Two companies investing in self-service advertising for SMBs agree that self-service is an important and growing category, but isn't likely to replace direct sales. This morning's panel at DMS ’11, "SMBs…
Marchex announced a new partnership with CityGrid today that will expand the Seattle company's call advertising business to local websites such as Citysearch, Urbanspoon and Insider Pages. CityGrid Media will…
Mobile Local Ad network xAD has been on a roll. About two months ago, it announced reaching 2 billion ads, just four months after hitting the first million (a feat…
Local Matter has named a new CEO, Tom Higley, who takes the helm at the local search software company following a months-long search. Higley has a deep background in starting up…
A panel I moderated at Mediabistro's Socialize conference in NYC espoused the virtues of innovating mobile products with realities of the technology in mind. Similar to a theme at last week's ILM…
We've been starting to see the signs of recovery for the past few months. Companies that have been cutting costs and back office expenses are now realizing they need to…
Jer’s Gourmet Chocolates of Solana Beach has the world’s best pretzel chocolate balls, and Jer, a former IBM EVP, can be found all over North County San Diego hawking his…
Tomorrow BIA/Kelsey will publish a report on the exploding area of mobile payments. One of our biggest 2011 predictions was how emerging standards in this area will accelerate innovation across…
Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff kicked off Day 2 of ILM:10, dissecting the biggest opportunities to monetize online real estate. Rascoff founded Hotwire before selling to IAC and jumping over to the…
Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff kicked off Day 2 of ILM:10, dissecting the biggest opportunities to monetize online real estate. Rascoff founded Hotwire before selling to IAC and jumping over to the…