21
October
While the mobile ad space is certainly still developing, most
advertisers understand the importance of tracking clicks and installs. Savvy
advertisers use these data points to streamline and optimize their ad spend.
Some of these same advertisers are also tracking...
03
September
This fall Apple will release their latest operating system, iOS 9, which will include a number of changes that might impact your app’s monetization. We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the changes and how you can minimize...
26
August
Every quarter we release the latest trends and insights on the app economies of the world. These are based on the analysis of millions of app downloads and impressions on the InMobi network. Today we release a set of six...
24
August
It’s time again for students to get ready for another year at school and for parents to plan and research this year’s back-to-school shopping. Traditionally, this meant a trip to the mall, but the mobile era has introduced...
10
August
A consumer’s journey, which was predictable and straightforward until a few years ago, has now become sketchy and complex. Driven by technology, the retail industry is undergoing a paradigm shift. The traditional, linear path-to-purchase is being replaced by the...
23
July
Rome wasn’t built in a day. It took Romans years of vision and hard work to create a cultural heritage that delights people to this day. Native Advertising is like Rome. At the beginning, some marketers had the vision...
10
June
Through 2018, less than 1% of consumer apps will be considered financially successful by their developers. As competition intensifies over the years, the race to get your app to the top will be. As you plan your user acquisition and monetization strategy,...
06
May
In our
previous post, we spoke about the popular gaming concepts that rule the world. This time around we tackle the burgeoning non-gaming sector.
In the app world, user interests outside of gaming encompass a wide range of content including...
23
April
The research team at InMobi is excited to release their latest research report,
Brands on Mobile: Advertising Trends.
With mobile being accepted as the definitive medium to access consumers’ minds and wallets, Brands have begun a multi-million dollar spending race...
16
April
In the
previous blog, we laid out the regional landscape for app developers in terms of share, app install costs and app earnings. We also explored the OS landscape across regions. In this blog, we move forward and explore the...
01
April
With 2.6 million
[1] apps available and 150[2] billion app downloads, Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store have come a long way since their 2008 launch. With more developers than ever before and smartphone penetration on a rise in emerging and...
11
March
Over the last two years, we sought out and met hundreds of app developers across the world to ask them two simple questions - “How would you describe your app?” and “Who is this app designed for?”While the specifics...
11
March
Last week, the world of mobile was on show at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. For a timely trend watch, the AD Club reached out to leaders and members for their views on the most important mobile trends in 2015. InMobi...
07
January
In 2014, we witnessed
several exciting developments in the world of mobile. Microsoft bought Nokia’s
mobile devices unit and Lenovo purchased Motorola from Google. The rise of
Chinese smartphone manufacturers threatened large players, while One Plus
launched the Flagship Killer...
26
December
In our #FactOrFiction weekly blog series, we’ll take a prevalent assumption in the mobile gaming world, and separate fact from fiction, with insights from data. Got a myth that needs some busting? Tweet it to us or post it...
24
December
Video will become the largest driver of global mobile traffic by 2017. Nearly 40% of YouTube video views are on mobile. Propelled by large screen smartphones and fast data connections, video mobile consumption has increased dramatically in recent times. This is creating...
02
December
Nearly everyone with a smartphone has used the “reminder” feature on the phone at least once. An Indian TV network cleverly combined this feature with mobile video ads to drive viewership for a movie that it was telecasting.Crafted by...
21
November
Time For Advertisers To Open Up To The Mobile Reality?
There are close to 7 billion mobile subscriptions worldwide, which is equivalent to 95% of the world population. The number of mobile phone users are estimated to be 4.5 billion while the number...
19
November
Not all games are created equal. Each game is based on one or more underlying concepts or themes - Pattern Matching
[1], Fantasy[2], Survival[3],Stunts[4] to name a few. An analysis by InMobi of more than 10,000 games on the network showed...
18
November
Seize the moment is a series that captures mobile marketing strategies for brands to win consumer moments on mobile. So far, Brands have relied on broad consumer archetypes to understand consumers and the way they can be influenced to purchase....