Mango’s solution can deliver your coupon or offer right to the consumer’s mobile phone.
Mobile coupons have all of the promotional benefits of paper coupons, combined with
the immediacy of the mobile channel. Coupons can be downloaded on request from
your web site, by text message or via your mobile website. Sending coupons to mobile
phones is cheaper and more targeted than traditional paper based couponing.
McDonald’s
Text4Coupon
In support of their Late Night initiative, McDonald’s is launching its first late
night offer text campaign. Promotion is prompted through POS, Out of Home, and web
banner ads.
Consumers text a keyword to a short code and receive a different offer each month
during the promotional period for money off an extra value meal. Offer is delivered
to the consumer’s handset as an image. Program launches in July 2008!
A mobile coupon can consist of a barcode that can be scanned directly from the mobile
phone screen resulting in quick, efficient, accurate and cheap couponing. Operating
cost, increasing competition and targeting pressures are resulting in considerable
interest in mobile couponing's ability to target the right consumer, reduce costs,
improve customer service and improve coupon validation efficiency.