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Crant Ink Lantern Boosts Engagement for Brands Street Fight

Crant’s Ink Lantern Boosts Engagement for Brands

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Crant, an AI training and consulting platform, has launched Ink Lantern, an AI platform that enables tracking and understanding of “brand Love.” “We see ‘brand love’ as that deep, emotional bond people form with brands, kind of like how you feel about your favorite band or sports team,” said Alvaro Meléndez, Co-Founder & CEO of […]

A Chat With LaneTerralever (LT) Nick Dan-Bergman About Experiences Street Fight

Sneak Preview: A Chat With Nick Dan-Bergman About Experiences

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Nick Dan-Bergman is VP, Marketing & Insights at LaneTerralever (LT) and will be one of our featured speakers at Street Fight LIVE on November 7th at Meta’s Chicago headquarters.  This one-day summit will be an amazing interactive experience (in the tradition of Street Fight gatherings in years past). So, we picked Nick to feature this week because his […]

The C in C-Stores Also Means Consolidation Street Fight

The C in C-Stores Also Means Consolidation

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C-stores (convenience stores) are huge within the MULO (multi-location) ecosystem. They include mega roadside complexes that have showers, EV chargers, food options, and (of course) restrooms. The size of these C-stores has expanded, and the brands now have bragging rights as they offer new services and bigger footprints. Check out this recent article. Corner delis […]

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3 Guidelines for Marketing in a Recession

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How can marketers overcome macroeconomic challenges and optimize spend to drive growth even during tough times? Here are three guidelines for marketers to follow.

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Cart Abandonment: How to Beat Online Shopping’s Hidden Enemy

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While it’s unrealistic to expect that your cart abandonment rate will ever be zero, there are still many factors that are in your control — which means you can improve it. So, I’ve put together a list of tips you can implement to get more of your customers to follow through with their purchases, as well as to avoid some of the most common mistakes.

Location-Based Marketing Association: Walmart Partners with Roku on Shoppable TV Ads

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers the Waymap app helping the visually impaired navigate public transit in D.C., Kiwibot rolling out a fleet of advertising robots in Peru, and Walmart partnering with Roku to stream shoppable TV ads. Plus, there’s a auest Interview with Nick Patrick, co-founder and CEO of Radar.

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What the Rise of Generative AI Means for Marketers

What the Rise of Generative AI Means for Marketers

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While these are still early days for OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, marketers have begun to pounce. From creative production and versioning to content generation and customer service, marketers are finding innovative ways to use AI chatbots to generate more reliable results for their clients.

Google's AI Chops and Local Search

Google’s AI Chops and Local Search

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ChatGPT celebrants have lauded it as a Google killer or questioned why Google wasn’t first to the generative AI phenomenon. But there’s a problem with that narrative: Google has been all over AI for years.

Lessons from the 2022 Holiday Shopping Season

Lessons from the 2022 Holiday Shopping Season

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As 2023 gets into full gear, we should look at the key trends and factors persisting and fueling growth into the next holiday season peak, which will arrive before we know it. Retailers and brands planning for upcoming quarters should remember these lessons from the 2022 holiday e-commerce shopping season:

6 AI-Based Voice Ordering Systems for Restaurants

6 AI-Based Voice Ordering Systems for Restaurants

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A growing number of restaurant chains are deploying AI ordering systems to streamline phone orders and digitize their off-premise business. 

As GoodRx Stumbles on Privacy, Competitors Pounce

As GoodRx Stumbles on Privacy, Competitors Pounce

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Seven years after the European Union got the ball rolling on consumer privacy by adopting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced its first-ever financial penalty for inappropriate data sharing practices by GoodRx.

How Marketers Can Use AI Right Now

How Marketers Can Use AI Right Now

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AI is generating more than ample marketing buzz, but it can be hard for marketers to separate real opportunities from the hype. Street Fight checked in with AI expert Ted Loofbourrow, CEO of ViralGains, to learn about how marketers can use AI right now.

What Amazon's Move into Clean Room Services Means for the Space

What Amazon’s Move into Clean Room Services Means for the Space

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Amazon recently announced it would sell clean rooms as a service, giving the privacy-safe data collaboration space a major new competitor. Street Fight checked in with Bob Walczak, CEO of MadTech Advisors, to get his take on what Amazon’s move means for the clean room space and the marketers and publishers who depend on it. 

4 Ways to Use ChatGPT for Local Marketing

4 Ways to Use ChatGPT for Local Marketing

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Digital agencies are embracing OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and so are local marketers. With its automation capabilities and natural language processing skills, ChatGPT has the potential to level the playing field for small and mid-size businesses as well as regional chains without agency support. 

6 Highly Effective Ways to Generate Trust in Your Ecommerce Site

6 Highly Effective Ways to Generate Trust in Your Ecommerce Site

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Here are six highly effective ways to use your ecommerce website to generate trust, even with first-time visitors. 

Yelp Provides Peek into Local Commerce Misinformation and Other Bad Practices

Yelp Provides Peek into Local Commerce Misinformation and Other Bad Practices

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Everyone tuned into local commerce knows that fraudulent local reviews are a problem. But how big is the problem, and what can marketers and platforms do to diminish it?