Adility: The Deal-a-Day Connection with Gift Cards
The deal-a-day phenomenon pioneered by Groupon has spawned direct attacks on the model from a wide variety of companies. Newspapers, social sites and others are all going at it. But…
Diversifying Mobile: A Conversation With 4INFO
Today I caught up with 4INFO CEO Zaw Thet, who walked me through the advertiser, publisher and user facing aspects of its mobile network. Though it's often thought of an…
Print Yellow Pages – Follow the Money
One of the recommendations we have been supporting and talking about over the past year is the need to look at the print directory differently. For the past 100-plus years,…
Evolving Mobile Ads: A Conversation with Crisp Wireless
Today I had the chance to talk with Crisp Wireless CEO Boris Fridman to get more color on the company's recent launch of its AdHesion product. In short, it's a…
BIA/Kelsey Data & Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. CitySquares Acquires Yokel, a Site for Local Retailers CitySquares,…
Mobile Predictions (and Shameless Self Promotion)
Later this week, we'll publish reports across BIA/Kelsey's coverage areas that predict market trends and events of the coming year. Part of that involved looking back on past predictions to…
What Local Media Did You Use in 2009?
Being in the local media space, each New Year I reflect on my buying habits of the past 12 months and how I found local businesses. This year I realized…
Insights Into eBay’s Classifieds Strategy via eBay vs. Craigslist
EBay is expected to dramatically boost its efforts in classifieds in 2010, so we welcome clues into its historical and current thinking into classifieds via eBay vs. Craigslist. EBay has…
Google/Yelp Rumors (Yoogle?)
Rumors continue throughout the morning after last night's TechCrunch post that Google is in talks to buy Yelp for half a billion dollars. The New York Times has more details…
Ad:Tech/New York: Digital Marketing Is Promising, Hard to Execute and Headed Toward Mobile
Ad:Tech/New York, “the event for digital marketing,” ran Nov 4-6 at the Javits Convention Center. This event was predominantly focused on national advertising. There was some attention to international advertising and…