11 min read
March 19, 2012,
By
Peggy Anne Salz
At M-Pulse we continue our month-long look at mobile developer issues and opportunities, and focus on the practical marketing 'stuff' developers should master if they are serious about marketing and making money from their apps. We connect with Caroline Lewko, CEO and founder of WIP (Wireless Industry Partnership) and walk through the Mobile Developer's Guide To The Parallel Universe, a new resource from WIP that lays out the business basics developers need to follow.
In other segments:
Co-host Rob Woodbridge raises his Goblet of Rock to salute Snackr– the company disrupting terrestrial radio by delivering us personalized audio bite-size. Rob also looks backs on the 'social discovery' startups that left their mark on SXSW.
8 min read
March 15, 2012,
By
Peggy Anne Salz
Mobile is fast becoming the device we reach to for advice and assistance throughout our daily routine, so it's little wonder that verticals such as Health & Fitness and Finance are stepping up mobile advertising activities and spend.
It's a massive mobile advertising trend that marked 2011, and sure to gain additional momentum in 2012, according to the 2011 Year In Review SMART report (Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting).
10 min read
March 6, 2012,
By
Peggy Anne Salz
At m-pulse we kick off a month looking at the App Economy and what developers need to know to turn building apps into a viable and thriving business. To set the stage for a discussion of wider industry trends we go to the 'go-to' market analysis and strategy firm VisionMobile and its founder Andreas Constantinou.
VisionMobile, which consistently delivers the industry actionable insights and definitive reports on all things mobile, just last week released the Cross-Platform Developer Tools 2012 report. This ambitious work analyzes the complex cross-platform tools landscape and — more importantly
13 min read
February 16, 2012,
By
John Stevens
The holiday numbers are in, the mobile user surveys are done, and the implications for brands, retailers and marketers are profound. Mobile has become an integral part of the shopping routine, with the vast majority of consumers admitting to using their mobile phones to search and purchase gifts. John Stevens examines this mobile megatrend and shares eight tips for creating and executing a successful mobile strategy.
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Shopping will never be the same. A number of reports show that people rely on mobile every step of the consumer journey. Equally mobile search continues to play a huge part in our lives. A recent Performics survey of 502 U.S, residents who use mobile phones to search the web at least once a week revealed that a whopping 75 percent of consumers report mobile search makes their lives easier. Specifically, 63 percent said access to mobile search has changed the way they gather information, and 32 percent said they use search more on their mobile devices than they do on their personal computers.
10 min read
November 28, 2011,
By
Peggy Anne Salz
Who are the big-spenders in mobile advertising? In Q3 2011 the financial services sector jumped...
