Mobile Marketing For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback)) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have read two other books on this subject, "Mobile Marketing, Finding Your Customers No Matter Where They Are" by Cindy Krum and "The Mobile Marketing Handbook" by Kim Dushinski.
Both are excellent reads and both compliment each other. But I do suggest that if you are really serious about MM as a business owner or as an entrepreneur wanting to start a MM business for others you need to read "MM for Dummies". "MM for Dummies" is the newer of the three and, for me, it was the book that brought me "full circle" regarding MM. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I read
the first two but everything about MM started to make sense and I began to "connect the dots" so to speak after reading "MM for Dummies". I highly recommend this book and good luck in your MM endeavors!

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Straightforward advice on building and launching a mobile marketing plan
Mobile communication is hot, and so is marketing on mobile devices. Mobile Marketing For Dummies provides a clear and easy path for creating, launching, and making the most of a mobile marketing program. Designed for marketing professionals and other business people who may have little experience with the medium, it explains mobile marketing and how to convert a traditional marketing plan to mobile. Topics include assembling resources and budget, creating a plan, following best practices, building mobile sites, and much more.
Explains what mobile marketing is, how you can adapt a traditional marketing plan for mobile, and how to create and launch a mobile marketing plan from scratch
Covers activating a plan using voice, text, e-mail, and social media campaigns
Explores the nuts and bolts of building mobile sites, apps, monetizing mobile, and advertising on other mobile properties

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SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is an invaluable resource for learning about SMS in Africa, but it has broader value for understanding the challenges and opportunities of social networking on all Internet platforms. The authors, pre-eminent in the field of Internet activism in Africa, both cover general issues and provide detailed case studies of digital information gathering and activism in Kenya, DR Congo, KwaZulu Natal, Uganda and Zimbabwe among others. The digital divide is addressed but so also is the exponential growth of mobile technologies and the innovative adaptation of old and new technologies to local circumstances. An often overlooked feature of technological adaptation in Africa is the relentless creativity of people in Africa as they attempt to keep automobiles, phones, computers and other items operational far beyond the warranty dates. SMS Uprising applies this well to communications technologies. Authors also note both the positive and negative uses of such technologies, including distribution of both non-violent and violent speech as well as the ability to track movements for good and bad purposes.
I was surprised at the positive presentation in the book of market liberalization in the context of telecommunications. It seems that there was a clear support for privatized networks rather than government intervention. This position deserves broader integration into debates about neoliberal marketplaces, efficiency, innovation and human welfare.

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The Mobile Marketing Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dynamic Mobile Marketing Campaigns Review

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(More customer reviews)If you're looking to learn about mobile marketing - I highly recommend buying this book, it provides a great introduction to mobile marketing. And where Kim can't get in depth on certain topics, she provides resources that you can utilize to get more information.
She provides great information on how to determine if your target demographic aligns well with the mobile crowd and whether or not it is worth pursuing. She provides great demographic hints related to both culture and age that I wasn't aware of.
Also, she effectively presents all the different players that need to come into play for a successful mobile marketing campaign - like short code providers, aggregators, text message companies and more. You can't just start a mobile campaign without having your ducks in a row, and Kim tells you what you need to consider before starting. Although I have created mobile websites in the past, I hadn't considered all of these factors when it came to effectively marketing a mobile website.
The only reason I'm giving this boof 4 stars instead of 5 is because I thought it was a bit light on content in some areas - especially related to mobile search. Since this is the area that most interests me I would have liked more insight about pay-per-call, click-to-call, and examples of campaigns that actually had success. I would have liked to have seen screenshots of AdWords for setting up a mobile campaign and how ads look on a mobile browser. I would have liked to have seen the Google mobile search interface - and I am curious why Google mobile search defaults to web results instead of mobile (at least for me). But I do realize that I'm being a bit nitpicky and that in order to do all of this for each content area would have resulted in a 2000 page book.
Overall, if you're interested in mobile marketing, I highly recommend this book. While it can't get into the depth I would like in certain areas, it provides a fantastic jumping off point as well as links to plenty of resources to get the answers that you need.

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Focusing on a concept that is rapidly integrating into the daily lives of consumers—locally, nationally, and globally—this handbook presents a detailedexamination of mobile marketing. Based on 20 years of experience in the field, this reference proves that this cost-effective strategy can be used successfully by businesses of any size. Beginning with a simple test to determine a firm's readiness to go mobile, this guide also includes preliminary questions, an accessible program for creating a dynamic campaign, advice on how to avoid making common mistakes, and the most current online resources for mobile marketers. With easy-to-followtips on building stronger consumer relationships and strategies such as text messaging and social networking, this resource will help any company put their message in the palms of customers' hands.

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Mobile Commerce : Opportunities, Applications, and Technologies of Wireless Business Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a broad treatment of M-commerce and is aimed at a broad audience of business and technical readers. Usually books of this nature are mediocre because of the trade-offs compromises in scope and content that need to be made to accommodate a wide audience. In the case of the book, though, it isn't the case.
First, the book is organized by (1) Business opportunity, (2) Applications, (3) Technology, (4) Issues and (5) Directory of M-Commerce Applications. The first four sections are both insightful and invaluable. The directory of M-commerce applications, in my opinion, does not add any value to the book because information of this nature changes so rapidly that it's inaccurate before a book is even published.
What I like about the book is the even treatment of opportunities that are inherent in M-commerce, including some insights into why Europe does not have the advantages that normally come from being early adopters (in spite of the pessimists who cite a "two year head start" while ignoring the U.S. leadership in technology implementation when we do get around to it), and the interesting view of WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), which many believe to be just an interim - the author advises to put resources and effort into WAP and make it part of a business strategy if you want to be an M-commerce player.
The survey of technologies and standards are also useful, even if given somewhat superficial treatment. The value is you are exposed to all of the factors and considerations with which to make informed decisions or gain an understanding of the M-commerce landscape. In this respect the applications and technology sections of the book can be viewed as a primer.
Overall, this is an excellent book for learning about M-commerce from business and technical points of view because it provides a context and keen insights in both domains.

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Wireless Messaging Demystified: SMS, EMS, MMS, IM, and others Review

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(More customer reviews)I was disappointed that this book included practically nothing on the actual SMSC handshaking and protocols, nor about actual SMS, EMS, or MMS specifications, etc.. The book seems geared very much towards management types who are trying to decide whether or not to implement mobile messaging in their business strategy. The history of SMS and case studies of successful text messaging business implementations get focus. It is not a practical reference for an actual developer and provides next to nothing in technical information.

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Everything telecom professionals need to know about using SMS on mobile devices, and the incredible financial possibilities of doing so.

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