Double Digit Growth of Local Mobile Usage, but what are the Traditional players doing about it?

Published 29th July
Study Shows Double Digit Growth of Local Mobile Usage, Unlocking Access to Younger, Wealthier, On-the-Go Consumers
“A US report published today by Comscore and the Yellow Pages association has shown that Consumers looking for local businesses are increasingly turning to their mobile devices to access Internet Yellow Pages and local sites, while similar local [...]

Mobile Internet exploding, online ads about to take off, says analyst Mary Meeker

Published 8th June
Internet research analyst Mary Meeker delivered a full plate of mobile and online advertising optimism Monday in the form of her 48-page Internet Trends presentation.
Internet Trends 2010 by Morgan Stanley Research
In the Morgan Stanley analyst’s presentation at the Conversational Marketing Summit in New York, Meeker said mobile Internet use is ramping up faster [...]

The mobile touch web – virtual roundtable

Published 12th May
Mobile. Touch. Web
In the past 15 years technology has changed in ways that no one could have forseen. Now with the convergence of the mobile Web and touch screen technology we’re embarking on another journey into the unpredictable. However… 
A Collaborative vision
If we’re all heading in the same direction why not make use of the [...]

Carnival of the mobilists #217 – the best of mobile blogging

Published 29th March

Welcome to the 217th edition of Carnival of the Mobilists. This week it is again the turn of leading mobile strategist Martin Wilson of Indigo102 to provide his take on a week in mobile.
A week in mobile is never a dull affair.
The mobile buzz has continued in no uncertain terms; two major US [...]

Real Reasons Why Traditional Media Can Really (Still) Win Big In Mobile Advertising

Published 24th March
Guest post published on mSearchGroove 
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mobile advertising is certain the hot topic at CTIA, where Mobile Web And Apps World Forum (Ajit Jaokar’s CTIA partner event) was standing room only. (Well done Ajit!) Players from across the ecosystem are anxious to explore new models to monetize inventory, apps and services. However, as I [...]

Inside Track: The Race To Deliver Value In Mobile Advertising; Will Publishers “Get” It?

Published 26th November
First of Martin’s Inside track columns on mobile. Directly from leading online site mSearchgroove.
 
Local focused mobile advertising is shaping up to be more than a revenue opportunity. There is every indication that it will be one the few channels to buck the downward trend in advertising spend over the next few years. Where’s [...]

Pages Jaunes – Sets growth not debt as priority

Published 19th November
Yesterday French yellow-pages publisher PagesJaunes said growth was more important than balance-sheet concerns as it wanted the freedom to be part of an expected consolidation among local information providers.
Chief executive Jean-Pierre Remy told an investor conference the group had no debt due until late 2013, and headroom on its debt covenants of more [...]

Making mobile the heart of multichannel marketing in next planning cycle

Published 30th September
I just read this great article by Thom Kennon and thought it would be worthwhile to re-publish it on my blog to spread the word. This is an absolute must read for every marketer. It is a wake-up call for all those who still think that mobile marketing can be “the fifth wheel” of a marketing [...]

Mobile advertising needs to recognise communication and social aspects

Published 10th September
Today the overwhelming majority of people with mobile phones use it to communicate with each other. Interactive communication is the most predominant, most consistent, and most active use of the mobile today.
The mobile phone is a communication and social tool. The mobile has given a freedom to the consumer to be contactable, organise, [...]

Realising the mobile opportunity

The following presentation is one we typically share with Execs when we talk about the opportunity that the mobile channel presents and how to develop and commercialise that channel.  
Realising The Mobile Opportunity
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