Tag Archives: mobile marketing
App-ified Visions Of The Mobile Future
If you’re like me and you work in the technology world, last week gave us a lot to digest. Microsoft (full disclosure: this is my employer) gave a meaty and well-received update on Windows 10. News spread that revenues generated by mobile entertainment almost matches what we spend at the new movie box office, a […]
Mobile Users Don’t Always Know Their Apps From The Web. Here’s What We Should Do About It.
In October 2014, comScore released a report showing that smartphone owners spend 88 percent of their time using apps. While that might sound like the death knell ringing for mobile websites, the Interactive Advertising Bureau, or IAB, has urged us all not to leap to that conclusion. In this report, the IAB notes that mobile […]
Six Steps To Delivering Successful Tech BizDev Pitches
“Now, our parents will understand what we actually do.” This was the refrain around the office of the company formerly known as Infogrames, the Lyons-based video game maker with a name that looked like a typo. After it acquired the Atari moniker from Hasbro, Infogrames wisely decided to change its identity to the brand known for […]
‘Tis The Season Of Stress: How To Market Apps To An Anxious Customer
Ask yourself this question. “What’s the more powerful emotion: pleasure or relief?” Marketers and product managers love working somewhere along this axis, but I bet most prefer the “pleasure” pole. That’s because it’s in our natures to seek out the positive about our products and services, e.g. it’s better, it’s more fun, it will make […]
New Technology And Constant Change Making You Dizzy? Take Back Control.
Growing up in Michigan, we had a saying about the climate: “Don’t like the weather? Just wait five minutes.” Constant change, for better and worse, also applies to the business world and technology in particular. In no other industry can one go from laggard to leader (and back to laggard again) with such head-spinning speed. In my […]
Unsure About How To Make The Right Investments In Mobile? Think Like Mr. Spock.
I’m not a huge Star Trek fan, but I know that if we were to take the show’s original cast and drop them into the business world, Mr. Spock would work in accounting. They may not bleed green, but talented accountants possess an elegant and ruthlessly efficient mind. Like Spock, they know how to put […]
Don’t Blame The Great Recession: Smartphone Users Increasingly Are Behind Restaurants’ Near-Death Experiences
Originally posted on Matt Collins' Blog:
One of my favorite shows is Food Network’s Restaurant Impossible. For those who haven’t seen it, the program follows celebrity chef Robert Irvine as he tries to rescue failing family restaurants. He does this in spite of two limitations: a spending limit of just $10,000 with which to redesign…
The Rise Of Big Data Will Be Nothing Compared To The Return Of The Creative Class
The 2014 U.S. midterm elections illuminated for me a very clear and compelling vision of the world marketers seek to master. That vision looks like this: Big Data is more important and useful than ever, but someday soon, Big Data will become a commodity, available cheaply to anyone. Real, lasting marketing value will lie in the power […]
How To Take Advantage Of The Top Two Motivations For Using Apps: Loneliness And Boredom
My parents’ dog, Cosmo, bored while watching television. When I first saw last week’s Nielsen report that shows we download apps most of all when we’re bored and lonely, I felt despair. How unfortunate to think that the cumulative effect of entrepreneurial creativity, hard work, and risk is a battle for a consumer with nothing better to do. […]
Yahoo’s Drive Vs. Amazon’s Drift: A Contrast In Managing The Migration To Mobile
Last week, both Yahoo and Amazon reported quarterly earnings. Just like a golfer studying how a competitor tees off, their results can help other companies facing similar challenges make better decisions about their mobile businesses. What these two companies had to say indicates very different mobile game plans. Yahoo has a clear-eyed and optimistic view of the […]
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