Creativity has become a key success factor for companies of all kinds, and Tom Kelley will show how creative methodologies like design thinking can contribute to innovation and growth. Drawing on research from his New York Times bestseller, Creative Confidence, Tom’s presentation will cover three themes in the creative process:
Mobile has transformed the way fans consume music, express their fandom and engage with their favorite artists, while giving brands a whole new way to participate in these connections. Vevo will share insights from the inaugural Vevo Music Fan Report and facilitate a riveting discussion with industry experts about how mobile is transforming the relationships between artists, fans and brands. Industry leaders will discuss how mobile and social are influencing music discovery, fan engagement, and artists' promotional cycle.
With 10 Million+ followers on Twitter, 13 million fans on Facebook, and over 1 billion views of her music videos on Vevo, we're thrilled to have Grammy nominated, singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen perform live for our attendees at this year's MMA SM2 Innovation Summit.
Carly Rae has been delivering perfect pop since her 2012 debut album Kiss, and her multi-platinum selling breakout hit "Call Me Maybe". Get ready to be dazzled by her performance and hits from her current album E•MO•TION.
We have been told that a person’s current, past or present location behavior can be a powerful indicator of intent or even an better indicator of who they are. Data that marketers have been using to increase the performance of their mobile campaigns by 2-3 times the average. However, can this powerful location data set and the concept of right place / right time actually be used when it matters most – when a child is abducted or goes missing? During an interactive workshop, Federation of Internet Alerts (FIA), National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and xAd will share the challenges in emergency communications and how mobile technology can be used to reach the right people in localized areas of interest to drive real world performance – a 97% missing child recovery rate.
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With thousands of campaigns on new devices and channels, competing for concert-goers’ fragmented attention has become difficult. Join us for this interactive session to hear how House of Blues, a global entertainment company owned by Live Nation, with the help of DataXu, increased their marketing ROI in a digital world. You will also learn how House of Blues overcame the marketing challenges of targeting cross-device, on-the-go millennials and leave with tips on how to you can leverage mobile, as massive ad budgets diverge into omni-channel campaigns.
Consumer mobile behavior continues to advance faster than retailers’ ability to keep up. U.S. Mobile transactions is above a 30% share. Apps generate almost 50% of mobile transactions for retailers who have made their app experience a priority. Cross-device usage is now enormous. Are you maximizing your opportunity across cross device, apps and mobile browser?
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Results from SMoX studies released earlier this year, proved that mobile is a very efficient driver of marketing KPIs justifying a higher allocation in the mix. But what about its impact on actual behavior and Sales? Unveiling new results based on sales data from Walmart and new insights from SMoX research with Coca-Cola in China, this session will provide breakthrough insights about the real ROI of mobile in the mix.
In today's fragmented media landscape, marketers are always looking for new and creative ways to add mobile to their media plans. Recent research by MMA SMoX confirms that including mobile in the media mix can increase ROI without breaking the budget. The study found that the optimal spend for mobile is between 8-15% (based on total campaign spend, not just digital). Join Lauren Moores, VP of Strategy, in this hands-on, whiteboard session as she shares how to effectively include mobile signals, digital intelligence and delivery in your media plans. Moores will use real-world examples that resulted in significant results for clients -- from in-store visits to significant sales increases.
Mobile advertising is exploding, but still bridled by limitations to conclusively identify consumers across devices and platforms. Better data for targeting and attribution will help mobile advertising reach its full potential. Through group exercises attendees will learn to unlock mobile advertising potential by unleashing mobile identity without compromising consumer privacy, and be able to evaluate emerging issues including:
Mobile means more to today's marketer than ever before, with innovative brands moving beyond using location data as a commodity for media to benefit completely new business decisions. The reason is simple: location provides a lens into consumer behavior that extends horizontally across all business decisions. The end result is new ways to make more strategic decisions, based on real world behaviors that benefit brands' bottom lines.
Join Place IQ’s CEO Duncan McCall in this interactive session as he outlines 3 real world examples of how its brand customers are taking a step forward with location data including:
Audience members will then split into groups, where they will identify their own innovative use of location data, outside of traditional advertising. Following, each group will present their hypothetical scenarios for using consumer behavior for problem-solving.
Mobile has enabled marketers to do things they could never do before, such as understand motivations at the point at which it occurs and reach remote audiences. In this insightful presentation, Eric Salama, Chairman and CEO of Kantar will take us through the measurement debate, discuss how to improve your understanding of the consumer at the individual level, and widen your perception of ROI to understand the real "what and why they buy."
In a world where consumers and their mobile devices are virtually inseparable, how can brands create content that impacts and resonates? It’s not one size fits all: mobile content must be customized. Taking work from one medium and placing it on a smaller screen is akin to taking a life-size Picasso and sticking it into a dollhouse. John Osborn, President and CEO of BBDO will explore ways to create rich and ‘unskippable’ mobile content, and feature examples of award-winning BBDO work.
The Internet of Things is changing the way that we engage with the world around us. It is becoming embedded into the fabric of our environments, how we work, buy things, and get around. Join R/GA’s Global Chief Technology Officer Nick Coronges and the founders of Hammerhead and Astro, two rising star IoT companies from the R/GA Accelerator for a discussion on the current state and future of connected technologies.
In an evening filled with entertainment and the industry’s brightest, a veritable who’s who from the mobile marketing world, the Smarties Awards Gala will honor and celebrate agencies and brands pushing the boundaries on mobile. Jason Jones, actor, writer and former correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning program “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” will host the festivities for the evening.
The gala begins with a cocktail reception followed by a seated dinner for ticketed guests. If you would like to buy individual tickets ($249) or buy a table, please pick one of the following:
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Consumers are hungry for content. In video games, brands are in a unique position to add value that drives engagement in and around the game experience. Hear Dave Madden SVP of Global Media Solutions at Electronic Arts and Amanda Zaky, Head of Digital Media, Snickers for Mars Chocolate North America share how Snickers developed a strategy to satisfy player excitement around Madden 16 and are now using mobile to maintain that connection throughout the NFL season.
The Smarties are judged equally on creativity, strategy, execution and results. Have you ever wondered what goes on during judging? This year a panel of Smarties judges will provide a unique understanding of how the Jury came to their final decisions on this year’s winning mobile campaigns. Find out which entries stood out and why. What key themes came out of the judging sessions and what are the trends that will affect and influence the direction of our industry? Attendees will have a unique opportunity to discover how they might be able to take home a Smarties next year.
Roll up your sleeves and join us in this hands-on workshop to learn how to harness the latest data signals your customers are sending in your mobile app and use them to create ultra-personal experiences across the digital landscape. In the mobile age, up-to-the-second customer context is a necessity. Brent Hieggelke, Chief Evangelist at Urban Airship, and Phil West, lead digital strategist at Urban Airship, will provide insights on how you can unlock the power of mobile and connect it to the rest of your business to improve ad performance, welcome new customers, drive sales, improve customer service and much more.
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Mobile moves fast and has quickly been shaping the landscape for shopper marketing. New use cases for data and an always-on consumer have created an always-on selling opportunity for brands. This interactive session will focus on helping marketers better understand the data, targeting, and measurement tools that can help reach and engage with the right audience to increase in-store sales. Brent Fraser, Chief Revenue Officer, and Brett Kohn, VP of Marketing at Thinknear will leverage case studies, real location data and help from the audience to explore and make sense of the opportunities available in mobile. This discussion will help participants sort through what’s really working now, what’s going to work soon, and what should be avoided when planning a mobile strategy.
Investigate a sudden drop in the performance of your mobile advertising campaigns leveraging a mobile measurement platform. Perform a deep dive into your campaign KPIs/metrics to identify what is driving performance drop, and submit a recommendation to improve your campaign’s performance. During this workshop we will review key mobile advertising metrics as well as the methodology to leverage measurement platforms to perform campaign optimization.
Domino's is considered one of the country’s top ten ecommerce sites in terms of online transactions, with about 50% of Domino's sales in the U.S. coming through its digital ordering channels. It’s no wonder that Domino’s digital capabilities have played a key role in the brand’s recent multi-year business turnaround. In this session, Dennis Maloney, Domino’s Chief Digital Officer will share the role mobile is playing as Domino’s transforms from “a pizza company which sells online” to “an ecommerce company which sells pizza”.
Under Armour’s mission is to make all athletes better through passion, design and the relentless pursuit of innovation, to that end they are using the connected device to deliver value and content to the consumer, when they want it. This session led by Christopher Glode, VP of Connected Devices at Under Armour takes a look at how the company is using Connected Fitness to empower consumers through mobile and wearable tech, how mobile has allowed it to build the largest user community, and share with audiences where they see the future of digital fitness heading.
Hone your marketing skills and find new opportunities to improve your customer journey. This workshop is designed to sharpen your analytical skills, gain best practices, and create recommendations that can be applied to your business. We will challenge you to discover key mobile disconnects your customers face and design a more holistic, immersive experience. The group discussion will enable attendees to leave the session with actionable insights that can be applied in their day-to-day lives.
In-app mobile video usage is exploding as highlighted in the latest App Annie Market Index report. Nearly half of mobile video viewers can only (or mostly only) be reached in-app according to IAB. The recent SMOX MMA study with Coca-Cola, Walmart & Mastercard showed that mobile video can outperform cable television. Learn all about in-app mobile video in terms of vertical video, completion rates, viewability, true full-screen formats, rich interactive features, programmatic buying, and more.
Acquiring new mobile customers is very expensive. Maintaining them is even more difficult with 80–90% of app users dropping in the first two months. Innovative mobile growth is about a combination of acquisition, retention and monetization. During this workshop, Etsy and Appboy will break down the best practices for thoughtful, data-backed mobile marketing strategies that increase engagement among your customer base including multi-channel onboarding initiatives, personalization tactics, predictive technology and more. Key takeaways will empower marketers to start building better, long-term relationships with their customers and message them in the most relevant, purposeful and valuable way, today.
Today, data is at the core of marketers’ decisions. Algorithms, bots and bits dominate marketing discussions. It’s easy for brands to forget about the human element when telling their stories. But in a world of millennials, it’s more important than ever to remember. Pandora, which has long been known for its personalization technology, realized that listeners – particularly young adults – don’t necessarily know about the humans behind its musical magic – but they want to. In building its latest campaign “The Next Song Matters,” Pandora had to find a way to differentiate itself and tell its story in a way that would resonate directly with this important audience group. The decision? Reveal exactly how Pandora does what it does and highlight the people who go to great lengths to deliver music moments that are right for each individual listener. In this session, Pandora CMO Simon Fleming–Wood shares how the largest music streaming service is using the human touch that built Pandora to tell its story to an emerging generation.
HotelTonight reinvented hotel booking for the mobile era by taking a fresh approach to the mobile experience and focusing on last minute bookings. In this session Chris Creel, head of Search/Growth marketing at HotelTonight will share challenges and latest trends of mobile search, how they are using new technology to stay nimble and ahead of the competition, and what new frontiers in the world of search they are implementing to enhance the mobile experience.
