(keitai-l) Re: Usage triggers

Johan,

Not sure if you're interested in this side of the equation or not, but 
we're finding in our research, that the psychogical state of the actual 
user is a critical driver in MobileNet usage.  For example, folks that 
classify themselves as "Lonely" will have different usage patterns and 
behaviors than those that classify themselves as "relaxed".

I'd recommend you look at sites like Xavel, and their Girlswalker magazine 
(http://girlswalker.com/).  Although I've already posted this information 
to this list, I'm extremely impressed by their business model.  They send 
out a regular mail magazine (one of Jeff's triggers, I believe), but then 
add the ability for individual users to make comments and resend out to the 
subscribing population.  Ads are then attached to those self-created 
messages, and the author is compensated by the number of people who 
actually view thier posts and the attached ads.  So the trigger here is 
self-expression....maybe a lot like this list...except in the mobile 
space.  But the most popular (not necessarily the most prolific) 
authors  actually get compensated for their popularity... Maybe we could 
add this capability to this list....

Or, one of my other favorites is the game Botfighters 
(http://www.botfighters.com/welcome/) that Howard Rheingold talked about in 
his book Smart Mobs.  They use GPS to make mobile-based games more "real 
life".  Very impressive, and to your point, it literally "pulls" players in.

Anyway, I firmly believe that it's the mental state of the individual user 
that will create or respond to these triggers.  So paying closer attention 
to these may be the way to really push ARPU.

--Philip

At 02:59 PM 5/30/2003 +0200, you wrote:


>Actually, I'm running the same kind of scam over here only the other way
>around and with the help of SMS. ;) Kidding.
>
>What I'm looking for is the stimulation that occurs prior to usage of a
>mobile internet service. And I mean seconds prior to the actual
>interaction. Communication in the physical space, data being pushed to
>the handset, interaction between people (sales clerk and customer for
>example), software residing on the handset that stimulate usage of
>mobile service depending on time or something the user did (called a
>special contact in the contact book for example), et cetera.
>
>The operators in Europe won't be seeing the data ARPUs that they state
>in their prognoses unless they introduce more usage triggers, usage
>stimulation or whatever you'd like to call it. Users need to be pulled
>in to service usage.
>
>/Johan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> > [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net] On Behalf Of Gerhard Fasol
> > Sent: den 30 maj 2003 14:34
> > To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> > Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Usage triggers
> >
> >
> >
> > Johan Bengtsson wrote:
> > > Are there other triggers in the Japanese market that we in
> > Europe can
> > > learn from?
> >
> > I am not sure you want to hear this: "deai-clubs"...
> > don't know how to say in English, something like:
> > "find-a-partner-for-a-variety-of-activities-sites"
> >
> > Actually, these deai sites are not what they seem to be.
> > The other day I talked with a lady in a Starbuck, when I
> > asked her what her job was, she said "uso no shigoto", which
> > means something like "work of lies": she worked as an
> > employee of a "deai site", and her job was to be a fictional
> > girl-friend to about 30 or 40 guys, i.e. she pretended to
> > fall in love on-line with about 30-40 guys, trying to keep
> > them interested in her for as long as possible. I asked her
> > why she did that job: she saves money for a several months
> > vacation trip to the US. She had 3 or 4 girl friends along
> > doing the same job: 4 x 40 = 160 guys waiting for a BIG
> > disappointment somewhere down the line....
> >
> > So: Johan, do you like to introduce this business model in Europe?
> >
> > Gerhard
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