Tag Archives: newspapers

It’s a Wanderful time to be in the news!

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Ben T. Smith, IV

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 →

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Wanderful Media Raises Another $9 Million to Fuel Rapid Growth

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Ben T. Smith, IV

We’ve been heads-down, busy working, and I am very pleased with the team’s accomplishments so far in 2013. Wanderful Media recently announced raising an additional $9 million from our existing investors, bringing our total funding to $36 million. This additional … Continue reading →

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Retail is not dying… just transforming.

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Ben T. Smith, IV

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 →

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Wanderful Media raises $5 million in new funding round

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Ben T. Smith, IV

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 →

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2012: A Year of Building

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Ben T. Smith, IV

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 →

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Wanderful Media Adds Former Microsoft & Yahoo! Talent to Growing Management Team | Marketwire

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Ben T. Smith, IV

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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Coming in 2013: Greater Retail Industry Shifts

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Ben T. Smith, IV

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 →

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Amazon’s Hidden Weak Spot: Lack Of Local Leverage | Forbes

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Ben T. Smith, IV

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 →

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Wanderful Media Adds Dave Thomsen as EVP of Product and Design to Growing Management Team | Marketwire

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Ben T. Smith, IV

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 →

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Ben Smith, Bob Clark: Newspapers Ditching Traditional Advertising Models

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Ben T. Smith, IV

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 →

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