Google launches smart campaigns in Google Ads to simplify ad buying for SMBs across Asia Pacific

Google launches smart campaigns in Google Ads to simplify ad buying for SMBs across Asia Pacific

Google has today rolled out its ‘Smart campaigns’, designed for small-to-medium businesses (SMB) looking to get started with online advertising, across the Asia Pacific. According to the tech giant, the ‘Smart campaigns’ will save SMB’s time when they set up a campaign and drives results like calls, actions on their website and visits to their […]

Twitter unveils new APAC sports streaming deals

Twitter unveils new APAC sports streaming deals

Social media giant Twitter has announced nine new premium video sports content partnerships to enhance its offering in the Asia-Pacific region. Twitter has signed agreements with golf’s Asian Tour, pay-TV broadcaster Astro Malaysia, online soccer platform BallBall, global sports network Eleven Sports, cable network Fox Sports Asia, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), Indonesian broadcaster […]

Mobile gaming shows huge growth in APAC according to figures released by eMarketer and AppsFlyer

Mobile gaming shows huge growth in APAC according to figures released by eMarketer and AppsFlyer

Mobile gaming is increasingly becoming an important option for marketers in Asia Pacific when planning for their campaigns, after studies from eMarketer and AppsFlyer showed extremely robust growth in revenues and growth in audiences. AppsFlyer released its latest gaming app findings in its “The State of Gaming App Marketing” study that analysed 40 countries, 1,300 […]

Smartphone Penetration to reach 66% in 2018

Smartphone Penetration to reach 66% in 2018

In 2018, 66% of individuals in 52 key countries* will own a smartphone, up from 63% in 2017 and 58% in 2016, according to Zenith’s Mobile Advertising Forecasts 2017. The rapid expansion of smartphone ownership across the world, which has transformed the way that advertisers communicate with consumers, is slowing down as penetration reaches 80%-90% […]

APAC Mobile Advertising Market Shrinks as Header Bidding Fuels Global Growth

APAC Mobile Advertising Market Shrinks as Header Bidding Fuels Global Growth

Mobile advertising has contracted in the Asia-Pacific region in the months following the global brand safety crisis, new research has found. According to the PubMatic Quarterly Mobile Index report, the amount of Android app impressions in APAC has shrunk in volume by 50 per cent year-on-year in Q2 2017. Meanwhile, globally monetised header bidding impressions rose 149 […]

Mobile brand advertising agency Kargo expands into New Zealand

Mobile brand advertising agency Kargo expands into New Zealand

Kargo, one of the leader in mobile brand advertising, announces its expansion into New Zealand – the company’s fourth global market and second outpost in the Asia Pacific region. To best accelerate the company’s regional expansion, Kargo has appointed Tim Richards as its first New Zealand-based Sales Manager, who will be based out of the […]

Asia-Pacific is fastest-growing region for Mobile ad spending as China surges 90 percent over last year

Asia-Pacific is fastest-growing region for Mobile ad spending as China surges 90 percent over last year

Smaato, the leading global real-time advertising platform for mobile publishers and app developers, released its Q1 2017 Global Trends in Mobile Advertising Report. Smaato analyzed data from 300 billion mobile ad impressions served on its exchange each month and found that mobile ad space is more valuable than ever before as global eCPMs grew almost 50 […]

Brands and Agencies in Asia-Pacific Double Down on Mobile Marketing

Brands and Agencies in Asia-Pacific Double Down on Mobile Marketing

In Asia-Pacific, with a higher penetration of mobile phone users and growth in usage than any other region, businesses understandably invest a significant portion of their media budgets in mobile advertising. eMarketer estimates nearly a quarter of the region’s total media ad spending will be devoted to mobile internet advertising by the end of 2016, […]

eMarketer: To Reach Mobile Users in Indonesia, Try Messaging App Ads

eMarketer: To Reach Mobile Users in Indonesia, Try Messaging App Ads

eMarketer predicts Indonesia will have the highest rate of mobile phone user growth in Asia-Pacific in 2016 and continue to lead the region by that measure through at least 2020. But marketers hoping to connect with this burgeoning audience face an audience with lackluster enthusiasm for most mobile advertising. According to an October 2016 survey by […]