Mobile technology moves at such a fast pace that advertisers and marketers often don't know what is real and what is just hype. This session will cover the essentials of what mobile marketers need to know to stay ahead of the curve.
Data or it Didn't Happen: Mobile Advertising Essentials
1. Data or it didn’t
happen:
Mobile App Measurement
Essentials
Seattle Interactive Conference 2014 #MakeTools
Jennifer Wong, Director of Marketing, TUNE
5. In the next 45 minutes ...
● Why mobile apps?
● How to measure mobile
● The mobile data you need to measure
● How to make the mobile data
actionable
25. What is an SDK?
A software development kit (SDK or
"devkit") is typically a set of software
development tools that allows for the
creation of applications for a certain
software package, software framework,
hardware platform, computer system,
video game console, operating system,
or similar development platform.
26. What is an SDK?
Lets try that again in English:
Lines of code that are installed in the
application to allow one the ability to use
an outside service inside an application.
28. Prevent duplicate attributions
Concurrent tracking methods – one user could be attributed
to different channels, depending on who you ask and when!
• Multiple networks take credit for the same install
• Advertising partners use different click-to-install look back
periods
29. EXAMPLE 1
One Advertising Source
Click of Ad Download
Inmobi App Store App
Publisher 1 SDK notifies them of the install
30. EXAMPLE 2
Multiple Advertising Sources
3 days ago
App Store
Download
1 day ago
Fyber Click of Ad
Publisher 1 SDK notifies them of the install
Inmobi
App
Click of Ad
Publisher 2 SDK notifies them of the install
31. Inmobi
3 days ago
App Store
Download
1 day ago
Fyber Click of Ad
If we did not attribute the install to the publisher of the ad that was clicked last, then:
• The advertiser would be paying 2x plus for a single install of just once (if charging advertiser on CPI).
• If the publisher is charging CPC or CPM, they still generally use install attribution for optimization; so their
optimization would be based off inaccurate information.
App
Click of Ad
Attribution technology notifies Publisher 2 of the install
Attribution
technology
attributes
install
Unbiased Attribution
32. Prevent Inaccurate Metrics
Publishers know top of line metrics only, not
ROI
• Many publishers support a real-time feedback loop to
optimize campaigns based on app installs
• Ad networks and publishers use different look back periods
36. Insight into multi-touch attribution empowers you to:
Dive deep into the relationships between your
multiple advertising partners and their
interactions with your audience.
Make better marketing decisions based
on a more complete picture of an
advertising partner’s full impact.
And let’s not forget, prevent you from paying
for duplicate conversions!
43. A more holistic metric on a channel’s
impact
Attributed Installs Install Assists Publisher Install Contributions
Ad Partner 1 100 10 110
Ad Partner 2 200 50 250
Ad Partner 3 100 400 500
Total 400 460 860
46. The importance of analyzing install
interactions
Analyzing Install Assists can provide insight on:
● Uniqueness of advertising partner’s traffic
sources
● Whether an advertising partner is missing out on
credit for installs due to last-click attribution
● Focus of advertising partners’ campaigns on
awareness vs. direct response
● Full impact of advertising partners’ campaigns
47. Relationship Between the install and the
assist
Attributed
Install Assists
Installs
OVERLAP
UNIQUE
48. Evaluate different campaign goals:
Awareness vs. Direct Response
An advertising partner great at direct
response would have a ratio like this:
100 Attributed Installs / 10 Install Assists = 1000%
An advertising partner great at awareness would have a
ratio like this:
100 Attributed Installs / 400 Install Assists = 25%
50. Attribution window
Publisher’s Attribution Window
DAY 0 DAY 14 DAY 30
Inside the attribution Outside the attribution window
window
51. Non-windowed install contributions
Non-windowed Install Contributions are either:
The last click before the
install but outside of the
attribution window
An Install Assist
outside of the
attribution window
OR
52. DAY 0 DAY 14 DAY 30
Non-Windowed
Publisher’s Attribution Window
Install Assists Install Contributions
Attributed
Installs
54. NON-WINDOWED INSTALL
CONTRIBUTION SCENARIO 1
● Publisher 1 had a click 20 days ago and their
attribution window is set to 14 days.
● The install occurred today with no other click.
Non-Windowed
Install Contributions
Attributed Install Assists
Installs
Publisher Installs
Publisher 1 1
55. NON-WINDOWED INSTALL
CONTRIBUTION SCENARIO 2
● Publisher 1 had a click 20 days ago and their
attribution window is set to 14 days.
● Publisher 2 had a click 7 days ago and their attribution
window is also set to 7 days.
● Publisher 3 had a click 1 day ago and their attribution
window is also set to 7 days as well.
● The install occurred today.
Non-Windowed
Install Contributions
Attributed Install Assists
Publisher Installs
Publisher 1 1
1
Installs
Publisher 2
Publisher 3 1
1
56. Normalizing measurement of app installs
AD PARTNER 1 AD PARTNER 2
Clicks 2000 2000
Attributed Installs 300 500
Cost 500 500
Install Rate 15% 25%
CPI $1.67 $1.00
59. Debate Between Attribution Lengths
The user downloaded the app but waited several days (e.g. 20 days) to open the app.
Since third-party analytic providers can only track installs on first app open (not on
download), the install would be tracked on the 20th day after the actual download.
The user had some other influence to download and install the app. For example, an
advertising partner shows an ad to a user and gets them to click (in some cases
mistakenly). 20 days later, a friend of the user who uses the mobile app encourages them
to download and install the mobile app. When the user installs the app we have no way of
knowing about the friend’s persuasion and we would only have record of the last click and
the install would be attributed accordingly.
63. Attributing
in-app events
back to
source
What events do you
need to measure?
• Open
• Registration
• Subscription
• Login
• Purchase
• Add to cart
• Add to wishlist
• Add payment method
• Level achieved
• Reservation
64. + Macros around those events
● Login: user id, user email, username, gender, age
● Add to cart: items added to cart, product SKU, unit price,
quantity, revenue, currency code
● Reservation: time of check in, time of check out, count of
guests, potential revenue, currency code, reservation order ID
● Spent credits: number of spent credits
● Achievement unlocked: name or ID of achievement
● Search: currency code of revenue, search term or keywords,
quantity, top search results
● Share: content name or ID
68. Attribution methods for cross-device
user email - The email of the user defined by the
advertiser.
user id - The ID of the user defined by the advertiser.
username - The username of the user defined by the
advertiser.
social ID - social one-click login
85. What to look for in mobile measurement
technology?
You own
the data.
Reconciliation
for duplicate
installs
Attributes
to the last
click
Supports all
advertising
partners
Provides
insight into
multi-touch
Allows you to
easily add new
advertising
channels
Event
tracking (for
re-engagement)
Real-time and
deep data
reporting.
87. Data is more important on mobile
All customer/user level data belongs to you, the advertiser. The data
you collect with an unbiased platform falls inline with your own
privacy policy. You decide who you share information with and how.