Neg Norton, LSA’s president, kicked off LSA|14 in Huntington Beach, Calif. by introducing a new way of thinking about the local advertising and marketing space and LSA’s three strategic initiatives to help the industry achieve success within it.
4. What’s Changed?
Consumers inundated with local business information
Proliferation of digital and mobile platforms
leading to new offerings and technologies
No uniform path to purchase
13. Distinguished Judging Panel
Andrew Shotland,
LocalSEOGuide.com
Ken Burbary,
Lowe Campbell Ewald
Eric Franchi,
Undertone
Becky Minervino,
Beam
Chris Travers,
Universal Business
Listing
Gordon Borrell,
Borrell Associates
Greg Sterling,
Opus Research
Hynek Stehno,
Local Spectrum
(SMG)
Laura Rich,
Street Fight
Matt Picheny,
MRY
Neal Polachek,
vSplash
Paul Plant,
Radicle Consulting
Peter Minnium,
IAB
Sebastien Provencher,
HomeAdvisor Canada
(HelpedBy)
15. “Great dinner event, and
an excellent group of people.
I thought it was very
productive from a
business-social perspective…
We look forward to our
continued participation.”
Think Tank NYC
–Chris Travers,
Universal Business Listing
17. Metrics That
Matter Database
Compiles real campaign results
from all forms of local media
Provides comprehensive view
of local media performance
Initial focus on mobile and
print Yellow Pages campaigns
Internet Yellow Pages,
search engine marketing and
social media campaigns
to be added
18. Metrics That Matter Database
0.82%
0.40%
MTM Advertisers Industry Benchmark
Industry
Average
2xGeo-targeted Mobile
Display Performance (CTR)
19. Metrics That Matter Database
0.64%
1.09%
0.98%
0.84%
0.61%
0.73%
Financial &
Insurance
Healthcare Home & Trade
Services
Professional
Services
Retail Technology
Services
Industry
Benchmark
(0.4%)
Geo-targeted Mobile
Display Performance (CTR)
20. Metrics That Matter Database
Invaluable tool for planning
local advertising spends
Access dependent
on participation
21. New Consumer & SMB Research
Visit
www.localsearchinsider.org
25. State of LSA
2013 financial results: Net income of $330,000
Reserve fund: $9.1 million
2014 budget anticipates revenues and expenses: $7.9 million
26. LSA Board of Directors
George Hanna
Vice Chairman, LSA
Chief Legal Officer, YP Holdings Inc.
Sharon Sweeney
Secretary/Treasurer
President, Fairway Group
Bill Dinan
Chairman, LSA
President, Telmetrics Inc.
27. Expanding LSA Board
Ben Wood
Director of Channel Sales,
Americas, Google
Andrea Cancro
EVP, Managing Director,
Starcom MediaVest Group
Katy Hunter
Senior Director of Partner &
Channel Marketing, Microsoft
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TO COME