Tag: UK mobile marketing

Spending on mobile advertising is up by 63 percent

Jesse Collins
Mobile Marketing messages Campaign

According to PwC and IAB research, estimates about the amount spent on UK smartphone ads reached £1.6 billion. IAB and PwC have now released a report on the spending on mobile advertising in the United Kingdom, and it has shown that these ads now make up 23 percent of the total amount of £7.2 billion that was spent in the country on digital marketing, last year. This figure represented a considerable increase – 16 percent – over the amount that was spent in 2013. That said, Dan Bunyan, the senior…

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Mobile marketing messages seen as irrelevant by consumers

John Montgallo
Mobile Marketing messages Campaign

Almost half of all of their recipients felt that these communications were useless, contrary to what marketers thought. According to new research that was recently released, almost half of all consumers feel that the mobile marketing messages that they receive are not as useful or relevant as retailers and marketers believe. This newly released research showed that 42 percent of U.K. consumers feel that these communications are not useful. The research was conducted by Oxygen8 Group, which found that nearly half of British consumers feel that the mobile marketing messages…

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The importance of mobile marketing is gaining traction within small and medium enterprises in the UK

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A new marketing study suggests. Whilst many large businesses have been steadily investing in mobile marketing over the last few years, this progression has been much slower with smaller companies. In the study by PB Smart Essentials, it has been suggested that as few as 8% of small and medium enterprises even have a mobile optimised website. A mobile optimised website is a key for encouraging mobile commerce but it appears that smaller businesses are left wondering why (and even how) they should go about creating one. The study aimed…

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Mobile marketing to grow 90 percent in UK this year

John Montgallo
Mobile Marketing

Advertising over smartphones is predicted to rise exponentially by the end of 2013. According to the latest predictions based on mobile marketing spending figures published by eMarketer, the ad market in the United Kingdom is expected to rise by about ninety percent this year alone. It is believed that this is the result of the massive increase in use of smartphones and tablets. When compared to last year’s mobile marketing spend, which was recorded to be £526 million in the United Kingdom, this year, it is predicted that the spend…

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Mobile marketing award won by IMImobile and British Gas

Jorge Gonzalez
m-commerce award

The acknowledgement was given for the best mobile CRM/Enterprise message campaign. It has just been announced that IMImobile, one of the leading providers of specialized smartphone and tablet data platforms and services to enterprises and telecom operators worldwide, is the recipient of one of the top Effective Mobile Marketing Awards. These coveted awards are a celebration of the best advertising and promotion campaigns and solutions. They acknowledge the best solutions and campaigns, worldwide, that are designed for mobile marketing implementation. This Most Effective CRM/Enterprise Messaging Campaign award was handed to…

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