Acquisitions
Birdeye Expands Global Footprint with Cube Acquisition
The customer experience platform Birdeye appears to have put some of last year’s $60 million Series C funding round to work. The company said this
Localogy 2021
Video Vault: Pivoting with Agility
When Covid hit, the technology needs of small businesses owners changed almost overnight. Suddenly they needed contactless everything. This was true from ordering products, to
Products
Is Blue the Right Subscription Play for Twitter?
After much speculation, pressure from investors, and a few feints from Twitter, the microblogging platform appears poised to roll out a subscription-based product called Blue
digital agencies
Hopkins: Hibu Helping SMBs Adapt to Changing Consumer
Changing consumer behavior is a theme we touch on frequently on Localogy Insider. Across the industry, agencies and martech companies are changing their business models
Pandemic Silver Linings
Yext Summer Rollout Answers the ‘New Normal’ of Customer Queries
Today Yext released a slate of summer product features designed to help businesses address the new reality of customer queries — from “do you require
Cloud
Add Your Voice to Our SaaS Engagement Survey
Anyone who builds or sells SaaS products for small businesses knows that it’s all for naught if your customers are not engaged with your products
7Shifts
New Podcast: “Happiness and Efficiency in the Workplace” featuring 7Shifts
Jordan Boesch got the idea to build a great software product from watching his dad struggle with a combination of excel spreadsheets and sticky notes
accounting
What’s the Story Behind QuickBooks Live Bookkeeping Services?
Intuit has been gauging interest among small businesses for an on-demand bookkeeping service called Live Bookkeeping and is expected to launch the service in the
Above the Cloud
New Podcast: “Question Time with Tolithia”
This bonus episode of Above the Cloud is part of our continuing effort to leverage the amazing content generated at the November Tech Adoption Summit
Above the Cloud
Top Five “Above the Cloud” Podcasts of 2018
Back in mid-2018 we decided that the Tech Adoption Index program needed a forum for conversations with some of the most interesting and influential figures
Cloud
Wix Makes an SMB-OS Play with New Ascend Platform
On a recent Above the Cloud podcast with SurePath Founder Mark MacLeod, a segment that didn’t make the final edit involved a discussion about how
DIY
Why SMBs Abandon DIY Software Mid-Purchase
According to a new survey conducted by LSA and Mono Solutions, more than half of SMBs have at some point abandoned an online software purchase
mobile
Guest Post: Forget Native Apps, SMBs Should Focus on The Mobile Web
From smartphones to tablets, mobile devices are increasingly dominating the time consumers spend consuming digital media. And it’s really no surprise – we all know
POWr
New Podcast: “There Must Be an App for That”
The Above the Cloud podcast is back this week with a new episode featuring Josh May, co-founder & CEO of POWr, a San Francisco based