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Everything I Hate About Mobile User Acquisition. I work for Kongregate. THAT’S ME!. What is Kongregate?. Open platform for browser-based games Flash, Unity, HTML5, Java, etc. Mobile publisher of F2P games for core gamers 15M monthly unique visitors worldwide
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Everything I Hate About Mobile User Acquisition Confidential Kongregate Document
I work for Kongregate THAT’S ME! Confidential Kongregate Document
What is Kongregate? • Open platform for browser-based games • Flash, Unity, HTML5, Java, etc. • Mobile publisher of F2P games for core gamers • 15M monthly unique visitors worldwide • Core gamers – 85% male, average age of 21 • MMOs, RPGs, CCGs/TCGs, TD, shooters, etc. • Platform level virtual currency “Kreds” for F2P games • Acquired by GameStop July 2010
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Aaron hates when people refer to ‘user acquisition’ as ‘getting installs’. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates it when developers complain about CPI costs. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates when the budget for UA is too low. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates that postback is underutilized. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron loves attribution partners. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates tracking issues with attribution partners. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates that ad networks and advertisers have very different goals. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates when ad networks have nothing to offer. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates blindly bidding on traffic in bulk. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates when ad networks are not self service. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates when people say they can’t afford good creative. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates that there is no fountain of perfect users. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates incent traffic. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates being distanced from the publisher. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates focusing on demographics. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron loves Facebook. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates Facebook’s 28 day look back window. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates waiting more than 3 seconds to play a game. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates seeing advertising offers upon launching the game. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates when he can’t download the game over 3G. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates reading in the FTUE. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates focusing on just the tutorial completion rate. Confidential Kongregate Document
Aaron hates tutorials that go too deep too fast. Confidential Kongregate Document
And that’s everything that Aaron hates.aaron@kongregate.com Confidential Kongregate Document