Mobile payments continue to be an exciting area of innovation we're watching closely. But there's still a question whether there's a bit of over-excitement. Given that paying with cash and credit card isn't really broken, are many mobile payment offerings…
San Francisco's Zendesk announced in an SEC filing its plans for a $150 million IPO. The company may break $100 million in annual revenues this year, and is not yet profitable (which may -- or may not -- matter to…
Following our mobile forecast release and the post earlier today, here are some of the numbers laid out in graphical form. We'll continue to analyze the figures, and their practical takeaways here and at our conference next month.
It's that time of year again; BIA/Kelsey's spring release of its local media forecast. This is broken down into its media components, such as Online, TV, Yellow Pages, Mobile, etc... The full forecast will be out in a few weeks.…
Not a week has passed recently without news or data releases in the emerging area of call monetization. That includes yesterday's Invoca announcement. Mobile search-driven call volume is exploding. And that works out because Local Commerce Monitor™ data indicate that…
David Eckert hasn't let any grass grow under his feet since taking the helm last month at the global search and directory company Hibu. Eckert, who had been serving as Hibu's "operational" chief restructuring officer, was named CEO in…
Longtime industry change agent Chip Perry wrote the playbook for how to use "internal disruption" as a positive force within a traditional media environment. Back in 1997, Atlanta-based Cox Communications tapped Perry as employee No. 1 of a new venture…
Longtime industry change agent Chip Perry wrote the playbook for how to use "internal disruption" as a positive force within a traditional media environment. Back in 1997, Atlanta-based Cox Communications tapped Perry as employee No. 1 of a new venture…
The spanking new program is set for Leading in Local: The National Impact, which is May 7-9 in Atlanta. We?ve put together a great list of 55 hand-picked speakers ? all centered on what?s really happening in local with a…
The spanking new program is set for Leading in Local: The National Impact, which is May 7-9 in Atlanta. We’ve put together a great list of 55 hand-picked speakers – all centered on what’s really happening in local with a…
AppLovin will launch its Adaptive Personalization Platform (APP) after two and a half years of development, we learned yesterday from CEO Adam Foroughi. APP will help brands better serve personalized recommendations on mobile devices and re-target mobile ads. Key features…
Call Monetization and marketing company Invoca today announced its new voice and call analytics platform, Signal. It took the opportunity to also announce it has added Salesforce.com as an investor in its Series C round, which we initially covered back…
Big media brands like Gannett, Living Social, Weather.com and YP will take center stage next month at BIA/Kelsey's Leading in Local: The National Impact conference in Atlanta. We asked BIA/Kelsey Managing Director Rick Ducey to talk about the messages big…
BIA/Kelsey and the Local Search Association have been working together on conferences since 1992, when most people thought print Yellow Pages, like newspapers, would continue to be a growth engine forever. Much has changed in the directory publishing and…
BIA/Kelsey and the Local Search Association have been working together on conferences since 1992, when most people thought print Yellow Pages, like newspapers, would continue to be a growth engine forever. Much has changed in the directory publishing and…
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…
Over the last few years, rapid growth and adoption of the mobile internet has led to drastic changes in to the landscape for paid search marketers. More and more consumers are using their mobile device or tablet to perform searches,…
The national component of local media spending is large and fast growing, with national brands and agencies pushing spend down into local markets through local media channels. This overarching trend is what drove BIA/Kelsey, a company known for its local…
Millennials sometimes get a bad rap for being the disinterested and out of touch generation. But BIA/Kelsey survey data actually pegs them as the most in-touch (literally). When it comes to smartphone, tablet, and social networking they blow their gen-x…
