When you use mobile marketing, you are allowing your adds to reach a brand new audience and introduce them to your products/services. It is rare to find someone today who doesn’t own a mobile device, whether it’s a cell phone, smartphone, tablet computer, iPod or any other device with web connectivity.
Begin by building up your mobile marketing database. You should not however, add phone numbers to the database without authorization of the owner. Customers that wind up receiving your messages without explicitly asking for them are going to be very irritated; you have to get them to opt in. You can either offer customers the ability to sign up online or let them text in a code; ideally, you should make both options available.
Customer Wants
Focus on understanding your customers. You need to know what your customer wants in order to properly market them through mobile formats. If you can’t figure out what your customer wants, you’re not going to be able to increase your business with them. You should compile as much information on your target audience as possible to ensure success.
On your site in particular, you need to learn to say more with less in your mobile content. Avoid long-winded product descriptions or complicated pages filled with links. Be sure your message gives the user a chance to take an action, and make that action simple. Content for your mobile marketing site has to be brief, simple, and useful.
Mobile marketing will be a growth industry as long as more mobile devices come online. It won’t be long before nearly everyone owns a mobile device, putting mobile marketing at or near the top of the list for the most effective way to contact them. These tips are a window into the world of mobile marketing that can help you crush your competition and deliver the services your customers want. Good luck with it!
