Best Mobile Marketing Service?

Have you heard?

Mobile marketing  for visitors and buyers is still in the early adopter cycle right now.   It’s still got the new car smell!  There are amazing things going on in that industry, and if you have a website on the net, then you are missing out by not getting in the Mobile space to grab more business.  Whether your an affiliate marketer or a small business needing local customers, going after the mobile surfers is the trend to ride, right now.

Here are 9 reasons why:

1. The growth of the iPhone was 10 times faster than the growth of America Online. (Source: Nielsen) (This is an amazing statistic for those of us who remember mailboxes stuffed with AOL discs during the 1990s.)

2. It takes 26 hours for the average person to report a lost wallet. It takes 68 minutes for them to report a lost phone. (Source: Unisys)

3. There are 6.8 billion people on the planet. 5.1 billion of them own a cell phone, but only 4.2 billion own a toothbrush. (Source: Mobile Marketing Association Asia)

4. In some countries, there are more mobile subscriptions than there are people. (Source: Mobile Marketing Association) (How can this be? It’s because some people own more than one mobile phone.)

5. It takes 90 minutes for the average person to respond to an email. It takes 90 seconds for the average person to respond to a text message. (Source: CTIA.org)

6. 70% of all mobile searches result in action within 1 hour. (Source: Mobile Marketer)

7. Mobile coupons get 10 times the redemption rate of traditional coupons. (Source: Borrell Associates)

8. There are more mobile phones on the planet than there are TVs. (Source: Jupiter)

9. 91% of all U.S. citizens have their mobile device within reach 24/7. (Source: Morgan Stanley)

(Source: Mobile Marketing Association)

So… what are the best Mobile Marketing tools and services that allow a working middle class website owner to get cranking right away? Which companies provide the top notch and innovative service?

Which ones are affordable, convenient, and don’t require a seminar or two of training to master?

This month, let’s try to get some answers.

Help us crowd-source the question “Who is the best Mobile Marketing Service for entrepreneurs and small businesses to use to promote and profit?”

Why I’m doing this:

Have you had a great experience using a Mobile Marketing Service?  Did this company really “crush it” and bring you lots of leads and traffic?  I want to know about it.  If you’ve written about your experience on a blog post, a tweet, or a youtube video, I’d like to place a link to that testimonial right from my company profile page, so that my visitors can benefit from your knowledge.

How to Help:

Simply enter your name, email and a link to your testimonial (blog post, tweet, facebook page, whatever!) and if it’s legit and newsworthy, I’ll post the link to that testimonial on the corresponding company page here at makemoneyonline-aspap.   You can see the list of current company pages by clicking here.