The landscape of Apple Search Ads has changed, but unlike the changes in SKAdNetwork that have impacted most mobile channels, these changes have been far more subtle and nuanced - and yet are very critical.

Today we unpack these changes in the Apple Search Ads landscape with one of the best in the business - Thomas Petit.

Thomas is an independent mobile growth consultant working primarily with non-gaming B2C apps. He is an external consultant for large apps (including 2 unicorns), a collaborator assisting several app agencies and an advisor for very early-stage startups. He’s run campaigns since the first day of Apple Search, spending 7 figures on the platform directly and also running audits on many other accounts. He is certified by Apple, SearchAdsHQ & ASOdesk – and is a regular public speaker on the topic.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

🤺 How you needed to adapt to LAT remained unchanged since 2016 until this year.
🦙 Apple’s Ad Services framework - and how it bypasses the IDFAs and users’ ATT status.
🖼️ How Apple defines tracking - and why the way attribution works for Apple Search Ads isnt considered tracking by Apple.
🧪 The mechanics of user level data measurement and tracking without the IDFAs.
🔍 The Ad Services framework doesn’t require an MMP.
🐶 The fact that LAT users’ performance wasn’t measurable in the past was a challenge - and that goes away now.
🌳 Why it makes sense to keep the older campaign structure even after the recent changes to ASA.
🤽 Search tab campaigns can actually work for returning users.
🛍️ The somewhat ambiguous Ads Personalization setting.
🥝 How the new-returning-open structure that helps maximize scale on ASA.
🧱 What’s coming with iOS 15.
⚙️ Are budgets shifting to ASA after ATT enforcement?

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Check out the show notes here: https://mobileuseracquisitionshow.com/episode/how-to-win-with-apple-search-ads-in-a-post-att-world-with-thomas-petit-growth-consultant/

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