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Modiv Media unveils the first mobile coupon social sharing feature in the industry

02/19/201202/18/2012 Sam Lambert

Modiv Media has announced the release of Modiv Social, which is the first solution in the industry that allows mobile-social coupon sharing and which has been designed to enhance the Modiv Mobile shopping solution, which leads today’s retailer branded options. This new solution provides consumers with an advanced experience in its mobile coupon wallet, which draws coupons from any source (including mobile, retailer, web, digital, etc.), and provides consumers with the unique ability to choose and share various mobile coupons through Facebook. Modiv Social also takes a step above basic…

JiWire study shows 21 percent of shoppers search for coupons while in a store’s location

02/18/201202/18/2012 L. Green

JiWire has released a new report that shows the results of their recent study that illustrate how important it is to retailers to provide locally relevant content to mobile users who are near or within one of their store locations. The JiWire “Mobile Audience Insights Report” showed that 80 percent of mobile users would like to see locally relevant marketing from retailers. At the same time, it also indicated that 3 out of 4 mobile users have an increased likelihood of taking an action following the receipt of a location-specific…

Mobile RetailMeNot website provides digital discount coupon experience innovation for consumers

01/30/201201/30/2012 John Montgallo

Leading American online discount coupon website, RetailMeNot.com has announced that it has launched a new site optimized for mobile devices at m.retailmenot.com. The new website has been created based on the feedback provided by the community at the existing website, and offers consumers on-the-go with Android and iOS devices with savings opportunities by providing them with access to thousands of discounts being made by merchants worldwide. Beyond its sizeable library of coupons, RetailMeNot also has plans for broadening its platform so that it will be able to provide consumers with…

Research shows that 55 percent of women are willing to opt in for mobile discounts

01/09/201201/09/2012 Jennifer Goula

A recent study performed by Ping Mobile has shown that 55 percent of women who use smartphones are willing to opt-in to a service in order to be provided with discount coupons and offers. The results produced by Ping Mobile, were drawn from the responses from American women from across the country, regarding their current use of coupons and the way that the feel about mobile coupons in general. People are already using their smartphones on an increasing basis to accomplish their everyday activities, so it is predicted that 2012…

McDonald’s jumps in at the start of the mobile geotargeted marketing trend

12/31/201112/31/2011 Jennifer Goula

The McDonald’s fast food giant company has started a promotion of its hot beverages to grow its Hot McCafe sales and traffic in-store, through the use of a new mobile ad campaign. The restaurant chain is using mobile ads that are geotargeted to promote the products. They use the iPhone application from Pandora. The ads can identify the location of the smartphone user and tell them the distance to the closest McDonald’s restaurant. The mobile advertisement from McDonald’s informs smartphone users that any hot chocolate or small hot McCafe costs…