Mobile Marketing
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>> Find the right mobile strategy for your brand
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Warc Trends >> Mobile Marketing
Executive summary
Executive Summary >> Chapter 1 The Consumer Landscape >> Chapter 2 New Marketing Opportunities >> Chapter 3 Apps: Mobile’s Game-Changer >> Chapter 4 Mobile As A Brand-Builder >> Chapter 5 Mobile As A Loyalty Tool >> Chapter 6 Mobile As A Sales Driver >> Chapter 7 Mobile In Emerging Markets >> Chapter 8 Mobile Channel Planning >>
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his report is based on the rapid evolution of mobile technology, and the enthusiasm with which it has been embraced. These developments have transformed mobile as a marketing channel. Mobile marketing spend across the world is starting to rise significantly. In the right circumstances, mobile can be a powerful tool. By the mid-2000s, mobile phones had become a must-have gadget for consumers in the developed world. But the rise of smartphones (since the launch of the iPhone in 2007) and tablets (popularised by the iPad from 2010) have deepened the relationship between consumers and their devices (Chapter 1). The connectivity and technology they give to consumers are helping to drive several consumer trends, including ‘smart boredom’ and ‘gamification’. They also transform mobile as a marketing channel (Chapter 2). Mobile had always had reach (the sheer number of handsets in circulation) and location (the fact that phones go wherever the consumer goes) in its favour. Now it has much more besides. One of the iPhone’s key achievements was to abolish the idea that the ‘mobile web’ had to be a
Mobile check-ins (Chapter 2)
different, lower-grade experience compared to the PC-based web. Smartphones have opened up areas like mobile search and mobile social networking like never before. Added to this is the bundle of technology that comes in a modern phone – cameras, voice and image recognition, QR code readers, GPS, and a host of
mobile marketing (Full Version)
.
>> Find the right mobile strategy for your brand
© Copyright Warc 2012. All rights reserved.
Warc Trends >> Mobile Marketing
Executive summary
Executive Summary >> Chapter 1 The Consumer Landscape >> Chapter 2 New Marketing Opportunities >> Chapter 3 Apps: Mobile’s Game-Changer >> Chapter 4 Mobile As A Brand-Builder >> Chapter 5 Mobile As A Loyalty Tool >> Chapter 6 Mobile As A Sales Driver >> Chapter 7 Mobile In Emerging Markets >> Chapter 8 Mobile Channel Planning >>
T
his report is based on the rapid evolution of mobile technology, and the enthusiasm with which it has been embraced. These developments have transformed mobile as a marketing channel. Mobile marketing spend across the world is starting to rise significantly. In the right circumstances, mobile can be a powerful tool. By the mid-2000s, mobile phones had become a must-have gadget for consumers in the developed world. But the rise of smartphones (since the launch of the iPhone in 2007) and tablets (popularised by the iPad from 2010) have deepened the relationship between consumers and their devices (Chapter 1). The connectivity and technology they give to consumers are helping to drive several consumer trends, including ‘smart boredom’ and ‘gamification’. They also transform mobile as a marketing channel (Chapter 2). Mobile had always had reach (the sheer number of handsets in circulation) and location (the fact that phones go wherever the consumer goes) in its favour. Now it has much more besides. One of the iPhone’s key achievements was to abolish the idea that the ‘mobile web’ had to be a
Mobile check-ins (Chapter 2)
different, lower-grade experience compared to the PC-based web. Smartphones have opened up areas like mobile search and mobile social networking like never before. Added to this is the bundle of technology that comes in a modern phone – cameras, voice and image recognition, QR code readers, GPS, and a host of