The first 2010 Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting, S.M.A.R.T.™ S.M.A.R.T.™ features new advertisers insight into breakout mobile trends including m-Commerce, Social Media and Site Search.
Highlights from January’s S.M.A.R.T.:
Special Section- InsightExpress’ Mobile Consumer Research:
Mobile campaigns in the Retail Vertical showed the largest differences between online norms in three of the five categories, Aided Awareness, Purchase Intent, and Unaided Awareness. The Travel, Automotive and Technology campaigns had similar increases above online norms in the Mobile Ad Awareness category. For advertisers, this is a potential positive indicator that consumers are more aware of advertising in these verticals. CPG campaigns indexed high in the Brand Favorability category , followed by Automotive campaigns.
Engagement:
Three new campaign actions were added to January’s MYDAS™ Portfolio Mix: m-Commerce, Social Media and Site Search. Over the last several months we observed an increase in the number of advertisers directing users to take these actions from either ad creatives, custom landing pages or mobile sites and each represented 20%, 6% and 2% of all campaign actions in January respectively.
Advertisers directed consumers to Place a Call more in January than over the last five months. Place a Call experienced the largest month over month change with a 16% increase, followed by Application Download with 7%. Each of the two campaign actions represented 30% of all campaigns actions in January.
Channel targeting experienced the largest month over month increase, jumping from 10%, in December, to 22% of the mix, in January.
Device & Smartphone OS Highlights:
Apple remained the number one device manufacturer with a 36.22% share of impressions; increasing approximately 12% month over month.
Three new devices entered our Top Ten in January: the Motorola Clutch, Samsung Freeform and the Samsung Messager II. Two LG devices also entered the Top Fifteen: the LG VX5500 and the LG enV Touch. As three of the five new devices to enter our Top 20 had QWERTY keyboards, it is interesting to note, the QWERTY category, within the Device Input Mix, experienced the largest increase, or 16.59%, and represented 37.56% of impressions in January. A very close second within the Device Input Mix was the Touch Screen category with a 36.32% share of impressions.
In the U.S. Smartphone OS Mix, Smartphones represented 58% of our network’s U.S. Smartphone impressions in January – a 20% increase month over month. Over 77% of our network’s U.S. Smartphone impressions were among the iPhone and RIM OS’s.
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Today, we are pleased to announce that Millennial Media has agreed to acquire TapMetrics, a real-time, mobile analytics company focused on application usage and behavior. We have known TapMetrics for some time and believe that the company’s rich analytics capabilities will be a great complement to Millennial Media’s own rapidly growing application developer program. TapMetrics shares our intense focus on delivering actionable analytics to application developers and mobile web publishers so that they can better manage and monetize their inventory.
Through this new partnership, Millennial Media and TapMetrics will offer developers increased capabilities to optimize revenue across diverse mobile platforms, including iPhone , Android, Blackberry, Windows and Palm. These capabilities include:
Publisher and developer partners of Millennial Media and TapMetrics will be able to take advantage of these additional functionalities on top of Millennial Media’s existing open ad serving mediation technology, UMPIRE™. For our advertiser partners, our emerging relationship with TapMetrics with further extend our industry-leading reach (over 80% of U.S. Mobile Internet users according to recent Nielsen data) by helping us continue to grow our base of mobile applications and websites. As we continue down the path of accelerated growth, Millennial Media remains actively focused on its brands and advertisers while furthering revenue opportunities for the mobile advertising community.
Welcome TapMetrics.
For more information, please read here.

Throughout 2009, we produced monthly S.M.A.R.T.™ reports, and each quarter we summarized relevant trends we observed on our network. Given the tremendous growth of the mobile ad industry overall in 2009, we produced an industry-first quick glance, the 2009 Year-in-Review Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (S.M.A.R.T.)™.
Highlights:
Sales Quick Stats
• Brand business grew 756%
• Average deal size increased 353% year-over-year
• Top Ten 2009 Advertising Verticals by Spend
• Non-U.S. impressions increased 117% year over year
Device Quick Stats
• 357% increase in Apple OS impressions
• 90% increase in RIM OS impressions
• Top 5 devices on the network

This year-end summary is based on observed traffic, server log reports, etc on our network. Since Millennial Media is the largest mobile ad platform, we anticipate much of this data is fairly representative of the industry as a whole.
Click here to view the full 2009 End-of-Year S.M.A.R.T.™ http://www.millennialmedia.com/research/and feel free to sign up for auto delivery of these monthly Scorecards. If you have any questions or suggestions for future S.M.A.R.T.™s, please send them our way: marketing@millennialmedia.com.

Apple announced its widely anticipated iPad device yesterday. I arrived in San Francisco yesterday just as Steve Jobs kicked off his presentation; so I wasn’t able to make it to the event. But like most of you, I was excited to see this long rumored mobile device finally announced to the market. As we have come to expect from Apple, the iPad is a beautiful device, well-designed and well thought out. It is a logical extension of both the iPhone and iPod Touch. As an iPhone user I can easily imagine all of the advantages of a more powerful, larger iPod Touch.
As the CEO of the leading independent mobile advertising network and technology provider, I am excited about the opportunity to extend our market-leading advertising solution to the new iPad ecosystem of application developers, publishers and advertisers.
I wanted to share a few of my initial thoughts on the iPad after yesterday’s announcement:
Those are my initial thoughts. You will be hearing a lot more about the iPad from Millennial Media in the coming weeks.
Lexus ran a holiday-themed mobile campaign on CNN Mobile

Lexus, Walmart, JCPenney, Best Buy and Vicks are examples of brands that used the mobile channel effectively during the holiday season to increase consumer engagement and drive sales.
During the hour-long webinar “Happy Holidays or Not: Mobile Lessons Learned, and Best Practice for 2010” hosted by Mobile Marketer and sponsored by mobile ad network Millennial Media, four panelists discussed mobile’s progress over the holidays, lessons learned and best practice for 2010. The webinar panel was moderated by Mobile Marketer’s Mickey Alam Khan.
Read the full article: http://bit.ly/cM82sq (the text above was taken directly from Mobile Marketer, with permission)
Speakers included R/GA, CNN Mobile, eMarketer, ESPN Mobile and Millennial Media
Sandwiched in between Apple & Verizon Wireless’ earnings and Apple’s “new product” announcement, comes December’s Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (SMART)™, featuring December and Q4 data to provide advertisers insight into mobile trends from the Holidays.
Highlights from December’s S.M.A.R.T.:
Special Section- Travel Knows Mobile. Millennial Media Knows Travel:
Our featured ad vertical, Travel, moved up from the number 10 spot, which it held for two consecutive quarters, to number eight. In a November 2009 IAB report, 63% of respondents ranked Leisure and Travel as the second best category suited for mobile advertising, falling only behind Entertainment.

Speaking of Entertainment….our network’s Top Ten Advertising Verticals, ranked by spend, experienced several additional changes in Q4. For the first time since we first published S.M.A.R.T. in March ’09, the Portals and Directories advertising vertical took the number one spot from Entertainment. Consistently ranking in the Top 3 this year, internet giants continuously increased their investment in their mobile ad plans in 2009. The number two ranked ad vertical, Telecommunications, was up from the number six spot in Q3 and the Finance vertical, which was not in Q2’s Top Ten, was the number three ad vertical in Q4’s Top Ten.
Engagement:
Traffic to Site remained the primary destination advertisers directed consumers to take an action throughout Q4 – it represented a three-month average of 41%. A correlation can be drawn between this and the Top 10 Ad Verticals– the advertisers represented in the top three, Portals & Directories, Telecomm and Finance, have developed persistent mobile sites and/or mobile applications. Custom Landing Page and Application Downloads battled it out for the second most popular campaign destination throughout Q4.
Mobile consumer behavior trends in December reflected the use of mobile as part of the holiday shopping research and purchase process. Average monthly page views per user increased to 125 in December from 113 in November. The average user session time increased in December from 5:02 to 5:09. As stated in our Predictions for the Top 10 in ’10, we anticipate user session time increasing closer to 5:20 in 2010.
Device & Smartphone OS Highlights:
Smartphones represented approximately 38% of our network’s U.S. impressions in December and Q4. On any given month, we identify approximately 4K devices on our network, allowing an incredibly broad reach of mobile users, no matter what device they prefer to access the mobile web.
Media buyers planned for iPhone advertising in Q4, as the iPhone OS increased month over month and represented 47% of our network’s U.S. Smartphone impressions in December. RIM also had a strong presence with a 27% Q4 average impressions and three devices in our Top Ten devices for the fourth consecutive month: Blackberry Curve, Pearl and Storm.
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After coming off the fourth quarter, which is always hectic for a sales team, now is a great time to reflect on what we’ve done well, where we can improve, and what we plan for the year to come – especially in an industry growing as fast as ours. Here at Millennial Media, we just completed a fantastic sales leadership summit, where we did just this. As I sat in the conference room with our sales leadership team, it occurred to me the power of the world class team in front of me…
When we announced our latest round of funding in November, sales talent was a key element of our continued investment in growth. Prior to the announcement, we had recently added senior sales leaders: for the mid-West, Betsy Flounders, the mid-Atlantic, Mike Anthony and, in the west, Mike Schlegel. Michele Tobin had already been leading the entertainment vertical. Then, to kick off the New Year, we added more trusted leaders with the addition of Carrie Seifer for the Northeast region and Alia Lamborghini in the Southeast. My colleagues in Tech have brought in numerous new engineers in the past few weeks, and Operations continues to expand to keep up with the ever-increasing demand from advertisers.
On the face of these additions, we can see a raw increase in sales numbers, but what really excites me is the trust the market has in these leaders. This team has spent the last decade guiding clients through a rapid pace of change. Changes that have seen traditional media stumble and re-invent itself and forced rising companies to invent pricing metrics and creative units. Each came recommended from various agencies, direct clients, and, together, they bring over 50 years of digital and mobile experience. Millennial Media could not be more focused on the success of advertisers in mobile, and this group brings with them the trust of the market.
We are thrilled to have these seasoned leaders who bring extensive experience in advertising, mobile and digital to the Millennial Media community. They join, what I believe, is the best sales force and account management team in the industry today. In this very moment of rapid growth, a moment when the advertising community needs to look for a trusted leader, and trusted names and faces to help them chart the latest changes, the Millennial Media team will be there and ready to serve.
Be Mobile. Lead Mobile. Deliver Mobile.

The year is off to a great start. We are excited to be honored as this year’s “Overall Winner” for the AlwaysOn “OnMedia 100 List“, which recognizes the Top Private Companies in digital media.
Please support our president and CEO, Paul Palmieri, as he accepts this Award at the “OnMedia NYC” Opening Night presentation, Monday, February 1st at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York, February 2nd. If you plan to attend the event, which we hope you do, Millennial Media will also be speaking on a panel – check out the full “OnMedia NYC” Agenda here, featuring the “Who’s Who” of today’s Advertising, Media, and Publishing communities.
The Millennial Media community receives a Special 50% Discount on a full Registration to “OnMedia NYC,” or by contacting Marc Sternberg at marc@alwayson-network.com or 310-403-3330.
Thank you for all your support and we hope to see you there!
November’s Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (SMART)™ features a special section analyzing mobile behavior trends over the Thanksgiving holiday while also providing you the traditional monthly insights for brand advertisers.
Highlights from November’s SMART:
Reach:
The U.S. mobile Web grew 3.16% to 66.9M users in October 2009, according to Nielsen (Nielsen reporting is one month behind SMART data).
Special Section – Thanksgiving Mobile Behavior Trends:
Unique mobile interaction lifts were found throughout key verticals, for instance, in the Entertainment ad vertical. Consumers watched movie trailers leading into Thanksgiving Day, finding the information necessary to select a show time and theatre. A 30% lift in interaction rates within the Entertainment – Movie vertical was observed on Thanksgiving Day as compared to previous days in the month. To discover how additional advertising categories faired in Thanksgiving interactions, read the full report here.
Engagement:
The use of Custom Landing Pages increased 8% in November – a potential indicator that advertisers are focusing on campaign specific microsites to promote end of year specials and promotions on products and services. Average monthly page views per user, as well as session times, increased– a potential behavioral trend indicating consumers are researching products and services as part of their holiday shopping process.

Device & Smartphone OS Highlights:
As smartphone numbers received a boost this Thanksgiving, they will continue to rise as carriers offer superior savings with smartphone holiday retail promotions. Apple once again regained its lead as our top device manufacturer, with an increase of 4.67%, to place the largest month over month increase of among the Top 15 Manufacturers. Apple now holds 26.38% of the impression share on our network. RIM and Android were not without their own feats. RIM had three devices in our top ten for the third consecutive month: the BlackBerry Curve, Pearl and Storm which represented: 5.07%, 1.59%, and 1.48%, of impressions in our network respectively. T-Mobile’s HTC G1 Dream, the first phone with Google’s Android OS, was the only phone to have experienced a month over month increase outside of the iPhone. The Dream represented 2.01% share of impressions and jumped from the tenth to the fifth spot in our Top Twenty Mobile Phones in November.
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2010 will not be the “Year of Mobile.” Why? Well, we believe that the proverbial “Year of Mobile” came and went in 2009. While some were taking a wait-and-see approach, innovative advertisers were in market with creative, relevant and impactful mobile campaigns. They were building mobile sites and branded apps, and they were implementing mobile strategies.
Also, in 2009, a highly active developer community emerged, the penetration of disruptive smartphones continued and publishers quickly mobilized their sites. If this isn’t enough evidence—Google doubled down in mobile advertising as well.
With all of this in mind, we’re excited to put the talk of the “Year of Mobile” behind us and instead, focus on continuing to grow the mobile ecosystem and deliver for advertisers.
Our Top 10 Mobile Predictions for 2010 provides a snapshot of some of the predictions we have for mobile advertising. We’ve based these predictions on observed consumer behavior, industry data, technology and device trends, and campaign analysis pulled from our network this year.

Here’s a view of five of the ten–
1. The U.S. Mobile Web Will Reach Nearly 100M Unique Users Per Month
2. Advertisers Will Invest Significantly in Site and Application Mobile Destinations
3. New Entrants to the Mobile Market Will Emerge
4. Location x Relevancy x Immediacy= Mobile Triple Play in 2010
5. Advertisers Will Increasingly Buy Audiences over Buying Media Properties
Click here to see the complete list and details: www.millennialmedia.com/research/top10. And, if you have additional thoughts, email us at marketing@millennialmedia.com.
As a Board Member within The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) both in the US and globally, I congratulate Mike Wehrs on a solid year. I am as sad to see him go, as I was happy upon his arrival earlier this year. His presence and direction will be missed; however, we have a highly diverse and active board who will ensure the organization continues to support industry education and best practices in mobile advertising and mobile marketing until his replacement is named.


Since March 2009, Millennial Media has provided monthly insights for brand advertisers in our Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (SMART)™. This month our partner, Mobclix, provided a special apps section with trends across Apple, RIM and Android. We also included a first view into the top mobile operating systems on our network.
Highlights from SMART:
Reach:
The U.S. Mobile Web grew to 64.8M users. Millennial Media’s unique audience reach increased to 51.7M users, an industry-leading reach of 79.88% of U.S. Mobile internet users.
Special Section – Mobile App Snapshot – provided by Mobclix:
Apple dominated the number of total apps year-to-date through November 1, for a total of 115,000 combined apps in the Games, Entertainment, Books and Utility categories, according to Mobclix. Apple also led Android and RIM with the number of monthly downloads, with 100M apps per month. Android and RIM followed with 20M and 300K respectively. Average in-app CTR’s varied by app category — Android out-performed both Apple and RIM in the Game app category. RIM topped the average app time with eight minutes.
Engagement & Targeting:
Advertisers continued to see value in making their brand’s presence consistently available to their audience, with Traffic to Site representing 46% of the mobile campaign destinations. The two largest increases in the Campaign Targeting Mix were the Custom Subnet and Demographic targeting methods, indicating a potential trend towards refined targeting as an advertising goal in Q4. A new addition to our monthly SMART, the Application Download category, represented 29% of the Campaign Destination Mix in October.
Device & NEW Smartphone OS Highlights:
In October, we introduced a view into the U.S. Smartphone OS Mix. The iPhone OS was the largest OS in our network with a 33% share of impressions, followed closely by the number two, RIM OS, with 31%. These operating systems grant users access to custom branded applications. According to comScore’s U.S. Mobile Advisor report for September 2009, “The total number of app users in the U.S. has increased 42% year over year or has grown to 47M users from 33M users one year ago.” iPhone/iPod impressions alone increased in October by 4%, a consecutive monthly increase beginning in July.
The OS Mix contains a representative view of the device diversity available on Millennial Media’s network. Smartphones accounted for 36% of impressions on our network versus feature phones, which had 64% of impressions. Our network data is in line with Nielsen’s Q3 2009 report which indicated that smartphones will have “50% of the market by the middle of 2011.”
In the device lineup, Samsung regained its lead as the top device manufacturer, making up 23.48% of the impression share in October, moving Apple back to the number two spot with a slight decrease, representing 21.71% of impression share in October.
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Marriott International’s upper moderate SpringHill Suites brand, an existing advertising partner with Millennial Media, is the first to leverage our first-to-market BlackBerry rich media ad. Millennial Media is an important mobile advertising partner to OEMs and platform companies. Given our in-depth knowledge of RIM’s devices and platforms, coupled with RIM’s increasingly advanced features, we are able to bring this capability to market on behalf of advertisers.
As a brand that places high values on design and technology, SpringHill Suites by Marriott has been on the forefront in utilizing Millennial Media’s broad reach to target all handsets including the iPhone, iTouch, and Palm Pre to show case Rich Media expandables. With the introduction of the BlackBerry expandable ads, SpringHill Suites will be the first to expand their outreach with Rich Media to a range of RIM devices, reaching a wider target audience of business and leisure travelers who look for style and inspiration in their stay. With a focus on utility, the expandables offer easy access to brand essentials for busy professionals and travelers on-the-go.
Millennial Media has been a long-standing advocate of diversity in handset offerings, as demonstrated in our SMART report (http://www.millennialmedia.com/research/) which showcases our reach by both carrier and handset. Due to this philosophy, we are able to offer our network an industry-leading reach of nearly 80% of the mobile Internet according to Nielsen in September 2009. By continuing to offer new RIM solutions, such as BlackBerry rich media ads, Millennial Media is able to increase our reach and widen device targeting to a new base of professionals that were previously not available through the iPhone, iTouch, and Palm Pre. As RIM continues to add additional touch screen devices to the market, this will be an increasingly valuable device to target audiences for advertisers.
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