August 24, 2005
WSJ.com: assengers waiting to board a Virgin Atlantic Airways flight at London Heathrow airport may get an unexpected invitation on their cellphone these days.
Under a new advertising program, transmitters are beaming out text messages to the phones of people walking by to ask them if they would like to watch a video-clip ad on their phone's screen. The commercial, aimed at passengers in Virgin's first-class lounge, touts a new SUV, the Range Rover Sport.
Two London companies are behind the new ad approach -- Maiden Group PLC, which has handled billboard advertising for 80 years in the United Kingdom, and Filter UK Ltd., a small firm specializing in the transmitter technology.
Commercials by Cellphone [WSJ.com]
By Marcel Sim @ 2:13 PM | Advertising | Comments (9) | Article Link
There are 9 responses to "Bluetooth Advertising".
A few probs, some of the newer phones on the market require exchanging of PIN codes before the bluetooth message can be viewed. Also if you dont know what handset you are sending to the user might not be able to view the file - say for example you sent a video, only devices that can playback a video can view it, so you may be sending files to people who have no way of viewing them.
There are other methods such as the interactive wall model (such as the Fiat motorshow wall - shown here where the users are specifically opting in for the content and also are given instructions to allow the exchanging of PIN codes
Posted by: Gregor Isbister at March 26, 2006 7:15 PM
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We are currently working with a local pub to run a series of adverts leading up to the World Cup. These promote the pub's facilities and special World Cup events. Feedback so far has been excellent and it's created quite a buzz among the customers. We are also in talks with a local authority, several bar chains and an international yacht racer (see our other news!) so watch out for more of our Bluecampaigns!
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Posted by: nik simms at June 16, 2006 1:46 PM
Mobile advertising would have a big market in near future. The new product--Bluetooth media & marketing device would help it to enlarge the market(low-cost). We are the first Chinese manufacturer for Bluetooth media & marketing Device,So I would like to promot our product here.
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Posted by: Maggie.Qian at July 13, 2007 3:12 AM
Why is this not in the US?
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Posted by: Michael Hein at November 30, 2007 12:57 PM
ProxiBlaster overcomes the typical issues seen with Bluetooth Advertising. Pin codes are automatically authenticated these days . Proxiblaster also offers standalone hardware for bluetooth advertising as well as software products for Bluetooth advertising . Please take a moment to visit either our USA website :
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Posted by: dan @ ProxiBlaster.com at January 2, 2008 9:34 PM
As the USA slowly catches up to our EU counterparts with the concept of Bluetooth Advertising , proxiblaster has taken it to the next level with the BlueCastBox Bluetooth advertising server . Yes this is not a new idea , there are several servers broadcasting advertisements via bluetooth however ProxiBlaster has networked the BlueCastBox to a central server that allows BlueCastBox owners to manage campaigns across dozens of BlueCastBoxes all at once via a web based control panel . The BlueCastBoxes are assigned to zones which can contain one or many BlueCastBoxes , then the owner can update the campaign for the zone . The best part is the BlueCastBox is using a pull method to obtain the data meaning you do not need to know the IP address of the BlueCastBox !
Read more about bluetooth advertising at :
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Posted by: Dan Hurd at January 3, 2008 9:29 PM
i'm sure the bluetooth marketing is Best and cheapest solution for marketing
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