More than half of companies are ready for mobile advertising, study
57% of companies surveyed in the fourth quarter by Unica Corp. said they either already use mobile marketing tactics—mobile messaging, mobile web sites or mobile phone applications—or plan to in 2010. The Unica Global Marketing Survey gathered information from companies in North America and Europe, including retailers, consumer products companies, and providers of travel and hospitality services.
With Google out, Will Baidu Reign in China?
Expect New Rivals to Emerge and Marketers to Look for Other Ways to Spend Online. Amid the Twitter death watch, the blogged eulogies and the pundits’ postmortems for Google’s local Chinese search site, we are all beginning to ask what the Chinese internet industry — and the digital advertising business — will be like when Google.cn is no more. And at first glance, the closure of Google.cn looks to be a bad thing for everyone but Baidu shareholders.
What effect will the FCC broadband plan have on mobile marketing?
The Federal Communications Commission has submitted a National Broadband Plan to Congress and the ambitious agenda holds quite some promise for mobile marketing and commerce. The National Broadband Plan’s aim is to connect all corners of the nation while transforming the economy and society with the communications network of the future – a robust, affordable Internet. “Mobile is essential to the future of broadband,” said an FCC spokesman. “Increasingly, Americans access the Internet from devices they carry around with them wherever they go.
MMA: Rich media mobile advertising to grow in Asia
Mobile advertising and marketing are set for continued growth in Asia thanks to the opportunities offered by rich media. This is according to the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), which has carried out a report which aims to make advertisers aware of rich media units that are currently available. Sean Rach, the director of digital media and corporate events at Prudential Corporation Asia, said that this form of mobile advertising could have a particular impact in Asia. He explained this is because the continent is home to some of the world’s most advanced mobile networks.
Mobile marketing ‘increasingly significant’
An increasing number of brands are incorporating mobile into their wider marketing strategies, a new report has found. According to The State of Marketing 2010 study by Unica, conducted with Salloway and Associates, firms are embracing new technology with greater enthusiasm, with rich media and social media also increasing in importance.
Web 2.0 mobile revenues expected to reach $19B by 2014
Annual revenues from Web 2.0-based mobile services like social media and geolocation solutions will increase to $18.9 billion in 2014, according to a new forecast issued by Juniper Research. While Juniper anticipates presence-enabled services like mobile VoIP will emerge as the primary market driver, social networking, user-generated content and mobile dating will also fuel growth, with geolocation also a central component of many Web 2.0 mobile mash-up services.
Growing businesses urged to invest in mobile marketing
Writing for Utalkmarketing, Raam Thakrar, chief executive officer of Touchnote, noted that with over four billion mobile handsets now in use worldwide, mobiles have become “a ubiquitous accessory”. He said that because mobiles tend to be held in close proximity to their owners, they present a particularly suitable marketing channel to growing businesses which sell products that are time specific. In addition, Mr Thakrar advised small companies to create their own mobile applications, observing that this will allow firms to have a permanent presence on their clients’ handsets.
Google predicts rise of mobile marketing
Google has revealed that it expects mobile marketing to become more popular than traditional online advertising in due course. Speaking during a webcast to analysts yesterday (March 15th), Vic Gundotra of Google said he predicts firms will pay higher rates for mobile search ads than standard PC-based ones as smartphone usage continues to rise. Despite this, IDC analyst Karsten Weide told the Los Angeles Times that Google should not necessarily be expected to be the one to take the lead in the world of mobile marketing.
Mobile News: BlackBerry Tops iPhone, Mobile Advertising to Reorganize
What was the top selling smartphone in the first quarter of this year? If you guess the iPhone, you’d be wrong, according to the latest “Smartphone Market Update” report from NPD Group. While it was on the top of the heap in the last quarter of last year, the iPhone has been overtaken by the BlackBerry Curve in the United States. The Research in Motion smartphone has had a surge, likely brought on a by a “buy one, get one free” promotion from carrier Verizon.








