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Run banner ads in your mobile apps

Add, pause and rotate banner ads in your mobile apps from Marketing → Mobile Ads.

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Marketing coordinators use Mobile Ads to sell sponsor banners inside the iOS and Android apps. The inventory is separate from your website banners, and the screen needs the Mobile banner ads permission. Ads rotate on their own; there’s nothing to schedule.

How rotation works

  • Each time the app shows a banner, it picks one active ad at random.
  • Every active ad has the same chance of showing. There’s no ordering or weighting.
  • Inactive ads are skipped.
  • With no active ads, the app simply shows no banner.

Add a mobile ad

  1. 1
    Start a new ad

    Go to Studio → Marketing → Mobile Ads and press NEW AD.

  2. 2
    Choose the banner image

    Under Banner image, press Pick image and choose it from the media library. The image is required, and the apps show it exactly as you uploaded it.

  3. 3
    Name it

    Enter a Name your team will recognise, such as “Homecoming sponsor — October”. Names are what you search by.

The Studio
Studio → Marketing → Mobile Ads, the Add mobile ad dialog with a banner image, name and link filled in
  1. 1
    Add a link

    Enter a Link if tapping the banner should open a page, such as the sponsor’s offer. Leave it empty for an image-only promotion.

  2. 2
    Set it live

    Leave Active on to put the ad into rotation now, or off to save it for later. Press ADD AD.

Manage your ads

To…Do thisResult
Pause an adPress Hide on its cardIt leaves the rotation but stays saved
Resume an adPress Show on its cardIt goes back into the rotation
Change an adPress the pencil buttonThe apps pick up the new version from their next banner
Delete an adPress the bin button and confirmIt stops appearing in the mobile apps for good
Find an adSearch by name, or filter by All, Active or InactiveThe grid narrows to matching ads
The Studio
Studio → Marketing → Mobile Ads, the grid of ad cards with Active and Inactive badges and the Hide button
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