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ZypMedia Opens Up Programmatic Video for Local Advertisers, Focusing on OTT

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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.

Street Fight Daily: Amazon Go Has Competition, In-House Marketing: It’s Complicated

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TODAY IN LOCAL & DIGITAL MARKETING… Zippin Is the First Amazon Go Rival to Open an Automated Checkout Store… As Brands Move Marketing In-House, Agencies Push Back… How Server-Side Bidding Can Hide Pricing Tricks…

Motista Report Indicates What Brands Can Do to Spark Emotional Engagement

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The report’s results suggest that brands seeking a strong emotional bond with customers today must offer consistent experiences across a variety of channels and specifically seek out emotional connections through distinct strategies tailored to that purpose.

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Selling to Small Businesses: Getting Your Pitch Past the Gatekeepers

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Having better conversations with gatekeepers is one way to improve the sales process. Most inquiring sales reps tend to ask a gatekeeper when the decision maker will be available and then quickly end the sales call. This is a waste of a great opportunity to gather valuable intel. A gatekeeper can be your unwitting scout, giving you the information you need to better serve your prospective client…

The Value of Measuring the Immeasurable In-Store Customer Experience

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Consumer purchasing behavior is shifting from stores to online and retailers are seeing less shopper foot traffic into physical stores. Here are five ways brick-and-mortar retailers can utilize passive shopper behavior information in-store and across the enterprise to increase sales…

How Google’s Product Listing Ads Are Hurting Home Remodelers

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In the name of a strong user experience and a better advertiser experience, Google’s product listings algorithm could be adjusted to better reflect the intent of homeowner search queries…

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Street Fight Daily: Google Now Opens Up, Yelp Back in Court

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technologyGoogle Now Becomes “Platform,” Incorporates Third Party Content, Apps (Screenwerk)… Yelp Goes To Court To Protect Identity Of Anonymous Review-Writer (Consumerist)… Two Takeaways About LivingSocial From Amazon’s Yearly Statement (Washington Business Journal)…

Openings and New Hires at Amazon, Swipely, and SweetIQ

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Every two weeks, Kelly Benish — who knows practically everyone in hyperlocal — covers some of the latest job changes taking place in this dynamic industry. In this week’s edition, new jobs and hires at Deseret News, Kwolia, Acxiom, Fixya, Moz, and more…

Are You Ready for the ‘Geosocial’ Revolution?

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Anthony Longo is a guest contributor. If you would like to contribute a post to Street Fight, contact us here. When Dan Adams and I decided to build what would become CO Everywhere, we didn’t have a “category” in mind. We didn’t think about a “vertical” we’d fit under. We weren’t in the business of […]

LBMA Podcast: Microsoft’s HoloLens, Sense360’s Eli Portnoy

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On the show: ShopX gives away 1 million beacons for free; SpaceBillboard; Bud Light’s beer delivery app; Google Translate in real time; Bluebite partners with Lamar to make LaBite; Skin & Bones from the Smithsonian; Is Google buying SoftCard?; and Shazam can beacon now…

Street Fight Daily: Facebook Tests Beacons, LivingSocial Cuts Losses

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technologyFacebook Tests Bluetooth ‘Beacons’ to Feed Users Local Content (Wall Street Journal)… LivingSocial Cuts Its Q4 Loss But Revenue Down, Expenses Up (Washington Business Journal)… With a Few Bits of Data, Researchers Identify ‘Anonymous’ People (New York Times)…

Can an ‘Exchange’ Help Solve the Problem of Monetizing Digital News?

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Bill Densmore, a consulting fellow at the Reynolds Journalism Institute, sees a way out of this crisis in monetizing digital news and is assembling a diverse group of experts to consider an industry-backed, collaborative effort to lead the way forward…

Is There Such a Thing as ‘Too Local’ in SEO?

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All things in moderation, including your geo-targeting. There are some instances where every single business should embrace local strategies, but if you go too local, you might miss out on some great clients and projects…

Street Fight Daily: Yahoo’s Local Search Struggles, Facebook Doubles Mobile Revenue

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technologyHas Yahoo! Just Given Up on Local/Mobile Search? (Screenwerk)… Facebook Doubles Mobile Ad Revenue, but Costs Also Rise (Recode)… Is 2015 the Year of the Regional Super Bowl Ad? (AdWeek)…

Here’s How Marketers Are Using Mobile This Super Bowl

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In an age when marketers can reach a hundred million people each day by lunchtime, the draw of the Super Bowl’s 184 million viewers has lost some of its luster. But Madison Avenue is focusing on another number: $14.3 billion. That’s the amount that consumers plan to spend on food, beer and other goods for the big game…

How Hyperlocal Tech Is Reviving Brick-and-Mortar Sales

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Retailers have a plethora of customer data and technologies at their disposal which can be effectively combined to personalize the brick-and-mortar shopping experience. By tapping into the rich analytics and capabilities of these cross-functional offerings, they can be well positioned to regain market share..