Social, mobile, and local digital marketing are self-reinforcing and connected. For
instance, as mobile devices become more powerful, they are more useful for
accessing Facebook and other social sites. As mobile devices become more widely
adopted, they can be used by customers to find local merchants, and for merchants to
alert customers in their neighborhood to special offers. Over time, these will become
more overlapped as the three platforms become more tightly coupled.
Around 25% of all Facebook visits are from mobile devices, and 30% of its ad
revenue is generated by its mobile audience. Likewise, local marketing and mobile are
highly related: local advertisers most often target mobile devices. And a considerable
amount of mobile ad spending comes from local advertisers. The strong ties among
social, mobile, and local marketing has significant implications for managing your
own marketing campaign in this new environment. The message is that when you
design a social marketing campaign, you must also consider that your customers will
be accessing the campaign using mobile devices, and often they will also be looking
for local content. Social-mobile-local must be seen in an integrated management
framework (comScore, 2013a).