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Want a look into the 2020 outlook for mobile UA on DSP? Buckle up! Goodgame Studios is an entertainment software studio that designs and develops online games, and Pau Quevedo is the company's Lead of Programmatic Trading. Our Host, Peggy Anne Salz, caught up with Paul to talk about why you should be running DSP for mobile UA, the trials and tribulations of inhousing DSP, and what inventory works best for mobile gaming.

What do Atari and Oprah Winfrey have in common? Both companies have worked with GameChangerSF to grow their mobile apps. Phil Shpilberg, President of GameChangerSF, talked to our host, Peggy Anne Salz about what an ROAS-driven approach to creative looks like and why data is behind everything they do.

From a small Ukrainian village to Stanford University, our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Victoria Repa, CEO and Co-Founder, BetterMe, an ecosystem of health and lifestyle apps. But it’s not all about Victoria’s personal journey. In this episode, the discussion also takes a deep dive into the importance of building an audience and creating a product with them in mind. Want to know how to reach women or notoriously hard to reach Millenials? Victoria has plenty of insight to share on building a community around your app (even before it’s launched) and what it means to fail fast (and cheap!) in the mobile marketing realm.

Mobile marketing budgets are under assault, but this week’s guest is there to help. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Jennifer Burrington, SVP of Global Sales at Interceptd, to talk about everything from finding balance as a working mother to the importance of female mentorship. From marketing to sales, Jennifer has dedicated herself to the mobile industry. She began her career in marketing roles at Sprint and Electronic Arts, then developed the marketing and sales departments at Greystripe, a mobile advertising start-up. Now she works on the cutting edge mobile marketing fraud detection, helping protect marketing budgets from the fraudsters.

From cooking to sports to cats standing on their hind legs, Reddit has something for everyone. Subreddit topics let users take deep dives into whatever peaks their interest, letting them self-select into highly-targeted groups that should be a marketer’s dream. But not everyone has mastered this evolving advertising platform. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Ashleigh Rankin, Brand Partnerships - Performance, Reddit, who has over eight years experience as a mobile growth specialist. Ashleigh delves into ad formats and dishes on what works best with Reddit users.

If you're a hyper casual games developer, you have reason to celebrate. You're in a market that is seeing eye-watering growth and raking in cash thanks to an ad-supported model that ticks all the boxes. But winning is about selecting the right publisher--one who is with you for the journey and has the resources to take your game to new heights. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with Jon Hook, CRO at Homa Games, a company helping mobile game developers grow their apps from scratch to millions of users. Jon shares a checklist to help you find the right partner and talks about the even bigger challenge ahead: producing simple games that can send retention through the roof.