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Mobile: Think Time and Space

June 30th, 2010

About a year ago, I wrote a post on mobile that I still think is mostly right. My main argument in the article was that advertisers miss the opportunity on mobile precisely because they think of it as an advertising medium.
That is still correct. I do think that iAd and the coming onslaught [...]

Making Mobile Work

July 11th, 2009

For many years, marketers have struggled with what to do with mobile.  Because mobile phones are so pervasive, so personal, and always with us, they seem like the holy grail of marketing.  But why has it taken mobile so long to take off?
The latest research from Universal McCann and AOL helps, I think, make it [...]

Week of 12.22.08/Top Stories

December 23rd, 2008

DigitalInStore/WhyAppsFail/Search&Display/CyberMonday
In a media democracy, which advertising media is most influential?
People are consuming media from all sorts of places, and that is changing the way companies reach out to consumers.

thestorytellingshow
Mobile coupons, please
Perhaps the current bad economy will prove to be the mobile tipping point.

theequitykicker

Social & Marketing - authenticity and attention grabbing
What are the highest ideals in [...]

Other good articles this past week

December 23rd, 2008

Issues of Interest
Have Students Graduated from E-Mail?
Report: Over-the-top driving viewership
Study: Mothers Know Best for Online Shopping
All I Want for Tweetmas

Digital Marketing News
eMarketer’s Predictions for 2009
Online-Video Ads Show Slower Growth .Article
Online Marketers Wooing Minorities More
Comparison Site Visits Down 15 Percent From Last Season
Burger King’s Whopper of a Virginal Search Slip-up

Digital Commerce News
ComScore Sees No Overall [...]

Mobile coupons, please

December 23rd, 2008

Perhaps the current bad economy will prove to be the mobile tipping point.

theequitykicker
Article links:
Cents-Off Coupons and Other Special Deals, via Your Cellphone
Prime Time for Mobile Coupons
Why Won’t Mobile Marketing Learn From Online’s Lessons?
Musing:
Mobile programs in which users can get coupons sent to them based on their location, or based on signing up for a specific [...]

Other good articles this past week

October 7th, 2008

Issues of Interest
Why Talk When You Can Text?
emarketer
How to Manage Your Yelp Reviews
entrepreneur.com

Digital Marketing News
High Online Video Ad Costs Could Drop
clickz
Yahoo pitches Madison Avenue with ‘Mad Men’*
LA Times
Digital Commerce News
It’s time to critique your Web site
DM News
Social Media and Shopping Behavior
emarketer
Web Shoppers Gripe the Old-Fashioned Way
emarketer
Digital News and Trends
The Web at Work: A Mixed Blessing
emarketer
Where [...]

Mobile Social Networking Set for Growth

September 11th, 2008

The numbers vary widely, but based on my experience with the iPhone, I have to imagine that mobile social will be huge – bigger than it is now in a PC based world.

Picture: businessweek.com
Article excerpt:   But how much? More than 140 million mobile subscribers worldwide will use social networks on their phones by 2013, generating [...]

Twitter Nation: Microblogging is huge, but should anyone care?

July 15th, 2008

When’s the last time you sent a Tweet? If your answer is anything other than “a few hours ago” you need to read this article – because you don’t get it.

Picture: Google Images
Article excerpt: The first thing Amanda Mooney, 22, does when she wakes up in the morning is fire up her laptop. [...]