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- 1. Mobilize Your Business! Howto Reach Today’s On-the-Go Customer and Crush Your Competition! www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 2. What is mobilemarketing? mo bile mar ket ing (noun) “A set of practices that enables organizations to communicate and engage their audience in an interactive and relevant manner through any mobile device or network.” (Mobile Marketing Association) www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 3. What’s the bigdeal? • 87% of Americans have mobile phones • #1 most-used technology device (more than PCs!) • 25% of all U.S. households have ditched their landlines (Experian, American Mobile Consumer Report – March 2010) www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 4. People use theirmobile phones 5X more than their computers to search for your business… Are you reaching them there?
- 5. The future ismobile In their recent Mobile Internet Report, Morgan Stanley projects that mobile browsing will outpace desktop based access within 3-5 years www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 6. Location-based marketing From $0in 2009, location-based marketing is projected to grow to $6 billion in 2015. Some restaurants are seeing 65 percent redemption rates from new, real-time geo-targeted ads. (Borrell Associates)
- 7. How can yourbusiness benefit from mobile marketing? www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 8. Benefits of mobilemarketing • Increase customer loyalty • Generate more revenue per customer • Increase brand awareness • Boost website traffic • Boost retail traffic
- 9. Challenges for SMBs •44% - lack of time to figure out a new technology • 30% - Perceived expense • 30% - lack of understanding of how to start (Fanminder Mobile Marketing Survey – August 2010) www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
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- 11. What is mobileSEO • Similar to SEO – getting ranked in the search engines BUT • Making sure you are optimized for mobile • You want to be easily found when people are searching on the move! www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 12. Mobile = NewChallenges • Phones = small screens • How does your website look on that screen? • If it’s not optimized, searchers won’t bother
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- 15. Create a MobileSite • Simplified version of your existing site • Key information very easy to access -Address -Phone Number -Directions
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- 17. SMS / Text-messagemarketing • 72 percent of mobile phone users send or receive 664 texts each month, and that they only make 176 phone calls during the same period of time • Highest open and read rates of any digital marketing channel • 33% of email addresses change on a yearly basis, but people are keeping their cell phone number for life www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 18. But don’t peoplehate getting texts from businesses? • 97% of all SMS marketing texts are opened by recipients • Within four minutes! • People PREFER to receive coupons by text message (Insight Express, Digital Consumer Portrait – Q2, 2010)
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- 20. Get permission, providevalue • Done ethically and legally, text message marketing is a purely permission-based marketing method • Offer incentive for people to opt-in • Deliver coupons/rewards immediately and frequently
- 21. SMS Messaging-How? • Manydifferent platform options available • Similar to using an email marketing tool • Set up your short code and post it everywhere your customers will see it
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- 25. Strategies for mobileadvertising • Get targeted - Location - Using specific apps - Type of device www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 26. Strategies for mobileadvertising • Be realistic about what you expect • Major purchases aren’t going to happen • What can you make happen? - Make a phone call - Opt-in to list - Download an app • Must be quick and easy to do on a phone
- 27. Mobile advertising-How? • Manyplatforms to deliver mobile ads • Google/AdMob is most well-known • Other include: - Jumptap - MillenialMedia - Microsoft - Tapjoy www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 28. Mobile advertising-How? • Assimple as placing a normal online ad • Make sure ad is designed for mobile • Really think through the response you expect
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- 31. A mobile appfor you? • Many uses for small businesses to have their own mobile app • But not for everyone - People already have too many apps - Starting to app-fatigue - Your app should add unique value www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
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- 37. 4 types ofmobile marketing • Mobile SEO • SMS Messaging • Mobile Advertising • Mobile Apps
- 38. The future ofthe web is tied to smartphones and other mobile devices STAY RELEVANT!
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- 40. Do I needto have a separate website for my mobile site? www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 41. Will I putthe same information on my mobile site?
- 42. How do youmake a mobile website?
- 43. What is ashort code? www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 44. Are mobile adspay-per-click?
- 45. How can Ibuild a mobile app? www.losangeleswebstrategies.com
- 46. Are mobile appsexpensive?
- 47. You CAN doit. WE can help.
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- 49. We’d love tohelp. • Just get in touch! www.losangeleswebstrategies.com (213) 607-9100