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The Future Of Mobile Ads. Henry Blodget CEO, Business Insider June 14, 2012. Henry Blodget Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Business Insider. Matt Rosoff , Editorial Director. Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry , Senior Analyst. Alex Cocotas, Analyst. Something profound happened last year….
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The Future Of Mobile Ads Henry Blodget CEO, Business Insider June 14, 2012
Henry BlodgetFounder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Business Insider Matt Rosoff, Editorial Director Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Senior Analyst Alex Cocotas, Analyst
And will soon DWARF them… We are here
Already ~1B smartphones, and still early in conversion cycle
(The U.S. is more than halfway there…) Source: Pew Research Center
Smartphone “demo” is young and rich (but will soon be everyone) Source: Nielsen, January 2012
Tablets also a form of “mobile” and will also blow past PC sales… We are here
Mobile ads are still pretty small (~$1.25 bn in U.S. last year) We are here
And most “mobile” ads are just web search + display ads viewed on mobile
“Ad spending hasn’t caught up with time spent.” Source: Mary Meeker (KPCB),eMarketer, IAB
Mobile ads have grown much slower than TV, Internet in the first 5 years
Even sober analysts expect big growth… We are here
SMS ads • The original mobile ad • Niche market, little growth expected as market evolves and matures • Ineffective, intrusive
Mobile display ads • Similar to banner ads on desktop, but much smaller and much cheaper • Inventory is currently huge • Apple’s iAds are more interactive • Can download the app directly from the ad
Click-to-call ads • New feature for regular search ads • Convenient for user, makes use of phone’s native features • Clear ROI for advertisers
Twitter Mobile Ads • Success with mobile promoted tweets • Mobile revenue surpassed web revenue on many days last quarter • Dick Costolo, June 2012 • Of estimated $250 mm 2012 revenue, ~$125 mm will be mobile
Pandora Mobile Ads • Mix of display, audio, and video ads • Mobile ads now account for 50% or more of quarterly ad revenue
Facebook Mobile Ads • Just released “Sponsored Stories” for mobile • Brands can turn an action by a user into an ad • Facebook has ~500 million mobile users, but virtually no mobile revenue
The Holy Grail: geo-located ads • Take advantage of phone’s GPS to offer something desktop can’t • Difficult to match the right inventory with consumers based on location • Groupon Now is a form of real-time local advertising
People spend more time on apps than they do browsing the web