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How to Best Utilize Location-Based Media for Business
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2. How to Best Utilize Location-Based Media for Business October 3, 2011 Webster Lewin SVP, Director of Digital Innovation and Strategy MSLGROUP Americas Scott Margolis VP, Business Development / GM Mobile HopStop Hussain Ismail Director, Social Media Live Nation
4. How many people use location Source: The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 5/2011
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9. Overview HopStop is a leading location-based service providing door-to-door transit, walking, biking, taxi and hourly car rental directions in 62 major metropolitan areas (spanning 100+ cities) throughout the U.S., Canada & Europe, and is largest provider of pedestrian navigation and transit-routing behind Google Maps
10. Common Everyday Questions How do I get there? How long will it take? What’s the fastest route? When does the next bus arrive? When do I need to leave? Should I walk or cab it? What’s nearby?
11. A Powerful Location-Based Service HopStop users are on-the-go. Knowing their current location and where they’re going makes HopStop highly unique (and hence able to geo-target local content and offers to the whereabouts of millions of users) Restaurant Reviews Nightlife Reviews Local Events Nearby Shopping Local Daily Deals
12. Unique Geo-Targeting Capabilities How powerful is it to get the right message, in-front of the right user, at the right time? Very. Nearby: Restaurant Review
18. Q & A Webster Lewin SVP, Director of Digital Innovation and Strategy MSLGROUP Americas [email_address] @wloglobal Text WEBSTER to 87812 Hussain Ismail Director, Social Media Live Nation [email_address] @hussain Scott Margolis VP, Business Development / GM Mobile HopStop [email_address]
Notes de l'éditeur
In September of this hear Mashable posted this story with a rather misleading headline. In fact, location usage is far from the least popular activity among smartphone users, QR codes usage is much lower for example. The growth of check in services has been remarkable. And Maps usage is very high.