Mobile Advertising is the most modern platform for promotional activities. This medium revolutionized personalized advertising and increased the scope of branding. Branding through Mobile Advertising comes with the potential of beginning a relationship with the audiences. When Mobile Advertising hit India, the Indian markets presented opportunities which were unique to them. These opportunities have created a situation where no branding exercise in India is complete without Mobile Advertising.
The
first unique characteristic, which target-sections in India have, is the mind-boggling
diversity. Nowhere in the world, can such a diverse audience be found as is found
in India. Due to the diversity, it becomes very difficult to target all
audience sections in India with the same campaign. The mobile platform provides
the opportunity to create personalized campaigns and conversations with the
audiences. This is a blessing for targeting markets in India as it increases
the impact of the campaign.
The
discussed media also brings the possibility of targeting a particular section
at the most appropriate period of time. In a country where the average
lifestyle is marked by busy times, approaching the consumer at the wrong time
may be a dangerous proposition. It may irritate the consumer creating a
negative brand impression. Taking up Mobile Advertising in India is a feasible way to analyze and make use of the best periods
in the day to solicit to various audience segments.
Modern
Indian audiences are mobile savvy in nature. With the boom in the Smartphone
market in India, every income threshold has been touched by internet enabled mobiles.
Mobile Advertising platform is the
sole platform where the Indian audiences can be definitely reached. Leaving out
Mobile Advertising from a brand’s
marketing plan is thus ignoring the most reliable platform of communicating
with the audiences.
India
has a budding mobile industry. According to TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India), mobile phone subscribers are growing at a rate of 6.71% and have
reached 980 million users in the second quarter of 2015. Furthermore, users who
access the internet through their mobiles will double from the current 159
million to 314 million by 2017. With this, the platform for accessing the
internet is changing to mobiles at a very fast rate. It would be a wise move to
shift the promotions of the brand accordingly.
Mobile Advertising has the most personal channels
of communication with the user’s viz. internet, SMS and calls. With the ability
to measure the performance of a campaign at real time, and the analysis of user
mobile behavior now possible, Mobile
Advertising can work wonders among the Indian audiences.