Mobile and Social Media ( http://www.socialgonemobile.com ) has arrived with new challenges and opportunities and is poised to revolutionize the way organizations deliver, consume, and disseminate on information. The convergence of mobile technology with social networking are empowering more and more people to make real-time decisions. Users can communicate with decision groups or customers while surfing through relevant useful data on their handheld devices and converting them to reach an actionable insight that support to rapid decision-making which is key to improving the profitability of business nowadays .
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Mobile Social Intelligence Report
2. First Published : October 2012
Mobile Social Intelligence Report
Author : Benjamin Wayne
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3. Master the new Marketing revolution with Mobile Social Media Intelligence
Today, the world has started embracing the fact that Mobile Social Media provides a real-time
experience. It utilizes both the processing and mobility advantage which smartphones offer.
Real-time experience means that we can reach out and engage with friends, associates and
customers at any time, place at anywhere without constraints. Consumers are sharing information
and, at the same time, gaining immense knowledge at a faster speed. This is thanks to the services
like text messaging, tweets, social media posts and blogposts. The world is witnessing a shift in how
people discover and share information using mobile internet enabled devices.
The Easy Access of the Internet on smartphones and other mobile devices has changed the way
people communicate and consume information. It has created new ways of information
dissemination and consumption; and it is still on its way to creating new ones. These allow
consumers to make more and more quickly and informed decisions based on real-time datas on-the-
go
What does this mean for businesses and enterprises throughout the World?
As consumers start to adapt to the power of mobile devices, it will cause a domino effect on every
economy and starts to transform. It will adapt to the new mobile technologies which has proven to
be challenging. Mobile social media technologies have proven to be highly effective and valuable
when consumed on the go and especially whenever and wherever businesses are concerned.
As people start to weather the storm of the new media technology blast and fast exchanges from it;
It also increased the demand for more processing power and the bandwidth for their internet
enabled devices. This is for better communication and better audio and video capabilities, especially
for the mobile phones or tablets. Such demands allow users to communicate more effectively and
progressively it will revolutionize into a whole new commercial paradigm shift; from personal
computers to Mobile Internet enabled technology. These will bring on New and engaging
opportunities and add more value to businesses throughout the world.
Welcome to the Mobile device revolution , the twentieth century paradigm shift spurred by the
demand for easy access to content information and sharing them anytime, anywhere across all
borders. Presently 1.3 billion people use the internet, and almost 2.3 billion people are using
mobile phones. This means that 87 % of the World’s population is using mobile phone for daily
communication.
Smartphones:
- In 2012 , there is about 94 million smartphones users, by 2016 the number is expected to
increase to 152 million occupying 63 % of mobile phones users arena
Tablets and ebook reader :
- In 2012, there are almost 40 million tablet users by 2016, that number is expected to
breach the 100 million scales with tons of low cost tablet to be produced by World’s two
most largest factory namely India and China
4. What made them Go Mobile
The Mobile era has provided consumers by combining all the benefits of Web 2 and Social media
and convert them to work with the mobile platform enabling new forms of engagement serving
the market with media related technologies. This is Multi –tiered for different mobile platforms
(iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows ) delivering a variety of mobile tools, seamless cloud
support , GPS, Google Maps, QR code , mobile coupon ,one-touch calling, analytics, and location
based technology . Developing a multi-platform strategy for businesses with Mobile Intelligence and
Social Media is no longer an option - it has become a necessity. Social Networking platform
working with mobile intelligences has the potential to revolutionize business processes across every
industry.
As consumers starts to embrace the mobile technology better , the business world also evolves as
users become comfortable with them. They start to accept and adapt to the effectiveness and
5. productive benefits which mobile technology offers in ways of communication , marketing , and
engagement .
Social media has been used for distributing contents and engaging online via computer and now
with mobility ,Mobile Social Media offers better niche marketing. It can do better than mass
marketing by focusing on niche markets with better third screen personal influence and
reputation to generate desired results.
Marketers who will get the most out of this new reality are usually those who experiment on the
connectivity of these platforms, incorporating the mobile technology as a key way to achieve
business objectives and attain good results with profits. These are possible made by delivering the
best possible experience opening to a whole new world of media Influence , sales and profits.
Unlike the other ways of communications , the mobile medium is always on the Go , and
always “On” , it is very actionable and delivers information that is well acceptable by all ages for
a wider audience whose attention span from communication purpose to Mobile search , Location
based orientation ,exploitation of Audio and Video media files, Social networking and especially to
access to new Mobile apps for all kind of application .
That’s the key Star power and influence of marketing in the moment.
Small business owners are optimistic about growth, using social media sites and mobile devices to
boost Marketing Exposure
Small and Medium enterprise owners are fast adopting the use of social media sites like Facebook,
Twitter, Sina Weibo , QQ , Google + and Renren alongside mobile technology to give their
businesses better online exposure , according to an recent survey of 3,000 small to medium-size
business (SME ) owners by Info-mobie , an Asian based survey company in Hongkong . The survey
also found there are growing confidence among SME owners, with about 60 percent of
respondents already owning at least one website and intend to convert them to be mobile friendly
or to integrate mobile coupon features to their marketing program in the near future . Most of this
companies are embracing mobile devices to improve productivity, particularly among the food
service industry and those in hospitality trade . Popular businesses usage of Mobile Social Media
include email , document, MMS , SMS text Promotion ,video product demonstrations and mobile
coupons
6. Mobile Social Media is quite new to most business owners ,but already most of them has already
incorporated social media strategies as part of their business marketing program led by
Twitter ,Sina weibo and Facebook (which are cited as few of the leading social networking sites)
for their businesses. Overall, more than 70 % of the surveyed companies admit using social media
as their marketing strategy upgrading to mobile related apps , with 30 % experimenting with
Foursquare ,Jiepang and other So Lo Mo Platform for Mobile coupon and location based
marketing
Mobile Device boom Spurs Media ,Apps and Entertainment Spending Worthy for Marketer to
Implement Mobile Social Media Marketing
In 2012 , the adoption rate of smartphones has far outpaced older mobile cell phones
as these latest mobile devices are able to provide internet connectivity. They are extremely
powerful and fun to use always loaded with new mobile application. Mobile media consumption has
since soared as brands and marketers increasingly use this platform to engage with customers.
Mobile media like video ,slides , video newsletters, and regular video communications has
become standard features and is effectively driving Web surfing consumers to use their mobile
devices for web surfing and mobile search function.
7. The recent boom in smartphones and other trendy gadgets is spiralling the spending on
entertainment and media throughout the world . Spending on such products and services in 2011
hit US 3.2 billion. But the stats are tipped to exceed US 3.6 billion this year, and predicted to hit US
3.88 billion by 2015. The world entertainment and media outlook report found that digital media
products including online advertisements and e-books , games, movie and music downloads
accounted for 28 % of all entertainment and media spending last year. This proportion is expected to
rise to 45 % by 2015.
The Rise of Mobile Tablet
Mobile computing has also further expand its footprint with the arrival and adoption of mobile
tablet devices. Many researches has also indicated that more mobile tablets devices are being
manufactured each recent years since 2008 which in turn are good news for marketers and
especially for business to consumers (B2C) marketers.
- Mobile Tablet users spend 60% more per purchase than smartphone users ,especially in
Games download and useful Apps which helps to improve in productivity and video sharing
or photo sharing .
- 60 % of users rate tablets as useful for online shopping compared to smartphone mainly
due to the larger screen size
- Consumers tend to spend 25-35% more when purchasing on tablets compared to other
device
8. For this reason , marketers must come to terms with the Mobile Social Media reality, as mobile
Internet enabled devices usage are on the rise and are facilitating changes in user behaviour –
from “Content users being influenced concept ” - to how New trending audiences now getting
more engaged interactivity with new content instead .
The Smartphone Revolution
Recent Smartphone’s Sales Statistics confirm the explosive growth and usage of mobile applications
over the past few years especially for top major platforms with the following leading Operating
Systems especially for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows
Almost 70 % of smartphone owners have downloaded apps on their device since their initial
purchase . Usually Free Apps are most appreciated but usually will come with advertisements
as part of their purchase package and it has been bringing in good advertisement fee with major
mobile publishers.
9. The growth and sales of downloadable apps in expected to reach 70 billion worldwide in 2015, at
which the app revenue will easily surpass above $ 30 billion. This Sales figure for digital
Application media products itself is very alarming and is an important point for consideration
for mobile marketers that is if the mobile applications sector with download holds consistent
with this figure then average every marketers will need to consider frequent creation of useful
app experiences to engage your most valuable customers for every new campaign . Most of the
Apps downloaded are smaller plug-in apps of major Social networking sites like Twitter mobile
and Facebook mobile of which most consumers used with their desktop , and typically most of
them has been converted to be mobile friendly ,which now keeps everybody in contact with the
handy mobile .
Based on each mobile apps sale’s statistic with its technical specification of the app’s capacity
and function, its derived sales figures will provide knowledge feedback on the app users
behaviours , and preference and provides marketers the feedback data with full option ability to
push specific products in a more targeted and meaningful way. This effective option to push
notifications to your users will be a wonderful effective supporting tool for mobile application
marketing , while more traditional method does not provide .
Conclusion
Given the Device Boom that spurs new media development with new technologies and marketing
investments that has brought on the ultimate entertainment spending. This is driving the new
world economy into another frenzy era, the best example could be derived from m.youtube who
has more than 400 million videos watched on mobile devices every day. The m.youtube.com is the
#2 video-viewing website in the world. (Right after YouTube itself.) It's the better way to reach
consumers as m.youtube provide the power of sight ,sound and motion and also gross the best
value for their mobile ads for their customer.
10. The New Mobile and Social media intelligence has arrived with new challenges and opportunities
and one thing is definite that is Mobile with Social media is poised to revolutionize the way
organizations deliver, consume, and disseminate on information. The convergence of mobile
technology with Social Networking are empowering more and more people to make real-time
decisions. Users can communicate with decision groups or customers while surfing through
relevant useful data on their handheld devices and converting them to reach an actionable insight
that support to rapid decision-making which is key to improving the profitability of business
nowadays .
In today’s fast-changing, competitive business environment, with Mobile Social Media Intelligence,
decision makers now have the power to make these decisions immediately.
Mobile Social Media Commerce is Growing Extraordinary Fast : Social
Media + Mobile Marketing Creates Market Opportunities
By 2016 ,Mobile Social Media will be worth above $ 150 billion
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11. PROFIT FROM MOBILE SOCIAL REVOLUTION will reveals the main trends to help all
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Discover ;
How businesses are leveraging with Smartphone and their Mobility Power
How The Chinese Mobile Social Landscape is different from The Western Worlds
How the Smartphone and Tablet are redefining the role of Marketers to follow the GO Mobile trends
Expose to the New Location Based Marketing Technology and its effectiveness in Mobile Marketing
How marketers are using New Mobile Social Networking sites to connect through customers using
Mobility and the Cloud to navigate in both the Real and Virtual World
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