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Mobile Internet is Bigger than most Think it is. Jason Grigsby • SAO Dec 2009 @grigs on Twitter [email protected] cloudfour.com mobileportand.com

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Presentation given at a Software Association of Oregon event. Overview of mobile technology space, challenges for app developers, and the opportunity. Includes some slides from the EXCELLENT Morgan Stanley report on the Mobile Internet: http://www.morganstanley.com/institutional/techresearch/mobile_internet_report122009.html In fact, the title is borrowed from Mary Meeker's presentation at Web 2.0 Summit. It is my theme for 2010.

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Mobile Internetis

Biggerthan most

Think it is.

Jason Grigsby • SAO Dec 2009@grigs on Twitter • [email protected]

cloudfour.com • mobileportand.com

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Flickr photo by CaptPiper: http://www.flickr.com/photos/piper/197153406/

Mobile is the Technology that Cried Wolf.

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Flickr photo by CaptPiper: http://www.flickr.com/photos/piper/197153406/

Mobile is the Technology that Cried Wolf.(for 15 years)

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“The Mother of all Markets.”

Dr. Eli Harai, San Disk CEO, 2008

John Sculley, Apple CEO, 1992

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE5D9143AF93AA25754C0A964958260

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The Hope for Mobile

What is the

likelihood of

exponential

growth for the

Internet on Mobile

Devices?

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http://www.opera.com/media/smw/

Opera Mini Traffic IncreasesUsage up 157% year-over-year

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4.0BillionMobile phone for half the planet.

Flickr photo by Pingnews: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pingnews/370061022/

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4 Billion in Perspective

Source: http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2007/01/putting_27_bill.htmlhttp://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2008/01/when-there-is-a.html

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2007 SMS Revenue: 100 billion

Flickr photo by Vlastula: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vlastula/450642954/

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2007 SMS Revenue: 100 billion

•Box Office•DVD Sales & Rentals•Music Industry•Video Games

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http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/02/shoot-is-iphone.html#c148364123

http://www.newsweek.com/id/174266

http://businessweek.com/@@0M43kIYQYKPISw0A/technology/content/sep2008/tc20080930_257832.htm

56 million devices

115,014 apps

> 2 billiondownloads

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Gold Rush was On

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Source: http://gizmodo.com/5199933/giz-explains-all-the-smartphone-mobile-app-stores

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Ringtone Apps

http://twitter.com/justin/status/1210786170http://furbo.org/2008/12/09/ring-tone-apps/http://furbo.org/2009/02/16/raising-prices/

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Brutally Honest iPhone App Sales:$32k Spent vs. $535 Revenue

http://www.streamingcolour.com/blog/2009/03/09/the-numbers-post-aka-brutal-honesty/

Dapple

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Throwaway Apps

http://www.pinchmedia.com/appstore-secrets/

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Throwaway Apps

http://www.pinchmedia.com/appstore-secrets/

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Pinch Media’s Conclusions

•Users stop using the average applications quickly.

•Long-term audiences are generally 1% of total downloads

•Paid apps retain users longer, but still steep drop off.

•Difficult to make enough money from a free application based on advertising revenue

http://www.pinchmedia.com/appstore-secrets/

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Success Determined by Top Lists & Features

http://appcubby.com/blog/files/financial_realities.html

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More Open ≠ No Gatekeeper

96%Approved

(what about that 4%?)

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Some Rejected Applications

http://www.pcworld.com/article/159887-2/rejected_10_iphone_apps_that_didnt_make_apples_app_store.html

• Obama Trampoline

• MyShoe

• I Am Poor

• The South Park App

• Pull My Finger

• iBoobs

• Slasher

• Murderdome

• Podcaster

• Freedom Time

• Google Voice

• iSinglePayer

"Even though my personal political leanings are Democratic, I think this app will be offensive to roughly half our customers. What's the point?" — Steve Jobs

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http://www.pcworld.com/article/159887-2/rejected_10_iphone_apps_that_didnt_make_apples_app_store.html

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iPhone Only Part of World Wide Market

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iPhone Only Part of US Market

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Flickr photo by André-Batista: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=408700622&size=o

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Google Mobile — App Challenges

•Pressure from CEO for rapid releases

•10+ platforms to support

•Over 100 different builds

http://www.flickr.com/photos/83731031@N00/445924458/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcdave/142758127/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nataliejohnson/290541732/

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Apps are Just the Tip of the Iceberg

• Small & medium businesses will be impacted by mobile, but haven’t yet.

• Can people find their locations, information on mobile?

• Enterprise barely begun — access to Intranet content

• Mobile search = mobile search optimization

• What about Google Maps? How to make sure you show up?

• Mobile advertising campaigns and planning

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Tips for Your Mobile Strategy

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Consider Whole Mobile Strategy

What happens if they don’t have your app?

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The App Store is Not Your Marketing Strategy

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What is Your Recurring Revenue Plan?

http://www.pinchmedia.com/appstore-secrets/

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Know Your Demographics

Blackberry has

40%global enterprisemobile market.

Emerging markets

80%of worldwideMMS traffic.

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BMW Turned $70k MMS into $45M Revenue

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Plan for Mobile Context

personal

permanently carried

always on

built-in payment channel

creative impulse

social context

location aware

accurate audience measurement

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http://mobileportland.com

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Flickr photo by Pingnews: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pingnews/370061022/

Thank You for Your Time!

http://cloudfour.com/blog • Twitter: @grigsMobile Portland: http://mobileportland.com

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