Virgin Active is one of the largest health club businesses in the world‚ with over 170 clubs and more than 900‚000 members spread across the UK‚ Italy‚ Spain‚ Portugal and South Africa. Virgin Active is currently developing sites across Australia. The Virgin Active club located at 138 Bourke St‚ Melbourne officially opened in May 2009. Virgin Active opened its first Australian club in French’s Forest‚ Sydney in December 2008. Virgin Active offers convenient class times as well as fast classes for
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Research & Marketing Marketing Research Primer Report Research Team Katharine Nester +44 (0) 207 808 7838 knester@firstpartner.net Marketing: Mobile Channel September 2003 Mobile Marketing A Primer Report …At last an effective marketing Kurt Lyall +44 (0) 207 808 7838 klyall@firstpartner.net Putting your message in their pocket Executive Summary Mobile marketing is more than a trendy new media channel; it is a powerful communication tool with considerable audience reach and awareness. Over
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MOBILE MARKETING Dr. Vijaya Baskaran Abstract This paper attempts to understand the underlying concepts of Mobile Marketing‚ which is defined as‚ “the use of the mobile medium as a communications and entertainment channel between a brand and an end-user.” Mobile marketing is more than a trendy new media channel; it is a powerful communication tool with considerable audience reach and awareness.Also tries to estimate the significant opportunities for growth
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factors in the external business environment influence marketing strategies and outcomes The airline business is an industry that is competitive and unique‚ focussing on consumer choice and the responsiveness of airlines to changes in the external business environment. For any airline‚ this environment can be very complex as it is ‘hard for them to fully understand and impossible for them to fully control’ (The Times‚ n.d. p1). Virgin Atlantic is an international airline that is based in the
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CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF MOBILE MARKETING: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND EMPIRICAL STUDY Hans H. Bauer University of Mannheim hans.bauer@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Tina Reichardt University of Mannheim tina.reichardt@bwl.uni-mannheim.de Stuart J. Barnes University of East Anglia stuart.barnes@uea.ac.uk Marcus M. Neumann University of Mannheim marcus.neumann@bwl.uni-mannheim.de ABSTRACT With the emergence of high speed wireless network technologies and the increasing market penetration of mobile phones the global
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Introduction: Virgin Mobile is a successful company based in the U.K. The company is well known for its brand extension and was the first company to introduce the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) in the U.K.‚ where they leased network space form another firm instead of running a network in-house and as a result avoiding infrastructure and large fixed cost. The company was well known for its hip and trendy position in the U.K.‚ and catered to the youth market. Although they have had a couple
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Future of Mobile Marketing and Advertising in India With the growth of Indian mobile market‚ the mobile internet advertising segment has also seen a significant augmentation. With an increase in the number of feature phone and smartphone users‚ there is an upsurge in the mobile internet usage by the consumers‚ especially from the Tier II & Tier III towns. With mobile devices being a primary digital access point for many consumers‚ the marketers now have a range of opportunities‚ particularly when
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Marketing on a mobile phone has become increasingly popular ever since the rise of SMS (Short Message Service) in the early 2000s in Europe and some parts of Asia when businesses started to collect mobile phone numbers and send off wanted (or unwanted) content. Over the past few years SMS has become a legitimate advertising channel in some parts of the world. This is because unlike email over the public internet‚ the carriers who police their own networks have set guidelines and best practices for
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Wesley Moeckel Marketing Management Unit 6 Mobile Marketing This is the year of mobile marketing. While still in its infancy‚ it is an essential marketing piece of most company’s future marketing plans. With mobile advertising‚ branded mobile apps and mobile marketing apps‚ businesses will be expected to have a mobile presence in the future. According to comScore‚ 65.8 million people in the U.S. now own smart phones. This number will only continue to grow as their popularity and acceptance
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Mobile marketing or the practice of using mobile devices (cellular phones‚ Tablets etc.) as a marketing medium has been experiencing tremendous growth in the last few years globally. Mobile is emerging as one of the most effective channel of communication because of the high level of engagement with users. They use it for keeping connected –as a phone and social networking‚ for searching‚ payment transactions‚ for news‚ for music and movie downloads‚ for sharing jokes‚ photos and any other updates
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