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ssg · Oct 14, 2011

Hi all,

(Long post warning!)

I am going to release a new library for leadbolt.

Please use following link to register (it will help me get some referral bonusses, and it will cost you absolutely nothing):

LeadBolt Mobile Ad network- Advertise and Monetize traffic on Android and iPhones

If you thought admob was bad, and airpush was a fresh breath of air, wait till you try leadbolt!

Lets just say what I can get from leadbolt is at WORST twice what I get from admob, and at BEST so far is 6 times what I get from admob. <-- on a daily basis! (was very very close to hitting $100 in one of my days on leadbolt alone)

I am doing some fine tuning on the library and should release it within the next 24 hours.

So please show some support and love for humanity, and sign up with the link above... hehe.. you will really like the revenue generated.

LeadBolt Mobile Ad network- Advertise and Monetize traffic on Android and iPhones

To test the ads out, download one of my games, BallTapp:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.madelephantstudios.BallTapp&feature=search_result

It has admob, airpush and leadbolt in it.

On their site, they have a library for B4A built by them, that library adds the web type ads, something like what Millenial Media has. I have tried those and the returns are no fun at all.

Their push notifications are excellent, plus they arent as hated as airpush for some reason... overpublicity by airpush perhaps? LOL!

Do register your accounts with leadbolt and set up your ads for Notification (SDK) type.

Another good point about them is you will be assigned an accounts manager, who reply your mails and is contactable via IM. (unlike the unknown that is admob/google)

Questions or feedback welcome.

PS - Feedback is really appreciated as the other ad libraries I've released have had no responses if they work fine or not for others.

:sign0089:

splatt · Apr 19, 2012

ssg said:
And yes Steve, their responsiveness is what I like the 2nd most from Leadbolt.. revenue is the first!

Cheers!
-Bill

:icon_clap:

Just a thought Bill, can you give me the link to one of your apps. I'll install it and see if that gets adds appearing (and get you some more revenue!)

ssg · Apr 20, 2012

Hi Steve,

Sorry for the late reply. Here is the classical music app. It should try to get an ad upon start.

If you don't see an ad, then it is quite likely there is no ad inventory.

Cheers!
-Bill

splatt · Apr 22, 2012

Thanks for the link.

It worked and the ads appeared, so I don't know what's going on here!

I'll just have to wait and see what Leadbolt Techs can come up with.

splatt · Apr 28, 2012

Your Library

Hi Bill,

The Leadbolt team are still trying to find out why this isn't working, but I think they will have other pressing matters to deal with too.

Did you ever publish your Leadbolt library? If so, could you provide a link to it? I want to try that and see if that gets around the problem I'm having.

ssg · Apr 28, 2012

Hi Steve,

I hope they get your problem sorted out soon.

I have never published my leadbolt library. It was written terribly back in October last year, was still an amateur wrapper coder!

Download it from my blog (check the signature). On the blog, on the right side, it is under Basic4Android Goodies.

It still works, give it a go. This requires the dummy xml strategy for Leadbolt's library.

Code:

B4X:

dim lb as MESLBView

lb.InitialiseBG("12345678")
lb.loadNotification

Really weird coding, I know..

Hope it solves your problem.

One last check, and this happened to me once. I accidentally created an "Apple" app when I set up my ad in Leadbolt, instead of Android. Just have a look on that.

Cheers!
-Bill

magarcan · Apr 30, 2012

Hi all! I'm new using Leadbolt, so I would like to know what kind of ads are you using (App Ad, Notification, App Icon...), quantity of ads, and what kind of them are the best revenued...

I think (I'm not sure at all) App Ads are pay only if user makes click, am I right? What about Notification or App Icon?

If I decide use App Icon, for example, I need some extra permission like com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT?

Thanks!

ssg · Apr 30, 2012

Hi,

Welcome to Leadbolt!

I am using notification ads mainly. They are giving the highest return for many developers that I know of. Coverage of ads, well, they do seem to have ads for most of the major countries of the world. Is your app specific to any country? The bulk of the revenue for me is from US though.

Other ad types that I use include icon ads and app ad (mostly fullscreen rich media ads). Their returns is quite awesome too.

Leadbolt is a CPA network. You don't get paid for all clicks. You get paid when a user carries out an action. Hope this helps: Understanding CPA

And you are right about the extra permission.

Cheers!

magarcan · May 1, 2012

As it's said in the readme file:

B4X:

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
   Activity.LoadLayout("Main")
   
   adLeadbolt.Initialize("Leadbolt")
   
   'adLeadbolt.setListener()

   adLeadbolt.AsynchTask = True
   
   'set adLeadbolt.ADS_APP for app sdk ads, and
   'adLeadbolt.ADS_NOTIFICATION for notification ads, and
        'adLeadbolt.ADS_ICON for icon ads.
   'adLeadbolt.loadLeadboltAds("YOUR_SECTION_ID_1", adLeadbolt.ADS_APP)
   adLeadbolt.loadLeadboltAds("YOUR_SECTION_ID_2", adLeadbolt.ADS_NOTIFICATION)

I think, notifications only will be shown if app is running, doesn't it? How have you impelmented this? I was thinking in build a service and put code inside this.

ssg · May 1, 2012

Notification ads can work from a service or even from your activity.

I am not sure what happens technically, but you can have that code sample above in your activity. And it will continue to get notifications in background.

But if you want to launch the notifications on device boot up too, then you will need a service that will run on boot.

Inman · Jun 1, 2012

Does Leadbolt have square like ads; like Admob's 300x250? I wanted to use Admob in my app but unfortunately those square shaped ads should not be used on phone apps, as per their policy.

Also does Leadbolt have ads for Indian users?

nad · Jun 1, 2012

I think they have that size in their intersitials

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magarcan · Jun 10, 2012

Hi again! I'm using "App Ads", now in test mode, the problem is that when I press the ad, it is opened in a new activity, but if I go back to my app, ad is still there.

How can I close the ad once user has pressed it?

Thanks!!!

icefairy333 · Jun 13, 2012

where is the lib for b4a please?

pluton · Jun 13, 2012

magarcan said:
Hi again! I'm using "App Ads", now in test mode, the problem is that when I press the ad, it is opened in a new activity, but if I go back to my app, ad is still there. How can I close the ad once user has pressed it?
Thanks!!!

Hi Magarcan
I didn't use leadbolt for a few months but they have a lot improvments. You have a lot Sub events. Look at code here:

B4X:

 ' This SDK also supports event listener for Ads loading. To implement event callbacks, call adLeadbolt.setListener() before loading your ads and implements following Sub:

Sub Leadbolt_AdClicked

End Sub

Sub Leadbolt_AdClosed

End Sub

Sub Leadbolt_AdCompleted

End Sub

Sub Leadbolt_AdFailed

End Sub

Sub Leadbolt_AdLoaded

End Sub

Sub Leadbolt_AdProgress

End Sub

Sub Leadbolt_AdAlreadyCompleted

End Sub

Sub Leadbolt_AdHidden

End Sub

 ' Note: for capture form ads which is launched only once after your app is installed, call adLeadbolt.hideCaptureForm() in Leadbolt_AdLoaded sub.
 ' Also call adLeadbolt.hideCaptureForm() in Leadbolt_AdCompleted sub to hide capture form after capture form is completed successfully.
 ' You can then continue your app in Leadbolt_AdClosed sub.

icefairy333 said:
where is the lib for b4a please?

You can find it on leadbolt site under Help/FAQ
App Developer Frameworks -> Using Basic 4 Android and adding LeadBolt to your Android app

And of course you need do download their SDK also from site

Here in attachment is latest their library and SDK

Library version - 1.04
SDK version - 3.04a

nad · Jun 14, 2012

Have you guys already tried the Leadbolt Capture forms? Good revenue?

Also one question. Does the capture form only appear once automagically (i mean if they take care of that once a user has entered their data) or do we need to take care of that.

Sent an email to them but as they are in my antipodes it might take some time to get a reply and in testing mode i am not sure what to conclude about that.

Thanks!

MaxApps · Jun 14, 2012

A significant drop in income

Hi

Have any of you noticed a drop in revenue, from Leadbolt?

Over the last month or so, my revenue has dropped to 1/3 of what it used to be and at the same time, the number of downloads per day has increased by 17%

Is it just me, or has anyone noticed the same?

Kind regards
Jakob

ssg · Jun 14, 2012

Hi nad,

I just tried the capture forms today, and it looks like we need to handle the showing ourselves. It will always show if it is not handled.

Hi Jakob,

I've had the same too. I hope someone from leadbolt can give us a reason for it. I am suspecting a slow month overall though, as even the other ad networks that I use had some slow down for May. Not much has improved for June either..

Cheers!
Bill

MaxApps · Jun 14, 2012

A strange thing is, that Admob has been going crazy for the last 10 days. Normally Admob is a waste of time, but I have tested on a couple of apps for 10 days (after not using them for a long time) and getting very high eCPM

Kind regards
Jakob

ssg · Jun 14, 2012

Yeah, I noticed that on my Admob too (give AppLovin a try too for banner ads if you haven't).

I think the recent boost with Admob is due to google now allowing adwords people to advertise directly to mobile. Was in the news a few days a go.

You'd also notice the revenue is up to date, and that we dont have to wait for the next day for revenues to be updated.

Cheers!
-Bill

redmoth · Jun 14, 2012

I think it's because they now don't have ads in some countries anymore.

I'm in spain and was making a lot of money from ads in this country, but now when I try any type of ad they have, there aren't any ads, not even one.
the banner ads display as a white bar, and the offer walls and icon ads just say that the offer isn't available in my country.

I think I will have to leave leadbolt, it was good while it lasted.

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