The Potential and Pitfalls of Mobile Marketing

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Summary: Mobile marketing campaigns can be expensive, and if handled improperly it can backfire. Though still primarily used by large corporations, mobile marketing is increasingly attracting interest from small e-tailers and retailers, said Neil Strother,...  Click to expand...

Mobile marketing campaigns can be expensive, and if handled improperly it can backfire. Though still primarily used by large corporations, mobile marketing is increasingly attracting interest from small e-tailers and retailers, said Neil Strother, analyst for Jupiter Research. "The mobile phone is a very personal device. People take it with them everywhere they go ??? especially people 35 and under. So you can easily develop a one-to-one relationship with your customers through their mobile phones." Messages sent to a mobile phone are much more likely to be read than e-mail sent to a PC, which may get routed to a spam folder, Strother adds.

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