The web is DEAD! You read right, the world wide web is ready for the virtual grave. However the Internet is very much alive and hungry for more. The reason is in your pocket, your cell phone. The mobile revolution has begun and is set to control the media via taking over television and web all in the palm of your hand. With nearly every new phone you buy, even the free ones having internet access is the norm. The utter ease and convenience of checking on things from your smart-phone or mobile phone is just too easy not to pass up. I for one spend more time online from my iPhone than I do on my laptop, so something is definitely changing here...
Remember 5 or 6 years ago when PPC marketing was thriving and cheap, when dominating search engines was easy, and when CPC links on your site paid out really nice? Those days are back but not on your desktop or laptop but through your mobile device. Studies have shown that internet access through mobile phones and devices is quickly surpassing the use of the old school web. What this means to internet marketers is a brand new avenue to start making money again the easy way before it becomes saturated and wise to the consumer.
How is mobile marketing different? The simple answer is is not different at all, all media advertising is done the same, just the avenue to how it reaches the consumer is changing. The technical details of the mobile monopoly is what needs to be learned, although it is a very simplified version of the web. Having a website optimized for mobile browsers is not hard at all, WordPress has several free plugins that will take care of that so there is no need to build a whole new ".mobi" site. Since the mobile internet is made to be super simplifies so is the way marketers advertise. Instead of clicks you have phone numbers and email lists to join.
Affiliate marketing on smartphones, the iPhone, and Blackberry's will exceed the so called web in online use and Internet access. Those already inside know the power of it but won't spill the beans just yet. Knowing how to build a targeted email list is just one way to capitalize on the cellular markets. One, two, three and your done.
Check out Mobile Monopoly and see the beans spilled in front of your eyes on how easy it is to market though mobile phones.
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