15 Apr 2014

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What are the most common types of in app advertising solutions?


Having developed a proficient app that intends to target niche audience, your utmost efforts should be in the direction of advertising your app to build a wider audience and thereby create greater buzz. While, few of the affluent app marketing tactics such as app store optimization and app landing page creation leverages the profitability of the marketing efforts to a certain height, in-app advertising is another major and effective marketing method of promoting your app via posting interesting ads within other apps.
 
In-app advertising:
 
By opting In-app advertising, developers can simply avail an enormous platform to reach out to their app’s niche audience just where they tend to spend their maximum amount of time, i.e on smartphones and tablets. To procure highest profitable results, the goal should be to deliver ads that are as relevant and interesting as possible in order to witness maximum number of audience respond to the ad.
 
Developers can choose from a variety of In-app advertising solutions discussed below. These various types of in app ads are offered in different pricing models by some of the best mobile ad networks in the market, that would be discussed as well.     
 
Interstitial ads:
 
Interstitial literally means in-between. Interstitial ads can be placed between the transition points in the app. It could be during the launch, during the completion of levels if its a gaming app or as video pre-roll. They are comparatively more intricate and tend to be full-screen ads. Interstitial ads are considered more effective in terms of generating clicks compared to the banner ads, because they tend to easily grab the user’s attention. However, the frequency of these ads is a matter of question. As these ads are likely to take the users a bit away from their flow of activity, the users shouldn’t feel that they are being distracted too frequently or else it could end up affecting negatively rather.   


What are the most common types of in app advertising solutions?

Banner ads:
 
Mobile Banner ads are one of the most common ad formats offered by the mobile ad networks. These are the ads that show up either at the top or bottom of the app screen. Banner ads are capable of communicating in no time, hence it is essential to make sure that the ads are effective enough to convey the message. These ads can be also displayed while operating the app activities.
 
Rich media ads:
 
Rich Media mobile ads tend to provide the best user experience to the users through multimedia experiences that is more than just displaying text, animations, pictures or videos. These Rich Media ads convey information much more effectively compared to the conventional banner ads. Moreover, the additional multimedia elements makes the ads even more attractive and catchy. Hence, it results in high conversions, click rates and engagement.
 
Reward/ Incentivised Ads:

Reward based ads aims to present the users with coupons or other offers for downloading the apps. You can bring in even more users just by offering them relevant coupons or rewards that can be redeemed by them immediately. 
 
App wall: 
 
App walls are basically single in-app interstitial that display multiple apps at the same time. Here, your app has to compete with many other similar or different apps as the audience will have many choices before selecting one. Hence it is essential that your app looks convincing enough to trigger more clicks as it is all that would matter to increase your app’s download numbers. 
  
Below are some of the common pricing models of these In-app advertising ads.These Pricing models glossary will help you understand the basic pricing terms. 
 
CPI (Cost Per Install) 
 
CPI that is Cost Per Install provides a great benefit to the developers where in they have to pay a certain amount only when the app is installed by a user.
 
CPM (Cost Per Mile)
 
CPM stands for Cost Per Thousand Impressions where the developers are suppose to pay a certain amount for every one thousand times their ad is viewed.
 
CPC (Cost Per Click)
 
CPC is a popular model that has already been exploited heavily by the web advertisers. Cost Per Click model is similar to CPI model. A set price is to be paid every time someone clicks on the ad.
 
To conclude, we would like to give you 3 useful tips on in-app advertising:

  • Send ads with highest relevancy to your target audience
  • Provide clear call to action within the ad
  • Test what works best for you

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