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Vericast Goes Deep on Data Privacy with Qonsent Partnership
The martech and data intelligence company Vericast announced a new partnership with Qonsent last week, in a move designed to bolster the company’s consumer-first data privacy strategy. At a time when consumer data is becoming increasingly regulated in the U.S. and abroad, the partnership between Vericast and Qonsent is expected to help brands deliver more […]
How to Track Mobile OOH Advertising: An Interview with Jonathan Frangakis
Jonathan Frangakis has been a champion of out-of-home / OOH advertising for years. He and his brother Gabe founded an OOH analytics platform called Mira in 2014. Mira was acquired by Reveal Mobile, where he serves as its Chief Commercial Officer. He gave us insights into the next wave of moving OOH advertising (as in […]
Scibids Offering Promises Greater Media-Buying Transparency
Scibids, the global leader in artificial intelligence for digital marketing, announced a partnership with Tinuiti, the largest independent performance-marketing firm across streaming TV, Google, Meta, and Amazon. The objective of what’s being called Scibids AI Insights Solution is to provide a new level of transparency and control over planning, buying, and measurement of the digital […]
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LBMA: Uberall’s Acquisition of MomentFeed
In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Überall raising $115M and acquiring MomentFeed, LifeTagger and QR 2.0, Princess Cruises’ CrewCall bringing services to passengers at their location, and Perch rolling out “product aware displays” for Purina.
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Gimbal, NextNav Go Vertical with Next-Generation Location Offering
Gimbal, the location intelligence platform, and NextNav, the developer of geolocation technologies, are coming together on a new vertical dimension that could help brands and retailers more accurately understand how customers are moving through physical spaces. The potential applications are vast, but executives at both firms see fulfillment options like curbside and in-store pickup as being some of the most immediate use cases.
On-Page Content Differentiation: The Benefits of Location-based Messaging
Content consists of more than just your copy block, though it’s a great place to start. Adding product information, featured collections, and highlighted services are all elements that enhance your on-page content strategy. Understanding what’s popular in that specific area and how customers are searching for your products or services in that area can help guide your content strategy to differentiation and success. Therefore, it is key to create content attuned to regional differences, or location.
The Covid-19 Pandemic at One Year: How Payments Have Changed Forever
The payments industry will move forward from the seismic shifts in behavior we’ve seen to new puzzles: how to make a card top of wallet, how to expand the on-demand economy to new product groups, and how the Buy Now, Pay Later space evolves in time. But the changes we’ve seen will impact the course of the industry for years to come. How merchants and payment providers adapt to these changes will have a key part to play in how they recover from the impact of the pandemic.
How Audio OOH Can Withstand Emerging Privacy Regulations
Audio OOH enables advertisers to reach the right audience, and reporting tools can help them decipher how their audio ad influences a customer’s path to purchase. This type of product-level transactional data will be crucial as advertisers continue to clash with harsh but growing privacy regulations.
BeOp Launches in US, Pointing to Contextual Campaigns’ Resurgence
Is contextual ad targeting the answer to our cookieless future? As brand advertisers plan for a world without third-party cookies, they’re homing in on contextual ad platforms as a possible solution to their advertising woes. That push is leading to the development and growth of a number of platforms focused on contextual, conversational, and cookieless advertising.
FocalPoint Raises $8m to Improve GPS Accuracy
In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers TmrO app creating connections between freelancers and the music and film industries, FocalPoint raising £6 million to improve GPS accuracy, Chipotle investing in driverless company Nuro, and Whole Foods tapping into AR cosmetics try-on tools.
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