In this episode, Lexi takes us through her process of getting to the bottom of trends that shape the mobile app economy. She talks about how she and her team form hypotheses, how they choose which ones to pursue, the datasets they look at for different verticals and hypotheses, and much much more.This is a fascinating episode on how to think about and deconstruct macro-level data to understand how it might impact all of us on a micro-level.Lexi and her team have also released The State of Mobile 2023 Report that offers great insights into mobile app trends in the year 2022 - and talks about where the mobile app economy can go in 2023. Check out the show notes here: https://mobileuseracquisitionshow.com/episode/2023-app-trends-lexi-sydow-data-ai/KEY HIGHLIGHTS:🎢 The first few steps in the analysis process of coming up with a trend🛰 The key metrics to evaluate while drilling down on a trend - and how these differ by vertical. 🤹‍♀️ Common pitfalls with statistics and how to avoid them🎾 Why the ‘decline of app store spend’ narrative needs more nuance to be fully understood. Attributing trends to their root cause: market movements vs. product movements🐾 Deciding which trend to pursue🥀 Learning through experience: the initial uptick doesn't always translate to widespread consumer adoption.**Get more mobile user acquisition goodies here:http://RocketShipHQ.comhttp://RocketShipHQ.com/blog

Apps and marketers are increasingly paying attention to UGCs and live action videos to leverage the candor and spontaneity of these videos that drives massive performance and engagement.Yet so much of this is a blue-sky space, and the playbook is being written in front of us - be it scripts, structures, layouts and much more.Check out this episode with Ngozi Ogbonna, VP Marketing at Mosaic Group, Nick Candler, Consultant & Advisor, Crystal Duncan, Senior VP, Influencer Marketing at Tinuiti, Nataliia Drozd, Marketing & UA Lead at Fabulous and Kristine Prigarska, Senior Creative Director at Liftoff where we discussed the current ecosystem of UGCs and how we’re navigating through thousands of talented actors to find and direct the ones that fit our brands.Check out the show notes here: https://mobileuseracquisitionshow.com/episode/ugc-live-action-creatives-webinar/KEY HIGHLIGHTS💡 How UGCs came on the horizon🖼 How UGC strategy differs across different apps and different verticals🕹 How the approach differs for gaming and non-gaming apps🧰 The most effective formats for UGCs💃🏿 UGCs with content creators vs. influencers⚡️ Best practices to hook users in the first few seconds🎭 Challenges when working with influencers🏜 What does the actual process of recruitment look like?💵 Planning budgets for content creators🎞 The process of directing a shoot remotely📑 The legal aspects of working with UGCs📔 What does the brief look like? 🧮  UGCs, animated ads, display ads or influencers - how to prioritize?🔱 How does the approach differ across channels?**Get more mobile user acquisition goodies here:http://RocketShipHQ.comhttp://RocketShipHQ.com/blog

How is SKAN 4.0 going to be favorable to subscription apps?What’s going to change? (And just as importantly: what won't change?) How are the postbacks going to look in SKAN 4.0?In this episode we dive into all of these details and also outline how subscription apps can prepare to leverage SKAN 4.0 - and how it might just let you track conversions from trial to payment, as also first renewal.KEY HIGHLIGHTS📓 SKAN 4.0 is not a clean reset of conversion schemas🧸 What is "fine conversion value"☎️ 2 additional postbacks that are triggered 7 and 35 days after install📯 Set coarse conversion values to reflect plans on subscription appsCheck out this episode to learn what our experts are looking out for in 2023.The show notes are here: https://mobileuseracquisitionshow.com/episode/skan-4-conversion-schemas-subscription-apps/**Get more mobile user acquisition goodies here:http://RocketShipHQ.comhttp://RocketShipHQ.com/blog

Happy New Year! We’re excited to be back after our break for the holidays.At the Mobile UA Show, we had a great 2022 with some amazing guests that shared their ideas and insights with us. We’re excited to kick off 2023 with our iconic prediction series: the Mobile Growth crystal ball. This year, we have forecasts from pioneers in the industry like Peggy Anne Salz, Reggie Singh of Adjust, Bessie Byeon of Liftoff, Alex Bauer of Branch, Nataliia Drozd of Fabulous, Daniel Tchernahovsky of Applovin and Marianne Clerc of Adikteev.Our guests have spoken about a range of topics like UA, media mix modeling, UGCs, measurement models, SKAN 4.0 and much more. Check out this episode to learn what our experts are looking out for in 2023.The show notes are here: https://mobileuseracquisitionshow.com/episode/2023-predictions-user-acquisition-mobile-growth-mmm-ugc/**Get more mobile user acquisition goodies here:http://RocketShipHQ.comhttp://RocketShipHQ.com/blog

Just a quick note from the team at the Mobile UA show that we’re taking a short break for the holidays - and will be back in the new year!We’re cooking up the 2023 Mobile Growth Handbook - and also a number of cool and interesting projects that we’ll be excited to share with you soon!Have a great holiday season and happy new year!

Explore the art of directing remote shoots for user-generated content ads. Discover how to effectively recruit and communicate with actors from a distance. Uncover strategic steps to enhance outreach and negotiations, along with valuable sample scripts. Expect tips on overcoming common challenges while creating engaging UGC that drives mobile performance. Enjoy insights from a recently concluded Mobile Growth Lab event, where industry leaders tackled performance measurement obstacles together.

Our guest today is Victoria Repa. This episode is a re-release of an older episode from our previous podcast How Things Grow. Victoria is the founder and CEO of BetterMe, a fitness app based out of Ukraine. I’m very excited to have Victoria on the show because she has such an incredibly unconventional background and story that I find very very inspiring. In this interview, we talk about Victoria’s early upbringing in a tiny village in the east of Ukraine, how she educated herself early on, her work on viral content - and how that led her to building a company with global ambitions from Kyiv. We also explore her personal life and systems - which is incredibly inspiring and intimidating for how she not only makes time and space for contemplation, but also finds this introspection essential to her work.For all of these fascinating insights into virality, content and productivity, we're excited to bring this episode to you.Check out the episode here: https://mobileuseracquisitionshow.com/episode/viral-content-habit-change-victoria-repa-better-me/ KEY HIGHLIGHTS📚 Victoria’s beginnings at Donetsk and her love for books✈️ Moving to Kyiv to study and build a career Transitioning from logistics to building viral content and then tech. 🧰 Leveraging Facebook insights to discover niche topics to launch BetterMe.📱 Test-driving the early versions of BetterMe on the team by trying out the practices on themselves.🤸‍♂️ Why BetterMe has 6 different health and fitness related apps in the app stores.🎧 Victoria’s self-care and self-improvement practices – and why she says business is a “spiritual game”.Note:Mobile Growth LabWe wrapped up the Mobile Growth Lab where over 60 marketers, executives, product managers, and developers signed up to break the shackles of ATT's performance and measurement losses.  You can get access to the recorded versions of these sessions through our self-serve plan.Check it out here: https://mobilegrowthlab.com/**Get more mobile user acquisition goodies here:http://RocketShipHQ.com

Our guest today is Ekaterina Gamsriegler, Head of Growth and Marketing at Mimo - an app to help people learn coding.We cover so much ground around subscription monetization. Ekaterina talks about how the iOS privacy changes provided the early impetus for monetization experiments, and describes the different levers that impact monetization. She describes the nuances of optimizing trial screens, highlighting benefits, understanding and combating cancellations and much more. Today’s interview is a masterclass in subscription monetization - and we're excited to present it today.Check out the episode here: https://mobileuseracquisitionshow.com/episode/monetization-subscriptions-ekaterina-gamsriegler-shpadareva/KEY HIGHLIGHTS:🧶 Identifying the levers in the funnel🌽 Scenario planning models for quantitative analysis☂️ The impact of UA costs on iOS🍡 Why trial opt in rates have disproportionate impact.🧤 Variables that were tested with trial screens☕️ How offering to send notifications at the end of the trial period actually improved conversions🩰 Combating cancellations post trials🧊 The impact of highlighting benefits🎳 The impact of localizing the app🧩 How the team implemented the content-sharing loop🔭 Tracking in-store searchesNote:Mobile Growth LabWe wrapped up the Mobile Growth Lab where over 60 marketers, executives, product managers, and developers signed up to break the shackles of ATT's performance and measurement losses.  You can get access to the recorded versions of these sessions through our self-serve plan.Check it out here: https://mobilegrowthlab.com/**Get more mobile user acquisition goodies here:http://RocketShipHQ.com

Brian Balfour, an influential person in growth, talks about his experiences and growth strategies. He discusses the impact of writing on his career and the value of content for personal growth and company success. He also explores the significance of building a targeted product and balancing short-term revenue with long-term goals. Additionally, he delves into self-reinforcing growth loops and Reforge's strategy, as well as the impact of search ranking and referral mechanics.

Before the whole mess of ATT, the one genre that bore the brunt of “no-tracking” privacy regulations were kids apps. That also meant that they had the opportunity to learn how to overcome the challenges of IDFA way before most other apps.In today’s episode, we’re in conversation with Todd Kane, VP of Growth at Homer Learning. We dive into how Todd and his team unlocked web-based flows to stay way ahead of the curve. We dive into the specifics of their flows, how they first tested these - and how they optimized and improved these to unlock massive scale.Check out the show notes here:https://mobileuseracquisitionshow.com/episode/web-flows-kids-app-todd-kane-homer-learning/KEY HIGHLIGHTS😛 How the privacy landscape changed for kids' apps⚖️ Why did the team start to look at web-based flows👨‍👩‍👦The user journey involves both parents & kids🍭MMPs didn’t have SDKs that were compliant with kids’ apps🤿 With SKAN are kids’ apps on par with other apps? 🖥 What the web-based flow looks like for users📱 Other acquisition channels that opened up📡 Facebook or Google UAC - what works better🚰 Other channels on mobile that work well🩺 Tests that helped them improve and optimize the funnel💲 How hard was the internal buy-in?⚙️ How M&As impacted planning around growth and marketingNote:Mobile Growth LabWe wrapped up the Mobile Growth Lab where over 60 marketers, executives, product managers, and developers signed up to break the shackles of ATT's performance and measurement losses.  You can get access to the recorded versions of these sessions through our self-serve plan.Check it out here: https://mobilegrowthlab.com/**Get more mobile user acquisition goodies here:http://RocketShipHQ.com