It’s not enough merely to have your own website mobile-ready for contact purposes. You need to look into the many other ways in which mobile websites can help you maximize your profits.
We’re going to quickly look at all the ways we can utilize them, and then zero in specifically on ones that you may be less familiar with.
The first and most basic way, of course, lies in making your websites mobile ready, so that people can access your sites and email links just as easily when they’re out and about as when they’re sitting in front of a computer.
But why stop there and neglect this rapidly-exploding trend, when it’s gaining ground over personal computers in leaps and bounds? People are not going to abandon their mobile devices any time soon – far from it:
Mobile usage has increased, and it’s here to stay.
This being the case, it pays to examine all the ways in which mobile websites can help you increase your income – and, more importantly, your profits.
How Does Mobile Technology Actually Work?
Before we get into ways to make money with mobile websites, let’s hit the most basic high points of how mobile technology works.
First of all, it’s wireless. No plugs, no cords. You can take it with you. In your pocket, most of the time.
It does run on different operating systems than personal computers. The different features adapted for mobile use such as thumb-wheels, styluses, wireless security, text message and third-party applications especially for wireless demand this.
You’ll usually find either Symbian OS on your mobile device, or Windows Mobile, depending on which specific model you choose.
(Palm Pilots have their own operating system, Palm OS. In fact, they were the first to provide their mobile devices with internet access – and there are a few newer and older mobile operating systems in play, too.)
Symbian OS has up till now cornered over 75% of the market in powering mobile devices, but Windows Mobile is fast catching up, perhaps because it is available on both GSM and CDMA networks.
What Is GSM and CDMA?
GSM stands for “Global System for Mobile Communications”, and CDMA stands for “Code Division Multiple Access.
These are just mobile network system technologies used by cellular carriers. It encompasses such issues as coverage and data transfer speed.
There is no real advantage of one system over the other – it depends strictly on which mobile devices you are using:
And in the case of internet marketing, which mobile device users you wish to target.
(Obviously, if you were planning to write an app slanted towards a particular model and type of device, you would want to know if there were any key points about the network system technology you need to know.)
