After years of anticipating the mobile web, it seems most marketers are struggling to make it work for them. Latest research here in the UK revealed half of firms don’t check their sites on mobiles – and we’d speculate that for those that do the findings can be pretty uncomfortable. Most brands fail to ensure […]
After years of anticipating the mobile web, it seems most marketers are struggling to make it work for them. Latest research here in the UK revealed half of firms don’t check their sites on mobiles – and we’d speculate that for those that do the findings can be pretty uncomfortable. Most brands fail to ensure their sites work well on mobile browsers, and fail to give consumers what they’re most likely to be looking for on the move. Digital strategies need to play to the consumer’s mindset as well as the strengths of the channel, and like the early days of the web, more brands get it wrong than right.
Exceptions include Gap in the US, where this month their Facebook places promotion (10,000 jeans for the first 10,000 consumers to use their mobiles to ‘check-in’ at their checkouts) was clearly a great route to crowd-sourcing in mobile social spaces, creating 10,000 signposts for other consumers to follow.
Facebook also had us adding more ‘fan’ badges as their online ad targeting propelled them to take nearly a quarter of US web display ads. For media planners the offer of campaigns with almost no media wastage is intoxicating, and even the British Royal Family are now targetable – embracing Facebook with the launch of their first monarchy page; time to become ‘Friends’ maybe?
And finally if you’re a busy digital exec planning to escape off the grid this Christmas, rest assured you can now check your emails even while climbing Everest – thanks to the Nepalese telco planting the mountain’s first 3G base station. You never need be away from email again!
Read November 2010
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