No one media organization has completely solved the challenge of traditional to digital sales transformation -- but there is an emerging set of common traits and best practices. On Tuesday, we presented some of these elements on a Local…
The idea that everything is local came through in this morning's session, "Buy Side, Sell Side: Top Insights from Yelp and U-Haul" featuring two speakers sharing insights from opposite ends of the media purchase. Elnora Cunningham, Director, Local Search, U-Haul…
The idea that everything is local came through in this morning's session, "Buy Side, Sell Side: Top Insights from Yelp and U-Haul" featuring two speakers sharing insights from opposite ends of the media purchase. Elnora Cunningham, Director, Local Search, U-Haul…
Following yesterday's talk from Living Social's Mitch Spolan, this morning at Leading in Local: The National Impact, The Weather Co.'s Curt Hecht offered another primer on applying creativity to national to local marketing and advertising. Hecht is an ad…
The convergence of 'local-local' and 'national-local' was in full swing on Day 1 of BIA/Kelsey's Leading in Local: The National Impact conference yesterday in Atlanta. AAA, Aflac, AutoTrader, Balihoo, Living Social, Fourquare, LocalVox, Two Men and a Truck, Yodle, YP…
Eyeview and G/O Digital have brought a personalized and hyperlocal flavor to the Go Local Awards with their program to help appliance retailer Conn's use video to distribute its local circular content. The awards, co-presented by BIA/Kelsey and Balihoo, showcase…
Eventful, the latest Go Local Awards finalist to be featured here, borrowed a technique often used for film trailers to promote a new TV show, Fox's "Sleepy Hollow," with tremendous results. The program used digital media to created a competition…
Eventful, the latest Go Local Awards finalist to be featured here, borrowed a technique often used for film trailers to promote a new TV show, Fox's "Sleepy Hollow," with tremendous results. The program used digital media to created a competition…
The Local Search Association has done a pretty admirable job of transforming itself from a print-centric Yellow Pages trade group into one that is supporting a much broader and more robust local online advertising industry. The association has moved…
AAA Carolinas faced a unique challenge in building a strong digital footprint to reach its members. The way AAA works meant that the Carolinas club cannot advertise outside its geographic boundaries, lest it step on a neighboring club's toes.…
Sightly has launched a new video ad platform aimed at allowing local marketers to target their video ads to a highly customized audience. According to today's announcement, the new platform, called TargetView, allows advertisers to serve ads tailored to specific…
Every day Manhattan's roughly 1.6 million population expands by another 4 million, as workers and tourists flood onto the island to trade bonds, shop or take in a show. Golocal Awards finalist xAd helped the Broadway musical Mamma Mia…
Lauren Moores, an established "guru" on all things data, has an ambitious agenda at Dstillery, a New York company that provides data and insights to agencies and brands. Moores is Dstillery's VP of analytics. "We are trying to solve…
Lauren Moores, an established "guru" on all things data, has an ambitious agenda at Dstillery, a New York company that provides data and insights to agencies and brands. Moores is Dstillery's VP of analytics. "We are trying to solve…
Matt Booth hasn't let any grass under his feet since taking the helm at Solfo/Yellowbot last year. The company has closed a $6.35 million Series A funding round, build up its team to include more focus on marketing and business…
Matt Booth hasn't let any grass under his feet since taking the helm at Solfo/Yellowbot last year. The company has closed a $6.35 million Series A funding round, build up its team to include more focus on marketing and business…
There is nothing more local than the weather. Curt Hecht puts this simple idea to work every day at the Weather Company, where he serves as global chief revenue officer. The Weather Company, which was acquired in 2008 by NBC…
There is nothing more local than the weather. Curt Hecht puts this simple idea to work every day at the Weather Company, where he serves as global chief revenue officer. The Weather Company, which was acquired in 2008 by NBC…
On the latest installment of BIA/Kelsey's analyst roundtable series, analyst Mike Boland explained why he is even more bullish on mobile ad revenue with his latest forecast and Managing Editor Charles Laughlin assessed recent actions of Hibu's new CEO…
On the latest installment of BIA/Kelsey's analyst roundtable series, analyst Mike Boland explained why he is even more bullish on mobile ad revenue with his latest forecast and Managing Editor Charles Laughlin assessed recent actions of Hibu's new CEO…
