Mobile Madness: Is Your Company’s Marketing Up To Speed? Presented by Mike McCloud President/CEO.

Mobile Madness:Is Your Company’s Marketing

Up To Speed?

Presented by

Mike McCloudPresident/CEO

• Brief overview of MMA Creative

• Navigating The Mobile Web

• Why You Should Care (Key Stats)

• 8 Ways To Drive Your Mobile Web Strategy

• Case Studies

• Final Thoughts / Q&A

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Today’s Agenda

Brief Overview of MMA Creative

• Two decades and two mergers strong

• Three locations: Nashville/Cookeville/Orlando

• 25 associates; 200+ clients; B2B & Enthusiast-

based focus

• Digital Media Specialists

• Brand / identity development

• Web / interactive platforms

• Search Engine Optimization

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Mobile Web: What Is it?

• It’s not your existing web site on a phone

• It’s the reality of Web 2.0

• A phone-optimized version of your corporate

web site

• Or a web-based application suited for the phone

• It’s a reflection of our society and its appetite for

more

• It’s a by-product of the Mobile Human

• When done well, it’s personally enriching, intimate

and empowering

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Mobile Web: Who’s Driving It?

• Smart Phones: Apple / Research In Motion / Google

• Carriers: ATT / Verizon / Sprint

• E-tailers: Ebay / I-Tunes / Amazon

• Social Media: Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn /

Wikipedia / YouTube

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Mobile Web: What Does It Look Like?

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Mobile Stats: Why This Matters

• There are more than 240 million mobile phone users in

America

• Nearly 90 million have accessed the Internet in the

past year

• By Q3 2011, smartphones will overtake standard

feature phones

• Smartphones: 55% of mobile browser use in 2010 (vs

41% in 09)

• Account for 60% of total application use (up from

44% in 09)

• “Talking” is now less than half of all mobile usage

• “Talking” is even on the decline (1.81 in 2009; 2.27 in

2008)

Sources: Nielson / comScore / Pew Internet Research

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Mobile Stats: Why This Matters (cont…)

• Internet access via phones is outpacing wireless

access for PCs

• Mobile users will surpass 5 billion in 2010 (70% of

world pop)

• 500 million accessed mobile Internet worldwide in

2009

• AT&T claims that number will double by 2013

• By 2011, 85 percent of all new handsets will be mobile

Web ready

• More than 150 million users access Facebook via

mobile web

Sources: mobiThinking / ATT

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Mobile Stats: What Corporations Are Doing

• Mobile marketing budgets will grow 150% by 2013

• Survey of Fortune 500 Companies:

• 61% will use it for sales/ecommerce platforms

• 56% for customer service and support

applications

• 73% believe a mobile site is highest priority

• 2010: Retail mobile apps have had 91% increase in

usage

• 2010: $2.2 billion of goods will be bought via

mobile devices

Sources: Kony Solutions / ABI Research / comScore

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8. Strip your web site down to bare necessities (and

mobilize)

8 Ways To Drive Your Mobile Web Strategy

7. Develop expert status, lead-generation tools

6. Create visual product features (webisodes)

5. Foster collaborative, knowledge-based resources

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4. Build customer access portals (real-time inventory

levels)

8 Ways To Drive Your Mobile Web Strategy (cont…)

3. Embrace “less Is more” mentality (micro

collateral)2. Create video introductions / value propositions

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1. Provide auto-notification programs

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A Few Mobile Case Studies

A. Focus on customer touch points (esp for long

sales cycles)

A Few Bonus Tips

B. Open, collaborative platforms will spread your

brand virally C. Look at processes you can automate and

streamline

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D. Always try to complete the cycle and drive sales

And Finally….

• It’s not a marketing panacea; it’s part of your

marketing mix • Don’t be afraid to experiment (and adjust along

the way) • Always think about the customer benefit first

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Mike [email protected]

931-528-8852

Thank You……Any Questions?

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