What is the magic distance?
Location-based ad campaigns have been THE thing doing the rounds in marketing. There have been numerous reports that have highlighted the power of location based advertising campaigns and their potential. Many organizations and App developers have tried to cash-in on the popularity and potential of Location based ads. Most of these apps and ad campaigns utilize a concept called “geo-fence” – which is a geo geek term for the virtual perimeter in which users are targeted.
What’s the magic distance for the “geo-fence” ?
Any guesses?! According to a report by Verve Mobile, the magic number is “6 Miles”! Honestly, I was thinking somewhere around 2-3 Miles! I guess this number is again going to depend on the country, the city and the state of public transportation. The full reportĀ is available for download and reading. I am definitely taking a deeper look at what information is available š
The Click-Through rate is highest at a radius of 5 miles at around 1.2% and falls drastically if the distance is greater than 6 miles. But even more than the drop, I find it interesting that the CTR improves again around 8 Miles! A good topic for research is you are interested inĀ Behavioural Economics š
So what’s your personally idea/number for the magic distance?
Source: BusinessInsider
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It’s been less than a month since the much talked about Microsoft-Nokia deal where Microsoft had bought Nokia’s phone business. The two companies have been working closely since a few years now and it doesn’t come as a big surprise that Nokia had sold it’s phone business to Microsoft.
This deal might be a really good one for the Mobile phone industry with more integrated hardware and software but the deal for the geospatial services of Nokia is a little different. Microsoft stopped short of buying Nokia’s geospatial business choosing instead to license and use Nokia’s map and location based service options. Surely Microsoft does realize the power of “G” – geospatial. Maps have transformed the way information is being visualized and a lot of marketing these days is moving towards location based ads.
Microsoft wants to utilize the power of maps and has been aggressively integrating location services and maps into all its products like Office, Skype, Bing, etc but EUR 3.79 billionĀ deal does not include geospatial division of Nokia. The deal allows Microsoft to license and use the maps.
A few years ago, Nokia had bought Navteq in a landmark deal that looked like it would reap rich benefits for Nokia, however reality was very different as the deal didn’t much much of a difference in monetary terms for Nokia. Is Microsoft clearly not interested in repeating the same thing with Nokia. A question only the think-tanks of Microsoft can answer.
I am still concerned over the future of Nokia’s HERE solutions. Without any “home” devices, would HERE die a slow death or will Nokia partner with data-hungry geospatial companies to create new products and solutions using their HERE and other geospatial data and technology.Ā For a company that was dominating the mobile phone market just a few years back, this is “back to square one” situation. But I would not write off Nokia just yet. With Location based services and spatial industry showing signs of good growth and greater potential, Nokia could still be the dark horse. With the kind of technology and data that the company has it still has it in them to create more magic.
