Mobile Research Forecast Accuracy Essential for Mobile’s Growth

Mobile marketing researchers continually issue studies with unbelievable projections, then sell research reports to the industry that feeds them. In the current hot mobile commerce market, some research company’s forecasts are far from accurate.  In this morning’s Mobile Commerce Daily, for example, reporter Rimma Kats announced that Juniper Research recently projected mobile coupon revenues growing worldwide [...]

Are Mobile Ads Relevant?

During the past few days, I’ve viewed dozens of banner ads appearing at the bottom of my Nexus S’ screen–many attractive, but most irrelevant, repetitious and spammy. For my ad-hoc tests, I used Republic News’ excellent app letting users choose topics by subject in a tag cloud. The mobile ads, however, kept rotating from Groupon, [...]

Mobile and Online Advertisers Get Married in 2011

  Mobile Advertising Continues Growth For several years, mobile and online advertisers had a lover’s quarrel. Mobile proponents claimed “the year of mobile,” while online, broadcast and print industry folks kept knocking mobile as a teenage love affair with iPhones and other wireless toys. Well, according to Joy Liuzzo with InsightExpress, a digital marketing and advertising [...]

Mobile Advertising and Technology Top 10 for 2009

Mobile marketing and advertising grew substantially during 2009, as reflected here by the most viewed and listened to blog posts and podcast interviews on IM-Mobile.

Mobile Advertising Growth at Quattro Wireless

As brands, advertisers, publishers and application developers adjust to greater mobile advertising choices offered by mobile ad networks and other mobile and advertising firms, choosing the right mobile partners becomes critical. Quattro Wireless, one of the largest global mobile advertising companies, enables advertisers and publishers to reach and engage their target audiences across mobile web, [...]

Local Mobile Search Advertising with Gregg Stewart of 15miles

Despite the growth in local mobile search advertising in the United States, when it comes to dividing up the advertising budget, mobile is traditionally allocated the smallest slice of the pie. This isn’t surprising considering that advertisers and their agencies, in many cases, are still waiting for “the year of mobile” to emerge.  Mobile advertising [...]

SmartPhone Engagement Enhances Advertising Benefits

Mobile brands, advertising agencies, ad networks and publishers continually seek innovative way to engage mobile phone users on the mobile Internet. SmartPhones have changed user expectations about the mobile experience. But what compels smartphone owners to connect with your brand by clicking on your mobile ad? What three factors increase return visits to your mobile [...]

Mobile Advertising U.S. Growth with Michael Boland

Michael Boland, a senior analyst and program director for The Kelsey Group’s Mobile Local Media Forecast Division, is an expert in mobile advertising market research and the mobile industry. Since joining The Kelsey Group in 2005, Mike has been instrumental in covering the local online space for Interactive Local Media practice. He writes frequently for [...]