#SFSNYC: Monetizing Location – Native or Display?

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During a panel at the Street Fight Summit in New York, executives from Pandora, Foursquare and Verve Wireless explored monetizing location on mobile, hitting on key issues like native advertising, the display ecosystem, and reaching brands.

#SFSNYC: PayPal’s Walt Doyle on Navigating the “Purchase Pretzel”

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During his morning keynote at the Street Fight Summit onTuesday, Walt Doyle, GM of Paypal Media Network, took a deep dive into eBay’s $3 billion push into local, demonstrating both the opportunities and the frustrations of that space…

Yext Expands into Rich Content With Expanded Listings

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Yext has rolled out a new feature called Power Listings +, which brings rich content lists to its existing Power Listings product. Businesses can now syndicate staff bios, event calendars, and product availability information in real time across a network of search engines, mapping services, and mobile apps as part of their existing subscription.

National Advertisers: Time to Get Local

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“Local” is often thought to be synonymous with SMBs. In many media like television, however, huge portions of the local ad spend is from national brands buying up geographically specific advertising inventory. The same thing is happening in mobile. The projected growth in local mobile ad spending will mostly come from national advertisers that localize campaigns…

Why Location Is Key to Mobile Monetization

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As location becomes an ever bigger opportunity in mobile, a few questions are worth digging into further. One of those is how precise that location data is. Another important topic is the way success is measured in a local campaign aimed at driving offline actions, whether a call or an in-store visit…

PayPal Media Network’s Doyle on eBay’s Local Push and ‘Closing the Loop’

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Walt Doyle, who was CEO of Where at its acquisition, now serves as general manager of PayPal Media Network. Street Fight caught up with Doyle recently to talk about “closing the loop,” building a local marketplace, and rethinking advertising’s role in the hyperlocal space.

Location + Mobile + Ads: Verve CEO Says People Are Set to Get It

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“I think 2013 is the year that people will begin understand that mobile advertising will soon be the premium channel for all digital advertising,” says Verve Mobile’s chief, Tom MacIsaac. “If you want to reach users when they are out and about, interacting with the real world, closer to the buying decision than ever before, mobile will be the preferred channel. Mobile will begin to do to online advertising what online did to print.”