Mobile Advertising
Look around as you walk by people on the streets, sit next to people on the bus or train. You are probably looking at users of a mobile device. Mobile devices have become so common these days many people report using cell phones as their primary phone lines, unlike the past when home phones were common and mobile devices were rare. From the child in primary school to the older adult it is likely that a mobile phone or pad could be found any time of the day or night whether the person is awake or asleep somewhere nearby.
Mobile devices are so widely utilised even a person driving a car can be seen using safety accessories such as earpieces to avoid having to suspend use of a mobile device while they drive. As mobile devices become more common so does mobile advertising. Years ago advertising was done effectively through flyers, telemarketing, local phone directories, billboards and emails. Well flyers get tossed away, telemarketers must contend with “do not call list” many people don’t even bring the local phone directory in from the mail these days, billboards are expensive to obtain and maintain without supplemental advertising methods and emails are often “spammed”. Think about it, the objective of advertising is to maximize the number of people who will see your ad and peak their interest. What better way to capture a person’s attention than with the one device that monopolizes people’s free time. People tend to be addicted to mobile access as more and more upgrades become available. (more…)
