Mobile Mothers in the US are an increasingly important demographic for marketers. According to BSM media, U.S. moms control $2.4 trillion in household purchases every year and wield greater influence over most everyday buying decisions. As avid users of digital media, moms are turning to smartphones to help organize their activities. Their ability to research purchases combined with their spending power gain marketers attention and provides great opportunity for marketers to engage with moms in personalized and highly interactive environment InMobi, the largest independent mobile advertising network, released their U.S. Mobile MediConsumption Report for Q2 2012 developed in partnership with On Device Research, revealing the unique trends on mobile mediconsumption among US Mobile mothers.
Mediconsumption has evolved, along with smartphone adoption. On average, Mobile Mothers are spending 10.1 hours daily with media. Mobile Mothers spend 27% (2.7 hours) of daily meditime with their mobile phone, which is on par with TV (28%), and outpaces other medilike Internet (19%), Radio (14%), and Print (7%).Interestingly moms have started to embrace tablets and spend 6% of their meditime there. It is known fact that mothers multi task across various activities between work, home and family. Research highlights that 77% of mobile mothers use mobile devices while watching TV. Its no surprise that moms also multitask across variety of meditypes including the smartphone, computer and tablet.
The demands of mobile mothers fast-paced life have made her identify herself as an early adopter. Research shows that 48% of mom mobile web users in the US identify themselves as œEarly Adopters .She knows about the latest technologies and expects solutions that integrate apps, ads, and browser tools in smart and effective ways.
Mobile mothers continue to contribute to the smartphone boom and are finding new ways to incorporate them into everyday life because of three convenience factors. Findings shows that 67% of users prefer mobile because œits easy to use, 66% say that they use mobile most because its constantly with them and 57% agree mobile device is most private way to consume information and communicate. The reports findings indicate that mobile mothers use their mobile device most in casual settings most often lying in bed (82%), watching TV (77%), or waiting for something (80%) In short: Ease of use and availability rule the mobile mother's mediday
The mobile phone has become constant companion to mobile mothers. It helps them indulge in small pleasures like music, entertainment, and gaming. The reports findings indicate that mobile mothers spend 26% of their mobile meditime on playing games, 19% interact with social media, 15% use it for entertainment purposes (videos, music) and 11% for general search. Further from the study it is found that E-mail, search and social mediwill continue to grow over the next year among mobile mothers
Mobile & TV ads have the largest impact on mobile mothers purchase process, with 62% of them saying their purchases are influenced by both these ads. Also, 58% of mobile mothers are comfortable with mobile ads. Mobile mothers reach to mobile at every stage of the purchase funnel. Right from research, purchases and making smart and informed shopping choices, mobile is always there as her shopping aid. Mobile tools impact her "moment of truth" choices at each stage. The survey showed that 56% of mobile mothers feel that mobile advertising have introduced them to something new; 42% feel that it had saved money and time. 18% of mobile mothers say mobile ads have influenced purchase. The datalso highlights the importance of location-based advertising, with 48% of respondents claiming that mobile ad had helped them find something nearby while 27% said it had influenced purchase decision in-store.
Mom is more empowered shopper than ever. Mobile technologies give her tools to research, decide and buy seamlessly saving time, money and stress. Mobile mothers lead the pack in mobile spending, with 30% claiming to spend more than $50 vitheir mobile devices, compared to 27% of mobile Boomers and 23% of Generation M. InMobi's research indicates that 80% of mobile mothers planned to conduct m-commerce activities within the next year.
InMobi research claims that, with smartphones becoming indispensable entertainment tools and 88% of mobile mothers hooked on Facebook and other social media, it is clear that the current generation moms leverage technology for not only keeping in touch but also pay attention to how they interact with brands online. Marketers should consider campaigns extending across variety of mediplatforms and engage mothers across channels and devices. The boost in smartphones sales and the trust in using mobile content increasing every day directly relates to the growth in mobile content sales. Moms who are always connected, brand sensitive, have spending power, and are active on social media, are an important demographic who cannot be ignored. This gives great opportunity for marketers to understand their needs, build trust and up the conversion rates. The reality is moms have embraced mobile mediin big way. Are the marketers ready? eMarketer concludes: œReaching mom at the right time and place requires mobile. If youre not there, youre missing her. Is your brand reaching out to moms vimobile?
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