Simple Mobile Websites

An Increasing Internet Culture Simple Mobile Websites & Social Media Optimization

2011-12-13T09:36:00.000-08:00

Simple mobile websites and social media optimization is not a tool but it is todays internet culture. With the social media sites on internet, people have got a good platform to become more social, more interactive and more communicative and more and more it revolves around the mobile platform and not the PC. Social media optimization via simple mobile websites doesnt only allow the discovering and reading of content and information but also encourages you to share the knowledge what you have. It is no more a one-way process but is a two way communication.
Social media optimization stresses the fact that your target audiences are real people and you need to be friendly and real to them as you are with your friends and acquaintances. A great way to understand your target audiences is to engage then in an honest conversation and to know them. This is text message marketing at its purest and most powerful, you have to provide your target people with attention grabbing, relevant content like video, audio, mobile accessibility, widgets etc. There should be regular updating of the content and keep providing them relative, fresh content. You have to expand your network (bloggers, twitter etc) and expand your network of content too whilst still keeping it pertinent to your target consumer.
Key factors in social media marketing are to focus on social media sites and knowing your target spectators. Apart from creating a quality content, you have to track and measure the conversion to calculate ROI. Social Media optimization enables the advertiser to create a conversation with the target audience. Social Media can spread across multiple mediums very quickly, and increase your advertising reach. It also creates instant brand awareness. The use of simple mobile websites encourages and enables businesses and users to position themselves directly opposite each other and do business virtually face to face and on their own terms AND in their own environment which results in a more authentic marketing message.

The use of simple mobile websites works on the fundamentals of getting people into a conversation and winning them over. It is really important to arouse their interests and encourage them to talk about themselves or the things they like. Dont be afraid introducing a new topic and reward helpful and valuable users.
There is the need to prepare some ground work before you actually start with your text message marketing campaign. Before getting your SMO campaign into full swing, your SEO campaign should be put into place to have the highest-ranking site for the keywords that you will be promoting. It is important to note that the keywords used for mobile SEO are quite different. Once you have ranked your site for all of your important keywords you will be ready to receive all of the new searches. You may call it a new approach to Word-of-Mouth medium. Social media optimization via your simple mobile website allows you to efficiently spread the word and generate a curiosity and interest for a relatively unknown or a new product or service.
With every profit you have to be prepared for losses too, if you mess up with your text message marketing and social media optimization you can irreversibly damage your brand. There is no guarantee that your submission will be popular and hit the first page of the social media site, for this reason consulting with an experienced consultant is vital. Apply now for a $197 value consultation with marketing experts here http://www.globaljet.me (If you mention this site you will receive it free valid until Jan 31st 2012))

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2011-09-28T08:05:00.001-07:00

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Fund Raising - Non-Profit Organizations

2011-06-29T12:24:00.000-07:00

Fund Raising: A Business SMS Use Case
Filed in Business SMS, SMS Guides on Jun.27, 2011

SMS is a cheap and ethical way for charities and organisations to communicate with their supporters, notifying them of upcoming events or keeping them informed of what work they have been doing ‐ this makes the supporters feel more connected to the cause and more likely to contribute in the form of volunteering and donating.

Some of the sectors already benefiting from using SMS text messaging for fundraising include the following: Schools, Clubs & Societies, Political Parties but the most common sector using SMS this way is Charities…

Charities

Charities all over the world are already aware of how effective SMS can be in raising awareness as well as funds. These days almost everyone carries their mobile phone with them at all times, it is because of this that SMS text messaging offers an instant form of communication and response between charities and their supporters.

Raising Awareness

The support of like-minded individuals is essential for an organised charity to be able to aid its chosen cause. As a charity these like-minded people need to know that you exist before they can actively offer their support in your endeavours. A great way to do this is to identify groups of people who are likely to want to help and then send them a message to see if they’re interested. Profession and location are a great way to find supporters or perhaps people who have expressed interest in a similar cause in the past.

Organising Events

Once you have established yourself as a charity you will be running fund-raising events and programmes, many of which will rely on the volunteers who support you. SMS is a cheap and efficient means of contacting would be volunteers and updating those who have already signed up to help.

Gathering Donations

When your event is drawing near and your workforce of volunteers is in place you need to let everyone else the where and the when so they can participate in raising money for your cause, again SMS is a great way to do this – it is unintrusive and gets the message directly into their hands. You can even use a premium rate Shortcode to gather donations directly from their mobile phone bill.

Giving Thanks

Once and event is over and the donations have been counted up it is a great idea to let your followers know how much they managed to raise, you can even tell them how it will be spent to help the cause and in appropriate cases send them updates for ongoing schemes. All this is designed to increase the chance that they will donate again, and even persuade some who didn’t before of the good work that is going on.

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E commerce

2011-06-28T11:27:00.000-07:00

Ganador Grand Prix Media Lions en Cannes Lions 2011

Product & Service
Categoría: Retail & E-Commerce, including Restaurants
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Advertiser/Client: TESCO
Producto: RETAIL
Entrant Company: CHEIL WORLDWIDE Seoul, KOREA
DM/Advertising Agency: CHEIL WORLDWIDE Seoul, KOREA
Executive Creative Director: Joungrack Lee
Art Director: Youna Chung
Art Director: Youbin Bang
Art Director: Yeonjoo Lee
Copywriter: Misu Yi
Photographer: Skyteam
Illustrator: Sungmin Jee
Account Manager: Joowon Han
Creative Director: Youna Chung
Computer Graphic: Moon & Sun
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Catch The Mobile Cash Wave

2011-06-22T14:15:00.000-07:00

Mobile commerce is allowing an increasing number of consumers to buy and sell goods using mobile devices. It was recently reported that, according to a study by Appcelerator and IDC, mobile commerce has seen rapid expansion, with a year-over-year growth of 86 percent. ClickBank, the premier, online marketplace for digital information products, is embracing this trend and today is announcing their plans to introduce new features that will create a more mobile marketplace and meet the mobile needs of their customers and community of leading Internet marketers.
Over the past four months alone, ClickBank has experienced a 26 percent growth in mobile session traffic, and mobile sales have grown by a staggering 45 percent. The fastest smartphone and tablet growth seen by ClickBank has been Android at 145 percent, iPad at 77 percent and iPhone at 56 percent. Additionally, ClickBank saw 29 percent higher conversion rates with smartphones and tablets than desktop browsers. Throughout 2011, ClickBank will introduce several mobile features to better enable their clients to be successful through the mobile channel. These features will allow more options for ClickBank's customers, and provide the opportunity for their vendors and affiliates to expand their audience and reach customers in new ways. ClickBank plans to roll out these new features in the coming months.
"At ClickBank, we pride ourselves on identifying emerging trends and leading the industry in innovation and opportunity," said Brad Wiskirchen, CEO, ClickBank. "The significant growth that we've seen in mobile commerce is opening the door for us to expand our service offering in a way that will increase the effectiveness and success of our vendors and affiliates, and will make our marketplace more accessible to our customers."
The growing mobile trend has also introduced sales and marketing opportunities. Several of ClickBank's top vendors have taken the initiative to create products designed to educate others on taking advantage of these trends and business opportunities. In their series of products, Adam Horwitz and Tim Donovan are educating individuals on the various ways to find success by adopting the mobile commerce trends. Horwitz launched his first product in April of 2010, and since that time, has launched other products including the hugely successful Mobile Monopoly. Horwitz and Donovan have sold an impressive 36,000 products and $2.5 million on ClickBank to date. Their achievements in educating on the potential for success in mobile commerce have made Horowitz and Donovan some of ClickBank's top vendors in the affiliate marketing and e-marketing categories.
"The products that we've created have allowed people to find success by taking advantage of the explosion in mobile commerce," said Adam Horwitz. "ClickBank has provided us with a unique and effective channel for reaching an audience of mobile savvy individuals. We look forward to their expanding mobile features within this extremely successful marketplace."

Location, activity and time

2011-06-17T12:46:00.000-07:00

Smartphones, are really smart. They are the most powerful data-collection tools ever created, don’t just tell brands what consumers want but where consumers are. Sometimes they even tell brands what consumers are doing at different times of the day. Spooky when this lightbulb comes on, as you walk into a shopping mall and you recieve a text from the store you are walking towards informing you what they have on offer.

Location, activity and time are a powerful combination, however, many companies, perhaps luckily for smaller brands, focus on the technology instead of the people using it. In an exploding mobile market the playing field is still level and some local businesses can and are making exponential leaps and challenging them by getting it right.
Noone like telemarketing, it seems too impersonal and invasive so when it comes to mobile marketing if messages lack relevancy, consumers filter them out quickly, this has the potential to damage a brand badly. To be relevant to consumers, and to slip past the increasingly market savy consumer´s filter, companies must shift their approach to mobile marketing.
Consumers no longer passively participate in campaigns. Instead, they respond in real time, You are hot or you are not, influencing both the scope and direction of promotions. It’s a two-way conversation. It’s not enough to release a sparkly new mobile app. Innovative applications are important, of course, but brands have to do more.
Brands have to motivate people to act by designing campaigns as dynamic and flexible as the mobile market, which now includes search, social, video, music, gaming, payments, retail transactions, location-based services and augmented reality.
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Brands need a deep understanding of how mobile apps can drive views, downloads and checkins, and how to schedule specific calls-to-action around the real world that we live in. Release dates, product trials and related campaigns, both on and offline must be relative.
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1. People don´t read signs but feel the vibration in their pocket

According to Gartner, the mobile advertising market is expected to double to $3.3 billion in 2011 and swell to $20.6 billion by 2015. The ads on the side of your facebook and google pages are relevant but do you know what they are? Most likely, the answer to that is lost as is destined a huge chunk of those advertising dollars
This dynamic isn’t going to change. A wise brand strategy, then, swims within the current instead of against it, presenting itself as a useful component of the filtering process. More important than ever is the USP for business.
Filtration is key, like niche marketing the more relevant you can be to consumers the better the outcome. Your mobile marketing consultant is destined to be the lifeblood of your business, helping you to hone and define your market and keep you at their fingertips and pouting lips.

2. Your business is personal to you, make it personal to clients

From a messaging standpoint, the great novelty and power of a mobile device is context: A mobile phone is the only consumer appliance that knows where it is at all times, noone is ever further than a few metres from their device
Companies can unlock that power by sending hyper-targeted messages based on narrow windows of opportunity or location. But the process shouldn’t end there. Brands and their agency partners need to know how to get consumers to talk back, to register their preferences in low-key, frictionless ways.
Multi-billion-dollar companies have been built atop algorithms tied to small clickable buttons — think about the “Like” button on Facebook, or the “Was this review helpful to you?” button on Amazon. For Amazon, simply adding that question to each product page brought in $2.7 billion of additional yearly revenue. When people see that their input actually does have some effect, they appreciate it and come back. The more they register their preferences, the more trust brands will build.

3. Sociable service for your customers to talk about

As social networks have become seamlessly integrated into the rituals of daily life, it’s not surprising to see that the social network market has become saturated.
Overall growth is slowing. In 2010, 134.6 million people used social networks across any technology platform each month, and in 2011, that number will rise by a little more than 3%, according to eMarketer. But consider that social networking is now the fastest-growing mobile activity.
Brands need to take this shift into account as consumers get in the habit of checking Facebook on the run if your site is not optimised for mobile social interaction you will be fired.
Facebook is a tool for conversations. Ad campaigns are conversations too. This is a nice coincidence and a useful one to any brand that knows how to effectively integrate the sometimes chaotic feedback that comes streaming in from this new class of smartphone-liberated consumers, jabbing at their phones in stores, schools, trains and homes.

4. Location, activity and time

By combining three types of mobile data — location, activity and time — it’s now possible for marketers to assemble a subtle and detailed picture of consumer behavior, one that also takes into account the shifting personas of consumers. A mom, for instance, is a different person at 7 a.m. when she’s getting the kids ready for school, than she is at 9:00 a.m. when she gets to the office.
A savvy marketer shift her message to stay relevant to that mom within a few hours? Relevancy is both the challenge and the opportunity of the revolutionary data-collection capabilities of smartphones.

If it doesn`t move it aint Rock and Roll

2011-06-13T15:41:00.000-07:00

That`s the key to rock and roll. If it doesn`t have wheels its not going anywhere, it just aint Rock and Roll. In my younger days I did a fair amount of roadie work with a range of different bands from Tina Turner to Cliff Richard and these big acts have it down to a well oiled machine, not just the show but the merchandising too. People love to buys things and especially if they dont think they are being sold something, however concerts are a great example of funnel marketing, they queue for the tickets and are filed past the merchadising stand on the way into and out of the venue. Imagine if your fanbase wanted to connect with your business so badly that they added you to their most personal item, their mobile phone?
This applies to regular business aswell, if you are not moving with the times you might as well be working for someone else and save yourself the stress. Remember the yellow pages? Chances are if you are in traditional business you still use them, but how effective are they now? If your competitor and the general media is educating your clients on how to utilise the technology sitting withing 3 metres of their body 24 hours a day and your humble yet worthwhile enterprise is listed within a thousand pages of print, sitting in the third draw down in the kitchen, who do you think is going to go to Recife on holiday with the family on the business profits? Build your relationship build your business, and make it personal this is your life we are talking about. I will literally get you into your customers pants and for less than the price of a hotdog.

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2011-05-31T08:36:00.001-07:00

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2011-05-24T09:12:00.000-07:00

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Increase Your Band´s Marketing Effectiveness With Text Message Marketing

2011-05-14T09:09:00.000-07:00

If you have a band, you know how important it is to have a band marketing plan that will bring a crowd and fans that show up to your gigs that pack the place to it's limits. The more paying customers your band can bring to a venue, the higher your nightly gig rate will be and the more your revenue, pockets and bookings will grow.
You can go about your band marketing like everyone else, posting fliers or having a Facebook fan page. What you really need is a list of your fans that you can market to directly. This is the same as restaurants, retail stores or other businesses that build a list of their best customers and then market to that list with special offers, discounts and event notifications.
How can you build that list of your best fans, the ones that will show up to every gig, tell their friends about your band and buy your music? You have two options: You can implement an email sign up form on your website or ask people at gigs to write down your email address for you. This will work to an extent but most emails never reach the intended recipient, most people aren't in front of their computer all day and email response rates hover around 3%. This means if you sent out 1000 emails to your fans about a show that night, only about 30 would respond due to the low read rate.
The newest form of band marketing is text message marketing. With text or mobile marketing as it is also know, you build a list of your fans using a mobile marketing company and by implementing a mobile call to action throughout your website, Twitter, Facebook, on your fliers and print ads and at your shows. People text your band name to a 5 or 6 digit short code number. They are automatically added to your mobile list and are sent a reply message. Your list will grow on auto-pilot with no work being done by you. When you have your next gig, simply log into your mobile account, type out a short 160 character message and hit send. Within 15 minutes 95% of your subscribers and fans will have read the message about your gig directly on their mobile phone.
Bands can even have contests at their shows to grow their mobile list. Invite customers to text the band name to the short code to win a free band t shirt. The mobile marketing system will automatically text back a set number of customers a winning message while adding the others to your list.

Now your fans have the message about your show right on their phone, they can forward the message to their friends about the gig and when it is on their phone it will drive fans to your show with an average 20% redemption rate. That same 1000 person list you sent with email will bring in over 200 customers to your show when using text message band marketing.

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The Future of Text Message Marketing (TMM/SMS)

2011-05-14T09:08:00.000-07:00

Marketing fads come and go. In a highly connected, technological world, it's hard for small business owners to know if the latest trend in customer contact will really live up to the hype. Text message marketing, also known as cell phone or mobile marketing, isn't a fad - it's an excellent way to communicate with customers on their own terms.

According to an article published on GearLog.com, more than 250 million Americans (82.4 percent of the population) subscribed to a cell phone service in 2007. CNET.com reports 5 billion cell phone subscriptions worldwide in 2010. Those numbers reflect the fact that many people own more than one cell phone, but they're still astounding statistics that sound a lot like hype.

Your small business doesn't actually have 250 million potential customers, unfortunately. However, 82 percent of your customers probably do have cell phones, which makes text message marketing a sensible and cost-effective way to advertise. Customers and prospects welcome timely text messages with relevant information and irresistible offers.

When you compare mobile marketing to other types of advertising, it wins hands down. Newspapers? They're going out of business as readership keeps plummeting. Television? It can be hard to motivate customers to visit your small business when they're comfortable in their living rooms. Radio? Your prospects are listening while stuck in Send me One Million FREE Guaranteed Visitors ">traffic or on their way to someplace else.

These methods of advertising are extremely costly when you make a final count of prospects who came to you because they read or heard your ad. That's if you can figure out that a particular ad was the motivation for their visit to your business. Tracking the effectiveness of marketing campaigns can be difficult, but text message marketing gives you real-time information and you can easily see the impact of those short texts.

In addition, customers don't "opt in" to other advertising methods, meaning they may or may not be listening. With SMS mobile phone marketing, your prospects choose to join your list and choose to stay on it because they can opt out at any time. When you put the customer in control of how they receive your advertising messages, you know they're interested in hearing from you.

The new technology of text message marketing is the future of advertising. Reaching customers instantly using their preferred communication method is simply smart business. It's far better to have a few thousand really good prospects than 250 million who have no idea who you are or why they should listen to your ads. Once you've seen the amazing effectiveness of your TMM campaigns, you'll be wondering why you didn't try it before.

Resources:
"U.S. Cell-Phone Penetration Tops 82 Percent" from GearLog.com - http://gearlog.com/2007/11/us_cellphone_penetration_tops.php

"Cell phone subscriptions to hit 5 billion globally" by Lance Whitney of CNET.com - http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-10454065-78.html

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Mobile Marketing Strategies - Getting Familiar With Text Message Marketing

2011-05-09T00:51:00.000-07:00

Mobile marketing through text is essential to small and huge businesses alike. But local businesses seem to take away more from this so-called "marketing SMS" technique especially since their targeted audience are people within their locality. Come to think of it. It won't be that practical to use the text message marketing technique on folks residing in Canada if your local business is situated in New York. You should use online marketing or similar strategies for that and not through SMS. Keep in mind that mobile marketing involving text messages works best if the recipients of the updates can actually check out and drop by your store or shop.

There are several advantages of text marketing over regular marketing online. For one, the delivery of messages can be as instant as it can get with mobile marketing. Although online marketing is also fast, mobile SMS marketing is faster in various senses. The message gets read almost instantly because phones are on most, if not all, of the time, unlike PCs and other devices. You are also sure that your business SMS updates will be sent directly to the phone's inbox and not somewhere else. With e-mail marketing, for instance, there's a chance that your message will be redirected to the Spam folder. That's not good for your business and you know that. So those are just two reasons why you should consider using mobile marketing strategies. There are more notable benefits that you can learn and understand.

If you are indeed considering using mobile marketing through text, you should explore the benefits of having those so-called "short codes" for your business. With the use of such codes, your loyal customers and some interested individuals can opt-in and get important text messages and SMS updates from your business. That can also lead to better response rates and improved sales. If they ever change their mind, offer them the option to opt-out. You don't want to come off as someone forcing your business down the throats of people, do you? Ensure that you know how to make the most out of those short codes and your other mobile phone marketing efforts.

Whether you are selling or marketing mobile phones, cakes, bags or even a profession, you can really benefit from mobile marketing as long as you know exactly what you are doing. In this world wherein it's possible to send text messages online, shop through your mobile phones and find out where you're at when you're lost, mobile marketing is not a far fetched idea that you can't be successful at.

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Mobile Text Message Marketing For the Small Business Owner

2011-05-08T00:51:00.000-07:00

Mobile text message marketing has arrived for the small business owner and is growing faster than any other advertising medium. Your customers now use their mobile phone for text messaging more than voice and internet access combined. In the U.S. there are now over 276 million wireless subscribers which is 89% of the total U.S. population. Cell phone usage has surpassed home phone usage along with the addition of 135.2 billion text messages being sent every month. In 2010, the number of text messages sent in the U.S. could reach 160 trillion.

What does that mean for you, the small business owner?

Your customers are on their mobile devices every day, all day. Newspapers are in decline, radio stations are hurting, direct mail doesn't produce a large return, and Yellow pages are almost extinct. You need to advertise to your customers where they are, at that moment, directly and instantly. Text marketing allows this and will also produce almost instant sales.

Large corporations have had access to text or SMS marketing as it is also know for a few years now. These large corporations have shifted their advertising focus from traditional media and according to the Mobile Marketing Association, by 2011 more than half of all national brands will spend between 5% and 25% of their marketing budget on mobile. At this time over 40% of global brands have already begun text message marketing campaigns.

Instead of just surviving with national chains in your market, you can now take them head on by leveling the playing field. The chains work every day to take your loyal customers. Now you can get your customers on a list and essentially fence them in with great offers that reward them for being your customer.

Thankfully you don't have to spend 5% to 25% of your marketing budget on mobile marketing. Text marketing was previously only available to large companies due to the cost, dedicated short code numbers needed and the necessity to have their campaigns fully managed. Now, with text message marketing companies designed for small businesses, if your small business does $10,000 a week in sales, your total advertising percentage versus gross sales will be only.006%!

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Text Messaging Marketing Tips and Tricks

2011-05-07T13:01:00.000-07:00

Currently, there is another boom happening, similar (but much larger) than the dot com boom of 2000 and the social media avalanche of 2006. If you haven't guessed yet, I'm referring to mobile. There are over four billion mobile phones in use today. So, how can you profit from mobile? Well, you do so through text messaging marketing!

Mobile text marketing (or SMS marketing), as it's called, is the most powerful direct response medium right now. The conversion and response rate crushes any other form of advertising online or offline. Businesses are noting as high as 30% "take action" rates. That's insane, and highly profitable!

What ways are business owners using text messaging marketing? Here are just some examples:

Short-code and keyword integration. This is where you can get a keyword (SUSHI, for example). Then, you can have your customers text this keyword to your specific short code number to get a special deal or discount. Once they do that, they are automatically subscribed to your text marketing database.

You can then send promotions out anytime and be sure that 97% of those people will see it. Expect between 11-30% to take you up on the offer, too! Text messaging marketing like this offers a huge response rate.

Appointment reminders. With mobile text marketing, you can send appointment reminders 45 minutes before someone comes to see you. This is huge because it reduces no-shows by 50% or more. People forget all of the time and it costs businesses more money than they think. Now, that problem is solved, which will grow your income substantially.

E-Cards. You can send polite e-cards to customers with text marketing. This will keep your name in front of them, yet provide them a happy greeting on a birthday, for instance.

Mobile coupons. It's hard to find anyone who's not looking for a deal these days. You can send a mobile coupon offering a discount or a freebie then watch as your business gets flooded with customers.

What I've described here is just the tip of a colossal iceberg when it comes to text message marketing using mobile. It's still in the early stages and those that hop-on will capitalize and profit tremendously. This is definitely not a fad, as everyone has a mobile device these days.

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Practical and Economical Text Message Marketing For Business

2011-05-06T16:26:00.000-07:00

With text message marketing you can send one message to a friend and expect a load of responses coming from numerous people in response to your sent message. All around the globe, this method of promoting business has become a popular trend. The services offered by various telecommunications companies have greatly enhanced the rapid growth of this type of service. Marketing using the cell phones is indeed very practical, convenient and economical.

In these days, text message marketing has already become the most popular means of doing some business promotions and campaign. With the brands of mobile phones these days, anything can always be made handy and possible. The services offered through texts have helped many agents and businessmen in promoting their products and services these days.

The height of using these services have raised to a tremendous degree in terms of hundreds of millions as compared to voice calls made. Mobile phones have become sophisticated and become a perfect tool in the promotion of products and services of people's businesses. The text message marketing system is an application that can be done in a worldwide level in these days. This is another substitute for those people who are always on the go and cannot have easy access to the internet to do their marketing or selling online.

Both local and international messaging has been assigned with certain digits to send and receive for their subscribers. Inbound and outbound texts are available for all mobile phone subscribers who want to avail of the services. Mobile companies and operators have provided for access codes to assist in the propagation of text message marketing.

For more information, you may browse and check online for details regarding the services which you can find useful for your business. There are certain services you can find on the internet that may prove helpful for the promotion of your business in the most economical and practical way. You can avail of free service on the internet if you visit certain websites that offer services regarding text message marketing.

App-generated Texts to Generate $70bn by 2016

2011-05-05T14:49:00.000-07:00

App-generated Texts to Generate $70bn by 2016
Posted 16 hours ago by David Murphy
And that's the year they will overtake peer-to-peer texts
in revenue terms, according to Juniper's latest research
http://www.mobilemarketingmagazine.co.uk/

Is it too small? mobile users - can you scan this?

2011-05-04T06:48:00.000-07:00

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A QR code (short for Quick Response) is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera phones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.
Common in Japan, where it was created by Toyota subsidiary Denso-Wave in 1994, the QR code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. QR is the abbreviation for Quick Response, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.
The technology has seen a large uptake in Japan and South Korea. However, in the West there has been a slower adoption of QR codes

How do I use it?

Generate a QR code with all of your work contact information included. Then email that image to your friend/associates who has a G1 or 3G 4G (you get the idea.)

They install the barcode scanner app.
Open that app
Point the camera at his monitor with that image in the email. It almost instantly pops up with all of the contact info.
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Trying to get your marketing department to order new business cards with them printed on them!

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The Social Media Revolution is in fact being televised...

2011-04-30T15:23:00.000-07:00

The revolution is in fact being televised. As an introduction to the Users Panel of the Content on the Multilingual Web Workshop in Pisa, Paula Shannon from Lionbridge shared the following video with the participants to kick off the topic of the present and future of Social Media. I want to share it here because I believe this concept of a “Social Media Revolution” is fundamental in describing how Social Media Optimization (SMO) and Social SEO are shaping the world of Multilingual Web Content. 78% of content uploaded to WIKIPEDIA is not in English. These concepts explained in greater detail in her presentation at the same panel: Nascent Best Practices of Multilingual SEO.

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Benefits of Mobile Websites

2011-04-30T07:17:00.000-07:00

The communication revolution was bound to touch the masses and it has done so with the superb penetration of mobile communication. Today the global mobile communication scenario revels in its new found mass user appeal and this is growing everyday! Let alone saturation in the market, people are in no mood to let go of this affordable form of communication in any way! Market experts and critics suggest in unison that this wave will only surge higher. Not surprisingly, with the unification of internet communication with the original mobile communication form, the marriage between the two has resulted in even lower tariffs. See for yourself, goto catchthemobilecashwave

Mobile Websites

When the internet shifted from being a part of the 'still' PC you had at your home to the mobile on your hand, naturally websites had to be redesigned so the likes of the tiny mobile device. With increase in mobile sales throughout the world, this number only burgeoned. Mobile websites are the next in-thing in the world of technology and effective marketing that aims to reach every person on the earth. This has led to a global surge in demand of mobile websites from the normal websites meant for the browser in your PC. Not surprisingly, designers and web-experts are swiftly working to provide the people with the same. Click here to see if your business qualifies for a free mobile website, www.mobilehelpers.com/globaljetbusinesssolutions

One great thing about this is - the new websites which are launched have 2 forms - one for the mobile users and other for the PC/laptop users.

Advantages of Mobile Websites

? Instant Marketing: One of the main reasons why websites went mobile is because of the popular public demand; following a vicious circle, marketing and advertisement has also caught up. That is, if you do not have a mobile website for your business today, it will be extremely difficult for you to survive the competition.

? Precise Information: Since not lot of screen space is available for the page to be displayed, it becomes important for the designer to create such a site that utilizes the maximum in the minimum space allotted - that means more responsive search results and information.

? Streaming of Media: As already mentioned, a faster lifestyle translates to lesser time available for personal entertainment. Therefore whatever little time people find in transit, they tend to hook on to the internet for live/recorded audio-visual streams - entertaining and relaxing themselves. That means a whole lot of opportunity for social networking to video sharing.

? Curbing Piracy: Piracy has been one of the major revenue drainers of recent times. Mobile websites are designed such that piracy is minimized to a large extent - a win-win situation for artists and intellectual property owners!

Efforts are on throughout the world to further transform the mobile device more like your multi-functional PC; and you thought power at hand was dream! Globalization and faster life has resulted in a race where people are seldom seen sitting at home. From business deals to tutors, all of it is available on the internet - this (information) is fuelled by the seemingly insatiable need for the same and hence the superb market growth.

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How Text Message Marketing Works

2011-04-29T07:17:00.000-07:00

How Text Message Marketing Works

Text Message Marketing is a new wave for business owners to market to their customer base at a time of their choosing. From day to day they have the ability to market to their customers whatever product or service they choose.

To begin a text message marketing campaign, a business owner needs to find a provider that offers a fair price and text a message package that fits their current need, but will allow them to grow. There are a lot of companies to choose from on the internet, and most of the good ones are affiliated with all of the top service companies. Many of these text messaging companies are internet based, meaning you are only going to get help online or over the phone. That person will be able to help you operate your internet back office and give you promotional ideas to send out to your customers.

Look for a company that has a short code that can be easily remembered. What is a short code? It is the five digit number that the customer will text the "keyword" to, so they can opt in to your Text Message Marketing campaign. If you have a short code that isn't easy to remember, you can have a lower opt in rate.

You are going to want to promote your Text Message Marketing campaign to your customers. Promoting it can be as simple as hanging some signs over your cash register, at each table and in your windows, that say "Text (newclients) to 41242 and get more information, or it could be about discounts, coupons and FREE stuff". This way is very effective for those businesses that have a younger crowd that will use text messaging a lot.

Other Businesses will want to offer an incentive to its customers to opt in. For example, a pizza place could offer a free small pizza when a customer joins their Mobile VIP Club. Try marketing your campaign as a Mobile VIP Club and let your customers know that they will get discounts, coupons and free stuff exclusive only to members, you only have to look to the huge wave of popularity with the likes of Groupon or Foursquare to get an idea of the potential for business and organisations.

You will need to market your campaign. Advertise it in any other medium that you currently advertise your business. Like, the phone book, newspaper, the internet and even on the back of the T-shirts your employees wear.

At the beginning, the name of the game is collecting phone numbers. Once you have about 50 numbers, start sending out your first text message. The biggest piece of advice I can give you is the message has to be good. You have to give your customers a heck of a deal. Remember, you are advertising in one of the most personal ways possible, in the palm of your customer's hand. Give them something of real good value, and make it urgent e.g "Buy one pizza at regular price and get a second of equal or lesser value free. Today only! EXP 8/8/2011"

Once you start sending out text messages, the game starts to change. You are still trying to acquire more numbers, but now you need to bring as many customers through the door as possible. When customers start getting good deals from your Text Message Marketing campaign, they will start talking to their friends. Thus, bringing in new customers. The bigger objective is branding your company in the mind of your customer. You want them to think about your burger restaurant before they think of a McDonald's or a Burger King. Text Message Marketing does just that, essentially, your business is right in their pocket.

Watch the number of messages you are sending out. This is where it becomes crucial to have a good campaign manager with you. I would recommend no more than two per week for a month then stop. Too many could cause your customers to start opting out, because they find the amount of text messages to become a bit of a nuisance.

If you are sending one message out per week and your list of numbers is close to 500 and your package only allows for 2,000 messages, then it is time to consider upgrading to the next higher package. Remember, if your list of numbers is growing, then you are doing something right. Don't be afraid to move up to that next package. When you make that move, it means you have already increased your revenue and are in a position to increase it even more.

Once you get the hang of it and start coming up with great offers for your customers, it becomes a simple and fun process. Remember, the only way a Text Message Marketing campaign can fail is if you do not give your customers a good value with each text you send. Always give good value. These are your loyal customers! See a short 1minute 25 second video on how it works now, goto www.mobilehelpers.com/globaljetbusinesssolutions These are your loyal customers!

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Making A Mobile Website With WordPress Plugins Is Now Easy

2011-04-28T07:17:00.000-07:00

Mobile. The future is here. Everyone (or almost everyone!) now has a mobile device to access the internet and even more importantly they're actually using it to access websites online.
I would think anyone would like to have a mobile optimized version of their blog/website but in the past that has proved to be a daunting task.
If you were not an expert web coder or if you lacked the money to pay a developer to build a custom mobile solution for you then having a mobile website or blog was not a priority.
That has all changed now, especially for WordPress users. There are now many quality plugins available for the open source blogging platform, and the best part is the majority of them are free.
The 'how' part is very easy. By using one of the plugins listed below, you just install and click a few buttons. You'll then have a mobile website!
I cover 3 popular, quality WordPress mobile plugins here below for you to consider:
WP Touch
WPTouch is one of the more popular WordPress mobile plugins as it is already in use by thousands of users. The great thing about WP Touch is that it's super easy to set up and configure. All you do is upload the plugin, activate it, and then go through a single page of options to configure it how you like.
It looks great 'right out of the box' after you configure it, you can select which pages you want to display and you can add advertising to it such as AdSense to monetize your mobile site.
WP Touch is the mobile plugin that powers this site, KennethHolland.com.
Wapple Architect Mobile Plugin
Wapple is a complete solution for WordPress mobile users. The big advantage of Wapple is the amount of customization that can be done to configure your mobile website. You can add a custom header and graphics and design your site to look much like your regular website.
The disadvantage is it takes a considerable amount of time to set everything up. I have tried it, and frankly it can be a pain. However, I am considering using it in the future when I have more time and resources to devote to it. It is a quality plugin.
WordPress Mobile Pack
WordPress Mobile Pack is another quality plugin. I have only tested it (not used it) but I know several website owners who do use the plugin and love it. The plugin is updated frequently to keep pace with bugs and WordPress software updates and that's a must in my opinion.
The only obvious drawback that I've seen is that the themes are difficult to customize unless you are savvy with that sort of thing.
[You can find the above plugins by searching for them on the WordPress.org site]
So...
You cannot go wrong with any of the above plugins to get your WordPress blog mobile friendly. They all work extremely well and each have different strengths and weaknesses.
There are also many others on the WordPress.org site and that you may want to try. These are certainly not the only ones out there so there may be another solution that would be right for you.
If you're not sure which one is right for your objectives you should try them all. They're easy to ramp up and test. The key here is to pick one get your mobile optimized blog going. The future is here and the time is now.

Kenneth Holland is a Blogger and self-proclaimed 'Internet Chieftain' who helps businesses and individuals build a strong internet brand through setting up a blog, SEO, list building, social media and how to make a mobile website.
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15 Tips for Effective Mobile Website Design

2011-04-27T21:52:00.000-07:00

Did you notice that mobile phones have become iconic devices with the proliferation of iPhones, Android phones and Blackberries? They have gathered a critical mass now and an increasing number of people are searching for information and resources on the Internet with their mobiles.

How do you tap this vast potential market? A mobile website is the answer. Design one yourself or get a site designed as soon as possible. The competition for attention in the smartphone segment is still manageable now, but will become worse as the days pass by.

Here are 15 tips for a great mobile website:

The mobile phones have much smaller screen space and therefore you need to cut down on the amount of information that you can include in the mobile pages.

The phones work on much slower bandwidth even if they are on 3G. Your site loads much faster if you have smaller files, few and compact graphics and other elements. Since the capacity of the phones vary widely, use progressive enhancement. This way you will have your site working fine off the most limited browsers but show up really great with the more capable browsers and phones.

Attention span on a mobile site is really limited. Include your most salient points - the big hitters -and do not try to tell everything and confuse the reader.

You might try this format - powerful headline, a paragraph of introduction text and a few bullet points followed by a call to action. New page loads are taxing on the bandwidth, too much information on a single page is daunting.

You have to strike a fine balance. Advertise on the mobile networks. The clicks are still affordable I can show you how.

You can also set up campaigns on AdWords (content display network) with mobiles as the selected target.

Always send the clicks to a mobile version of the landing page. Don't drop the ball by sending the clicks to a desktop landing page which won't show up clearly on the small screens.

Include a link to your main site so that they can see the whole story, if they are not happy with the limited information on the mobile site.

Mobile commerce (pay from a mobile - PayPal and phone billing) is picking up very fast. Be ready to take advantage.

Make your forms as small as possible. They can't fill up large forms with the mobile keyboard. Hot tip: Include a touch-to-call or click-to-call button. They are working off a mobile phone after all and calling someone is the most natural thing to do.

Build a SMS list. SMS marketing, like email marketing, is a potential winner. However you need to use it responsibly or else, you will go down the email spammer route.

You must include a mobile sitemap and submit it to the search engines. How can we forget the search engines? They can send large number of people to your sites after all.

Setup auto-sensing and auto-redirection for mobile browsers on the main URL.

Don't split your branding efforts by advertising 2 different URLs.

You can rest assured of massive success for your mobile websites and unlock a vast new market by following these tips.

Raymond Lee is a mobile marketing expert who works closely with many MSB and larger companies developing their mobile marketing campaigns. Contact him via the mobilehelpers website http://bit.ly/heyeverybodyitsme

The General Points Of Mobile Website Development And What It Can Provide For Your Company

2011-04-27T07:17:00.000-07:00

Mobile website development is a term used to describe the specialized modification of a site to make it clearer to read on a mobile device. Though some businesses overlook the importance of this task it can be advantageous in helping to promote a company. There are several different mobile marketing techniques that can be improved by having this sort of program in play. Not only will it help to make your other promotion strategies better but it can also exist on its own as one.

For those who know a lot about mobile technology it doesn't make much sense to ignore this vital resource. Cell phones are greatly utilized by people of all ages. Many people spend a lot more time on utilizing the web capabilities of their cell than they do their desktop. Because of the great appeal that they have developed, odds are that these devices will just get smarter. This could mean so much more possibility for promoting your product. Portability and operational intelligence are going to bring ways of marketing with these machines that we have never before imagined. Beginning now at the start of this exciting new advertisement format is a great idea.

Some of the other techniques that are often used on cell phones include SMS marketing and Mobile application development. Both of these promotion options can be enhanced by having a well created cell accessible page. If a business puts out a promotional text message and does not have a website that can be viewed via the portable device there is a gap in time before clients can act on the call to action presented in the text. Time between original view and ability to act on a call to action is obliterated by a link that can be viewed on the portable device. Instant connections are what this genre of advertisement is all about. People today are preoccupied, they are impetuous, if you can get them to act immediately after the thought hits them you are going to have the best response rate. If the customer can instantly go to your site they are going to be a lot more likely to do what you want them to when they get there.

Another advantage is that with an instantaneous connection like this consumers are able to gain access to your information quite rapidly. If consumers want to know your business hours or pertinent schedule information for your business they will like being able to instantly access this info through the web from their phone. Clearly, as the leader of a company, you should be able to see how having access to a device that most people keep in arm's reach every second of the day could be beneficial.

Mobile website development is a great way of providing access to information over the web for consumers who frequently utilize mobile devices. Getting your site enhanced for access via portable devices is super easy. Many companies exist that can help to make this process much simpler for you. Just contact one of those places today to get started.

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2011-04-27T03:52:00.000-07:00

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Twitter Vs SMS Text Message Marketing

2011-04-26T07:17:00.000-07:00

If you ask 100 people whether you should use Twitter for you business, you're likely to get split answers. Twitter is undoubtedly very popular, and it can provide sales and a new level of customer interaction for your business. There are several benefits and weaknesses to using Twitter for your small business, lets take a look at them when compared to SMS text message marketing.

Twitter is part of a larger group of social media web 2.0 sites. Also in this realm are Facebook and LinkedIn which we use but as you will find, it is hard to focus your attention on one and gain maximum benefit. Twitter is free and you probably already have customers and potential customers using it.

Benefits of Using Twitter

1) Allows you to check up on your customers, haters and competition. There are new Twitter search alert tools that allow you to be sent alerts when someone Tweets about your business or competition. This is a great way to stay on the curve. There are several free tools out there that can help you accomplish this.

2) You can Tweet sales, promotions, product advice and discounts. The ROI is only sales against your time as Twitter costs no money directly. People Re-Tweeting your message allows it to have viral potential. To track Twitters effectiveness use special offers that are only on Twitter.

3) Grow your customer base. By using Twitter actively you allow people to find your business who previously didn't know you even existed.

Still Twitter results and time vs. return can be hard to measure. Is it the number of followers you have? The number of Tweets you send? How do you gain the most followers? How many people should you follow? How do you cut through all the proverbial noise on Twitter to get your message across? Do followers actually read your Tweets?

Twitter can be seen as most useful when you incorporate it into an overall marketing strategy and not as a stand alone to an end all be all. Text message marketing that uses SMS based messages picks up where the Twitter shortfalls begin. As a business and advertiser you need to build one on one relationships with your customers. Engaging them in a opt-in campaign allows you to do this and it is much more personal because messages are being sent right to their mobile device.

Benefits of Text Message Marketing vs. Twitter

1) 95% of messages are read by your subscribers in in 15 minutes. You know with text message marketing that your message is being heard. It is almost impossible with Twitter to measure this. Tweets could go days without being seen, if at all. This will not increase your business when you need it most.

2) The text audience is much larger than Twitter. Twitter is estimated to only receive 22 million unique visitors a month and some say it may be showing signs of declining. On the other hand there are over 150 million people a month who actively use text messaging as mobile communication and this number continues to grow at a rapid rate.

3) You can gain new subscribers instantly in your store, through your traditional advertising and through your customers forwarding your offers to a friend. Adding a mobile call to action which is ease and gives your customers a clear benefit is easy with text message marketing, not so much with Twitter.

4) Mobile marketing companies allow you to have text based contests, voting, coupons and offers. There is no easy way to do this on Twitter. The various text campaign types have be proven to be fun to customers, increase loyalty and sales by rewarding your best customers.

As a business owner today, you should embrace all of the new media outlets there are available to reach your customers and increase your sales. You need to build a database of your best customers that have a true relationship with your business. Twitter can be a nice addition to your marketing but will not be able to replace the ROI, increased sales and customer loyalty that text message marketing provides.

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