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Understanding Facebook’s Place as a Small Business Marketing Vehicle

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“While [Facebook is] not yet anywhere near Google’s ability to generate leads, I have, over the past 6 months, started to see them surpassing Yelp in driving local key performance indicators on the pre-sale side,” Mike Blumenthal tells David Mihm.

Street Fight Daily: Publishers Grapple with Google’s Algorithm, Facebook Builds Up SMB Marketing

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Publishers Renew Focus on Search Optimization — and Find New Tricks… Hotels, Feeling the Pinch of AirBnB, Promote Local Experiences… Instagram CEO on Stories: Don’t Call It a Copycat…

Openings and New Hires at Facebook, Alphabet, and RingPartner

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Every two weeks, Geoff Michener covers some of the latest job changes taking place in this dynamic industry. This week’s edition includes moves and new openings at Womply, Airbnb, and AdRoll.

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PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Amex, Pressly

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In this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan look at Twitter’s partnership with Amex on sponsored local tweets; mobile apps for civil engagement; the Sony XPERIA awesomeness that was their “Defy the Darkness” campaign; and Glamour’s Shoppable Wall. Plus special guest Jeff Brenner, CEO of Pressly…

Street Fight Daily: 02.24.12

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

The Holy Grail of Rich Location Data Made Easy by Geoloqi (ReadWriteWeb)…

The Newsonomics of Hyperlocal’s Next Round: Patch, Digital First, and More (Nieman Lab)…

9 Ways B2Bs Can Excel With Location-Based Social Media (LunaMetrics)…

Hyperlocals Diverge on How to Mine Rich Lode of Digital Ads

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Even though digital advertising is estimated to grow 40% by 2015, according to Pew, the research center said few major sites were capturing any share of this new cornucopia. If that’s the story with bigger sites, what, I wondered, was happening among the more than 3,000 hyperlocal news sites, which, by my estimate, reach 25 million people — a big chunk of the consumer market that advertisers covet…

Case Study: Boston Salon Uses Privy For Targeted Deals

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At Pure Hair Design in Boston, co-owner Jenny Kisiel says twentysomethings, her target market, have come to expect huge bargains, thanks to daily deals. In an effort to attract this market while retaining strong sales margins, she has turned to Privy, a hyperlocal deal platform that businesses can use to create customized promotions that run on […]

Street Fight Daily: 02.23.12

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

Yelp: From Scrappy Startup to $100 Million IPO (Mashable)…

In Digital Shift, Ad Dollars ‘Evaporate’ (ScreenWerk)…

Loyalty Apps Get Real Results: Five to Watch (PC World)…

California Requires App Makers to Post Privacy Policies

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The California Attorney General’s office has struck a deal with Apple, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Research in Motion in which the companies will require mobile app developers to post privacy policies. This means that many hyperlocal apps that use location data may be required to provide privacy information.

Lessons for Local Merchants in Hyperlocal Marketing White Paper

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In “The Local Merchant” white paper, we talked to dozens of business owners to find out how they are using new hyperlocal channels such as daily deals, location-based services and hyperlocal sites to bring in new business at little or no cost — and turn them into lasting customers. The most successful strategies take these opportunities at more than face value, customizing them to suit their own business needs.

When Tools Become Channels: Rethinking Local Promotion Distribution

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Promotional commerce between small businesses and local consumers is undergoing a massive reconstruction. In the process, media channels are being forced to proactively adapt or wither into irrelevance. Media channels no longer enjoy the spoils of having critical mass in consumer reach and limited competition…

What Non-Profit News Orgs Can Learn From Yelp

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From the get-go, Yelp was 100% citizen journalism, for better or for worse. There were editors, sure, but professional journalists were not tasked with generating content. The crowd was left to self-organize and submit copy. Imagine, if you can for a minute, a Chicago News Cooperative founded completely on the citizen journalism ethos. No professional reporters. Only editors and guides. The trajectory could be quite interesting…

Street Fight Daily: 02.22.12

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

Don’t Shoot The Messenger Over User Content, Courts Confirm (PaidContent)…

Highlight: A Socially Acceptable Way to Stalk People Around You (Business Insider)…

Jumptap, PlaceIQ Team to Boost M-Commerce (Mediapost)…