SMS is the KILLER APP!

The Killer app

The Killer app
(And why it won’t be an iPhone App)

Marketers are falling over themselves to get on the iPhone band wagon and find the “killer” app

We still haven’t found our killer iPhone app!

We have an APP now!

Will pay $10,000’s for iPhone app

Now we have an app we are doing the whole mobile marketing “thing”

Wait
Just
A
Minute

Some important questions are going unasked in this iPhone app hysteria

Such as...
How frequently will they use it?
What are the incentives to use it
How big is my audience?
How much will it cost?

Maybe we should take at them then?

1
How Frequently will they use it?

iPhone app usage over time
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
1 day
11 days
21 days
31 days
41 days
51 days
61 days
71 days
81 days
91 days

Only 20% of Apps are used after the 1st day
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
1 day
11 days
21 days
31 days
41 days
51 days
61 days
71 days
81 days
91 days
Days After Download

25%
5% of apps are used after the first month after download
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
1 day
11 days
21 days
31 days
41 days
51 days
61 days
71 days
81 days
91 days
Days After Download

Only 1% of apps are used 90 days after download
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
1 day
11 days
21 days
31 days
41 days
51 days
61 days
71 days
81 days
91 days
Days After Download
Source: Pinch Media

So there is an 80% chance that your iPhone app’s first day with your customer...

Will be it’s last
YOUR APP

2
What are the incentives

It’s unfortunate but...

It’s unfortunate but...People don't wake up thinking about your brand!

They think about a lot of things...

They think about a lot of things...
Your App
Your Brand

These aren’t one of them!
Your App
Your Brand

Why?They don’t have any incentive to do so...

And an iPhone app with novelty value isn’t going to prove an incentive for brand interaction for too long!

3
How big is the audience

When considering the best medium through which to conduct mobile marketing...

We should think about how many people can receive our message

Let’s take the USA phone market as an example

iPhones make up less than 3% of the market

iPhones make up less than 3% of the market
97% of phones can’t interact with your app

Not a very big audience!
iPhone share will undoubtedly rise – but the fact remains that iPhone apps will always be restricted to reaching a portion, rather than all, of the population

4
How expensive will it be

Do you have one of...

These?

Maybe one of...

These?

If not then you probably can’t afford an iPhone app!

When Bloggers boast about:

When Bloggers boast about:“How we built an iPhone app for $4,873” and call it a “shoestring”

You know its going to be pricey!

Ok... I hear you. How can I conduct mobile marketing then?

Let me tell you!

Introducing
The KILLER app!

RE-
Introducing
The KILLER app!

Although SMS has been around the block...

It hits all the targets!

1
How Frequently will they use it?

You get to decide!

You get to decide!
You can send your customers alerts to promotions, offers, deals AS THEY HAPPEN
Hi

2
What are the incentives

Incentivising is easy
&
It’s customisable

You could send an SMS with a text coupon

You could send an Invitation to a special event

You could send an SMS detailing exclusive offers

You could send ...
Pretty much
anything!

3
How big is the audience

Here is the real beauty...

You have the potential to reach...

Audience
100% of Phones

4
How expensive will it be

SMS Marketing is cost effective and very much affordable to the average business

And doesn’t require either

And doesn’t require either
or

If you have been looking for the “killer app”

It’s already here

To find out more about how you can use SMS for mobile marketing...
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SMS is the KILLER APP!

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