All About Beacons

Even with retail apocalypse making headlines for the last couple of years, tech-savvy businessmen have found ways to compete with online giants like Amazon. According to a report from The New York Times, just 8.9 per cent of the retail sales in the United States last year were made online – which includes Amazon. Presented […]

Proximity-based marketing isn’t a new concept. It has been around for decades. Whether it’s giving out flyers in the busiest part of the city or hiring a sign spinner to drive sales, it has always relied on location-based marketing. With the dawn of the World Wide Web, marketers were able to target consumers using their […]

Nine-in-ten urban dwellers use smartphones to get directions. In fact, 80% of the urban population makes use of location functionality at restaurants, 67% at shopping malls and 50% at the gym, to name a few. With this extensive adoption, location-based services have naturally taken off. Among numerous existing location marketing solutions, Wi-Fi marketing has been […]

Anywhere the eye can see, it’s likely to see an ad. Recently, even eggs in a  supermarket were found to be stamped with television show names! Experts estimate that an average person is exposed to over 5,000 ads a day. But let’s be honest – no one wants to be marketed to. Therefore, it becomes […]

1. What is location-based marketing? Location-based services (LBS) use real-time geographical data from a mobile device to provide information, entertainment and security. Location-based marketing (LBM) is one of the location-based services. Location-based marketing is a direct marketing strategy that uses a device’s geo-data to alert the users about the offerings of businesses relevant to their […]