In this increasingly digital age, the value of mobile marketing is essential for businesses who expect to advance in the future. The best way to get on the cutting edge of mobile marketing is by examining trends in the industry and integrating successes into your own mobile marketing strategy. Professional mobile marketing companies understand the most recent and most successful trends better than anyone else, which is why they can be so beneficial as part of the business marketing strategy. To get a good idea of what kind of trends are surfacing and how other companies are using mobile marketing to their advantage, consider the following top 5 mobile marketing trends in 2011.

1. Android vs. iPhone: The Android is increasingly gaining in market share popularity– surpassing the popularity of the iPhone just this past summer. On top of this increasing popularity, the Droid is expected to gain even more popularity with the introduction of new apps in their marketplace in addition to general improvements.

2. Dramatic increases in mobile advertising: mobile marketing companies have certainly been enjoying the benefits of increasing interests in mobile marketing. Because more consumers are accessing the internet through their mobile devices, as opposed to computers, mobile advertising has become the smartest medium for businesses to take advantage of. Although these increases are beneficial, they have also forced many businesses to adapt their advertising strategies to more concise and simpler displays to fit more appropriately with mobile devices.

3. Mobile SEO: Businesses are feeling especially pressured to obtain a mobile website with the growing number of consumers accessing the internet from web-enabled mobile devices. Similarly to the advertising conciseness and simplicity, mobile websites must adjust their SEO strategies to adapt to the different algorithms used in mobile browsers. By the end of this year, businesses must adapt to these changes in order to keep up with the quickly-changing mobile sphere.

4. Touchscreens: Touchscreens, as opposed to mouse-operated devices, are skyrocketing in popularity. This increase in popularity means that businesses are compelled to consider the perspective of the consumer using a touchscreen device and adapt to make navigating easier for this demographic. This trend has led to an increase in touchscreen functionality of mobile websites.

5. Location-based applications: From Facebook’s Places to Yelp’s Check-ins, location-based apps are also increasing in popularity among a large population of consumers. Many companies are seeing these applications as potential for promoting local businesses. Since there is expected to be an increase of these types of applications in the future, businesses are already planning for the appropriate advertising strategy.

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