Category: Mobile Commerce

Google and ZenithOptimedia join to promote mobile commerce and marketing

Google has announced a new and ambitious partnership with ZenithOptimedia, a leading media services agency. Together, the two companies intend to encourage brands to increase their spending in the mobile space. This includes promoting various mobile-centric services within the realms of marketing and commerce. Mobile commerce, in particular, is a major interest for Google as the company has been working to establish a foothold in this sector for the past two years.

Partnership spawns Horizon venture

Together, Google and ZenithOptimedia have launched Horizon, a joint venture that aims to provide consultancy services to large brands. Horizon will be responsible for highlighting the benefits that could be seen through engaging the mobile sector. More effective mobile marketing techniques could be a major boon for brands looking to engage consumers in a more dynamic way. With the number of consumers with mobile devices growing, marketing on this channel is becoming more important.

Horizon to promote the benefits of mobile commerce and marketing

Horizon will also work to draw some attention to mobile commerce, highlighting the benefits that could be found through the offering of comprehensive mobile commerce services. Consumers with smartphones and tablets have shown their strong interest in using these devices to purchase goods. As consumers become more mobile, their interests in mobile commerce are growing, creating promising opportunities for brands eager to connect with a new generation of consumers.

Google eager to establish foothold in mobile commerce

Google has been working to etch out a place for itself in mobile commerce, but already holds a formidable stance in the marketing space. The company recently reformed its AdWords platform in order to provide better services to marketers. The company has a strong interest in supporting the mobile initiatives that these marketers may have interest in and continues to make changes to popular platforms to support this. ZenithOptimedia has similar interests and is eager to see brands become more mobile conscious in the near future.

The channel has become an important area for advertising across many different sectors.

A recent report from Competitrack has revealed a considerable amount of new insight about mobile marketing and its popularity among not only the largest industry giants, but also the rest of the leading brands in the country.

The study looked into the advertising trends among the leaders of the environment of the American marketer.

They also determined that among the top 100 advertisers in the United States, 94 percent were enhancing their overall advertising by including mobile marketing of some form in the mix during the last year. The report from Competitrack also showed that among those who were using smartphone and tablet targeted channels, all had run an ad within the last nine months.

The report also indicated that mobile marketing is being used by the majority of the popular brands.

While it is important to note that the behemoth brands including Toyota, Google, and Amazon were using mobile marketing, it was also noted that 64 percent of the leading one thousand brands were also using advertising over this channel during that same period of time. This is a clear indicator that the method is not simply exclusive to the companies that are the largest in size.

The report also pointed out the importance that mobile marketing has brought to creativity in advertising. It indicated that 85 percent of creatives from their sample had been developed specifically for the smartphone and/or tablet channels and were not simply remanufactured ads that had originally been designed for other areas. Unique content is a high priority in mobile.

The report identified the leaders in mobile marketing based on the number of unique creative ads that they were running. They included: Google, Amazon, Toyota, Verizon, Microsoft, AT&T, Bank of America, Home Depot, Target, and Progressive Insurance. It stated that advertisers in a broad range of sectors were using these techniques. However, it also indicated that there were some that applied it at a greater rate than others. “Top categories of advertisers using mobile advertising include retail, entertainment & media, technology, travel & tourism, and automotive advertisers.”