{"id":6733,"date":"2014-12-22T21:03:44","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T21:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/massmobileapps.wordpress.com\/?p=6733"},"modified":"2014-12-22T21:03:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T21:03:44","slug":"mobile-app-vs-mobile-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massmobileapps.com\/blog\/mobile-app-vs-mobile-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile App vs Mobile Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deciding whether or not your store needs a mobile app really depends on your objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Do you need to give customers directions to your store? Help them find a particular item, check prices, or see if an item is in stock? Let them know about store sales? If so, it may be that a mobile website \u2013 your store site, optimized for viewing on mobile devices \u2013 is all you really need for now.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to send customers special offers on their mobile phones? Take advantage of location-based marketing? Introduce customers to rewards programs and a loyalty program?\u00a0 Do you want to interact with your customers in the latest most up to date channels available?\u00a0 Do you need to stay ahead of your competition?<\/p>\n<p>But if (in addition to doing all of the above) your objective is to actively engage customers once they\u2019re already in your store and\/or make sure you are driving sales and repeat visits, as well as\u00a0building a loyal customer base, then it\u2019s probably time to consider a mobile solution from \u00a0Mass Mobile Apps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobile Marketing vs. Mobile Shopping Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smart phones account for 50% of mobile phones sold in the U.S. today, and 80% of smart phone owners say they almost always have their phone with them while shopping,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/offers2.compuware.com\/rs\/compuware\/images\/Mobile_App_Survey_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Compuware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Given how quickly the mobile market is growing, it makes sense to have a strong mobile marketing strategy in place for engaging customers on their phones. But mobile shopping is about much more than just being able to extend a deal. It\u2019s about\u00a0enhancing your customers interaction with your brand, and making their\u00a0visits more enjoyable, and more frequent!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mobile Loyalty Apps\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zulqxbAbWZs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deciding whether or not your store needs a mobile app really depends on your objectives. Do you need to give customers directions to your store? Help them find a particular item, check prices, or see if an item is in stock? Let them know about store sales? If so, it may be that a mobile &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/massmobileapps.com\/blog\/mobile-app-vs-mobile-website\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mobile App vs Mobile Website&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,7],"tags":[10,11,13,14,17,18,19,20,21,22,24,25,27,29,30,31,33,34,35,36,40,42,45,46,47,49,50],"class_list":["post-6733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-loyalty-apps","category-loyalty-programs","category-mobile-marketing-loyalty-apps","tag-apps-for-business","tag-business","tag-business-owner","tag-business-services","tag-credit-card","tag-customer","tag-customer-loyalty-programs-toronto","tag-customer-management","tag-customer-satisfaction","tag-customer-service","tag-facebook","tag-first-time-buyer","tag-hackers","tag-level-of-service","tag-loyalty-app","tag-loyalty-marketing","tag-loyalty-programs-toronto","tag-mobile-app-development","tag-mobile-computing","tag-mobile-marketing-toronto","tag-punched-card","tag-reward-website","tag-smart-phone-apps","tag-smartphone","tag-smartphone-apps","tag-true-loyalty","tag-twitter","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/massmobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/massmobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/massmobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massmobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massmobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/massmobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/massmobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massmobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massmobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}