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The latest stories and expert advice about mobile marketing, including how-to guides to using QR codes, augmented reality, smartphone apps, and approaches for marketing to consumers on-the-go.

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MMA Forum: Google Touts Analytics for Every Platform

Jan 31, 2013 - Google executives highlighted the multi-device capabilities of Universal Analytics at this year's Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Forum. Comments

Marketing With Snapchat: It's Not Just for the Kids

snapchat Jan 31, 2013 - Six ways marketers can use the up-and-coming service. Comments

Adobe Sees Super Bowl Mobile Video Doubling

superbowl-bars Jan 30, 2013 - A Super Bowl commercial pays off in web traffic, too. But cash-poor advertisers don't need to drop $3.8 million to capitalize on football frenzy. Adobe said that mobile video viewing will double on Super Bowl Sunday this year. Comments

belVita and inMarket Collaborate on Rapid Pilot for Mobile Futures Program

belvita Jan 30, 2013 - Mondelez International, formerly Kraft Foods, has moved on to phase two of its Mobile Futures pilot program. Following an open call for existing mobile startup talent in retail, social TV and location in October, the company has selected nine startups who are now collaborating with brands like Oreo, Trident, belVita and Stride on new mobile pilots that will launch by early April. Comments

MMA and IAB Release Mobile Phone Creative Guidelines

smart-phones Jan 29, 2013 - The Mobile Marketing Association and the Interactive Advertising Bureau have unveiled the Mobile Phone Creative Guidelines for public comment. Comments

More Consumers Order Food Online Using a Smartphone or Tablet

iphone-deals Jan 28, 2013 - About 69 percent of consumers order food online using a mobile device, according to a new study by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Viggle. Comments

Apple Earnings Highlight Deeper Shift to Mobile

Apple iPhone 5 front featuring 4G and 4in screen Jan 25, 2013 - Apple's latest earnings illustrate how the company is continuing to transform from a personal computer company to an all-out mobile juggernaut. Like it or not, Apple is going all mobile. Comments

The Key to Branded Apps Is to Uncover Their Consumer Utility

mobile-media-summit Jan 25, 2013 - To get the most out of an app, brands must discover how they can be most useful to their consumers, according to a panel of experts who spoke this year at the Mobile Media Summit in San Francisco. Comments

Mobile Media Summit: Mobile Advertising Will Grow

mobile-media-summit Jan 24, 2013 - Corporate awareness of mobile advertising is growing in the new year, according to a group of executives speaking at the Mobile Media Summit 2013. Comments

4 Paths to Minimize Showrooming, Maximize Sales

showrooming-graphic Jan 23, 2013 - Put mobile tools in the hands of store associates, create the endless aisle, enable self-serve, and deliver effective digital messaging. Comments

AT&T Promo Portrays Lit Figures in Smartphone Era

doriangray Jan 22, 2013 - A new illustrated series on news site BuzzFeed entitled "The Instagram of Dorian Gray" brings Gray into the technology age, part of a promotion campaign sponsored by AT&T to advertise its Talk and Surf plan. Comments

X Games Redesign Creates 100% Viewable Impressions

xgames-com-1 Jan 22, 2013 - ESPN unveiled the newly redesigned XGames.com, a mobile-forward destination for fans of extreme sports and the lifestyle that goes with them. It also released a new X Games mobile app that will provide second-screen companion features to be used while watching TV, as well as a full mobile website experience. Comments

Over 85% of Marketers Plan to Raise Their Mobile Budgets

mobile-measurement Jan 17, 2013 - Marketers plan to increase their mobile advertising budgets in the near future, according to a new study by the ANA and MediaVest. Comments

Is Facebook Still a Web First, Mobile Later Company?

facebook-brand Jan 16, 2013 - With no immediate plans to bring Graph Search to mobile, a channel where most Facebook users already access the site today, Facebook is continuing with its top-down strategy wherein most new features come to the Web first and mobile later. Comments

Mobile Interaction Metrics: Addressing the 'Fat Fingers' Problem

man-using-mobile Jan 16, 2013 - It's time to start improving mobile ad interaction metrics, particularly doing more to filter out accidental and non-human interactions. Comments

Google's Field Trip App Adds Deals From Scoutmob

field-trip-map-naanstop Jan 14, 2013 - Scoutmob has partnered with Google's Niantic Labs in order to integrate its free mobile deals with Field Trip, letting people receive offers, discounts, and freebies from businesses nearby. Comments

Over 1 Billion Mobile Subscribers Will Use Mobile Banking in Next 4 Years

mobile-measurement Jan 11, 2013 - By 2017, over 15 percent of mobile subscribers will use a smartphone or tablet for online banking, according to Juniper Research. Comments

Marketers Search for Mobile Clarity at CES

ces-2013-logo-0 Jan 10, 2013 - To integrate or not to integrate - that is the question that marketers, brands and agencies are still debating at CES 2013, held in Las Vegas. Comments

You're Not Alone: Hyper-Local People-Finding

local Jan 3, 2013 - The geo-social landscape may provide marketers with a roadmap for understanding how and when they can harness mobile to create relationships with customers. Comments

Facebook's 'Were Here' Feature Exposes Mobile Buzz

were-here Dec 28, 2012 - Large retailers need to call their Facebook reps. Comments

QR Code Scans Skyrocket in Q2 2012

age-and-gender-demographic-image Dec 26, 2012 - Data from ScanLife shows a record breaking number of 5.3 million scans occurred in June. Comments

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