We've been thinking for a long time about having a mobile-centric event that wouldn't get lost in all the converging agendas of our mega Interactive Local Media conferences. That's what we'll do June 27 at our Mobile Local Media event…
Before there were Meetups, Great Courses, TakeLessons.com and online dating services, The Learning Annex held sway. Launched 30 years ago in New York City, The Learning Annex provided classes on everything under the sun, and a way to meet people.…
The growing viewership of video content on mobile devices and online has not reduced consumers' television viewing habits, according to two tests conducted by Arbitron and comScore from single source data. The primary goal of the Coalition for Innovative Media…
Amazon doesn't usually speak at industry gatherings. But that was before it needed to reach out to the advertising community to sell display ads on its sites, ads on Kindle, national and local offers on Kindle, and extend its promotional…
Our good friend and upcoming MLM SF speaker Tobias Dengel was featured on CNBC earlier this week, outside of Apple's WWDC conference. The CEO of WillowTree Apps was interviewed for his predictions on what Apple would announce. He was right…
Not to be cynical about it, but charity has always been great for business. "Charitable marketing," or "altruistic marketing," has been embraced by many of the leading brands, from McDonald's and Ben & Jerry's to the National Football League. It…
Constant Contact has made a really big bet on presence management with the acquisition today of SinglePlatform, a provider of a one-stop "write once, read everywhere" presence management network that provides parsed searching capabilities and services for 600,000 SMBs, including…
So where should a European local media company place its bets when looking across the spectrum of opportunities in social media, mobile and local online commerce? BIA/Kelsey announced today that it has joined forces with the European Association of Search…
Over at Street Fight, my monthly column explores how mobile ads -- despite lots of excitement and media attention -- are still undervalued in terms of ad rates. This is good for advertisers that want to experiment at early stages…
Mobile local promotion and wallet services that marry offers to linked credit card accounts and track usage are proliferating. A partial roster of players includes Plum Rewards, MyFavEats, RewardLoop, AirPay and PunchCard. They're all fighting for a share of smartphone…
The widely anticipated Foursquare redesign went live today (late last night) with some nice enhancements and feature upgrades. It's important to note, however, that there isn't much new functionality. This isn't the pivot some people are making it out to…
Elevation Partners' Roger McNamee -- friend of Bono's, the lead in the failed resurrection of Palm and a winner in the Facebook IPO to the tune of $1.5 billion -- is known as a contrarian thinker. He did not disappoint…
Loyalty and engagement programs are now flooding the local ecosystem. They see themselves as the next step up from daily deals. At the same time, they hope to be more effective than "buy 10 get one free punch cards," according…
Google Offers has just celebrated its first anniversary and now has a presence in 40 markets, says Group Products Manager Nitin Mangtini, who was speaking Tuesday at the Street Fight Summit West conference in San Francisco. Mangtini, who also spoke…
American Eagle Outfitters becomes the latest partner to launch Shopkick nationwide, including its Aerie locations, starting today. The announcement comes on the heels of Target's national rollout that we reported here. American Eagle Outfitters and Aerie shoppers will earn "kicks"…
Yellow Medya, Turkey's Yellow Pages publisher, announced a new partnership agreement today with TomTom Places. The Yellow Pages publisher will serve as the business listing and content provider to the navigation products supplier. In addition, Yellow Medya will serve as…
I'm at Street Fight Summit West today and moderating a panel later on how "big data" and local media are coming together. Meanwhile Peter Krasilovsky and I are working the room and pulling out whatever learnings we can from sessions.…
Repair.com launched its online repair scheduling tool today which allows potential customers to view and compare open appointments using data from its parent site, National Electronics Warranty, LLC. The new venture is an extension of its parent site that provides…
Over the past day and a half, there's been lots of talk about Google's new Google+ Local, effectively fusing its flagship social and local products (and ditching what was Google Places). Peter Krasilovsky has a good writeup earlier about how…
Zagat is Google's great equalizer against Yelp. Google has now demonstrated why it paid $151 million for Zagat last September by including Zagat, which formerly cost $4.95 a month (or $24.95 per year), as part of its new rollout of…
