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Top Mobile Marketing Ideas From Strong Brands

Top Mobile Marketing Ideas From Strong Brands

Imagine this… a marketer is able to target customers who just went by as if you have handed a flyer to a customer. It eliminated the use of labor, paper and ink in the dissemination of information. It provides instantaneous results to the marketer in terms of audience reception of the pitch. Using mobile marketing helps conserve resources and is easier to use. It provides simple and direct to the point pitches as it get rid of unnecessary marketing clutter. It can also be used to spread a pitch virally. At the same time it allows customers to spread the word further through microblogging sites such as Twitter. Easy isn’t it?
You are missing a lot if you haven’t integrated mobile marketing into your marketing mix. It is important as a small business to use some leverage. This will spell your success in business. Mobile marketing is a great way to engage with consumers. It offers an opportunity to interact with your brand personally. The usage of mobile technology has caught the attention of some of the biggest brands. They are using mobile marketing as they realize the potential and this article will list the top ideas used to stay on top of the mobile marketing game.
There are various forms of mobile marketing based on platform, and each one is explained carefully below. But as a brief intro, there are types that are used by the world’s leading brands. There is marketing through short messaging system. A marketer would make a pitch using a text message targeted to a list of phone numbers that subscribed. An advanced version of this is marketing through multimedia messaging where the messages are complimented with photos and audio. A perfect inbound mobile marketing strategy is the use of push notifications. Modern smartphones are able to handle push notifications from marketers. An app downloaded for free can be a vessel that marketer can push advertisements. Applications can download notifications and present it as advertisement. This is prevalent in applications that are downloaded free of charge to defray the cost of development.
Mobile web. It is said that development of mobile browsers will ultimately define mobile marketing in the future. Google has created a mobile version of its search engine. Traditional web sites take long to load on mobile devices. A mobile version of the web site uses little bandwidth and eliminates long wait time. This enables the user to get to the information faster than usual. The faster you can respond to a customer the more likely he will stay and patronize the product. It is best to have a link to your mobile site on your outdoor advertising so people can check your offerings while waiting for the next train.
Mobile e-mail marketing. More people is accessing their emails through their mobile device. Some of the brands that have stuck with the decade-old strategy of email marketing includes Amazon, King Arthur Flour, Air New Zealand, Betty Crocker among others. Email marketing allows them targeted messages to be sent to their email list subscribers’ inbox. Make sure that it is easy for customers to opt out from the mailing list. This will increase your popularity as a responsible email marketer and prevent you from being tagged as a spammer.
Short Messaging System. More known as text messages, this is the most common way of mobile marketing. It encompasses all mobile platforms. Regardless of device, most mobile gadgets are able to receive SMS. Reese Peanut Butter Cups used SMS during the March Madness season to entice college basketball fans to join their promotion. Fans will win tickets to the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four tournament. Another big brand that used SMS is Macy’s. Macy’s uses SMS to leverage their engagement with their customers. Macy’s has a list of customers that they inform through SMS about special offers and sales.
Multimedia Messaging System. Known as MMS it integrates pictures, videos and audio in messages sent to older handsets. A known brand used MMS to achieve a high conversion rate. Luxury car maker BMW used MMS to personalize messages to its customers and renew relationships.
Mobile Apps. Applications downloaded for a particular operating system is another way of doing mobile marketing. Starbucks uses an application to enable a customer find the nearest store in his location. In some stores using chips in certain phones, the app can let you pay for your purchases. It is using the credit card information contained in the app.
The reason behind why some brands use mobile marketing is to track customer engagement and build stronger ties. When done correctly mobile marketing will give your customers a different understanding of your brand and ultimately drive sales.