Monday, July 7, 2014

5 Key Trends To Watch Out For In Mobile/location-Based Marketing

By Ibrahim Smith


Mobile marketing is a great way to reach out to a local audience. However, you need to develop an efficient location-based marketing campaign to get good results. Apps are an increasingly popular way of promoting local businesses. Apps are becoming more popular because more Internet users own Smartphones. You can develop your own app so that customers can stay up to date with new products and offers or submit data to existing apps, including couponing apps.



Social media is a very popular activity for Smartphone users. You can take advantage of this trend by creating official pages for your business on sites such as Facebook or FourSquare. Customers can now use their phone to check in every time they come to your store. You can make your marketing campaign more efficient thanks to geofencing. This technique consists in clearly defining your target area and finding other areas you could reach out to. You should use geofencing if you have invested in an ad campaign to make sure you reach out to the right customers.

Location advertisement Embedding: Mobile advertisement content can now be restricted to a specific location and specific audience. This feature is especially effective for restaurants and cafeterias among other location-based technologies. Geo-fencing with Plethora: Almost all smartphones have geo-sensors that enable the user access local content based on where one is. This has made it possible for marketers to switch from passive to active marketing techniques.

You need to invest in quality tools you can use to assess the success of your mobile marketing campaign. Keep track of different indicators, including the number of visitors you get and the number of sales you generate thanks to your campaign. Review this data on a regular basis to make sure your campaign is efficient and make some changes if necessary.

In closing, the growing rate of mobile users indicates that mobile is the future and marketers all need to step up to the challenge. If you as a marketer want to take the lion's share of profits to be made, then you should start learning how to market to mobile users as soon as possible.

My company no longer makes websites for people who use large monitors. Our website designs are now geared from day one to look good on the small screens of smartphones and tablets. Why is this an emphasis for us? This has become an emphasis for us after looking at our marketing data and seeing that 90% of our money is made from people using mobile devices. With people having either their phone or tablet near them and turned on 24/7, those devices have become the perfect way to market our services and products.




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