#Mobilize
Tomer Cohen
Mobile Group Product Lead, LinkedIn

@cohentomer
no·mo·pho·bi·a
(noun) : a pathological fear or dread of not having one's
mobile phone
mobile moment
% of traffic /
revenue

mobile moment

time
Netherlands
UK
US

Denmark

>45%
>45%%
>45

Sweden

44%

38%

>50%
United Arab Emirates

Turkey

>50%

25%

India

>50%
Brazil

Singapore

32%

Australia

>45%
Mobile is an opportunity.

Leverage mobile diversity.

Mobile first. Platform first.
Mobile is changing the world

Television
1950

Internet

Mobile

1990

2000

Mobile is the 7th mass media revolution
Smartphone

Internet

PC

Television

Telephone

100%
90%
% of ownership – USA

80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Number of years since inception
Source: Chart adapted using data from 2009 edition of Forbes magazine, emarketer.com and KPCB Internet Trends 2011

90

100

110

120
82% of U.S. adults own a cellphone.
91% of them have their phone within arm’s reach.

Source: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Cell-Phones-and-American-Adults/Overview.aspx
Mobile is changing the world

2012

2016

PC

Tablet

Per day…

378K

1.3M

Smart phone

= 100M
Sources: IDC March 2012, Gartner April 2013,

Every day there are 4.5x new mobile devices sold than babies born!

371K
On mobile, content is king
On mobile, content is king

78%
EMAIL

57%
GENERAL SEARCH

73%
WEB BROWSING

46%
LOCAL SEARCH

64%
MAPS/DIRECTIONS

44%
READ NEWS, SPORTS

60%
GAMES

37%
WATCH TV/VIDEO

Source: IDC “Always Connected” Report - https://fb-public.app.box.com/s/3iq5x6uwnqtq7ki4q8wk

Smartphones are the central social, communication, and information tool in people’s lives
Desktop

Phone

Television

Phone leads daily content consumption across desktop, television and tablet.
Source: http://www.brafton.com/news/global-content-consumption-dominated-by-the-web-mobile-on-top
Mobile is an opportunity.

Leverage mobile diversity.
Version 1.0

Oct 2010
Who are our (mobile) users?
Simplify

Aug 2011
Always on with mobile
Focus on content

Apr 2012
Leapfrog

July 2012
Personalization

Deep Linking

Promotions

A/B
Experimentation

Analytics

Tracking

Page Load

Automation

Internationalization
Email
Location

Device
Type

Organic vs.
Transactional

Operating
System
App
Version

User
Segmentation

Time

Native vs.
Touch Web

A lot to track = A lot to gain

Screen
Size

Price
Point

Connectivity
More than 51% of emails are opened on Mobile

Make it…

Simple to Read
Easy to Tap
Easy to Scroll

Before

After
More than 51% of emails are opened on Mobile

Make it…

Easy to Land
Native vs. HTML5

Organic vs. Transactional
Updates vs. Over-the-Air
AB Experimentation

OS Permissions Access
Push Notifications

Engagement
Payments
Constant state of reinvention

Apr 2013

Oct 2013

LinkedIn Phone

LinkedIn Tablet
Every app should fulfill a wish
Mobile is an opportunity.

Leverage mobile diversity.

Mobile first. Platform first.
Mobile first. Platform first
1. App Permissions - Opt in vs. Opt out
2. Organic vs. Transactional Behavior
3. Walled Garden vs. Open Playground
Mobile is an opportunity.

Leverage mobile diversity.

Mobile first. Platform first.
Thank You!
Tomer Cohen
Mobile Group Product Lead, LinkedIn

@cohentomer

Mobilize