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Street Fight Rolls Out Analyst Hours with Local Merchant Report

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The report—a key franchise for us—has regularly served as a guidepost for vendors seeking to expand their reach into this market. What’s been missing? A way to tie the data directly to a vendor’s business. So for the first time, we’re offering time with the report’s author, Street Fight director of research, David Card, to discuss the report’s findings directly.

Street Fight Daily: Twitter Launches 24/7 News Service with Bloomberg, Uber Boosts Data Privacy

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Twitter to Launch 24/7 News Streaming Service with Bloomberg… Uber Beefs Up Privacy Controls Amid Data Use Controversy… Now That It Knows Who’s Talking, Google Home Might Reach Its Potential…

Study: 55% of Mall Shoppers Would Shop at an Online Retailer’s Brick-and-Mortar Store

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Online retailers like Warby Parker and Bonobos have been experimenting for years with pop-up stores and actual brick-and-mortar locations. This phenomenon was the subject of a recent study conducted by ChargeItSpot, which provides cell phone charging stations for retailers and events.

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3 Ways to Reinvigorate Patch’s Business Model

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Although Patch.com is growing its reader base, the company still seems to be struggling with the traditional banner ad based business model. Here are a few new ways Patch can evolve its business and bring value to local merchants…

Case Study: A Michigan Yoga Studio’s Tips For Managing Deal Customers

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When Eric Paskel ran his first Groupon promotion in January 2011, he knew it was going to be big. What he hadn’t expected, however, was to get hit with 3,000 new clients by 11 a.m. on the day his deal premiered. In the year since then, the owner of Yoga Shelter has sold approximately 15,000 daily deal coupons. But no longer with Groupon…

Understanding the Location-Based Engagement Stack

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The “SoLoMo Manifesto” looks at how brands can use these new technologies and services to learn more about their customers at the local, regional, and global level than was ever possible before…

Street Fight Daily: 01.12.12

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

Appearing on 60 Minutes, Groupon’s Mason Says Being Founder Is an Edge (CBS News)…

Gilt Groupe CEO: Restructuring Rumors Overblown, IPO Still on Track (AllThingsD)…

Skyhook Brings Location-Based Services To the Kindle Fire (ReadWriteWeb)…

Geo-Location App Urgnt.ly Connects You With Nearby Service Providers

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The app, which launched this week in beta, finds qualified service workers “now and near,” connecting people in need with immediately available help. Urgnt.ly’s service providers provide not only provide their current location, they also indicate whether they are “checked in,” meaning that they are currently available to work…

Gray Lady Takes the Local: Inside the NYT’s Hyperlocal Efforts

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Mary Ann Giordano, an editor who oversaw the Times’ recent forays into hyperlocal, talks with Street Fight about her new project SchoolBook, her hopes for Patch, and why the Times is in the hyperlocal game “from a distance.”

Verve Wireless CMO: Making Mobile Content Profitable

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Verve Wireless serves up one of the largest local mobile ad networks and offers a mobile publishing platform as well. Street Fight caught up with the San Diego-based company’s chief marketing officer Greg Hallinan to discuss how local content can be monetized on mobile and the future of the mobile ad stack…

Street Fight Daily: 01.11.12

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

Will Groupon’s Deal With Deutsche Telekom Be A Winning Template For Growth? (PaidContent)…

Rumor: Layoffs and Restructuring at Gilt Groupe as New Verticals Fail to Deliver Growth (BetaBeat)…

Will Patch’s Fate Foretell the Future of Local Online News? Hardly (Knight Digital Media Center)…

Patch Triples Traffic Year-Over-Year, Claims Growth Across Network ‘Consistent’

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According to ComScore data, the company became the fourth-largest network of local sites in December, trailing only Yelp, CityGrid and Yahoo! Local. Patch also reports that its traffic grew 5% in December, to total of 9.9 million UVs versus 9.5 million UVs in November…

6 CRM Tools for Better Daily Deal Customer Retention

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Merchants who go into their promotions with systems in place to manage and track the influx of new customers report significantly higher levels of satisfaction. Here are six popular CRM tools that can help track redemptions, collect email addresses, analyze revenue data, and drive repeat sales long after their promotions have ended.