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ZypMedia Opens Up Programmatic Video for Local Advertisers, Focusing on OTT
For local advertisers looking to access cutting-edge marketing technology, programmatic advertising company ZypMedia promises the full package. Over the last year, the company has set its sights on OTT, which has garnered strong interest from both local advertisers and publishers hoping to capture the attention of streamers.
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How Personalization And Security Will Coexist in Local Commerce
The evolution of mobile technology has been very exciting to observe, especially in the local commerce space. As I covered in my last piece we are finally starting to see things come to life with the ability to pay for everyday products and services using mobile devices. But overall one has to ask if this […]
Can Traditional Retailers Nail Digital Before Amazon Figures Out Brick-and-Mortar?
It was never a question of if, but when. Anyone tracking the retail industry knew the day would come for Amazon to open… ahem… a brick-and-mortar storefront. Now Amazon’s familiar slanted smile logo will hang from a shingle in Manhattan right down the street from Macy’s flagship Herald Square store, just in time for the […]
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Street Fight Daily: Facebook’s New Product Ads, China’s Yelp Soars
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…Facebook Launches Dynamic Product Ads for Data-Minded Retailers Merchants (AdWeek)… Dianping’s Funding Round Lifts App Above US Peers (Wall Street Journal)… Kellogg’s Sees Location-based Marketing As The New Frontier For Brands (CMO)…
Street Fight Daily: Google Eyes Hotel Search, China’s New Ridesharing Monopoly
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…Google’s Quiet Moves to Dominate Hotel Metasearch (Skift)… China Has A New Taxi App Monopolist – And It Isn’t Uber (Fortune)… How Do We Think about Location Once Location Is Everywhere? (Screenwerk)…
5 Steps for SMBs Looking to Dominate the Local Competition
SMBs’ natural advantages are being eroded by the techniques that social and mobile technologies make available to larger businesses. But they can gain back the advantages they’ve always had by operating differently. Here are five steps that can serve as the starting point for competing more effectively in the new social economy…
Street Fight Daily: Snapchat Tests Local, Yelp Sues Reputation Firm
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Snapchat Tries Our Stories For Locals Only (TechCrunch)… Yelp Sues Positive Review Provider Revleap (IT World)… Same-Day Delivery: Delivering Profits Or Just Parcels? (Forrester)..
LBMA Podcast: Factual Partners With Metadata, Thinknear Discusses Location Score Index
On the show: Indoo.rs partners with KLM; Capital Radio + Outdoor Plus bring music to billboards in real time; Alibaba tests drone delivery; Wheely’s Cafe sells modern coffee carts; Sportsman Tracker is funded; Yahoo! + Flickr = Wetter; TripAdvisor buys ZeTrip; and PayPal invests in Pulsate….
Street Fight Daily: Lyft Eyes Big New Round, Groupon Sells Beacons
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Ride-Hailing Service Lyft Is Said to Be in Talks to Raise $250 Million (New York Times)… Expedia Buying Orbitz for $1.6 Billion (Skift)… Online-To-Offline Metrics Increasingly Available, Important To Marketers (Search Engine Land)…
Groupon Plans to Start Selling Beacons to Merchants
The deals company announced solid fourth quarter earnings Thursday evening, finishing the year with gains in both revenue and gross billings. During the earnings call, CEO Eric Lefkofsky announced its latest project: a redemption system that uses beacons to allow merchants to track and communicate with Groupon customers in their stores…
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