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* Targeting a Hurdle for marketers?

According to a February 2014 study by DNN in collaboration with Lawless Research, Survey Sampling International (SSI) and Qualtrics, acquiring new customers and increasing retention were the top two 2014 marketing priorities for US marketing executives, cited by 87% and 86%, respectively

A December 2013 study from Forrester Consulting for ExactTarget found similar results. Once again, acquiring new customers and retaining existing ones were the top priorities cited by US marketing leaders.

ExactTarget reported that marketers still looked to “targeting large-scale, demographically defined audience segments” as their primary mode of customer acquisition. And the source noted that new technology should help improve such efforts, as marketers would be able to target more effectively, personalizing content for customers while building better relationships.

Based on the findings from DNN, Lawless Research, SSI and Qualtrics, this technology may be necessary for marketers to overcome their top challenges. Among US marketing execs studied, getting or holding target customers’ attention, as well as finding their target audience online, were the top two major challenges

May the innovations and growing technology might answer these questions. The very recent launch of AUDI 7 self-parking exemplifies.

Better Prices Fueling the Mobile Travel Booking Boom

As online bookings become the norm, the travel industry is focusing on the next channel—mobile, With US mobile travel sales, including travel purchases on both tablets and smartphones, expected to increase 59.8% this year to reach $26.14 billion. On top of that, we expect the number of mobile travel bookers in the US to grow 27.5% in 2014 to hit 33.5 million consumers

However, TripAdvisor’s “TripBarometer 2014” study, conducted by Ipsos MORI, found that mobile still had a long way to go when it came to winning over travelers, with just 4% of travelers polled worldwide saying they had booked their last trip via mobile, compared with 66% who did so online. Results suggested that lower prices and special offers may help fuel mobile booking uptake, with “bargain hunters” more likely to have booked through mobile. Among travelers worldwide who had booked their last trip via mobile, a better price was the leading reason, cited by 28%. And while just 16% said they had used a mobile channel to make accommodations for their last trip because of special offers, this was higher than those who said the same for offline or online booking.

The increased mobile penetration is pushing travel companies to develop better, easier mobile booking experiences, and the majority of accommodation owners polled by TripAdvisor had recognized consumer demand for mobile, with just one-fifth offering nothing. More businesses were doing so than in previous “TripBarometer” studies, and even more were planning on offering new mobile capabilities this year.

 Website-related mobile activities were the most popular mobile capabilities offered to guests by accommodation owners worldwide, with 45% allowing guests to book rooms on their sites on a mobile device and 38% reporting having mobile-friendly versions. Though mobile travel bookers indicated that better pricing was a main reason for making reservations via such a device, accommodation owners had not caught on. Just 10% made special offers available to mobile device users

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* Mobile Coupon Audience

The mobile coupon audience will post double-digit growth rates annually through 2016, driven by continued smartphone and tablet adoption and the proliferation of digital channels offering coupons easily accessed by mobile, such as mobile apps, daily deal and group buying sites, email, and social networks.

Mobile coupon users will be slightly more likely to redeem a coupon or code via tablet than smartphone in 2014. This year, 80.2% of mobile coupon users will use a tablet for redemption, compared with 75.4% who will do so on a smartphone.

Tablets are frequently used for in-home digital purchases, which boosts tablet coupon redemption. It’s less common for shoppers to make purchases via smartphone, although many consumers use their smartphones to redeem coupons in brick-and-mortar stores.

As smartphone users grow more comfortable with mobile shopping, they will increasingly redeem coupons via their phones.