Category Archives: Mobile Web

The New Breed of Mobile Providers

As someone who has been in the mobile technology space for several years, I’ve seen a good amount of change. It’s often said that change is the one constant in life; well – picture the mobile space as a concentrated … Continue reading

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Responsive Design, breaking down what you need to know…

Ethan Marcotte from A List Apart wrote an excellent blog post in May of 2010 on the subject of Responsive Web Design. While Ethan’s observations on the state of mobile browsers were valid then, with groups like Nielson telling us smartphones … Continue reading

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How NOT To Use Your Sales Force

In an effort to save media dollars, there is a trend for marketers to rely solely on their sales force to promote new programs. The idea being that a sales rep will detail an HCP on a new program, provide them … Continue reading

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Black Friday Mobile Sales Soar 3,000% for JoS. A. Bank Clothiers

  Clothing retailer JoS. A. Bank, together with 5th Finger’s RedShop, sees explosive growth of mobile sales on Black Friday. On Black Friday, JoS. A. Bank’s mobile checkout saw an increase of over 3,000% compared to its previous daily average. … Continue reading

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Meet Your Kitchen Assistant: The Safeway Thanksgiving Mobile Site

This year Safeway has truly welcomed the mobile side of Thanksgiving with open arms (or should I say fingers?). The grocer launched both The Safeway Chef Assistant App for iPhone and a Thanksgiving mobile site, powered by RedShop Mobile. More … Continue reading

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Mobile Friendly or Mobile Frenemy?

In an effort to save budget, many marketers choose to go the “mobile friendly” route over the truly mobile route when designing a promotional website. These “friendly” friends of mobile are no friends to mobile or marketers, really. We’ve all … Continue reading

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Best Practices for Mobile Adherence

Last week, Chris Crichton and his 5th Finger team gathered with Pharma experts at Digital Pharma East. Chris shared his years of mobile adherence insight with the conference audience. We found this great snapshot of his preso by Leigh Householder at  whatsyourdigitaliq.com. … Continue reading

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The 2011 Mobile Marketing Guide

We recently published a 2011 Mobile Outlook that provides a straight talking, no holds barred, insider analysis of the current state of the mobile market, expectations beyond 2012 and a guide to mobilizing for 2011. Here is a quick peek at … Continue reading

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Got Memory? SanDisk puts a SanDisk Sales Associate in every store on earth

Memory cards are an essential accessory for so many devices today—cameras, game consoles, mobile phones and more. The only trouble is, there are so many choices out there so it can be tough to figure out the right card to … Continue reading

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QR Codes and Retesting Assumptions.

  The last 2 years has seen a surge in the popularity of “smart phones” in the US market.  This has us all looking for the next “big thing” to do with these amazing devices.  But there’s also a realization … Continue reading

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