In-house Or Marketing Agency: What Should You Go For? Quiz

9 Questions | By Pamelapar | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Total Attempts: 90

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Take the following quiz to determine where your company lands on the scale.

Questions and Answers

1.

Cross-channel data: Do you effectively transfer the data about your best-performing audiences from platform to platform, or are you managing each channel separately?
- A.
  
  Yes, I effectively export the data from my network media buying to Google and/or Facebook and save money on trial and error.
- B.
  
  No, I manage each channel separately.
- C.
  
  I'm not sure.
2.

App Store Optimization (ASO): Do you know the conversion rate on your app store page, and are you actively testing creative and metadata to increase it?
- A.
  
  Yes, I use technology solutions such as StoreMaven to develop insights on the behavior of users landing on my App Store page, and I build iterative tests to increase conversion.
- B.
  
  No, I do not measure or optimize the conversion rate on my app store page.
- C.
  
  I have used Google Play Experiments to conduct A/B testing, but I haven’t developed a strong understanding of user behavior or why certain images had a higher conversion rate.
3.

Facebook, Google, mobile networks: Do you have a clear and structured approach on when to pay to acquire users from Facebook vs. Google vs. mobile networks?
- A.
  
  Yes, I have a proven media plan that we review every few months to adjust to available inventory, and we are making the most out of every channel.
- B.
  
  No, I’m sure we can do better (but I’m not sure how).
- C.
  
  I’m not sure; I think we do well on at least one of these channels.
4.

Creative: Do you measure each component of your creative to your down-funnel KPIs? Do you know which call to action, color, image or banner type drives the highest return for you on each channel?
- A.
  
  Yes, and I keep testing new creative concepts every three to four weeks.
- B.
  
  No, I don't attribute asset components to user engagement/my down-funnel KPIs.
- C.
  
  What’s a down-funnel KPI?
5.

New technologies: Do you have a good process in place for vetting and implementing new marketing technologies?
- A.
  
  Yes, we have the experts and the resources to vet and implement new technologies relevant to our marketing efforts and business.
- B.
  
  No, we do not make it a priority to analyze new technology solutions.
- C.
  
  We conduct ad hoc research when we hear of new technologies that sound relevant to us.
6.

The software development kit (SDK): The SDK landscape can be overwhelming. Do you feel confident in the attribution, monetization, analytics and CRM (customer relationship management) SDKs you have in place?
- A.
  
  Yes, we have what we need. All implemented SDKs are set up correctly, and we are getting the most out of the vendors.
- B.
  
  No, we probably don’t have the right number, and I’m not sure of the benefit of each one.
- C.
  
  I don't know.
7.

Re-engagement: Do you have a good balance of user acquisition and retargeting efforts?
- A.
  
  Yes, we have a retargeting strategy in place to meet our retention and re-engagement metrics. We actively analyze the data to ensure that our strategy is performing optimally and we are re-engaging our users at the right time at the right cost to us.
- B.
  
  No, we don't have an effective strategy in place.
- C.
  
  Retargeting isn’t relevant to us.
8.

Reporting: Do you have full visibility of your spend and ROI across all channels?
- A.
  
  Yes, we view all of our paid acquisition spend in a master dashboard.
- B.
  
  No, we rely on our partners to send weekly reports but have no way of accessing this data ourselves.
- C.
  
  We have several reports that we look at manually.
9.

Dedicated brainpower of vertical experts: Do you have dedicated internal resources who have both mobile app expertise and deep knowledge of Facebook, Google and ad network products and inventory?
- A.
  
  Yes, we have dedicated experts for each channel (Facebook, Google, networks), and they stay up to date on all platform changes and strategies.
- B.
  
  No, we have mobile app experts in-house, but we think we could be getting more out of each channel.
- C.
  
  I’m not sure.