
App Revenue Growth Podcast with Michael Stysin
Welcome to the App Revenue Growth Podcast, hosted by Michael Stysin. This podcast is a platform for detailed and practical discussions on mobile app subscription monetization.
Michael and his guests discuss various aspects of the mobile app industry, from user acquisition tactics and paywall AB testing to designing effective onboarding flows and methods to increase subscriber retention. These conversations aim to share knowledge, experiences, and tangible tips to help you grow your app revenue.
Our guests bring diverse perspectives - you'll hear from product managers, data analysts, marketers,
Latest episodes

Jan 16, 2023 • 26min
Ep.8. State of Mobile Attribution 2023. SKAdNetwork 4.0. and Google Privacy Sandbox explained. Niels Beenen, Singular
Niels Beenen from Singular explains how mobile attribution works for iOS and Android apps, what you need to know to prepare your tech stack for a fully private world, and why you need focus on retention.
01:00 How to get accurate attribution data
02:39 How does Google attribution works
05:59 SKAdNetwork 4.0.
08:59 How to set up marketing attribution with Singular
10:30 What does the reporting looks like on Singular
12:30 Google Privacy Sandbox
15:11 UA Channels recommendations
22:01 ATT prompts and users’ benefits of being tracked

Jan 10, 2023 • 23min
Ep.7. User Acquisition and Retention for Subscription apps. Megan Dean, Yodel Mobile.
Megan Dean, Growth Director at Yodel Mobile, shares her insights on user acquisition and retention, and why a lack of attribution is leading to a new era of product development.
02:22 how to start audit the app and key metrics to track
13:29 UA to improve retention
17:00 Tik Tok attribution
20:00 future of product development
Yodel Mobile: https://yodelmobile.com/

Jan 6, 2023 • 27min
Ep.6. Apple Search Ads and other Mobile User Acquisition Trends 2023. Ryan Kelley, Mobile Growth Expert
Mobile consultant Ryan Kelley (Gummicube, NP Digital, Phiture) shares his perspective on 2022 user acquisition trends and offers his predictions for 2023.
02:15 - new trends in App Store and ASA
04:10 - Apple Search Ads analytics
10:00 - budget allocation across paid UA channels
11:00 - ASA tests for different markets
12:06 - Tik Tok
14:03 - Google App Campaigns
17:10 - new Apple Search Ads ad placements
21:00 - how to measure Apple Search Ads
23:00 - 2023 User Acquisition predictions

Dec 28, 2022 • 29min
Ep.5. Google Expert on Google App Campaigns Best Practices
In this episode, Sabina Shukyurova, Analytics Lead, Gaming, Google UK talks about what Google App Campaigns are, why 60-70% of campaigns’ success is driven by Creatives, and how to make yours work. Additionally, she covers how to avoid the most common mistakes while setting up campaigns.
01:30 - what are Google App Campaigns
02:54 - what do you need to start acquiring users for Google App Campaigns and how it works
05:48 - how to set up a campaign goal when launching a new app
07:40 - what works in creatives
08:49 - minimum amount of video creatives to launch campaigns
09:41 - what works with google app campaigns
16:21 - what not to do while launching app campaigns
20:51 - how to understand whether you spend an appropriate budget for your campaigns
28:00 - the importance of localisations, market research, and creatives

Dec 26, 2022 • 19min
Ep.4. App Marketer 2022 Alice Muir on retention strategies for mobile apps
Alice Muir, App Marketer 2022, Retention Squad Lead, Phiture, talks about comprehensive approaches to measure churn, defining correct retention metrics for app optimization, and the role of product and marketing in retention.
Phiture - Award-winning mobile growth consultancy working with the teams behind apps like Soundcloud, Headspace, VISCO, Red Bull TV, Adobe Express, and many others.
01:50 tactics to audit the app
03:30 how to choose the correct retention metrics
04:13 how to identify core retention problems
06:00 importance of onboarding
06:28 key reasons of churn
08:10 user acquisition channels and how they influence retention
10:30 techniques to increase retention rate
15:30 subscription stack
Check out https://qonversion.io/, the leading mobile subscription management platform.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qonversion/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Qonversion_io

Dec 19, 2022 • 23min
Ep.3 Thomas Kriebernegg from App Radar on how to position your app for success in App Stores including tips like leveraging movies launches for ASO results.
Thomas Kriebernegg, Co-Founder of App Radar, discusses tips for app success including choosing profitable categories, launching in app stores, defining keywords & visuals, creating customized user journeys, and predicting app trends. Topics covered include app market trends, keyword optimization, Apple Search Ads, experimenting with paid user acquisition channels, and the impact of incentivized downloads on rankings.

Dec 19, 2022 • 32min
Ep.2. Klarna lead on what A/B testing really is, why testing everything is a bad idea, and why you should never rely on A/B testing results only
Mateusz Wrzeszcz, ASO lead at Klarna and ex-Phiture.
In this episode, we'll discuss what A/B testing really is, what are the most common pitfalls and misconceptions regarding A/B testing, which tools to use, and how to test to get fair results.
In this episode:
01:08 What should mobile apps A/B tests?
01:32 Why testing everything is a bad idea
02:48 How to approach data/statistics when doing A/B testing
03:30 The difference between simple A/B testing and advanced A/B testing with probabilistic methods
06:14 The most common pitfalls & misconceptions when it comes to A/B testing and how to avoid them
12:40 Best practices for A/B testing
14:00 How to validate the results of A/B testing
18:39 A/B testing tools
21:00 Case study
The podcast is supported by Qonversion Inc., the leading european revenue & analytics platform for mobile apps with subscriptions.
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Dec 17, 2022 • 28min
Ep.1. Ex-CMO Bumble shares his experience on running marketing for one of the most popular dating app
In this episode, together with Dominic Gallello, managing director, Bridgepoint, ex-CMO Bumble, Badoo, we discuss how to achieve sustainable apps’ growth in highly competitive categories, what you should heavily invest - brand or performance marketing, why building multi-touch attribution is a waste of time, and what makes marketer great: MBA or community.
Dominic Gallello is an ex-CMO Bumble, and now he is Managing Director at Bridgepoint 2022. As a Chief Marketing Officer of Bumble Inc. he served as part of the team that led the company through an acquisition by Blackstone in 2020, and a NASDAQ IPO in 2021.
Before this, Dominic held various marketing roles at consumer internet companies like Airtime and Spotify, as well as in brand and go-to-market consultancies where he worked with partners like PayPal, Braintree and Coca-Cola. MBA Insead.
In this episode:
03:38 - monetization streams at Bumble
07:22 - how to define optimal pricing/duration for subscriptions
08:45 - north star metric for a consumer subscription app
11:45 - CMOs’ everyday dashboards
13:42 - what made apps like Bumble and Tinder stand out and win over others
17:00 - how to build community
19:00 - how to choose the optimal marketing channel mix
20:00 - full-funnel view on marketing: attribution approaches
The podcast is supported by Qonversion Inc., the leading european revenue & analytics platform for mobile apps with subscriptions.
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