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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.

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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.

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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.

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Three Takeaways From DMEXCO 2018: Top Concerns in Digital Marketing

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From brands to vendors to publishers, DMEXCO is a good bellwether to consider when trying to understand where things are headed. Brands taking control, data quality, and publishers getting smarter about data are key topics I kept hearing about—and for good reason.

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Is Google Playing the Long Game with SMB Websites?

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“When you look at this Website growth + the Local Knowledge Panel with Posts + AMP + Progressive Web Apps, we are starting to see the outlines of an “open web” that Google totally controls. Or at least they control the profitable parts,” Mike Blumenthal tells David Mihm in their latest biweekly column.

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LBMA Podcast: Dirty Lemon, HYP3R, Amazon

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On this week’s edition of the LBMA podcast: Dirty Lemon, HYP3R gets $17M, GSTV’s OCTANE, 7Eleven goes with Apple and Google Pay, Amazon delivers Christmas trees, Diageo’s weather/time/location campaign in London.

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#SFSNYC: At JPMorgan Chase, the Value of Location Is as a Signal of Intent

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What brings a person nearby into a bank can be an indicator of their intent, says Jake Davidow, head of media buying at JPMorgan Chase. That’s why understanding the context of location so important to marketers.

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Local Providers Should Take Care in Interpreting Big Mobile Advertising Numbers

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One of the key themes of Mary Meeker’s annual presentation was mobile advertising — its growth, targeting, and measurability. But recent Street Fight surveys of SMBs and brand marketers indicate that mobile still has surprisingly low usage and perceived effectiveness.

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How Sports Marketers Can Extend Their Brands and Win Big This Summer

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With so much opportunity — and competition — how can marketers stand out from the crowd and forge meaningful relationships with sports fans? Here are some best practices that will enable marketers to identify their perfect audiences and build lifelong relationships with fans.

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Street Fight Daily: Snap Acquires Placed, Google’s AMP Drives Content Engagement

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Snap Acquires Placed to Measure Whether Ads Drive Brick-and-Mortar Sales… Google’s AMP Mean Visitors Spend More Time With Content… Amazon Fights Walmart for Low-Income Shoppers…

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#SFSNYC: Chatmeter’s CEO on Why Local Reputation Management Matters for Brands

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Well-known brands may have national platforms and campaigns for reaching out to customers — but none of that matters if the company does not know what customers think of their local stores. That is where Chatmeter says it can help.

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How a Small South Texas Daily Is Building a Profitable Digital Future

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The family-owned paper, which serves a nine-county South Texas market of 250,000, has stepped boldly with both boots onto the digital landscape. Publisher Dan Easton tells Street Fight how digital readership and revenue keep the Advocate editorially and financially vibrant.

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Street Fight Daily: Brands Use Data to Power Email Engagement, Amazon’s Brands Catch Fire

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… How Brands Are Using Data to Power Email Engagement… Some of Amazon’s Own Brands Are Becoming Super Popular Online… How Google Could Fire Up Its Smart Home Play…

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SMB Index: Local Stocks Up 5.4% in May

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The SCP SMB Index climbed 5.4% in May. The Nasdaq was up 2.6%, while the S&P 500 was up 1%, and Dow Jones was flat, gaining 0.2%. Four of the top five constituents in the index continued to experience stock price gains after April, which saw all five companies gain in value.

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Are Website Builders the Next Big Growth Market in Local?

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Website builders have been around almost as long as the internet itself. As you would expect, this is a busy market. Sitebuilderreport.com tracks 35 vendors. There are many more. Interestingly, only 4 of the 35 vendors get a good rating. Clearly, this is a large market that is ready for new and better solutions.

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Raise Report: DemandBase, G2 Crowd, People.ai Score New 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 Frichti, Bulletin, StreamSets, and Julie Desk.

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