Mobile marketing is exploding.  It’s becoming a very popular way for customers to learn about the products that you manufacture.

If you’re clueless about mobile marketing, we suggest that you follow these five simple steps.  You’ll get a great introduction to mobile marketing, and you’ll begin to understand its value.

• Create a Simple Mobile Website – If you want to customers to find the products that you make, you need a mobile website.  Creating one is really easy.  Onbile and Google Sites both provide great mobile templates for anyone to design a mobile website.  It’s an easy step-by-step process anyone can do.

• Join a Text Message Marketing Campaign – Go ahead and sign up your cell phone for a few text message marketing campaigns that various brands use.  This will help you better understand text message marketing marketing.

• Scan and Create a QR Code – Take your smartphone with you in any store and scan a QR code with a QR code reader such as RedLaser.  Once you figure out how they work, create your own for your business using a QR code generator such as KAYWA or QR Stuff.

• Download Location Based Apps – Start using mobile apps such as Facebook and Foursqure.  Browse around the app store in your smartphone and find other apps that seem interesting.  It’s all about discovery.  In the process, you’ll figure out some things that may benefit your business.

• Claim Your Location – As you use location based apps such as Facebook and Foursquare, you’ll notice there are many businesses on there.  As a business owner, you’ll want to claim your business on these platforms.  This is essentially like creating a listing in the Yellow Pages.  To learn how to claim places on Facebook, read Facebook Claiming Places.  For Foursquare, read Foursquare Claim Venue.

Take the Next Step

Once you’ve used some of these platforms, contact a mobile marketing specialist such as Right On – No Bull Marketing.

We help distributors and manufacturers grow channel partner sales in a variety of ways including mobile marketing.  We can show you how these platforms can increase sales.  To learn more, call 602-412-3168 or visit the Right On – No Bull Marketing Contact Page.