{"id":1490,"date":"2007-12-11T15:55:46","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T15:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobiadnews.com\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2007-12-12T15:59:18","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T15:59:18","slug":"mmetrics-update-on-sms-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mobiadnews.com\/?p=1490","title":{"rendered":"Update on SMS Advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some of the highlights include: \u2022 The content of the advertisement varied widely by country. In France, 40% of the messages were contests, 20% were coupons, and 40% were information about products and services.<\/p>\n \u2022 In the US, over 10% of the people who received an SMS ad responded, where in Spain the number was just under 7%. However, over 12% of Spanish subscribers sent an SMS in response to a non-mobile ad, whereas in the US the figure was 4%.<\/p>\n
M:Metrics<\/strong> has released an updated report on the the use of SMS advertising in US and Europe. This report, which covers a 3-month period ending 30 September, 2007, details the use of SMS for advertising in the US, France, Italy, Spain, Germany<\/strong>, and the UK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 In France and Spain, approximately 60% of subscribers received an SMS advertisement during a month, compared with 40% in UK and only 18% in the US.<\/p>\n