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Street Fight Daily: Uber CEO Resigns, Instagram Stories’ Rapid Growth Continues
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as CEO… Instagram Stories Is Still Growing Quickly And Now Has 250 Million Users… DMA Report Finds Programmatic and Mobile Payments Leading Tech Adopted by Marketers…
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Street Fight Daily: CityPockets Closure, Qype Surges in Europe
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.
Closure of CityPockets Provides Window Into Daily Deal Biz Shakeout (GigaOm)…
Qype, The Yelp Of Europe, Claims Top Dog Status With 860,000 Places Reviewed (TechCrunch)…
AT&T Completes YP Sale (BIA/Kelsey)…
Street Fight Daily: Offers to Google Maps, Patch Info in AOL Earnings
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...
Google Quietly Launches Groupon Now-Like Free Google Offers Across The U.S. (TechCrunch)…
AOL Earnings Reports Tell History of Patch Since 2009 (Poynter)…
Savored Makes Restaurant Reservations Based on Your Location (Mashable)…
How Big Data and Augmented Reality Are Transforming Hyperlocal
Behind the most innovative hyperlocal technology companies is likely a Hadoop cluster — an open-source distributive data framework, which allows companies to collect and analyze data at scale. Street Fight recently caught up with Cloudera’s VP of technology solutions Omer Trajman and solutions architect Patrick Angeles to discuss how “big data” is continuing to change the game in hyperlocal…
Will Mobile Payment Companies Expand Into SMB Marketing?
Transaction processing will become only a moderately profitable business. Where the big POS guys will make money is in value-added marketing services. Square has already started to add in loyalty programs. It’s only a matter of time before digital loyalty card startups start to tap into the POS APIs to enable tight integration between their loyalty efforts and the POS vendors…
Feet on the Street: How Hyperlocals Can Enhance Local Sales Outreach
Building a successful local sales force takes more than just placing bodies in coverage areas. To be truly effective, salespeople must create strong ties in their target community through outreach. These ties create an authenticity that is invaluable when it comes to establishing a lasting local presence…
Street Fight Daily: Foursquare Coupons, Edo’s Real-Time Offers
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...
Edo Launches Real-Time Local Offers Platform, Tied To Your Bank Card (TechCrunch)…
Foursquare Joins the Coupon Craze (Wall Street Journal)…
Four Reasons Why Andreessen Horowitz Is Investing $10 Million in Belly (AllThingsD)…
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