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Applications are now being used to help enhance the rate of customer engagement while shopping.

Marketers are continuing with their rapid adoption of techniques to reach consumers via smartphone and the popularity of mobile commerce apps is a new reflection of that attitude. A new report suggests that these marketers are using mobile applications as a new way of reaching their target audience.

The report was titled “Quantifying the Rise of Mobile Apps & The Value of Deep Linking.”

That report was published by The Relevancy Group in conjunction with Branch. The research data indicated that almost 45 percent of marketers are now developing and launching mobile commerce apps to enhance customer engagement. Furthermore, over 40 percent of marketers are looking to mobile apps to boost brand loyalty. About that same percentage of marketers are also using applications for the purpose of driving sales.

Marketers recognize the increasing value of mobile commerce apps to drive revenue.

When asked their opinion about the effectiveness of m-commerce apps in driving revenue, marketers ranked them as fourth on the list of most effective channels. Above applications in terms of their effectiveness were: display advertising, social media marketing and email marketing.

According to Branch’s Todd Patton, “Email marketing remains an important part of your marketing efforts.” Furthermore, “Email is the best channel to directly reach potential customers and loyal supporters, “ he said.

At the same time, marketers acknowledge that email marketing can be very effective while at the same time being easy to use. It remains a central marketing tactic for brands due to the simplicity of the tools required in order to reach customers. It is quick, cost effective and it reaches people on virtually any connected device.

A previous Adestra and Ascend2 report called “State of Digital Marketing – Benchmarks for Success,” showed that 61 percent of marketers feel email is the most effective marketing technique. Only 23 percent felt that it was the most challenging tactic to effectively execute.

That said, 38 percent of marketers felt mobile marketing was the most challenging to execute. Still, its effectiveness appears to have made the challenge worthwhile considering the rising number of mobile commerce apps being produced.

Only 10 percent of digital ads are delivered in a way that is compatible with smartphones and tablets.

According to recent research findings from JW Player, only 10 percent of all ads are mobile marketing compatible, which has – according to the report on the results – revealed that advertisers are greatly missing out on a highly engaged target audience that is considerable in size.

Advertisers are not properly leveraging the mobile channel when it comes to their ad placement, said the report.

The research showed that around the world, audiences are watching video content on their mobile devices 30 percent of the time. This is particularly true on smartphones, as only 6 percent of video viewers use their tablets to do so. However, it pointed out that mobile marketing is not focusing on that very large number of viewers, despite the fact that it represents nearly one third of the video watchers.

The founder of JW Player has cautioned firms that mobile marketing will be critical for their future success.

JW Player founder, Jeroen Wijering, explained that “It is vital for content creators to stay up to date on the currently industry trends and technology usage in order to best advance their online video strategy.” He went on to point out that while there has been an overall solidification in the market, there has yet to be a widespread adoption of the most strategic video standards across the industry, particularly when it comes to marketing firms.

The company is hopeful that their Trends in Online Video Report will help to provide the insight that is necessary for greater HTML5 adoption so that viewers who prefer to use mobile devices will be able to see online video that is supported by their technology of preference.

The JW Player video mobile marketing research discovered that beyond adapting to new formats over smartphones and tablets, advertisers also have ad blocking tech that they will need to overcome. This is particularly the case among European audiences. The global ad blocking rate currently sits at around 10 to 30 percent of users. According to JW Player, one of the primary drivers behind the use of the blockers is that viewers are increasingly frustrated by the intrusive banner ads that they are forced to see, and they want more control over their video experiences.