For any business currently online, it is crucial to make sure that you do have a mobi site or that your website is mobile enabled. When we started over 10 years ago with this company we started by building normal html websites and over the years the industry has evolved drastically and with mobile smart phones really coming to the forefront, it has become a necessity for any website owner to make sure that they are mobile ready.
There is no use if someone’s accesses your website online through a mobile phone and they can’t view the website due to download size of the website or due to compatibility of the website. This will just mean that the user will simply close your website down and move on.
Fact: Most websites won’t work on a mobile phone!
They load very slowly, hard to view on mobile phones and do not offer the quick information solution for on-the go customers.
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Please feel free to view our mobi site as an example: netkonect.mobi
So why should I have a mobile ready website?
Some Interesting Internet and Mobile Statistics
• By 2013, there will be more search *queries* in South Africa from mobile devices, than from desktops.
• Users research products online before they purchase offline
• Search for Jobs /Education in South Africa have grown 57% year on year over last 4 years.
• Africa will be the largest labour population in 2015. If Africa is going to be competitive, people need to be connected.
• Approximately 925,000 smartphones are being activated every single day.
• According to Google users go online for 1. Entertainment, 2. Enlightenment 3. Information.
• 25% of searches done during the week come from mobile devices and increases to 65% over the weekend.
• 70% of online South Africans find websites via search engine.
• 60% of online South Africans believe search helps them find product they are looking for.
• South African Google Search queries have increased by 5 times in the last 5 years.
• There are currently 31 million Internet-capable phones in South Africa.
• By 2020 about 20 million South African will be internet users.
• 27% of South African smartphone users are doing price and product comparisons.
• There are more smartphone users in South African than DSTV subscribers.
• Research show that a webpage that loads for more than 2 seconds causes a loss in sales.
Information courtesy of rwrant.co.za
• There are 34 million adult South Africans
• 12 Million Mobile Internet Users
• 6,0 Million Desktop Internet Users
• 8,2 Million Computers
• 7,2 Million Unique Internet Users on Mobile or Desktop
• 3,5 Million Mature Internet Users (5 Years +)
• 65% of Google Search in SA takes place over the weekend via mobile web.
• There are around 854,763,644 mobile impressions per month in SA.
• Samsung E250 is the most popular phone in SA.
• 50% of local mobile searches lead to a sale
• 80% of Mobile bookings are done within a day.
• CTR on Mobile is 6 x Higher than on desktop.
• 98% of SMS’s are opened versus 5% of Emails
• 79% of Smartphone owners use them to help with shopping.
Information courtesy of www.bluemagnet.co.za
How will people actually get to my mobile site?
There are four ways by which users can reach your site:
- Detect/redirect. We provide a custom script that, when placed in your main site home page, detects mobile visitors, and redirects them automatically to the mobile site. It’s simple, effective, and convenient.
- Promote the site to your customers. For example, using one of the mobile features you can send links via text message to your customers’ mobile phones so they always have your information in hand. Or use the integrated QR code feature to create a custom QR code or brochure that you can use in any marketing effort you manage.
– The third way is via search. Users on mobile devices increasingly see mobile sites returned in search results, so a mobile site will increase your business visibility to mobile users.
– Fourth, you can add a link on your main website to your mobile site. This will help increase awareness that the mobile site is available.
Features that we can include in your mobi site:
Find Us
Show your customers where you are located.
Video
Automatically converts and optimizes your video for any device.
Products
Highlight your products. Customers can order your products online through PAYPAL.
Twitter
Allow customers to share with Twitter.
Full website
Add a link from your mobile website to your full website.
Image gallery
Publish high quality images to your mobile website.
Call us
One click for your customers to call you.
Booking request
Let your customers request a reservation.
Tell a friend
Get more traffic when visitors send a message with a link to your site.
Your news (RSS)
Share your news.
Call back
Customers can leave a message requesting a call back.
Blog
Share your blog.
Opening hours
Tell customers when you are open for business.
Services
Share information on your services to help convert more leads.
Site translation
Allow your mobile site visitors to select a language of their choice.
Facebook
Drive chat about your business by giving visitors access to your Facebook page.
So after reading through this article, you can see that you have no choice but to make sure that you have a mobile website.
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