As part of our ongoing video series, see our on-stage interview with Retailigence below. The company continues to innovate at the intersection of "big data" and Mobile/local. It's building the largest database of sku-level product information out there. This of…
Verve Mobile's CEO Tom MacIsaac is bullish on local publishers' ability to drive this revenue growth by selling local audiences not just to local advertisers but also to national brands seeking access to local audiences in a trusted context, through…
BIA/Kelsey's Matt Booth invited two exceptionally frank local advertising buyers to dish the dirt on what makes them sign the contract and what makes them ask a local media sales person to leave their office --- immediately. No words were…
In considering mobile strategies, small businesses are focused on being found, but there are very different issues than simply searching on Google. Telmetrics' CEO Bill Dinan, speaking at ILM West in Los Angeles today, noted that small business owners all…
BIA/Kelsey Research Director Steve Marshall capped Day 2 with consecutive interviews with two Digital Hollywood insiders. Doug Neil, SVP digital marketing for Universal Pictures; and Jordan Glazer, CEO Eventful. First up was Neil, who runs online and mobile strategies for…
Online retail has become more robust and predominate over the past year. Some of the underlying trends and drivers were examined this morning on the panel, "Search for it! Local Online Retail Innovation. One of the most compelling recent developments…
This morning at ILM West in Los Angeles, Google's head of Global SMB Sales Todd Rowe offered "Five Trends that Will Affect you in 2013." Rowe is leading the charge at Google to build a global re-seller network to offer…
x Today at ILM West in Los Angeles, digital media investor and ex-Ticketmaster CEO Sean Moriarty talked to his former Citysearch colleague Matt Booth about what gets an investo/VC excited in today's environment. Moriarty offered some fundamentals. As an investor,…
Our flagship event, ILM West, is next week in sunny Los Angeles (weather forecast: in the 70s). We have a bulging attendee sheet, and 47, hand-picked thought leaders on stage. Here's my personal cheat sheet on some of what's happening:…
As many in our interactive local media community can attest, the pace of change and disruption in social media is dizzying. New networks, native ads, SoLoMo, social commerce...we could go on for days. At BIA/Kelsey's ILM West 2012 conference in…
The ILM West 2012 conference, the mega-event we are holding Dec.4-6 in LA, keeps building and building. We announced the keynotes early: YP CEO David Krantz; CityGrid CEO Jason Finger; Google Global Channel Partners GM Todd Rowe and Facebook Global…
Our ILM West conference, which is being held Dec.4-6 in LA, continues to build in a big way, with new speakers and sessions that reflect the dramatic changes in the Interactive Local Media marketplace (and the breadth of BIA/Kelsey research.)…
It has been a great year of networking and learning at BIA/Kelsey events – which focus on “what’s important and why” in local. Our biggest show of the year is ILM West, which has attracted 600-700 senior level execs in…
We've wrapped ILM West in San Francisco this week -- another terrific show. Lots of great stuff. Thanks very much to the 50+ speakers, 32 sponsors, nearly 600 local leaders and various #ILMWest Tweeters who participated. Now our attention is…
The ability to marry store inventory with search and promotions is an intriguing one for interactive local media. But what closes the loop on this vision? Sherry Thomas-Zon, VP, local shopping, Local Corp. -- the new name for Local.com --…
Google’s local efforts have grown tremendously under the direction of Marissa Mayer, and now encompass a wide range of products, including Google Maps; Google Places; Zagat; Google Offers; and Get Online, a new SMB initiative. At ILM West this week…
Moh Ok, Chief Scientist at PayPal, and Bo Fishback, CEO and Founder of Zaarly, talked about the integration of social, local and mobile to close the loop on driving consumer purchases during a morning dedicated to SoLoMo here at ILM…
Google has experienced five times growth in mobile search during the past two years, according to Google Mobile’s Surojit Chatterjee, who was keynoting our SoLoMo Morning at ILM West in San Francisco. Mobile usage generally complements the desktop, with huge…
SMB marketing companies have forgotten that local businesses still see calls as a key driver of new business. That's the opinion expressed by Marchex Executive VP Matthew Berk during today's session on "Converting Calls to Local Sales." To succeed in…
When it comes to Local Yokel Media’s business focus, it's all about 15 miles. That’s because 80 percent of consumer spending is done within 15 miles of home. CEO and Founder Dick O’Hare shared that fact at this afternoon’s session…
