
Location Based Marketing For Dummies
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 6. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-118-02249-8 (ISBN)
Description
Learn to create a two-way dialog with customers with location-based services and smartphones
Location-based services (LBS) have started to gain popularity in the marketplace with more and more businesses starting to incorporate LBS into their marketing mix. This book is a necessary resource for anyone eager to create a two-way dialog with their customers in order to establish customer loyalty programs, drive promotions, or encourage new visitors. You'll learn how to successfully build, launch, and measure a location-based marketing program and figure out which location-based services are right for your business.
Packed with resources that share additional information, this helpful guide walks you through the tools and techniques needed to measure all the data that results from a successful location-based marketing program.
* Serves as an ideal introduction to location-based marketing and gets you started building a location-based marketing program
* Helps you figure out which location-based service (LBS) is right for your business and then integrate LBS with your social graph
* Details ways to create compelling offers, using location-based marketing as a customer loyalty program, and set performance goals and benchmarks
* Explains how to use tools to measure your campaign, analyze results, and determine your business's success
* Includes examples of companies that are successfully using location-based marketing to demonstrate techniques and concepts featured in the book
No matter your location, location-based services can benefit your business and this For Dummies book shows you how!
Location-based services (LBS) have started to gain popularity in the marketplace with more and more businesses starting to incorporate LBS into their marketing mix. This book is a necessary resource for anyone eager to create a two-way dialog with their customers in order to establish customer loyalty programs, drive promotions, or encourage new visitors. You'll learn how to successfully build, launch, and measure a location-based marketing program and figure out which location-based services are right for your business.
Packed with resources that share additional information, this helpful guide walks you through the tools and techniques needed to measure all the data that results from a successful location-based marketing program.
* Serves as an ideal introduction to location-based marketing and gets you started building a location-based marketing program
* Helps you figure out which location-based service (LBS) is right for your business and then integrate LBS with your social graph
* Details ways to create compelling offers, using location-based marketing as a customer loyalty program, and set performance goals and benchmarks
* Explains how to use tools to measure your campaign, analyze results, and determine your business's success
* Includes examples of companies that are successfully using location-based marketing to demonstrate techniques and concepts featured in the book
No matter your location, location-based services can benefit your business and this For Dummies book shows you how!
More details
Product info
Paperback
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 23.6 cm
Width: 18.8 cm
Thickness: 1.7 cm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-02249-8 (9781118022498)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Aaron Strout | Mike Schneider
Location Based Marketing For Dummies
E-Book
08/2011
Wiley
€17.99
Available for download

Aaron Strout | Mike Schneider
Location Based Marketing For Dummies
E-Book
08/2011
Wiley
€17.99
Available for download
Persons
Aaron Strout heads location-based marketing efforts at WCG, digital agency of the year as ranked by The Holmes Report.
Mike Schneider is Senior Vice President, Director Digital Incubator for allen & gerritsen, ranked as a top independent advertising agency by AdAge.
Mike Schneider is Senior Vice President, Director Digital Incubator for allen & gerritsen, ranked as a top independent advertising agency by AdAge.
Content
Foreword xxi
Introduction 1
Part I: Putting a Little "Location" in Your Marketing Campaign 7
Chapter 1: Understanding Location-Based Services 9
Chapter 2: Surveying the Location-Based Services Landscape 21
Chapter 3: Choosing Platforms for Your Campaigns 35
Chapter 4: Checking In and Playing the Game 51
Part II: Location-Based Marketing in Action 71
Chapter 5: Building a Location-Based Marketing Campaign 73
Chapter 6: Creating a Relevant Offer 89
Chapter 7: Using Location-Based Marketing to Enhance a Loyalty Program 103
Part III: Integrating Location into Other Channels 117
Chapter 8: Integrating Location-Based Marketing with Other Marketing Campaigns 119
Chapter 9: Using Location in Marketing Beyond the Check-in 129
Part IV: Measuring Your Return on Investment 141
Chapter 10: Setting Up a Monitoring Strategy 143
Chapter 11: Setting Your Location-Based Key Performance Indicators 165
Chapter 12: Pulling Data from Your LBS Dashboards 175
Part V: The Part of Tens 187
Chapter 13: Almost Ten Reasons to Start with an LBS 189
Chapter 14: Ten (Or More) Ways Location-Based Services Will Impact the Future of Marketing 197
Chapter 15: More Than Ten Smaller Location-Based Services 203
Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Promote Your LBS Program Offl ine 219
Appendix A: Technology Overview: Phones, Operating Systems, and Geofencing 227
Appendix B: Getting Started with Location-Based Services: A Primer 239
Index 251
Introduction 1
Part I: Putting a Little "Location" in Your Marketing Campaign 7
Chapter 1: Understanding Location-Based Services 9
Chapter 2: Surveying the Location-Based Services Landscape 21
Chapter 3: Choosing Platforms for Your Campaigns 35
Chapter 4: Checking In and Playing the Game 51
Part II: Location-Based Marketing in Action 71
Chapter 5: Building a Location-Based Marketing Campaign 73
Chapter 6: Creating a Relevant Offer 89
Chapter 7: Using Location-Based Marketing to Enhance a Loyalty Program 103
Part III: Integrating Location into Other Channels 117
Chapter 8: Integrating Location-Based Marketing with Other Marketing Campaigns 119
Chapter 9: Using Location in Marketing Beyond the Check-in 129
Part IV: Measuring Your Return on Investment 141
Chapter 10: Setting Up a Monitoring Strategy 143
Chapter 11: Setting Your Location-Based Key Performance Indicators 165
Chapter 12: Pulling Data from Your LBS Dashboards 175
Part V: The Part of Tens 187
Chapter 13: Almost Ten Reasons to Start with an LBS 189
Chapter 14: Ten (Or More) Ways Location-Based Services Will Impact the Future of Marketing 197
Chapter 15: More Than Ten Smaller Location-Based Services 203
Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Promote Your LBS Program Offl ine 219
Appendix A: Technology Overview: Phones, Operating Systems, and Geofencing 227
Appendix B: Getting Started with Location-Based Services: A Primer 239
Index 251