32 percent of mobile ad spend in the U.S. is from location targeted campaigns, according to BIA/Kelsey forecast data. But a question that keep coming up is how much of that is from SMBs, as opposed to national companies (brands,…
In all the excitement around mobile local advertising, most location based ad impressions are way off their intended target. This is according Thinknear, whose new Location Score Index, is the topic of our latest podcast interview with founder and GM…
Last week we covered xAd's new Footprints data visualization play. It paints a better picture (literally) of location ad targeting capabilities. This was a key topic at BIA/Kelsey's Atlanta conference earlier this month, where xAd's Therran Oliphant updated us on…
Last week we covered xAd's new Footprints data visualization play. It paints a better picture (literally) of location ad targeting capabilities. This was a key topic at BIA/Kelsey's Atlanta conference earlier this month, where xAd's Therran Oliphant updated us on…
One of the themes that emerged from BIA/Kelsey's Leading in Local conference in Atlanta earlier this month was the importance of location targeted ad strategies for national brands. That theme culminated in a mega session on Day 2 of the…
One of the themes that emerged from BIA/Kelsey's Leading in Local conference in Atlanta earlier this month was the importance of location targeted ad strategies for national brands. That theme culminated in a mega session on Day 2 of the…
In the mobile era, listings are increasingly useless without context. Businesses need to be found via LAT/Long; and they need to shape their business identity using all the tools at their disposal. In recent years, it has gotten even more…
In the mobile era, listings are increasingly useless without context. Businesses need to be found via LAT/Long; and they need to shape their business identity using all the tools at their disposal. In recent years, it has gotten even more…
It's been a busy few days for Twitter since announcing 15 New Types of Ads to users' feeds. Word has traveled quickly during this period of uncertainty around Twitter's sustainability as an advertising player. Now Twitter has continued the flow…
It's been a busy few days for Twitter since announcing 15 New Types of Ads to users' feeds. Word has traveled quickly during this period of uncertainty around Twitter's sustainability as an advertising player. Now Twitter has continued the flow…
During my travels over the past week (AdTech NY and Qualcomm's LTE Direct Summit) the same idea came up a few times which started to make me think. Could all of the signals emanating from mobile device (see "big data meets…
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 Senior Analyst Mike Boland began the ILM West mobile superforum by sizing the magnitude of the mobile-local advertising opportunity (while also noting its current shortcomings): $5.8 billion by 2016, or 58 percent of the total mobile market. Much of…
As the New York Times noted this morning, Apple’s initial iOS6 foray into mobile maps has been greeted with a thumbs down by iPhone 5 reviewers, who prefer the polished Google Maps experience that was the prior default. But maps…
Yellow Medya, Turkey's Yellow Pages publisher, announced a new partnership agreement today with TomTom Places. The Yellow Pages publisher will serve as the business listing and content provider to the navigation products supplier. In addition, Yellow Medya will serve as…
Where, a location-based mobile ad network, launched its first political product this week called Donate Now. It allows people to make donations to political campaigns from a mobile ad unit. According to S&P Capital IQ Analysts, political ad spending across…
80 percent of respondents in a recent JiWire Q4 report state a preference for locally relevant ads over non-local advertising. The report examined three emerging trends in the location and mobile markets: response to location-based messaging, location specific shopping behaviors,…
A few years ago, the location of businesses became a big question mark, as well as a strategic issue, as people wanted to shop or dine nearby. These “geo-fencing” issues were especially important for Yellow Pages companies. Since then, search…
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…
JiWire, the mobile Wi-Fi network reaching 40 million users each month, announced today that it raised $20 million in funding led by Trident Capital. In the past year, JiWire expanded its business to enable advertising across both mobile applications and…
