Be a Mobile Badass in Every Agency Meeting

A Cheat Sheet of 43 #mobilefirst tips, stats, facts & little gems

@kplanovsky@vertmob

#DigidayMobile

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JAY ALTSCHULERDIRECTOR GLOBAL MEDIA

INNOVATIONUNILEVER

JAY ALTSCHULERDIRECTOR GLOBAL MEDIA

INNOVATIONUNILEVER

Mobile is the “connective tissue” that holds campaigns together

“The speed of change in the digital space

can be ‘disconcerting...

especially for ‘seasoned’ marketers that have been very successful in the TV

ad space”

1.Target Specific OSes & Devices: Take advantage of this data and serve up unique creative to increase relevance

2.Banners Suck on mobile and were never meant to be there. Focus on interactive, full-screen and rich media placements

3.Don’t drive to a URL: You have so many more options on mobile devices, why just settle for a landing page?

4.Location & Time are the new Cookie: Play the local & daypart angle but don’t make it creepy...

5.Tablets aren’t “mobile” - think of them differently than pocket device campaigns. They are more like small touchable laptops for higher income consumers ;)

DISPLAY & NATIVE ADVERTISING

1.50+% of Fans/Followers are Mobile: over 3/4 of Twitter users and 100MM+ Facebook users access via mobile every day.

2.Every Link Must Be Mobile: Without fail, never share a link that isn’t a mobile-friendly destination - preferably mobile-specific

3.Optimize Shared Images: Newsfeed graphics show up & crop differently on each network, optimize accordingly to increase engagement & click-through rates for the mobile audience

4.Location, Location, Location! Leverage venue pages & geo-targeting to add relevance to local fan-bases & boost engagement

5.Geo Tagged Content is King. 30% of adult social media users tag their location automatically, Tap into this localized engagement! (source)

SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY

1.Adjust Ad Copy for Mobile Targets: Focus on what pervasive users need here and now and for God’s sake, don’t say “click”

2.Mobile accounted for 28.7% of Google search spend in Summer 2013 (due to enhanced campaign) - up 66% YOY

3.Don’t forget Click-to-Call: Even if your client doesn’t have a proper mobile destination, you can still leverage this targeting

4.Mind your Mobile Bids! The new “Enhanced Campaigns” are pushing budgets towards mobile - treat them accordingly to ensure optimized performance

5.Of US Smartphone-owning consumers (age 16+): 85% are using them for “web browsing” and 30% for mobile shopping

SEM & PPC STRATEGY

1.Email is Mobile - 47% opened on mobile devices: It’s just the new reality, get used to it and plan accordingly (source)

2.Larger fonts & less copy: Avoid too much text and tiny fonts. Focus on the primary message and use buttons, not links.

3.< 600px Single Column FTW!: Top-down stacked designs are most usable for nearly all possible screen types & sizes

4.40 Character Subject Line: Keep is short, sweet and provocative - attention isn’t the only thing that is limited

5.Integrate with SMS & Apps: Build out and integrate email messaging with other “direct-to-pocket” channels (don’t overlap)

EMAIL MARKETING

Web Development1.Don’t be blinded by iOS & Android: There are still plenty of

Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and other fringe OS users out there - test on all sorts of devices, OSes & hardware

2.3-5 Second Load Times! If you’re experience can’t load in a few seconds, you could lose up to 1/2 your audience.

3.Compress CSS & Script files & combine where possible to maintain lightweight code & faster load times

4.Maintain URL Structures! Google is knocking SEO value of sites & pages if you auto-forward mobile users to a homepage

Front-end UX & UI1.Simplicity Always Wins: Focus on the main 1-2 key things your app or mobile site need to provide. Add more value over time.

2.Dynamic Content: Serve up dynamic content, fonts, button styles and CTAs based on what you know about the user’s device

3.Gestures are a MUST: Adoption for gesture-based interfaces has reached critical mass and isn’t a “nice to have” anymore

4.Build for Scalability: Use tools like CSS Media Queries (mobile web) to maintain crisp images across all pixel densities & displays

5.Above the fold: The timeless rule becomes even more important on smaller screens. Minimize scroll and put the most important elements and calls-to-action at the very top

MOBILE VIDEO1.Keep Bandwidth in Mind: Especially when targeting people

on the go - don’s assume everyone is rocking the 4G.2.Let Users Push Play: No Auto-Plays! Pull people to opt-in to

viewing with compelling previews and/or teaser stills3.Shoot Close-Up: Produce and/or edit the video to focus in on

the details, these are smaller screens4.Tablet is best experience: The “lean-back” experience of

tablets lends better to video than pocket mobile devices do.5.Budget for a good CDN: Do your research. Fork up the cash.

This is perhaps the most important part of any mobile video campaign

SOCIAL MASHUPS & APIS1.Social Logins Boost Conversions: Mobile users don’t want

to fill out your sign-up form, give them a shortcut option and you could see conversion rate gains of up to 50%! (source)

2.Facebook Apps are NOT Mobile!: How many times do we need to say it - don’t build old-school Facebook “tabs”

3.OpenGraph’s Mobile User Data: You can access things like app version, device type, OS & check-ins from user data...

4.Think Geo-Location from the Start: When relevant, integrate this feature 100% of the time. Also, build it into the ideation phase - don’t just throw it in at the end as an after thought.

METRICS & ANALYTICS1.Create Unique Profiles: Create different analytics profiles for desktop, tablet, and pocket mobile device visitors + aggregate

2.Tablets Are Mobile (sort of): Most analytics packages mark tablets as “mobile” even though they are used very differently...

3.Pay Attention to Referrals: Look deeper into your referral data for mobile site versions and don’t forget that apps & other native platforms like SMS usually register as “direct”

4.Track Every User Event: More so in-apps, be sure to integrate analytics codes into every possible user action

5.Mobile Geo Inaccuracies: Keep in mind that the City reports in many analytics reports may be wrong for mobile networks

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