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Was 2012 the 'year of the tablet'?

Last year I analysed whether the industry claim that 2011 would be the 'year of the mobile (device)' was correct.

It seemed those clever industry commentators got it right on that occasion.

This year we've stepped it up a notch, got more specific and it's time to examine whether or not 2012 really was the 'year of the tablet'.

by Oliver Walker 27 February 2013 14:21pm 1 comment

All the facts about Twitter's mobile users: infographic

Of all the major social networks, Twitter is perhaps the one that is most inherently suited to mobile due to the transient nature of 140 character tweets.

Of course that doesn’t necessarily mean that it has been any more successful than the others in coming up with a coherent policy for monetising its mobile apps.

But even so, this infographic shows just how much potential lies in Twitter’s mobile platform. The social giant has more than 10m users in the UK, of which 80% access the network using a mobile device.

by David Moth 19 February 2013 12:13pm 0 comments

Nine questions every CMO should ask their mobile strategist

With a recent study showing that only a tiny 14% of CMOs are happy with their mobile strategy we thought it was about time people start asking questions about their brand in mobile.

Mike Philips (Strategist) and I put together nine questions that every CMO should ask their mobile strategist.

by Douglas McDonald 14 February 2013 12:30pm 3 comments

Eight ways to adapt your content marketing strategy to mobile

Mobile is changing our behaviour. And the message from a recent mobile marketing event, hosted by ORM London was, adapt to this change or be left behind.

The headline figures: who owns a smartphone (currently 54% of the UK), tablet (21% of the UK) and what they do on these devices (28% surf the net) changes from week to week. The latest in this rapid stream of stats is that more smartphone devices are being activated everyday worldwide than babies being born.

Mobile usage is big and it’s set to be even bigger. Twitter's latest report highlights how smartphone and tablet users are the most engaged consumers. Mobile users are 96% more likely to follow 11 or more brands and 58% more likely to recall seeing an ad on Twitter.

Google even predicts in three years mobile will overtake desktop as the most common way to go online – making mobile marketing more important.

by Juliet Stott 14 February 2013 11:29am 3 comments

Start Me Up! A profile of Noodle Live

By using mobile app and cloud technology to make it easier for attendees to collect information at exhibitions, Noodle Live have also found a way to give added value to conference organisers and exhibitors.

I spoke to founder Clemi Hardi about improving events with multichannel ideas.

by Luke Richards 12 February 2013 13:51pm 0 comments

Analytics: don’t forget your mobile apps!

The average person has around 41 apps on their phone; these range from social and gaming apps, to daily deals, retail and media apps.

As mobile traffic continues to gain traction on web traffic, and as apps continue to be a vital channel for keeping the consumer engaged, it has never been more important for brands to monitor how their apps are performing to ensure they are delivering the experience users expect.

by Clair O'Neill 07 February 2013 11:32am 3 comments

Five tips for decoding the retail riddle

Representatives from Abercrombie & Fitch, Saks, and Maxymizer, a multivariate testing, personalization, and optimization firm, gathered last week at Econsultancy’s JUMP event in New York to discuss how retail can solve the riddles posed by today’s technological advances and changing consumer habits.

As retailers try to connect the shopping experience over multiple channels, this was a perfect discussion for all those looking to create a better retail journey for their customers.

by Cielo Lutino 06 February 2013 15:20pm 0 comments

Five reasons why QR and AR won’t take off on the London Underground

This is Sartre.

This is me scratching an itch.

Although there are plenty of statistics that suggest people have scanned QR codes out and about, used Blippar watching television and Aurasma whilst reading their sportsday match programmes, I’m a bit of a sceptic.

Virgin’s provision of free WiFi on the London Underground, the service notably being free to use on Vodafone and EE, has led many to ponder how this will impact on marketing and advertising in the subterranean rat race.

Some have claimed augmented reality (AR) will start to take off as the technology matures along with marketers, and there’s a signal to enable web content for QR codes/ RFID and the like.

However, unless scanning is heavily incentivised, I’m of the opinion there are at least five reasons why this isn’t going to be heavily adopted, and you can agree or disagree in our comments section below.

by Ben Davis 05 February 2013 11:17am 10 comments

Seven tools to optimize your email marketing for mobile

Here's a huge stat that hasn't been getting much attention lately: nearly half of all marketing emails are now being read on mobile devices.

This is a really important trend, so I'll repeat it in a different way. When you send your next email campaign, more customers will read it on smartphones than in a web browser (gmail, yahoo, hotmail, etc.).

Which begs the question: are your emails optimized for opens, reads and click-throughs from all these mobile users?

by Peter Tanham 04 February 2013 12:09pm 2 comments

Five reasons why 'cool' product names might not be as clever as they seem

Some companies spend a fortune coming up with enticing names for new products - and sometimes it goes disastrously wrong.

A memorable example is the Chevy Nova, which in Spanish roughly translates to the Chevy doesn't-go.

Even if the name doesn't mean something inappropriate, our research shows that gimmicky product names might not be as clever as their creators imagine.

by Tom Stewart 04 February 2013 10:24am 16 comments