
2015 Mobile/Location-Based Marketing Predictions From 10 Experts
It seems like we’ve been hearing that “this is the year of mobile” since the late 1990s. And yet, every year, it never seems like mobile...

Though Less Effective, Standard Banners Still 97 Percent Of Mobile Display
There are multiple ad unit types that are more effective than standard mobile banners. However the latter still comprises an amazing 97...

In Black Friday Aftermath, iPhone 6 Activity Outperforms Competitors
Widely-cited National Retail Foundation data suggested that Black Friday 2014 wasn’t nearly as successful from a sales perspective as...

Google’s Responsive Lightbox Ads Now Available In AdWords
Google’s newly responsive Lightbox ads units that the company introduced back in September as part of a larger mobile display ad push,...

#HaveYouCHECT Campaign Urges Parents to Use Smartphone Camera To Detect Childhood Cancer
If only all forms of cancer were this easy to detect. UK non-profit Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) has launched a print campaign (I...

Yahoo Gets Into App Install Ads: Now Offered On Gemini
Like Facebook, Twitter, and eventually Google before it, Yahoo has launched app install ads throughout its network. Placed through Yahoo...

SMBs Should Jump On The Mobile Payments Train In 2015
2014 has been a big year for mobile payments. With the introduction of Apple Pay, mobile payments are becoming increasingly popular and...

Scales Tip: Over Half Of Search Spend Will Go To Mobile In 2015
eMarketer. The scales will continue to tip quickly in mobile’s favor in the coming years, with 76.7 percent of US search spend going to...

Understand The Seismic Shift To Mobile & Make Peace With The Ghost Of Christmas Future
Now, in holiday forecasts and surveys galore, mobile devices are projected to account for 53% of online shopping (IBM’s Quarterly Retail...

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Mobile Transactions Reached 37 Percent — Report
When AppLoving predicted that 30 percent of Cyber Monday transactions would come from mobile devices there was considerable skepticism on...

Black Friday Deals Drive Frenzy Of Older iPhone Adoption
Widespread buying incentives on older iPhone and iPad models from big box retailers this weekend seem to have driven a lot of sales....

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Go Mobile: Traffic Crosses 50 Percent, Transactions Hit 30 Percent
If you’re one of the last-remaining mobile skeptics you will probably be converted by the torrent of data coming off Cyber-Weekend....

Tips For Mobile Design: Travel Brands That Are Going Places
The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that the Thanksgiving holiday will see long-distance travel increase by 54% and another...

Why Apple Is Suddenly Poised To Take On Facebook
Last week’s news that Apple was opening up its mobile ad network, iAd, to programmatic buying through partnerships with leading ad tech...

Big Phones Gaining Share, Driving Traffic And Larger Conversions
Three recent reports show that larger-screen smartphones (so-called “phablets”) are starting to have a significant impact on the market....

Beacon Use In Stores Boosts Engagement, Purchase Intent
Two beacon-related surveys show that awareness of beacons and interaction with beacon-triggered content in stores is growing. One survey...

Apple Brings Programmatic To iAd, Partnering With Major Ad Tech Firms
Apple announced Friday that it has partnered with several ad tech companies to bring programmatic buying to iAd, it’s mobile ad network....

Retailers: Combine Location & Mobile Web For A Holiday Advantage
What I haven’t seen much of, however, is integrating proximity marketing with the mobile Web. Why not use location data to send targeted...

Placed Launches Top 100 Ranking Of Most Visited Business In US
We have entered the era of “location analytics,” the ability to use mobile devices to measure the impact of digital marketing on store...
























