In the run up to WWDC, we're hearing the standard chorus of rumors about what Apple will unveil. These include iOS7, new OSX, and iRadio. For the latter, Apple just signed Sony Music to round out its licensing deals with…
Yesterday, I had the chance to talk to Zubair Talib, CEO and CoFounder of YaSabe, about the company's efforts to reach the opportune U.S. Hispanic marketplace. The opportunity comes to the tune of 52 million people and $1.2 trillion in…
Verve Mobile this week released its second "State of the Market" report containing the activity seen on its ad network. In this case it focused on the Quick Serve Restaurant (QSR) category -- a leading area of search and user activity…
Making the rounds last week in London's burgeoning digital media community, we met Footfall123, a London-based company offering a loyalty marketing solution with a strong social marketing component. Footfall123 white labels its solution through partners and also works directly with merchants.…
Photo: CNN Online restaurant ordering and discovery giants GrubHub and Seamless have agreed to merge their operations, creating a single company. Chicago-based GrubHub currently serves more than 20,000 food ordering establishments in 500 cities, while New York-based Seamless serves more…
I recently had the chance to sit down with Kendall Fargo, CEO and founder of Rewarder. Some of you may remember Fargo from his days leading StepUp Commerce, and early leader in what is now the growing area of real…
There are rumors swirling this morning that Facebook will acquire Waze. For those unfamiliar, Israeli based Waze is a red hot social navigation app that focuses on traffic conditions among a growing set of features. If the rumor is true, it makes…
Though it's been covered since its release yesterday, we wanted to give a nod to xAd's latest Mobile-Location Insights Report for Q1, and dive into some of it's top findings. The report follows closely behind the Nielsen administered Path to Purchase report…
Last week, we made the prediction that Yelp will buy build or partner to bring Vine-like functionality to its mobile products. This comes in the wake of Yelp's positive Q1 earnings, and moves by Facebook and Foursquare to compete more…
Twitter's Vine is blowing up for its ability to shoot quick and easy videos. Smartphone saturation and wireless broadband also make it an opportune time. And people are getting creative with the 6 second format. The ease of use makes…
Earlier this week, Placed CEO David Shim notified me that the company's "Insights" product would be launching today. As we wrote back in October, this is a key piece of the "big data meets local" trend to provide analytics around…
xAd and Telmetrics today continue their rapid fire series of Path-to-Purchase studies by kicking off the research's second year. After doing a study last year and following up with subsequent category drill downs, they launched a UK version. Those past…
Will tech companies like Google, Apple, eBay/PayPal, Amazon, Microsoft, Square and Intuit move in on the role traditionally played by banks? It is a distinct possibility in the not-too-distant future, as digitized transactions, mobile payments and offers, and digital wallets…
As promised in our LSA conference coverage last week, here is a deeper dive on Facebook's positioning and possible directions in local. I covered the topic in a bit more depth in my monthly Search Engine Watch column, including more…
After writing about Facebook Director of Small Business Dan Levy's Interview at the Local Search Association Conference yesterday, I've been thinking a lot more about FB's possible directions in mobile and local (more to come on that). For now, one thing…
Ads aren't just valued for bringing in calls and walk ins. Local businesses increasingly place value on consumers looking up maps and directions, or participating in loyalty efforts, notes SuperMedia Director of Mobile Development Chris Folmer, who was speaking on…
To cap off the Local Search Association Conference, Facebook Director of Small Business Dan Levy fielded questions from Greg Sterling on the past, present and future of Facebook's SMB marketing activity. In short, FB hasn't actively done much, but lots can…
Solocal Group CEO Jean-Pierre Remy offered directory publishers a vision for print to digital transformation built on a strong focus on building content, vertical segmentation and a relentless focus on execution. Remy was the keynote speaker at the Local Search…
This afternoon at the Local Search Association Conference in Las Vegas, a panel of mobile ad companies batted around ideas and examples of where they're seeing efficacy. The panel, moderated by Greg Sterling, included: Tim Garcia, Vice President, Business Development,…
Today at the Local Search Association conference, Bob Sanders, President and COO, AXIOM Sales Force Development, zeroed in on some strategies for sales organizations to deal with quickly changing marketplaces. As was discussed in this morning's SMB session, it's a…
