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It’s a Wanderful time to be in the news!
With the first official day of fall around the corner, Wanderful is moving quickly to prepare for the holiday shopping season. Momentum is building and media outlets are taking notice of our hard work. A few weeks ago I was … Continue reading
Posted in FindnSave, Silicon Valley, Wanderful Media
Tagged advertising, Bloomberg TV, Brooke Baldwin, CNN, Find n Save, Marissa Mayer, mobile, newspapers, Online advertising, Pimm Fox, Retail, silicon valley, tablet, Vogue, Wanderful Media, Yahoo
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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
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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
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Coming in 2013: Greater Retail Industry Shifts
It’s been an incredible year for the retail and e-commerce industries, especially when it comes to local discovery shopping. 2012 was marked by new company introductions, market consolidation, growing social media influence and evolved retail tactics to drive consumers from … Continue reading
Posted in FindnSave, Groupon, Silicon Valley, Wanderful Media
Tagged advertising, amazon, ecommerce, Find n Save, mobile, newspapers, Online advertising, shopping, tablet, video, Wanderful Media
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Wanderful Acquires iCircular to Enhance Local Discovery Shopping
Yesterday Wanderful Media ™ announced the acquisition of iCircular from TheAssociated Press. iCircular is the mobile-phone equivalent of the stacks of coupons and other promotions inserted into print editions of weekend newspapers. We’re making a bet on mobile and tablets … Continue reading
Posted in Silicon Valley, Startups, Wanderful Media
Tagged advertising, Associated Press, Discovery shopping, ecommerce, Find n Save, iCircular, Mass media, mobile, Newspaper, Online advertising, shopping, tablet, Wanderful
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Amazon’s Hidden Weak Spot: Lack Of Local Leverage | Forbes
This is a great piece I wrote with Dave Thomsen, EVP of Product 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 that Amazon … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Wanderful Media
Tagged advertising, amazon, ecommerce, Find n Save, mobile, newspapers, Online advertising, shopping, tablet, video, Wanderful Media
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Wanderful Media Adds Dave Thomsen as EVP of Product and Design to Growing Management Team | Marketwire
As Doug and I set out to build Wanderful Media, we decided to do some things very differently than MerchantCircle. One of them was putting design at the core of the company DNA. The addition of Dave Thomsen as a … Continue reading
Posted in Silicon Valley, Startups, Wanderful Media
Tagged advertising, ecommerce, Find n Save, mobile, newspapers, Online advertising, social-media, tablet, video, Wanderful Media
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Ben Smith, Bob Clark: Newspapers Ditching Traditional Advertising Models
Historically, newspapers have relied on print advertising and paid circulation as main sources of revenue. Since the birth of the internet in the 90’s, the industry has been faced with a challenging future. The internet quickly deflated the value of … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Silicon Valley, Wanderful Media
Tagged advertising, ecommerce, Find n Save, mobile, newspapers, Online advertising, social-media, tablet, video, Wanderful Media
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Hot off the Presses: The Launch of Wanderful Media
In June I introduced my new post as CEO of ShopCo Holdings. I am happy to announce today we have launched out of stealth, as Wanderful Media! Wanderful represents a media industry initiative to transform the $4 billion business of … Continue reading
The newsonomics of Amazon vs. Main Street » Nieman Journalism Lab
A great piece on the importance of retail advertsing to the newspaper business and the indirect fight between Amazon and the papers happening now. “Classifieds has decimated by interactive databases. National has migrated strongly digital. Retail, which made up of … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, FindnSave, GSD, Silicon Valley, Wanderful Media
Tagged advertising, Ben T Smith IV, Find n Save, marketing, Newspaper, newspapers, Publishers, Startups, Wanderful Media
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