Mobile marketing spend now dominates the digital advertising sphere

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A recent IAB report showed that the 22% growth last year made smartphone advertising the top U.S. digital category. A new report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau showed that last year the mobile marketing spend was the highest category in digital advertising. In the United States, that spending rose by 22 percent in 2016, bringing the total amount to a record breaking $72.5 billion. This mobile marketing spend made 2016 into the “year of mobile” when it came to advertising. This was the first time advertising over that channel represented…

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Mobile ad trends include 170 percent increase in geolocation data demand

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A recent Inneractive study also revealed a 20 percent increase in CPM (cost per thousand impressions). An Inneractive mobile ad trends study measured a 170 percent increase in the demand for geolocation based data. Furthermore, it also found that the CPM is up by 20 percent in mobile marketing. This shift has made it possible for mobile ad firms to gain a range of new and useful benefits. The reason is that these mobile ad trends provide users with a more relevant, personalized and timely overall experience. This was based…

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Mobile ad spending will be greater than desktop for the first time next year

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If this ZenithOptimedia forecast is correct, it will mean this will occur a year earlier than predicted. ZenithOptimedia released a mobile ad spending report that predicts and earlier landmark than prior forecasts. This report predicts that spending on mobile ads will exceed that of desktop a year earlier. Until now, most forecasts have predicted that this milestone would be reached in 2018. Businesses will be spending a larger amount of money on ads meant for smartphones and tablets next year than they will on advertising aimed at desktop users. This…

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A large number of clicks on mobile ads are accidental

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Almost half of the times that smartphone advertising is accessed by viewers, it didn’t happen deliberately. Despite the fact that smartphones have become exceptionally popular and marketing over that channel is a growing part of mainstream advertising, mobile ads aren’t necessarily being clicked for meaningful reasons by device owners. In fact, a recent study has shown that ad clicks are nearly as likely to have been accidental as they were deliberate. A new Omnicom Media Group study that was accomplished in a partnership with Epinion discovered that 48 percent of…

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Mobile ad spending will reach $100 billion next year

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This represents a tremendous growth in worldwide smartphone based advertising budgets. A new report that has been released by eMarketer has revealed that marketers around the world will have broken the $100 billion global mobile ad spend mark by the close of next year. This spending level will represent an increase of about 400 percent over the figure from 2013. The report went on to say that from 2016 through 2019, there will likely be yet another mobile ad spend doubling, bringing it to almost $200 billion. eMarketer also stated…

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