September 04, 2012
As a marketer, the pressure to more effectively attract customers in a challenging economy while communication channels are exploding makes for a daunting challenge.
Google acquired personalized recommendation company Clever Sense, the company said on Dec. 13. A Google spokesperson declined to disclose terms of the acquisition.
Local business reviews site Yelp filed for a $100 million initial public offering (IPO) on Nov. 17. The company plans to go public in 2012, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sears Holdings Corp. launched a digital advertising program on Oct. 26 that will offer consumers weekly circulars for hundreds of Sears and Kmart stores nationwide, said Tom Aiello, VP of public relations at Sears Holdings.
October 11, 2011
Wal-Mart Stores launched approximately 3,500 store-specific Facebook pages that enable consumers to receive offers and updates from local Wal-Mart retail locations.
Google acquired restaurant reviews company Zagat on September 8. The Zagat team will continue to work at its New York office and retain its brand, products and services.
Gannett Co. will expand its display advertising partnership with Yahoo to all of its broadcasting division's 19 markets by the first week of next February.
Trade group the Yellow Pages Association will rebrand as the Local Search Association on April 18. The organization decided to change its name because a growing number of its members now work in digital search, said Negley Norton, president of the group.
Revenue from local online advertising will nearly double in the next four years, climbing to $42.5 billion by 2015 from $21.7 billion in 2010, according to a forecast from advisory firm BIA/Kelsey. Marketers will earn $24.9 billion in revenue from interactive local marketing this year, according to the report.
Google is creating a US-only daily deals service and competitor to Groupon called Google Offers. Google reportedly tried to buy Groupon with a multibillion-dollar offer last month, but was rejected by the deals website.
Cox Digital Solutions has acquired local digital marketing service provider IB Local Network, a division of Internet Broadcasting.
Consumers recognize that their money is power and, in increasing numbers, they are beginning to embrace the collective impact of spending it in their own backyards.
Web.com, an online marketing company that caters to small businesses, and MerchantCircle.com, an online community of local business owners, announced the expansion of their existing partnership "to help improve the online visibility of local businesses," according to an announcement.
What's in our mailbox this month: fitness postcards from Retro Fitness, American Woman Fitness Centers, Union's United Taekwondo Academy, and Bally Total Fitness. (We're totally pumped.)
Social data can improve a brand's bottom line and customer relationships. Just ask brands Infiniti and Diamond Nexus.
Here are three must-have data sets that every marketer should include in his or her email strategy.
