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Emodo Supply Offers First Carrier-Verified Data for Programmatic Advertising
In what the company is touting as a breakthrough for the programmatic advertising industry, a new service will use carrier data to verify the accuracy of mobile data at the supply level. Called Emodo Supply, the product will be offered by telecom giant Ericsson’s mobile advertising platform in partnership with programmatic trading company Axonix.
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Livestreaming and Local: Tech’s Next Collision?
Growth will ignite first from live video’s inherent virality, which could find hundreds of millions of users the same way Instagram did. Then we’ll see copycat apps come out of the woodwork. It will follow the standard path: quick industry growth, contraction, M&A, a few winners, maturity, etc.. Somewhere in that progression will be a local play…
In Targeting the Lucrative Hispanic Market on Mobile, Location Data Is Key
We know that Hispanic Americans are highly engaged with their mobile devices, so it follows that one of the best ways to reach them is through mobile marketing. But “mobile” is a broad umbrella and most marketers are still struggling with the question of how to identify Hispanic consumers. One of the best strategies is to leverage location-based data…
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Street Fight Daily: Google Wallet Opens Up, PayPal’s Big Change
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Mobile Payments Become Marketing Tool For Dunkin’ Donuts, Shopify, ChowNow (MediaPost)… PayPal’s Big Change: It Can Work With Amazon After eBay Split (Recode)… Google vs. Amazon: Does Small Business Benefit? (US News)…
Street Fight Daily: xAd Launches Blueprints, Square Buys Into Food Delivery
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… xAd Launches Blueprints To Track In-Store, Not Just Near-Store, Visits For Location Marketing (Marketing Land)… Square Acquires Fastbite To Add Cheap, Fast Meals To Caviar (TechCrunch)… Maps in iOS 8.3 Lets Business Owners Claim POIs, Removes Select TripAdvisor Reviews (Apple Insider)…
How Programmatic Pioneer RocketFuel Thinks About Location on Mobile
Rocket Fuel has positioned itself as a leader among programmatic ad firms, but it still finds itself embracing relatively new terrain: mobile. Street Fight caught up with Ian Dailey, the company’s senior product marketing manager for mobile, to talk about bringing the efficiencies and advantages of automation to mobile advertising.
6 Hyperlocal Platforms That Transform Social Media Into Data
The sheer volume of messages being posted across social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram can be overwhelming for marketers. Here are six examples of hyperlocal platforms with location-specific features that businesses can use to turn social media postings into actionable data…
Street Fight Daily: Google Eyes Local Services, Square Adds Marketing Tools
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Google Wants To Send You A Plumber (BuzzFeed)… Square Is Using Customer Data to Create Targeted Email Campaigns for Brands (AdWeek)… Groupon Mulls Selling Off Checkout Software Business (Recode)…
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