Mobile marketing is heating 2010 up before it even begins. Soon, you’ll have healthcare apps that will help diagnose illnesses, apps that disable texting while driving, and mobile Skype!

These are all expected in the coming New Year. As you may remember in our previous article about QR-Code, mobile phones are beginning to conquer scanning QR-Codes. Threfore, higher quality cameras on cell phones will better enable barcodes to be scanned and you’ll be able to promote and discount products using your mobile phone.

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Weekly use of the internet is climbing and because of this, brands may benefit from increasing their online PR output in 2010.

According to Econsultancy’s Rebecca Lieb, citing figures from a recent study by Harris Poll, the average amount of time spent on the web has risen 13 hours since 1999.

Harris Poll also stated that “Hours online may have increased because of the recession.”

Statistics have also shown that individuals between 30 and 39 registered an average 18 hours on the internet a week, while 40 to 49-year-olds spent 17 hours surfing. Therefore,  focusing … Continue Reading

The end is in sight…of the recession, that is. Unfortunately, damage has already been done to the advertising industry. According to Ad Age, ad spending in 2009 experienced the sharpest percentage decline since the Great Depression when it dropped 14.7-percent the first nine months of 2009.

On the bright side, there are high hopes for digital advertising. Annual growth rate for online advertising is said to be steady over the next five years.

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If you don’t think mobile internet purchasing is catching on, think again. This graph from Morgan Stanley portrays the 50+ percent of paid mobile consumer usage. Smartphone users, as a majority, have been putting desktop usage to shame with app usage. Having a smartphone on hand makes it easy to buy into the digitized world while leaving desktop purchasing in the dust.

As more consumers buy using their mobile devices, mobile advertising will increase

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According to Velti.com, mobile marketing agencies and brands will need to adapt their campaigns to reach a wider audience in coming years.

Mobile Marketing Watch (MMW) responded to this prediction saying advertisers would have to compete with blurring lines of cell phone accessories such as headsets.

“This means it’s extremely important to think of mobile marketing opportunities as more than just those designed for smartphones and other mobile handsets,” the analyst remarked.

Although the market will be expanding, Smartphones will still be more expensive.

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Google’s ad campaign seems to be sparking both numbers and curiosity. The chart shows UK’s Internet searches for Google Chrome which have almost doubled over the last couple of weeks. Currently running at their third highest level since the browser was launched towards the end of last summer.

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According to emarketer.com, the three phases of a company’s social marketing are trial, transition, and strategic. The more comfortable a company is with social marketing, the faster they will begin to strategize.

This will be great for networking as well company workers. The 2010 Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report from MarketingSherpa states that sixty percent of social marketing dollars will go to employee salaries for social media activities such as generating content, and the monitoring social channels.

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Today, White Pages announced the incorporation of public social media profiles from Facebook and Twitter into its people search service. The people search on White Pages also provide consumers with direct links to select matching Facebook and Twitter user pages.

This social media breakthrough will be incorporated throughout the entireWhitePages site. By the middle of next year, they expect to significantly expand the number of social listings while adding social networking account information to existing work and residential listings where relevant. Also, the recently launched editing capability will allow consumers to add links … Continue Reading

A continuing auto industry trend is switching from traditional to online advertising. Because of this, online auto advertising agencies have adapted to a new system.

The system enables dealers’ inventory to be automatically listed across the Vast.com network which includes automotive sites such as AOL Autos, Overstock Cars, and AutoMedia. The true upside to this switch is the benefit of online networking.

Online local ad spending for American auto manufacturers is approximated to be 14% in 2010, while online ad spending will most likely increase by 8.6%.

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