IAMAI's 3^rd Mobile Marketing Summit to be held in Bengaluru on December 18

The Mobile Marketing Summit will have speakers like Neeraj Roy, MD, Hungama, S Rajendran, CMO, Acer India, Alokdeep Singh, Head of Ecommerce Business, Titan, who will take a closer look at the emergence of mobile marketing

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | December 16, 2015

The Mobile Marketing Summit returns for the third time to analyse the trends in mobile marketing. The Mobile Marketing Summit to be held on December 18 in Bengaluru, will have speakers like Neeraj Roy, MD, Hungama, S Rajendran, CMO, Acer India, Alokdeep Singh, Head of Ecommerce Business, Titan to name a few.

The internet population in India is growing at a healthy rate. With 400 million internet users in India, the medium has provided a huge canvass for marketers to reach out to their audience. What is also witnessing an exponential growth is mobile marketing. The growth of consumer internet companies has given an impetus to growth in internet users. If India is on the brink of attaining the magic figure of INR 1 lakh crore in digital commerce, the availability of smart phones at cheaper rates coupled with low internet mobile tariffs have ensured that internet is within the reach of all.

With a huge population of young consumers hooked to the internet, the marketing and advertising fraternity has taken cognisance of the power of digital advertising. In 2014, the market size of digital advertising was INR 2,750 crore and at an estimated 30% y-o-y growth, it will be over INR 3,500 crore. Though it is still at a nascent stage, planners have woken up to the power of the digital medium.

According to Dr Subho Ray, President, IAMAI, “If the growth of digital commerce is anything to go by, planners will certainly spend more time understanding how to tap the hidden potential of the digital world. The phenomenon of online shopping is no longer restricted in the urban areas. If you look closely, internet users in rural India is growing faster than in urban India. The coming of age of payment banks and mobile wallets will encourage consumers to transact online. The point is, newspapers might not reach every village, but there is mobile connectivity in almost entire India and people out there are watching the world in their handheld device. It is just a matter of time that most brands will give a huge push for digital marketing.”

The Mobile Marketing Summit, to be held in Bengaluru on December 18, 2015, will have industry doyens taking a closer look at the emergence of mobile marketing in India. As S Rajendran, CMO, Acer India, said, “The Mobile Marketing Summit event always provides fascinating insights into the way mobile technology is bringing positive changes to how consumers behave and conduct their lives across all facets of their lives.  This summit helps bring audiences one step closer to ideas and developments that are breaking new ground in the market. Some recent trends are quite revealing about the pace of change in this space: the adoption rate of mobile is twice that of the internet, three times that of social media, and ten times faster than PCs. Today mobile is becoming not only the new digital hub but also the bridge to the physical world. That is the reason why mobile will be transformative to entire businesses.”

Vineet Sehgal

Vineet Sehgal, CMO, Quikr, echoed Rajendran's sentiments. According to Vineet Sehgal, “80% of our traffic comes from mobile and in that context it's pretty clear that mobile marketing is no longer an experimental format but rather a crucial part of the mix for online businesses such as ours. Technological advances have made it possible for consumer touch-points via mobile to be personalized, location-based and hence extremely relevant which brings marketers immense opportunity.”

The Mobile Marketing Summit 2015 will have sessions like 'State of Mobile Marketing In India'; 'Mobile First and Brand Marketing'; 'Engaging with multi-screen users: Every advertisers' challenge'; 'How Brands are considering promotions through mobile medium'.

Speaking about multi-screen users, Alokedeep Singh, Head, eCommerce Business – Titan Company Limited, was of the view, “In a multi-screen world, Mobile is becoming the Primary/First screen for Consumers to search, experience & shop online. In coming times, not only targeting users with relevant ads, push notifications etc, newer technologies like ibeacons, wearables will create endless opportunities for Brands, Marketers.”

The Mobile Marketing Summit 2015 will be held on December 18, 2015, at Taj West End, Bengaluru.

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