Monday, April 4, 2016

Mike Reali

How is Big Data Shaping the Way We Use Mobile Marketing?

The digital world is becoming the norm in all markets, especially in mobile devices. These handheld gadgets continue to expand the data world with digital, social, and interpersonal activities. The Canadian bank CIBC predicted that there would be more than 50 times the growth in data volume over the next decade. The mobile marketing is trying to expand its information growth into more meaningful, contextual, and effective use of the data.
            Mobile data is one of the largest contributors to big data. All the information we will ever need is at the touch of our fingertips. The data keeps on increasing in value and speed. The analytics makes use of the diverse range of users because of the volume of people that have mobile devises. This pool of data can deliver more useful inside with correlating the demographics, social, and economic insights to narrow down there users and brings it to the next level. The process is different than the traditional data driven approach. The regular or outdated process is all over with specific data sets. However, the new process is equipped with a broader scope to take more data to the next level.
            This is also changing the visual analytics of apps by monitoring the app and improving them to be more efficient for the users. If necessary the mobile analytics can “look at an app through the eyes of the users and record the interactions”. The problem with the technology increasing is always the sense of losing privacy. For example in the old and tradition way the analytics can only make us aware of the drop off rate of users. The real positive for change are the possible factors leading to drop offs can now be known and change in a matter of seconds. It’s the constant testing to make the customers content. Visual analytics goes deeper than ever before with engaging with the apps and users to enhance the quality of the app.
The sense for the big data’s main goal is to increase the personal experience with the user and to build for the future. It focuses on adding personalized effects to mobile services and advertisement for marketing. This is a new way of having a connection with the users and is the future of marketing.  The article from linken, stated that, “Marketing via mobile devices is about unlocking the potential of a huge, expanding, captive, and engaged audience. Plus, mobile marketing is universal. It takes many forms and applies to all kinds of businesses and marketers”.  This is the future and the only downside of all this is the preference aspect of security and privacy. There will always be a risk in the privacy aspect, however; at least some information must be shared on the software program to tailor the individuals’ needs.




1 comment:

  1. After reading the article I agree that big datas goal is to enhance the users experience for a given application, however, at what cost? You mentioned briefly that a potential downside to big data on mobile marketing is the loss of privacy and I feel like this can't be ignored. Large corporations pouring through private data just as a means to increase their users and consumers is a scary thought. These corporations throw around statements saying that they want to increase the users experience when in reality they just want to tap into our wallets. There needs to be increased monitoring of these companies so that they have barriers between our private data and their databases.

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