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GroundTruth Acquires Self-Serve Local Ad Platform Addy
The acquisition is part of GroundTruth’s push to equip small businesses with the kinds of location marketing and ad tech-driven solutions previously available only to big brands.
Constellation Agency Helps Drive the Auto Industry into a New Era
The auto industry needs a tune-up. Customer service is getting faster across verticals amid the Covid-19 e-commerce boom. But all auto customers know that the sales experience in that industry has hardly changed — and it’s a hassle. Show up to the local dealership, find out if the car you want is even there, and of course, haggle with the dealer.
Diana Lee’s Constellation Agency is offering a solution.
As Few as 13% of Professionals Expect Full-Time Return to Office
Before the Covid-19 pandemic bumped office workers out of the office and into their living rooms, most of them worked exclusively or almost exclusively from the office. But after a year of remote work by necessity, only 13% say they expect to go back to full-time office work.
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Not All Voice Assistants are Created Equal
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.
Reality Check: Adapting to Google’s Ever-Growing Control of the Search Experience
Google has been reducing the amount of traffic to local websites for a long time. And while it took a while to understand what was happening, it isn’t infuriating. Businesses can still get in front of customers and garner leads—it’s just not via their website.
LBMA Podcast: Placed & Adobe, Perry Ellis & Amazon, Foursquare
On this week’s episode of the Location-Based Marketing Association podcast: Innovative Foto, Airport Sherpa, Alaska Airlines goes VR, Cargo raises $22M, Foursquare for Good, Placed teams up with Adobe, Perry Ellis’s Alexa skills.
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#SFSNYC: How Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get in on Ordering via Mobile
Lots of apps can connect consumers to restaurants to order meals, but New York-based Slice has focused on a particular food niche that founder and CEO Ilir Sela says is built on customer loyalty — pizza. Sela says his company’s product is offered as a way to extend the natural loyalty consumers have for their local pizzerias.
Street Culture: Taking Estimote’s ‘No Barriers’ Culture Literally
The company’s mission is to build a new operating system for the physical world, and to get there the team needs zero bullshit. Culture is far too important to leave to chance, says John Cieslik-Bridgen, Estimote’s VP of culture. But it’s also important to allow natural evolution.
Street Fight Daily: Apple Innovates on Marketing AI, Facebook Makes a Case Against TV Ads
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Apple Accelerates AI for Marketers… Facebook Says Users Turn to the Platform During Commercial Breaks When Watching TV… Snapchat versus Instagram: What Marketers Need to Know…
Is Snapchat Quietly Redefining Local?
Snapchat’s recent moves and related developments seem to indicate an emerging redefinition of what it means to be digitally local, a redefinition that is happening under our noses and without much fanfare as Snapchat works to gain and maintain the eyeballs of Millennials.
#SFSNYC: Drawing the Connection Between Online Presence and In-Store Sales
More and more, businesses need to stay on top of their digital presences, which extend well beyond their company websites. The variety of outlets where people can discuss their impressions of a brand continues to expand says Elisabeth Kurek, uberall’s vice president of partner growth, who will speak at next week’s Street Fight Summit in Brooklyn.
Street Fight Daily: Facebook Expands Ad Suite for Businesses, Google Shopping’s Role in Retail
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Facebook Expands Canvas Ads and Integrates Them with Collection Ads… How Google Shopping Can Help Retailers Bounce Back… The Future of Marketing Data: Accuracy Trumps Everything…
Study Finds New Opportunities For Firms Integrating Ad, Marketing Tech
As more people use mobile devices in their everyday lives, many tried-and-true techniques for marketing to consumers are becoming less effective, and brands are looking closely at how they can use integrated cross-device solutions to develop deeper connections with customers on a one-to-one basis.
#SFSNYC: How SOCi Ties Local Reputation and Social Media at Scale
A high volume of reviews and feedback give voice to customer sentiment, especially at a national or global level. The trouble is sorting out how those comments relate to individual store locations, if at all, or if these are responses to specific marketing campaigns.
Street Fight Daily: Apple and Google Spook Publishers, Pinterest Lands $150M for Visual Search
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… As Apple and Google Take Aim at Ads, Publishers Tremble… Pinterest Raises Another $150 Million As It Aims to Conquer Visual Search… Analytics Tools Are Still a Challenge for Many…
#SFSNYC: At JPMorgan Chase, the Value of Location Is as a Signal of Intent
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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