MMA Forum On Mobile--January 31, 2007

Speakers:


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  • Danielle Rollo


    • Message as marketing versus advertising

      • Marketing- mCRM

      • SMS-- 160 characters, links etc.

      • Ubiquity of SMS

      • Bringing interactivity to offline media

      • Advertising

      • high attention level

      • contextual targeting

      • fully engaged users

      • Mobile Search- Medio search engine for mobile

      • major growth opportunity

      • gateway to content


      • search as utility-- location based search

        •  relevance=response



      • CPC model

      • Highest payout for search is for DUI's (hmmmm)






  • Mark Donovan

    • Secular trend called digital convergence, our lives are turning into ones and zeros

    • 219 million mobile phone users in the us (over 13)

    • 3 MM 3G phones in the US

    • Suggests that we are not behind, suggests we are different

    • Mobile web 20% YoY

    • 101 MM people sent text messages last year

    • 13% of people that received a text ad responded

    • Mobile as conversation starter

    • Of 101 people that sent a text 9 MM sent a short code promoted by advertising

    • 29% of mobile ads are about selling mobile content



  • Mickey Alam Khan


  • Rebecca Barnett

    • 34 MM actively using the mobile web

    • 20% increase over 2006

    • Disconnect between media buyers and creative

    • CPM's from 7-40 dollars

    • CPC's range from 15 to 50 cents

    • creative must be heavily considered for this medium

    • challenge for analytics because you cannot cookie users

    • Downloadable Content

    • ringtones, games, wallpaper, applications

    • You can deliver a richer media experience

    • high frequency of use

    • challenge-- fragmentation, limit of users

    • CPM's 20-50 dollars




  • Tony Nethercutt

    • Addressable media

    • The media turns into something you have with you

    • Extending the campaign to mobile-- stay consistent with your brand

    • Challenges-- reach, fragmentation, costs

    • Snack sized content

    • Carriers similar to ISP's in the early days




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