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Street Fight Daily: Google’s Long Game with SMB Websites, Video Ads Rise—Will Fraud Rise With Them?
TODAY IN LOCAL & DIGITAL MARKETING AND MEDIA… Is Google Playing the Long Game with SMB Websites?… More Digital Videos Are Coming—How Will They Affect Ad Fraud?… Causal IQ Reimagines Role of Programmatic Solutions Provider, Leveraging Intimate Influencers…
Street Fight Daily: Facebook to Cut Off Third-Party Data Oct 1, Amazon Wants to Monopolize the Smart Home
TODAY IN LOCAL & DIGITAL MARKETING AND MEDIA… Ad Buyers Prepare for Headaches as Facebook Cuts Off Third-Party Data… Report: Voice Tech Not Meeting Consumer Expectations… Amazon Announces Slew of Voice-Activated Products, Leading the Way on Voice…
Report: Voice Tech Not Meeting Consumer Expectations
“When looking at this data, it’s clear that enterprises simply don’t understand consumer expectations when it comes to voice, or how frequently they’re already relying on the technology to make their everyday lives better,” explains Matt Chotin, senior director, technical evangelism at AppDynamics.
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Apple Pay Doesn’t Have to Kill the Wallet to Be Worth SMBs’ Adoption
More and more, software is influencing the way consumers evaluate the places where the shop in the real-world. As the small business technology ecosystem grows, it is crucial for small businesses to break down any potential barriers surrounding purchase, especially when consumers are offered numerous alternatives including national chains and ecommerce giants.
Interconnectivity and the Mobile Mind Shift
We hear a lot these days about the massive transition in consumer attention from desktop to mobile devices. That transition is an undeniable reality, but it would be a mistake to assume that it’s just about mobile devices themselves. What the smartphone has done is to enable a change in mental attitude when it comes to the use and consumption of online services…
5 Tips for the Aspiring Hyperlocal Publisher
Although the business — and consumption — of journalism continues to evolve, its health certainly seems much more robust than it was five years ago. This is particularly true at a hyperlocal level. Yet at the same time some constants remain. In particular, issues around funding — and sustainability — continue to remain one of the sector’s biggest challenges…
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CEO Says Yelp Is at ‘Peak Desktop’ — Is It Also Nearing Peak Growth?
Yelp posted its first-ever annual profit Thursday, but sluggish user growth sent shares of the reviews company tumbling in after-hours trading. As much as Yelp may want to rid itself of its dependency on Google, the search giant has provided a critical platform for it to grow its user base…
Grubhub Has Made Its Biggest Move Since the Seamless Merger
In the most important move since its merger with Seamless, Grubhub has acquired two delivery companies in an effort to build its own delivery network. The move marks a transition in strategy…
Marchex: Marketers Spent $4B on Mobile Search Ads To Drive Calls In 2014
Mobile advertising technology company Marchex is trying to close the massive attribution gap for marketers who spent $4 billion in 2014 to drive phone calls through click-to-call ads — yet had no way to know which keywords produced the calls…
Marketers Know Even More About Offline Behavior Than You Think
An explosion of cloud-connected devices is spawning a new dataset of offline behaviors — what we called local data — that could help local marketers, sellers and economies better compete with the ecommerce industry…
Street Fight Daily: Twitter Courts Small Business, Apple Eyes Search
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Twitter Seeks To Prove Value For Smaller Advertisers (AdExchanger)… Apple May Be About To Take On Google With Its Own Search Engine (Cult of Mac)… Groupon in Talks to Sell Majority Stake in Ticket Monster (Wall Street Journal)…
Study: Mobile’s Data Problem Is Getting Worse
In the mobile advertising industry, where data is harder to come by, location data has emerged as a pricey asset. But a new report from Thinknear suggests that the quality of the location data on major exchanges is actually on the decline…
How Bad Local Data Leads to Bad Calls — And Frustrated Customers
In a pay-per-call campaign, quality and accuracy are king. Bad data results in dead-end leads for marketers, and keeps businesses from reaching the true targets of their campaigns. Here are some techniques for optimizing pay-per-call success…
PlaceIQ Opens Up Mobile Advertising Data to Agencies
For years, mobile advertising firms have promised brands an opportunity to target their customers in the real world. Now mobile advertising startup PlaceIQ wants to help marketers better understand that behavior before a campaign starts and how it changes after the run is finished…
Street Fight Daily: Yahoo Spins Off Small Business, Groupon Founder’s New Startup
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Yahoo To Spin Off Small Business Unit With Alibaba Stake (Quartz)… Groupon Founder’s New App Offers Awesome GPS Walking Tours (Wired)… Gannett: More Digital Acquisitions (NetNewsCheck)…
How Mobile Has Reshaped Google’s Product Strategy For SMBs
James Croom, the head of marketing for Google My Business, spoke with Street Fight recently about why he believes small business adoption of the web has been slower than expected, and what he’s learned about building products for merchants..
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