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Hanging on the Telephone

MarkTuesday, April 30, 2013

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It feels like many people are hanging on to mobile advertising as the future of mobile marketing.

Yet there's much more to mobile marketing than the banner ad. In this podcast a panel of experts considers the latest trends and innovation that could change the future of marketing.

The discussion is chaired by Helen Keegan with contributions from Rube Huljev of Infobip, Amanda Singleton from Qustodian, Stephen Jenkins of Millennial Media and Strategy & Innovation Consultant James Cooper.

Hanging on the Telephone was arranged by Heroes of Mobile and took place in London on 25th April 2013. The event was sponsored by Infobip and Qustodian.

Our programmes can be received automatically every week by subscribing free via iTunes or by using our RSS feed. You can also listen to the programme on our website audio player or by downloading the mp3 file.

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