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SMB Index: Local Stocks Climbed in April, Closing With a Strong Rally
This new monthly feature from SurePath Capital Partners looks at the relative optimism about a range of public companies working with SMB clients. In April 2017 the SCP SMB Index climbed 4.9% after a strong rally to close off the month.
Late-Blooming Entrepreneur Beats Community News Jinx in Metro D.C.
Bethesda Beat founder Steve Hull talks with Street Fight about why he wasn’t content to coast after the early success of his Bethesda Magazine and decided to see if he could make it in the faster-paced – and riskier – space of digital community news.
Street Fight Daily: Voice-Enabled Speaker Usage to Grow 130% in 2017, TripAdvisor Partners With GrubHub
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Voice-Enabled Speaker Usage to Grow Nearly 130% This Year… TripAdvisor Embraces Online Food Delivery with GrubHub Integration… As IPOs Pick Up, Big Startups Hold Out…
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Local Data DJs Can Spin Their Own Around Locationary’s ‘Saturn’
Locationary is now unveiling Saturn, its shiny new beta product referred to as a “Federated Data Exchange Platform.” I queried Ritchie recently about what the system can do, and how location-based startups can use it. Things get a little wonky here, but bear with us — Ritchie’s new release might actually have something for everyone…
Street Fight Daily: 11.16.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Foursquare’s Website Just Got a Lot More Useful (ReadWriteWeb)…
Despite Groupon’s Big IPO Pop, Most Flippers Lost Money (Business Insider)…
The Environmental Upside of Hyperlocal E-Commerce
Operators of hyperlocal e-commerce platforms provide small businesses an online distribution channel so consumers can shop locally and reduce the carbon footprint of what they consume…
The Guardian’s n0tice Launches to the Public
The Guardian Media Group has publicly launched its newest endeavor in the world of open platform media, n0tice. Access to the community publishing platform, which has been in an invite-only beta since mid-October, is live, but community participation — i.e. posting to the network — will remain limited to select users for the time being, project lead and director of digital strategy at GMG Matt McAlister told Street Fight on Monday…
Case Study: How One Agency Helps National Brands Go Hyperlocal
It’s Ron Blevins’ goal to help agencies help brands navigate the world of hyperlocal media. As the vice president of digital strategy for Novus, an ad agency owned by conglomerate Omnicom that is focused solely on the local space, he has seen brands move from newspapers to hyperlocal sites, where they are finding more trust and loyalty — in some cases a 20% increase in ROI over national sites…
Pending IP Laws Could Squeeze Hyperlocal News Sites
Two new bills in Congress designed to combat rogue sites selling counterfeit goods or distributing copyright-infringing content (like movies) may put a squeeze on hyperlocal news sites, strangle innovation, and impede free speech and investment in start-ups, according to experts at Stanford University and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
IAC’s Crowded Room: From ‘Check-in’ to ‘Might Go’
The new app aims to connect like-minded users based on the places they frequent, as well as the places and events that they “might go” to in the near future. As users check in to places and indicate where they’re thinking of going, the app matches them up with others nearby who could be compatible based on their own location habits and the information on their Facebook profiles.
Street Fight Daily: 11.14.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
25% of American Adults Use Location-Based Services (ReadWriteWeb)… Journal Register’s John Paton: Newspapers’ Digital Apostle (New York Times)…
Oink: A Help to Yelp?
With Oink (“Rate the Adventure”), Digg founder Kevin Rose has chosen to address a glaring problem in the existing world of online (and offline ratings). Namely, what do I buy when I’m there? Or what do I do? Or what should I try? The idea is, with this nifty mobile app, Oink users can give a thumbs up or a thumbs down to anything at all.
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