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Feb 25
2011

Leaked Memo: Groupon 2010 Revs Were $475 Million in U.S., $760 Million Worldwide

Groupon’s spectacular growth has now been quantified. According to an internal memo leaked to The Wall Street Journal, Groupon had $475 Million in revenues in 2010, and $760 million worldwide, with a presence in 35 countries. It also had 51 million subscribers, served by 4,150 employees. Groupon expects to follow up with with $2 billion …continue reading »

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Feb 24
2011

The DealMap Sees Big Future for Deal Aggregation; Tallies 1.4 Million Users

The DealMap reports that after nine months, it is off to a healthy start as a source and distributor of local and daily deals. It reports 11 million daily API queries and 1.4 million users –including the users of 675,000 installs of the mobile apps. It also has 271 developers using the API, including many …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Mobile

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Feb 24
2011

Reply.com Buys AdHubs, Will Add Mobile App Strategy

Reply.com has carved out a niche among online marketing companies by offering an auction marketplace for locally-targeted consumer traffic for various verticals (home improvement, autos, real estate, insurance, etc.) Now, it is set on building a mobile strategy. The company recently announced that it has acquired AdHubs, a mobile App developer that sees vertical apps …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Mobile, Verticals

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Feb 23
2011

New Add for ILM East: Constant Contact CEO Gail Goodman

The program for ILM East March 21-23 in Boston is nearing completion with the addition of a great new keynote: Constant Contact CEO Gail Goodman. Goodman joins a roster of nearly 50 featured speakers, including opening keynoter David Weinberger, a founding father of social media as co-author of “The Cluetrain Manifesto”; Maz Sharafi, Facebook’s head …continue reading »

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Feb 18
2011

New for ILM EAST: Google, Belo, Citysearch, Scvngr (and Much More)

ILM East in Boston March 21-23 is shaping up to be one of the most substantive conferences we’ve ever put together. Leaders have been confirmed from most of the major companies in local. Just added is Google’s Ben Wood, who has responsibility for Google’s resellers in North America. Ben, who comes out of the newspaper …continue reading »

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Feb 15
2011

ReachLocal Gets into Deal a Day via DealOn

Local sales leaders are now jumping into the deal a day phenomenon. Yesterday, Citysearch said they’d push deals hard to its thousands of advertisers. Today, ReachLocal announced that it was buying DealOn Media. Specific terms weren’t disclosed, but ReachLocal is valuing DealOn at $10 million. DealOn will be keeping its name for now, and CEO …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Money, Sales Channels

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Feb 15
2011

‘Deals by Citysearch’ Launches

Citysearch is getting into the deals space, offering a mix of curated daily deals, coupons and other offers from providers such as Groupon, The Deal Map, Restaurant.com as well as from its own base of thousands of advertisers. CityGrid advertisers may also participate. The service, similar to The Deal Map and 8Coupons, is mobile-oriented. It …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Mobile, Social Media

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    ILM East: The Largest East Coast Local Show
    Boston March 26-28

    Keynotes
    Ted Leonsis, Vice Chairman of the Board, Groupon +++
    Jason Calacanis, CEO, Mahalo
    Michael Zimbalist, VP, Research Operations, New York Times
    Jay Herratti, CEO, CityGrid
    Leslie Berland, VP, Social Strategy, American Express
    Michael Silberman, GM, NewYorkMag.com

    Featured Speakers
    Bill Bice, CEO, SpaBoom
    Merrill Brown, co-founder. MSNBC.com, Court TV
    Jim Douglass, EVP, Cartera Commerce
    Jere Doyle, CEO, EverSave
    Walt Doyle, CEO, Where
    Adam Japko, CEO, Digital Sherpa
    Maria Kermath, Dir.,, New Tech, AT&T Advertising Sales
    Mark Josephson, SVP, AOL Local
    Charlie Kim, CEO, Next Jump
    John McIntyre, CEO, Pixelfish
    Randa Minkarah, SVP, Revenue, Fisher Communications
    Randy Parker, President, SMB Apps
    Mark Schmulen, GM, Social Media, Constant Contact
    Andy Slater, VP, Digital Agency Sales, Katz 360
    Andrew Shotland, Publisher, Local SEO Guide
    Christopher Tippie, CEO, FindNSave
    Darren Waddell, EVP, Reply.com

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    Thanks for coming to my personal site. Most of the content on this site is also found on BIA/Kelsey’s Local Media Watch, which includes material from other BIA/Kelsey analysts. I am a Vice President with BIA/Kelsey, and am focused on the Marketplaces research program.

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