BIA/Kelsey's Charles Laughlin moderated a fascinating panel this morning featuring four CEOs from the interactive local media space. Laughlin was joined by Kimberli Lewis, CEO, Mediatel (Czech Republic); Scott Pomeroy, CEO of Berry, a Local Insight Media company; Mat Stover,…
This morning at the Yellow Pages Association 2010 conference, association President Neg Norton presented a lifetime achievement award to John Kelsey, founder of The Kelsey Group, now BIA/Kelsey. John founded The Kelsey Group in 1986 with his wife Pam Kelsey,…
Groupon has added $135 million to its war chest, and now has raised a total of $165 million to fend off competitors in the deal-a-day space it has pioneered. The investment gives Groupon a valuation in excess of $1 billion.…
The Dutch-based online video player Spotzer has taken what is has learned about efficient process management in video product and is applying it to the high volume production of Web sites. Spotzer, which is part owned by European Directories, is…
Today is Foursquare day (4/16 is four squared). The movement started with a Florida optometrist to celebrate with meetups and merchant offers in cities that include Miami, San Diego, New Orleans, Portland and London. Interesting how a user phenomenon --…
Next Tuesday I will be leading a workshop at the Yellow Pages Association meeting in Las Vegas that I've ambitiously titled, "Built to Last: the New Yellow Pages Organization." The idea is to develop some understanding of how industry organizations…
Next Tuesday I will be leading a workshop at the Yellow Pages Association meeting in Las Vegas that I've ambitiously titled, "Built to Last: the New Yellow Pages Organization." The idea is to develop some understanding of how industry organizations…
Today Charles Laughlin and I had the chance to talk to European Directories’ group vice president of mobile, Carey Bunks. He was more forthright than most when it came to mobile monetization strategies and real numbers. Specifically, EDSA is generating…
There was a time when it looked like eBay would replace garage sales -- or the Goodwill box. But putting things up for sale was probably too much work. In fact, garage sale postings in 2009 were up 80 percent…
There was a time when it looked like eBay would replace garage sales -- or the Goodwill box. But putting things up for sale was probably too much work. In fact, garage sale postings in 2009 were up 80 percent…
At today's Chirp event in San Francisco, Twitter's prevailing message was growing revenues and resources applied to running a tighter ship. This includes communication and support for the legions of third-party developers building Twitter products. As it's been a hot…
Daily deals are one of the hottest new areas for local advertising and promotions, with Groupon, Living Social and more than 150 other players rolling out their own versions. At least two companies, Click-N-Shout and Deal Current, are targeting local…
Daily deals are one of the hottest new areas for local advertising and promotions, with Groupon, Living Social and more than 150 other players rolling out their own versions. At least two companies, Click-N-Shout and Deal Current, are targeting local…
As reported in The New York Times and elsewhere, Twitter has taken a big step toward more substantial monetization with a new "Promoted Tweets" program. It's essentially a form of search marketing, where sponsored tweets will take the top spot…
One of the recommendations we have been supporting and talking about over the past year is the need to look at the print directory differently. For the past 100-plus years, the directory has been viewed as a distribution media vehicle…
Today brings two meaningful announcements in the answers space from SuperMedia and MerchantCircle. Answers is an area that seems to be getting more attention as a way for local merchants to differentiate themselves online and for local online media sites…
Directory publisher SuperMedia has appointed Sandra Crawford Williamson as the company's new EVP and chief marketing officer. She recently ran her own brand and sales strategy consultancy, and previously was COO of True.com, a relationship site. She has also had…
I like the “For Dummies” series a lot -- more than 1,700 different Dummies books have been published since 1991. But it never occurred to me that there could be a volume geared toward local online advertising. It occurred to…
A new word cloud generator is on the scene (via TechCrunch) called Tagxedo. Word clouds were all the rage a couple of years ago as one of the iconic symbols of Web 2.0. blogs and social bookmarking tools everywhere were…
As reported this morning here and everywhere else in the world, Apple's anticipated iAd program was given a name and a face. First, this is big. It's a bold but logical platform for building, distributing and displaying mobile ads. Its…
