Topic: 10 practical mistakes to avoid when investing in mobile marketing
With significant percentage growth in tablet and smartphone use amongst consumers and business users evident within the analytics of every site the, case for investing more in mobile marketing is clear. But where should you make that investment, what should your priorities be? It seems that many are investing, but not taking the smart decisions. In this talk, Dave Chaffey of SmartInsights.com, author of Winning with Mobile will explain the full range of mobile options.
Key Takeaways:
How a tick box approach to mobile marketing may limit your potential
12 examples of common mistakes to watch out for
Examples of good and not so good practices
"Subclassing and Composition – A Pythonic Tour of Trade-Offs", Hynek Schlawack
Dave Chaffey - OTE London - 10 practical mistakes to avoid when investing in mobile marketing
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Mobile Marketing
10 common mistakes
and a
10 step plan
On the Edge Digital
London 1st October 2013
Dr Dave Chaffey
CEO: SmartInsights.com
Download presentation:
SmartInsights.com/ote2013/
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Books Online strategy advice
www.smartinsights.com
About Dave Chaffey
Code: SMARTEDGE (25% discount coupon)
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What do you need to know
about mobile?!
Q. “Should we ignore this for now?”
Q. “Basics – how to go about this?”
Q. “B2B Focus?”
Q. “Everything!”
Q. “Design, problem solving?”
I know nothing on this subject!
Q. Increase knowledge in general?
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10 Mobile Marketing Mistakes
1. Being driven by the heart/HiPPO not the head:
> 1. Assess customer demand and business case
2. Starting with platforms rather than customer value proposition
> 2. Define the Mobile Value Proposition
3. Not considering cross-channel journeys and marketing outcomes
> 3. Integrating mobile into customer journeys and sales funnels
4. Creating a separate site
4. Review suitability of responsive and adaptive design
5. Thinking an app is essential (it may be)
5. Review relevance and propositions for apps
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Running case study:
Debenham’s strategic pillars
Consistent
brand
experience
Device
Specific
functionality
Multichannel
journey
Agile
developmen
t
Source: With thanks to Sarah Bailie,
Mobile commerce manager at Debenhams
Practical Mobile Tip: Define the Pillars of your Mobile strategy
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1. Assess customer demand
and business case
Volume:
Desktop/Tablet/Smartphone
Unique visitors
Visits
Page views
Quality:
Desktop/Tablet/Smartphone
40% bounce rate
5% conversion rate
Value
Desktop/Tablet/Smartphone
Number of sales or leads
Average order value or selling price
Goal value per visit > Page value
Revenue per visit (E-commerce) > Page value
Cost
Desktop/Tablet/Smartphone
Cost per thousand (CPM)
Cost per click (CPC)
Cost per acquisition (CPA)
Cost per sale (CPS)
V Q V C
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Consumer digital platform
demand at Debenhams
0.00%
2.00%
4.00%
6.00%
8.00%
10.00%
12.00%
14.00%
Total Hourly Demand by Device
Dotcom
iPad
Mobile
Source: With thanks to Sarah Bailie,
Mobile commerce manager at Debenhams
Practical Mobile Tip: Review dayparts of customer access
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Some rules of thumb for
your business case
A mobile-optimised site will convert at around
half the rate of a desktop site, however...
A non mobile-optimised site will convert at around
half the rate of the mobile-optimised site
Of people who research on their mobile device, 39%
go onto to purchase on their desktop device and
24% go onto purchase in store
Around 30% of consumers use their mobile in store
to inform purchases through in-store wifi or
scanning barcodes
Overall mobile optimised will give a 2% increment in
sales from creating a mobile optimised site
Source: Source: Damon Mannion, Venda
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88% Debenhams customers use mobile to browse vs. 12% purchase
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Store Website msite Apps
Browse vs. purchase channels
Browse
Purchase
Example: Mobile Browse vs Buy
Source: With thanks to Sarah Bailie,
Mobile commerce manager at Debenhams
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Location: Published / Surveyed: Sample: Source:
Original source:
North American Q2 2013 Retail clients Monetate
Ecommerce Conversion rates by desktop and mobile
Monetate Quarterly Benchmarking
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Create mobile personas
Tribal drinkers
Buzz seekers Regular blokes
Male traditionalists
Detached moderates
Party girls
Career guys
Careful females
Routine strugglers
Source: Rob Thurner, Burner Mobile
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Betfair’s Mobile Value Proposition (MVP)
https://touch.betfair.com
Betfair’s mobile app generated £1 billion of bets in
the last financial year. 168,000 used it’s app, a 122
percent increase.
For 2012 c £2 billion, 15% of revenue 275,000
app users. Half of all UK customers have placed
bet.
Practical Mobile Tip: Consider SMS activation
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Access to mobile in stores (these
are market stats, not Debenhams)
Debenhams app:
i. Price checking
ii. Size availability
iii. Order straight from their phone
iv. Customer reviews
v. Beauty Club: Collect points & redeem
rewards via mobile
vi. Push notifications – driving footfall in
store & awareness of promotions
•Shoppers who use a retailer’s dedicated app are 21% more likely
to make a purchase than those who don’t
•Customers who read reviews are 2x more likely to convert
Source: With thanks to Sarah Bailie,
Mobile commerce manager at Debenhams
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Barcode scanner driving mobile
interactions in store
Source: With thanks to Sarah Bailie,
Mobile commerce manager at Debenhams
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W3C “One-web” alternatives
Approach Advantages Disadvantages
Responsive Web
Design (RWD)
CSS Media Queries
modify presentation for
device type and
resolution
Single template for
all devices gives
speed and cost
benefits
Bigger page weight
Compromises
experience for
higher resolutions?
Client-side
Adaptive
Javascript on the user’s
device loads different
templates based on
device resolution
• Complete rebuild
of CSS not
needed
• Only resources
needed loaded
• Experience
customised for
devices
Maintenance of
additional code
Server-side
Adaptive
Dynamic serving of
styles based on device
detection.
Smaller mobile
pages than other
approaches
Multiple templates
must be maintained
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10 mobile marketing mistakes
6. Ignoring mobile SEO
6. Follow Google’s Mobile SEO options?
7. Ignoring Mobile AdWords
7. Review AdWords advanced campaigns
8. Ignoring Mobile Display
8. Mobile display options
9. Denying the importance of mobile email
9. Create Email responsive designs
10. Not optimising…
10. Optimise!
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7. Evaluate mobile AdWords
4 Enhanced campaigns changes
1. Campaigns now run across all devices
2. Tablet bidding strategies aligned to desktop
3. Mobile bids adjusted at campaign level by
“Mobile bid adjustments, e.g. -30%”
4. Location-based bid enhancements
Mobile-specific sitelinks
Click-to-call Ad extension
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Location: Published / Surveyed: Sample: Source:
Original source:
Worldwide July 2013
Feb 2012-June 2013
Collected from 250 million
email opens
Litmus
% Email Opens across desktop and mobile
Litmus blog
The importance of mobile email