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18th August 2008    Current rating: 

Topic: Technology

Throughout the world there has been many levels of adoption when it comes to mobile advertising. South Africa is certainly no different and can even be viewed as a pioneering region in some regards. Last year Vodacom released an interesting mobile advertising division known as “On-The-Line”, which appeared to have some good results with early trials.
 
Now spinning out of South Africa is yet another innovative entity created by a Vodacom alum called Eyeballs Mobile. With South Africa predicted to see tremendous growth in mobile advertising, poised for revenue growth of more than 10 times in the next four years to as much as R2.15 billion, Eyeballs Mobile certainly seems promising enough:
 
One of the key benefits of this platform to advertisers is the fact that it is highly measurable. “Eyeballs Mobile allows advertisers to determine exactly which customers they would like to target with their advertisements and our metrics allow us to report on the exact profile of the people who have viewed the advertisements,” says Beyers. “This will minimise wastage and assist in customising advertising messages for specific target audiences,” he adds.
 
Customers gain control over their advertising consumption. “As a user you get the choice to download the software, view the advertisements and collect rewards or not,” he says. “And while we believe the combination of rich content and rewards will be reason enough for our customers to use this platform, there will be random cash prizes up for grabs during the launch month,” he concludes.
 
 As each region around the world spotlights various approaches to mobile advertising, the one common theme seen here is a focus on PRN20080211">results measurement, demographic targeting, and ensuring marketers are not invasive or shaking consumer willingness to receive such mobile advertising by subsequently creating Spam. The rest of 2008 will certainly provide some interesting developments! And we will certainly be watching… After all, according to eMarketer direct response mobile advertising has been on the rise at a rapid pace globally:
 

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