Mobile Marketing – Supermarkets

Posted on by John Flynn - CEO - Copley Advertising

Supermarkets. Knock Knock.  You know who’s there?  Jeff Bezos and he’s going to kick your ass.  You better learn about mobile marketing and fast!

Bezos, CEO of Amazon, bought Whole Foods his largest acquisition to date.  Why?  Most likely to add to a huge distribution channel and jump into the grocery sector with both feet.  It that is the case, in a short period of time, he will change the face of retail grocery making easier and friendlier to the consumers while lowering costs.

The marketing model for the supermarket sector has remained the same for decades. The margin on food is low.  Supermarkets charge consumer good companies for shelf placement and end caps.  Near the register, near the deli, eye level, etc.  That’s where they make their money.  This is why in recent years, the size of the supermarkets has increased.  The larger the space the more marketing money they get.

This is also why all the new stores look the same as the old stores.  It’s the Olive Garden effect.

What’s wrong with this model?  It doesn’t take into account the customer experience and it’s incredibly inefficient.  If you’re under some illusion that Bezos isn’t aware of this limitation, you’re vastly underestimating the man who built Amazon.

“Sectors need to rethink how they interact with the consumer.  Mobile marketing is only one of the many changes coming.  Change now or you can be next Blockbuster.” Stated John Flynn, CEO of Copley Advertising.

What to do? At all costs, you must protect your 15-mile radius, where 90% of your customers live.  First, stop mailing coupons and putting them in newspapers.  Please. Second, create a geofence around each of your locations AND your competitor’s locations.   Tag all smartphones.  Put video ads in the tagged phones.  “Hi, I’m Sam from Star Market.  We have a new Coupon Club!  Pay $5 a month and get $10 worth of coupons!”  Device IDs will be captured from all devices that saw the ad (impressions). Users that clicked on the ad will have their IDs collected in our retargeting folder.  The user will then be taken to a landing page where we place a Facebook pixel that will capture their Facebook ID.  They will see the thirty-second commercial.  “Hi, Sam again. Join our Coupon Army for $10 a month and we will send $25 worth of coupons each month!  In fact, you can indicate which types of products you want and we will make sure that you receive coupons for those products if available!”  There is an email capture for additional information, but by this point, we already have the impressions, retargeting and Facebook IDs.

We drive customers to sign-up for the one-month program.  The supermarkets charge the consumer good company for the extra coupons, with $5 a month as profit.  After one month the shopper must sign up for an additional six months or $60 up front because they are guaranteed $120 worth of coupons.  You can now upsell them to the Gold Club, where they receive special offers only for Gold Club members (for only $10 per month extra, which is guaranteed in coupons with a one-year sign-up payment in advance).  The Platinium Club is where they will have a chance to win tickets to a Patriots game and a FREE Thanksgiving dinner (for another $10 per month paid in advance).  And the Super Platinium level gets all the benefits of the previous package and a chance to go to the Super Bowl and meet Tom Brady!!  The price is only an extra $75 per month or $900 up front.

So there you have it.  Up the ladder to $75 per month or $900 per customer per year paid up front.  Oh by the way since you are giving them in-store coupons the amount they spend in your stores will be much greater.  You are creating in-store promotions, engaging the consumer and receiving a tremendous amount of data.  All because you used mobile marketing and a $5 coupon.

With the impression folder, you take the IDs and run them through the Facebook converter.  The IDs run at a 30% conversion rate.  Now you have converted the impression mobile IDs to  Facebook IDs.  With the Facebook ID’s you can make a look-alike model using 1% of the US population.  This should give you about 2 million IDs. When you run a campaign you can drill down to your demographic even further.

Now you have a smart, almost zero cost way to engage your shopper and protect your 15-mile radius.  Jeff Bezos may be riding into town, but you will be reading to protect your base.

 

 

 

 

Geofencing: Car Dealerships

Posted on by John Flynn - CEO - Copley Advertising

The implementation of geofencing in car dealership’s marketing programs has been talked about for some time now, but it’s only in recently that the technology has allowed programs geared to the car and truck industry.  Geofencing uses GPS/RFID technology to create geographic boundaries. When a mobile phone enters the target area the desired the phone is tagged and Copley Advertising has the ability to place ads on the smartphone.

The mobile phones of users would be targeted when they enter the auto dealerships.  The customers will be informed of the top deals that they might have missed and special mobile offers. The sales team may not have enough manpower to attend to every single customer that walks in, but mobile geofencing ensures no customer is left without a pitch being made.

The most powerful program for auto dealers is geo-conquesting.  Copley Advertising can geofence all competing car dealerships and tag smartphones in the dealership.  As customers are on the smartphones they will see your ad.  Call to Action creative can include weekend only rebates and call before you buy.  Plus if the tagged user engages with the ad we can capture their ID and place it in our retargeting folder.

Marketing campaigns can also be launched to targeted neighborhoods that are within close proximity of the auto dealerships. A seven-mile geofence around each dealership is recomeneded as over 80% of the dealership customers live within seven miles of the dealership.

Geotargeting also allows a car dealership to target customers based on demographics. For example, used cars might be targeted to students living on a college campus, whereas family based neighborhood advertising an SUV might make more sense.

The targeted nature of geofencing allows car dealerships to place themselves on the map without putting a big dent in their spending budget.   Email us at [email protected] to learn more about Copley Advertising geofencing programs for car dealerships.

Mobile Shoppers: Coupons are #1

Posted on by John Flynn - CEO - Copley Advertising

eMarkter has published that other factors do influence US internet users purchasing decisions but none come close to the popularity of coupons and discounts.  More than 70% of US internet users said their purchase decisions were influenced by coupons and discounts.

No other influence was had more than 50% of responses. The closest was family and friends with 40%. 30% named TV as the LEAST effective and 20% saying radio was the LEAST effective.

In June of 2016 Points.com found that 50% of respondents wanted more relevant coupons and deals from retailers.

And a September 2016 survey of US millennial mother internet users by Roth Capital reveals that nearly 70% of them searched for or downloaded mobile coupons while on their smartphones and shopping. October research should dollar off coupons are the most popular.

Mobile users have welcomed and are now demanding that retailers geofence their locations and place coupons and discounts in their location. With mobile retargeting, after the customer leaves the store additional discounts and coupons can be delivered.  These offers can bring customers back to the retail location. Tracking methods can be used to see how many tagged users that opened up the coupon away from the retail location came back to the store.

Retailers using mobile geofencing to deliver discounts and coupons to the consumer in store will have an advantage over other retailers that are not geofencing. The consumer has signaled that they want more. If you are not using the tools of mobile geofencing to its fullest then you are losing business.

For more information and about setting up a mobile geofencing program that will deliver coupons and discounts to you customers in-store then tracking the tagged user and deliver additional offers to drive them back to the retail location click here.

Mobile Geofence your products in store

Posted on by John Flynn - CEO - Copley Advertising

Consumer good companies have a great chance to reach their demographic at the magical moment when they are about to buy your product.  By mobile geofencing outlets that carry your product you are reaching your demographic when they are ready to purchase. Copley Advertising will tag smartphones in store and place ads for your product in mobile apps.  If the demographic clicks on your ad we can retarget them and continue delivering the ad after they leave the geofence.  Your ad will only run during store hours and after we gather enough data Copley Advertising will pinpoint times of day that have the highest click rate. Then we will delete the locations that are underperforming and you will have a lean hyper-targeted advertising campaign reaching your demographic in front of your product at the exact moment they are ready to purchase.

Pokemon Go changed the game

Posted on by John Flynn - CEO - Copley Advertising

The mania of Pokemon Go has forever changed how mobile marketing will be seen by retail and consumer goods companies.  It’s now clear to retailers and consumer goods companies that mobile geo-targeting is a powerful tool that can cause an organic reaction and propel their brands to a new level of engagement.

Retailers can tag the IDs of smartphone users within a five-mile radius of their locations and place a Pokemon Go “like” ads in mobile apps driving traffic to their locations.  They can drill down to demographic and behavioral qualifiers.  Increase in-store foot traffic is an important indicator for a successful mobile campaign.  Data from companies like Cuebiq is making tracking the holy grail of in-store traffic a lot easier and faster to track.

For consumer goods companies using the Pokemon Go like strategy of driving consumers to store locations that carry their product is a very effective plan.  With the increased ability to target by contextual, behavior and users individual selling habits, consumer goods companies have powerful marketing information on top of the ability to geo-target.

Pokemon Go has helped the mobile marketing movement go mainstream.  Retailers and consumer goods companies will now  realize that the capabilities of Pokemon Go have shown only a small part of what mobile marketing can do.