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Freckle IoT Inks Global Partnership with Cisco
Freckle IoT has announced a global partnership with Cisco, allowing the in-store attribution vendor to leverage Cisco’s Meraki access points and more efficiently tie brand advertising campaigns to offline visits on a global scale. As part of the new partnership, Freckle will be a member of Cisco’s Solution Partner Program.
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Case Study: Charlottesville Cafe Increases Customer Frequency With Cardagin
At Calvino Cafe in Charlottesville, Virginia, owner Katie Kroloff was already looking for a marketing program that provided trackable results when a salesperson from Cardagin Networks walked through her door. The loyalty platform provided many of the same benefits as the punch card system she had been using, but with fewer headaches and better rewards…
Street Fight Daily: Yell Buys Moonfruit, Groupon Opens Seattle Office
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...
Can Yell Turn Online Around With Self-Serve Marketing? (PaidContent)…
Groupon Hires Amazonian as VP of Engineering, Opens Seattle Office (AllThingsD)…
Study: Want High Engagement on Facebook? Offer Coupons (Mashable)…
Will Retargeting Destroy Hyperlocal Chain Models?
Ad retargeting damages the economics of hyperlocal networks hoping to make any real ad revenues selling to larger buyers. These same buyers can – and increasingly do – use retargeting to get the same Internet users at a fraction of the cost. This is another example of how hyperlocal actually scales down better than it scales up…
How Location-Based Services Are Reinventing Radio
Local radio offers an ideal platform for the delivery of location-based services. Many digital radio technologies are already being used to collect information about users and disseminate target ads. Radio has reached a turning point according to Pandora founder Tim Westergren: “At the core of that transformation is personalization.”
Street Fight Daily: ‘Local Consumer,’ Curley Leaves Las Vegas Sun
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...
After Strong Quarter, Groupon Starts Looking Like a Deal Again (AllThingsD)…
Rob Curley Leaves Las Vegas Sun (Poynter)…
Understand the ‘Local Consumer,’ and You’ll Understand How to Serve SMBs (VentureBeat)…
Factual Adds Context to Location With New API
Factual has added deeper analytics to its compendium of location data services with the release of its new Geopulse API this morning. The API enables developers to retrieve contextual information — commercial profiles and density scores as well as demographic indicators like age, gender, and median income — for a given location across Factual’s 50-country reach.
5 Tools Hyperlocal Publishers Can Use to Improve Online Ad Sales
Salespeople from hyperlocal publications are increasingly turning to turnkey ad platforms in an effort to simplify the process of selling and creating display ads for small business owners. Here are five platforms that publishers are using to streamline the sales process when working with small business advertisers.
Street Fight Daily: Groupon Revenues Up, AmEx App Serves Deals
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...
Sharp Revenue Increase for Groupon Gives Stock a Boost (Chicago Tribune)…
AmEx App to Blast Daily Deals Based on Your Payment History (Mashable)…
With Smartphone-Assisted Shopping, How You Shop Depends On Where You Shop (TechCrunch)…
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