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NEW USB 2.0 Small Bluetooth DONGLE Wireless Adapter

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Motorola RAZR V3i Cellular Phone Mobile Phone Bluetooth

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After Market PDA Bluetooth Accessories – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:30:06 +0000

Bluetooth Makes it Easy for All Your Devices and Accessories to Work Together

Bluetooth is one of the latest marketing buzzwords for PDAs and cellular phones, along with PCs and especially laptops. It is a wireless technology designed to let products and accessories built by different manufacturers work together, without requiring special access codes or driver installation. Theoretically, any Bluetooth accessory should work with any Bluetooth-enabled device, and multiple accessories working with the same device shouldn’t interfere with each other.

For example, if you pick up a Bluetooth headset for your current PDA, and then in a year’s time replace it with a new PDA, the headset should work with the new PDA without any difficulties. With some older PDA Bluetooth accessories and devices, this is not always the case, but generally the more recent the design of the accessory or device, the more likely it is to work with other Bluetooth products.

PDAs, Cellular Phones, and Computers

New PDAs today resemble cellular phones as much as classic PDAs like the Palm Pilot. Most of these devices are Bluetooth-enabled, and even have the capability to link with other Bluetooth-enabled PDAs and cellular phones to exchange data. For models that are not Bluetooth-enabled, there are frequently PDA Bluetooth accessories available that will add Bluetooth capabilities to the unit. Bluetooth adapters are also available for PCs and laptops, usually plugging into a USB port, allowing you to easily exchange data between your computer and your PDA.

Just about any type of data can be transferred over a Bluetooth link, from electronic business cards and pictures to word processing documents and PowerPoint presentations. For transferring data from a PDA to a computer, special software is often needed and included with the Bluetooth adapter. However, PDAs running Windows Mobile can communicate natively with computers running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista.

Having a Bluetooth PDA and a Bluetooth adapter for your computer can eliminate the need for a docking station or sync cable, removing one more piece of clutter from your desktop. You can even set the two devices up so they automatically synchronize their data when they’re in range of each other.

Other PDA Bluetooth Accessories

Headphones and headsets are the most common PDA Bluetooth accessories right now. Wireless headphones are great if your PDA has music stored on it, because you don’t have an unsightly wire running from your head to your pocket or purse. Headsets and earpieces allow hands-free operation of your cell phone or smart phone, which is not only convenient but is also quickly becoming a legal requirement world-wide for using your phone in your car.

Printer manufacturers are quickly adding Bluetooth capabilities to their products, turning them into convenient PDA Bluetooth accessories. Previously, to print something stored on your PDA, you had to use the docking station or sync cable to download the information to your computer, then print it from the computer. With a Bluetooth-enabled printer, you can send your data directly to the printer without the intervening steps. If your computer is also Bluetooth-enabled, it can send data to the printer as well, eliminating the need to hook up the printer to the computer or network.

There are many other PDA Bluetooth accessories available for your PDA, and with Bluetooth it doesn’t matter who manufactures either the device or the accessory. A Motorola headset will work with an iPhone, and a Palm Tungsten can print spreadsheets on a HP LaserJet. Manufacturers are constantly coming up with new PDA Bluetooth accessories to meet the demands of consumers. Bluetooth technology is making it easier for everyone to communicate.

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Ad Pods Bluetooth Marketing Tool of the Future – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:15:02 +0000

Network Marketing Professionals can use the Ad Pods Bluetooth Marketing System to advertise your business locally. The advertising staff have prior experience in the Business Field. They also have a pulse on the Network Marketing Field. The Ad Pods Bluetooth Marketing System knows all about building in competitive markets.

Advert marketing is so much more than a lot of marketers would expect. They are more than just flyers. The pods will send pictures, videos, animation, music and virtual business cards, which stores your contact information right into the recipients phone. That is powerful!

If you use the software and pod together it’s much easier to control. As an example, you can program to send adverts on a schedule. If you have a promotion you wish to send out at ten in the morning and another one sent out at three o’clock in the afternoon, this can be programmed into the unit.

The pod can also run a blocking list. If you are using the pod at a specific location in town, and do not want to be hitting the location you are in over and over again. The software will not let this happen because it remembers not to send this same message again unless you program it to do this. The blocking list will also not send a message to someone who has declined to receive your message.

An Ad Pods is a stationary unit, but also becomes mobile with it’s optional rechargeable battery pack. Try sending off thousands of advertisements while off skiing or fishing. Wherever you go, wherever you are, you can be marketing your services and products using this product.

Using Ad Pods puts you in a very unique position when prospects are phoning you to find out more about your offer. Usually, you have to be cold calling them.

Because this method of Bluetooth advertising is Opt-in advertising, it is permission based. The prospects getting our advertisements aren’t being abused via email.

This company’s vision is to be that company that sets the standards for the future legislation that will enforce and regulate this type of technology. At the present, a vast majority of the marketplace is not yet aware of the full scope of this new technology, or where it will go.

The Ads Pods Bluetooth Marketing System is on the verge of a major breakthrough. They have the right products and a clear vision of the future of this technology that is growing in leaps and bounds.

This company is positioned with one of the easiest, simplest, most cost effective products in the marketplace. They want top class independent distributors to affiliate market their system with them and help them make the Bluetooth market regulated.

It is a special moment in their evolution. This company knows they will grow because of their system and also because of their commitment to the customers. For more insight into their lucrative payment plans and more information about the affiliate program they offer, you can get all of the details at the company’s website.

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USB Bluetooth v2 Dongle Blue Tooth Adapter Vista! +More

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USB Bluetooth 2.0 Adapter Dongle PC for XP/Vista En

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Ad Pods – a review – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:00:09 +0000

Marketers now have another method available to advertise with. Ad Pods Bluetooth Marketing System will get the message out for you in your local area. This company’s management staff have been experienced in all the various methods of network marketing through the years. They have hands-on experience and know first hand how the network marketing industry turns. More important the team at Ad Pods Bluetooth Marketing System understand the challenges of building businesses in this very competitive market.

Using the software with the pod is intuitive and easy to command. As an example, you can program to send adverts on a schedule. If you have a promotion you wish to send out at ten in the morning and another one sent out at three o’clock in the afternoon, this can be programmed into the unit.

An Ad Pods is a stationary unit, but also becomes mobile with it’s optional rechargeable battery pack. Imagine having the ability to send off thousands of adverts while playing a game of golf with your friends. Wherever you go, wherever you are, you can be marketing your services and products using this product.

Using Ad Pods puts you in a very unique position when prospects are phoning you to find out more about your offer. Usually, you have to be cold calling them.

Because this method of Bluetooth advertising is Opt-in advertising, it is permission based. This means that the customers receiving your adverts are not being spammed by you.

Ad Pods Bluetooth Marketing System is poised in the edge of greatness. They have the right products and a clear vision of the future of this technology that is growing in leaps and bounds.

It is a special moment in their evolution. This company knows they will grow because of their system and also because of their commitment to the customers.
For more insight into their lucrative payment plans and more information about the affiliate program they offer, you can get all of the details at the company’s website.

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Targus Bluetooth Multimedia Keypad AKP03EU

Bluetooth Business Card — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:47:56 +0000

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10 Reasons to Use Bluetooth – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:45:22 +0000

Below, are 10 benefits and reasons to use Bluetooth technology?

1. Wireless
As you probably already know, there are many benefits and advantages to using wireless devices. Along with improving safety as a result of eliminating wires you don’t need, wireless also offers you plenty of other advantages. When travelling with your laptop or other wireless devices, you’ll no longer have to worry about bringing connection cables.

2. Bluetooth is actually inexpensive
The technology of Bluetooth is cheap for companies to implement, which results in lower costs for the company. These savings are then passed from the company on to you.

3. Bluetooth is automatic
Bluetooth doesn’t have you set up a connection or push any buttons. When two or more devices enter a range of up to 30 feet of each other, they will automatically begin to communicate without you having to do anything.

4. Standardized protocol
Bluetooth is standardized wireless, meaning that a high level of compatibility among devices is guaranteed. Bluetooth will connect devices to each other, even if they aren’t the same model.

5. Low interference
Bluetooth devices almost always avoid interference from other wireless devices. Bluetooth uses a technique known as frequency hopping, and also low power wireless signals.

6. Low energy consumption
As a result of Bluetooth using low power signals, the technology requires very little energy and will use less battery or electrical power as a result. This is an excellent benefit for mobile devices, as Bluetooth won’t drain the battery.

7. Sharing voice and data
The standard for Bluetooth will allow compatible devices to share data and voice communications. This is great for mobile phones and headsets, as Bluetooth simplifies driving and talking on your cell phone.

8. Instant PAN (Personal Area Network)
You can connect up to seven Bluetooth devices to each other within a range of up to 30 feet, forming a piconet or PAN. For a single room, you can also set up multiple piconets.

9. Upgradeable
Upgradeable is the standard for Bluetooth. There are newer versions of Bluetooth in the works, which offer many new advantages and backward compatible with older versions.

10. The technology stays
Bluetooth technology is a world wide, universal wireless standard. With it being as popular as it is, you can count on it being around for years to come. As more and more devices start to use Bluetooth technology, more manufacturers will be eager to make their products compatible. A chain reaction will occur, making Bluetooth the standard for cutting edge wireless.
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Uchenna Ani-Okoye is an internet marketing advisor and co founder of Free Affiliate Programs For more information and resource links on Bluetooth visit: Buy Bluetooth GPS

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Motorola H680 – Headset ( over-the-ear ) – wireless – Bluetooth – black

Bluetooth Business Card — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:36:38 +0000

The smart design of the Motorola H680 is complemented by its stylish and functional charging case. Premium materials and finishes on the headset make a striking statement, while the fashionable case completes the look.About half the length of a tube of lipstick, the H680 is petite and lightweight. The headset’s vacuum metal sides and high gloss finish top make a striking statement, while the case’s silver vacuum metal base and clear cover complete the stylish package. Fits easily in your pocket or straps on to your bag or purse.The case charges and helps protect the headset without sacrificing style for function. Place the H680 in the case and plug in your wall charger or car charger (sold separately) to power the headset. The clear cover can be removed to act as a desktop stand or for easy access in the car.Continued expertise in Bluetooth headset ergonomics means the latest speaker and ear bud/ear hook innovations. Interchangeable ear buds help provide unrivaled wearing comfort and audio quality with closer placement to the ear. Rotating ear hook allows you to point the microphone directly towards your mouth so those on the other end of the conversation can hear more clearly, too.Discreet, lightweight size enhances the attractiveness of the overall design yet doesn’t sacrifice performance. Enjoy generous battery life from comparably sized headsets with up to 8 hours talk time.Continue talking at your own pace, up to 10 m (33 feet) from your compatible Bluetooth enabled phone. Bluetooth wireless technology gives you the freedom.

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Wiremedia’s Proximity Media chosen for Adtech Conferences – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:30:05 +0000

MIAMI — ProximityMedia (Pink Sheets:WRMA), a leader in direct-to-mobile Bluetooth marketing, today announced that the company was chosen by Adtech to administer Bluetooth marketing, mobile content delivery and on-site contests at upcoming Adtech conferences. Adtech will begin using ProximityMedia’s Bluetooth Advertising technology this week at the Adtech interactive conference in Miami, Florida, June 26-27th.

“We’re very excited about this opportunity because it’s a great fit,” commented Colby Fede, CEO of Wiremedia, parent company of ProximityMedia, “The conference and trade show environments are ideal for deploying Bluetooth marketing and messaging campaigns because they’re inundated with thousands of information hungry attendees who are eager to digest as much information as possible, through whatever medium available,” added Mr. Fede. “In our experience, conference and trade show attendees exhibit very high mobile phone penetration rates, and as a demographic, are very receptive to Branded Bluetooth marketing efforts.”

About ProximityMedia

ProximityMedia (Pink Sheets:WRMA), an emerging company that develops direct-to-mobile Bluetooth content delivery software and hardware solutions. ProximityMedia’s Plug-and-Play Bluetooth content delivery solutions enable trade shows, conferences, retailers, museums, malls, movie theaters and businesses with the ability to engage in location-based Bluetooth marketing and messaging with ease. Information about Bluetooth marketing, mobile content delivery and Bluetooth advertising is available at http://www.proximitymedia.com.

About Adtech

Adtech is an interactive advertising and technology conference dedicated to connecting all sides of today’s brand marketing landscape. Adtech hosts conferences in Miami, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Paris, Beijing, Sinapore, Sydney and London. http://www.ad-tech.com/

Note: Statements contained in this release that are not strictly historical are “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are made based upon information available as of the date hereof, and Wiremedia assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Readers and investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties and the company’s actual results may differ from these forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are no limited to, demand for the company’s products and services, government regulations, Wiremedia’s ability to continue to develop its market, general economic conditions and other factors that may be more fully described in periodic filings.

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Jabra SP700 Bluetooth Speakerphone

Bluetooth Business Card — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:50:44 +0000

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Why Mobile Phone Advertising is Effective – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:00:03 +0000

Consumers have become more difficult to reach and are more on the go then ever. In addition, the technology of Tivo, Ipod, and Satellite Radio etc. makes targeting consumers more difficult. Advertisers constantly seek new ways to target these consumers. The best way to contact today’s active consumer is via the mobile phone. The average consumer will not leave his or her home without a mobile phone in hand. It has become the ultimate portable medium and the best way to reach the majority of consumers worldwide. There are 250 million mobile phones in America with a population of 300 million people. There are 3 billion mobile phones world wide, with a population of 6 billion people. Mobile phone sales continue to increase exponentially worldwide.

Out-of-home media is a $5.5 billion dollar industry.* There are 23 million local businesses who are looking for a cost-effective way to drive more customers through their doors Drive sales by offering digital delivery of coupons and promotional material. :: Encourage repeat visits so users can acquire new or updated content. :: Increase loyalty through redemption opportunities and loyalty programs. :: Extend the brand beyond the retail location. :: Lower the dependence on expensive paper-based marketing material.:: Enhanced retail experience. :: Enhanced level of personalization. :: Consumers can store content on these devices for later viewing. :: Consumers can receive exclusive content distributed only at select locations. :: Consumers can help with viral marketing process by transferring the acquired content to other mobile devices with ease. Imagine how a few Bluetooth marketing means customers gain access to vital information about products and services on-demand. Plus, this Bluetooth-enabled technology allows retailers and service operators to encourage viral marketing.

Using Bluetooth’s wireless technology, this remarkable contextual marketing system can be easily deployed to a wide variety of locations, including (but not limited to):

:: Airports :: Apartment Buildings Near Busy Streets :: Auto Sales :: Banks :: Billboards :: Bus Shelter Posters :: Church Campuses :: Concerts :: Hospitals :: Hotels and Resorts :: Kiosks :: Large Shopping Malls :: Medical Plazas :: Nightclubs and Bars :: Outdoor Billboards :: Public Spaces :: Restaurants :: Retail Locations :: Sports Arenas :: Subway Station Posters :: Technical Schools :: Theatres (opera, shows, etc.) :: Tradeshows :: University and College Campuses

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Bluetooth Handsfree Car Kit MP3 FM Transmiter USB New

Bluetooth Business Card — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:57:48 +0000

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What is Proximity Marketing? – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:45:15 +0000

So what is Proximity Marketing you ask? Well, Wikipedia defines it as…”the localized wireless distribution of advertising content associated with a particular place. Transmissions can be received by individuals in that location who wish to receive them and have the necessary equipment to do so”. Well at a high level, that is correct but they make it sound so dull. Proximity marketing is a relatively new medium used to promote establishments via advertising and marketing businesses by sending content to consumers’ mobile phones. The technology is thru Bluetooth and almost all phones have it these days. Bluetooth is a wireless transmission frequency used to send content short distances. The beauty of using this method is that no mobile provider is needed to push content to mobile phones.

So how does this all work? Retailers, Shopping Malls, venues with high traffic place Bluetooth wireless transmitters in certain areas where they would like to push content. They are connected to a Bluetooth server either via cables or thru Wi-Fi. An advertisement such as a text message or a video or digital coupon is created and sent to Bluetooth transmitters. When a shopper with the Bluetooth feature turned on and comes in range of the transmitter, they get sent a request to receive ad content. If they accept the advertisement is sent to them. If they deny, then nothing gets sent. Once they receive a coupon for example, they can take it to the retailer show them the coupon and redeem it right there! The bar coding system the retailer uses can scan the bar code and provide the consumer with the savings right there. The consumer can also send the coupon to another person so they can redeem it as well. There has been a big debate about advertising in the mobile medium. Some people think that ad content should not be sent to mobile phones as it may be considered an invasion of privacy. Mobile phones are considered the most personal device used today since they send and receive calls and messages only to those who share their number. Others think that the next big thing will be mobile marketing and early indications show that this may very well be the case by the way ring tones, music and iPhone applications are being developed and downloaded.

Why implement Proximity Marketing? Well, if you’re a retailer, you want to place relevant ads into the hands of shoppers who are right outside your establishment. If you’re a shopping mall manager you want to implement proximity marketing services to attract retailers and also increase foot traffic. Once consumers know that there is a proximity marketing infrastructure set up and they can get money saving coupons to them in their hands then they will want to come back and spread the word to their friends and families. If you own and operate or manage other venues like restaurants, bars and entertainment parks, then this is provides an opportunity to send specials, one time notices, announcements to your patrons and increase traffic and revenue that particular day.

Proximity Marketing does not have to be expensive. Some companies actually provide the equipment for free and do all of the work for you. For more information on how to set up proximity marketing, go to site http://www.macromobil.com

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The Concept of Bluetooth and Proximity Marketing – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:30:02 +0000

DUBLIN, Ireland — Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e3d2cd/proximity_marketin) has announced the addition of the “Proximity Marketing with Bluetooth” report to their offering.

Proximity marketing using Bluetooth is an enormously powerful tool and, although seemingly complex technically, ethically and legally, following a few basic principles can ensure success. This report introduces the reader to Bluetooth marketing, and describes in detail the concept of proximity marketing, detailing what it can and can’t deliver.

The legal and ethical use of Bluetooth is investigated, and the accepted levels of consent are discussed.

The report spells out 12 steps, a checklist that advises marketers on all the considerations that should be part of the due diligence performed as part of a Bluetooth marketing campaign. The closer the steps are adhered to, the greater the chance of a successful campaign. It also details ways to measure the success of a project.

The report concludes with a technical overview of the implementation of a campaign, including a guide to buying in Bluetooth marketing products and services.

Key Findings:

* Consumers are 50% more likely to accept Bluetooth marketing if you have a poster describing the activity than without
* Bluetooth Marketing is able to target an audience with pinpoint accuracy, based on location
* While it is legal to broadcast Bluetooth messages to anybody, without permission, the Direct Marketing Association recommends more strict guidelines for this sort of communication
* The public’s understanding of Bluetooth technology has improved greatly in the last two years
* Big media agencies are still wary of the technology, and traditional media buyers are yet to routinely include it in their media planning
* When best practice is followed, there is little chance of users considering the communication as spam
* The area in which you use Bluetooth is very important, it should never be a public space, only commercial
* The cost of implementing a Bluetooth campaign is always more predictable and usually lower than SMS campaigns

Audience:

Marketing Professionals: Anyone considering using Bluetooth as a marketing channel will benefit from this in-depth guide covering best practice, step-by-step campaign design, legislative and regulatory impacts and practical examples of successful Bluetooth proximity marketing campaigns.

If you are considering using Bluetooth for a future marketing campaign – start here first!

Marketing and Media Agencies: Are your clients asking for new and creative ways to reach target audiences without the expense and complexity of location based mobile marketing? Bluetooth proximity marketing is a great alternative. This guide will help you understand how to use Bluetooth proximity marketing to maximize the return on your client’s investment – while ensuring best practice and legislative and regulatory compliance.

Bluetooth Proximity Marketing Providers: This report can be a great sales tool to help you explain Bluetooth proximity marketing to your clients – as a source of great examples of working Bluetooth campaigns – and as a benchmark for your own business practices. The report also includes the results from a January 2009 survey of 1000 UK consumer’s on their attitudes towards Bluetooth as a technology and acceptance of Bluetooth marketing – again providing you with more data to enhance your sales efforts!

Mobile Marketing Consultants: In general Bluetooth marketing is relatively well understood by mobile marketing consultants – but this is the first in-depth report covering the details of the best and most effective campaigns, consumer insights into perception of Bluespam, best practice for campaign design and execution – and legislative and regulatory compliance.

An absolute must to ensure your clients get the best advice when it comes to Bluetooth proximity marketing.

Mobile Technology Specialists: You know how to use Bluetooth for pairing your headset or your car kit – and you can even swap last night’s party pics over Bluetooth – but how is Bluetooth being used for marketing? What is the basis for the Bluetooth standard? Where is Bluetooth going next? Although primarily focused towards the marketing community – the report packs enough punch to keep the technologists interested right through to the end.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e3d2cd/proximity_marketin

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Proximity Marketing: A New Trend – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:15:05 +0000

A new trend appears in the mobile marketing since the beginning of 2006 : The Bluetooth marketing, or proximity marketing.

This new tool works as a direct marketing channel to end users mobile phones. The first generation of these tools established a connection with the Bluetooth enabled phones (activated and set to visible) which are within 20 meters from a dedicated hotspot. A question appears on the screen of the phone in the form ‘Do you accept content from Alterwave ? Yes / No’, where Alterwave is the name of the company willing to advertise. If the user presses Yes, the download proceeds at a speed of typ. 50kB/sec over Bluetooth. The data transfer is 100% free. A video of 500 kB would be sent in about 10 seconds.

If the user presses No, the popup disappears from the screen, and if the users does not press either key the popup will disappear when the phone leaves the Bluetooth covered zone.

This new media raises a lot of interest in the advertising and marketing industry. The kind of files that they push is images (still or animated), sounds (mp3) and video.

The risk to see the Bluetooth marketing seen as Spam does exist, but an opt-in is also possible by requiring the user to approach his phone close to a given point (typ. 1-2 meters) for triggering the download.

The challenge is now for media and marketing agencies to use this innovative tool wisely, and certainly to send value added content to the users. The Bluetooth marketing has a lot of impact on end users, so it should be used with wisdom.

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Bluetooth Business Card — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:13:53 +0000

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Q-1000X: Qstarz BT-Q1000X Bluetooth Data Logger GPS Receiver (66 ch, 1-5Hz Update Rate, AGPS, 200,000 Waypoints)

Bluetooth Business Card — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:24:13 +0000

Hardware:
# Adopt MTK II latest chipset with high sensitivity -165dBm and 66-Channel tracking
# Ultra lower power consumption up to 42hrs operation
# Less than 15-Sec. AGPS fix support: download almanac data to realize faster TTFF and positioning under warm start
# Stand-Alone travel recorder to log up to 200,000 records (*)
# Easily switch Travel Recorder to LOG mode or NAV mode (Navigation + Log)
# Support button push manually to memorize your location immediately
# Update Rate 1~5Hz changeable by utility provided
# G-Mouse + Bluetooth in one: wired and wireless GPS receiver
# Fast Position Fix ,Cold start 35s, Warm start 33s,Hot start 1s
# Auto On-Off function for smart power control
# Personal/Portable Navigation (PDA, Smartphone, PC, etc.)
# QZSS, DGPS(WAAS+EGNOS+MSAS) support

Software:
# Support Multi-mode setting to record data (Vehicle, Bicycle, Jog)
# Provide Travel Recorder PC Utility V4 with built-in Google Map, Multi-language support, and Visualization UI
# “Wizard interface” for Utility to easily manage importing and exporting tracks
# Provide RaceChrono 5Hz software for high speed sport racing
# Auto track split function helps you organize your travel path
# Support Track Edit function allowing you to remove unnecessary waypoints
# Track playback function, changeable different track color and name
# Active NMEA protocol VTG / GLL manually via Qstarz setup tool
# Output your travel record as GPX / CSV / NMEA / Google Earth file format.
# Draw your navigation path immediately on Google Earth as default
# Support GeoTagging function for digital photo and generate KMZ file easily
# The waypoints would be decreased when the more options of Log Format are selected

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Proximity Marketing in Hotels via Tutorials – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:45:02 +0000

Hotels these days offer a wide array of services to their guests, usually through a great number of facilities. In big hotels in particular, communicating to the visitor the availability of all these services or features offered, is a substantial task.

Brochures or booklets, that are currently being handed out, are now used for this task. However, as those of you that have tried exploring a big hotel will know, it is simply inconvenient to be carrying around all of these, all the time.

The opportunity is there to add a proximity marketing element, and make this information available to the guest on their most private electronic device – their mobile phone.

This way the information is made readily available wherever and whenever.

Let’s now take a look at individual ideas:

Service list
Straightforward stuff. Put all your services in an eBrochure, (or simpler an illustrated image) and send it to guests mobile phones. At any time they can then take out their phones and find what they need.

Prices
Hotels charge guests for using their facilities, and sometimes that puts them off using them because they are unaware of the costs involved. By making this information available on the mobile phone, guests can discretely retrieve this information whenever they need it.

Events
Hotels often organise events for their guests. Through proximity marketing via bluetooth it is very straightforward to send guests calendar reminders for the events they are interested, to help them remember, and eventually attend the event.

Map
One of the most obvious pieces of information that can be offered (but one that is also frequently neglected), especially in large hotels / hotel complexes, is the hotel map. If you need this point proven, all it takes is a visit to some of the wonderful village-like hotels you can find on most greek islands. And then, try not getting lost!

Room Service
A very exciting service that mobile marketing can put on the table for hotels, is room service on your mobile phone. When you want to order breakfast, simply take out your phone, have a look at the menu, and place your order using your mobile. Next thing you know the door rings. ‘Room service’…

Stock exchange updates
For business executives, or the everyday guest who owns some stocks, hotels can offer the icing on the cake type of service, by going the extra mile and retrieving for them live stock exchange information, and making it available on their mobile phones.

3rd party promotions
Hotels also offer third-party advertising by providing leaflets and brochures to their guests, for outside activities they can partake in. By offering these promotions on guests’ mobile phones, it is much more probable that they will actually have the information available at the point in time when they need it, and thus increase the conversions.

Hotels are great candidate areas for proximity marketing services, and I’m sure there’s plenty more ideas out there. These are just to get you started. Good luck!

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Proximity Marketing Campaigns – Interview with Mr Antoniadis – by

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Athens International Airport

* What is the project about?

The project is about giving interactive mobile services to as many visitors as we can. The first phase is the pilot. AIA and Cytech wanted to test the feasibility of this project as there aren’t many such project all over the world. The aim was to develop a number of simple and valuable services that would be tested by the AIA personnel. Not just IT but also marketing and administrative personnel. We wanted to have feedback so we make any necessary alterations before we go public.
The first thing was to install 7 Bluevibe Hotspots at the departure terminal. These hotspots were not able to cover all the terminal but they are in such locations that cover the cafeterias and the corridors. After the installation we made all the connections to the Bluevibe Server installed at the AIA premises.
There were a number of challenges such as, power over ethernet, remote power cycling, decoration of the hotspots to look pretty and we achieved all these with the aid of the AIA personnel in about two months. Especially the decoration issue was hard as the rules are very strict.
If you visit AIA you can see the blue plaques at the ceiling, these are antenna containers. After the installation we train the AIA personnel to use the Bluevibe Manager, our web based administration and monitoring tool. They now are able to operate it mostly by themselves.
We also developed a special application for AIA for managing their content and of course a special version of the Bluevibe Browser, the mobile application installed in the visitors’ mobile phones.

* What kind of services are you intending to provide?

The most important service during the first phase is the Flight Information. You enter the flight number and get information about the departure/arrival time, status etc. The other service is about the retail shops of the airport.
It is a mobile shopping catalog. All retail shops inside AIA can present their products and offers. The marketing department of the Airport can change dynamically the images, texts etc using a CMS. We also provide a number of information concerning the airport itself, like left-luggage” areas or safety rules.

* Do the users accept to install a Java mobile application?

We ve just ended our test phase so our users were AIA personnel. They dont have serious objection on installing a new application as lons as this application is useful and not create any problems to their mobile phone. When the number of employees started to install this application and they saw that there is no problem and that they are able to use it we overcame any hesitations.
I think that the most important thing when you ask someone to install an application is to give him a good reason why to do it. If it is something really useful and “alive” they’ll accept it and try to install it.
We confront the same hesitations during the DontDrinkandDrive campaign we currently run for Johnnie Walker. We have developed a mobile application containing all the necessary information (taxi call numbers, bus itineraries, metro time tables) so if you decide to drink to take public transportation and not your car.
Most of the people find this application useful and at the moment they undestand what it is, they are willing to install it. It is 100 times better that a piece of paper containing all this information and that you ll probably throw it away after 5 minutes.

* Since it’s not yet public, and you don’t have any numbers on use, do you have any numbers regarding how many users have their Bluetooth turned on?

You will be surprised, and so our partners at the AIA did. More than half a million different devices have been scanned during the last 10 months and only at 7 hotspots at the departures terminal. I have to add that there is currently no signage and no one knows that there is a Bluetooth system active in the area. We know that we will double or triple this number if we cover the whole terminal and inform people about it.

* What would you identify as the main problem with this project?

I think the major problem hasn’t appeared yet. I strongly believe that when we go public there will be such great demand that we ll have problem to serve them. As you understand, our goal is to serve more than 300.000 unique users in a year.
Based on this assumption and some statistics concerning the number of people per hotspot and the time a user browse the services, we make our plans for the full scale installation. But, I am afraid, the real number will be greater. We are trying to be ready for this case also. I ll keep you updated but I am sure you will be informed from your sources when we go public.

Johnnie Walker Mobile Marketing Campaign

* Could you please also describe the JW campaign to us?

The concept is simple. Don’t drink and drive. It is about responsible drinking. Johnnie Walker has great tradition in this kind of events that contain messages like this. This time they have decided to include proximity marketing to the whole scenario. GetItRight marketing services, in cooperation with Cytech have designed a campaign with the following innovation.
Instead of giving people a plain paper with information about the means of transport during late hours, they also send this information to their mobile phones.
This way, this information which includes, taxi call numbers, bus and underground time schedule, is stored at the mobile phone and can be used anytime. The paper version is OK but it is most of the times misplaced somewhere and you can’t find it the next day.
These events take place at crowded squares of Athens from 20:00 till 24:00 just before people enters the bars and pubs for a drink. Everyday we setup a kiosk where promoters call people to play an internet game and win prizes. At the same time Bluevibe is responsible for sending the mobile application to the people as they stop in front of the kiosk.

* Can you share the penetration rate there with us?

I can’t disclose our statistics as the campaign is still running but I have to say that we believe that the penetration rate will be greater than 10%. We can discuss it again when it is over, at the end of May.

* What would you identify as the main problem with this campaign?

The main problem is the infrastructure. As you understand, we are in the open and we have constantly problems with electricity and network. We are lucky to use a system like Bluevibe because it is very versatile.
We use it as we think appropriate during each event day. If we see that the network is not stable enough we operate the Hotspots in standalone mode and when the network is back again they are synchronised with the server, uploading all the statistics and downloading new campaign settings. On the other hand if the network is stable we operate them in Networked mode, having all the advantages like online monitoring and administration and live statistics.

Mr. Antoniadis’ views provide a very interesting inside view on the workings of proximity marketing campaigns. I believe those of you interested in starting out in the bluetooth marketing sector, have plenty to learn and I highly recommend you keep some of these hints in your mobile marketing notebook.

I hope you enjoyed it, and found it valuable as much as I did.. Feel free to share your views, or questions, if you have any. I’m sure Mr. Antoniadis will be more than happy to follow up.

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Popularity of Bluetooth Increases – by

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In the world of rapid changing technology, continuously we are bombarded by names such as Bluetooth, wi-fi and TIVO. Technology has become so advance that people only need to press the button for changing the channel and use the technology of Bluetooth and infrared to transform the data.

So are you looking for creative, cost effective methods to distribute rich media content? Here is the solution for you, Bluetooth marketing is an amazing system that uses wireless Bluetooth technology to target your audience at near proximity to your establishment with direct response message. Bluetooth is the latest and hottest cost effective technology which allows you to exchange data without wasting your money. You can send any sort of data via Bluetooth including images, audio-video, animated images, etc. It can be enable on the Bluetooth handheld devices like mobile, laptops, etc. The formula work when the Bluetooth enabled devices are relatively close “between the distance of 12 meters” to virtually any public and private spaces that are equipped with a Bluetooth MediaServer.

There are lots of advantages of Bluetooth marketing and some of them are listed below:

1.Free message delivery – you can deliver message content on any mobiles and PDA’s quickly. You don’t need to pay any transmission cost, not even by your target audience.

2.24×7x365 data exchange or deliver – the Bluetooth service is enable throughout the day and the whole. Information delivery with little operator intervention required.

3.Fixed cost – Price are fixed whether you send your communication via Bluetooth to 10 to 10,000 customers.

The content that can be delivered with the aid of Bluetooth are – Animated images (animated GIF files), still images like JPEG wall papers, vCal (calendar event files), Audio (as WAV, MP3, MP4, RMF or ringtone files), video (as real media, 3GP or MP4 files).

Bluetooth advertising or marketing can be integrated with other visual communication like billboards, sinages, posters for high impact etc. Bluetoothmarketing.ae is an innovative mobile marketing service offered by Image matters advertising.

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Parachute and Hypertag use Bluetooth Proximity Marketing – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:15:03 +0000

NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Northbrook, IL based Parachute Marketing Group has brought cutting-edge Bluetooth proximity marketing to the Mid-West by deploying Hypertag units at events over the last several months. Overall, Hypertag units have been present at 5 different events and have directly reached about 60,000 people.

As the sole authorized U.S. partner of Hypertag, a UK-based Bluetooth proximity marketing company, Parachute has brought Bluetooth marketing to consumers at the Chicago Bears Fan Festival (March 31-April 1) Bluesfest (June 7-10), Summerfest (June 29-July 8 in Milwaukee, WI) and the Taste of Chicago (June 29-July 8). Hypertag has also been in operation at Busch Stadium in St. Louis for the entire Cardinal’s season.

One of the nation’s largest cellular carriers used Hypertag’s technology and its industry-exclusive Bluetooth wearable marketing tool to conduct an “instant-win” campaign through user’s mobile phones at the Taste. Promotional staff wore the eye-catching and lightweight Hypertag devices and intermixed with the crowd, sending out electronic coupons. Winning coupons were sent out based on the numbers of hats and shirts to give away, but the “losing” coupon gave users a second chance to win an item from their booth. Hypertag’s industry-leading “fingerprinting” technology ensures that each cell phone only has one chance to win by recognizing the unique Bluetooth address of each phone and is set to only give out the number of coupons specified by the client.

“It’s been a great summer for Bluetooth marketing in the U.S. and for Hypertag,” Parachute Marketing Group President Brett Cutler said. “The consumer’s willingness to view content on their most cherished device opens up huge new opportunities for advertisers in an increasingly difficult environment. Hypertag’s incredible ease of use and innovative tools make it the perfect tool for companies seeking a cutting edge solution that can track the consumer from first interaction through purchase.”

“We are very encouraged by these numbers and will continue towards our goal of making Hypertag the #1 choice for proximity marketing campaigns in the U.S.,” Cutler said. “As consumers and advertisers turn away from their televisions, print and radio and towards alternative media, the market for mobile phone-enabled advertising and marketing will only increase. We are here to supply the technology and provide the support and knowledge to help mold the campaigns to take advantage of the ever-expanding reach of the mobile phone.”

ABOUT HYPERTAG

Hypertag (www.hypertag.com) is a proximity marketing technology provider which allows brands to deliver rich, interactive content to consumers based on their proximity to a fixed physical location. This ensures that brands can reach their target audience at a time and place that puts their offer into a direct and relevant context when a consumer is most receptive.

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More than just adverts – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:00:02 +0000

Bluetooth advertising is becoming more and more popular and fast becoming the most cost effective way of getting the message out. Companies around the world, including a number of major multi nationals, are investing their budget in proximity marketing.

However beaming adverts to prospective customers is only one use for these boxes. These are now being used for a number of other purposes

Recruitment

In the UK, the army and RAF careers are using bluetooth to get the message to their potential recruits. They target an age range that have the best chance of having bluetooth enabled and have huge success rates with it, sending GIF’s to entice people into careers offices.

Police

Major UK police forces are harnessing the power of proximity to get serious messages across. From securing valuables out of sight in cars to serious missing person cases, bluetooth ads can get a message to many people in targeted area very quickly. A box located at the site of an incident can appeal for witnesses and people who come to the same spot again can be contacted straight away.

Councils

Local councils get public service messages to people, again with ease and for no cost. Litter campaigns, clean up after your dog or recycling advice can be sent quickly to peoples phones and get a message out so much quicker than conventional methods.

The world is waking up to the hundreds of uses for proximity advertising. What started off as a simple way to get an advertising point across could end up saving someones life. Whilst their is always a market for these to beam adverts, its clear that soon bluetooth will be used in many diverse ways to maximise its potential.

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Mobile Marketing New Trend: Proximity Marketing – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:45:05 +0000

Proximity marketing, also known as Bluetooth marketing, is a new trend in mobile marketing. This new marketing method enables an advertiser to establish a connection with Bluetooth enabled phones located within 20 meters of a designated hotspot. Since 2006, proximity marketing has turned out to be a highly efficient free advertising method, reaching millions of customers with incredible ease. At proxiblaster.com you can purchase proximity marketing software and receive maximum feedback for a minimum initial investment. With our Bluetooth broadcasting software you won’t have to pay any hidden costs or annual fees.

A marketing campaign is successful only when it is able to reach a large number of people. Marketing methods are meant to attract target consumers and inform them about your products and services. Traditional marketing techniques are not only difficult to elaborate but also very expensive. Just think about the costs of a TV advertisement or promotional banners. And you won’t even have the certainty that the message has been received by your targeted audience. Proximity marketing software is an easy way to make sure your potential clients have received your message. At proxiblaster.com you can purchase Bluetooth broadcasting software that’s easy to install and use.

So how does proximity marketing software actually work? The purpose of any Bluetooth broadcasting software is to deliver media files to the potential customers’ mobile devices. The software automatically sends out media files to all of the Bluetooth enabled devices within a range of approximately 10 meters. Receivers will be asked for permission to view the media on their mobile phone screen. If the potential customer accepts, the Bluetooth media file transfer will begin. The transfer is absolutely free – customers won’t have to pay anything to view it and the advertiser won’t pay any additional fees after purchasing the proximity marketing software. If the user refuses to view the advertisement, the message will disappear from the mobile phone’s screen.

Proximity marketing can turn out to be more efficient than you’ve imagined. Users that receive the media are generally pretty interested to know what it’s about. Therefore, your message will reach more than 90% of your targeted audience. That’s a lot more than you can account for other marketing methods. Furthermore, the costs for this type of advertising are incredibly low. At proxiblaster.com you’ll only have to purchase the Bluetooth broadcasting software and will never have to pay for any additional fees.

Making your business a success is all about intelligent marketing. You don’t necessarily have to spend a lot of money in order to broadcast your message to a large number of people. By using proximity marketing software you will be able to send a media file containing your advertisement to any number of people within a 10 meter range. Proxiblaster.com is where you’ll find Bluetooth broadcasting software at a very convenient price.

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Insights into Proximity Marketing – Interview with Mr Antoniadis – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:15:02 +0000

* How long has your company been doing what you guys do? Give us a bit of background.

Cytech Ltd, started off as a technology provider for the mobile marketing field back in 2001, by building mainly sms marketing tools for bulk sms, and interactive sms services. Based on that very positive experience and success – mainly in the greek market – we decided to invest in bluetooth marketing by purchasing a share in a bright startup company then called Bluebird. Bluebird later evolved into Bluevibe, the company that develops the synonymous proximity marketing product for us.

I am quite pleased to say we identified the potential in the mobile marketing field very early on, and we are very happy with our choice! (laughs) At the time we invested in Bluevibe, it was the only proximity marketing platform built in Greece, and one of the very few worldwide. Since then, we have concentrated on constantly pushing our product one step ahead of the competition, in order to be able to cope with marketing giants from around the world developing their own solution. Today our system is the only system in the world that can offer free web access via Bluetooth wherever a Bluevibe Hotspot is covering the area.

* In your experience, do you think people are still afraid of using Bluetooth? – Is that any different in Greece than abroad?

I am not sure if the word “afraid” is the right one but it is definitely right that most of the people are circumspect about accepting files over Bluetooth. The main reason is that they have heard that viruses can infect their mobile phones and they are coming from Bluetooth. This is something common all over the world. From my point of view there is only one solution and this is trust. When a well known brand runs a mobile marketing campaign and makes it visible to the people, they tend to trust it. According to our experience if the brand informs people about the proximity marketing event the penetration rate doubles. So there are hesitations about accepting mobile content over bluetooth but there is always a way to overcome them.

* You’ve run a couple of very interesting campaigns lately in Greece.. Do you see the market opening up?

Indeed, we have run a number of different campaigns, in expositions like Thessaloniki International Expo (Helexpo) or Taxi Show and DTE-Comdex, in events like the Dont Drink and Drive campaign we are currently running, and of course at the Athens International Airport. We are in the proximity marketing field for about 4 years and we know that you have to be patient. We see that marketing agencies adopt this medium day by day and that in the next years will be part of their tool set. In the beginning we had great difficulties to make marketers understand the role of this new medium at the whole marketing landscape. Now we receive daily phone calls and emails all over the world asking about Bluevibe. They know the basic features and want to know more about centralized management, web access over Bluetooth etc.

* What is your favourite mobile marketing campaign / proximity marketing campaign, from any that you might have seen?

I have read a great number of campaigns all over the world and many of them were very successful. But I have to say I am biased. My favourite campaign is the one we are currently run with Johnnie Walker. I like it because it is in combination with other marketing activities, field promotion, internet marketing and because the mobile application we send is very useful. It is not easy to run such a campaign as the events take place at squares where there is no electricity or network coverage and sometimes you have to overcome issues like bad weather etc. I will come back if you want with numbers when this campaign is over.

* How do you see proximity marketing in the economic crisis?

I think that proximity marketing and mobile marketing in general will benefit from this crisis. No one can say for sure, but my thinking is that these types of marketing media are relatively cheaper that the legacy ones like press or radio. Marketeers are trying to find new media to use, cheaper that the ones already have because the marketing budgets are lowering. We ll see about that in the next months but I have to say that the demand for Bluevibe is greater than one year ago.

* Do your customers prefer opt-in campaigns, or opt-out?

As you understand opt-out campaigns are easier. There is no need for acceptance and there is no need for special mechanisms to manage the opt-in lists. So, in the beginning, customers try this type of campaigns. They soon understand that even if the numbers are good they tend to lower as people get used to proximity marketing. During the first campaigns we run, people accepted to receive mobile content, most of time because of curiosity. They didn’t know what exactly this bluetooth message is and they wanted to see. Now most of the people and mainly young ones, are accustomed to the whole procedure and they want to receive only valuable information. They dont want to be disturbed and as proximity marketing events are more frequent, they want to know what they will receive before the click on OK button. I am sure that opt-in is the magical word for the next year and we, as technology providers, are obliged to provide the appropriate technology to support it.

* How do you avoid being thought of as SPAM?

This is one of the first things we tell our customers. It is crucial to inform people about the proximity marketing event so they are not annoyed. In addition, Bluevibe platform has a number of features to ensure that the person who says no will not be receive anything in the future. But I think the final and more antispam policy is the Bluevibe mobile application. One of the most advanced components of the platform is the interactivity. Bluevibe mobile application is installed at the user’s phone and it is s/he that begins the interaction with the system. There is no need to send him/her nothing and on the other hand s/he has access to rich content like multimedia, internet websites, facebook, wikipedia etc. Finally, in order to void being thought of as a spammer you have to:

o inform people,
o give them the right to opt-out easily
o and, if the application permits it, provide interactive services.

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Goldspot Media Interactive Movie Trailers – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:00:10 +0000

FRANKFURT and SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire/ — GoldSpot Media Inc., a leader in mobile interactive advertising solutions, and Solid Ground Communications GmbH, a leader in mobile proximity marketing services in Central Europe, launched the first of its kind interactive mobile movie trailer for Universal Pictures’ release of “Fast & Furious” in Germany. Interactive trailers for this blockbuster movie are available for download free-of-charge to Bluetooth enabled mobile phones at select cinemas and other public locations throughout Germany. The interactive trailers offer the mobile viewer a one-click access to “Fast and Furious” sweepstakes contest and allows them to purchase movie tickets for upcoming screenings of the film in select cinema chains in Germany. The interactive trailers are created using GoldSpot Media’s miSpot(R) interactive advertising technology and delivered via Solid Ground’s b-LAN(R) Bluetooth cinema network.

“GoldSpot Media’s innovative mobile ad technology brings a whole new level of audience engagement to our trailer promotional marketing program and is expected to drive even more impulse ticket sales and brand engagement among our target audience,” said Niels Oeft, Promotions Manager, Universal Pictures International Germany. “This is extremely beneficial to the entire mobile content ecosystem – from Universal, to the cinema distribution chains, down to the mobile payment solution providers.”

“GoldSpot Media is excited to help Universal Pictures Germany pioneer a unique, interactive movie trailer experience and add new dimensions to the Universal brand uplift through audience engagement and one-click cinema ticket purchase,” said Srini Dharmaji, CEO, GoldSpot Media. “Enhancing Solid Ground’s mobile proximity marketing services with our interactive advertising technology creates a compelling business model for marketers to cost effectively interact with their target audience on mobile.”

“Through GoldSpot Media’s technology we are able to drive consumer interaction within movie trailers transmitted through Bluetooth. This offers a complete range of new ways to drive transactions straight at the point of sale,” said Dr. Wilhelm Bielert, Managing Partner, Solid Ground Communications GmbH.

About GoldSpot Media

GoldSpot Media offers the industry’s first end-to-end interactive advertising solution for all mobile channels, devices, inventory owners and applications. Its unique solution powers profitable new advertising revenue models for the entire mobile content value chain by delivering highly targeted, interactive ads in real-time based on demographics, behavioral patterns, device type, context and location. The privately held company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. with R&D centers in New Jersey, USA and Bangalore, India and sales offices in Europe.

For more information, please contact us at info@goldspotmedia.com or visit http://www.goldspotmedia.com/

About Solid Ground

As a core business unit of the Solid Ground – Group, Solid Ground Communications develops, customizes and operates complex, interactive Proximity Marketing (Bluetooth, WiFi, RFID) and Mobile Internet solutions. Being a turnkey solutions provider and using state of the art proven technology, the company is able to offer customer target group specific Mobile Solutions at outstanding quality levels. Typically, Solid Ground Communications services do include the graphical user interface, the technical development & deployment and the ongoing operations. Solid Ground Communication has offices in Germany (Berlin, Hamburg), Malaysia, Switzerland and USA.

For further information please contact us at info@solidground.de or visit http://www.solidground.de/ .

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Effective SMS Marketing – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:45:45 +0000

For any business entity, effective marketing skills are considered as key to success. The marketing is based on image and message, both of which can be delivered in myriad ways. Marketing through text messages are getting more and more popular among the business entities, nowadays. Therefore, it can be said that SMS marketing has become a rage in the field of marketing technology. This technique of marketing is gaining importance over others because the use of mobile phone has become rampant. With the growing popularity of the mobile phones and increasing intensity of competition among business entities, this trend is normal.

In this ‘SMS’ generation, mobile marketing technique promises vast opportunities. As a matter of fact, SMS services offer powerful marketing potential via direct communication with target people. While floating the SMS, it is essential for any business entity to get their idea across the receiver in a quick, short and relevant format. Therefore, it can be said that the SMS marketing is a procedure wherein specific message is transmitted from an organisation to target group of customers.

An effective marketing process follows various steps such as planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion and distribution of goods, services & ideas to satisfy the individual and organisational goals. With the SMS marketing solutions, the business entities tend to develop long lasting relationships with their target group of people. The content of these messages is interactive and promotional in nature. This solution goes a long way in building brand identity, as sending of text messages is just a part of the entire scenario. Apart from the text messaging option, the business entities can even go in for advanced multimedia messaging services or MMS, infrared and Bluetooth marketing, as it will create better impact on their users.

In comparison with other modes of marketing and advertising, the SMS delivery solutions have instant reach. In this entire process of SMS service, one could also use SMS gateways to generate the maximum promotion with the minimum possible costs. The SMS gateway is used for sending and receiving SMS messages without using a mobile phone. Therefore, these gateways are proved to be the best bet for many big and not so-big business establishments, and the corporate houses which want to reach the users of their products and services.

To conclude, the SMS marketing is one of the inexpensive ways of promoting goods and services across a wide range of customer-base. Therefore it is necessary that message should be short and crisp – otherwise it would loose the purpose.

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Cutting Edge Proximity Marketing – by

Bluetooth Business Card — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:30:02 +0000

A new trend has set in the mobile marketing from the year 2006 with the Bluetooth marketing or proximity marketing. This new technique is becoming highly popular among the en users of mobile phones. With this technology, users can connect their phone between the distances of 20 meters. Users can share data without paying single penny. There are various advantages of Bluetooth marketing which are listed below:

Free messages sending : Users can send lots of messages to mobiles and PDAs quickly with no transmission cost.

24×7x365 delivery: Users can share their data anytime throughout the whole day. Bluetooth is the effective tool that helps end user to share their data with no cost. Data that you can share through Bluetooth are:

:Audio and video

:vCal

:Images of your own or JPEG files

:Animates moving images or still images

Bluetooth equipments are also available in the market that can also help users to make the calls. While sharing data, a simple question will appears on your phones that is Do you accept the data from someone? You need to do Yes/No to accept the data. If you press yes then the data will download on your phone but if you reject then it will not download on your phone. The data that you share with the help of Bluetooth is totally free. All you need is a phone of Bluetooth feature and enough memory to store the data. With this effective and simple feature of mobile phone, mobile phone users are demanding handset with Bluetooth feature.

Bluetooth tool is continuously growing in the market and there are countless users those are using Bluetooth in their day to day life to share their data. Therefore, there are lots of companies which are promoting Bluetooth in the marketing with various effective tools.

Bluetooth is increasing their popularity in almost every country like India, Dubai, US, etc. Various companies are already involved and some are involving themselves in the sector of Bluetooth marketing in various countries. In developing countries like India, Dubai, etc. companies are doing Bluetooth marketing Dubai, India, US, etc.

Bluetooth Marketing, an astonishing system that uses Bluetooth wireless technology to target your audience at close proximity to your establishment with the direct response message.

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Bluetooth Business Card — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:15:04 +0000

The world we live in gets easily bored and craves novelty. Smart marketers look for new ways to put a twist on old standby marketing and advertising techniques. Marketing through television and radio channels has been done to death and has more nuisance value than anything else as far as the audience is concerned.

For marketers seeking new ways and means to expand their reach anywhere their prospects are — the future is here. Smart marketers and advertisers create a personal touch in their ad campaigns. This is one of the reasons why mobile advertising is rapidly increasing in popularity as an effective marketing tool. And the astonishing use of mobile devices leveraged this trend.

There are over 1.5 billion mobile phone users worldwide according to the International Telecommunications Union with the highest growth percentage coming from emerging economies like China, Russia and India. The US has about 200 million mobile subscribers. Smart marketers are tapping into the potential to reach their prospects as they’re on the move. Mobile devices are practically a permanent attachment for people under age 34.

Mobile Advertising is delivered in a number of formats. Text messaging, mobile internet advertising and mobile radio advertising are some of the common advertising formats. Out of these, text messaging (SMS) is the most widely used format.

According to the joint Mobile Advertising Report (MAR) released by Limbo and GfK Technology, text message usage is about 74% in India, 48% in the UK and 22% in the US. Projections predict in the near future mobile internet advertising will surpass text message advertising (FierceWireless).

In June 2008, Nokia launched the Nokia Advertising Alliance that aims to make mobile advertising easier for advertisers. This particular program includes services like providing marketing strategies, geographic targeting and related technologies to enhance customer captivation. Now advertisers can work in conjunction with Nokia to expand the coverage of mobile advertising with emerging mobile technologies for more powerful ad promotions.

The best part about mobile marketing is mobile devices are more heavily used than traditional PCs. Mobile advertisements are delivered to the customer no matter where they are. Even with these advantages, mobile advertising is still in its “early adopter” stages with a long way to go. The main obstacles are in the form of data tariff structures, handset and mobile internet interactivity and quality of subject matter.

Like the early days of the Internet, there are more advertisers than quality content. Add to that an acute lack of tools to assess the performance of mobile ad campaigns. Even though most of these difficulties will be solved in the future, mobile advertising will still face competition from other advertising and marketing methods. Google, Microsoft and Nokia are the prominent players in mobile advertising. The future holds a huge potential in terms of revenues from mobile advertising.

According to a report released by Informa Telecoms & Media, it is estimated that mobile advertising will generate USD 1.72 billion in 2008 and will rise to USD 12 billion in 2013. The report also advocates the use of banner ads as an effective tool in mobile advertising. The report highlights the significance of focusing on the long run and not the short term stumbling blocks.

Yahoo jumped on the bandwagon in June 2008 when it partnered with Publicis to integrate Publicis mobile advertising agency (PhoneValley) with Yahoo’s mobile developer platform language (Blueprint). The partnership is aimed at developing brands, reaching customers and maximizing sales through new techniques. It also aims to initiate cutting edge advertising strategies in the future.

Since the potential market for mobile advertising is huge, a few companies are exploring new horizons and expanding in new territory. For example, Millenial Media Inc., is venturing into Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Millenial develops ads for cell-phones and mobiles. Its CEO Paul Palmieri says “There is a tremendous growth opportunity for mobile advertising on a global basis, as evidenced by a rich and active mobile direct marketing industry, as well as surging demand from top brand advertisers.”

The media industry and brand advertisers are slowly catching on and making use of mobile advertising to increase market penetration. Mobile advertising has added support from applications like ringtones and pictures. Bluetooth advertising is also growing in popularity. Here, a company can advertise its products or services over a fixed area.

The three major search engines: Yahoo, Google and Microsoft have already realized the potential and the possibilities of the mobile advertising market. MSN uses banner ads on MSN mobile pages. Earlier MSN’s mobile advertising was confined to countries like France, Japan, Spain and UK. Recently it expanded coverage to include the US. Google also launched mobile image ads. When the cell phone browser is opened these image ads are displayed on the screen. However, the ad size is much smaller as compared to those for web pages. These image ads are connected to a web page and they follow the price-per-click model Google AdWords uses.

Mobile Advertising is one of best forms of mass medium advertising. It’s personal, and has a wider reach than any other form of advertising. It’s still early to comment on exactly how big or how successful it will prove to be. However, by all indicators “the future’s so bright you gotta wear shades.”

The predictions about the future revenues generated through mobile advertising optimistic. A brand advertiser, a mobile advertising company and the consumer will have different perceptions of mobile advertising. However, mobile advertising also comes with its fair share of drawbacks. Mobile ads are sometimes viewed as another form of spam and the advertisers as spammers. To resolve this issue, there are programs developed to give subscribers free talk-time for performing certain activities related to viewing ads. As far as the opinions of consumers are concerned, it’s a mixed bag. This is because people are simply not accustomed to being paid to view ads. Even if they are paid to view them, many still view the ads as a nuisance. It doesn’t make sense for the advertiser to pay a consumer to view ads if there are no conversions.

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New USB 2.0 Bluetooth Dongle EDR V2.0 Wirless Aapter

Bluetooth Business Card — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:06:49 +0000

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MINI NANO USB 2.0 BLUETOOTH EDR DONGLE ADAPTER PC MAC

Motorola H700 Bluetooth Cell Phone Headset (Refurbished)

Bluetooth Business Card — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:43:24 +0000

Headset is the ideal accessory for any Bluetooth-enabled cell phone
Motorola Bluetooth headset enables hands-free talking anywhere
Headset features award-winning PowerFlip foldable microphone design with ergonomic reversible ear hook
Compact headset design is approximately 30-percent smaller than its predecessor
Cutting edge noise reduction and echo cancellation technologies
6 hours talk time
130 hours standby time
Multi-function button controls 3-way calling, call start/end, hold, and mute
Advanced volume controls
Integrated Bluetooth Class 2 for wireless connection up to 10 meters (30 feet)
Bluetooth 1.2 support for quicker pairing, fewer dropped calls, and reduced interference
Compatible with Bluetooth 1.2- or 1.1-enabled cell phones, PDAs, PCs, printers and more that support headset and hands-free profiles
Status LED light
Free car charger included

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NEW IQUA PINK BLUETOOTH HEADSET FOR ALL MOBILE PHONES

Bluetooth Business Card — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:09:34 +0000

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Motorola H670 Bluetooth Headset Free Car Charger

Bluetooth Business Card — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:13:56 +0000

Enjoy hands-free communication on long road trips with this Motorola H670 Bluetooth headset with car charger
Headset is designed to work with all Motorola Bluetooth v2.0 phones
Cellular phone accessory is convenient and comfortable
Also compatible with headset and hands-free profiles (backward compatible with Bluetooth? v1.1 and v1.2)
Delivers maximum comfort and wearability with the very latest unobtrusive design
Interchangeable hooks and lightweight for your ear
Battery performance of up to 8 hours talk time or up to 200 hours standby
Class 2 offers a wireless connection up to 10 meters (33 feet)
Intuitive, easy to use controls
Charge time is approximately less than 2 hours
EMU (mini USB) connector
Mute and 3-way calling
Sliding on/off switch

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Motorola H670 Bluetooth Headset Free Car Charger

Bluetooth Business Card — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:43:53 +0000

Enjoy hands-free communication on long road trips with this Motorola H670 Bluetooth headset with car charger
Headset is designed to work with all Motorola Bluetooth v2.0 phones
Cellular phone accessory is convenient and comfortable
Also compatible with headset and hands-free profiles (backward compatible with Bluetooth? v1.1 and v1.2)
Delivers maximum comfort and wearability with the very latest unobtrusive design
Interchangeable hooks and lightweight for your ear
Battery performance of up to 8 hours talk time or up to 200 hours standby
Class 2 offers a wireless connection up to 10 meters (33 feet)
Intuitive, easy to use controls
Charge time is approximately less than 2 hours
EMU (mini USB) connector
Mute and 3-way calling
Sliding on/off switch

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Motorola H670 Bluetooth Headset Free Car Charger

Bluetooth Business Card — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:27:30 +0000

Enjoy hands-free communication on long road trips with this Motorola H670 Bluetooth headset with car charger
Headset is designed to work with all Motorola Bluetooth v2.0 phones
Cellular phone accessory is convenient and comfortable
Also compatible with headset and hands-free profiles (backward compatible with Bluetooth? v1.1 and v1.2)
Delivers maximum comfort and wearability with the very latest unobtrusive design
Interchangeable hooks and lightweight for your ear
Battery performance of up to 8 hours talk time or up to 200 hours standby
Class 2 offers a wireless connection up to 10 meters (33 feet)
Intuitive, easy to use controls
Charge time is approximately less than 2 hours
EMU (mini USB) connector
Mute and 3-way calling
Sliding on/off switch

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