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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would have heard about the phenomenal sales of the new iPhone by Apple. It sold approximately 1 million handsets in 3 days - which is approximately 231 handsets per second.
Now stop and think what that means for website marketing. There’s no prizes for realizing that a mobile version of your website is now becoming more important than ever.
I understand it might still be hard for you to justify the expense of getting a professional mobile version of your website designed, but here’s 5 FREE ways to get a mobile version up.
1. Mofuse:
If your website produces an RSS feed, then Mofuse could be the answer. It takes your sites RSS feed and turns it into a mobile friendly website - perfect for viewing on a myriad of handsets.
2. Mippin
Mippin is another free tool that allows you to turn your website’s RSS feed into your new mobile site. While it’s a simple tool to use, it lacks a lot of the customization that mofuse offers.
3. Wirenode
Don’t have an RSS feed, then Wirenode might be a better option. While it offers some handy templates to get you started, there isn’t much in the way of customization. It does however offer some basic analytics to track performance.
The quickest, easiest but possibly ugliest way to mobilize your site is thanks to Google. Just submit your URL and voila - you have a mobile friendly site. But forget about customization - it’s not for those with fancy mobile website aspirations. But heck - it works!
So if you want to ensure you have a mobile friendly version of your website for all your new iPhone carrying customers, without the hefty redesign costs, you’ve got 5 easy ways to get started.
If you try out the tools, make sure to link to your new mobile website via our comments section below so we call all take a look.
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Hum… Yeah… Not sure better than nothing…
Let’s see (and hear) what “real clients” think of that “automated design process” that looks more like a notepad file…
OK for article reading, I guess…
Anyway, that’s the FREE concept… & Google is good at making FREE things minimally ok…
So, so far, minimal thanks to Google
Hum…
By Peter - July 9, 2009
Hi,
I took the quick, easy, Ugly way & went with Google!!!
http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Faladdiescave.com.au
Thanks Rene!By Bev - July 9, 2009
Thanks for the tips. Our site is already mobile friendly. See it here: http://www.hophunt.com
By Richard - July 9, 2009
I Tried out the Google Mobile Optimizer tool, it made my web site look ok http://australiabestwine.com Australia Best Wine . What do I need to do to make it seen on the web so mobile phone can view it. Google shows it as http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Faustraliabestwine.com
By Leigh - July 9, 2009
I recently mobilized my blog using wapple architect, it’s a really good free tool! http://ben90.com/
By Ben Harris - July 12, 2009
You were definitely right about Google MO being ugly, but if it works………. http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.JadedMinx.com
By Reggio - July 15, 2009
I tried the google mobile optimizer but it made my site http://www.sazoo.co.uk kids special occasion clothing look very odd. Is there a way of making it better and would I need a completely new strategy? I focus on christening clothes including a dress and suit for baby boys and girls and would like to target the mobile market.
By Jason Blake - October 5, 2009