A number of interesting companies in the local space are taking advantage of the buzz surrounding ILM:10, now under way here in Santa Clara, California, to issue press releases announcing new product, partnerships, funding rounds and so on. The following…
Greg Gittrich, VP, digital media, and editor-in-chief, NBC Local Integrated Media, told ILM:10 attendees that with strong corporate support, NBC has extended a consistent voice and high-value content across platforms in a manner that develops a franchise in local markets.…
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, in his opening keynote at ILM:10, noted a general frustration with Google's apparent de-emphasis of Yelp's content, but said he sees major opportunity in mobile app access as a workaround of Google. Stoppelman showed an example…
Sixty-eight speakers have been briefed, the BIA/Kelsey moderators have done their research, the demos have been tested, 30 sponsors are in place, and we’re basically ready for a record-setting 600 attendees at ILM:10 in Silicon Valley next Tuesday through Thursday…
Groupon has been a phenomenal success in the deal-a-day space, and we envision continued success for the segment's pioneer. But what shape will that success take? At our Marketplaces conference last March in San Diego, CEO Andrew Mason told us…
Today we ran a webinar that was part ILM conference preview, part data presentation and part analyst round table. We even had comScore's Gillian Heltai join the discussion. Among the items discussed were the changing ways people are consuming mobile content,…
Local is the niche thing that has gone mainstream. All the evidence is clear with our ILM 2010 conference, which is taking place in Santa Clara, California, Dec. 7-9. In fact, ILM:10 is shaping up to be one of the…
The rollout of Facebook Places was supposed to spell certain doom for check-in companies such as Foursquare and GoWalla, and the whole check-in and location-based services infrastructure, right? But it hasn’t exactly happened that way, says DoubleDutch CEO Lawrence Coburn,…
People question the future of ad agencies, given the evolution away from "Mad Men" big ideas to a multi-device, multi-access-type environment where they need more technology and idea implementation. At Bolo 2010 in Scottsdale today, Forrester analyst Shar VanBoskirk called…
The independent directory publishers gathered here at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver for the past two days appear to be even more convinced than ever that the print directory product is not only their past but also their future,…
The program for Interactive Local Media 2010 is already one of the best we have ever put together. And it keeps getting better and better. We'd already announced the keynotes from Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, Microsoft Advertising VP Randy Wootton,…
We’re excited to announce our initial round of speakers for Interactive Local Media 2010, which takes place Dec. 7-9 in Santa Clara, California -- the heart of Silicon Valley. For sure, the industry has seen some dynamic shifts this year…
Thanks to all who attended and participated in last week's Directional Media Strategies conference. Lots of good content and takeaways. We posted a number of daily coverage roundups throughout the week, but here is the final roundup. All posts are tagged…
I had the opportunity to meet with Yext CEO Howard Lerman and President Brian Distelburger to talk about their recent product additions and approach to the SMB marketplace. What struck me as I entered their NYC loft-style office is the…
We're taking part in a good webinar next Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific dedicated to the acquisition and retention of vertical classified advertisers. The webinar is hosted by ATG, which provides a wide range of commerce tools for SMBs. I…
The 360-degree views of real estate listings were remarkable for their time, but are giving way to new technology that lets users look at many things at once, says Microsoft Live Labs Technical Fellow Gary Flake, who was speaking last…
Realtor.com has gotten 1.3 million downloads of its iPhone app, which launched in January. “It is the fastest growing app in the category,” President Errol Samuelson told Inman Real Estate Connect attendees in San Francisco last week. “The content is…
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman told Inman Real Estate Connect attendees in San Francisco yesterday that his “customer first” brokerage is likely to be in 16 markets by year-end 2010. The site is currently in 12 markets and employs 100 agents.…
Blog king Robert Scoble, during a presentation at Inman Real Estate Connect today in San Francisco, said we've entered "the third movement of information" during the Internet era. All are necessary to boost appearances on Google, he told the real…
Blog king Robert Scoble, during a presentation at Inman Real Estate Connect today in San Francisco, said we've entered "the third movement of information" during the Internet era. All are necessary to boost appearances on Google, he told the real…
