The Long Tail of Local Search

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Far from invisible tools that merely get you to the store or service you want, local search products actually tell a story about the needs local search companies think they are trying to fulfill, demonstrating in some cases a stark contrast between the actual habits of the local consumer and the assumptions of local apps and websites…

Why Leveraging Location Is the Key to Success in Mobile Advertising

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Both smartphone and tablet users are searching for locally relevant content at an increasing rate, so much so that mobile user experience as a whole has been affected by the need for location-based information. Mobile networks have seen a massive increase in local search traffic this year, affecting mobile advertising in a big way. Yet the vast majority of mobile advertising doesn’t grasp what it means to be truly local.

Street Fight Daily: Yahoo Exec to Foursquare, Facebook ‘Likes’ Local

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.Foursquare Snags a Yahoo Exec to Serve as VP of Sales (Venture Beat)… Facebook Prompts Users to Like Pages They Check-in to; Could It Foreshadow a New Location-based Ad Type? (Inside Facebook)… Nielsen On U.S. Mobile Shopping: eBay’s App Attracts The Most Users, Shopkick Keeps Them Around Longer (TechCrunch)…

Mobile Local Monetization Is Starting to Happen — For Real This Time

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Facebook’s mobile Sponsored Story is already showing boosted performance over display ads. For many others, the mobile-first principle will come from location targeting, as its congruence with the use case similarly boosts performance and thus ad rates. For that and other reasons, I’ve forecast location-based ads to lead mobile ad revenues by 2016…

5 Mobile Tools SMBs Can Use to Collect Guest Feedback

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The customer feedback cards that restaurants once placed on tabletops are are being replaced with digital platforms designed to solicit feedback from guests and find resolutions to problems — before they result in negative online reviews. Here are five tools that merchants can use to collect feedback from guests on their mobile devices…

Street Fight Daily: Ebay’s Same-Day Delivery, Google Localizes Political Spend

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.EBay Debuts Same-day Delivery Service from Local Retailers, ‘eBay Now’ (Venture Beat)… Google Takes Political Online Ads Local, Allows Campaigns To Target Congressional Districts (TechCrunch)… LivingSocial’s Tim O’Shaughnessy on the Power of Decisions (Entrepreneur)…

Identifying the Most Important ROI Metrics in the Redemption Loop

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If daily deals and offers are to establish long-term relationships with merchants and marketers, they can deliver the best ROI by identifying those metrics that will deliver not just immediate results, but more importantly, lasting customer relationships. The first step is to weed out the metrics that include “serial bargain hunters.”

Location-Aware Games Are Engaging Consumers — And Marketers

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One retail brand already taking advantage of Rovio’s real-world location-based gaming feature Magic Places is Barnes and Noble. Last summer the company announced that you could take your Nook Color into a physical Barnes & Noble store and use the Mighty Eagle for free to clear levels in Angry Birds. This kind of partnership can become a great method for retailers to drive additional foot traffic and sales…

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Razorfish, Square

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In this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan discuss whether consumers will buy toothpaste from a mobile ad; JCPenney’s bold cash register bet; and whether Square is actually worth $3.5 billion. Plus special guests Dave Fleet of Edelman and John McCauley from Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment…

Street Fight Daily: FiveStars, LevelUp Raise Double-Digit Funding

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.FiveStars Picks Up $14 Million to Challenge the Loyalty Punch Card (All Things D)… LevelUp Now Has $21M To Take On The Squares Of The Mobile Payment World (TechCrunch)… Facebook Stories the Next Patch, Flipboard, HuffPo or Something Else? (Paid Content)…

Yelp Revenues Up 67%, Mobile Close to Surpassing Desktop

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Yelp surprised analysts with stronger than expected earnings in Q2, bringing in $32 million in revenue to post a $ 1.98 million loss. That’s a 67% jump in revenue year-over-year. And while net losses rose nearly 70%, much of that can be attributed to a bump in sales and marketing costs.

Startups Compete to Connect Neighbors — But Beware the ‘Empty Room’

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A number of new hyperlocal apps have popped up recently to facilitate neighbors’ conversations with one other, but I see three major hurdles to the adoption of these localized services. Local networks require critical mass, they require ringleaders, and they require neighbors who are willing to share online with people near enough to stalk them…

Daily Voice CEO: We’re ‘Far Closer’ to Profitable Than the Competition Is

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Zohar Yardeni has served as CEO of the The Daily Voice — a hyperlocal news network of 52 sites in suburban New York and Connecticut and central Massachusetts formerly known as Main Street Connect — since November, 2011. Street Fight checked in with Yardeni recently to see how he and the Daily Voice were competing in their hotly contested local digital space…

Street Fight Daily: Local Ad Rev Projections Lowered, Nokia Gets Groupon Deals

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.Execs Scale Back Local Ad Rev Projections (NetNewsCheck)… Nokia Maps Update Brings Groupon Deals, Advanced Route Planning (All Things D)… 3 Reasons Intent-Based Ads Are The Next Big Thing (CMO)…

JiWire: ‘Massive Increase’ in Hyperlocal Ad Interest From National Brands

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The company’s Q2 “Mobile Audience Insights Report” takes a deep dive into the ways in which specific segments of consumers are leveraging location – both in terms of utility and tagging content. Where hyperlocal advertising is concerned, according to JiWire’s director of marketing, Dee Dee Paeseler: “Brands know they want it, they’re just trying to figure out how to use it.”

Weather Channel Partners With Jumptap to Host Mobile Campaign Ads

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As the Obama and Romney campaigns gear up for November, The Weather Channel is trying to take advantage of election fever — partnering with targeted mobile ad provider Jumptap to host political ads on its mobile and tablet platforms.

Case Study: Gourmet Grocer Uses Punchpoints for Foolproof Rewards

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Like many small business owners, Janea Boyles is short on time and short on cash. Rather than devoting resources to building an in-house rewards and discount program at The Mercantile, the gourmet grocery shop she co-owns in Atlanta, Boyles has opted to partner with outside marketing platforms like Punchpoints, Frequentr, and Scoutmob…

Street Fight Daily: Google Buys Wildfire, DNA Info’s Billionaire Boss

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.Google Buys Wildfire: Social/Loyalty Anchor? (Local Onliner)… Inside Billionaire Joe Ricketts Dreams of a Media Empire (Capital New York)… Craigslist Now Wants Your Postings Under ‘Exclusive’ Terms: Padmapper Fallout Continues (TechCrunch)…