Daily News: Brands Without Mobile Strategy, Facebook Company Pages, Yelp Beats Q2 Expectations

Here is today’s roundup of news related to local marketing and advertising, local media, technology, local commerce, consumer behavior and more.

Data: 80% of Brands Don’t Have a Long-Term Mobile Strategy (August 10, 2016)
LSA Insider: “According to a new study, 80% of brands don’t have a long-term mobile strategy.”

Almost 1 in 5 Americans Visit A Company Page on Facebook Every Day (August 10, 2016)
Marketing Charts: “Some 19% of American adults visit a company’s Facebook page each day from a computer, and a similar proportion (17%) do so every day from their mobile phone.”

Simpli.fi Delivers 50%+ Of Impressions To Mobile Devices, Geo-Targeting Capabilities Drive Rise (August 9, 2016)
MediaPost: “Localized programmatic ad platform Simpli.fi, announced Tuesday that it delivered over 50% of its impressions to mobile devices in the month of July.”

Yelp beats expectations with $173.4 million in Q2, 78 percent revenue retention (August 9, 2016)
Marketing Land: “More than 70 percent of searches are from mobile, as are 63 percent of ad clicks.”

How to manage Facebook pages for a multi-location business (August 9, 2016)
ClickZ: “A Facebook page can be very useful for a business with multiple locations, either nationally, or internationally.”

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