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SMS mobile marketing is declining in the Middle East

01/24/201401/21/2014 Sam Lambert

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Overall texting is trending downward in that region as consumers look for cheaper solutions to communicate. Though communicating over smartphones has never been as popular or as common as they are today, consumers in the Middle East are steering away from traditional texting and the costs associated with it, causing SMS mobile marketing to have its effectiveness placed at risk in that region. Consumers are looking for messenger services that are cheaper or come with no cost at all. According to newly published reports, texting is on the way out…

Mobile marketing messages seen as irrelevant by consumers

12/13/201312/10/2013 John Montgallo

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…

SMS mobile marketing made a large difference on Black Friday

12/06/201312/03/2013 Stephanie Beck

Though the data from the weekend as a whole wasn’t all that promising, smartphones and tablets were winners all around. As the data from Black Friday continues to be announced, everything seems to be indicating that while shopping as a whole didn’t experience too much of an explosion, small screens have truly been coming into their own, particularly in the case of SMS mobile marketing and its impact on encouraging consumers to make a purchase. When it comes to smartphones and tablets, the holiday shopping season is off to a…

Mobile marketing campaign success at Chipotle

08/08/201308/05/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

The restaurant’s new SMS strategy that was nicknamed “Adventurrito” has generated huge participation. The most recent mobile marketing campaign that was started by Chipotle is receiving a great deal of attention as this SMS based strategy is being used as an example of using the channel effectively. The campaign is made up of a puzzle scavenger hunt that started on July 13 and ran for 20 days. The participants in the “Adventurrito” campaign had participants competing in tournaments of online puzzles for the opportunity to win twenty years of Chipotle…

Mobile marketing study shows opt-in retail SMS growing

07/22/201307/22/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

Consumers are growing increasingly interested in learning more about products and deals over text. The results of a study performed in the United Kingdom have just been released and have revealed that consumers are increasing their interest level in receiving text messages from their favorite brands and companies and are opting-in to these mobile marketing programs very quickly. In fact, the growth in this trend is occurring at a much faster pace than has previously been seen. The research was conducted by Textlocal, a phone messaging solutions provider in the…