Mobile Marketing Blog by InMovil Media

Advertisers recognized the current iPhone as a new marketing platform and some even developed campaigns targeted to iPhone users. Although it was a it is a good looking device, the phone’s slow Internet speed was a real shortcoming. However…

The new iPhone, which Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to unveil next week, will be a high-speed 3G model. With the new iPhone connecting to the web is faster and less frustrating, this will improve the user experience for example for downloading music and videos.

Another great prospect are rumors that the iPhone will come equipped with GPS, this makes it possible to pinpoint where the device is being used. The ability to target users in this manner is particularly appealing to marketers.

“Both from the marketing side, as the consumer side, there is the promise of location- based targeting,” said Tim Ruisbroek, director of InMovil Media, a mobile marketing firm. “Marketers get re ally excited about this.”

For years, the advertising business has been waiting for mobile marketing to catch on. Mobile Advertisers have to work with an array of service providers and device makers with different capabilities. Therefore making mobile campaigns for large audiences is diffucult job.

While the 3G iPhone won’t solve all these problems, however marketing experts believe it will help advertisers to deal with mobile phone shortcomings.

Moreover, Apple is putting pressure on other hand set companies to come up with “iPhone killers” that make the whole mobile phone experience faster, easier and more userfriendly.

Rivals are also making mobile-ad moves. For instance, Finnish phone giant Nokia purchased mobile-ad company Enpocket last year, while Google is expected to rock with their open-source software “Android”, for mobile phones in the fall.

All in all the conclusion is the mobile industry is moving fast powered by the urge for marketers to use the mobile channel ready to deliver highly targeted ads and create the best advertising medium so far.

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M:Metrics has published mobile marketing data which reports that young males are a rich target for mobile advertisers, as among mobile phone users 36 percent of 18 to 34-year-old men accessed mobile media in February. Men in this age group are also highly receptive to SMS advertising and marketing, with 9 percent response rate, versus a 4 percent market average.

In Western Europe, the male population is inclined to browse and download content on the mobile Web. A quarter of all male mobile phone users accessed mobile media, like for example mobile websites, compared to just under 19 percent of women. The audience is also quite young: 28 percent of 13 to 17-year-olds consume mobile media, only 12 percent of those 55 and older do.

“Reaching the 18 to 34-year-old age demographic is a real challenge to advertisers, as this group is spending less time consuming print and broadcast media,” observed Paul Goode, senior analyst. “According to TGI M:Metrics data, in Great Britain, young consumers are redirecting that attention to mobile, as 18 to 34 year olds comprise 56 percent of mobile media users, compared to only 29 percent of TV viewers.”

Interestingly, U.S. mobile users are more active consumers of mobile media and they use the mobile medium in a different way. As unlike Europeans they use SMS less frequently for news and information retrieval and are more likely to have data plans, which impacts mobile content consumption directly. Among Europeans, the UK has the highest percentage of mobile media users, at 26.8 percent, while Germany and France lag, at 18.4 percent and 18.5 percent, respectively.

“In Great Britain, mobile media is attracting a highly desirable audience that is 44 percent more likely to be defined as ‘cash rich, time poor’ than the market average,” said Goode. “In fact, data from TGI M:Metrics confirms that one third of all UK mobile media users agree they are tempted to buy products they’ve seen advertised.”

“Since the early days of mobile marketing an advertising, SMS advertising has been an effective way to reach the masses, but advertises are now actively looking at the mobile web to access new audiences,” said Goode. “According to TGI M:Metrics, adding mobile to a media plan increases the efficiency of reaching key target groups, a metric that will continue to improve with the growth of 3G and smartphone ownership.”

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