{"id":103886,"date":"2017-08-04T09:13:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=103886"},"modified":"2017-08-04T09:13:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:13:40","slug":"3-mobile-marketing-tips-improved-engagement-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2017\/08\/3-mobile-marketing-tips-improved-engagement-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"3 mobile marketing tips to drive engagement and sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caribbean businesses are not catering to the digital\/mobile consumer as they should. Here are three pro tips to become more mobile-focussed.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week, the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) shared the results of Mobile Consumer Survey for Jamaica it had commissioned. Key findings of the exercise included the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Millennial consumer behaviour is being shaped by the widespread adoption of smartphones and the Internet<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social and instant messaging apps, such as Facebook and WhatsApp, are almost ubiquitous on all mobile consumers\u2019 phones<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media consumption habits have rapidly switched from traditional to digital, mobile and social media. (Sources: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/article\/business\/20170720\/businesses-need-go-mobile-meet-millennials-needs-psoj-survey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gleaner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loopjamaica.com\/content\/jamaican-businesses-must-go-mobile-meet-millennials-needs-psoj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loop Jamaica<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey findings confirmed trends Jamaican businesses are already experiencing, which led PSOJ Chief Executive Officer, Dennis Chung, to express<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rapid digitisation of business is something that has caught many of us off guard and that\u2019s why the PSOJ wanted to gather these insights for our members&#8230; Digital transformation and big data are impacting all Jamaican businesses from agriculture to finance and we must know how to react to stay competitive here and abroad. There is a huge opportunity if we move to grasp it.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Sources: \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loopjamaica.com\/content\/jamaican-businesses-must-go-mobile-meet-millennials-needs-psoj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loop Jamaica<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the areas in which businesses have been lagging behind is capitalising on consumer access through mobile\/cellular phones. Those who are regular readers of ICT Pulse would know that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mobile\/cellular phones virtually universal across the Caribbean<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which establishes a direct channel through which to engage every device owner. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having said this, a criticism that has been leveled at many business, including those in the Caribbean, is that they are resistant to change (Source: \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbadostoday.bb\/2017\/07\/28\/digital-divide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barbados Today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Although there are dozens of mobile marketing tips businesses should implement for better engage consumers, especially millennials, which can also result in improved sales, here we highlight the top three.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. \u00a0Develop Mobile Marketing Strategy<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the major change in mindset \u00a0that would be needed within the organisation, and in the first instance, preparation of a mobile marketing strategy is strongly recommended. In developing the strategy \u2013 and if it is done well \u2013 there would be a greater appreciation of not just all of the moving parts that would need to be coordinated, but also the broad range of opportunities across the various media for promotion and engagement. Essentially, we are moving the business from just a one-line \u2018strategy\u2019 about posting more to their social networks, to a comprehensive approach that focusses on engaging the digital, and more specifically, the \u2018mobile-first\u2019 consumer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. \u00a0Make your company website mobile-friendly<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many businesses, developing their websites turned out to be more challenging than expected, and since its launch, little or no resources have been assigned to keep it current and updated. However new features and technologies are continually being released, the majority of which aim to improve the user experience. It therefore comes as no surprise the many company websites are not optimised for today\u2019s consumer, particularly those who view a lot of content on their mobile\/cellular devices \u2013 such as millennials. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In having a mobile-friendly website, the layout, along with all of the text and images, automatically adjusts to be viewed on smaller screens. As a result, the website is still functional, attractive, and easy to navigate, which will encourage users to not only visit, but also stay on the site to find what they need.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Use text message marketing<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In all of the focus on social media, it is easy to overlook a more basic \u2013 still powerful channel: text messaging. Short messaging service (SMS), offered by mobile\/cellular providers, or Internet-driven instant messaging, such as WhatsApp, Skype and Viber, to name a few, are channels, which have been built for mobile\/cellular phones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Text messaging provides businesses with a medium not only for broadcast messaging, but more crucially, a direct connection to each user, and thus the potential for personalised engagement with each consumer. Further, in addition to being inexpensive, that is SMS, increasingly, mobile\/cellular providers, especially those in the Caribbean, have been offering their subscribers with free access to some of those instant messaging services, thus driving their take-up and use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pexels.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pexels<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caribbean businesses are not catering to the digital\/mobile consumer as they should. 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