McDonald (NYSE: MCD) has issued a press release recently concerning the use of cellphone coupon marketing. The fast-food juggernaut wants its consumers to have the ability to snag a coupon whenever they desire and by
hooking up with a company called Cellfire, McDonald's is hoping it can establish a relationship with some of the
hip texters out there.
Cellphone users who download the Cellfire app can then text a certain number and receive a special code good for a specific offer. According to the release, McDonald's fans can take advantage of a free iced coffee promotion through April 27 in certain locations in Utah, Wyoming, and Nevada.
McDonald's knows we're an on-the-go society, and it obviously wants to leverage the fact that mobile devices are no longer just for talking -- we text, we play games, we surf the net, and, as I recently observed, we can even shop on Amazon on our cells (I say "we," but I should point out that I do not own a cell phone, believe it or not). However, as I stated in my previous post, I'm not so certain that Amazon's text-shopping service will take off.
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