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Best Buy uses a geo-targeted mobile promotion to bring more consumers through its doors

12/02/201103/21/2014 Julie Campbell

Best Buy has been running a new form of geo-targeted ad within the iPhone app by Pandora, to help users to locate the nearest store. According to a mobile marketing consultant from Boston named Wilson Kerr, “Delivering a mobile call to action when a consumer is close to a location is very smart.” Kerr said that consumers with mobile devices who are traveling near one of the store’s locations are more capable of acting on one of these messages and heading to a store where they can make a purchase.…

By 2016, the mobile coupon marketplace will have broken $43 billion

11/09/2011 Jennifer Goula

Juniper Research has released the results of its latest report, which has shown that mobile coupon apps are on the cusp of taking off significantly both in use and redemption. This same report indicated that coupons are now placed in the middle of payments and ads in terms of popularity, as well as with loyalty programs. It is for that reason that they will be a significant driving factor for the mobile commerce boom among retailers in brick-and-mortar stores. The analysis only confirms what many experts in mobile commerce have…

Tesco launches new campaign powered by augmented reality to bring savings to shoppers

09/30/201109/30/2011 Sam Lambert

QR codes and Augmented Reality Campaign for Tesco

Tesco, the UK’s largest grocery retail chain, is continuing their foray into the digital realm on the heels of their outdoor virtual grocery store in South Korea. The company has developed a new mobile application that will be used with their latest outdoor marketing campaign. The campaign, titled “Big Price Drop,” will encourage consumers to participate in lowering the price of more than 3,000 products sold at various locations in the Tesco chain. Consumers may find this particular campaign more engaging than what they may be used to because Tesco…

Businesses can make their own iPhone apps to generate income

09/17/2011 Julie Campbell

Mobile Marketing for Small Business Owners

Many businesses are discovering that offering their own iPhone apps can make a large difference in the amount of revenue that they generate, but many are still wondering how they should go about getting into the app world. Being able to provide consumers with an app takes a significant amount of planning and knowledge. The first step is to venture to the iPhone App store and have a look at the various categories of apps that are available so that you can decide which category is appropriate for your brand…

Forrester names some of the top brands for their mobile experiences

09/13/2011 Julie Campbell

Though mobile does allow smartphone and tablet users access to the web, mobile has a great deal more to it than that, as it provides companies and brands with the chance to build next-generation experiences for consumers and add to the potential for convenience. Brands are able to engage their clients and form deep relationships that will continue over the long-term, assuming that they have performed in an innovative and contextual manner that uses the power of the technology to develop the type of experience that the user will find…