On why experts shouldn’t talk for people - II

Let me state two things.

First, mobile advertisers and cellular operators, at least as of now, give you the option of opting out of mobile advertisements. I, like every other mobile user, believe that it will stay that way.

Second, don’t ever predict things. Operators know their customers too well to do any such stupid thing like making mobile adverts compulsory. They know that customers can switch to some other network at the flick of a finger if they want to. So, operators will be careful enough not to push their customers too far to make them take a strong decision against them.

I’m done. Now you can read what David Haskin said about ‘the demon’ that is mobile advertising and why I said what I said in the beginning.

PS: Now don’t come up with another post which states that mobile operators around the globe will conspire against mobile users and make mobile ads compulsory, thereby leaving them with no choice or some crap like that. If you actually think that way, contact Mr. Steven Spielberg and get your script ready for the next sci-fi movie.

PPS: I already wrote a rebuttal for an expert who ‘claimed’ something similar. Now, here comes another. Let me see how long this series goes!

Categories: Cell Phone Advertising, Rant, All things mobile phones.

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Get mobile ads, get cash - says Pumbby

Alright; here’s yet another way to make money from your mobile phone. You get text messages on your mobile phone day in and day out, right? How about getting paid to read those text messages? Sound good? Read on.

Pumbby, a Belgian company, has come up with this brilliant idea where you get paid for getting text messages on your mobile phone. As a mobile user, you need to sign up to Pumbby online and give some information like the network you use and the number of ads you’d like to get on your mobile phone. Once you do, Pumbby will send you ads in the form of WAP links through SMS (text messages). For every ad, you’ll be paid 0.44 Euro. If you’re in the U.S., that comes around $0.68. Not bad for a text message, eh?

Pumbby has launched this service in Brussels last month and the response has been good. It has plans to extend this service to other countries slowly and when it does, I have no doubt that it will find lots of takers. I mean, how cool is that? If you get ten ads per day, that makes up to $7 – without moving a muscle. Well; actually you do move your finger muscles, but then…

I’m as excited as you are and will jump on this service once it reaches my place. How about you?

Categories: , Cell Phone Advertising, All things mobile phones.

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