Assessing potential of mobile ads – answers
news bulletin – answers
true/false
- The research was funded by T Mobile in the US. F: UK
- Advertisers underestimate the value of mobile phones as an advertising medium. T: ‘possibly’
- The ads should be highly personalised. F: the medium should be highly personalised
- 50% of respondents wanted some control over the advertising. F: 25%, 1/4 wanted this
- 16-34 years olds are difficult to advertise to. T: ‘difficult to pin down’
- Internet-style advertising isn’t suitable for mobile phone advertising. F: it can all be ‘moved on to mobiles’
- User behaviour will need to change for mobile ads. T
- Few mobile users would be happy to have local information sent to them. F: more than half of those surveyed were happy for this to happen
- Advertising on mobile phones will present challenges for advertisers. T
- Individual users will happily receive all adverts. F: the adverts will have to be delivered on the users ‘own terms’