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Street Fight Daily: Uber Fires Self-Driving Car Architect, Google Tests Personalized Search

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Uber Fires Former Google Engineer at Heart of Self-Driving Dispute… Google Tests Personalized Search, Likely a Future Ad Targeting Weapon… How to Differentiate Among the Many Marketing Automation Companies…

Foursquare Extends Industry Reach With New Reddit Partnership

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Foursquare is announcing a new partnership with Reddit this morning, as the location technology firm looks to expand its reach within the social technology space. With Foursquare on board, Reddit users will now have the option of adding their real-time location to any mobile post.

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.

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7 Customer Loyalty Options for Merchants and Brands

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These hyperlocal solutions provide all the benefits of traditional loyalty programs, without requiring local merchants to handle the management and configuration of complicated systems. Rather than relying on punch cards and key-fobs, most of these programs almost universally rely on a device that 44% of Americans have already — the smartphone. Here are seven examples of platforms that can help businesses improve customer retention and promote loyalty.

Street Fight Daily: 02.21.12

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

Google Launches a Leaderboard for Check-Ins, But Foursquare Has Been Here Before (BetaBeat)…

A Customer Loyalty Program (From Some of the Folks Who Brought You Groupon) (New York Times)…

Supporting Profitable News (BuzzMachine)…

The Legal Implications of Turning Advertisers Into Content Makers

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“Advertising is content — the only new content that really matters,” consultant Terry Heaton declared in a recent blog post. Incorporating content created by local merchants, perhaps in the form of advertorials or “guest columnists,” however, can be a fraught process…

Street Fight Daily: 02.20.12

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

Groupon Buys Hyperpublic, a Local Data Start-Up (New York Times)…

What Yelp’s IPO Means About the Future of Crowdsourced Media (GigaOm)…

Why LivingSocial Lost $558 Million Last Year (Business Insider)…

The 2012 Election Goes Hyperlocal With Targeted Online Ad Buys

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Online advertising for the 2012 election is all about “addressability,” says Jordan Lieberman, managing director of Campaign Grid, which bills itself as “the online advertising platform for campaigns and causes.” Street Fight spoke with Lieberman about what kinds of online ad buys we can expect to see from the parties in the coming months…

Local Quotables: Rafer, Duggan, Pincus and more

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The best words about and around the hyperlocal industry.

Lumatic’s Scott Rafer wants to revolutionize mobile map-technology; Kris Duggan of Badgevile critiques Foursquare’s signature “mayor” status as driving away users; Pincus wants to bring “play” into the mainstream; and more:

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Klout, Syzzle.me

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n this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan highlight British Petroleum’s innovative use of Navteq to drive (literally) gas sales; Dwolla closes cash; and Groupon makes a buy. Scott Rankine also talks up the yet-to-be released Syzzle.me…

Street Fight Daily: 02.17.12

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

Yelp Expects Its IPO to Price at $12 to $14 Per Share (New York Times)…

Glassmap and Highlight Take on the Next Frontier of Location Sharing: Doing It All the Time (AllThingsD)…

Mason: Groupon To Begin Offering Deal Personalization Abroad Later This Quarter (TechCrunch)…

LevelUp Expands to 4 More Cities, Doubling Footprint

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The mobile payment and loyalty app launched in four new markets today, expanding significantly a little over three months after leaving Beta. The app, a sibling of location-based social discovery app SCVNGR, is now available in Seattle, San Diego, Chicago, and Atlanta, in addition to its launch markets of Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and San Fransisco…

For Growing Hyperlocals, Investing in Better Tech May Beat Staffing Up

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Technology that exploits social media can lead to better content and more engaged users, and can open the way to new advertisers and sponsorship. It is also less expensive than hiring new reporters and editors to bolster your lineup…