National brands, franchises and multi-location outlets often lose business by only providing standard name/address/phone number information, instead of focusing more on discovery search, says Local Market Launch CMO Gideon Rubin. "Name, address, phone information only represents 15 percent of searches.…
Consumers today want to feel like they are recognized and known personally by the stores they shop at and by the brands they buy. For national brands, targeting consumers and reaching that personal level can be a challenge. Many brands,…
BIA/Kelsey, forecasting $52.9 Billion in national local spending by 2017, has unveiled its new Leading in Local: The National Impact conference, which will take place in Atlanta May 7-9. The 2.5 Day event is expected to be the largest gathering…
BIA/Kelsey, forecasting $52.9 Billion in national local spending by 2017, has unveiled its new Leading in Local: The National Impact conference, which will take place in Atlanta May 7-9. The 2.5 Day event is expected to be the largest gathering…
On Thursday, we'll host a live webcast with call monetization provider Ifbyphone. The topic: BIA/Kelsey projects mobile calls to local businesses will reach 65 billion annually by 2016. That's going to be a lot of calls to manage, track, route,…
Local marketing has increasingly been about non-advertising channels, including Web sites, reputation management, social media, prepaid promotions and big data analytics. In recent months, much of our attention has been on the leveraging of card payment information before, during and…
Local marketing has increasingly been about non-advertising channels, including Web sites, reputation management, social media, prepaid promotions and big data analytics. In recent months, much of our attention has been on the leveraging of card payment information before, during and…
Continuing our progression of weekly video recaps, this week we move from monologue to dialogue. BIA/Kelsey CEO Tom Buono and I had the chance to sit down and talk about some of the notable happenings in the world of mobile…
The impact of data on local marketing was Topic #1 during Street Fight's Local Data Summit today in Denver. Speakers addressed the wide range of data issues that have begun to enhance local marketing and shift local marketing -- and…
The impact of data on local marketing was Topic #1 during Street Fight's Local Data Summit today in Denver. Speakers addressed the wide range of data issues that have begun to enhance local marketing and shift local marketing -- and…
Small business owners have a love-hate relationship with online reviews. Reviews are a great way to get discovered online, yet anyone who has received a negative review knows how frustrating it can be. Yodle, a leader in local online marketing,…
Small business owners have a love-hate relationship with online reviews. Reviews are a great way to get discovered online, yet anyone who has received a negative review knows how frustrating it can be. Yodle, a leader in local online marketing,…
Yesterday's announcement of Comcast/NBCU buying Time Warner Cable was a monumental announcement as it consolidates more of the cable portion of the Multiple Video Programming Delivery services (MVPDs) that includes mostly cable and satellite delivery services. Instead of Charter…
Native advertising -- the insertion of contextually relevant advertising amidst other content -- is viewed with suspicion by much of the ad community, which sees it as unscaleable, and perhaps the opposite of its drive towards programmatic (automated) sales. During…
Clear Channel Entertainment CEO Bob Pittman, speaking today at IAB's Annual Leadership Meeting in Palm Desert, said that radio has been able to leverage its undiminished strength with digital providing a new channel and new listeners for the medium. Pittman,…
"A core value for Twitter as a company is to reach every person on the planet. In 2014 we want to build a Twitter that is accessible to everyone," says Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter in yesterday's Q4 earnings call.…
"A core value for Twitter as a company is to reach every person on the planet. In 2014 we want to build a Twitter that is accessible to everyone," says Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter in yesterday's Q4 earnings call.…
We've been tracking the transition of automotive marketing to digital for ten years or more, but have just recently seen major pickup at local dealers. There has been a definite lag at the dealer level compared to the car manufacturers.…
When a new leader is announced for the giant oceanliners in technology, we tend to sift through the tea leaves to see what kind of insights, perspective and focus they will bring via SMBs and local. Yahoo's Marissa Mayer, for…
When a new leader is announced for the giant oceanliners in technology, we tend to sift through the tea leaves to see what kind of insights, perspective and focus they will bring via SMBs and local. Yahoo's Marissa Mayer, for…
