Study: Mobile Media Soars, Marketers Must Adapt

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One out of every seven minutes of media consumption today takes place via mobile devices, according to new research from IPG’s Universal McCann and AOL.

And with mobile usage expected to grow by 60 percent over the next two years, marketers must devise appropriate ways to communicate about their brands with mobile users or they risk missing out on huge opportunities.

With 63 million mobile Web users in the U.S. — 19 million of whom access the Internet on a weekly basis — Stuart Rodnick, senior director of strategic insights at AOL, said that mobile is leading a “social transformation.”

The study, which polled 1,800 mobile users over the fourth quarter of last year and first quarter of 2009, found that 80 percent of smart-phone users are satisfied using the quality of the Internet on their mobile devices.

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