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Great news…more action to happen with already 250 mn mobile users

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If the California gold rush in the mid 19th century or the recent Dot com boom wasn’t enough that we see a deluge of mobile marketing “successful case studies”
I was part of the dot com boom and bust to see that more PR was generated than actual revenues, ROI, brand awareness etc etc.
Last week was particularly hyperactive w.r.t the mobile world. Even I was inspired to write a post on Mobile Social Networking.

Started off with a forward from the ever cheerful Anita Bhat, Business Director, MindShare Interaction or “Queen Bee” as named by the online publishers. She sent me the latest on “Pepsi uses mobile marketing for Youngistaan campaign” an article from Agencyfaqs.com. As I surfed the Indian cyberspace I found it everwhere. Good show Pepsi !! The PR dept. i.e. and not the digital marketing. The digital guys will get a pat on their back when they tell the world how many Pepsi bottles were sold or what was the incremental Brand Awareness/preference.
Affle was the other one. Well they do seem to be a hotshot mobile co. launched a year back. The article from Alootechie (where do they come up with such gastronomical name) even further predicted that Mobile advertising market in India may grow to Rs 500 crore by 2011.

Great stuff guys !! This is the medium of the future !! Way to go !! The growth in no. mobile users. 20 % penetration with 200 million users and still growing leaps and bounds.

Lovely !! So lets put the TV, Print monies here as the reach is great. Do not kid your self.

My take – do not jump, spend 1-2% of your marketing budgets, but experiment, do pilots, always maintain a presence. Learn. Spend more when you see the returns.
Yes, this will not be just a mobile rush!!

Leave you with a Mobile phone commercial I picked up from YouTube ! Enjoy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDH4W0zgpcM

200 million plus mobile phone users in India and still rising. One instrument you take with you all the time. This is future. No, this is the present.
SMS is big, mobile social media is the next big thing if the trends are to be looked at in the US.

Reliance has already launched mobile blogging in India. It will not be far when social media networks start ruling the “mobile” roost? Marketers should be proactive and read the signs.

Read the eMarketer article