Declaring that deals have officially "jumped the shark" could well be an overstatement, considering that revenues are still on the uptick (BIA/Kelsey forecasts that the U.S. market will grow to $5.5 billion by 2016) and hundreds of companies continue to…
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…
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…
Leveraging social media models to drive more traffic and sales is one of the "works in progress" in the local ecosystem. At ILM west, we had a special session dedicated to exploring the innovation in the space. Panelists included Payvment's…
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:…
In the great tradition of ILM keynotes, we have landed one of the best yet: Bill Gross, CEO, IdeaLab. It is definitely fitting to have THE premier Los Angeles tech leader and visionary to start things off for us at…
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…
Venture capital leaders at ILM West in San Francisco today expressed optimism about the environment but said there are some challenges coming up. “It is a great time to start a company and fund a company,” said Michael Yang of…
The idea of an online marketplace has continued to evolve dramatically in 2011. With the emergence of deals, we now have full-fledged interactive local commerce in place, in addition to advertising. It seems that everyone has jumped into the pool.…
For newspapers, the 1/3 circulation/1/3 display/1/3 classifieds revenue model of the print days hasn’t made the transition to online, and there doesn’t seem to be enough time to right the ocean liner. But as a local media channel, newspapers have…
We’ve just announced ILM West, our big December show, which takes place in San Francisco Dec. 12-14. Can we beat last year’s record attendance of 675+? We like our chances. The timing couldn’t be better. So much progress has been…
