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What is Programmatic Media Buying?

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The concept of digital advertising has progressed dramatically from the days of acquiring advertising space manually. Nowadays, businesses and brands operate in an environment where each impression matters, each click counts, and time is of the essence. Programmatic media buying is out to change the game. It employs AI technology to automate and streamline the otherwise lengthy negotiation process of acquiring advertising placements. Programmatic media buying has opened new horizons for businesses that wish to promote their mobile apps, eCommerce stores, and SaaS products in the best possible way. It is estimated that over 90% of all digital display ads now use programmatic technology to be purchased and that companies employing automated optimization of their campaigns see a significant increase in their conversion ratio and a drastic drop in their customer acquisition costs. This trend is especially true for those involved in mobile app marketing. Nowadays, user acquisition ...

How to Use Bulk Link Import in Apptrove?

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Handling a number of deep links separately can use up a lot of your time. This is where importing links in bulk makes things easy. Instead of generating one link after the other, you can prepare a CSV of required information for the deep links and upload it to the system. The bulk link upload feature is handy when you have many promotional campaigns running, managing different sources of media, or creating deep links in bulk without wasting your time. In this tutorial, we will explain how to make use of the bulk link upload feature, prepare a proper CSV file, get to know every field accepted by the platform, and understand the upload status after the links are uploaded. How to Use the Bulk Link Import? The bulk link upload feature is located in the All Links tab and can be completed in a few steps. Step 1: Open the Bulk Link Import tab Open the All Links section from the dashboard and proceed to go to the Bulk Link Import section. Step 2: Create Collection ...

The Data Behind Mobile User Engagement: The App Attention Report 2026

Installs get users. Attention keeps them. Most mobile growth strategies are built around one metric: installs. But what happens after the install? Do users come back? Do they engage? Do they build habits that drive long-term growth? The App Attention Report 2026 by Apptrove analyzes 9.5M+ installs, 484K+ daily sessions, and 1.1M+ monthly active users to uncover the engagement signals that traditional acquisition metrics miss. If you’re still measuring success by installs alone, you’re only seeing part of the picture. Download the report to discover what really drives sustainable mobile app growth. Why Download This Report? Acquisition metrics tell you how users arrived. Mobile user engagement metrics tell you why they stayed. If you’re still measuring success primarily by installs, you’re only seeing part of the story. This white paper reveals how attention, session quality, behavioral depth, and repeat engagement provide a...

What is User-Generated Content?

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All brands have a story to tell. Nowadays, consumers are not only interested in hearing a story but in seeing it as well from actual people. This is why user-generated content has emerged as one of the most powerful marketing tools for businesses of all types. Brands no longer rely solely on attractive ads; they leverage customers’ real experiences to build trust, attract more customers, and increase sales. If you are looking for evidence that the influence of user-generated content cannot be neglected, here are some statistics. Almost 93% of marketers say that customers trust user-generated content more compared to traditional advertising methods. About 79% of people say that user-generated content influences them when making purchasing decisions. Even more impressive, campaigns that use user-generated content generate 4 times more clicks than other campaigns. Seth Godin, a marketing guru, said somewhere: “People don’t buy goods and services. They buy relations, st...

MMP Advertising: Everything You Need to Know to Measure and Optimize Mobile Ad Campaign

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Introduction Every engagement, touch, and app download tells something, but without proper tools, it is very hard to tell which campaign played its role. This is where MMP advertising comes into play. As mobile users are spending more than 4.5 hours a day on their phones and global mobile advertising spending is already over $400 billion per year, marketing specialists cannot make assumptions about the effectiveness of their campaigns.  They need accurate attribution, actionable insights, and real-time visibility into each customer journey. At the heart of MMP advertising lies a clear understanding of where the app users come from, which campaigns initiate customers’ actions and how the advertising budget is transformed into long-term growth. Instead of working with reports from different ad networks, marketers will have insight into all installations, in-app activities, retention, and revenues. But the mobile world is no longer as simple as it used to be. Privacy update...

App Types 101: Native, Hybrid, PWA & Everything Else

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Selecting the appropriate app types determines subsequent steps: the cost of development, the time to market, and, most importantly for growth teams, the precise measurement of post-install events. As stated in 42matters ‘ data from 2026, Google Play hosts 2.4 million apps and adds more than 2,400 applications daily. This app catalog can be classified into three specific areas according to: 1) the method of development (native, hybrid, web, cross-platform); 2) the functionality (gaming, e-commerce, fintech, etc.); 3) the system of generating income (subscription, ad-supported apps, etc.). Each classification method has its own peculiarities of attribution and analytics. This is the reason why marketers have to know the classification principles. The guide describes the main types of apps and shows how the choice of one of the app types influences the measurement of marketing performance. What Are App Types? An application type is a term that is used to categorize an appli...