Posts Tagged ‘ mobile marketing ’

iPhone 5 and iPad Mini searches on the rise

It’s that time of year again when Apple rumors start to surface online. Last fall it was widely (and incorrectly) speculated that the iPhone 5 would be released when instead the iPhone 4s was launched. And now, the rumors are once again driving search activity. A year-over-year trend shows that “iPhone 5” searches were more [...][ READ MORE ]

Forrester analyst imparts wisdom at 2012 Digital Summit

Senior analyst at Forrester Research, Rob Brosnan, imparted some interesting information to the more than 700 in attendance at EMS’ 2012 Digital Summit last week.[ READ MORE ]

When it comes to the digital future, go back to the basics

To be successful in the current digital landscape, marketers must go back to the basics and translate successful aspects of their current website in the mobile world.[ READ MORE ]

What’s on tap this holiday shopping season?

My Experian Marketing Services’ colleagues and resident data experts Bill Tancer and Marcus Tewskbury answered the above question for marketers during our recent 2012 Holiday Planning Webinar. The webinar recapped key 2011 holiday marketing results, plus featured trends, benchmarks and recommendations for a successful and profitable 2012 holiday shopping season. [ READ MORE ]

The holiday shopping season is coming – how will you engage your customers?

Survey: what are marketers planning for the upcoming holiday season?[ READ MORE ]

Social media, segmentation and marketing success

From broadcast emails to placing banner ads to capture eyeballs, the metrics have gravitated towards something new, including actions, conversion, click-throughs and even amount of purchase. Different companies, and even internal groups within companies, use different metrics to determine success. As businesses become more used to the digital arena, segmentation and profiling play an increasingly important role in targeted campaigns.[ READ MORE ]

Flopping on a mobile marketing campaign

Solutions exist today that enable marketers to identify a customer with a single piece of personally identifiable information (PII). Matching on a mobile phone number alone is difficult, but if you have captured the customer’s name and address, email or simply a zip code during the opt-in process, you can build links across channels to understand how they shop with you and who they are. This cross-channel identity resolution helps marketers avoid blundering when they recognize a customer in one channel, but treat them as they don’t know them in other channels. [ READ MORE ]

M-commerce: mobile phones are quickly becoming an indispensable shopping tool

A majority of smartphone owners now access the Internet from their phone. If you’re like the 17% of cell phone owners today and 28% of smartphone owners, you also watch videos on your phone. This video highlights some of the mobile trends we’ve been spotting. [ READ MORE ]

Acquire mobile subscribers with SMS love

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us – and what better time to communicate with those customers you so adore. Actively promoting SMS initiatives through traditional media touch points, and incentivizing users to join can drastically increase the potential for subscriber acquisition. [ READ MORE ]

A mobile nation: Over 9-in-10 adults, 3-in-4 teens and 1-in-4 kids own a cell phone

Fully 232 million Americans ages six and older count themselves among the ranks of mobile Americans today, up from 178,000 in 2007. According to Experian Simmons, cell phone ownership among adults in this country currently stands at 92%, up from 73% in 2007. [ READ MORE ]