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Youth, Twitter, Video - a force for change a force for good?

Youth, Twitter, Video - a force for change a force for good?

Are we witnessing the growth of a generation of consumers yet unbridled by the yoke of debt or the pangs of social conscience? Unlike the previous disaffected generation who were ultimately resigned to the fact that resistance was futile, do today’s youth believe they can effect change? We’ve written already about youth and the power of social [...] [...more]

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Law 6 - If you want to change the results, change the metrics: mobileYouth.org’s 7 laws of youth marketing

Law 6 - If you want to change the results, change the metrics: mobileYouth.org’s 7 laws of youth marketing

by Graham Brown Part of the feature series: The 7 Laws of Youth Marketing by Graham Brown <Back to Law #5) Challenge your internal language 6) If you want to change your results, change your measurements Ultimately it all comes down to Your choice of metric. I’ve been a long time proponent of integrating long term business metrics alongside [...] [...more]

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Mobile Behavior?

Mobile Behavior?

What is mobile behavior? At Mobile Youth we have studied the mobile behavior of young consumers since 2001 when everyone else was looking at technology, value chains and killer applications. For us, mobile behavior is not a new addition to the portfolio or the next great thing but the core raison d’etre of our organization and a [...] [...more]

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Recommended mobileYouth reading 14th August

Recommended mobileYouth reading 14th August

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Josh Dhaliwal (mobileYouth) on BBC

Josh Dhaliwal (mobileYouth) on BBC

Media interest in mobile life and youth is picking up again as mobileYouth’s Josh Dhaliwal gets onto BBC breakfast news today commenting on mobile youth and texting. [...more]

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Top 6 mobileYouth stories Thursday - mobile ads, tween SNS, consumer advocacy and brand loyalty

Top 6 mobileYouth stories Thursday - mobile ads, tween SNS, consumer advocacy and brand loyalty

Top 5 mobileYouth stories on Thursday Declining prices for mobile banner ads (Jul 30, 2008 17:07) Not sure why but there were some articles today about the deal between Virgin Media and mobile adve.. Mobile Advertising Click Through Rate 10% from Nokia and Dolce&Gabbana (Jul 30, 2008 16:18) Now this I believe. Nokia Interactive runs a mobile advertising [...] [...more]

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Top 10 mobileYouth stories in last 24 hours

Top 10 mobileYouth stories in last 24 hours

Targeting Teens At The Right Age And Gender Is Critical: Survey (Jul 29, 2008 23:06) The teen market in the U.S. has typically been among the fastest growing in the wireless industry a.. Teens and Mobile Phones - Audio Interview (Jul 29, 2008 22:59) Teenagers and Cell Phones: Full, Unedited Interview with Andr CaronPeople of many different [...] [...more]

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Targeting Teens At The Right Age And Gender Is Critical: Survey

Targeting Teens At The Right Age And Gender Is Critical: Survey

The teen market in the U.S. has typically been among the fastest growing in the wireless industry and by the age of 17 at least 91 percent of girls and 78 percent of boys own a mobile phone, according to a new study from Multimedia Intelligence. That market’s now reaching a point of saturation, so [...] [...more]

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Teens and Mobile Phones - Audio Interview

Teens and Mobile Phones - Audio Interview

Teenagers and Cell Phones: Full, Unedited Interview with André Caron People of many different ages use cell phones, of course, but for teenagers, it occupies a particularly important role. It’s a social prosthetic, a form of community building, and sometimes the source of battles with parents. Recently, I interviewed André Caron. He’s the director of the [...] [...more]

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Top 7 Breaking Mobile Youth Stories of the day

Top 7 Breaking Mobile Youth Stories of the day

Behavioral Targeting and Privacy (Jul 29, 2008 18:00) Can informed consent put consumers at ease? Opportunity to BETA the new mobileYouth social network (Jul 29, 2008 07:35) We will open beta testing for a short period only.Here’s a chance to network with marketing, i.. Mobile Data Association New Key trends UK (Jul 29, 2008 07:31) Q2 2008 Statistical findingsThe MDA [...] [...more]

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Graham Brown and Josh Dhaliwal founded mobileYouth in 2001 to give technology, brands and marketing professionals the tools to better understand young consumers, incorporate youth into their product development, build dialogue, develop trust and establish ethical marketing policies. We currently serve over 300 clients in 60 countries worldwide (names such as Nokia, Apple, Telenor, Vodafone, MTN, MTV, BBC and the UK government). mobileYouth (R) and "Mobile Youth" (R) are registered trademarks of W2F Limited.

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Oct 2008
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