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Moms spend 37% of their daily media time on their smartphones and 97% of moms made a purchase on their tablet in 2012. There’s a huge opportunity for brands to provide value to customers through apps, especially to moms. However developing an app, particularly for the first time, is not a simple task. Rather, you need a well thought-out mobile strategy. App development requires a large budget, skilled engineers, dedicated marketers, and time. Here are several key topics to keep in mind while you consider if an app is the right choice for your brand.
Marketers (40%) are finding that delivering a positive customer experience is harder in mobile marketing than on the web. That’s likely no surprise, but what may be troubling is that 70% of marketers describe their multichannel experience for customers as “okay” or “poor. These findings, from a new IBM sponsored survey of more than 500 chief marketing officers and ecommerce leaders, revealed that while these leaders understand the importance of mobile, two-thirds still do not know how to define their mobile user experience. The top three most serious issues around mobile marketing were defined as bad navigation/poor “findabilty,” screen-sizing issues and form-filling problems. Mobile traffic continues to grow, with respondents attributing 19% of their total traffic to a mobile device. Even so, many companies continue to optimize their websites for mobile marketing and experiences, as opposed to building a mobile experience from the ground up which would provide an improved experience for the customer.
While searching on your phone Something Interesting! shows up and you decide to click on it. This leads to a minuscule website requiring a combination of creative mobile gestures (press and zoom, swipe, drag, tilting the phone a different way) to help you sift through content. You zoom in, "No, that's too close." You move up, "Argh, that's too far up." After a while you have already forgotten what the Something Interesting! was and an incoming text message reclaims your attention, leaving the hard-to-navigate website in the dust. This is where responsive design comes in.
It’s easy to create a mobile website anyone can view on just about any mobile device. There are two ways to do it—create a mobile version of your existing website or create a fully-scalable version of your website which works on all devices. Having a responsive website is very important in this day and age as more and more people are using small devices to access the internet and view websites. Any web master will tell you that website layout greatly affects your traffic and if a person is using a small phone to access your website then you must make sure they can make use of your resources.
What is So(Social)Mo(Mobile)Lo(Local)? SoMoLo is an acronym, short for Social, Mobile, Local. As detailed in What is SoMoLo and Why is it Important to Marketers, SoMoLo is an accurate description of today’s consumer, and at the intersection of these three variables, Marketers can connect with consumers, presenting endless opportunity potential. If Marketers aren’t able to define or locate that sweet spot for their target, their marketing efforts will be disjointed, an uphill battle to increase ROI. Four Ways Social Media Will Enhance Your SoMoLo Campaign is a good read to get your wheels spinning on utilizing social platforms that you may already be engaged with. .
In December the author of this article wrote about the new cool gadgets that help you keep track of your exercise targets. Now he brings you the best 5 Mobile Apps that help you get back in shape. Particularly useful just after Christmas.
There is no longer a debate over whether online retailers need a mobile site, as consumer demand dictates that brands need to optimised for small screens. However there are still several different options facing brands that want to create a mobile optimised site. Responsive design is seen by many as being the future of web design. So to show how responsive design can be applied in retail, here are 10 examples of ecommerce sites built using responsive design.
7 deadly sins of mobile marketing [infographic]. Make sure you don't make the mistakes highlighted in this great post.
How will Siri, the iPhone 4S personal assistant that searches the web,effect your SEO efforts? Here are three things you must know about mobile SEO.
With most businesses not yet diving into mobile marketing or having a mobile strategy to reach consumers, Nichole Kelly finds six experts to share how your business can.
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The fundamental appeal of branded, business-centric mobile applications is clear: Whatever your company does online can also be done on smartphones, which adds portability, location targeting and other cutting-edge technological enhancements to the mix. The potential of mobile apps extends far beyond marketing. Sure, companies can leverage applications to promote their products and services, reaching on-the-go consumers looking for compelling places to shop or grab lunch. But mobile apps can also support online purchase transactions, customer loyalty programmes, turn-by-turn directions and social media interactions.
This is a guest blog post written by Jamie Turner. As the founder of the 60 Second Marketer, he is an in-demand marketing speaker and is currently writing a book entitled Go Mobile with Jeanne Hopkins, the director of marketing for HubSpot. What data do we have that supports the premise that mobile marketing is the next big thing? Glad you asked. Here are 9 amazing facts and figures about mobile marketing that’ll help you wrap your head around why mobile is going to be bigger than radio, TV, and the personal computer – combined.
By 2014, mobile internet should take over desktop internet usage,” that’s one of the key points in a recent infographicscontaining various stats on the future of mobile; in other words, in a few years from now mobile devices will be more commonplace than desktop computers. As a business, how do you benefit from this trend? Here are 10 ways your business can benefit from the mobile marketing trend:
Mobile. The very word makes some of us cringe these days. Everywhere you look in the marketing world, you see signs of it – mobile this, mobile that… Is it just me, or is it a bit overkill? Sometimes, I feel like we're pushing the idea of mobile to the limit. But then I look at the numbers: There are currently 750,000 apps in the App Store alone.These apps have over 40 billion downloads.There are one billion smartphones existing in the world, and that number is growing. There are over one billion consumers looking for information on their mobile devices, and you know what works when consumers are looking for information? Inbound marketing. In this post, I share the top three most effective inbound marketing tips app marketers can use to begin making waves in the world of mobile.
Content, context and customer proclivity" will be the mantra that drives this year's marketing metamorphosis in the arena of mobile technology. I believe that we will see a year of repositioning - of un-automate, de-campaign and game-play - but also of tighten, regulate and measure. In short, 2013 will see the 'mobile moth' turn into a butterfly. Here's how .
At this point, you may be predictionedout. But, if you can make room for one more post about what mobile marketing holds in store for 2013 (U.S. focus), I promise to make it worth your while. Mobile has started to play a huge role in marketing over the last couple of years, and this year will be no different. In fact, I am going to be so bold as to say that this is the year that mobile finally breaks out and has that hero moment that prognosticators have been talking about for the last 10-12 years. Before I dig into my five predictions though, it is probably worth looking at a little background data that have helped inform my thinking Read on....
John Doerr of KPCB calls it “SoLoMo“. Others call it by different names. I see it as the holy grail of our digital marketing future. I’m talking about Social – Local – Mobile SEO/search marketing… the exciting golden triangle of unification and synergy created by billions of people armed with mobile computing devices who are seeking and finding instant gratification, wherever they are and wherever they go. The business case for this evolution is clear. The writing is on the wall. And unless you, as a business owner, adapt quickly to this change, you’ll be leaving money on the table! Mobile SEO that is focused locally and integrated socially will drive relevant, quality traffic that converts far better than any other option – and the volume of this traffic is set to grow exponentially in coming years.
Mobile phones, much like the Web in the early days, have in the past been overlooked as a marketing channel by the luxury sector. Mobile was not seen as premium enough to meet the exacting standards set by luxury brands, thanks to tiny monochrome displays, pixelated LCD screens and clunky user interfaces. These issues hardly endeared mobile to the marketing departments of brands that ideally project quality, depth and aspiration. However, the advent of the smartphone and, in particular, Apple’s high-end devices, have opened mobile up to the luxury sector. As a result, marketers have been presented with a new challenge: getting the best for their brands through this medium. So, here are five things to remember when marketing for luxury brands through mobile.
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus (535 BC – 475 BC) seems like a strange dude to be quoting in an article entitled “Mobile Email Marketing Top 5 Tips For Success.”However, old Heraclitus does help us frame this article with his quote: “NOTHING ENDURES BUT CHANGE!” By the time you finish reading this, maybe the info in it will have changed. As victims of 21st century living, we adapt to change faster than any generation in the history of mankind. In a recent report done by Econsultancy analyst Sam Dwyer, some interesting new information about mobile email marketing has been revealed. Here are 5 top tips to set you on your way.
A report issued by IBM showed that sales via a mobile phone/smartphone/tablet on Cyber Monday 2011 increased an incredible 192% over last year.
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