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Mobile ads with interactive components are the most successful

According to recent research, this is the type of advertising that will bring about the best results.

When it comes to the number of options for mobile ads that are currently available for brands and companies, there is certainly no shortage, but recent findings have found that some are more effective than others.

The research indicate that success rates vary greatly depending on the type of advertising that has been selected.

Many brands are, therefore, opting to focus not on a single type of mobile ads, but rather on the diversification of their efforts. This, despite the fact that social media marketing has been shown to be quite effective when it comes to communication with consumers over smartphones and tablets. The issue at the moment is that brands and companies know that this channel is a vital one, despite the fact that it is very new and involves a considerable degree of inconsistency.

The multibillion dollar industry surrounding mobile ads has yet to find a standard for itself.

Interactive mobile adsThe recent report on the research was published by Celtra, a mobile advertising company. It stated that the future of this channel will be in interactive advertisements, such as those that involve quick and entertaining games.

Matevz Klanjsek, the chief product officer at Celtra, said that “Gaming ads are advertisements that use gameplay and/or gamification mechanics as a core of their user experience,” adding that “Most often, these ads look like branded minigames served into an ad placement. They typically feature standard gaming elements, such as core gameplay, scores, leaderboards, and they often allow users to share their score/result on social media.”

Celtra, itself, is seeking to secure its position in this part of the industry through its own mobile gaming commercials that are designed to provide businesses and brands with a competitive edge. The goal of this type of mobile ads is to directly and rapidly increase the engagement and click through rates being generated by advertisements displayed over smartphones and tablets. The report came to the conclusion that the billions of dollars that are being spent on marketing has made it vitally important for companies to understand their next step. The data that they have presented shows that interactive will be their chosen path and they believe that the rest of the industry will choose “to follow its lead”.

Mobile marketing data continues to fall short of advertiser needs

A new study has found that this is harming confidence levels and is likely holding back the channel.

Acxion, an enterprise data and analytics company, and 4INFO, a mobile marketing ad tech business, have collaborated on a joint study for which they have produced the “Master Mobile Measurement to Unleash True Cross-Channel Advertising” report to reveal their findings.

The two firms commissioned the study, which was then conducted by well respected Forrester Consulting.

The research looked into a common perception that exists in the mobile marketing industry, which is that marketers do not have the level of confidence that is necessary to truly launch an effective cross-channel ad program and to then be able to measure and understand the true value of that program in order to justify investing more into similar efforts. The report determined that if measurement and analytics capabilities could be improved, it would make a vast difference in the investments and executions with regards to both mobile and cross-channel campaigns among businesses in the United States.

Firms are keen to enter into more mobile marketing but do not yet have the capability of doing so with confidence.

Mobile Marketing studyAs smartphones and tablets have become extremely commonplace among consumers, and as those shoppers are increasingly turning to mobile commerce channels in order to research products, read reviews, shop for the best prices, find discounts and special offers, and even make purchases, marketers are finding that despite the fact that they want to reach out to consumers over this channel, they don’t yet have the ability to do so with any confidence. The current standard technology does not yet provide adequate data to convince marketers that mobile ads will be able to offer them adequate return on investment (ROI) to justify spending more on the channel or pursuing it with any greater effort. The report showed that 93 percent of the marketers that participated in the survey stated that they would have been willing to launch a larger number of cross-channel campaigns in 2014 if they’d had the capability of effectively measuring the performance of those combined online, offline, and mobile marketing strategies.