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This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers – 🚨Lily’s garden & Loomit: How Top Games Make Money From Ads

Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let’s not forget this is a 4 am conference discussion vibe, so let’s not take it too seriously.

The Team:

Jakub Remia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r- Game design consultant

Felix Braberg⁠ – Ad monetization consultant

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Matej Lančarič – User Acquisition & Creatives consultant

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Summary

n this special episode, we sit down with Tactile Games and Loomit to break down how ad monetization actually works at scale — using Lily’s Garden as a real-world example.

https://loomit.ai/
https://meetings.hubspot.com/iortizf/… – to book a meeting

From segmentation and A/B testing to dynamic floors, multiple ad units, and user-level optimization — this episode goes deep into the systems behind modern ad revenue.

We also tackle the biggest challenges in ad monetization today:
• Cannibalization vs incremental revenue
• Ad quality vs revenue trade-offs
• Why most setups leave money on the table
• How AI and automation are changing AdMon

🎯 KEY TAKEAWAY

Ad monetization is no longer about placements.
It’s about user-level optimization, testing, and control over the auction.

https://loomit.ai/ – website
https://meetings.hubspot.com/iortizf/… – to book a meeting

Chapters

00:00 Intro and guests (Tactile + Loomit)
01:40 What makes Lily’s Garden unique
04:00 Ads in IAP-heavy games — why it’s hard
07:00 Defining non-payers and segmentation
09:30 A/B testing ad placements
12:00 Rewarded placements that actually work
15:00 Cannibalization vs incremental revenue
18:00 Mediation platforms and testing strategy
21:00 What Loomit actually does
24:00 Smart buffering and ad loading
27:00 Ad quality vs revenue tradeoffs
30:00 Bid floors and multiple ad units explained
34:00 Why most setups are suboptimal
36:30 AI, automation and future of AdMon