Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Handbook of Mobile Market Research: Tools and Techniques for Market Researchers; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Who the Book is For; The Structure of the Book; Part I: Mobile Market Research; Part II: Qualitative and Quantitative Research; Part III: The Methods and Applications of Mobile Market Research; Part IV: Researching the Mobile Ecosystem, Ethics, and the Future; References to brands and services; Online Material; Repetition; A note of thanks; PART I Mobile Market Research; 1 Overview of Mobile Market Research; Introduction; What Does Mobile Market Research mean? Standardized solutions for mobile market researchWhy the interest in mobile?; 1. The ubiquity of mobile phones; 2. 'In the moment'; 3. Putting the 'Smart' in mobile market research; 4. Passive data collection; A Brief History of Mobile Market Research; The International Dimension; Mobile Quantitative Research; Unintentional mobile; Mobile only surveys; mCAPI; Mixed-mode studies; Mobile Qualitative Research; Mobile Devices and Communities; The Mobile Ecosystem; The Challenges of Mobile Market Research; Shorter surveys; The cost efficiency of PC-based online surveys; Limitations of the devices. Variability of mobile devicesAchieving participant cooperation; Ethical, regulatory, and privacy concerns; The Future for Mobile Market Research; 2 Mobile Research in Action; Introduction; Retail Research; Understanding shopping trips and processes; Face-to-face customer research; Retail audits; Mobile shopping; Mystery shopping; The future of mobile market research and retail; Customer Experience and Satisfaction Research; Capturing experiences; Bias and capturing experiences; Event triggered satisfaction surveys; Location triggered satisfaction surveys. Alert/timer triggered satisfaction surveysTaking experience and satisfaction further; Advertising Testing; Tracking Brands and Advertising; Product Testing; In use testing; Advanced Quantitative Research; Creating mobile friendly and mobile specific advanced quantitative research; B2B (Business to Business) Research; Sampling issues; Variations in mobile devices; Ethics and intellectual property rights; Summary; 3 The Technology of Mobile Market Research; Introduction; Types of Mobile Devices; Smartphones; Feature phones; Market research and feature phones. Tablets (including PDAs and phablets)The link between devices and mobile market research; Connecting with Mobile Participants; Mobile web or mobile internet; SMS/Text; Mobile voice; Mobile applications; The Mobile Ecosystem; Mobile service providers; Device manufacturers and brands; Third-party service providers; The Features of Mobile Phones; 1. Studies via SMS and MMS; 2. Studies via mobile web; 3. Studies via apps; Mobile Operating Systems; Android; Apples iOS; Microsoft Mobile Phone OS; BlackBerry; Symbian; Operating system overview; Location-Based Services; Geolocation uses.