The Truth About Mobile Advertising? It’s a House of Cards

Brand marketing must replace game-based sales model

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Like last year and the year before that, 2014 has been dubbed the “Year of Mobile” when ad dollars would start to catch up to smartphone usage. With major players like Facebook, Twitter and Google all pivoting to a mobile-first strategy, pundits claim this accelerated monetization as imminent. Unfortunately, there are fundamental hurdles inherent to the mobile ad ecosystem that must be cleared for this to become a reality. 

Illustration: Vahram Muradyan

Without a doubt, mobile marketing has fantastic potential, but we’re not there just yet.

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