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Simpli.fi Now Lets Brands Execute Google, YouTube Ad Buys Through Single Partner

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Simpli.fi’s decision to open up its solutions suite to include Google Ads and YouTube advertising is part of a broader push among adtech providers to become all-in-one platforms, rather than vertical-specific solutions.

ReviewTrackers Acquired By InMoment as Consolidation Sweeps MarTech

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ReviewTrackers is an important acquisition for InMoment. The company currently works with more than 175,000 business locations to manage customer reviews across hundreds of sites using its review management technology. With the acquisition of ReviewTrackers, InMoment becomes one of the first experience companies to extend customer insights, analytics, and action across the full customer lifecycle.

3 Myths About Contextual Advertising

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Here’s why three common myths about contextual advertising are worth challenging as advertisers reconsider their digital strategies for a privacy-adjusted era.

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How to Stop Getting Bogus Leads from Facebook Ads

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Like a discordant refrain, these familiar phrases can feel like they’re playing on loop when following up with potential customers generated from Facebook Lead Ads. Bogus or misleading leads are a huge complaint among advertisers, but there are a few common and useful steps an advertiser can take when building Lead Generation Ad Campaigns to curb the occurrence of false leads. 

Certain aspects are out of our control from the advertisers’ end, such as trusting Facebook users to enter correct and non-misleading information, but armed with this handy checklist, you can audit your lead gen ads, making improvements to stem the tide of bogus leads.  

3 Tips for Attracting High-Quality Leads at Your Next Event

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First impressions are key, and it’s imperative that as soon as the lead is ready to buy, your brand is the first on their mind. 

Doing this requires you to understand your leads and deliver a message that appeals to their needs while portraying your brand in the best possible way. This is a big challenge because you want to promote your brand without going overkill and scaring leads away. 

Here are three steps for attracting higher-quality leads at your next event.

Three Methods to Deploy Foreground Data Effectively

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For those of us in the location data industry, we must adapt to the new world we live in and find solutions to solve the age-old problems our clients face. Foreground data (data that is captured only when a user has an app open) has the potential to be just as effective and insightful and can offer even greater insights into how people interact in the physical world.

Companies conducting location analysis can use three methods to help keep their solutions robust in this next era of location data; layer in foreground apps, reduce noise, and capitalize on inferences.  

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Use Mobile Coupons to Get Above the Noise this Holiday Season

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Since many retailers use the same strategies and tactics to capture consumer attention during the holidays, rising above the noise happens only for a few. This may be the season to plan smarter, not louder, and the answer may be the use of mobile coupons.

Street Fight Daily: Semcasting Debuts Attribution Solution, Mobile Coupons An Opportunity for Holidays

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TODAY IN LOCAL & DIGITAL MARKETING AND MEDIA… Semcasting Offers Proof of Performance with New Attribution Platform… Data Still Makes Ads Irrelevant, Consumers Say… How Walmart Is Using First-Party Data to Stand Out in Ad-Supported Video…

The Rise of the Micro-Influencer and How Brands Can Deploy Them

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Today, many brands are choosing to work with influencers with a significantly smaller follower count: micro-influencers. Read on for tips on how to tap micro-influencers for your next marketing campaign.

LBMA Podcast: Facebook’s Friends, TGI Fridays, Kroger & Walgreens

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On this week’s edition of the LBMA podcast: Facebook’s nearby friends, Lime in Canada, Pinterest + Oracle & Ninth Decimal, TGI Fridays, Kroger + Walgreens, Ford + JC Decaux. Special Guest: Jigar Shah – Miles.

Street Fight Daily: GDPR Challenges Smaller Ad Tech Firms; More Detailed Sitelinks in Google Search?

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TODAY IN LOCAL & DIGITAL MARKETING AND MEDIA… GDPR Has Cut Down Ad Trackers in Europe but Helped Google… The Rise of the Micro-Influencer and How Brands Can Deploy Them… New Format for Google Sitelinks Shows More Site Content in SERP…

Street Fight Daily: Square CFO to Lead Nextdoor, Breaking Down the Voice Ecosystem

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TODAY IN LOCAL & DIGITAL MARKETING AND MEDIA… Not All Voice Assistants are Created Equal… Square CFO Sarah Friar to Become Nextdoor CEO… Why Facebook Is Putting Its Skin in Local News’ Subscription Efforts…

Why Facebook Is Putting Its Skin in Local News’ Subscription Efforts

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In this Q&A, Facebook’s Josh Mabry, who leads the Facebook Local News Partnerships team, talks about the mentoring, coaching, and other work in these off-platform initiatives and why Facebook is backing them up with millions of dollars in funding.

Not All Voice Assistants are Created Equal

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Several tech giants are chasing voice search and assistant apps. They’re motivated by different factors—each seeing voice as a way to support, grow, and protect their unique core businesses.

TripAdvisor Debuts API with MomentFeed Partnership, Helping Brands Reach Hungry Travelers

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A new partnership between TripAdvisor and MomentFeed is making it possible for the customer experience management platform’s restaurant clients to manage TripAdvisor’s sponsored advertising product via the MomentFeed platform.

Synup Test Measures Voice Search Readiness for Brands

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Voice is the future of online search, but not enough businesses are prepared for the transition. To that end, the local SEO firm Synup recently released a product it’s calling the Voice Readiness Test to help brands discover how their search results sound to consumers using popular hands-free systems such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.