Somewhere between 20% and 30% of traffic to many websites is now coming from mobile devices with the number reaching 50% in some categories.
Consumers have repeatedly indicated their preference for localized ads and see them as more relevant than "generic" ads. There are also several very bullish forecasts for localized mobile advertising. Yet most "local" mobile ads aren't more specific than regional or metro-area targeting. And only about 5% of mobile ads carry a precise "lat-long."
Join Monica Ho, xAd Vice President of Marketing and Opus Research's Senior Analyst Greg Sterling for a discussion of the opportunities - and challenges - of locally targeted mobile advertising today. Sterling will provide findings on consumer preferences for localized advertising as well as performance data comparing local-mobile ads to national ads and Ho will talk about the opportunities and challenges of location targeting .She'll also present the 5 mobile marketing best practices that every marketer / agency should know in order to drive true performance out of mobile advertising.
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For more information, please contact Pete Headrick (pheadrick@opusresearch.net or 1-415-904-7666)