Mobile Marketing & Advertising 2009: Challenges and Opportunities
This report provides forecasts and analysis on the global perspective of mobile advertising and marketing, which includes product placement in games, sponsored video, premium content and branded applications. It also provides a forecast for each different mobile type and opportunity. It not only profiles suppliers but also shows how they compare on technological prowess and customer awareness/satisfaction. Finally, the report shows strategies for the largest revenue opportunities.
The report includes:
Up-to-date consumer survey data by region
Forecast through 2014 including forecast by global region
Forecast by mobile marketing type (SMS, video, search, etc)
Case study examples of mobile marketing and advertising in practice
Exclusive supplier landscape map by technological prowess and customer awareness/satisfaction
- Marketing and Advertising Agencies, and Corporate Marketing Departments. Chief Marketing and Advertising Executives are determining how best to allocate their budgets for 2010 and mobile is certainly on their radar.
- Mobile advertising networks. The suppliers enable different types of mobile ads to be broadcast over mobile networks, in videos, and in other mobile premium content.
- Mobile search and content aggregators. Many are chasing Google but the smaller vendors offer localized search capabilities.
- Cellular phone providers. They carry the millions of text messages, some of them sponsored, and are looking at ways to leverage mobile marketing campaign data for their own use.
- Mobile platform developers. These suppliers create videos, games, downloadable applications for mobile that they in turn use to recruit sponsorship opportunities.
- Traditional media outlets. Broadcast television stations and Internet properties are leveraging mobile to stream newscasts and other premium content.
- Smartphone and PDA manufacturers. They provide the hardware that enable next-generation mobile content possible.
AdMob
AOL
Doubleclick
Enpocket
First Screen Media
Google
Greystripe
iCrossing
JumpTap
Medio Systems
Millennial Media
MSN
Yahoo!
Yellowpages.com
Whitepages.com
- Given the exponential adoption of mobile as a communications and promotion platform, Mind Commerce fully expects that global spending on mobile advertising and marketing initiatives will reach nearly $29 billion in 2009, a 59% increase from 2008
- The greatest opportunity for marketing campaign development is likely the mobile video and downloadable applications sector, which we expect will surpass the $1 billion mark in the U.S. in 2009
- Mind Commerce finds that premium content for mobile devices, including streaming video and downloadable applications, is growing at the fastest rate of all mobile marketing types. Not to be ignored, however, is the rising trend of consumers to use their mobile devices for accessing social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace.
- Mind Commerce estimates the world market for mobile marketing and advertising revenues will reach nearly $50 billion by 2014, up from about $29 billion today, growing at a five-year CAGR rate of nearly 12%. Europe and North America will grow at the fastest rates, about 16% through the period, to reach $16.3 billion and $12.4 billion, respectively.
- We expect 2009 to be a decisive year for mobile marketing spending as marketers worldwide move from disillusionment over their expected return from this platform to the realization that they can indeed enhance consumer brand equity via the targeted precision and customized experience that mobile affords over other media placements
- Learn the different forms of mobile marketing and which subcategories will excel in the long term
- Examine the mobile marketing vendor landscape and discover which vendors will survive the supplier shakeout
- Understand the critical success factors that will drive future mobile marketing business models
- Grasp the dizzying array of mobile marketing spending forecasts and know where to allocate future marketing resources
Section 1: Mobile Marketing and Advertising Grows Up.
Global Spending on Mobile Advertising and Marketing Rises
Few Vendors Will Dominate Mobile Market
Mobile Messaging and Mobile Search Generate Interest
Marketers Differ on the Best Messaging Platform.
Mobile Search Will Dominate Subscriber Activity.
Mobile Reaches Elusive Younger Male Demographic.
U.S. Mobile Searchers Prefer Task-Driven Content
U.S. Mobile Searchers Prefer Ad-Supported Format, says Survey.
Mobile Video and Apps Is Fastest Growing Content Sector.
Section 2: The Mobile Marketing Opportunity.
Spending Forecasts Vary Among Researchers
European Mobile Marketing Will Grow Gradually.
Europe Mobile Marketing Efforts Mature Slowly.
Asia is Mobile Global Leader.
Growth of Mobile Marketing Spending Faces Challenges
One-Third of Mobile Users Recall Advertising Today.
Mobile Campaigns are Still Pricey.
Section 3: Mobile Marketing Vendor Shakeout32
Suppliers Provide Diverse Set of Offerings32
Google Dominates Mobile Search and Content Aggregation.
Advertising Networks Vie for Leading Brand Clientele.
Mobile Phone Carriers to Focus on Platform Access
Section 4: The Mobile Marketing Forecast
Global Market Spending to Reach $50B by 2014.
Immediate Measurement of Success Attracts Advertisers
Section 5: Recommendations: Plan Mobile Campaigns Now.
List of Figures
Figure 1. Global Spending on Mobile Advertising and Marketing (in U.S. $ billion), 2007 to 2009
Figure 2. U.S. Spending by Type of Mobile Marketing and Advertising (in $ billions), 2007 to 2009
Figure 3. Percent of Mobile Media Users and Internet Users Who Respond to Advertisements (in Great Britain)
Figure 4. Mobile Subscriber Monthly Consumption of Content and Applications
Figure 5. Global Mobile Content Consumption on iPhones and Smartphones
Figure 6. Mobile Search Users (000s) via Mobile Device, Three-Month Average in U.S. and Europe
Figure 7. Gender Differences Among Cell Phone Users by European Country
Figure 8. Leading Mobile Search Brands by Mobile Searcher Penetration
Figure 9: Mobile Search and Content Aggregator Vendor Landscape, 2009
Figure 10. Mobile Advertising Network Vendor Landscape
Figure 11. U.S. Market Share of Cellular Phone Service Providers
Figure 12. Global Mobile Marketing and Advertising Spending Forecast, 2009 to 2014
Figure 13. Share of Spending on Mobile Marketing and Advertising by Region, 2009 vs. 2014
Figure 14. Global Spending on Types of Mobile Marketing, 2009 to 2014
Figure 15. 2009 Share of Spending by Mobile Marketing Format
Figure 16. 2014 Share of Spending by Mobile Marketing Format
Figure 17. Spending (in $ billions) on Mobile Marketing and Advertising Formats in the U.S., 2009 vs. 2014
Figure 18. Spending (in $ billions) on Mobile Marketing and Advertising Formats in China, 2009 vs. 2014
Figure 19. Spending ($ in billions) on Mobile Marketing and Advertising Formats in the U.K., 2009 vs. 2014
