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Month: April 2011

Gatorade Mission Control = True Business Intelligence

Published by Mike Kujawski on April 17, 2011

I know I sound like a broken record whenever I stress the importance of monitoring social media as a form of business intelligence, so instead I thought I’d share this video with you. Surprisingly I only saw it for the first time at the #social2011 conference in Boston, but it’s been around for a while. More importantly, Gatorade has been actively listening and engaging at a strategic level like this for some time. Humour me for a second, and let’s imagine government departments here in Canada had rooms like this set up to monitor their programs and initiatives. Waste of time or the obvious future?

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CMA Mobile Marketing Conference Debrief

Published by Mike Kujawski on April 17, 2011

Last week I attended the CMA Mobile Marketing Conference in Toronto. Here are some of my condensed notes and key takeaways:

  • Less than 1% of all websites are mobile enabled and yet in 2011 most people access the internet via a mobile device. <–Please read that again.
  • 3/10 Canadians have smartphones, however the key thing to pay attention to is the drastically rising adoption rate (over 90%/year).
  • 9/10 high income earning Canadians have smartphones.
  • 50% of Twitter use occurs on mobile devices.
  • On average, Americans spend 3 hours a day on their mobile device.
  • Half of all local searches occur on a mobile device.
  • The definition of mobile has evolved. Focus should be on understanding that people want contextually relevant content on the go.
  • Magic mirrors are coming. Watch “The Future of Screen Technology“.
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