1. Pekka Ala-Pietilä
Blyk
5 December, 2007
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2. What does it take for an
ad funded mobile
operator to succeed?
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3. Blyk believes
Operator
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4. Blyk believes
Operator Media
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5. So, what will drive the
adoption and success of
mobile over other
media?
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6. Relevance
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7. Conventional thinking =
Mobile advertising is SPAM
Teens get free cell phone service in exchange for annoying
ads.
Annoying me before I’ve even had a chance to interact with a
company or product does not inspire consumer confidence.
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8. What do young people say?
71% of young people surveyed would like to
receive advertising messages targeted to
their particular interests.
(more than double the response for non-targeted communications).
Q Research Advertising & Mobiles Report, April 2007 UK
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9. Blyk’s solution
Blyk members are 100% opted-in
and profiled
They’ve expressed genuine demand.
They profile themselves upfront and these profiles build over time.
For brands, Blyk enables precise targeting and detailed insight into
the habits, tastes and preferences of young people.
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10. Blyk’s solution
Timely messages that link to
user’s behaviour and interest.
Messages related to anything that helps them to organise their lives.
High value offers based on user preferences.
Therefore advertising becomes a service for our members.
Blyk Quantitative Consumer Research January 07, 16-24s in the UK. 619 respondents
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11. Interactivity
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12. Conventional thinking =
In mobile, content is king
CBS began selling television clips, games, ring tones designed to cell phones.
Computer becomes mobile phone.
Mobile blogging, instant uploads.
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13. Mobile internet/mobile data services?
73% of young people don’t use data services.
IDC: Wireless Teen and Adult Consumer Entertainment Survey 3Q06
2/3 say they use it once a month or less.
Blyk Quantitative Consumer Research January 07, 16-24s in the UK. 619 respondents
2/3 of students found using the internet on their
mobile such a poor experience, they gave up
trying.
InfoGin/Vansom Bourne, May 2007
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14. Why?
Access to content is a barrier.
Cost is a barrier.
Perceived value is minimal.
Not relevant to me.
Blyk Quantitative Consumer Research January 07, 16-24s in the UK. 619 respondents
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15. Blyk’s solution
From the users perspective,
the primary need to
communicate should drive
everything in mobile.
I call you, you call me. I text you, you text me.
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16. Blyk’s solution
Blyk ad formats are based on
the most dominant and most
familiar pattern among 16-
24s.... Messaging (text and
picture)
Consumers and brands interact in a dialog.
2-way communications.
Brands ‘earn’ attention from relevant dialog with
consumers.
User experience that’s 90% familiar and 10% new.
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17. L’Oreal: Icons - Spokesmodel dialogue
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25. Early indications
During the first six weeks, response rates to the campaigns
were in the range of:
12% to 43%
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26. To put this in context
Medium Average Response Rate (%)
Online Advertising 0.02
Paid Search Advertising 0.2
Email 0.1
Direct Mail 2
Direct Response TV 0.04
Magazines 0.2
Radio 0.01
Source: e-consultancy Sept 2007
“Response rates for cold [Mobile] campaigns are in the 3- 6% range while campaigns using client’s own
customer data fare much better with response rates ranging between 1.3% and 20%”
Nick Fuller, Chair, DMA Mobile - 2nd November 2007
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27. Mobile advertising when done right is not viewed
as advertising at all...it becomes a service to the
end user.
It becomes useful information.
A service that benefits both brand and consumers
and builds a relationship between the two.
Brands and consumers create time for one
another....
not just buy it.
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28. End-to-end
complete control of our network,
user experience and
ad products
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29. Conventional thinking =
Mobile as a media is
complicated
Opt-in Platform Airtime Wireless
Advertiser databases technology broker carriers
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30. Blyk’s solution
Advertiser Blyk
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31. Purpose-built technology platform for Blyk’s advertising-funded model
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32. Closing thoughts
- relevance
- interactivity
- end-to-end
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33. Thank you
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