Monthly Archives: July 2010

New M-commerce Guide Suggests Strategies To Leverage Smartphones For Conversion

Gary Schwartz, Pres­i­dent of Impact Mobile and Chair­man of MEF North Amer­ica, cau­tions retail­ers to think out­side the mobile screen, as an enhanced mobile strat­egy goes beyond bring­ing a stan­dard e-commerce site to the mobile device. “Mobile is not about shrink­ing … Con­tinue read­ing

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Coca-Cola turns mobile phone into loyalty card with Airbonus

The Coca-Cola Co. is ramp­ing up its mobile loy­alty ini­tia­tives in North Amer­ica by part­ner­ing with a Cana­dian wire­less car­rier to drive par­tic­i­pa­tion in its “Twist TXT Save” pro­gram. “Air­bonus is an excit­ing oppor­tu­nity for brands as it offers a new … Con­tinue read­ing

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MEF North America Launches M-Commerce Guide to Drive Customer Acquisition, Retention & Conversion

MEF has been an indus­try part­ner in rev­enue gen­er­a­tion for over a decade and has led the charge glob­ally, estab­lish­ing busi­ness pol­icy, busi­ness mod­els and best prac­tices for the mobile enter­tain­ment indus­try,” said Gary Schwartz, CEO of Impact Mobile and … Con­tinue read­ing

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iPhone 4 Antennagate

Gary Schwartz, president/CEO of Impact Mobile: Steve had to answer to the scathing Con­sumer Reports and 20 days of unchecked dis­cus­sion in the blogosphere. Apple should have addressed the issue at least two weeks ago. Now Steve had no choice but to … Con­tinue read­ing

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HTML5: Apps vs. Browser

YouTube today sent a clear sig­nal to the mar­ket that the mobile brower is maturing,” said said Gary Schwartz, president/CEO of Impact Mobile, New York. “Developers need to take heed. It is nat­ural that Google should lead this inevitable trend. Apple is … Con­tinue read­ing

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Oct 5, 2010 — Join Impact Mobile at Digital Investor Summit, New York

Panel: How to Max­i­mize the Con­ver­gence of Tech­nolo­gies and Plat­forms with Place-Based to Enhance Engage­ment The future of brand expe­ri­ence is one where all screens are united. Whether it’s the web, social media, place-based, or mobile, what are the ways … Con­tinue read­ing

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Sept 12–16 — Mobile Innovation Week, Toronto

Gary Schwartz and Michael O’Farrell Co-Chair the MOBILEINNOVATIONWEEK in Toronto. The annual inter­na­tional event will show­case global mobile thought lead­ers, devel­op­ers, inno­va­tors, insti­tu­tions and indus­try pro­fes­sion­als com­ing together for an excit­ing and engag­ing series of events all focused on explor­ing … Con­tinue read­ing

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Sept 28 — Join Impact Mobile in Toronto to discuss retail

From Clicks to Bricks: How to Use the Mobile Plat­form to Engage Your Cus­tomers on the Go Quan­ti­fy­ing the rev­enue poten­tial of mobile in the retail sec­tor– and how best to mea­sure it Devel­op­ing mobile appli­ca­tions to reach new cus­tomers and sell­ing … Con­tinue read­ing

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July 22 — MEF Canada: M-Commerce Guide Launch with KPMG, Toronto

July 22nd: Join Impact Mobile in Toronto to launch the MEF Mobile Com­merce Guide. MEF Amer­i­cas has pro­duced a Mobile Com­merce Guide to help brands, con­tent pro­duc­ers and retail­ers bet­ter under­stand how to lever­age the mobile phone to drive cus­tomer acqui­si­tion, … Con­tinue read­ing

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July 21 — MEF USA: M-Commerce Guide Launch at RILA, San Francisco

July 21st: Join Impact Mobile in San Fran­cisco to launch the MEF Mobile Com­merce Guide. MEF Amer­i­cas has pro­duced a Mobile Com­merce Guide to help brands, con­tent pro­duc­ers and retail­ers bet­ter under­stand how to lever­age the mobile phone to drive cus­tomer … Con­tinue read­ing

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