Jay Friedman's Goodway 2.0 Precision Marketing Blog

Mass Media ratings, viewership and readership couldn't be falling faster. Jay Friedman of Goodway 2.0 (jay at goodwaygroup dot com - sorry but have to avoid the spam traps) discusses how the Precision Marketing Revolution can give advertisers better and more intimate access to their prospects and customers.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

When Research Conflicts With Behavior

A recent study by Forrester (source) showed that 79% of consumers find ads on their mobile phones irritating unless it's relevant. "Duh" number two of the day. I would submit that 95%+ of all consumers find 95%+ of all advertising irritating. Is this really news?

Add to this that our mobile ad campaigns are outperforming traditional online campaigns 7x-20x, and now I'm really confused.