Mobile Marketing With Channel Mobile

Mobile Marketing with Channel Mobile It’s time to harness the power of mobile!!

The Power of Mobile In the past 5 years, mobile penetration has grown from 30% to well over half of the population The Power of Mobile Nigeria represents the largest share of subscribers – 95 million Operator revenues - 5.4 trillion cumulative 2013 - 2017 Analysts predict a SIM penetration of 97% in 2017 The African market is expanding nearly twice as fast as Asia’s Increasing demand for mobile advertising is ever present Mobile data traffic expected to grow by 79% annually from 2012 - 2017

About Us Channel Mobile is a Mobile Marketing Agency based in Cape Town that strategises, develops and executes fully fledged mobile campaigns for corporates and advertising agencies alike. Wireless Applications Service Provider (WASP) with direct connections for SMS, Short Codes, USSD, IVR and MMS to all four South African mobile network operators Broad based BEE status: Level 2 Full member of WASPA Full member of MMA Channel Mobile formerly traded as AppointMate from 2002 to May 2008. We started as a very basic software application that was marketed to the automotive industry to enable dealerships to SMS service reminders and marketing information to their customers. To this day we still supply this application to hundreds of motor dealers but in 2008 re-branded and became a service provider with all South African mobile networks and a fully fledged mobile solutions provider. We are the preferred mobile solutions provider to a number of large corporates and advertising agencies, including Quirk, Hero, Publicis Machine, Incentiv, World Wide Creative, Oscar Tango, Hisense, Protea Hotels, Lewis Group and CMH Group.

Channel Mobile Offering

Bulk SMS We provide a web-based application for the sending of single and bulk SMS. Easily connect to our SMS gateway. No third party software or hardware to be installed. Rapid Response & Delivery. Competitive Rates Reverse billed reply available. No cost to the user Features Rapid and reliable delivery Personalising messages to recipients Sending long messages ( 160 characters) Scheduling messages for future delivery Replies Managing databases Full reporting

USSD USSD stands for Unstructured Supplementary Services Data. It is a technology used to send information (usually text menus) between a mobile phone and an application on a mobile network. USSD Codes can encompass once off requests or interactive navigation with a menu based application and is extremely effective when targeting a lower LSM as it is supported by all handsets and networks and requires no internet to connect – it therefore has great reach and adoption within your market. Premium rate, standard rate and reverse billed available. One of the only WASPS in South Africa that offers NI USSD Features Create a mobile based menu driven application for your business. These can revolve around: USSD Mobile Surveys Client feedback forms Polls Questionnaires USSD based competitions for database building Mobile based research tools

SMS Short Codes Short codes have become a key touch and contact point in Mobile Marketing Campaigns. Channel Mobile offers a simple, smart and easy way to manage short code campaigns. What is a Short Code? A 5 digit number (e.g. 31941) that carries a premium, standard or reverse charge. Using a short code allows businesses the functionality to generate sales leads, compile databases and create revenue. What You Can Do: Manage and run SMS competitions Create an opt in database Create Sales Leads Create revenue generating opportunities Push Mobi Site links or content to customers Run a quiz or survey Create a donation service

Bulk MMS Bulk MMS allows you to send pictures, sound clips, video clips and up to 5 000 characters of text. Your MMS Media can be sent to our design team, who will then compile, preview, test, and send your MMS or save it to be sent at a later stage. BULK MMS Features Bulk MMS Announcements Targeted MMS Personalized MMS Interactive MMS Direct response

Mobile Display Advertising Channel Mobile display advertising platforms Vodacom Vlive StrikeAd

Vodacom Live! V-Live SA’s largest site and content portal Covers games, music, news, sport, weather & entertainment It’s free to browse to Vodacom customers 5.1 million unique visitors every month The Audience: LSM 5 – 10 Mostly feature phones 25 – 35 years old 50/50 male/female Reach: Nationwide

StrikeAd StrikeAd is the leader in programmatic advertising across multiple devices. They combine a huge reach of leading SSPs with best in class mobile DMP audience data and our advanced predictive modelling to deliver unparalleled insight and superior ROI. Device: targeting based on manufacturer / model / device capabilities / device age Connection: targeting based on the carrier / Wi-Fi information contained in the bid request Content: targeting based on the type of app / site being used Geo-tracking by country / state / DMA / postcode / latitude / longitude Geo-tracking by POIs (such as airports / store locations) Advanced targeting powered by geographically profiled audiences

Please Call Me Advertising What is Please Call Me? Please Call Me is a free network used to reach urban/rural areas. A text message, with optional call to action, is tagged to the end of the Please Call Me message. The sender and receive receives the advertisement. Benefits Create awareness Drive engagement Build relationships Many call-to-action options Supports all handhelds No internet connection required Supported by all networks Massive reach. Vodacom 40 million impressions a day. MTN 25 million per day impressions a day Who’s the audience? LSM 1 – 10 Both feature phones and smartphones

Please Call Me Reach

Voice Messaging Solutions Voice Broadcasting Using the technology of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Automated Voice Messaging (AVM), it is also referred to as interactive voice broadcasting. The recipients get a phone call that when answered plays a recorded message. The person can interact with the message and their selections on the keypad triggers the system to send another message back to the recipient. A single or interactive message can be sent to the recipient and the system can also be integrated to a call centre. Data is captured for all selections made by the recipient and reporting is available for duration of calls to establish the success rate. Product Voice Broadcast Voicemail Drop Voicemail Drop Directly place a recorded message into the recipient’s voicemail without the phone ringing. The recipient will get a standard voicemail notification and can access it like any other message. With this option you can bypass the ringing phone and have your client listen to the message at their convenience. As with any voicemail, the recipient can listen to the message multiple times consequently this method can increase the effectiveness of your campaign or information. Voicemail drop is best suited for a message where the recipient is not asked to select any other alternatives. Technical Specifications and Reporting Information mp3 file Reporting available and Campaign management by Channel Mobile Popular uses mp3 file Reporting available and Campaign management by Channel Mobile include surveys, greetings, booking confirmations, marketing and promotional messages, urgent news or updates Integration options available Available on Cell C, Vodacom and MTN

Building Mobile Communities LumiaLiving.com A fresh mobile interest and lifestyle digital content network established in partnership with Microsoft Mobile Devices aka Nokia. It consists of a gateway app and extends into a network of associated mini-apps featuring collaborative multi-brand content, engagement mechanics and advertising messages. Community members register and opt-in once anywhere in the network and are organically profiled continuously to enable targeted content delivery and messaging. The scope of the LumiaLiving audience footprint extends across multiple digital channels such as mobile, social and email - it reaches countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

Example Xbox Segment on LumiaLiving

Example Micro Communities

Mobile Websites Channel Mobile offers the development of bespoke Mobile Websites or Mobi Sites. Mobile sites can be static, offering only content or, dynamic to enrich the user’s experience. WAP Push Messaging can be seamlessly implemented to allow the SMSing of WAP URL’s to their client’s mobile phone. This will allow for easy connection to, and bookmarking of, the mobile phone website on the user’s mobile phone. Survey It (surveyit.co.za) Branded mobile surveys can be created quickly and cost effectively using Channel Mobile’s enterprise mobi survey tool. The brand is given a subdomain, such as www.distell.surveyit.co.za, and a branded set of pages, menus and sub menus. Users can be invited by an SMS containing a unique URL. When clicked on they are arrive at the home page and can be welcomed by name. Users can be awarded airtime or other instant incentives upon completion of the survey. They surveys can either be open to anyone or can only be accessed if invited. My Mobi (mymobi.biz) My Mobi boasts all of the Survey It functionality but is used for campaigns that are not survey specific. The most common uses are competitions, lead generation, mobile communities and brand catalogues.

DEVICE LOOKUP SERVICE As Channel Mobile has direct connections to each South African mobile network, we are able to perform ad hoc mobile device lookups. The networks pass the below information back to us per MSISDN: Active/Disconnected Handset make and model Device type MMS enabled This is primarily used for data enrichment, database cleansing or used before an MMS campaign to remove handsets that are unable to receive MMS:

Channel Mobile Messaging Server (CMMS)

Channel Mobile Message Server Channel Mobile have developed a highly intelligent, adaptable and powerful messaging server from the ground up. From this server we are able to: Create simple and complex USSD, SMS short code, MMS and Mobi Site campaigns Seamlessly connect to third party systems (globally) Create subscription campaigns Send airtime, data, vouchers, coupons and electricity Create client specific, customised reporting Pull detailed campaign statistics and reports Setup automated reporting Generate reports in various formats (CVS, XLSX or XML) Helpdesk functionality (to ensure efficient issue resolution) Manage opt outs/unsubscribes (email and mobile) Competition and real time prize draw setup Various prize draw options (everyone is a winner, random draw or every nth entry is a winner) Create client log in for full online reports

Mobile Rewards Airtime and Data Rewards Send your customers airtime or data directly to their mobile phone Pinned and pin less options available Pinless Airtime: R2 to R999 Pinned Airtime (common denominations): R5 and R10 Extremely effective for competitions Cash Send (ABSA, FNB and Standard Bank) Reward your customers with cash prizes Send an SMS with the voucher number and pin User goes to any ABSA, FNB or Standard Bank ATM, punches in the number and pin, and receives cash instantaneously

Mobile Voucher Partners TFG DueSouth @Home Markham Exact! Sportscene Foshini Totalsports Matrix American Swiss Sterns TFG vouchers are valid and redeemable at all 18 brands, and are not refundable TFG vouchers can be used at more than 2 000 stores countrywide TFG vouchers cater for all LSM’s TFG reserves the right to cancel a voucher at any time. In such an event, TFG will honour all valid non-expired Vouchers