Top 5 App Monetization Trends You Can’t Ignore for 2026

This week's guest is Thomas Ma, the Co-Founder and Managing Director at Sapphire. His team partners with brands to help them TREND on social media to Gen-Z / Millennials. They have an influencer network of over 1B followers throughout Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. They work with clients to discover KPI that matters and BEAT traditional acquisition cost. Topics Covered: 03:42 - How to create high performing social media ads 06:36 - How to reach out to influencers 07:45 - Do you need attribution tools for influencer marketing campaigns 08:18 - How do you source talent for UGC ads 10:51 - The step-by-step process for finding TikTok influencers 11:28 - What budget do we need to get started with Sapphire Apps 13.42 - Podcast alarm App audit 19:48 - World Synth & Drum Pad Machine App audit 32:03 - Mileaged Mileage & Tax tracker App audit 41:55 - Social Hub App audit Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Join us live every Friday at 9am PST on YouTube! Every Friday on YouTube, we reveal app marketing secrets working today, audit your apps, and answer all your questions related to increasing downloads and revenue. Get your app audited. *************** SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement creative spy and analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ads creative and marketing strategy for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta focuses on Ad Intelligence, Cost Intelligence, and Ad Creatives. SocialPeta has more than 200 enterprise clients including Google, Supercell, Fun Plus, Bigo Live and 37games. Checkaso is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

5 Nov 202051min

Today's guest is the Co-Founder and CEO of Listory, the world’s first content refinery. He shares why creating a manifesto helps you build the right product features, why focusing on your top of the funnel will have greater returns, and why you have to give users a specific reason for downloading your app. Yaniv Gilad is the co-founder and CEO of Listory, the world’s first content refinery. Show Mentions: - Listory Manifesto - Basecamp Manifesto - Traction Book - Fav app: Day One SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement creative spy and analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ads creative and marketing strategy for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta focuses on Ad Intelligence, Cost Intelligence, and Ad Creatives. SocialPeta has more than 200 enterprise clients including Google, Supercell, Fun Plus, Bigo Live and 37games. Checkaso is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io. *************** *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

3 Nov 202044min

Today's guest is the former Head of User Acquisition at Hopper and now an app marketing consultant, Simon Lejeune. You will discover the difference in strategy between the big Facebook advertisers versus the small ones and if you're a small one he shares how you can set up a Facebook campaign just like the big guys. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** RELATED VIDEOS: Video Ads Example for Facebook & Mobile Advertising: https://youtu.be/S9FDws6geOs Creative Optimization Google UAC & Facebook Ads: https://youtu.be/ww3FKW-nlok *************** Get your app audited. *************** SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement creative spy and analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ads creative and marketing strategy for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta focuses on Ad Intelligence, Cost Intelligence, and Ad Creatives. SocialPeta has more than 200 enterprise clients including Google, Supercell, Fun Plus, Bigo Live and 37games. Checkaso is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io. *************** *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

2 Nov 20209min

This week's guest is Shamanth M. Rao, the CEO & Founder at RocketShip HQ. His team partners with fast-growing companies to help them grow faster. We offer mobile user acquisition services that help our clients hit their growth & profitability goals in a capital-effective manner. https://rocketshiphq.com/blog/what-is-an-effective-mobile-user-acquisition-strategy-for-an-indie-developer-with-a-limited-budget/ https://mobileuseracquisitionshow.com/episode/how-to-win-with-user-onboarding-with-samuel-hulickfounder-at-useronboard/ Topics Covered: 02:23 - iOS 14 and IDFA 06:00 - The impact on Facebook Ad targeting with IDFA 06:52 - XX Ways to adapt to IDFA 09:43 - Apple's solution to IDFA (sKadnetwork) 12:36 - What is performance marketing exactly? 15:33 - Oomph: Kickboxing App Audits 26:54 - Warrior Training Finder App Audits 36:57 - Do you guarantee that the ROI is greater than the investment? 39:24 - HabitFlow App Audits Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Join us live every Friday at 9am PST on YouTube! Every Friday on YouTube, we reveal app marketing secrets working today, audit your apps, and answer all your questions related to increasing downloads and revenue. Get your app audited. *************** SPONSORS B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don't charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com. Checkaso is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

29 Okt 202048min

Today's guest is a games entrepreneur for the last 15 years. He previously founded Next Games, Ironstar Helsinki, and was an early employee at Supercell. You will discover what he would do differently if he were starting his game studio today, what small game studios can learn from the big game studios and his biggest lesson from going IPO. Joakim Achren is the Founder and CEO at Elite Game Developers. Show Mentions: - Elite Game Developers Templates - Fav game: Marvel Contest of Champions SPONSORS B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don't charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com. Checkaso is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

27 Okt 202037min

Discover the most impactful marketing strategies to launch a successful app. Topics Covered: How to launch an app successfully as an indie app developer? Best way to get the quickest installs on launch What are the best traffic sources for downloads? The mistake that beginner app developers make How to develop a differentiated distribution edge Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Join us live every Friday at 9am PST on YouTube! Every Friday on YouTube, we reveal app marketing secrets working today, audit your apps, and answer all your questions related to increasing downloads and revenue. Get your app audited. *************** SPONSORS B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don't charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com. Checkaso is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

26 Okt 202018min

This week is a solo live stream where we will be covering app store optimization (ASO) strategies, my favorite app marketing growth hacks, and what's working in app marketing today. 04:05 What is your opinion on affiliate marketing networks like clickbank 06:29 What do you think of selling ebook 10:20 360 Mobile Phone Security app audit 21:36 Six Pack in 30 days app audit 31:33 Do Search Ads boost keyword rankings 34:30 How to figure out which keywords to target 45:46 Sounter app audit 56:28 What is a high number of impressions and a good conversion rate *************** Join us live every Friday at 9am PST on YouTube! Every Friday on YouTube, we reveal app marketing secrets working today, audit your apps, and answer all your questions related to increasing downloads and revenue. Get your app audited. *************** SPONSORS B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don't charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com. Checkaso is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

22 Okt 20201h

Today's guest is the former Head of User Acquisition at Hopper and now app marketing consultant. You will discover how to effectively drive user growth using dynamic ads and how he set up his entire automation system. Also, listen to the part of the show where he shares the difference in strategy between the big Facebook advertisers versus the small ones and if you're a small one he shares how you can set up a Facebook campaign just like the big guys. Simon Lejeune is the Head of User Acquisition at Hopper. Show Mentions: - Smartly.io - AppsFlyer - Fav app: Alto's Adventure - Simon Lejeune SPONSORS B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don't charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com. Checkaso is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

20 Okt 202044min