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Editorials

  • Don’t forget tomorrow’s FTC event on mobile

    May 5, 2008

    The Federal Trade Commission tomorrow holds its first town hall meeting on mobile marketplace issues.

  • Google rightly throws weight behind mobile banners

    April 28, 2008

    It took some time but Google finally bellied up to the bar: The search giant’s move to offer banners for mobile extends the life of an ad unit that refuses to die.

  • Retailers should seriously try mobile marketing

    April 21, 2008

    It’s no secret that retailers have been dealt a blow in the solar plexus with a weak economy. Why don’t they give mobile marketing a shot to get consumers spending again?

  • Positioning mobile at ad:tech San Francisco

    April 14, 2008

    The nation’s top interactive marketing executives gather this week at ad:tech San Francisco to network, learn and sell. Some of them will even get their first exposure to mobile marketing.

  • Impressions of the CTIA Wireless 2008 show

    April 7, 2008

    Las Vegas and the conference it hosted last week, CTIA Wireless 2008, had one thing in common: crowds.

  • Mobile Web advocacy gets new supporter in dotMobi

    March 31, 2008

    Bango’s handover of the ilovemobileweb campaign is good news for the industry, given that the dotMobi Advisory Group is the new custodian of a well-conceived advocacy effort.

  • Make history, not news, at CTIA show

    March 24, 2008

    In less than a week, the great and good from the wireless industry will descend on the CTIA annual conference in Las Vegas. Expect tens of thousands to attend in a climate of excitement and hope.

  • AOL and Bebo? You serious?

    March 17, 2008

    Dry eyes and common sense: both were missing last week when AOL agreed to pay $850 million for online social network Bebo. Some commentators even justified the deal for its mobile benefits. Please!

  • Many ways to polish an Apple

    March 10, 2008

    Apple last week topped Fortune’s annual list of the most admired U.S. companies and bagged a $100 million fund for iPhone programmers. Not bad for a $24 billion underdog, huh?

  • The law is watching

    March 3, 2008

    When the Congress, FCC, FTC and Florida’s Attorney General come calling, you know mobile marketing is on notice. It’s time for those best practices to kick in.

  • Editorial: Inviting articles for Mobile Marketer’s Classic Guide to Mobile Advertising

    February 19, 2008

    Mobile Marketer is welcoming editorial submissions for its Classic Guide to Mobile Advertising, a handbook of tips, best practice, case studies and research from our reporters and industry leaders.

  • Why the FTC meeting on mobile matters

    February 11, 2008

    Marketers know only too well what happens when a government agency comes knocking on your door in the name of consumer protection: more regulation.

  • All the News That’s Fit to Text

    February 4, 2008

    That tag line sounds pretty snazzy, right? Perhaps The New York Times should use it for its mobile site – a neat model for other news publishers to follow.

  • Money, money, money

    January 28, 2008

    Ask and you shall get: That mantra worked for several mobile companies as they proudly announced millions of dollars in new funding last week. Is this the beginning of a mobile boom?

  • Don’t take your eye off retail

    January 22, 2008

    Have companies made mobile’s case to retailers? Not if you attended the National Retail Federation’s annual show last week.

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