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21st Century Mobile Marketing - Insights into the World's Most Advanced Mobile Society: Japan

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Infinita, Inc.
Published: April 2008
Product Code: R3501-3
Description
This strategic research report provides detailed insights into the inner workings of mobile marketing and advertising in a country where the vast majority of the population uses mobile Internet services - and where mobile marketing is fast evolving into a standard part of the marketing mix, a scenario soon to become reality in many other parts of the world as well.

With the rapid and widespread introduction of new technologies into the mobile ecosystem, highly personalized and effective forms of marketing are becoming possible, encompassing interaction both on- and offline.

"21st Century Mobile Marketing" provides in-depth business intelligence and expert analysis relevant to markets everywhere, including:
  • Current and future developments in mobile marketing
  • Key enabling technologies and services
  • Detailed data on mobile consumer behavior
  • Marketer perspective
  • Campaign best practice case studies
  • Drivers and barriers for mobile marketing
  • Interviews with key industry players and mobile consumers
Key questions addressed in this report:
  • How has mobile marketing evolved into a USD 620 million market in Japan (and again is set to double by 2011), and what lessons does this hold for other markets?
  • How are the players in the value chain working together to scale the mobile marketing opportunity?
  • How are the traditional players in the advertising industry approaching the mobile channel?
  • Which advertising formats have proven successful in the mobile environment?
  • Which mobile marketing campaigns are successful, which aren't, and why?
  • How will mobile marketing develop in years to come?
Who should read this report:
Operators, advertisers, media, agencies and technical enablers anywhere that are looking for mobile marketing insights and best practices from the world's most advanced mobile society to leverage in their local markets.
Table of Contents
1. Japan Mobile Market

Mobile Network Operators Market Share

Operator Subscribers (Net Additions)

Subscribers by Network Technology, 2004-2008

Key Differences

The Secret Sauce

Mobile Internet Ecosystem

All-Round Product Attractiveness Centered on Handsets

Voice and Data ARPU, FY2001-2007

Voice Commoditizing and Data not Making Up for it

2. Japan Mobile Advertising Market

Total Mobile Telecommunications Revenue Distribution (2006)

Value Chain and Ecoystem

Advertising Expenditures for Major Media 2007 and Year-on-Year Changes 2006 (2005)

Mobile Advertising Revenues, 2000-2011 31

Search-related vs. Non-search-related Mobile Advertising Revenues, 2007-2011

Standardization

Targeting

Main Site Metrics

Main Campaign Metrics

3. Key Enabling Technologies, Content and Services

Mobile Browsing

Mobile Content Market Segments, 2003-2006

Mobile Messaging: Email and Decomail

Mobile Music

Mobile Games and other Java/BREW applications

Flash Lite

Mobile Books and Comics

Mobile Shopping and Auctions

Mobile Social Networking

Mobile Search

QR Codes

The Off-Portal Shift

GPS and Location-based Services

Mobile Digital Broadcasting: 1seg

Near-Field Communication: FeliCa

Image Recognition and Visual Search

4. Consumer Attitudes to Mobile Marketing

Mobile Advertising/Campaign Participation

Preferred Types of Mobile Advertising

Subscribing to Mail Magazines

Favorite Content in Mail Magazines

5. Marketer Attitudes to Mobile Marketing

Companies with Permanent Mobile Sites

Mobile Advertising Adoption and Future Intention

Preferred Media Formats in Mobile Advertising

Preferred Compensation Models in Mobile Advertising

Metrics used to judge Campaign Efficiency

Performance-based and Non-performance-based Mobile Advertising Revenues, 2005-2010

Top 10 Advantages and Disadvantages of Mobile Advertising

6. Mobile Media and Advertising Formats

6.1. NTT DoCoMo/D2 Communications

Official Site i-Guide

Music i-Guide

Games i-Guide

i-menu Search

MessageF

Third-party Official Sites on i-mode

Newspapers Text Ads Package (Third-party)

R25 (Third-party)

L25 (Third-party)

goo Mobile (Third-party)

MCN allwords (Third-party)

6.2 au KDDI/mediba

EZweb Menu/Categories

EZweb Search

au Music Player

EZ News Flash

au Auctions

au one GREE

EZ Hot Info

au Style

Third-party Official Sites on EZweb

PC Site Viewer

6.3 SoftBank Mobile/J-Mobile

Carrier Menu Categories

New Arrivals

Newly Arrived Games

Third-party Official Sites on Yahoo! Keitai

6.4. Operator Joint Efforts: Tokusuru Menu and G Guide

Tokusuru Menu

Tokusuru Menu: au KDDI Formats

Tokusuru Menu: SoftBank Mobile Formats

Tokusuru Menu: NTT DoCoMo Formats

Tokusuru Shopping

Tokusuru Travel

TokuNumber/TokuWord System

3toku Cross-Operator Bundle

G Guide Mobile (Eletronic Programming Guide)

6.5. Operator-independent Media

mixi: Top Banner Ads

mixi: New Blog Entry/Comment posted Confirmation Screen XL Banner Ad

mixi: Message sent Confirmation Screen XL Banner Ad

mixi: "Visitors to my Profile Page" Banner Ad

mixi: Communities Banner Ads

mixi: Header Text Ads

mixi: Footer Text Ads

mixi: Tie-ups and Promotions

Yahoo! Mobile: Banner Ads on Category Top Pages

Yahoo! Mobile: Text Ads on 2nd-Level Pages

Yahoo!: Impression-based XL Banner Ads

mobagetown: Top Page Banner/Games Category Banner

mobagetown: Message sent/Content posted Confirmation Screen XL Banner Ad

mobagetown: Game Exit Page XL banner

mobagetown: Monthly Unique Clicks Text Ads

mobagetown: Email Newsletter Text Ads/Targeted Standalone Email Ads

Pocket Affiliate

Overture

Google

Google: Integration on EZweb

AdLocal

Otetsudai Networks

7. Campaign Examples and Case Studies

Pokka Coffee

GATSBY "Music Remix Contest"

AXE "Wake-up Service, Inc."

Marlboro "Shift Gears"

Vidal Sassoon "Become An Angel"

mobagetown x NIKE

mobagetown x Coca Cola

mobagetown x AEON

mobagetown x UNIQLO

Northwest Airlines "Giant QR Codes"

Shogakukan Comics

LOTTE Koala March

Kaocheki x Resident Evil 2 "Zombie Check/Kaocheki x Pizza Hut "Pizza Check"

Akarium Call Project

NIKE Mobathlon

Navitime x Kirin Beer

McDonald’s Flash Coupons

SOYJOY Suica Posters

gurunavi "Dancing Johan"

Mapion x JR Travel Navigator "Territory Battle"

NTT DoCoMo x NTV x Coca Cola

NTT DoCoMo x TBS x McDonald’s

8. Expert Insights

List of Interview Partners

Note on Mobile Content Filtering

Interviews

9. Key Findings

Appendix

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