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Pursuant Health, Vistar Media Look to Change How Brands Connect In-Store
In a move that could impact the way marketers connect with more than 30 million shoppers inside physical stores around the country, Pursuant Health is partnering with the location-based advertising technology firm Vistar Media to provide better access to its digital advertising inventory.
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Street Fight Daily: Google Adds Review Dashboard, Ads Enter The Car
“A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing commerce, and technology… Google Gives Business Owners A Single Place Online To See All Their Customers’ Reviews (TechCrunch)… Harman, Placecast Test In-car Radio Ads That Know Where You Are (GigaOm)… Uber Customer Claims Abuse And Assault By Driver. Uber Confirms: Yes, He Works For Us (PandoDaily)…
Shopkick, iBeacon and the Future of In-Store Tech
Thanks to a number of new technologies — namely, Bluetooth LE and Apple’s iBeacon protocol — in-store location is entering a new phase in its maturity. There are still a number of wrinkles in the technology to iron out — first and foremost, making it work across devices — but the new generation of beacons solve many of the issues that have traditionally limited in-store tech. Here’s where we are and what to expect…
ARLnow Expands to Third Community in Metro D.C. – Reston, Va.
Independent hyperlocal publisher Scott Brodbeck has launched a third digital news publication in the suburbs of metro Washington, D.C. His new RestonNow serves a thriving, nationally recognized planned community that was built from scratch on farmland in Northern Virginia’s Fairfax County…
Street Fight Daily: The War For Delivery, Facebook and Small Businesses
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology… In War for Same-Day Delivery, Racing Madly to Go Last Mile (New York Times)… The Future of Facebook Ad Revenue: Small Businesses (Mashable)… Nordstrom Will Use Pinterest To Decide What Merchandise To Display In Stores (Business Insider)…
Study Finds That Facebook Ads May Bolster Paid Search Performance
A new study from Kenshoo finds that advertising on Facebook may bolster the performance of existing paid search marketing campaigns. The research, funded partly by Facebook, found that users who saw an ad on Facebook and then made a purchase via a paid search link spent nearly a quarter more than those who were not exposed to the same ad…
iInside CEO: Those Who Don’t Adapt to In-Store Tech Will Be Left Behind
The company has created a set of hardware solutions to help businesses track and analyze consumers as they move within a store or a high traffic environment. By providing insights to retailers about what shoppers are doing and where they are spending time in a store, the company believes it’s helping brick-and-mortar businesses address issues such as showrooming, as well as the ability to test different approaches to marketing…
New Hires and Openings at Neuhoff Media, Google, Stephens Media, Foursquare and Clinkle
Every two weeks, Search Influence’s 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 hires and jobs at Red Wing Publishing, Ballantine Communications, VendaAsta, Leaf, and Yelp.
LBMA Podcast: Sportsbee, Google, Coca-Cola and Patrick Reynolds From Triton Digital
On the show: Google Outside in London; Google Ingress coming to LAX & JFK; Free subway tickets in Moscow; Coca-Cola inspires you to take the stairs in Brazil; Proximiti uses location based notifications to help OCBC bank branches in Singapore; Free electricity at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Plus, a new feature called “Our Take” on Snapchat’s decision to walk away from $3B from Facebook..
Street Fight Daily: Intuit’s Next Steps, Bing Integrates TripAdvisor Tools
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology… Intuit CEO Talks Plan To Grow Company (ZDNet)… Bing Integrates TripAdvisor Tools, Content Into Search Results (SearchEngineLand)… How Life360 Overcame Creepiness To Replace The Most Common Text Message You Send (PandoDaily)…
The Road Ahead: What Autonomous Cars Teach Us About Marketing Automation