socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Irvine-based Local.com , the online operator of local search advertising sites, said today that it has suspended its acquisition of LEC-billed subscribers, and will focus on providing its own, credit-card local business product, Exact Match. Local.com said it will instead focus on traditional local business products, charged at $1795.00

Acquisition 150

Acquisition Paid Search Advertising Web 150

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace. Social Media has been traditionally seen as branding medium, but that seems to be shifting this year.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

InfoChachkie

MAY 14, 2012

This latest wave in this transformation has been enabled by a number of sophisticated technology companies, including: Burstly , Coull , Collider Media , GraphEffect , SteelHouse , RingRevenue , GumGum , and DataPop. I know these particular companies well, as I am an investor in some of them and an ardent fan of the rest.

Content 171

Content Platform Paid Search OpenX 171

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

Our platform enables them to manage the digital representation of their locations, and engage with consumers in paid, social, and search, to improve that customer experience. Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit. How did you get involved with MomentFeed?

Google 127

Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. At RingRevenue we’ve created a call performance marketing platform that at its core is all about getting more high-value calls to advertisers who want them.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

It was the first company to do “paid search&# back when Larry & Sergey were saying they would never do it. plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. Maybe even as powerful as search. I talked about the platform moves of Twitter and why it should be expected.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

How we do so, is we help consumers discover new products and shop for them. Historically, ThisNext has always been the umbrella brand to help people shop for product they are interested in, across multiple verticals. Traditionally, that has been products in fashion/beauty, home/garden, sports/outdoors, and parenting and green.

Content 165

Content Demand Sites Media 165