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SMB Index: Local Stocks Up 5.4% in May

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The SCP SMB Index climbed 5.4% in May. The Nasdaq was up 2.6%, while the S&P 500 was up 1%, and Dow Jones was flat, gaining 0.2%. Four of the top five constituents in the index continued to experience stock price gains after April, which saw all five companies gain in value.

Raise Report: DemandBase, G2 Crowd, People.ai Score New Funding

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Every two weeks, we round up some of the biggest fundraises taking place in hyperlocal marketing, commerce, and tech. This week’s edition includes funding for Frichti, Bulletin, StreamSets, and Julie Desk.

Street Fight Daily: Apple Manufacturing ‘Smart Home’ Speaker, Blue Apron Files for IPO

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… For Smart Home Speakers, a Possible New Competitor… Blue Apron Delivers $100 Million IPO Filing… Uber Says It Just Noticed Error on Pay, But It Was No Secret…

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Consumer Privacy in Focus as Regulators Zero in on Mobile

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Jules Polonetsky, co-chair of the Future of Privacy Forum, says that policy makers should not confuse their desire to protect consumers with legitimate passive use of smartphone data to provide core mobile services. Those functions include using tower triangulation to locate the device in order to provide the strongest signal, ensure critical mission flows, or help users find wifi connections…

Conference Notebook: Sales More Important Than Ever for Local

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Sales force optimization doesn’t tend to draw big crowds. But it’s arguably the most pressing issue facing legacy local media’s slow but accelerating shift into the digital space — and the issue is potentially paramount to the future profitability of the hyperlocal space…

Street Fight Daily: Groupon Buys FeeFighters, Howard Owens on Paywalls

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...

Groupon Acquires FeeFighters, the BillShrink for Business Services (TechCrunch)…

Paywalls Create Opportunities for Local News Entrepreneurs (howardowens.com)…

You Say ‘SoLoMo,’ I Say, ‘I Hate My Life’ (TechCrunch)…

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — PayPal, WirelessWerx

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In this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan discuss Kevin Rose’s flight to Google, PayPal’s response to Square with a triangle, Amex and Twitter saved $1.7 Million at McDonald’s, the state of the local mobile transaction scene, and special guest Patrick Blattner, Chief Product Office at WirelessWerx…

5 Ways Hyperlocal News Sites Can Use Social Media to Drive Engagement

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Social media is a powerful and necessary tool for hyperlocal publications to engage with their readers and promote their work. In small communities, it can be a vital conduit to reach local people, build traffic, and provide value for advertisers. Here are five tips from hyperlocal publishers on how to increase a site’s social media presence…

Case Study: Sunnyvale Bistro Re-Targets Customers With Fanminder

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How much is a new customer worth? At Rok Bistro in Sunnyvale, Calif., owner Steve Wright decided the customers he was getting with Groupon offers and old media advertisements weren’t worth the amount he was spending. Instead, he’s decided to re-targeting existing customers using a self-service platform called Fanminder…

Street Fight Daily: Groupon Reserve, Yellow Pages, New CityGrid CEO

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...

Expansion of Groupon Reserve Continues (Time)…

The Golden Allure of the Yellow Pages (BusinessWeek)…

CityGrid Media Announces Jason Finger as New CEO (Local Onliner)…

Unpacking the Twisted Thinking of Small Business Self-Service Online

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Feeling “in control” is the most central need with merchant behavior. How can they feel in control of how they drive results with technology; how do they know if they are out-performing competition; and how do they know if customers are satisfied?

Geo-Location Across Cultures: How Language Defines Place

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At Where 2012, Ibidon chief executive Robert Munro will examine differences in how people express place, distance, and space among the world’s 5,000-plus languages. These are differences that location-aware app designers will have to pay attention to as the world’s data becomes less and less predominantly English…

Conference Notebook: Online Local Market Share to Hit 22% in 2013

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After a decade of upheaval, local online advertising revenue is set to exceed local newspaper dollars in 2013. Speaking to a crowd at the Local Online Advertising Conference in New York Wednesday, Gordon Borrell, CEO of Borrell Associates, said that local online advertising’s market share is set to increase to 22% in 2013, exceeding local newspapers revenue by two points.