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"Podcast Studio Near Me:" A Chat With Brian Howie Who is Bringing New Media to the MULO World

“Podcast Studio Near Me”: A Chat With Brian Howie Who is Bringing New Media to the MULO World

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Multi-location (MULO) marketing services storefronts are nothing new. Brands offer printing  and swag to small businesses and conference-goers, delivering flyers, brochures, posters, signage, and even tee shirts to consumers and companies. Companies like AlphaGraphics, Minuteman, Signarama, and Staples fulfill those needs. Custom Ink started as an online-only creative and production resource but now has multiple […]

Amazon Leans Into Livestream Shopping to Promote Prime Day Deals

Amazon Leans Into Livestream Shopping to Promote Prime Day Deals

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More than a decade after livestream shopping first took off in China, it’s yet to reach critical mass in the U.S.  Now, Amazon could finally be changing that.   Companies like Shopify, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Amazon have all invested heavily in live selling in recent years. Although Facebook famously bowed out of its investments […]

How MULO (Multi-Location) Brands are Using Threads

How MULO (Multi-Location) Brands are Using Threads

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The newest social media app, Threads from Meta, has already close to 100 million users after its launch on July 5th. (As of this publishing, the number may even be higher, reflecting the viral spread of the app.) Despite skepticism about its functionality and staying power, big brands have already “threaded up” and are claiming […]

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Subscription-Based Pricing: Advantages for Businesses and Customers

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The question is: Will a subscription-based pricing strategy be beneficial for your business, or do you risk scaring off clients this way?

We’ll explore the benefits of subscription-based pricing for companies and their customers and when you should consider this structure. 

Expert Roundup: How Are Mobile Payments Transforming? Part II

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To define the current state and future trajectory of mobile payments, we’ve rounded up top industry voices and thought leaders from Kabbage, Fivestars, and Marqeta.

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LBMA: Gimbal Launches Pick-Up Solutions for Brands without Apps

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers the WNBA teaming up with Twitter on a digital hoodie, Gimbal launching pick-up solutions for brands without an app, Kroger testing drone delivery, and IKEA and Pinterest teaming-up on “Renocations.”

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DOOH Growth Trajectory in 2021

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After a year spending a great deal of time at home and on screens, people want to get outside—making digital out-of-home (DOOH) a huge opportunity this year.

Tapad’s Switchboard Aims to Unify Fragmented Identity Solutions

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In lieu of the cookie, ad tech firms are proposing a slew of disparate solutions. To solve the fragmentation issue, Tapid launched Switchboard this morning.

Amazon Advertising Juices Earnings, Fueled by Growth in PPC

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A whopping 75% of third-party Amazon sellers are now using Amazon Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising to promote their products on the site, according to a survey by the all-in-one selling platform Jungle Scout. Those sellers are achieving some enviable results.

Newsletter Marketing Exploded During the Pandemic. What Comes Now?

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Newsletter marketing boomed during the pandemic. We’re already beginning to see signs of what will come next for the email newsletter industry.

How to Create Video Ads for Local Businesses

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Want to create an engaging video ad to promote your local business? Read on to get tips on creating a video ad that will get you more clicks and conversions.

Brands Shift OOH Ad Strategy on Super Bowl Sunday

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Brands will use this unusual Super Bowl to give their 2021 OOH ad strategy a test run. But they’ll also face challenges unprecedented for Super Bowl marketers.

DISQO’s Case for Panel Data as the Post-Cookie Solution

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Audience insights firm DISQO thinks it has the solution that will fill the data holes the deprecation of third-party cookies will cause: panel data.

New App, AllCart, Tackles Grocery Shopping in a Post-Pandemic World

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Supermarkets look a lot different in 2021 than 2020, and the changes have everything to do with the pandemic. AllCart, a new app for nearby grocery deals that launched just this week, believes it can help consumers make sense of the madness.

How Privacy Will Change Digital Marketing This Year

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The marketing industry finds itself facing the most significant disruption since the inception of digital: privacy changes, especially the end of third-party cookies. Google Chrome is inching closer to Deprecation Day for the third-party cookie, and though we still don’t know exactly when that is, the digital marketing industry is preparing to pivot in fundamental […]

Google’s FLoCs: “Advertisers and Publishers Are Right to Be Wary”

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Google’s FLoCs is supposed to boost privacy in ad targeting. But the actual efficacy of the program and Google’s habit of boosting itself are fueling concerns.