BRAND MARKETING, AD TECH AND MARTECH, ADVERTISER PLATFORMS
Start.io | December 28, 2022
For efficient and effective mobile application ad targeting, the purchase and placement of ad space are automated using software for programmatic media buying. Deriving the maximum monetization benefits from programmatic media buying optimizes ad revenues and helps generate a higher return on investment (ROI) for advertisers.
For this, Start.io, a popular software development kit (SDK) and monetization software, is partnering with Nimbus, a header bidding platform for programmatic media buying. Start.io's SDK is used by over half a million apps each month. The partnership will allow mobile publishers and developers to access first-price auction bidders through Nimbus in order to maximize revenue and provide polished ad experiences.
Avoiding advertisers from paying for ads that are not seen by users and only paying for the ads that are seen by users helps optimize the advertising ROI. Nimbus’ header bidding platform for programmatic media buying aims to benefit both the advertisers and the publishers with its innovative collaboration.
Start.io and Nimbus together will provide some of the most comprehensive reporting with their edges in monetization and ad auctions, respectively. Nimbus is a new, agnostic ad platform that combines a competitive programmatic auction with comprehensive reporting. Start.io is a mobile marketing and audience platform that uses direct integration with over 500,000 monthly active apps to provide access to global first-party data for predicting behaviors and identifying growth opportunities. The partnership between the two companies will make more inventory available and combine the audience-based demand from Start.io with the demand from Nimbus.
Real-time bidding (RTB) during ads allows advertisers to bid on ad inventory in real time through an auction process. On the other hand, programmatic direct will let advertisers buy ad space from publishers in real time, so they won't have to go through an auction. This will make ads look better. This creates an advertising ecosystem that works better for both publishers and advertisers.
"Partnering with Nimbus allows us to offer additional integration methods with publishers through the Nimbus in-app bidding solution. I'm excited to see the results this partnership will bring to both Start.io and Nimbus." - Ravit Ross, Start.io CRO
We are excited to partner with Start.io to offer publishers another premium and diverse demand partner. Start.io has a rich history within the app ecosystem, and we look forward to them bringing that experience to the Nimbus umbrella of demand partners."
- Adam Gray, Sr. Director of Programmatic Growth, Nimbus
About Start.io
Start.io is a mobile marketing and audience platform that uses AI for more efficient, effective, and precise mobile marketing and audience targeting. Our mission is to empower marketers and developers by reinventing mobile marketing and providing easy marketing solutions. Start.io's direct integration with 500,000 mobile apps that are used at least once a month gives it access to a level of global first-party data that has never been seen before. This data can be used to understand and predict behavior, find new opportunities, and fuel growth.
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ADVERTISER CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT
AppLovin | February 03, 2023
One of the most popular mobile marketing and monetization platforms, AppLovin, has recently released its Creative Trends Report 2023, which lists the best performance-driven mobile ad trends for the year. This report will help mobile app developers and vertical marketers come up with creative ideas for their mobile ad campaigns.
To prepare this report, AppLovin’s in-house creative agency, SparkLabs, collected data from more than 200 applications, 267 installations, 22.4 billion clicks, 52.3 billion impressions, and tens of thousands of creatives in 2022 and researched the variables and influencing ideas that generated the highest return on investment (ROI), click-through rate (CTR), investor relations (IR), and return on ad spend (ROAS). The analysis shows that customization of an environment, character, or item, dramatic story narratives, real-time feedback, and voiceover messaging encourage more engagement.
CMO of AppLovin, Katie Jansen, said, "Our goal with this report is to provide marketers and developers insights and inspiration for achieving increased success for mobile ad campaigns. The report is packed with proven performance-driven ad concepts that have generated significant lift for their campaigns by capturing the majority of ad spend." She added, "Putting the best creative pieces together doesn’t always guarantee a win. To ensure that your ads are consistently high-performing, you need a combination of performance-driven analysis and continuous iteration and testing to find an optimal creative strategy for your app."
(Source – Business Wire)
About AppLovin
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, AppLovin provides business insights, marketing technologies, full-stack solutions, user acquisition, monetization, and measurement to resolve mission-critical functions. Through its analytics and performance data, it offers creative strategies, suggests variables, and identifies key points that will optimize gaming campaigns and advertising strategies. Since 2012, it has been assisting popular applications and game studios to prosper worldwide by offering solutions to increase average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU), ad impressions, valuable users, in-app purchases (IAP), and reach. Its products are AppDiscovery, MAX, AppLovin Exchange, SparkLabs, and Adjust.
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AD TECH AND MARTECH
Hivestack, mc R&D GmbH (mcrud) | February 01, 2023
On January 31, 2023, Hivestack, the world's top independent programmatic digital out-of-home (DOOH) ad tech firm, has partnered with Germany's biggest passenger TV network provider, mc R&D GmbH (mcrud). mcrud's 5,800 displays on 2,000 public transportation vehicles (subway, bus, and streetcar) may now be purchased programmatically using Hivestack's supply-side platform (SSP).
Hivestack will provide local and international advertisers, agencies, and omnichannel DSPs the ability to create, activate, and assess programmatic DOOH campaigns across mcrud's DOOH screens in two major German cities with the integration of mcrud's inventory.
The biggest passenger television provider in Germany, mcrud, shows high-quality programs on Berlin and Munich's public transit. Berliner Fenster station serves more than two million people every day in Berlin alone. The agreement with mcrud would enable advertisers to reach a potential weekly audience of 20 million people.
Managing Director at Hivestack, Will Brownsdon, said, “We are thrilled to announce our partnership with mcrud in Germany. Our goal at Hivestack is to connect buyers to audiences on the move and across a wide range of OOH environments. mcrud represents just this, offering incredible reach in a unique and captive environment.”
(Source – ExchangeWire)
Germany's expected DOOH ad expenditure for 2022 is €708 million (£622.5 million). Digital outdoor advertising has grown consistently, sometimes at double-digit rates. In 2018, DOOH's total sales were still €410 million (£360.4 million) (source: Nielsen Media Research). However, this is a 72.5% increase within four years. Programmatic DOOH technology provides marketers with unparalleled reach, enabling global companies to target their customers precisely through large-scale DOOH displays.
About Hivestack
Hivestack is the most prominent independent, worldwide, full-stack marketing technology firm that enables the buy- and sell-side of programmatic digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising. On the purchase side, marketers leverage the demand-side platform from the firmto design quantifiable campaigns that activate DOOH displays in real-time, depending on customer behavior and audience movement patterns. On the sell-side, DOOH media owners use the supply-side platform and ad exchange from Hivestack to generate programmatic income. Additionally, DOOH media owners may use its ad server to support audience-based, directly soldcampaigns.
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