Archive for January 2010
QITTLE MOBILE MARKETING COMPANY PARTNERS WITH FORT COLLINS CHAMBER
Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce members will be able to get a 60 day free trial
ASPEN, COLO. – January 28, 2010 – Mobile Marketing Company Qittle joins the Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce and offers an introductory trial for all members.
Through the Fort Collins Chamber’s Member to Member discount program, Chamber members can take advantage of a 60 day free trial and launch a mobile marketing campaign for their business using the Qittle mobile marketing software platform. Interested parties can visit www.fortcollinschamber.com and pull the Qittle coupon off the Membership Directory.
“We are very excited to welcome Qittle into the Fort Collins Chamber membership! Qittle has a unique offering for the Northern Colorado community with many possibilities for professional and non-profit organizations.” Annie Keith Member Relations Coordinator
Qittle is a paperless, low-cost, no-spam, easy-to-use mobile coupon and messaging software solution, which provides end users with SMS messages sent directly to their mobile phones—no printing and no clipping required.
Text Messages now outnumber mobile voice calls three to one, according to the Nielsen Company. Consumers are using their mobile devices more as a computer than a traditional cell phone. SMS (Short Message Solutions) or texting is the largest use on a cell phone today. This is also where brands and businesses have the best opportunity to engage their customers or potential customers. Nielsen reports “Monthly messages sent or received jumped to 584 a person in the quarter ending in September 2009, a 60 percent increase from a year earlier.”
“We are excited to have a presence in Fort Collins and to be working with the Chamber. It was a natural fit for our company to expand into Northern Colorado and Fort Collins has always been a technology leader.” Casey McConnell CEO of Qittle
QITTLE MOBILE MARKETING COMPANY PARTNERS WITH FORT COLLINS CHAMBER
Written by Casey McConnell
January 28, 2010 at 10:32 am
Moon McManus using Qittle to help promote new housing development Creekside Village in Asheville NC
Welcome to Moon-McManus—your partner in commercial construction, residential and commercial land development, as well as build-to-suit commercial rentals.
Our goal is to satisfy your needs by helping you create single- and multi-family communities, businesses, retail strips/complexes with efficiency, speed, and personal service that remains unmatched.
Written by Casey McConnell
January 27, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Posted in Mobile Marketing, Qittle, Real Estate SMS Text Marketing, mobile, new media
Qittle X-static for O-matic
One week to rule them all. ESPN’s Winter X Games 14 comes to Aspen/Snowmass this week (January 28-31). And with a group of newly appointed Olympians, insane features on Buttermilk Mountain, a super stacked lineup of musicians and loads of swag to be given away, there is no doubt this year will be the biggest yet.
Big tricks, big parties, big prizes. Among them, Qittle(TM) is giving away two (2) O-matic snowboards. One board will be given away as part of Qittle’s Swag Friday prizes, where one winner is chosen from those who have entered into Qittle’s ”Live the Dream” contest. The ultimate winner of the “Live the Dream” contest will win a year living in Aspen/Snowmass, however there are weekly winners on each of the Swag Fridays. (For details, go to www.livethedreamaspensnowmass.com)
Qittle will also give out another O-matic board on the weekend through a text to win contest whereby people can enter by texting DREAM to 26469, standard carrier rates may apply. Stay tuned for details of where and when the winner will be announced!
Co-founded by pro snowboarders Todd Richards and Tara Dakides and engineer Jason Kanes, O-matic snowboards (www.omaticsnowboards.com) focuses on “more bang for your buck” and trying to make snowboarding fun for everyone. And it certainly seems to have worked for one of their team riders, Louie Vito (www.louievito.com).
Louie, 21, has just been named one of three U.S. riders going to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February, along with Shaun White and Scotty Lago. Louie is also a veteran of this past season’s Dancing with the Stars program on ABC and a pretty cool guy to boot. But before he heads to Canada…Louie will be throwing down double corks on his O-matic board this week in the X Games super pipe.
Shout out to O-matic for providing Qittle awesome boards to give away, to Louie Vito for good times in X Games and Olympics and to Aspen/Snowmass for being an Xcellent place to live, play, work and visit!
Written by courtneyalexasmith
January 25, 2010 at 6:14 pm
5 ways to use Mobile Marketing for Chamber of Commerce and Young Professional Organizations
5 ways to use SMS to stay in contact with members
1. Opt in alerts about live events. Send a simple 160 character text message to members who have signed up for these alerts about today’s event with a phone number and url to purchase tickets.
2. Marketing opportunities at live events. We all love free stuff, so why not have everyone who shows up Text PRIZE to a shortcode for a chance to win. Y won’t have to deal with business cards and all that data entry.
3. Staff communications. Stay in touch with your team using SMS. Remind them of a staff meeting or luncheon.
4. Track your marketing spends. Newspaper Ads, Radio Spots and brochures can be tagged with a simple call to action specific for the medium. See how effective it is for your organization and make smarter buys in the future.
5. Prospecting. Stay in touch with folks who have showed an interest in your organization but didn’t move forward. If you can show them all the benefits of membership won’t they be more likely to join?
Written by Casey McConnell
January 23, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Posted in Mobile Marketing, Qittle, Social Networking, mobile, new media
Qittle Mobile Marketing Giving Away 3 Omatic Snowboards for Swag Friday Prizes
Register for Live The Dream win a Year in Aspen/Snowmass to be entered
Shout out to Omatic Snowboards for sharing the love
Written by Casey McConnell
January 23, 2010 at 12:20 pm
8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes (7:38) to using entertainment media across a typical day
A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that with technology allowing nearly 24-hour media access as children and teens go about their daily lives, the amount of time young people spend with entertainment media has risen dramatically, especially among minority youth. Today, 8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes (7:38) to using entertainment media across a typical day (more than 53 hours a week). And because they spend so much of that time ‘media multitasking’ (using more than one medium at a time), they actually manage to pack a total of 10 hours and 45 minutes (10:45) worth of media content into those 7½ hours.
Written by Casey McConnell
January 20, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Posted in new media
Qittle Mobile Marketing becomes a Member of The Hispanic Chamber of E-Commerce
The Hispanic Chamber of E-Commerce (HISCEC) is an online Hispanic business association focused on promoting Hispanic businesses via the Internet and the use of e-business tools.
The Hispanic Chamber of E-Commerce was launched in April 2008 to pursue our passion for e-commerce and the Hispanic business community. It was incorporated in the state of California as a for-profit corporation. We have been passionate about e-commerce since 1998. Our knowledge about the digital economy and the Hispanic Market has developed over the years. Three years ago, we decided to create an online Hispanic business association that could contribute to the growth and development of an online Hispanic business community.
Qittle Mobile Marketing becomes a Member of The Hispanic Chamber of E-Commerce
Written by Casey McConnell
January 17, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Posted in Mobile Marketing, Qittle, new media
SMS messages attract more immediate attention to promotions
Two of the latest marketing trends–social networking and SMS messaging–are becoming routine for some marketers, and their roles are becoming more clearly defined.
Chad Hallert, Director, Ecommerce, Eldorado Hotel Casino, and his team have experimented with building and promoting to a list of SMS subscribers since early 2009. In some ways, the team uses SMS similarly to how they use Facebook and Twitter. However, they’ve found SMS messages attract more immediate attention to promotions.
Click here to read the full article at Marketing Sherpa
Written by Casey McConnell
January 14, 2010 at 9:38 am
Posted in Mobile Coupons, Mobile Marketing, mobile
Mobile Marketing for Chamber of Commerce and Young Professionals
Mobile Marketing for Chamber of Commerce and Young Professionals
Mobile Marketing is a great communications tool for Chamber of Commerce and Young Professional organizations. At live events having the ability to handle opt in via text messaging instead of business cards will save a lot of data entry at a later date. Plus with a 97% open rate you’ll be sure to get your message out and know it was opened.
Mobile Marketing for Chamber of Commerces and Young Professionals
Written by Casey McConnell
January 12, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Posted in Mobile Marketing, Qittle, new media
Qittle Customers achieving enviable results with Mobile Marketing campaigns
Examine the DNA of a successful mobile campaign. By noting the statistics of other businesses utilizing mobile technology, you can test the outcome of other campaigns in order to aid in implementing your own. What is the structure of their campaign? How is it put together? What results have they had? Will this type of campaign suit my business and my target audience?
For example, mobile coupons are quickly becoming a favorite of Qittle customers for their ease of creation and use, high rate of redemption and greener appeal when compared to print coupons. Printed coupons often end up in the trash, the bottom of a purse or never seen at all. In this age of environmental as well as financial crisis, why waste paper, money and human resources for something that may never be used?
Written by Casey McConnell
January 12, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Posted in Mobile Coupons, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Website, Qittle, mobile, new media
