Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Mobile Apps: A Marketing Strategy that Boosts Businesses

While the desktop has not yet been completely abandoned, we find almost everybody on their phones all the time. It’s your miniature laptop, comprehensive planner and calendar, journal, map, and alarm. It’s everything rolled into one, yet it can fit into your pocket. In addition, you can now surf online using it… thus the rise of mobile apps that you can download or view to shop, browse, play games, and even browse menus. Mobile apps have made life more efficient as it allows us to multi-task. Businesses have reported that they had increase in sales after they have launched their mobile apps. Below are examples of mobile apps that have helped businesses come a long way:


PayPal Wallet

From shopping for clothes to e-books to buying online concert or plane tickets, and everything else, you will see that PayPal button on the payment form. It is the most recognized mobile wallet because of the trust that it has gained from its customers. Payments and wiring money anywhere in the world are made easier through this app as it can also manage several fund sources. Customers keep on using it because of security, simplicity, and efficiency in shopping right at the tip of their fingers.

Amazon

More and more families have abandoned the idea of going to the mall to shop. Why bother getting dressed and wasting gas when they can tinker on their phones and shop at Amazon? You can find almost everything there from clothes to appliances to spare parts! Now with its mini version through a mobile app with an organized layout, shopping has never been easier.


Shopkick

We all love rewards but what’s better than getting them just after you have spent a little on shopping? Shopkick is a real-time shopping app which gives away gift cards and rewards to their customers after purchasing. Now, this can be a good game to play using your smart phone. Mobile apps are easier to use than a full-blown website. They load faster, they’re easy on the eyes, user-friendly, and they engage the consumers more. It simply increases your traffic and your probability of gaining more market share. Take the examples above and see how far they have come in increasing their sales just by launching a mobile app. Have a trustworthy developer make your own Sacramento Mobile Apps for you to be more visible. It’s one smart move for your business that you will definitely never regret.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Sacramento Mobile Websites Are Taking Over the Online Marketing Industry

CNN is a witness to the sudden increase in the rate of mobile web browsing in 2013. According to an article posted on their website on September 17 last year, the rate of mobile web use has doubled since 2009. They based the story on a study conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which had shown that 21 percent of phone users access the Internet through their mobile phones.



For advertisers in Sacramento who have long considered investing in mobile websites, this is an opportunity of a lifetime. A mobile website is a website that is intended to be browsed and operated via a mobile device, commonly a mobile phone. Meaning, this website is not compatible with a desktop system or may show poor navigability when browsed through a computer.

 The primary advantage of Sacramento mobile websites is that they allow mobile phone users to navigate through certain websites as easily as when they’re using their computers. As they more frequently use their mobile phones for web browsing, this will help them view the webpages that interest them and perform basic actions, such as downloading and uploading data more conveniently.

If you own a business and have a website that isn’t getting enough visits to obtain higher rankings in search results, maybe it’s high time to go mobile. Invest in creating and developing a mobile website that your target market can easily browse. Having a website that is far more navigable than others will give it an identity that will remain in your clients’ memory for a long time.



Aside from mobile websites, you can also consider investing in Sacramento mobile apps. A lot of end-users don’t want the hassle of going to your website and looking for the page where they can download a photo or make an online purchase. With an application intended for specific actions, you will provide your clients with shortcut that can improve their browsing and purchasing experience.