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The brains behind one of marketing’s biggest hits are out to reshape the industry again… with direct mail

TechCrunch LA

Postie , a new Los Angeles-based startup, has a vision for the future of advertising and marketing — and it’s direct mail. According to study from the Direct Marketing Association, direct mail campaigns rang up $46 billion from advertisers and companies in 2014, and Fink and his co-founder are hoping that number will climb.

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MGID: Move to Los Angeles Helped Drive Record Growth

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Santa Monica-based MGID , which provides native advertising, says its move from New York to Los Angeles earlier this year helped drive "dramatic growth" at the company. mgid native advertising exchange' MGID said it saw a 21.7 MGID said it saw a 21.7 The company also said it benefited from mainstream adoption of native ads.

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The Mobile Majority Buys Qualcomm Spinoff Gimbal

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Santa Monica-based The Mobile Majority , the mobile advertising technology developer led by Rob Emrich, says it has acquired Gimbal , the Qualcomm spinout focused on mobile engagement and location intelligence in the retail market. Gimbal was spun out of Qualcomm in 2014, and had started as a project within Qualcomm in 2010.

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Remember The Phone Company? It’s Back And It’s Called Facebook

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Unfortunately, many of these professionals are doing so with a desktop mindset more akin to 2004 than 2014. Instead of foisting antiquated conversion funnels on mobile users, advertisers should offer consumers what they want - the opportunity to transact (or learn more) with a single click.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. Over time you start to figure out who you customers are and how to sell to them or how to get them to adopt your products if you’re a consumer-oriented startup.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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So assume that in 2012 the company would do $20 million in sales and $2 million in profits (10%) and 2013 they would do sales of $25 million and $4 million in profit (16% net margin) and then slow growth in 2014 to $30 million and $6 million in profit (20% profit). That is $12 million in profits over 3 years. You own the IP you create.

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Interview with Scott Cannon, CEO of BigRentz

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They were putting online advertisements through Google Ads to solicit people to rent equipment, who could not figure it out on their own. In 2014, we raised quite a bit of money from St. The company has grown about 200 percent since 2014, in terms of revenue. From a customer standpoint, though, it's pretty clear.

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