“An eight-week campaign for mobile media—which could be a combination of mobile display and text messaging—we’re probably talking about $250,000 to $300,000.”

Mr. Moorhead goes on to itemize the metrics used to measure success and discuss ROI as ‘Return on Innovation’ as an alternative to the traditional concept. We particularly agree with another statement of his that puts mobile “in the middle of the media ecosystem” as a connector between other digital and traditional marketing channels. Read full article here: Cost and ROI for Mobile Campaigns

Understanding how mobile can work as an advertising vehicle or marketing channel will depend on you business. If trends continue mobile will need to be a part of your 2011 digital strategy.

http://m.childfund.org/

So take out your mobile phone, click around and don’t forget to “Text a Gift”. More about this exciting launch from the those behind the work…

Pauline, Marketing Director says: “We’ve helped ChildFund establish a strong presence for the mobile audience, and they can now take advantage of ‘text-to-give’ as a new channel for fundraising.”

Cynthia, Director of Communications says: “We know our supporters are committed and passionate about helping children around the world, and this mobile site provides them with portable access at all times. They can share information with others through the site and if they are moved, they also can donate quickly and easily. Best of all, the site provides direct access for those who have decided to commit to sponsoring a child.”

Shirley, Digital Producer says: “I love that we were able to use content, message, and technology to deliver a unique experience and potentially open up ChildFund to new audiences.”

Laura, Marketing Director says: “The mobile site looks great! Wow!”

Special thanks to the ChildFund marketing team as well as Shirley, Pauline, Katherine, Stuart, Jeff and Josh for their beautiful execution. Amazing effort all around!

“Nearly half of all adults (47%) go online with a laptop using a Wi-Fi connection or mobile broadband card (up from the 39% who did so as of April 2009) while 40% of adults use the internet, email or instant messaging on a mobile phone (up from the 32% of Americans who did this in 2009). This means that 59% of adults now access the internet wirelessly using a laptop or cell phone.”

For the full story visit Mobile Access 2010: Summary of Findings

Top activities for mobile and wifi laptop users include taking pictures and sending text messages. Could this finally be the year for mobile? We think so!

Curious? See more at CNet’s live blog.

We are very proud to announce the launch of a new streamlined and socially connected mobile experience for ChildFund International!

http://m.childfund.org/

So take out your mobile phone, click around and don’t forget to “Text a Gift”. More about this exciting launch from the those behind the work…

Pauline, Marketing Director says: “We’ve helped ChildFund establish a strong presence for the mobile audience, and they can now take advantage of ‘text-to-give’ as a new channel for fundraising.”

Cynthia, Director of Communications says: “We know our supporters are committed and passionate about helping children around the world, and this mobile site provides them with portable access at all times. They can share information with others through the site and if they are moved, they also can donate quickly and easily. Best of all, the site provides direct access for those who have decided to commit to sponsoring a child.”

Shirley, Digital Producer says: “I love that we were able to use content, message, and technology to deliver a unique experience and potentially open up ChildFund to new audiences.”

Laura, Marketing Director says: “The mobile site looks great! Wow!”

Special thanks to the ChildFund marketing team as well as Shirley, Pauline, Katherine, Stuart, Jeff and Josh for their beautiful execution. Amazing effort all around!

Though the size of a mobile gift is limited ($5 and $10), the audience is generally younger, the size of the market is potentially millions of smartphone users, and the speed with which nonprofits and their supporters can react to a crisis is dazzling.

This is clearly reflected with the current earthquake disaster in Haiti. Through mGive, one of the providers that facilitates mobile giving, the Red Cross has already raised $3 million dollars (as of Jan. 14th 9 a.m.) via ‘text-to-give’ and is reportedly collecting $200,000 per hour. By comparison, during Hurricane Katrina the Red Cross raised only $400,000 in total via this channel.

A mobile giving strategy, as part of a nonprofit’s Online Fundraising Plan, is the first step. Whether an organization provides emergency aid or ongoing support, it is important to establish a plan at the outset that clearly establishes how the organization can take advantage of mobile giving to support the mission. Then, it’s building the structure, communications, processes and assigning resources that will make it all work.

To donate $10 to Haiti relief, text “Haiti” to 90999.

Visits to Web sites from mobile devices grew 34 percent during the twelve months ending in July, according to data from Nielsen Online. The measurement firm recorded 56.9 million mobile Web visits in July ‘09.

Although men continue to make up the majority of the mobile Web audience — accounting for a total of 53 percent of visits — growth among female users far outstripped that of males. Use among 13 to 17 year olds grew 45 percent year-on-year, while the over-65 group experienced growth of 67 percent.

For more information: U.S. Mobile Web Audience Grows by One Third

Is mobile part of your web strategy? Not sure where to start? Ask Digital Pulp.

Excerpt from Female IPhone Users More Likely to Tune Out Mobile Advertising:

Overall, users of conventional cellphones average 3 to 3.5 more post-click page views than iPhone users, who average 1.3 post-click page views. Post-click page views refer to the actions users take after clicking through a banner ad, such as viewing a video.

Similarly, iPhone users leave a branded web page without taking additional action about 80% of the time; only 12% of non-smartphone users, on the other hand, desert their destination. The study measured users who were clicking through to those destinations from a mobile banner ad.

According to Neislen, only about 18% of women age 18-49 have a smartphone and approximately 721,000 of those are iphone users with children (M: Metrics).

MLB has 750,000 mobile app users compared with 4,000,000 unique mobile web page users.

Check out:  MLB Mobile

Read the Full Article: How Brands Can Build a Successful App Strategy