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Local Listings Spread — From One Site to Hundreds
One recurring theme at last week’s Street Fight Summit concerned the ongoing project of creating, organizing, and aggregating data and content associated with location. For SMBs, the new marketing strategy favors dispersed deployment of enhanced content across multiple media and mobile services…
Street Fight Daily: Pushpins Snapped Up, In-Store Payments Boom
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… The Full Story of Pushpins Acquisition by Ebates Parent Performance Marketing Brands (PandoDaily)… Forrester: Proximity Payment is Fastest-Growing Segment of Mobile Payments (Mobile Commerce Daily)… How To Make Foursquare Fun Again (Business Insider)…
#SFSNYC Recap: The Next Generation in Hyperlocal
We’re just winding down from an excellent week of conversations about hyperlocal at the Street Fight Summit in New York. Many thanks to our speakers and sponsors and everyone who joined us. Our next major conference will take place in San Francisco in early June; stay tuned for more information in coming weeks. In case you missed it, here are links to Street Fight’s coverage of the event…
PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Waze, Spun
In this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan have nine different stories, including their bewilderment at Waze; why they think 4sqTrigger is onto something; and UrbanAirship’s progress with Tello. Also Scott Lindenbaum of Spun talks about using a goat for location-based marketing…
For Hyperlocals, How Long the Roller-Coaster Ride?
Borrell Associates delivered an upbeat 2013 projection last week for an increase of 31% in ad spending in the local digital space. But even as the outlook seems brighter for local online, highly regarded hyperlocal editor and publisher Mike Fourcher announced his plans to leave the helm of his two neighborhood sites in Chicago…
Case Study: New Loyalty Program Connects ’Wichcraft With Customers
After years of using paper punch cards to promote loyalty at its 16 locations, ’Wichcraft is going digital with a mobile loyalty program. By tying customer phone numbers to ‘Wichcraft’s POS system, director of marketing Ellen Kim hopes to send targeted promotions based on individual purchase histories and build more intimate relationships with the most frequent customers…
Street FIght Daily: Shopkick Hits Profitability, Groupon Expands Reporting
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… Shopkick Says It’s Now Profitable, With Its Shopping App Adding $200M In Sales For Target, Best Buy And Others In 2012 (TechCrunch)… Groupon Unveils Merchant Impact Report, a Free Service So Merchants Can Justify Their Deal Performance (The Next Web)… AOL’s Patch to Go From Lousy Local News Network to Even Worse Community Message Board network (PandoDaily)…
The Road Ahead: What Autonomous Cars Teach Us About Marketing Automation