The State of Mobile Marketing in Singapore report published by Econsultancy and the Mobile Marketing Association Asia Pacific (MMA) takes a close look at how Singapore organisations and agencies are responding to the ever-expanding reach and importance of mobile.

The State of Mobile Marketing in Asia Pacific report published by Econsultancy and the Mobile Marketing Association Asia Pacific (MMA) takes a close look at how APAC organisations and agencies are responding to the ever-expanding reach and importance of mobile.

The research, which is accompanied by country-specific presentations for Australia, China, India and Singapore, looks at the extent to which companies are committed to mobile, the channels and technologies they are using, and the challenges they face in improving their capabilities in this area.

Text Marketing – marketing via the messaging channel – provides the connective tissue between the physical, digital and traditional experiences a consumer has with a brand. Without a defined mobile messaging strategy in place, the brand’s ability to engage with the connected customer will take significantly longer to mature.

In 2014, big brands from Kraft to MasterCard have announced plans to shift up to 100% of their media budgets to programmatic. And they are not alone. According to MAGNA GLOBAL’s recent Programmatic Forecast, global programmatic spend will reach $21B in 2014 and more than double to $53B by 2018. Pervasive consumer use of mobile devices is a key driver behind the rapid growth of programmatic. Crossdevice identification, the rise of programmatic TV, the ad fraud battle, and evolution of the media supply chain (i.e.

Native advertising offers the promise of increased engagement in mobile marketing, but inaccurate perceptions threaten to stall this new format before it has the chance to take off. Heading into 2015 reports indicate that 89% of marketers are at least beginning to adopt native advertising, but only 37% report that they have a defined native advertising plan. In 2014 native advertising spend on social media sites alone is expected to reach $4.0B, a 122% increase over 2013.