Mobile Friendly Websites
Which Would Your Customer Prefer to See on Their Mobile Phone?
Is Your Website Set for the Mobile Revolution?
The news is out, and it’s good for mobile websites. More and more of your potential customers are using their mobile phones to access the web for information and services. In fact, mobile phone – including smart phone use is exploding and quickly replacing desktop computers as the internet go-to choice for mobile phone users.
According to Google, most of this search is focused on local services. This is great news if you are a local business person and have a mobile-friendly website, and is especially important if your business caters to tourists or anyone who may be looking for your services on-the-go.
Why a Mobi Site?
Why a mobile website? Traditional websites cannot be viewed well on mobile devices. For one thing, smaller screens on mobile devices force users to scroll back-and-forth to access information. This can be annoying to your customers.
In addition, heavy graphics on traditional websites are harder to load. For these reasons, if you’re serious about providing for the needs of your mobile customers, and want to stay ahead of your competition, you should be looking at creating a mobile-friendly website for your business.
- 50% of daily deals offers like Groupon are viewed on a mobile phone
- 50% + of social media traffic comes through a mobile phone
- 50% of searches for local businesses and services now happens on a smart phone
If you have a website, you can use this free service (IPhone Tester) to evaluate your website for mobile viewing and see how your site looks on an IPhone.
Mobile-friendly websites don’t have to be expensive. At Victoria Mobile Marketing we can create a mobile presence for you very cost-effectively. Meet the needs of a more mobile customer and capture more ‘on the move’ business. And we will ensure that your mobi site is properly constructed. Some are simply inadequate for the job and could hurt you more than help you. Here is more from Google on the subject:
“A poor mobile web experience can negatively shape a consumer’s opinion of your brand or your company altogether. In a recent study, we found that 61% of users are unlikely to return to a mobile site that they had trouble accessing from their phone, and 40% go to a competitor’s.”
Some Features of Your New Mobile Website
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If you’re a small business that does not yet have a mobile website, now is the perfect time to get ahead of the ‘curve’ with a simple but effective website to promote your business online – a mobile-friendly website. Contact us now to find out more about how to join the mobile revolution and take your business to the next level.
A Few Mobile Website Facts
Some industry observers believe that not having a mobile-friendly website today is the equivalent of not having a website in the year 2000. According to Tray Harvin, CEO of dotMobi, “Are we going mobile?” shouldn’t be the question to ask. “How are we going mobile?” is the question.
By 2013, the number of people using smart mobile phones (Blackberry, iPhone, etc.) to access the Internet on the go, is predicted to rise to an incredible 134 million, and more people will use their smartphones than PCs as their day-to-day devices.
For more information on the mobile revolution, see mobile marketing facts.
