Street Fight Daily: Facebook Boosts Brick-and-Mortar, Native Google Assistant Integration Coming to Autos
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Facebook Rolls Out a New “Order Food” Option in its Main Navigation… Google Will Integrate Assistant Directly into Next-Gen Cars… Pittsburgh Welcomed Uber’s Driverless Car Experiment. Not Anymore…
Street Fight Daily: Can Walmart Compete with Amazon?, Uber Slapped with Federal Inquiry
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Can Walmart’s Expensive New E-Commerce Operation Compete with Amazon?… Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Avoid Authorities… Mark Zuckerberg Is Still in No Hurry to Monetize Facebook Messenger…
Street Fight Daily: Snap Launches New Ad Buying Tools, Facebook’s Mobile Bump Evens Out
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Snapchat Is Opening Itself Up to Advertisers of All Sizes with New Buying Tools… Facebook’s Days of Easy Growth from the Shift to Mobile May Be Over… Consumers Can Stomach Ads in News Feeds, Research Shows…
How Retailers Can Use Social Media for Better Customer Support
A new survey by the marketing agency Rational Interaction found that 92.5% of brands are failing to meet their customers’ social customer care expectations. Here are seven strategies for how brands and retailers can offer better customer support across all the social channels that their customers use.
Street Fight Daily: Pinterest Targets SMB Advertisers, Retale Offers Attribution Guarantee
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Pinterest Targets Small Business Advertisers in Push to Diversify Revenue… Retale Offers In-Store Foot Traffic Guarantee On In-App Inventory… Snapchat’s Pitch to Small Brands and Businesses: Self-Serve Sponsored Geofilters …
Street Fight Daily: Instagram to Add Data and Direct Booking, Uber Rides in U.S. Hit All-Time High
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Instagram Grows to 1 Million Active Advertisers, Plans to Add More Data and Direct Booking… Uber Says It Just Had Its Best U.S. Week Ever Despite Controversies… The Texas Tribune is Using a Facebook Messenger Bot to Reach New Audiences…
Street Fight Daily: How Brands Leverage Snapchat Spectacles, Mobile App Installs Drop Sharply
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… How 5 Brands, Including GrubHub and Hyatt, Are Using Snapchat Spectacles… Mobile Boom Stalls, with Double-Digital Decline in App Installs… What Makes People Buy from a Brand They Follow on Social Media?…
7 Fresh Ways SMBs Are Using Social Media for Marketing
In order for business owners to maximize the impact of their expanded social media budgets, they need to think outside the box and try new tactics for reaching consumers online. Here are seven examples of fresh new ways that small and mid-size businesses can use social media for marketing in 2017.
Street Fight Daily: MarTech Space Headed for Consolidation, Snap’s Advertising Potential
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Marketing Technology Likely to See Widespread Consolidation in 2017… Snapchat’s Ad Platform is Growing Quickly, But Will It Ever Reach Facebook’s Heights?… Google Parent Alphabet Finds New Growth Beyond Search…
Street Fight Daily: Social Platforms Bring Pubs Limited Cash, GM Enables In-Car Data with New SDK
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Deals with Facebook and Snapchat Are Popular, But They’re Not Big Money-Makers… GM’s New SDK for In-Car Infotainment Apps Offers Access to Nearly 400 Data Points… For Retail, the Next Big Tech-Driven Shakeup is Organizational…
