Amazon wants a piece of the digital advertising marketing space that’s currently dominated by Facebook and Google. A new form of Amazon mobile video ads is to be introduced to the eCommerce giant’s smartphone shopping app. Amazon reportedly intends to sell video spots on its mCommerce platform. Amazon has been testing the ads on the iOS platform and plans to rollout a test for Android later this year. For several months, the Amazon mobile video ads have been on Apple’s iOS platform, according to people who are familiar with the…
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Mobile marketing spend now dominates the digital advertising sphere
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…
Read MoreMobile ads are now more expensive than desktop advertisements
An IAB UK and PwC study indicates that companies pay more for smartphone advertising than desktop. Study results from research conducted by IAB UK and PricewaterhouseCoopers has revealed interesting new trends in mobile ads. What they found is that companies are spending more to advertise on mobile screens than on desktop browsers. This represents the first time the spending balance has moved in that direction. Marketers in the United Kingdom are now budgeting more for mobile than they are for desktop. The report data showed that companies spent £802 million…
Read MorePayPal Using QR Codes To Play Nice With Big Retailers
Forget using a debit card that next time you’re at one of the Big Box stores of the world. PayPal has a new trick up its sleeve. Traditionally used as an alternative way to make and receive payments online, PayPal now offers consumers with a way to use its service in stores. That’s right: Soon you will be able to use your PayPal account to pay for things offline. Shopping offline makes a comeback According to an article by the Wall Street Journal, PayPal payments will be accepted by major…
Read MoreMobzio.com and AdMobix partner together to offer effective mobile marketing solutions to marketers
The share of digital marketing that is shifting toward mobile is growing quite rapidly, causing the m-commerce environment to continually change with each passing day. In order to respond to the needs that are developing as a result of this condition, Mobzio.com – a mobile marketing blog aggregator – has partnered with AdMobix – a mobile affiliate network – in the hopes of assisting mobile marketers to find the solutions that they need to effectively achieve the results they desire. Throughout 2011, mobile searches increased by four times, and in…
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