Wednesday 5 September 2012

Still Advertising In The Dark Ages? Market Your Business To The Mobile World

By John Miguel


Since there are such a wide variety of things to think about when promoting your business, you may be confused just where you should begin with your mobile marketing strategy. Below, are some excellent suggestions to get you started and put you well on the way to mobile marketing success.

Use maps that work with a variety of mobile devices to attract customers. By including maps, customers can look up your location quickly from their phone.

Ensuring your emails are easily viewed on mobile devices is essential to ensure the effectiveness of what you email. Give them the option of clicking on phone numbers instead of links, and make sure any pages your links take them to look good on a mobile device. It is now very common for users to check email from mobile devices, so remember this when you format email messages.

Implement dedicated short code into your mobile marketing program. This can be expensive, but it protects your brand. It can also provide you with some level of legal coverage.

In a mobile marketing campaign, consider an interactive quiz or trivia contest to attract customers. Many mobile subscribers enjoy answering trivia questions or surveys on their phone. Quizzes not only entertain your customers. If you construct them cleverly, you can make customer feedback part of your customers' responses, giving you valuable data you can use to serve them better.

The customers within a market change slowly unless there is a major market upheaval, but do remember that customers using mobile devices can appear or disappear due to factors beyond your control. Make sure you are always ahead of technology; it changes quickly. You will be more competitive if your technology is advanced.

Consider including promo codes that offer discounts as a part of your mobile marketing strategy. Customers are much more likely to visit your site if they have a special incentive.

Use your traditional website. Advertise your mobile applications on your desktop website and drive traffic to the mobile platform. That way, customers who enjoy your main site will be able to join up with your mobile site as well.

Consider using a test market to try out your mobile app before going live with it. This will help you to be sure that the app is something your customers can use and appreciate. It there is no purpose to the app, it probably won't go over too well with your customers.

In the content area of your mobile marketing campaign, it's important to keep the message short so it can be easily understood. Attention spans are short, so use a short message which includes your company's name.

Maximize your success by promoting your calls. Make sure you put ads on Facebook and on Twitter, and in your actual website. Using these outlets will increase exposure for your campaign by giving different venues for people to sign up.

So, as you have seen, it is true that mobile marketing requires research, work, and effort to start bringing in the profits. It is also accurate that in order to see results that you have to keep at it. Keeping the aforementioned tips in mind, you are well on your way to being successful with it.




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