Mobile Marketing

Why mobile marketing is going to be the next huge thing. Because the sheer number of people that you can reach via mobile devices literally dwarfs all other advertising mediums including TV, radio and the Internet combined. Mobile marketing works because advertisers have better control of their marketing message. In fact, text messages have an open rate of over 97% which is huge compared to  email marketing.

In the real world, consumers are bombarded with advertising from a variety of different mediums such as Internet, radio, TV, etc. You probably don’t even notice that you are hit with hundreds advertisements a day.

It is hard to ignore a marketing message when it comes directly to your cell phone. A cell phone is almost an extension of the person themselves. Almost everybody carries their cell phone with them wherever they go.

Here are some statistics:

Higher response rates - Mobile marketing generates 20% - 30% response vs. a 5%response with conventional media.

Reduction in marketing costs – Texting is the most cost effective way to market on mobile phones.

Reach more customers – Texting reaches more than 5 billion mobile users.

With statistics like this, do you see how a mobile marketing world is ready to explode. There are many different ways to market on mobile devices and many different ways to making money with new options emerging in the future.

SMS/Texting

SMS stands for “Short Message Service” and is also commonly known as “texting” where mobile users send each other text messages that are a maximum of 140 characters.

SMS services are currently hot for the companies who provide these services and they make millions of dollars every year. There are many ways that SMS/Text messaging can be used to make money or increase the sales of existing businesses.

 Applications

Applications for mobile devices are big business. How can you have a m obile application created?You can easily outsource your application development to the thousands of programmers who are experts in creating apps for mobile phones such as Android and iPhone. Here are some sources.

http://www.Freelancer.com

http://www.odesk.com
http://www.guru.com

http://www.rentacoder.com  

Also there are companies that specialize in promoting your mobile applications so that they get more exposure and downloads. There are even online services that allow you to create mobile applications online. Here are some sources.

http://www.appmobi.com
http://www.magmito.com

I am not saying that making money with mobile marketing is easy, but with a little bit of dedication and hard work, you can earn a very good income with mobile marketing. There are many ways of making money with mobile devices such as SMS/texting, monetizing mobile content, local business marketing, mobile CPA offers and many more.