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Dave

Dave increased app downloads by 500% with Google and YouTube Advertising.

500%
Increase in iOS Install Volume Within 3 Months
10%
Decrease in Cost per Install for iOS & Android
15%
Increase in Install Volume Attributed to Display / Video Placement Beta

The Overview

Dave is a modern-day banking solution on a mission to build products that “level the financial playing field” for their 10 million (and counting) members. They came to MuteSix with the goal of increasing their app installs, while decreasing their cost per downstream event, by leveraging Google Universal App Campaigns (UAC).

The Strategy

Looking for the most efficient way to scale through Google UAC, Dave came to MuteSix already running two UACs: one for Apple iOS and one for Android. However, they had a campaign structure characteristic of most app install accounts, which is one that favors consolidation over segmentation.

Segmentation-Focused Campaign Structure to Better Direct Creative

While consolidation is typically easier to manage because it allows for fewer campaigns and variables to account for, it isn’t always ideal, as brands often want to segment by audience or, in Dave’s case, network, so as to better direct creative and improve reporting.

With Dave, the MuteSix Google / YouTube team thus chose to segment out Search from Display and YouTube video placements so as to better showcase the brand’s compelling creative. This meant spending more on discovery-intensive placements like YouTube and Display, while also trying to scale up intent-based placements like Search.

Extensive Creative A/B Testing to Maximize Potential

In order to achieve this desired scale and maximize potential across YouTube and Display, MuteSix developed new static and video creative, updating assets to include all aspect ratios so as to increase the amount of video inventory as much as possible so as to show a particular ad. 

To further maximize campaign success, we implemented a unique solution to A/B test creative, which allowed us not only to get a more accurate read on performance, but to simultaneously test new assets to boost it, which is typically challenging given the way UAC campaigns are inherently set up.

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UAC Video Beta Adoption to Expand Reach

To round out our strategy, the team adopted UAC for video beta in order to diversify Dave’s ad placements and expand their reach beyond Search. YouTube has a strong, proven track record of driving conversions for app clients, and thus, we wanted to ensure Dave’s ads ran in as many YouTube videos as possible.

More often than not, an app will run only Google UAC campaigns, while missing search ads as a complement. These ads can appear together in the auction and if you don’t run search ads, you could lose impression share to a competitor.

The Success

As a result of our unique UAC segmentation, adoption of UAC video beta, creative A/B testing, and optimizing for downstream events, we increased iOS install volume by a staggering 500% in just three short months, while not only maintaining, but decreasing cost per install.

500%
Increase in iOS Install Volume Within 3 Months
10%
Decrease in Cost per Install for iOS & Android
15%
Increase in Install Volume Attributed to Display / Video Placement Beta

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