Launching a new campaign this week and decided to spend some time spying to see what was going on out there. I’m on a budget so I thought I’d do it the old fashioned “real” way by logging onto some apps in this case to see what ads come up. Although in the end I think I did more TRYing than actual SPYing but I’llshare my process and thoughts that might be helpful to other Mobile Spying Noobs like myself.

The concept of Spying is easy. VPN into another country, download some games/apps and see what ads are showing consistently in that country. And plan accordingly. My experience was not that. It was more along the lines of spending a lot of time gathering very little data on ads but a whole lot of data on what doesn’t work. I spent 6 hours one day and 5 hours the next. I kept thinking “Will THIS work?” “Will I get it THIS time?” I experienced the reality of what IAmAttilla talked about in his Spying guide. It’s not easy and takes a patience and endurance to keep looking but if you keep at it you’ll figure it out. Here are the chal ...

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