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Mar 13
2009

New AOL Chief Tim Armstrong is Big Champion of Local

Tim Armstrong, AOL’s new CEO, is a very big believer in local, with personal investments in a New York-area hyperlocal site (Patch) via his Polar Investments. Moreover, as head of sales for Google, he has frequently commented on his interests in developing local. Here’s a comment in the “about us” section of Patch (which is …continue reading »

Categories: Google, HyperLocal

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Jul 28
2008

Local Arts Nights Out Via Google

Google and Salesforce.com are using some of their market power to help local cultural institutions. Last week, while I was in San Francisco for Inman, I found “Tartuffe” by The African American Shakespeare Co when I searched “San Francisco” and “Theater.” It was a great play, but it was a small production off the beaten …continue reading »

Categories: Google, HyperLocal, Local Search

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Jul 18
2008

Local Sites, Verticals Get High Marks for ‘Context’

Ad agencies look at a number of factors when they’re placing local media, such as “reach,” “targeted” “easy,” “CPMs,” “environment,” “contextual,” “behavioral,” and “geo-centric,” says Shawn Riegsecker, CEO of Centro, who was speaking at this week’s ShopLocal summit in Chicago. Some sites consistently do better than others in different areas, notes Riegsecker. Vertical sites, for …continue reading »

Categories: Shopping/Transactions, Verticals

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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 +++
    Michael Zimbalist, VP, Research Operations, New York Times
    Jay Herratti, CEO, CityGrid
    Leslie Berland, SVP, Social Strategy, American Express
    Michael Silberman, GM, NewYorkMag.com
    Dave Schappell, Director, Product Development, AmazonLocal

    Featured Speakers
    Bill Bice, CEO, BoomTime
    Merrill Brown, co-founder. MSNBC.com, Court TV
    Geoff Cramer, CEO, Social Made Simple
    Juan Delgado, Managing Director, Americas, Perform!
    Jim Douglass, EVP, Cartera Commerce
    Jere Doyle, CEO, EverSave
    Walt Doyle, CEO, Where
    Adam Epstein, President and COO, Ad Marketplace
    Perry Evans, CEO, Closely
    Josh Fenton, CEO, GoLocal24
    David Hornik, Principal, August Capital
    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
    Scott Maxwell, Sr. Managing Director, Open View
    Randa Minkarah, SVP, Revenue, Fisher Communications
    Jeff Moriarty, VP, Product Development, Boston.com
    Randy Parker, President, SMB Apps
    Steve Sherfy, Manager, Local and Mobile Search, Group M
    Mark Schmulen, GM, Social Media, Constant Contact
    Jaidev Shergill, CEO, Bundle
    Andy Slater, VP, Digital Agency Sales, Katz 360
    Andrew Shotland, Publisher, Local SEO Guide
    Karl Siebrecht, CEO, AdReady
    Christopher Tippie, CEO, FindNSave
    John Valentine, VP, Scvngr/Level Up
    Darren Waddell, EVP, Reply.com
    Zohar Yardani, CEO, Main St. Connect

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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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