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Agendize: Case Studies Show Impact of CRM Tech Solutions (May 21, 2015)
LSA Insider: “Last week, Agendize gave us a look into the world of customer relationship management (CRM) technology and answered two main questions: 1. What tools currently exist?; and 2. What impact do they deliver? Broken up into two sections, lead generation and client relations, they started with some stats that explored consumer behavior. From there, the company shared a variety of stats from case studies with clients that integrated CRM tech.”
UpSnap Announces 2015 First Quarter Financial Results (May 20, 2015)
Press Release: “UpSnap Inc., a leading provider of mobile advertising solutions, today announced its first quarter (Q1) financial results for the three month period ended March 31, 2015. ‘We are delighted to report another quarter of strong revenue growth, while managing our operating expenses,’ said Bruce Howard, CEO of UpSnap . . . Total operating revenue grew by 33.1% to $1.39 million for Q1 2015, compared to $1.04 million for Q1 2014.”
Display Is the New Search: ReachLocal Offers in-App Mobile Ads for Local Business (May 20, 2015)
LSA Insider: “Local marketing platform ReachLocal has extended its product line with what it’s calling ‘ReachDisplay InApp.’ As the name suggests these are in-app display ad units that programmatically tap into roughly 4,000 ‘premium’ publishers and more than 100,000 ‘long tail’ apps. The company has offered PC display advertising for some time. Right now it’s a pure real-time geofencing product; there’s no retargeting. However there’s a roadmap with expanded features and capabilities.”
Moz Uses Data Science to Surface Local Search Insights (May 20, 2015)
LSA Insider: “Backed by industry-leading data, comprehensive reporting, and the largest community of SEOs on the planet, Moz builds tools that help online marketers easily see their data, keep ahead of the competition, and get actionable insights to optimize their efforts. The company’s local search product, Moz Local, establishes accurate and consistent listing data at the major data aggregators, helping more customers find and connect with local businesses online.”
UpSnap Appoints New VP of Product & Technology (May 19, 2015)
Press Release: “UpSnap, Inc., a leading provider of mobile advertising solutions, has hired digital product veteran Lance Brown to be the Company’s Vice President of Product & Technology. In this position, Lance will oversee and manage product strategy, campaign performance and the technology infrastructure to drive innovation for UpSnap’s clients. Lance comes to UpSnap with more than 15 years of product strategy experience. Most recently he was VP of Product Development at User Friendly Media.”
New Platforms, Including Moasis, UpSnap, Plug Into Placed For In-Store Measurement (May 18, 2015)
MediaPost: “Location-based ad-targeting firm and in-store attribution company Placed has been on a partnership spree. One month after partnering with a handful of programmatic ad-buying platforms, including DataXu, Run and The Trade Desk, Placed has added BrightRoll, Moasis, Mediabrix and others to its list of partners as well. The deals give Placed partners in the programmatic video space (BrightRoll), the location-based targeting space (Moasis, Ubimo) and with networks (Crisp Media, Mediabrix, Sito, UpSnap). These new partners now have access to Placed’s offerings.”
YP CTO Darren Clark to Discuss Smart Data at Internet Week (May 18, 2015)
Press Release: “YP, a leading local marketing solutions provider, announces that Darren Clark, Chief Technology Officer at YP, will discuss best practices and approaches to leveraging data to foster growth and innovation during Internet Week in New York City this week. On Tuesday, Darren will sit on the panel ‘Get Smarter, Not Bigger: Using Data to Fuel Innovation,’ where he and his peers will talk about the common mistakes companies make when setting out to leverage their data and how YP manages its information, which includes 70 million* visitors each month to its digital properties, 20 million listings and more than 6 petabytes of structured and unstructured data.”
YP Brings Local Search to the Apple Watch (May 18, 2015)
Press Release: “YP, the go-to local search destination for more than 70 million* people across the U.S., has introduced the YP℠ app for the Apple Watch to allow users to quickly find restaurants, ATMs and gas stations near them, as well as search for any other type of business with voice search, easily on-the-go. The YP app represents one of the first local search apps available for the Apple Watch. Among the YP app for Apple Watch features is the ‘Restaurant Finder’ which assists wearers in finding the best ‘Near Me’ choices based on cuisine type and price range.”
Yahoo Small Business will spin off, a test for new leader Akhtar (May 16, 2015)
SF Gate: “As head of Yahoo Small Business, Akhtar oversees all software services that Yahoo provides to more than a million small businesses around the country — things like e-mail hosting, online sales tools and Web domains. The $50 million division is just a fraction of the Sunnyvale tech giant’s business, but by the end of the year, Akhtar will help lead the transition of Yahoo Small Business into a separate company. This involves, among other things, hiring engineers, creating products and rebranding a division of Yahoo, which is struggling to turn its 20-year-old business into a mobile-focused company. To top it all off, his new company doesn’t even have a name, and he doesn’t yet have a title.”
YP Brings Local Marketing Expertise to the 11th Annual San Francisco Small Business Week (May 15, 2015)
Press Release: “YP, a leading local marketing solutions provider, announces that YP will host an educational workshop to help entrepreneurs drive leads to their business. Fearless, effective digital marketing is all about leads – the number of leads and the quality of them. However, many businesses get sidetracked with metrics that don’t matter. On Friday, May 22, Dickson Wong, Digital Sales Manager at YP, will share some of the most powerful methods that small businesses can use to improve their lead generation and overall marketing performance. These actionable strategies will benefit entrepreneurs and established businesses alike.”
YP Teams Up with American Cancer Society to Support Relay For Life (May 15, 2015)
Press Release: “YP, a leading local marketing solutions provider, announced today a new corporate initiative to partner with the American Cancer Society to support the Society’s Relay For Life®. Relay For Life is the largest annual not-for-profit fundraising event in the world, taking place in more than 5,200 communities and 20 countries. With offices in 35 states and nearly 6,000 employees nationwide, YP will help organize team member, customer and consumer participation in Relay For Life events as part of a powerful fundraising campaign.”
How ReachLocal Used an Irreverent Holiday to Get Back to Its Startup Roots (May 15, 2015)
Street Fight: “Every two weeks, Street Fight will take a look at the inventive, and at times crazy, ways some of the fastest growing companies in local create the kind of unique company culture that attracts the best and brightest . . . ReachLocal was a startup 10 years ago, and had just 15 employees at the end of 2004. Four years later, that number had ballooned to 850 employees, and ReachLocal ended 2014 with 1,800 employees.”
