Part of 1 Mobile Games Distribution 2.0 Why the app stores won’t do the job for you

2 Tim Koschella AppLift Co-Founder & MD AppLift Co-Founder & Partner HitFox Group Serial entrepreneuer, co-founded 4 successful tech startups Online & mobile performance marketing expert with focus on free2play games Gamer type: casual mobile Worlds’ first mobile affiliate network dedicated to games Working with 100+ mobile game publishers on their user acquisition Generating 1’000’000+ installs per month for top performing clients’ free2play games 40 tech, game and mobile marketing professionals from 20 countries Offices in Berlin, Seoul, Paris, San Francisco

3 The pre app store era in mobile gaming (before 2008) Business Model: Game subscriptions & pre-installs Discovery Channels:Carriers, mobile content providers, device manufacturers Success Factor:„build a good game and close deals with multipliers“ No end consumer marketing done by game developers & publishers

4 Rise of the appstores ( ) Business Model: Pay-per-download & free2play Discovery Channels:Appstores, push-apps, cross promotion, incentivized downloads Success Factors:Early mover advantage, app store rank manipulation via push apps and incent traffic, viral effects ! BUT: Traditional appstore success tactics are loosing power

5 The journey ahead (2013+) Business Model: Free2Play Discovery Channels:Appstores & the prospering ecosystem around them (review sites+apps, specialized networks, in-app discovery mechanisms, etc..) Success Factor:ROI based user acquisition & smart, non intrusive monetization Measuring, understanding & optimizing metrics becomes more relevant than ever before

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7 Key trends and their implications for the future 1.App stores (iOS and Android) are becoming incredibly crowded with game apps 2.Monetization know how represents the core of free2play 3.Cross plattform gaming is getting popular (browser and mobile) 4.Game publishers & developers go global 5.Last but not least: Fragmented and rapidly changing mobile app marketing landscape

8 From a global perspective, the growth of mobile has only now begun Northern America Latin America Europe (incl RU) MENA Oceania Asia 344mn 678mn 740mn 450mn 36mn 3’800mn 48% 17% 40% 19% 41% 12% Population Smartphone Penetration We are only at the beginning of a decade of global mobile growth

9 Games is the dominating media category users spend their time on with mobile devices And games is where people spend most of their time

10 Games is the dominating media category users spend their time on with mobile devices Understanding and keeping up with the evolvoing marketing landscape is extremely time consuming and challenging -CPM & CPC inventory pricing accounts for ca. 80% of market -CPI based pricing accounts for max. 20% of market  You actually want to go beyond CPI pricing  Downstream attribution, e.g. In app event based or aCPI based pricing

11 Games is the dominating media category users spend their time on with mobile devices King‘s candy crush saga masters the key success factors of today‘s free to play app distribution Very well integrated cross plattform gaming across browser, facebook, smartphones and tablets Extremely smart monetization through in-app purchase & viral enhancement Going global fast, localizing markets Adding content regularly to keep „addicted“ core users playing

12 Games is the dominating media category users spend their time on with mobile devices A few tips before you get started... 1.Make sure to setup install- and event-tracking for effective attribution of marketing spend 2.Test in game monetization and different audiences with test budgets, then optimize and finally go for the big spend (as soon as you know what you can afford to pay per user) 3.Differentiate between short term boost (push apps, incent traffic) and long term sustainable user acquisition

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