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Take Two! The Find&Save Experience Just Got More Personal & Social
This week we unveiled our new Find&Save® local discovery shopping platform at the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) mediaXchange Conference in Orlando. This represents the culmination of many months of GSD or Get Sh*t Done. The Wanderful Media team consistently … Continue reading
Posted in FindnSave, Silicon Valley, Wanderful Media
Tagged advertising, digital, Discovery shopping, Find n Save, find&save, mediaXchange, mobile, naa, newspaper ads, Retail, shopping, Wanderful Media
Wheels up! Wanderful Media is headed to Orlando
I am looking forward to speaking with Dave Thomsen (EVP of Product & Design) at the NAA mediaXchange this Monday, April 15 in Orlando. Our session, “The Reinvention of Local Discovery Shopping,” will be our formal introduction of the completely … Continue reading
Posted in FindnSave, Silicon Valley, Wanderful Media
Tagged advertising, Brick and mortar, find&save, findnsave, local sales, newspaper ads, retail stores, shopping, Wanderful Media
Six Ways to Show Appreciation to Your Employees
In the spirit of National Employee Appreciation Day, I’d like to share this article about some of the ways I show appreciation to employees. Over my years of managing people and teams, I’ve learned that when you show people appreciation, you get back … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships, Silicon Valley, Wanderful Media
Tagged business, Company, Employment, google, GSD, Management, relationships, Trust, Wanderful Media, Work
Love the Ones You’re With. Why Startup Success Depends on Relationships | SiliconANGLE
I recently wrote this post with Doug Kilponen, COO at Wanderful Media. Having worked together on two different startups over the course of several years, it has become clear to us that loyalty is the secret ingredient for success. The media … Continue reading
Posted in MerchantCircle, Relationships, Silicon Valley, Startups, Wanderful Media
Tagged Blekko, business, CodeGear, Loyalty, merchantcircle, Odeo, Startups, Team, Topix, Twitter, Wanderful Media
Pinterest – Pinning Down Its Value For Retail | MediaPost
This is a great piece I wrote with Ron Adams, VP of National Sales at Wanderful Media. The Wanderful team is focused on connecting local retailers with consumers, and we see a huge opportunity for retailers to capitalize on areas … Continue reading
Posted in FindnSave, Silicon Valley, Startups, Wanderful Media
Tagged Discovery shopping, Online advertising, Online Shopping, Pinterest, Retail, Retailers, shopping, Startups, Wanderful Media
Retail is not dying… just transforming.
By Seema Sud and Ben T. Smith, IV VHS was going to be the cinema killer in the late ‘70s; and yet, 30 “DVR, Blue ray and big screen TV” years later, cinema is more popular than ever and the … Continue reading
Posted in FindnSave, Silicon Valley, Startups, Wanderful Media
Tagged Discovery shopping, mobile, newspapers, Online advertising, Online Shopping, Retail, Retailers, shopping, Startups, technology, Wanderful Media
Wanderful Media raises $5 million in new funding round
It’s been an incredible year for the retail and e-commerce industries, especially when it comes to discovery shopping. For Wanderful Media, 2012 will be defined as a year of building, and the theme for this year will be delivering. We’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Silicon Valley, Startups, Wanderful Media
Tagged Discovery shopping, funding, mobile, newspapers, Online advertising, Online Shopping, Retail, Startups, tablet, technology, Wanderful Media
2012: A Year of Building
If you think about it, every year takes on a character, or theme, of its own depending upon goals we’ve set, decisions we’ve made and unplanned events that take place along the way. 2011 was driven by a few great … Continue reading
Smartphones & Tablets, Reshaping The Overall Shopping Experience!
The explosion of mobile devices that connect anywhere has blurred the line between online and in-store shopping. Shopping behaviors continue to change, as new options are regularly being introduced to consumers. It’s because of these behaviors that Wanderful Media is … Continue reading
Posted in Silicon Valley, Wanderful Media
Tagged Behavior, Consumer, Mobile Devices, Online Shopping, Retail, shopping, Smartphone, Survey, Tablets, Wanderful Media
Wanderful Media Adds Former Microsoft & Yahoo! Talent to Growing Management Team | Marketwire
I am proud to announce that Wanderful Media has recently added two Silicon Valley veterans to our growing management team. We have appointed Steve Trefethen as chief technology officer and Grace Chan will serve as our vice president of product management. Steve Trefethen … Continue reading
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Tagged borland, CodeGear, Falafel Software, Intel, merchantcircle, Microsoft, mobile, newspapers, Online advertising, shopping, silicon valley, tablet, Wanderful Media, Yahoo
