Mma

A recent survey of 1,000 consumers returned a very nice result — 62% said they’d be willing to make a purchase on their mobile device. . . but only if they were incentivized to do so. Coupons, discounts, loyalty points and gift cards were all mentioned, but oddly, so was text alerts. So maybe it’s not so much about saving money, as it is about being given an easy link to click on.

If you’re running a marketing campaign with no means of measuring the results, you’re wasting your money. Trouble is, with the marketing world changing as fast as it is, we haven’t even developed a baseline for what’s considered a success in Twitter or Facebook and mobile is even further behind. Because of this, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) have put together a set of measurement guidelines that they’re hoping will become the