As this form of advertising enters the mainstream, companies are finding that it is vital to attracting consumer attention. With such a large number of different channels in which to do battle for the attention of consumers, companies are starting to rethink their strategies in order to include mobile marketing in the mix, in the hopes to stand out from the rest. A growing proportion of consumers are now carrying smartphones nearly everywhere they go. This has pressured marketers, retailers, restaurants, and other companies to embrace mobile marketing, which has…
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Understanding mobile loyalty platforms that are transactional
There are many different types of transactional mobile loyalty platforms and, like the old punch card and plastic cards with the magnetic stripe, each of these new programs designed for mobile devices has their own benefits and drawbacks. Consider the following types of mobile loyalty platforms that are of a transactional nature: • Optical character recognition (OCR) mobile loyalty platforms To take advantage of these platforms, consumers must download a dedicated app into their smartphones and snap the image of each of their receipts. The concept behind this method is…
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