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Street Fight Daily: Instagram Beats Facebook for Brands, Twitter Aims to Jumpstart Ad Strategy
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Instagram Gives Brands and Celebrities Up to 400% More Engagement than Facebook… Twitter Hires AdTech Veteran Bruce Falck to Rejuvenate Advertising Tools… Identifying Mobile Shoppers is a Top Priority for 70% of Retailers…
After Fits and Starts, Collaborative News Is Finally Making Headlines
For years, there’s been a lot of earnest talk about digital news sites collaborating to produce editorial content that had more value for users — and to help the collaborators make their often-precarious operations sustainable. But the talk produced as many fits as starts. That’s changing, and for the better.
Street Fight Daily: Updates from Google I/O, Walmart’s Online Sales Jump Sharply
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… I/O 2017: Everything Coming to Google Assistant… Following Jet Acquisition, Walmart’s Online Sales Soar as It Pursues Amazon… Twitter’s New Privacy Tools Let Users Control How Advertisers Target Them…
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Street Fight Daily: 02.29.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Dennis Crowley: Every Map Should Have Foursquare Dots on It (Mashable)…
Hyperlocal News Sites Stay Away From Election Endorsements (OJR)…
Groupon Acquires Travel Search Company Uptake (AllThingsD)…
Seamless Rolls Out iPad App, Offers Glimpse into New Strategy
Delivery and takeout service Seamless is rolling out its first iPad app this morning, rounding off an eight-month rebranding process after food-service giant Aramark sold its majority stake in the company to Spectrum Equity Investors for $50 million in June. The application is a debut of sorts for Seamless’ revamped strategy, which aims to position the service farther up the purchase funnel…
Street Fight Daily: 02.28.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Groupon Reports Mobile App Growth, International Expansion Plans (Mashable)…
How This Month’s Google Search Changes Affect Local Businesses (ReadWriteWeb)…
Will an App for Broadcasting Our Future Locations Really Work? (Shiny Shiny)…
Street Fight Daily: 02.27.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
3 Things Retailers Can Learn from Mom and Pop Facebook Stores (Mashable)…
Print is Dead! Long Live Print? (TechCrunch)…
Patch: We’re nothing like Main Street Connect (Jim Romenesko)…
Local Quotables: Mason, Sheetz, Evans and more
The best words about and around the hyperlocal industry.
Andrew Mason realizes Groupon has fallen short with its social media presence; Ashley Sheetz from Gamestop explains why she backed out of Facebook’s failing virtual market; Perry Evans discusses the changing relationship between local businesses and consumers; and more.
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