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Recent Ad Fraud Schemes and How to Fight Them

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Each year, marketers set out to solve ad fraud, but the systemic struggle is a long-term fight with no instant fix. To that end, I checked in with Paul Roberts, CEO of audience marketplace Kubient, to assess the state of ad fraud and how providers can keep it at bay this year.

Online Customer Service is the New Storefront

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The face of retail is fundamentally different today than it was last January. Fewer shoppers entering brick-and-mortar stores and interacting with sales associates in person means retailers have had to rethink how they handle customer service. Retailers are now looking at ways to equip service teams to fill that new void.

Doubling Down on GMB: Local Search in 2021

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For marketers who have found ways to use the latest tools and features being offered by Google and other search partners, 2021 is poised to become a period of high growth. With Google’s spate of new local marketing features launched in 2020, and predictions that additional changes are on the horizon in 2021, Adthena VP of Marketing Ashley Fletcher says the role that GMB plays in the larger local search space is expanding.

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Biggest Tech Trend for eCommerce in 2019: People-Based Identity

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If people-based identity is the new lifeblood of eCommerce, then the identity graph is its beating heart. First- and second-party data keep the heart healthy and strong, while third-party data is anemic and can ultimately lead to system failure.

Local News Gets New Resource Center With Special Focus on Social Media

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A Local News Resource Center to give publishers direct expertise on the “challenges and opportunities” of social media and other issues that confront the embattled industry has been set up at the Local Media Association.

How AI Can Help CPGs Meet Millennial and Gen-Z Expectations

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Last year, almost half of Amazon’s private-label sales were in consumer-packaged goods. Pre-Amazon, legacy CPGs once would’ve been the beneficiary of that demand. CPGs have struggled to evolve with younger consumer preferences. Here’s what I mean, along with ways AI can help them improve.

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Street Culture: Metrics for a Global Community

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While some company founders sit down and write out their core values and identify what their company’s culture should be before they even find the people who will help them, others just go with their gut. For Pete Gombert, founder of local marketing company Balihoo, his gut feeling about culture has turned into a whole new company.

Raise Report: Houzz, Quantifi, Pinterest Score Fresh Funding

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Every two weeks, we round up some of the biggest fundraises taking place in hyperlocal marketing, commerce, and tech. This week’s edition includes funding for Shipt, Algolia, Clutter, and Dispatch.

Street Fight Daily: Email Finds Success with Millenials, Snap Stock Dips to IPO Price

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… New Research Shows Email is Solid Bet for Millenial Engagement… Snap Stock Falls Back to Its $17 IPO Price… Podcast: Can B2B Marketers Shift to a Mobile-First Mentality?…

xAd Rebrands as GroundTruth in Push to Expand Beyond AdTech

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In a signal of where the location technology space is heading, the location-based mobile advertising technology firm xAd announced this morning that it is expanding its scope and rebranding with a new name that better reflects the emerging landscape.

#SFSNYC: Inside Amazon’s Voice-Search Strategy

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Dave Isbitski, chief evangelist for Echo and Alexa at Amazon, sat down with Street Fight on Wednesday to discuss Amazon’s voice strategy and the implications of voice-search technology for local businesses.

#SFSNYC: SMB DIY — Is Local Getting Closer to Solving the Self-Serve Conundrum?

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At Street Fight Summit on Wednesday, Street Fight columnist Damian Rollison sat down with three digital marketing insiders to discuss how their companies provide value to small and medium-sized businesses — and how to strike the right balance between automation and customer engagement.

#SFSNYC: How Brands Without Brick-and-Mortar Stores Can Market Locally

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Brick-and-mortar stores are not the only companies that stand to gain from local strategies: brands without their own physical stores and business-facing enterprises, too, must go local to reach their market potential.

#SFSNYC: Foursquare ‘Trying to Build a Gold Standard of Truth’ for the Industry

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At Street Fight Summit Wednesday in Brooklyn, Street Fight’s Laura Rich sat down with Foursquare’s Jeff Glueck to discuss how the company has leveraged its location data to catapult growth and become one of the world’s premiere location intelligence companies.

Street Fight Daily: Facebook Bolsters Brand Safety, Instacart Partners With Legacy Grocer

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… xAd Rebrands as GroundTruth in Push to Expand Beyond AdTech… Facebook is Giving Advertisers More Control Over Where Their Ads Appear… Legacy Grocer Partners with Instagram to Offer Delivery…

#SFSNYC: Taking Location ‘Beyond Pins on a Map’

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As more ideas and information are loaded into maps, the context of the data used in the creation needs to be clear, said Mapbox SVP Marc Prioleau. “Location is data,” Prioleau said.” Don’t just put your data on the map. Your data is the map.”