Internet Marketing for Business – Jim Kukral – Small Business Web Consultant
Internet Marketing for Business
So, how much SMS marketing have you done? If you’re like me… probably none. Yet. It’s coming. The first thing us marketers need to do is understand what SMS is. It’s text messaging. Imagine a double opt-in email sender, but through text.
Here’s an interview I did with the guys at Mobilestorm about SMS. Will be interesting to see how marketers use text to get messages out in the years to come.
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Business Around A Lifestyle
The world changed on 9/11 in so many different ways. Since that day, there has been a major shift happening in the way people think and live their lives. Sure, many people still chase the dollar as their ultimate goal. However, many more people have begun to realize that the world could, well, end tomorrow.
That's why people are choosing to pursue a business around a lifestyle, instead of a lifestyle controlled by their business. It makes sense, right? If the world was going to end tomorrow, would you still try to live your life in a way you never wanted to?
Take a look around you and you'll see that this shift to becoming a lifestyle entrepreneur is being adopted by more and more people every day. Some of those people are falling into it because they have been laid off from their jobs and are literally forced into it. Some of those people just figure out a way to make it happen because of the "end of the world" thinking mentioned above.
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Is there a way to also market my RSS subscribers to get paid for site views? Most service providers in the US are looking to leverage there bandwidth to help pay for telco usage.
Jim, she'll surely need a phone in 10 years.
I thought SMS and mobile web were going to be the next big thing in marketing. Then Apple came out with the iPhone. I really think that e-mail, twitter, or IM will replace SMS. Phone companies will have to stop charging for SMS to give it a few more years of life, but I just can't see its surviving.
I had an entire business idea based on text message marketing, but I've abandoned it now because it just doesn't seem realistic to me anymore.
The big question will be: How do you use whatever replaces SMS for marketing?
I could be totally wrong. I don't know a lot about the industry.
I also am basing the center of my consulting business around text messaging, but it's mostly just my opener to build my relationship with the businesses. Usually I get other business because I have introduced this new idea to them. I think the iPhones are still too expensive to worry about…text messaging should last at least a couple more years if not more, in my opinion.
Baley Plascencia
http://www.PlascenciaProjects.com
I just don't understand the idea behind sending ads via a cellphone. I can't tell you how pissed off Id' be if I got an ad on my cellphone. Although 10 years ago I didn't think ads on the internet would work either… So I'm probably wrong. But .. damn, I just can't imagine being OK with getting an ad on my cellphone.
Yeah, I guess I'll let her have one by then. :)
Well, it's just like an email list. You optin to get emails from companies you like, right? Same thing here.
Now I think you can ony monetize RSS readers with pageviews, you gain very qualified visitors.
There are many simple ones that give you trial SMS text messages. Found that simple yet useful sites like http://www.Bubbletext.com was the way to go for sending sms text messages from the web. You can add credits anytime using Paypal.
Ads on my cellphone? Heck, I've never even sent a text message to another person's phone in my life. I think I would be quite unhappy to start receiving messages from advertisers from the get-go.
But you're probably right…it's coming. :-/
Barbara
I thought SMS and mobile web were going to be the next big thing in marketing. Then Apple came out with the iPhone. I really think that e-mail, twitter, or IM will replace SMS. Phone companies will have to stop charging for SMS to give it a few more years of life, but I just can't see its surviving.
ravinder
Thank you