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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 […]

Do Consumers Still Care About Amazon Prime Day? Street Fight

Do Consumers Still Care About Amazon Prime Day?

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The short answer is “yes.” And so do other retailers, who either take the Amazon Prime Day concept and make it their own or jump into the deal competition with brand-centric specials and massive ad spends Megan Thee Stallion is clearly into Amazon Prime Day. She’s this year’s spokesperson, hyping all the deals that will […]

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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.

How to Overcome Roadblocks in Your First-Party Data Roadmap

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What is holding brands back from developing robust first-party data strategies? Often, the roadblocks can be attributed to uncertainty, accessibility, and structure. While daunting, these are not insurmountable barriers.

The Challenge of Brand Alignment with Social Issues

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Increasingly, brands with high public visibility must articulate their positions on issues the public cares about while avoiding the appearance of exploiting public sentiment for purposes of self-promotion. And whether or not a formal statement makes sense on every issue, companies should be prepared for the day when a consumer comes to them to ask a question or offer feedback about a brand’s actions or values, perhaps in the form of a social post that is there for all to see.

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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?

5 Martech Trends That Will Define 2023

5 Martech Trends That Will Define 2023

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As the US follows in the EU’s footsteps, privacy regulations will only play a larger role in marketing in 2023. While the GDPR is still the strongest privacy regulation to date, we will see an increasing number of regulations in the U.S. The best marketers are agile and should be using the coming year to make preparations for the loss of third-party cookies. One thing is clear: decisions must be strategic, privacy-centric, and backed by data.

Study: Consumers Skittish on Spending in 2023

Study: Consumers Skittish on Spending in 2023

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Strong labor markets and a growth in wages have helped consumers maintain spending on discretionary items until now, but a new study released by the National Retail Federation and Affinity Solutions paints a less optimistic picture of the year ahead.

Catalina Collaborates on In-Store Promotions with Kroger’s 84.51° Labs

Catalina Collaborates on In-Store Promotions with Kroger’s 84.51° Labs

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The shopper intelligence firm Catalina and Kroger’s retail data and analytics unit, 84.51°, are collaborating on a solution that will deliver Kroger’s digital promotional offers to customers who shop exclusively in-store.

Agencies Are Embracing ChatGPT. Is That a Mistake?

Agencies Are Embracing ChatGPT. Is That a Mistake?

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In SEO expert Andrew Shotland’s view, most agencies aren’t saving as much time using AI to develop creative content as they might think. Tools like ChatGPT are fast, but they aren’t particularly accurate. That’s a major problem, especially for agencies trying to create hundreds or thousands of local pages for national brand clients.

How Brands Can Use Apple Business Connect to Reach Local Customers

How Brands Can Use Apple Business Connect to Reach Local Customers

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With access to Apple Maps Insights, multi-location brands should have a much better sense of which locations are performing well, which ones need attention, and how performance is trending over time.

Super Bowl LVII Ad Landscape Shaped By Economic Uncertainty

Super Bowl LVII Ad Landscape Shaped By Economic Uncertainty

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With so much economic uncertainty in 2023 — including mounting layoffs at tech giants like Microsoft and Google — Sol Marketing CEO Deb Gabor believes advertisers may choose to focus on promoting small-ticket items during this year’s game, like snack foods and beverages, while brands selling big-ticket items are largely out. 

Why It Matters that Home Depot Reportedly Gave Meta Shopper Data Without Consent

Why It Matters that Home Depot Reportedly Gave Meta Shopper Data Without Consent

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The Home Depot-Meta incident imparts a broader lesson about the limitations of basing a data privacy strategy on the collection of first- or zero-party data.