LondonCalling.co » thoughts on all things social and digital

RSS

Location Based Offers (LBO) – valid business model or just more L-BS?

Following on from my recent post on “Foursquare fatigue”, and the recent launch of Facebook deals in the the UK, I thought it would be a good time to look at these initiatives, from both the consumer angle as well as the retailer. Anecdotal discussions with a number of retailers as well as consumers point [...]

Unilever testing mobile coupons and barcodes

As reported in Mobile Marketer Magazine by Giselle Tsirulnik, Unilever have been looking at the effectiveness of mobile coupons. Stephanie Kovner-Bryant, senior integrated marketing manager of Unilever was quoted in the article as saying “The reason we wanted to test this it is it is an exciting technology for us. A big part of strategy has [...]

Mobile coupons could be just the ticket for frazzled consumers

Recently while I was sitting in Madrid airport having just come from a very successful meeting about mobile advertising I saw an article in the Financial Times by Jonathan Birchall titled Advertisers switch focus to money-off coupons, so I thought it worth highlighting. America is well known for its coupon culture, but it seems the [...]