It’s a great step forward, but mobile-first design is no substitute for genuinely mobile-centric planning. Here’s how to put your brand at the heart of the handset.
Digital markets can adopt different personalities as they evolve. Understanding each one is the key to turning media fragmentation into precise communication opportunities.
Predicting, managing and profiting from new technologies is one of the most important challenges that business leaders face.
It requires them to integrate a hugely diverse range of perspectives in a meaningful way: they must balance the insights of technology specialists with those of consumer experts, they must understand the related technologies that will determine a new launch’s success, and they must predict the moves and motivations of all of the players behind those technologies.
AdReaction : Insights on perceptions of advertising, particularly digital for...Philippe KHATTOU
AdReaction delivers insights on perceptions of advertising, particularly digital formats. AdReaction 2014 explores multiscreen advertising and consumer receptivity to ads on TV, smartphones, laptops and tablets.
Digital Life - Understanding the opportunity for growth onlineTNS
Our goal is to make this complex environment simpler to navigate, cutting through the clutter to develop precise strategies, channels and content that inform your marketing plans, and make digital a key part of your growth strategy.
This report contains just a small snapshot of our findings, but please do get in touch with us to understand more about the opportunity that digital presents in your market or category.
http://www.tnsdigitallife.com
Digital markets can adopt different personalities as they evolve. Understanding each one is the key to turning media fragmentation into precise communication opportunities.
Predicting, managing and profiting from new technologies is one of the most important challenges that business leaders face.
It requires them to integrate a hugely diverse range of perspectives in a meaningful way: they must balance the insights of technology specialists with those of consumer experts, they must understand the related technologies that will determine a new launch’s success, and they must predict the moves and motivations of all of the players behind those technologies.
AdReaction : Insights on perceptions of advertising, particularly digital for...Philippe KHATTOU
AdReaction delivers insights on perceptions of advertising, particularly digital formats. AdReaction 2014 explores multiscreen advertising and consumer receptivity to ads on TV, smartphones, laptops and tablets.
Digital Life - Understanding the opportunity for growth onlineTNS
Our goal is to make this complex environment simpler to navigate, cutting through the clutter to develop precise strategies, channels and content that inform your marketing plans, and make digital a key part of your growth strategy.
This report contains just a small snapshot of our findings, but please do get in touch with us to understand more about the opportunity that digital presents in your market or category.
http://www.tnsdigitallife.com
Mobile in 2013: Our Take On The Top Trends & InsightsMCSaatchiMobile
The slides from our Inside Mobile Event. Find out what's going to be big and what's not, learn how to navigate the new mobile landscape and ensure you're prepared with the best mobile strategy for 2013.
Global Mobile - A World-view by Havas DigitalHavas Media
This insights piece reflects on consumer trends and practical opportunities in mobile marketing.
The mobile platform boasts a dizzying number of options avaiable to marketers. The irony of mobile marketing is the enormous penetration of mobile and the enormous flexibility, with the ability for personal even tailored, communication.
Where marketing, business and strategy are headed next.
How do you win mindshare in a population that interacts with their mobile devices 150-200 times per day? What’s the shelf-life of apps today? Each year strategists, architects, developers, innovators, technologists and business professionals gather at MobCon to distill what mobile means today and where it’s going.
Through presentation analysis and survey techniques, we’ve culled their top insights and broken down why they matter for businesses today. Grow your strategy and engagement potential. Learn from experts obsessed with staying ahead and getting it right.
Cross-media behavioral measurement is the analysis of multiple media channels in concert to quantify the impact each channel has. An insights piece by Havas Digital.
As businesses increasingly look to mobile as a key element of their business model rather than simply another marketing channel, we examine the response of CMOs worldwide to the challenges and opportunities that mobile represents.
http://www.tnsglobal.com/mobilelife
For each of the past several years, many tech industry pundits have proudly proclaimed that the upcoming year will be “the year of mobile.” And while it may be true that mobile is continually becoming more important to the digital landscape, the industry is only now undergoing its most significant changes.
This report examines the mobile and connected device landscape with a focus on the U.S. market but includes highlights from several other markets: the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Canada and Japan.
Improving the Economics of Mobile Marketing AdTruth
This whitepaper is intended to present a view of the current situation in mobile advertising and the trends that are shaping it today and will shape it in the future. While mobile devices are rapidly outpacing traditional personal computers as the platform of choice for consumers, marketing and advertising are currently failing to keep up and capitalize on the opportunity. We divide this whitepa- per into three sections to review the issue. The first section outlines the current landscape and economic realities for digital advertising. The second section defines and describes the key challenges facing mobile marketers and contributing to the core problem of mone- tization (or lack thereof). The third and final section provides practical advice for improving the economics of mobile advertising for everyone – both advertisers and publishers alike.
Digital Marketing Guide: Mobile Marketing for Medical Technology CompaniesGrey Matter Marketing
For most U.S. adults, a mobile device is a constant companion. You use it throughout the day, in multiple physical locations, and you also probably check it one more time before going to sleep at night.
So defining mobile as a channel, strategy or technology doesn’t quite do it justice; mobile is how we behave. It is how we live, research, document, and communicate.
The point is: if you are a marketer and are not considering how to reach your target audience on mobile, you are missing a large portion of their day.
Mobile can no longer be ignored by marketers who want to succeed and thrive in the new healthcare marketing landscape.
Mobileday 2016 - User behavior & Insight; How to surf the wave? - Phan Tuan AnhTuấn Anh Phan
In order to understand mobile user behavior & insight in Asean & Emerging Market in 2016.
Why mobile?
In fact, users think mobile is just mobile, their smartphone
08 critical points for each Marketer in order to develop mobile marketing strategy
The combination of: Mobile Connects Everything + Consumer Decision Journey + Gamification = Mobile Advocacy Journey
For mobile, it's all about interactive + relative
Mobile in 2013: Our Take On The Top Trends & InsightsMCSaatchiMobile
The slides from our Inside Mobile Event. Find out what's going to be big and what's not, learn how to navigate the new mobile landscape and ensure you're prepared with the best mobile strategy for 2013.
Global Mobile - A World-view by Havas DigitalHavas Media
This insights piece reflects on consumer trends and practical opportunities in mobile marketing.
The mobile platform boasts a dizzying number of options avaiable to marketers. The irony of mobile marketing is the enormous penetration of mobile and the enormous flexibility, with the ability for personal even tailored, communication.
Where marketing, business and strategy are headed next.
How do you win mindshare in a population that interacts with their mobile devices 150-200 times per day? What’s the shelf-life of apps today? Each year strategists, architects, developers, innovators, technologists and business professionals gather at MobCon to distill what mobile means today and where it’s going.
Through presentation analysis and survey techniques, we’ve culled their top insights and broken down why they matter for businesses today. Grow your strategy and engagement potential. Learn from experts obsessed with staying ahead and getting it right.
Cross-media behavioral measurement is the analysis of multiple media channels in concert to quantify the impact each channel has. An insights piece by Havas Digital.
As businesses increasingly look to mobile as a key element of their business model rather than simply another marketing channel, we examine the response of CMOs worldwide to the challenges and opportunities that mobile represents.
http://www.tnsglobal.com/mobilelife
For each of the past several years, many tech industry pundits have proudly proclaimed that the upcoming year will be “the year of mobile.” And while it may be true that mobile is continually becoming more important to the digital landscape, the industry is only now undergoing its most significant changes.
This report examines the mobile and connected device landscape with a focus on the U.S. market but includes highlights from several other markets: the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Canada and Japan.
Improving the Economics of Mobile Marketing AdTruth
This whitepaper is intended to present a view of the current situation in mobile advertising and the trends that are shaping it today and will shape it in the future. While mobile devices are rapidly outpacing traditional personal computers as the platform of choice for consumers, marketing and advertising are currently failing to keep up and capitalize on the opportunity. We divide this whitepa- per into three sections to review the issue. The first section outlines the current landscape and economic realities for digital advertising. The second section defines and describes the key challenges facing mobile marketers and contributing to the core problem of mone- tization (or lack thereof). The third and final section provides practical advice for improving the economics of mobile advertising for everyone – both advertisers and publishers alike.
Digital Marketing Guide: Mobile Marketing for Medical Technology CompaniesGrey Matter Marketing
For most U.S. adults, a mobile device is a constant companion. You use it throughout the day, in multiple physical locations, and you also probably check it one more time before going to sleep at night.
So defining mobile as a channel, strategy or technology doesn’t quite do it justice; mobile is how we behave. It is how we live, research, document, and communicate.
The point is: if you are a marketer and are not considering how to reach your target audience on mobile, you are missing a large portion of their day.
Mobile can no longer be ignored by marketers who want to succeed and thrive in the new healthcare marketing landscape.
Mobileday 2016 - User behavior & Insight; How to surf the wave? - Phan Tuan AnhTuấn Anh Phan
In order to understand mobile user behavior & insight in Asean & Emerging Market in 2016.
Why mobile?
In fact, users think mobile is just mobile, their smartphone
08 critical points for each Marketer in order to develop mobile marketing strategy
The combination of: Mobile Connects Everything + Consumer Decision Journey + Gamification = Mobile Advocacy Journey
For mobile, it's all about interactive + relative
Altimeter Group, prepared for Facebook
Rebecca Lieb, analyst
Jaimy Szymanski, senior researcher
For brands to build engagement and maintain respectful relationships with consumers, mobile strategies must
become seamlessly integrated into existing marketing strategies and customer-experience efforts. Brands will also need to ensure that strong content for mobile is coupled with an integrated media approach to keep the brand’s message, voice and identity clear.
Etude "Global Mobile Media Consumption" réalisée par le InMobi.Bertrand Jonquois
Comment et pour quels raisons utilise-t-on son smartphone et sa tablette pour surfer sur Internet ?
A quelles activités consacre-t-on ce temps passé ?
La publicité mobile est-elle acceptée, voire efficace ? Réponse avec l'étude "Global Mobile Media Consumption" réalisée par le groupe de publicité mobile, InMobi.
We asked a veritable pantheon of experts, hailing from every corner of the marketing ecosystem, to join forces and share their insights and advice on the evolving role of mobile in modern marketing (spoiler: everybody agrees it's a big deal).
Get great, snackable bits of wisdom from:
CEOs
Brand marketers
Digital consultants
Journalists
Tech providers
I livelli di diffusione raggiunti dalla tecnologia mobile, insieme alla possibilità di avere un device connesso durante tutta la giornata, offrono ai Marketers nuove opportunità di comunicazione e pubblicità, grazie ad un’audience consistente, variegata e fortemente segmentabile. Viene riconosciuta l’importanza del canale, inserendo il Mobile fra le priorità di investimento, sia a livello strategico, che tattico. Emergono però segnali di cautela fra gli operatoi di settore (Fonte: TNS per IAB Australia 2013): per un 32% risulta difficile individuare il value for money delle campagne mobile rispetto agli altri media.
Le nuove tecnologie però possono supportarci attraverso misurazioni dei comportamenti effettivi tenuti dagli utenti. In questo modo si può evidenziare una digital footprint tipologica, che coinvolge l'utilizzo dei device, le attività maggiormente effettuate, quando e dove, i canali di fruizione (app vs web) e i contenuti stessi.
2014 top mobile trends. Discover which trends are shaping what marketers will need to know in the coming months and years to take advantage of the mobile opportunity.
A must-read before finalizing your marketing plans
Mobile and Social Media ( http://www.socialgonemobile.com ) has arrived with new challenges and opportunities and is poised to revolutionize the way organizations deliver, consume, and disseminate on information. The convergence of mobile technology with social networking are empowering more and more people to make real-time decisions. Users can communicate with decision groups or customers while surfing through relevant useful data on their handheld devices and converting them to reach an actionable insight that support to rapid decision-making which is key to improving the profitability of business nowadays .
Important statistics that every business should know about the direction of mobile. This slide deck takes you through 8 different things that will impact how businesses connect with their customers through iPhone and Android mobile apps. This presentation is provided by Copper Mobile, a Dallas TX based enterprise mobile application solutions company.
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We’re entering a new era of digital government that could transform how citizens feel about their state. Here’s what research needs to do, to make it happen.
Bridging the divide between brand and shopper marketingTNS
A new approach to mapping the shopper journey can drive more meaningful integration between brand and shopper marketing, and ensure brand equity translates into sales more effectively. We reveal the four principles that can connect your marketing strategy to what really drives buying decisions.
Getting to know the giant of Africa: opportunities for brands in NigeriaTNS
It’s the largest economy in Africa and one of the fastest-growing on earth, but how well do you really know Nigeria? Here’s our summary of the key opportunities.
Consumer confidence is rebounding in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy. We’ve got the essential strategies for brands looking to align themselves with a positive national mood.
Transform results by focusing on receptive audiences TNS
The best ad in the world won’t deliver results if it can’t reach those likely to buy its product. A future-focused approach to identifying receptive audiences is delivering results where traditional targeting has failed.
The global research programmes that deliver the best value are not the most standardised - and they are not usually the most elaborate. Learn how brands have created strong, flexible protocols by focusing on shorter, smarter surveys, local engagement and active leadership at the centre.
It's a universal archetype that dominates the human consciousness and occupies an emotional space many brands aspire to. But taking on the Hero role demands a very different approach in different markets. We present the essential playbook for would-be Heroes.
Extensive research from TNS proves that social media and search data can accurately predict the results of brand tracker surveys months in advance. The implications for market research are enormous.
Brands cannot succeed at traditional trade without engaging the shopkeepers who control almost every aspect of it. We present a framework for understanding the motivations of traditional trade’s gatekeepers – and influencing their decisions.
Like most businesses, political players want to increase their slice of the available market – and like most businesses, they can only do so through proper, contextual understanding.
A groundbreaking study by TNS proves that mobile apps are not disrupting purchases in anything like the numbers that previous research suggests. Far from being threatened by mobile, retailers are in the best position to take advantage of it.
From Disney princesses to Dove, metaphor is a powerfully emotive tool for marketers. But it’s vital for brands to understand how the meaning of their metaphors changes between cultures.
Brands and retailers alike should be demanding more from online sales. Connected Life reveals the barriers to eCommerce fulfilling its potential – and shows how marketers can overcome them.
The dark days are over: it’s time to meet the new CambodiaTNS
Nestled between Vietnam and Thailand on the Indochina Peninsula, Cambodia is often overlooked in favour of its wealthier neighbours. The country’s history has also cast a shadow over how it is perceived by the rest of the world, and with good reason. The genocide led by Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s resulted in the deaths of an estimated 25% of the population, including many of the intellectual elite.
In the Year of the Horse, there is no letting up in China’s passion for luxury horsepower. Despite concerns over economic slowdowns and government regulations, the number of new manufacturers and new models competing in this sector continues to grow.
In ‘Auto insights: the luxe edition’, we’ll take you on a tour of the high-end of the auto market and the changing meaning of luxury itself, including:
Good performance alone cannot crack the complex code that governs the strength of your customer relationships and the sustainability of your business. As competition intensifies, it is essential to get smarter about the experiences that matter, and deliver return on the bottom line.
Digital Money Maker Club – von Gunnar Kessler digital.focsh890
Title One is a comprehensive examination of the impact of digital technologies on
modern society. In a world where technology continues to advance rapidly, this article delves into the nuances and complexities of the digital age, exploring Its implications across various sectors and aspects of life.
The What, Why & How of 3D and AR in Digital CommercePushON Ltd
Vladimir Mulhem has over 20 years of experience in commercialising cutting edge creative technology across construction, marketing and retail.
Previously the founder and Tech and Innovation Director of Creative Content Works working with the likes of Next, John Lewis and JD Sport, he now helps retailers, brands and agencies solve challenges of applying the emerging technologies 3D, AR, VR and Gen AI to real-world problems.
In this webinar, Vladimir will be covering the following topics:
Applications of 3D and AR in Digital Commerce,
Benefits of 3D and AR,
Tools to create, manage and publish 3D and AR in Digital Commerce.
SEO as the Backbone of Digital MarketingFelipe Bazon
In this talk Felipe Bazon will share how him and his team at Hedgehog Digital share our journey of making C-Levels alike, specially CMOS realize that SEO is the backbone of digital marketing by showing how SEO can contribute to brand awareness, reputation and authority and above all how to use SEO to create more robust global marketing strategies.
5 big bets to drive growth in 2024 without one additional marketing dollar AND how to adapt to the biggest shifting eCommerce trend- AI.
1) Romance Your Customers - Retention
2) ‘Alternative’ Lead Gen - Advocacy
3) The Beautiful Basics - Conversion Rate Optimization
4) Land that Bottom Line - Profitability
5) Roll the Dice - New Business Models
In this presentation, Danny Leibrandt explains the impact of AI on SEO and what Google has been doing about it. Learn how to take your SEO game to the next level and win over Google with his new strategy anyone can use. Get actionable steps to rank your name, your business, and your clients on Google - the right way.
Key Takeaways:
1. Real content is king
2. Find ways to show EEAT
3. Repurpose across all platforms
Search Engine Marketing - Competitor and Keyword researchETMARK ACADEMY
Over 2 Trillion searches are made per day in Google search, which means there are more than 2 Trillion visits happening across the websites of the world wide web.
People search various questions, phrases or words. But some words and phrases are searched
more often than others.
For example, the words, ‘running shoes’ are searched more often than ‘best road running
shoes for men’
These words or phrases which people use to search on Google are called Keywords.
Some keywords are searched more often than others. Number of times a keyword is searched
for in a month is called keyword volume.
Some keywords have more relevant results than others. For the phrase “running shoes” we
get more than 80M relevant results, whereas for “best road running shoes for men” we get
only 8.
The former keyword ‘running shoes’ has way more competition from popular websites to
new and small blogs, whereas the latter keyword doesn’t have that much competition. This
search competition for a keyword is called search difficulty of a keyword or keyword
difficulty.
In other words, if the keyword difficulty is ‘low’ or ‘easy’, there won’t be any competition
and if you target such keywords on your site, you can easily rank on the front page of Google.
Some keywords are searched for, just to know or to learn some information about something,
that’s their search intention. For example, “What shoe size should I choose?” or “How to pick
the right shoe size?”
These keywords which are searched just to know about stuff are called informational
keywords. Typically people who are searching this type of keywords are top of a Conversion
funnel.
Conversion funnel is the journey that search visitors go through on their way to an email
subscription or a premium subscription to the services you offer or a purchase of products
you sell or recommend using your referral link.
For some buyers, research is the most important part when they have to buy a product.
Depending on that, their journey either widens or narrows down. These types of buyers are
Researchers and they spend more time with informational keywords.
Conversion is the action you want from your search visitors. Number of conversions that you
get for every 100 search visitors is called Conversion rate.
People who are at different stages of a conversion funnel use different types of keywords.
Digital marketing is the art and science of promoting products or services using digital channels to reach and engage with potential customers. It encompasses a wide range of online tactics and strategies aimed at increasing brand visibility, driving website traffic, generating leads, and ultimately, converting those leads into customers.
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Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
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Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
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Why having a mobile site should be just the start
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Having a responsive or mobile
site is a great step forward but it
shouldn’t be seen as a substitute
for genuinely mobile-centric
planning.
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Why having a mobile site should be just the start
Intelligence Applied | Special edition
Today, having a mobile or responsive website sits at
the top of any marketers best practice checklist. If
any more evidence were needed of the importance
of prioritising the user experience on a handset, then
the 2014 Connected Life study provides it. However,
Connected Life also shows that having a mobile
site is far from a complete solution in itself. A more
fundamental shift in brand planning is required if
marketers are to keep up with the audiences they are
targeting. The time for fully mobile-centric strategy is
arriving.
The mobile-centric world and its leaders
Mobile is taking up a greater share of the time that
people spend on connected devices – and it is doing
so in every market on earth. Of all time spent using
devices, 36 per cent of it is spent looking at a mobile.
This trend is being led by a growing number of
mobile-centric markets: countries like South Africa,
Kenya and Indonesia, where a mobile phone typically
offers the only connected experiences available to
many people; but also those like Brazil, Hong Kong
and South Korea where consumers have many
different digital devices available (PCs, laptops,
tablets, connected TVs) but still gravitate towards
using mobiles first and foremost.
The warning sign for many developed market
brands and their marketers, is that they tend to be
headquartered in the countries that are following the
mobile-centric revolution rather than leading it. The
UK, Western Europe, North America and Australia
remain PC-centric markets at heart, where consumers
have plentiful smartphone technology at hand but
the majority would still opt to use a PC, laptop or
tablet given the choice. This PC-centricity appears to
have put its stamp on marketers’ approach to mobile,
from the disproportionately tiny share of media spend
that the platform is still allocated (in the US it gets 4
per cent of total ad spend despite representing 19
per cent of media time) to a marketing approach
that often seems to view mobile simply as a means
of extending reach and frequency, rather than a real
game-changer for digital planning.
Of all time spent using devices,
36 per cent of it is spent
looking at a mobile
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Having a mobile site is just the start
There’s a danger that driving your mobile strategy
through your website can mask an inherently
conservative approach to digital planning. Web
designers recognise the importance of delivering
optimised experiences for handsets, and even of
serving different content to those using mobiles,
but for many the mobile experience remains
fundamentally a versionalised extension of the PC
experience. When we look more closely at the digital
routines of genuinely mobile-centric consumers,
we find that this doesn’t go nearly far enough. The
digital platforms that mobile consumers use – and
the type of experiences brands therefore need to plan
for them – are fundamentally different. The biggest
difference between PC-centric and mobile-centric
people isn’t that the latter visit brand websites using
a phone; it’s that, for them, websites are only a tiny
part of the opportunity for brands.
In Indonesia, for example, browsing websites and
researching products represent only a small fraction
of the time that people spend using their phone;
there are far bigger opportunities for brands in their
use of social media and games, and their appetite
for news and video. But they can often only take
advantage of these through the purpose-built apps
that mobile-centric consumers use to access them,
(even feature-phones typically integrate social &
gaming via apps)
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Watching video
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evening
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Mobile-centric behaviour in Indonesia
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The mobile-centric markets within
This isn’t solely an issue for those targeting markets
where mobile take the lion’s share of connected time.
The US may remain a PC-centric market overall, but
33 per cent of its online consumers already exhibit
mobile-centric behaviour, and this group contains
a big skew towards important consumer audiences
such as young, affluent women. Brands targeting
these demographics can’t afford simply to ensure
mobile compatibility for their online activity; they need
a mobile-centric strategy that reflects, for example,
the fact that 79% of connected mobile time is spent
using apps.
A day in a mobile-centric life
Mobile-centric consumers follow a different rhythm of
media consumption: small moments of engagement,
focused on specific tasks and apps, which take place
almost continuously throughout the day and add up
to a dominant share of time online. Social media is
the core mobile activity and takes the largest share
of time on the device throughout the day, but even
To engage and succeed in this
world, brands need to focus
on concise content with clear
and compelling value that can
deliver immediate engagement
and communicate brand
messages quickly
social media rarely retains a mobile-centric consumer’s
attention for long periods. To engage and succeed in
this world, brands need to focus on concise content
with clear and compelling value that can deliver
immediate engagement and communicate brand
messages quickly. They must deliver the interactivity
that is key to gaining attention on mobile (creative with
obvious and enticing touch-based interactivity typically
gets far greater click-throughs). And above all, they
must find a place within the app-based experiences
that dominate connected time on handsets.
Time spent on mobile apps79%
Time spent on mobile web21%
USA
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Finding a place on the mobile screen
This isn’t just a case of evolving from designing
mobile websites to building mobile apps. The long
tail of unused, branded offerings filling out the virtual
shelves of app stores testifies to the weakness of this
approach. On average mobile-centric consumers use
only 10 apps per day, each with a clearly defined role
and function that earns them a place on the handset
screen.
Rather than pinning their hopes on breaking into
the group of favoured apps under their own steam,
brands are best served by targeting mobile-centric
audiences through the apps they already have
installed. They must identify those already delivering
their audience’s core experiences, and work with
them.
These partnerships can take a number of forms,
from existing and readily available advertising
opportunities through to native content and value-
adding functions and interactivity. In multi-device
yet mobile-centric Brazil, beer brand Skol has come
to dominate the experience of music on mobile
partly through partnerships with existing music apps.
Nivea partnered with existing technology to create
a branded app that helps parents locate their child
on the beach, a protection proposition that perfectly
suited the brand’s equity in that particular context.
Global confectionary brand Mondelez has taken
things a good few steps further with its Mobile
Futures investment programme aimed at identifying
mobile startups worthy of joint ventures.
The mobile-centric mindshift
These brands all appreciate the functional needs
that motivate mobile-centric consumers, and they
have been committed enough to form value-adding
partnerships that deliver against those needs.
Has the time arrived to start
putting mobile at the heart of
your brand strategy?
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About Connected Life
Connected Life is a leading global study of the digital attitudes and behaviours of over 55,000 internet users
across 50 countries, exploring how technology is transforming the lives of consumers across the world. It offers
essential insight into the impact of the growing digital ecosystem on the media landscape.
Connected Life also uncovers new and exciting opportunities for marketers to connect with their consumers in
this increasingly complex environment; it is a powerful tool that helps brands make better digital decisions.
The fieldwork was undertaken in all markets between March and June 2014.
Please visit www.tnsglobal.com/connectedlife for further information.
About TNS
TNS advises clients on specific growth strategies around new market entry, innovation, brand switching
and stakeholder management, based on long-established expertise and market-leading solutions. With a
presence in over 80 countries, TNS has more conversations with the world’s consumers than anyone else and
understands individual human behaviours and attitudes across every cultural, economic and political region of
the world.
TNS is part of Kantar, the data investment management division of WPP and one of the world’s largest insight,
information and consultancy groups.
Get in touch
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enquiries@tnsglobal.com or via Twitter @tns_global
About the author
Jonathan Sinton is the Digital Director for
TNS’ Global clients. He has worked within
the WPP group and latterly TNS for the past
14 years. During this time, Jonathan has led
high profile projects around digital strategy
development, opportunity development and assessment,
website, social media and digital advertising development
and measurement across Asia, Europe and the US.
Jonathan is passionate about understanding consumer
behaviour and has pioneered a number of new research
techniques and approaches, leveraging digital technologies
and data, to better understand consumers. He is also an
active writer, commentator and speaker on consumer
behaviour.