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JUNE 12, 2013

Is that mobile cost-per-click, CPA ad, Facebook campaign, or Pinterest page actually translating into a customer? A new, Santa Monica startup, CampaignEQ , is hoping to help marketers better attribute increases in mobile customers and traffic to their marketing campaigns, with a new product. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer OpenX Technologies said this morning that it has launched a new product, the OpenX SSP (Supply Side Platform). OpenX said that such customers as YP, TVGuide.com, and the New York Observer are already using the product. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

If you're an NCAA fan, and you've loaded the app for your favorite team, there's a high likelyhood that the app is actually the product of El Segundo-based Hopscotch (www.gohopscotch.com). Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

We don’t hear about the remaining several million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform.

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JULY 2, 2014

Los Angeles-based data provider Factual said Tuesday that it has partnered with Adelphic , a provider of a mobile, demand-side advertising platform aimed at agencies and brands. factual adelphic mobile advertising targeting demand geolocation geofencing' Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S.

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JULY 17, 2012

Los Angeles-based Mogreet , the mobile marketing and mobile video technology firm headed by James Citron, has launched a new product today, aimed at providing monetization of MMS messages. The firm said the tool makes it simple for companies to generate advertising revenue from opt-in, MMS messaging campaigns.

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JULY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization firm headed by Frank Addante, has launched an offering for the mobile advertising market, the company said this morning. Rubicon said the new product comes from its May 2012 acquisition of Mobsmith. The product is currently available in the U.S.,

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MAY 5, 2016

Pasadena-based mobile ad measurement platform developer UberMedia , one of the companies out of Idealab, has released a new, mobile attribution product that tracks cross-media advertisement and correlates that to foot traffic in stores. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible , the provider of local online marketing software for small and medium sized businesses, said Wednesday that it has enhanced its technology platform, adding new mobile optimized landing pages, use of Amazon Cloud Front for video, and expanded listings in business directories. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

We don’t hear about the remaining several million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform.

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APRIL 30, 2013

It seems like a "no-brainer" -- young girls are among the biggest audiences for mobile games, and there''s a huge subculture of games targeted at iPhone-carrying girls. Yet, it seems like there''s no easy way to specifically advertise on those games, or a way for those game developers to monetize that audience. What are you all about?

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JUNE 26, 2013

Los Angeles-based real-time ad marketplace operator Rubicon Project said today that it has launched a new product, letting publishers create their own private marketplaces for mobile ad inventory. rubicon project mobile advertising private marketplace' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. One recession later and the US advertising market is about $245 billion – but still only 10-12% is online and measurable. And it turns out that we click a lot.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Many online business today have a big problem: users are increasingly coming to their websites as mobile users, not desktop users, which means lower ad revenues and conversions. How do you make those mobile users just as profitable as desktop users? All of the sudden, there was a growth in users coming from mobile platforms.

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APRIL 17, 2015

Los Angeles-based FastPay , the provider of financing products for ad and media driven companies which is led by Jed Simon, has backed mobile and video advertising products firm Altitude Digital with $30M in financing, Altitude said Thursday. Terms of the financing were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly is developing mobile advertising tools for the Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms, which allows application developers to manage and optimize their advertising inventory. As part of the investment, Burstly said that it is opening up access to its advertising tools and exiting beta for its product.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

San Diego-based Verve Wireless , the developer of mobile publishing tools for the Associated Press, McClatchy, Belo Interactive, and other publishers, said this morning that it has raised $7M more in additional funding. According to Verve, the new funding will go towards further development and expansion of products. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. Both of his co-founders worked with him previously and both worked on ad management platforms. The world is going mobile. I’ll explain in detail below.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008 -- "Trends in Digital Distribution: Production, Distribution and Advertising" CommNexus. This event explores how production, distribution and advertising have evolved from past business models to support digital content distribution on new media platforms. See [link] (more).

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MARCH 21, 2013

Domeyer recently told us how mobile visitors to the web are dramatically changing how Oversee looks at the market, and are pushing the firm to invest more in technology to adapt to mobile users. Debra Domeyer: Number one, we're definitely showing leadership in mobile innovation. That's a huge amount of mobile traffic.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

Advertising technology is hot with the rise of mobile, evidenced in part by Verizon’s merger with AOL valued at $4.4 billion, and on a much smaller scale, Undertone’s recent acquisition of mobile ad provider Sparkflow. Even so, ads only work if people can see them, and today’s ad formats need to be visible on any device.

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile ad technology developer Airpush said Thursday that it has acquired Hubbl , a native advertising and personalization technology developer. Airpush, which is led by Asher Delug, said it will integrate Hubbl''s native advertising platform into its own products. Hubbl was based in New York.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. These days, video production is also a useful skill.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Gradient X , the online mobile marketing and advertising technology developer backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, and others, has snapped up some talent from OpenX with its latest hire. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

Los Angeles-based AdColony , the mobile video ad network operated by Jirbo, said Wednesday that it has launched a new, self-serve HD video ad platform targeted at mobile devices. Jirbo said its new AdColony Express product allows marketers to upload and submit their own video ad campaigns on iPhone, iPad, and the iPod Touch.

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the digital advertising startup which helps publishers automate ad placements on their websites via a real-time, trading platform, has expanded its management team, saying that it has named four new executives Tuesday. rubicon project management executive digital advertising exchange real time'

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JUNE 28, 2013

William Belk and Dirk McGregor were both early employees at Beachmint, who saw how difficult it was to track the lifetime value and marketing attribution of their advertising spend. To figure that out, they started building tools to help them sort out Beachmint''s advertising efforts. What is CampaignEQ?

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JANUARY 7, 2015

In the last few years, Southern California has been a key market in launching mobile applications and services, due to a huge, mobile-savvy consumer population. Bart Molenda: Close5 is a mobile based app that makes it very simple to buy and sell, in particular in your area. However, classifies have not yet caught up with mobile.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Los Angeles-based PK4 Media announced today that it has launched a new product aimed at optimizing both display and video advertising, across mobile, tablet, and online platforms.

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MAY 13, 2013

According to Greentoe, it will use the funding for marketing of the site, including a multi-platform advertising campaign across the web, television, and mobile. The funding came from Parker Thompson from 500 Startups/Dave McClure. Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Los Angeles-based Frequency , the video publishing software provider headed by Blair Harrison, has launched a new product, saying at NAB that it has launched Frequency Sync, which helps users publish their videos across the company''s range of video applications. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

“We look at three pillars of our types of apps… casual games, mobile games, and personal tools,” said Maple Media chief executive, Michael Ritter. . Typically production cycles are driven by the rhythms of Google Play and Apple’s app stores. “We see ourselves as a media company,” said Ritter.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

RingRevenue's unique technology allows online and offline advertisers and publishers to consistently increase revenues from mobile, print, search and email campaigns by tracking the phone calls generated by such ads. So it only makes sense that the Facebook mobile app has been an enormous success. Yeah, right.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. Where does someone who is starting a hairdressers advertise their business? What is ProfileTree?

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Instagram clarified its position on ownership of photos Tuesday, saying its intent was not to sell user photos, or use them in advertising. Munson did say that it's a logical move by Instagram towards Facebook's advertising model. all have been building businesses around Instagram. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Last week, Los Angeles-based Sense360 raised $2.75M in a funding round, to go towards its development of a platform to help developers pull together information and make sense of all the data coming from your mobile phone. What platforms will this work on? Tell us about your new company? Two things happened subsequent to that.

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