Peter Krasilovsky's

Local Onliner

Jun 17
2010

NY Magazine Uses Local Search to Extend Wedding Content Views, Other Verticals

New York Connects, the local “content discovery” project launched late last year by New York Magazine and Clickable, has seen definite progress since its launch last December, according to NYmag.com General Manager Michael Silberman. Silberman spoke to us as part for a broad profile on NYmag.com’s extensive vertical efforts being issued in BIA/Kelsey’s Marketplaces program. …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Verticals

Tags: , , , , ,

  • 1
  • 0
Apr 15
2009

Wedding Mapper Provides Customized Maps, Targeted Ads

Selling advertising on customized Google Maps is becoming increasingly common, with agencies such as LAT49 showing the way. Ads have been sold on maps for hiking, jogging trails, local transit and other categories. Now Wedding Mapper is taking the same concept to weddings, where it allows couples to map out a wedding trail of airports, …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Mapping, Verticals, Yellow Pages

Tags: , , ,

  • 0
  • 0
Mar 27
2009

The Knot Launches Local Wedding Sites

The Knot has launched 75 local URL sites as well as several niche sites, including Chinese weddings, gay wedding, beach weddings and destination weddings. More than 200 local and niche sites are planned by the end of 2009, according to coverage in The Wall Street Journal. Much of the local sites content is re-purposed and …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Misc, Verticals, Yellow Pages

Tags: , ,

  • 1
  • 0
Feb 18
2009

WeddingBook.com: Will TripAdvisor Concept Work for Weddings?

TripAdvisor was one of those rare Web 2.0 breakthroughs where the power of the crowd created a viral energy all its own (and enough traffic to sell advertising). Now Stephen Kaufer, the founder and CEO of Trip Advisor, along with Dan Saul, the founder of Smarter Travel Media, hope to repeat the magic in the …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Money, Sales Channels, Verticals, Yellow Pages

Tags: , ,

  • 1
  • 0

  • Events

    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

    Welcome

    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.

  • Archives

  • Tag Cloud