At Leading in Local: The National Impact: U-Haul & Yelp
The idea that everything is local came through in this morning's session, "Buy Side, Sell Side: Top Insights from Yelp and U-Haul" featuring two speakers sharing insights from opposite ends…
At Leading in Local: The National Impact: U-Haul & Yelp
The idea that everything is local came through in this morning's session, "Buy Side, Sell Side: Top Insights from Yelp and U-Haul" featuring two speakers sharing insights from opposite ends…
iPhone5: The Local Angle, and Specs Galore
As widely expected, we have a new iPhone. Unlike the naming convention across Apple's product line (most lately the iPad), the company is sticking with the numerical-based system. So we…
Dallas Morning News, Slingshot (and Mike Orren) Team for Local/Social Service
Newspapers have local brand credibility and content; agencies have media expertise; and neither of them do especially well selling SMBs on today's social-infused media options. That's the challenge being addressed…
ILM East: Ted Leonsis — Local’s All About Scale, ‘New Currencies’
Ted Leonsis, Groupon vice chair, American Express board member and Internet pioneer, emphasized the importance of scaling for local in a global economy during a keynote at ILM East yesterday.…
ComScore Data Show Mobile Local Exploding, IYPs Growing Modestly
Internet Yellow Pages sites saw a modest 5.1 percent boost in usage over the past year, according to new data from comScore and the Local Search Association, detailed in a…
New LSA Data Show Search in the Lead, but YP Still Matters
Yellow Pages has yielded the top spot for local business lookups to search engines like Google and Bing, but it still holds a significant spot in the local search hierarchy,…
ILM East: Is Hyperlocal Now Hyper-Relevant?
A powerful panel of local media players talked this morning about the challenges of doing hyperlocal effectively and profitably on "The New Wave of 'Hyper-Relevant' Media." Hyperlocal has long been a…
This Week in Social Local Media — #Tigerblood Edition
On the blog this week, Mike B. noted that Google Hotpot had added new social features to Google Maps for Android, other platform to follow. Hotpot users can now tweet…
MerchantCircle Index: Mixed Awareness Levels for Local Players
MerchantCircle’s Merchant Index tracks merchant confidence in the economy (low). But it also yields some unexpected “real world” insight into merchant awareness and use of their local online marketing options.…