Leading brands turn to Tapjoy to drive
installs, engagements, commerce, video views and other measurable
actions from mobile consumers
San Francisco,Aug. 4, 2011
Tapjoy, Inc. (www.tapjoy.com),
a leading independent mobile app network, drove more than 10 million ad
completions for big brand advertisers in July, proving the
effectiveness of and consumer demand for performance-based brand
advertising across the leading mobile platforms and devices. The
company's business from brand advertisers has increased more than 500%
since the beginning of the year.
The
Tapjoy network, which spans more than 9,000 mobile applications on iOS,
Android and emerging mobile platforms, reaches more than 30 million
unique users per day, providing advertisers with extensive reach of
global consumers on their smartphones and tablet devices. Tapjoy's
proprietary ad-serving platform and tracking technology enables
advertisers to conduct acquisition advertising campaigns to generate
quantifiable actions including application installs, user engagements,
e-commerce transactions, video views, new user submissions,
registrations, subscriptions and more.
"Mobile
media consumption has exploded over the last year, but until recently
brands had been hesitant to test the mobile waters because they either
didn't understand how to reach their audiences or couldn't quantify
their return on investment," said Mihir Shah,
president and CEO of Tapjoy. "We address these opportunities by
providing tremendous reach across our network, unique targeting
capabilities to ensure that the right ad reaches the right consumer at
the right time, and reliable tracking capabilities that enable
advertisers to only pay for measurable, quantifiable results."
Tapjoy
works with leading brands across a variety of vertical markets, from
lifestyle and entertainment to travel and technology. Participating
brands currently advertising through Tapjoy include Victoria's
Secret, Netflix, Disney, Sephora, Gamefly, Lancome, eBay, ESPN,
Groupon, Amazon, Doritos, Carl's Jr, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Intuit,
Kayak, Proflowers, Red Envelope, Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, FTD,
eHarmony, Ask.com, Hotels.com, Samsung, Lionsgate, Overstock, Time Inc.
and dozens more.
Tapjoy
offers brand advertisers a number of innovative ad units and in-app
advertising placements designed to meet the targeting, scalability and
business requirements of any advertising campaign. These include the
company's ad marketplace, full-screen takeovers, mobile banners and
custom advertising integrations.
In
total, Tapjoy delivered more than 30 million ad completions in July.
Approximately 20 million of these were app installs, user engagements or
other transactions for mobile gaming developers seeking cost-effective,
scalable distribution for their apps.
As
brands move more of their advertising budgets to mobile, Tapjoy
projects its proportion of brand ads to more than quintuple again in the
second half of the year.
About Tapjoy
Tapjoy
is the success engine for mobile application distribution, engagement
and revenue. The company's turnkey in-app advertising platform helps
developers acquire cost-effective, high-value new users, drive
engagement within their applications, and create incremental income by
providing an ad-funded payment method. The Tapjoy network spans over
9,000 applications and 200 million global consumers on iOS, Android and
emerging mobile platforms, delivering more than 1.5 million advertising
completions per day to applications developers and advertisers. Tapjoy
is backed by top-tier investors including J.P.Morgan Asset Management,
Rho Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, InterWest Partners and D.E.
Shaw Ventures. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company also has offices in New York, London and Tokyo. For more information, please visit www.tapjoy.com.