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Local Advertising Tips from Saturday Night Live

By Hannah Hill on Tue, Dec 11, 2012 @ 02:50 PM in local advertising solutions, local advertising

What’s your favorite Saturday Night Live skit? An episode of Bronx Beat with Betty and Jodi? Justin Timberlake’s D*** in a Box? Maybe you’re a fan of Turd Ferguson’s appearance on Celebrity Jeopardy. If you’re like me, you can’t pick just one...

The Top Two Methods to get Employees Engaged and Increase Local Reach

By Scott Olson on Thu, Nov 29, 2012 @ 11:13 AM in local digital advertising, local advertising

If you’re a marketer worth your weight in advertising efforts (and we know that’s fluctuating given last week’s holiday and the upcoming celebrations), you know by now the importance of improving your local reach and effectiveness to drive results....

Local Advertising, Turkey and a Side of Mashed Potatoes

By Hannah Hill on Tue, Nov 20, 2012 @ 12:15 PM in local advertising

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I figured I’d tie it into this week’s post, given how much it has in common with local advertising. Here, let me set the table for you. A delicious Thanksgiving dinner includes turkey, stuffing, mashed...

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The Three Things James Bond Has Taught Us About Local Advertising

By Scott Olson on Thu, Nov 15, 2012 @ 12:38 PM in local advertising

You read that right. We’re talking about Bond, James Bond, AKA 007 (double-o-seven). James knows local, like Bo knows football. Stick with me for a minute and I’ll show you how. Here’s the 30 second version: James knows his target, he knows where...

Who you tryin’ to get crazy with ese? Don’t you know I’m local?

By Scott Olson on Thu, Nov 08, 2012 @ 04:15 PM in digital advertising, mobile advertising, local digital advertising, local advertising solutions, local advertising

It’s been a big week, especially if you’ve been awake for more than 10 minutes. We had a little thing called the presidential election and there’s obviously much that’s been said about that. The interesting thing though, is that the world doesn’t...

The Future of Newspapers is Bright

By Hannah Hill on Wed, Oct 10, 2012 @ 01:30 PM in digital, newspaper readership, local advertising, print

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! It’s already day four of National Newspaper Week, so I hope you’ve picked up a newspaper and a cup of joe to celebrate. If not, what’s stopping you? According to Caroline H. Little, President and CEO of the Newspaper...

10 Dazzling Benefits of Local Advertising

By Molly Carnicom on Tue, Oct 02, 2012 @ 09:07 AM in local advertising, local media sources, media consumption, media usage, affluent consumers

Last month, we posted two blogs on why local advertising is important, beneficial and necessary for any and every advertiser out there. Guess what? We are back at it again. Without a doubt, local advertising is a strong and relevant resource for...

Black, White and Read All Over: Why Local News Sources Matter to Advertisers

By Molly Carnicom on Thu, Aug 23, 2012 @ 01:00 PM in reaching local audience, integrated marketing plan, local advertising, local media sources, newspaper industry, local focus, successful print advertising

What concerts are happening this weekend? What will the weather be like for Saturday afternoon? What new restaurants have opened and what is their rating? Any coupons for the grocery store I could use? Where can you find the answer to all these...

Local Advertising: Why Remaining Relevant to the Community Trumps All

By Molly Carnicom on Thu, Aug 16, 2012 @ 02:00 PM in local advertising, local media sources

Local Advertising. It has been around forever and had its fair share of haters. But recently national advertisers started to flock towards it. What gives? National advertisers should only nationally advertise, right? Nope. In fact, if national...