influencer numbers. />

[Peggy Anne Salz speaks with Winnie Wen - a mobile hero who is going to draw from her personal experience as Senior Manager, User Acquisition for WB Games, where manages overall budget, strategy, and direction of paid user acquisition for many games in the Warner Bros. portfolio including DC Legends, Mortal Kombat X, and Injustice: Gods Among Us. Plus, Shahab Zargari shares best practices for getting the influencer that really loves your brand. />