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5 Mobile Marketing Mistakes to AVOID

1. Treating Mobile Users Like PC Users

 Unlike PC users, mobile users don’t want to download your entire seven-page report. Instead, they are looking for fast access to information since they are usually on the move. Mobile users are not interested in doing a lot of clicking around to get what they need. So your information should be exact with very few words, images and graphics.

2. Not “Targeting” An Audience

Mobile marketing with text messages only works when you send the message to the right people. Some companies make the mistake of treating SMS (Short Message Service) like a mass marketing media instead of the targeting tool it was meant to be.

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What Are QR Codes and Why Are They Important For Your Business?

QR (Quick Response) codes are two-dimensional bar codes that are regularly used in conjunction with mobile phones to gain quick access to websites amongst other things.

How do they work?

QR codes are 2 dimensional bar codes that are used to transfer information through barcode readers that can be found on most mobile devices. Anyone with a camera phone (some may require a bar-code reader) can scan a business’s QR code and one of several things can happen:

1. They will be taken to their website.

2. They will be sent a coupon or discount.

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