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MG to Track How <strong>Mobile</strong> Ads Leadto In-store VisitsThe <strong>Agency</strong> Has Teamed up With Startup PlaceIQ to Create Place Visit RateBy:John McDermottPublished: April 02, 2013252share this pageStarcom <strong>Media</strong>Vest Group has partnered with New York City-based startup PlaceIQ tounlock mobile marketing's great mystery: when someone shown a mobile banner ad isenticed to walk into a store.The metric, which PlaceIQ calls Place Visit Rate, uses location data to illustrate whatpercentage of customers served a mobile banner ad for a retailer subsequently visited oneof that retailer's stores.PlaceIQ conducted a case study on the technology for one of SMG's retail clients thatshowed a correlation between customers being a shown an ad and ending up in store.Neither PlaceIQ or SMG would disclose which retailer was involved. SMG's retail clientsinclude Best Buy and Walmart.The case study was apparently convincing enough for SMG to make the new metric oneof its many marketing products. Derek Thompson, the global managing director ofSMG's mobile practice, said that although the new metric may not be appropriate for allof the agency's clients, using location data to inform marketing is essential regardless ofwhether you're trying to direct customers to a physical store.66

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