AI Powered Yext Social to Boost Brand Local Engagement
Yext has launched Yext Social, which it hopes will establish a new standard in AI-powered local engagement. The tool enables brands to manage local-customer engagement at scale globally. Using personalized content created using data insights, Yext Social connects with customers and manages their experiences and interactions, all on a single platform. Yext has thousands of […]
Yext Launches No-Code Page Builder to Power Localized Marketing
Yext this week made another power move by launching a no-code page builder. No-code websites may sound most relevant to SMBs, but they’ll also have huge implications for multi-location brands looking to stand up localized marketing websites across hundreds or thousands of locations without large marketing teams.
Location Weekly: GroundTruth and Yext Partner, Facebook Unveils Shops
In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association hosts Mike Peters, CMO, Optimizers, and Head of LBMA Sweden.
The team also covers GroundTruth and Yext announcing a new partnership, Reveal mobile releasing a free version of its Visit Local platform, and Facebook Shops launching in the U.S.
Street Fight Daily: Online Ad Prices Rise, How Digital Brands Can Mirror Amazon’s Holiday Success
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Online Ad Prices Rise As Industry Combats Counterfeit Inventory, a Good Sign for Publishers… What E-Commerce Brands Can Learn from Amazon for Holiday Domination… Publishers Scramble to Make Their Annual Sales Numbers…
With Yext Integration, ShopKeep Looks Beyond Payment Processing
More than 24,000 small businesses using an iPad-based point-of-sale system from ShopKeep now have access to online presence management tools from Yext, thanks to a new partnership between the two firms. The partnership raises the stakes in ShopKeep’s push to control a greater share of the SMB market.
Case Study: How a Newborn Photographer Uses CRM for Creative Remarketing
Heather Read isn’t just the lead photographer at her eponymous business in Chicago, Illinois, she’s also the head marketer, strategist, editor, and customer service representative. Like so many other small business owners, Read finds it difficult to launch the types of aggressive campaigns she needs to keep her business growing.
Yext Shares Up Sharply in Initial Day of Trading, Portending Well for Local
Yext’s shares jumped nearly 22% in the company’s initial day of trading, with the price rising as high as $14.25 per share before settling to $13.41 at close. The strong opening was a hopeful message from Wall Street for the local marketing industry, which has been looking to Yext’s IPO as a bellwether.
Street Fight Daily: Yext Set to Raise $115.5M in Today’s IPO, Snap Offers Brick-and-Mortar Attribution
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Yext is Set to Raise $115.5 Million in IPO After Final Pricing… Snap Advertisers Can Now See if Their Ads Increase Foot Traffic… Will it Blend? Oath Will Combine Disparate AOL-Yahoo Ad Tech Assets…
Street Fight Daily: Walmart Leverages Brick-and-Mortar to Win Online, Local Search Ranking Factors Rundown
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Walmart to Discount Some Online Orders When Picked Up At the Store… Just Released: 2017 Local Searching Ranking Factors Survey Results… Uber’s Head of Communications, Rachel Whetstone, is Leaving…
Street Fight Daily: Alexa Now Sets Up 2-Hour Deliveries, Walmart to Make More E-Commerce Acquisitions
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Amazon Extends Alexa’s Voice Shopping Smarts to Include 2-Hour Prime Now Deliveries… Walmart E-Commerce CEO Marc Lore Says the Company Will Make More Acquisitions… Yext Hits $124 Million in Revenues in 2016-2017…
Career Moves: Locality, Uberall, Duda, Yext, DevHub, Moz, Vcita and more
In Street Fight’s biweekly roundup of career moves, Kelly Benish looks at new faces at Uberall, Moz, Devhub , Wix and more, anniversaries at ReachDesk, Botify and beyond plus numerous opportunities at companies including TikTok, Snap and Seismic Locality announced the appointment of industry expert John Brohel as their new Chief Financial Officer. Brohel brings […]