Streaming services are ubiquitous in the US, with 99% of households subscribing, but face significant churn as 45% of Americans canceled a subscription last year due to high costs.
To combat this, marketers must find new users and reduce churn through performance marketing.
A key opportunity lies in mobile programmatic advertising, as users spend 235 minutes daily on mobile devices, and 66% of their time is outside walled gardens like Google and Meta.
This approach allows targeting across millions of apps to acquire quality users effectively.
AdjustMobile marketers should add streaming TV to their mix for high engagement and recall. Emotional alignment between ads and content reduces viewer drop-off by up to 60%. Use contextual targeting and partner with SSPs for emotion-based placement to succeed.
First-party data, collected directly from users with consent, is crucial for marketers due to privacy regulations limiting third-party data. It enables accurate personalization, compliance, and cost savings. Key steps include ethical collection, maintaining clean data, and using it internally for product/marketing optimization and externally via commerce media networks.
AdjustValentine's Day boosts app engagement across categories. Restaurant bookings surge 156%. Dating apps face declining installs but sessions remain resilient. Smart targeting, personalized experiences, and seasonal campaigns are key to capturing user interest.
Preload campaigns pre-install apps on new devices, boosting brand visibility and user acquisition. They offer 6 key benefits including increased trust, cost efficiency, and higher engagement. Best practices include user segmentation, predictive analytics, and extended attribution windows for optimal results.
This guide helps app marketers select a Mobile Measurement Partner (MMP) by covering essential features like privacy-first measurement, unified attribution, fraud protection, and advanced analytics. It emphasizes choosing an MMP that integrates easily, scales with business growth, and provides reliable data for optimizing marketing ROI across teams.
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AdjustThe 2024 holiday season saw mobile apps surge, with finance apps peaking on Dec 2 and Dec 20, shopping apps spiking on Dec 1 and Dec 15, and restaurant apps hitting highs on Dec 7 and Dec 31. Post-Christmas, fitness and gaming apps boomed, with fitness installs up 46% on Jan 1.
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