By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 at 5:35 AM
Blyk, the ad-funded MVNO for 16-24 yr olds, has launched a new website (http://media.blyk.co.uk) to explain the concept to advertisers and agencies. The site contains detailed info, and is constantly being updated with new insights and case studies:
Over 100K subs have already joined Blyk in the UK, which is quite an impressive feat for the short time they have been going – those subs get free voice and texts in return for watching targeted adverts.
Apparently Blyk is also offering “Blyk Breakfasts” for advertisers and agencies to provide more detailed understanding of the services it offers – never I have wanted more to work at an advertising company than now – yum!
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career
when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has
now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the
next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas!
He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently
became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years
when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to
'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make
your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device)
isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question
of why you continue to use it...
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occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience
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