Most premium publishers who sell inventory programmatically rely on a tactic called header bidding, which allows them to simultaneously offer inventory to all of their ad exchanges before making calls to their ad servers. While header bidding has steadily gained adoption on the open web, it has been slower to gain popularity among app publishers. Because there is not an actual header within apps, the phrase “mobile header bidding” is a misnomer, which is why industry insiders instead call this practice “mobile bidding,” “advanced bidding” or “unified auction.” Casie Jordan, director of professional services at Twitter-owned mobile ad tech company MoPub, spoke with eMarketer’s Ross Benes about how header bidding is moving into apps. read more
In this edition of our Spotlight series, we interview Randi Stipes, Head, Consumer & Ad Sales Marketing at Watson Media and Weather, makers of The Weather Channel app. Hear why The Weather Channel decided to redesign their top app, what role machine learning plays in the experience, and The Weather Channel's tips for other publishers. read more
Turning an app into a sustainable business takes more than just a great idea. In our latest Publisher Spotlight video interview, the story of top app Spinrilla’s founder Dylan Copeland shows why it’s important to think about monetization from the beginning, especially for developers planning to focus on ads to generate revenue. read more
Just as it’s important to have the right technology and platform to make this a reality, active participation from all parties of the ecosystem is also crucial. Today we are excited to announce that we are working with Facebook Audience Network, AdColony, AppLovin, and TapJoy to accelerate the evolution of Advanced Bidding. More partners are expected to participate in Advanced Bidding throughout 2018 and beyond. read more
We’re making an important policy update to the way that we count all ad impressions. On July 2, 2018, MoPub will be unifying the way we measure impressions for all ad formats to align with the Media Rating Council (MRC) guidelines for ad impression definition. With this change, MoPub will only count a non-interstitial ad impression when at least 1 pixel of an ad appears on the device screen. read more
Native ads on MoPub Marketplace enable marketers to connect with users by leveraging native content elements to tell a product’s story. Recently, our DSP partner Appreciate leveraged native ads to attract high quality users for eCommerce advertisers, driving decreased user acquisition costs as well as success across other key performance metrics. Learn more in our new case study. read more
When high school senior Josiah Jenkins released his first video on Vine in 2013 (a silly compilation of clips he put together featuring himself and a couple friends), he had no idea it would become the first stepping stone toward his amazingly successful journey in social media, digital marketing, and eventually, mobile app publishing. Learn more in our latest Publisher Spotlight video. read more
A top-grossing casual game developer worked with mobile DSP Aarki to run a user acquisition campaign. Using MoPub Inventory Packages, Aarki was able to drive results for key metrics including install rate, CPI, and ROI. Learn more in this new case study. read more
Partner Spotlight is a series on our blog where we hear directly from advertisers, agencies, DSPs, publishers, and partners about industry hot topics, challenges, predictions, and more. In this edition we hear from Brett Perloff, Vice President, Programmatic at SoMo Audience. read more
The world of mobile programmatic brings together tens of thousands of mobile app publishers and hundreds of demand-side platforms (DSPs) around the globe — but what determines how connections are made? To help publishers and DSPs understand each other's desires, motivations and goals, we recently hosted MoPub Match!, a unique “dating game show” session at Mobile Growth Summit. Check out the full video, or read on for the highlights of the five themes we covered. read more