Sunday, 6 May 2012

E-marketing: Painless profit for endless gain


Step 3: Advertise across Multi-Media.  How is New Media changing the Marketing Landscape?  .   Social media enables targeted marketing responses at individual touch points along the consumer decision journey.  

Out-of-Home Channels (OOH)

• Billboards and transit ads, followed by ads in shopping malls and restaurants, have the greatest reach among OOH channels.

• Ads within medical clinics, health clubs, bars, and on campus can be effective in reaching specific demographic and lifestyle targets.

• Each month 7 in 10 visit a mall, 6 in 10 a restaurant, 1 in 4 a gym, 1 in 5 a medical clinic, and 1 in 6 a campus.

• On-the-go consumers can use their mobile phone to interact with OOH posters to download coupons, view product demos, enter contests, obtain samples, compare product information and make a purchase.

Mobile

“Canadians are embracing mobile technology and using their Smartphones more in store aisles,”

• There’s a huge increase in Smartphone penetration among Canadian consumers with 37% of Canadian shoppers owning a Smartphone, up rapidly from 24% reported last year; however still below the 50% penetration among American shoppers in a more competitive mobile market.

• A third of shoppers own an iPhone or a Blackberry device, while 21% have a phone running Android OS.

• Over 50% of planned purchases are for iPhones, while Blackberry and Android phones each account for 20% of planned purchases.

• On the tablet front, 14% of shoppers own an internet-enabled tablet, but an additional 20% say they plan to purchase within the year.

• The role of Smartphones in retail is growing with 60% of shoppers interested in using their phone to download or scan coupons and over 50% using them to store their shopping lists. 40% are willing to make instant purchases using their phone.

• 88% of Smartphone owners are aware of quick response (QR) codes while 40% use it and new technologies such as Near Field Communication (NFC) are gaining popularity.

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