Lindsay Rowntree
Head of Content
Articles by Lindsay
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The Next Gaming Giants: What We Can Learn from Recent Mobile Acquisitions
In the span of five years, mobile gaming has grown from the smallest segment of the gaming market to a USD$70bn (£61.6bn) industry. It’s unsurprising then, that the past couple of years have been huge for mobile gaming acquisitions, from Zynga buying Gram Games to Niantic adding VR-focused Seismic Games. In this piece, Simon Spaull (pictured below), MD EMEA, AppLovin, charts the most significant acquisitions in the mobile gaming space of late and what they signal for the future of the [...]
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Announcing the Launch of DTCDaily.com & DTC London
WireCorp currently operates three publications (ExchangeWire, RetailTechNews, and TheGamingEconomy), covering the digital advertising, retail technology, and gaming sectors. The stand-out trend of 2018 across all these news sites was the rise of the direct-to-consumer (challenger) brand. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) is the biggest trend in marketing right now. Owning the relationship with customers has become the go-to strategy for next-generation brands, like Dollar Shave Club, Casper, Warby Parker, Monzo, and Airbnb. This has impacted the broader marketing ecosystem, as DTC brands forgo traditional [...]
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Your App Has Launched, Now How Are You Going to Make Money?
Whether your mobile app is ‘just’ another extension of your long-owned and monetised media property, or a brand-new, standalone product that you are launching as a new developer, you have a few immediate choices to make – choices that, while not set in stone forever, will chart the course of your app’s life. Writing exclusively for TheGamingEconomy, Ryoksuke Izumi (pictured below), VP – Japan, Korea, SEA, AdColony, outlines the key considerations for monetising your app. The first is – to be free, [...]
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Effective Mobile Retargeting Hinges on Segmentation
Segmenting your audience effectively is one of the most important components of a mobile retargeting strategy, writes Alexei Chemenda (pictured below), CRO for apps and managing director, U.S., Adikteev, exclusively for TheGamingEconomy. It sounds like digital advertising 101, but most marketers – even seasoned ones – repeatedly make mistakes that gravely impact their results. These missteps include segmenting their audiences ineffectively and using suboptimal KPIs to measure and optimise their retargeting campaigns. Marketers, you may not even be aware you are [...]
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From Developer to End User: Why Cybersecurity in Gaming Must be A Team Effort
Gaming certainly isn’t what it used to be, and as it storms increasingly into the mainstream, there’s one thing that the gamers of the world need to keep front of mind: security. Writing exclusively for TheGamingEconomy, Paul Lipman (pictured below), CEO, Bullguard, explains why the risks are greater than you think, and how tackling cybersecurity in gaming needs to be a team effort. Not long ago the term ‘gamer’ evoked images of a young man, perhaps holed up in his parents’ [...]
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What We Can Learn from the Biggest Gaming PR Stunts
With thousands of video games coming out every year, standing out from the crowd can be a major challenge for studios and publishers. While there’s always temptation to go over the top with a crazy PR stunt, there’s a lot of risk involved. Sure, PR stunts can make your game memorable, but it may be memorable for the wrong reasons. Writing exclusively for TheGamingEconomy, Simon Spaull (pictured below), MD EMEA, AppLovin, takes a look back at some of the biggest [...]
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How the California Consumer Privacy Act Aims to Put an End to the Data Wild West
Despite a monumental build up, the EU GDPR may not have made quite the splash the industry expected – it rather depends on who you ask. However, what it has done, is set the wheels in motion for other countries, such as Brazil, to adopt similar legislation. One in particular, which is starting to take data privacy very seriously, is the US. Multiple states have started updating their consumer privacy acts, and the state of California, the home of ad [...]
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Many Indie Game Developers Lack Resources to Monetise Apps: Q&A with Rafael Vivas, Lion Studios
Opportunity in the hyper-casual gaming space is burgeoning. Independent game developers need support in many areas to be able to maximise this opportunity. For this reason, AppLovin recently announced the launch of Lion Studios – a media devision to help indie game developers in a number of different areas. TheGamingEconomy speaks with Lion Studios’ president, Rafael Vivas (pictured below) about how Lion Studios intends to support them. TheGamingEconomy: Why has AppLovin launched its own media division, Lion Studios? Rafael Vivas: We saw the [...]
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Retargeting & the 'Day 0 Dilemma': Q&A with Alexei Chemenda, Adikteev
Retargeting is a hugely powerful tool within mobile gaming to reactivate lapsed players, but there are many gaming marketers who get it wrong. TheGamingEconomy speaks exclusively with Alexei Chemenda (pictured below), chief revenue officer for apps, and managing director, U.S., at in-app retargeting specialist, Adikteev, about the concept of the ‘Day 0 Dilemma’ in retargeting campaigns. Chemenda outlines the common mistakes gaming marketers make when attempting to reactivate lapsed players, and why in-app retargeting needs to be considered as one [...]
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Grabbing Gamers & Gaining Visibility with Rewarded Video
Awareness campaigns are a critical tool for new and established brands alike. The focus of these campaigns isn’t immediate click throughs and conversions; instead, it is on building brand recognition and consumer retention. Traditional awareness campaigns might include TV advertising or print media. While these avenues put information in front of thousands, it can be nearly impossible to track direct ROI, writes Sandor Jones (pictured below), product marketing manager, YouAppi, exclusively for TheGamingEconomy. The same can be said of rewarded video; however, [...]
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