Peter Krasilovsky's

Local Onliner

Jul 27
2011

Gannett Plans to be a ‘Top 3′ Player with Deal Chicken

Gannett has now publicly announced that it has expanded its Deals Chicken platform to 10-15 markets, and will be in 57 markets where it has newspapers and/or TV stations. The company obviously enters a crowded marketplace, but will likely become an immediate contender for several reasons. These include the strength of its local media outlets, …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Newspapers

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Jul 27
2011

Cool Twitter Event: WineTwit’s ‘Virtual Tasting’

Businesses do really well online when they create “events” — as local promotion companies ranging from Zvents to Active.com have discovered. Home Depot has classes. Those are events. Brew pubs have free samples. Those are events, too. And so are REI’s adventure trips. They all pop up on calendars, in search results, and in social …continue reading »

Categories: Mobile, Social Media

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Jul 26
2011

Thumbtack’s Heady Goal: To Build ‘The Largest’ Service Marketplace

The new breed of lead providers for services appears to have slowed down. While Angie’s List is all over the air waves, building its consumer base for an expected IPO, and ServiceMagic is performing well for IAC, and expanding, not much has been heard from such new companies as RedBeacon, Cox’s Kudzu, Likelist, HelpHive , …continue reading »

Categories: Verticals

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Jul 25
2011

Mobile Seen as ‘Better Platform’ for Used Goods

When you get beyond the limited form factor of mobile, it really turns out to be a better platform for creating, managing and bidding on used goods, says Dan Zheng, a co-founder of EggDropApp, a new mobile-based auction service. Mobile is fast, geo-location oriented, fun and can be programmed for automatic notifications when items are …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions

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Jul 21
2011

Deals 3D: Coupons.com CEO Steven Boal on Power of E-Coupons

While deals are getting most of the attention right now, coupons remain a substantially larger player in the promotions business, says Steven Boal, CEO of Coupons.com, who was keynoting at BIA/Kelsey’s Deals 3D conference this week in San Francisco. Boal notes that deals and coupons have very similar demographics. They’re both heavily used by women, …continue reading »

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Jul 19
2011

Deals 3D: Merchant Services Leverage Deals

Deals are more than a one off when combined with merchant services such as mobile payment processing and scheduling, according to panelists at BIA/Kelsey’s Deals 3D conference in San Francisco today. Daily deal merchants can get a higher rate of return on their daily deal offer by implementing scheduling and reminder services, notes FullSlate CEO …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Deals

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Jul 19
2011

Deals 3D: Media Company Vendors Leveraging Promotion, Database

Media companies are beginning to strongly leverage their databases and promotional capabilities to push deals, according to several panelists at BIA/Kelsey’s Deals 3D conference today in San Francisco. Radio stations, for instance, haven’t really cashed in with online opportunities, but there is huge opportunity for them with deals, says Triton Media VP Jim Kerr, Kerr’s …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Deals

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    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

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    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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