9 Amazing Mobile Marketing Statistics Every Marketer Should Know

Jeanne Hopkins
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This is a guest blog post written by Jamie Turner. As the founder of the 60 Second Marketer, he is an in-demand marketing speaker and is currently writing a book entitled Go Mobile with Jeanne Hopkins, the director of marketing for HubSpot.

I attended Dreamforce in San Francisco last week to learn about new sales and marketing tools and techniques.

The hot topic this year was mobile. (Okay, truth be told, there were three hot topics – cloud computing, social media, and mobile marketing. But for this article's sake, let’s focus on mobile.)

Of course, all this begs the question: What data do we have that supports the premise that mobile marketing is the next big thing?

Glad you asked.

Here are 9 amazing facts and figures about mobile marketing that’ll help you wrap your head around why mobile is going to be bigger than radio, TV, and the personal computer – combined.

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9 Amazing Mobile Marketing Statistics

1. The growth of the iPhone was 10 times faster than the growth of America Online. (Source: Nielsen) (This is an amazing statistic for those of us who remember mailboxes stuffed with AOL discs during the 1990s.) (Tweet This Stat!)

2. It takes 26 hours for the average person to report a lost wallet. It takes 68 minutes for them to report a lost phone. (Source: Unisys) (Tweet This Stat!)

3. There are 6.8 billion people on the planet. 5.1 billion of them own a cell phone, but only 4.2 billion own a toothbrush. (Source: Mobile Marketing Association Asia) (Tweet This Stat!)

4. In some countries, there are more mobile subscriptions than there are people. (Source: Mobile Marketing Association) (How can this be? It’s because some people own more than one mobile phone.) (Tweet This Stat!)

5. Building mobile friendly emails is the #2 tactic used by global marketers to increase email engagement rates. (Source: 2020 State of Marketing)  (Tweet This Stat!)

6. 70% of all mobile searches result in action within 1 hour. (Source: Mobile Marketer) (Tweet This Stat!)

7. Mobile coupons get 10 times the redemption rate of traditional coupons. (Source: Borrell Associates) (Tweet This Stat!)

8. There are more mobile phones on the planet than there are TVs. (Source: Jupiter) (Tweet This Stat!)

9. 91% of all U.S. citizens have their mobile device within reach 24/7. (Source: Morgan Stanley) (Tweet This Stat!)

(Source: Mobile Marketing Association)

Mobile Marketing Takeaways

Try mobile marketing for yourself. If you’re like most people, you’ve never scanned a QR code or clicked on a mobile banner ad. But you have to use mobile marketing to understand mobile marketing, so dive in.

In addition, make sure you have a mobile-optimized website. There’s no point getting into mobile if your business' website isn't mobile-friendly.

The bottom line? Mobile is here to stay, and your consumers are using it virtually every day of their lives. Given that, isn’t it time for you to get started and dive into the world of mobile? Hopefully, the statistics and takeaways I’ve outlined above will lay the foundation for you to take the next step.

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