Yelp sits in a unique position to gauge local consumer behavior and business activity. We’ll break down its first-party insights and trend data to understand what's really happening out there today.
Jim Chapelle, Yelp
Does Agentic AI have the potential to scratch SMBs' everlasting itch? Can it automate customer service and save the scarcest resource: Time? vcita is in the process of executing this vision. What is it learning along the way?
Itzik Levy, vcita
How are SaaS companies integrating AI to provide better outcomes and experiences for SMBs? Is it moving the needle for adoption and retention? We cut through the hype and talk to the players in the game.
Ben Pashman, Creatify
Danny Webb, Cinch
SEO is a moving target as everyone tries to reverse-engineer the ever-changing algorithm. We'll examine real SERP data to determine today's top ranking factors.
Andrew Shotland, Local SEO Guide
Where is AI disrupting search and other forms of advertising? Can it advance search by automating creative and optimizing ad placement? Or will it replace search as the web’s next front door?
Christian Ward, YEXT
How is local marketing assembled from disparate parts and players? We examine Hibu’s approach to personalized SMB ads using Yext data and Tiger Pistol.
Lisa Mazzarese , HIBU
Sarah Cucchiara, Tiger Pistol
Brook Henderson, YEXT
Cutting through the hype and inside baseball, how do SMBs actually feel about AI? We surveyed them to find out and will break down the results on stage.
Itai Sadan, Duda
Search is rewriting the rules. Traditional Local SEO remains vital, yet local businesses must now adapt with Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). What is it and why does it matter? Uberall will break it all down.
Krystal Taing , Uberall
Allison Townsend, Uberall
How can organic social media management drive user retention, product adoption, and performance marketing? We'll uncover data-backed answers.
Ross Gray, Cloud Campaign
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Fresh off of Yext's acquisition of Places Scout, we talk to founder Mark Kabana about his insights and observations of the local search universe and its orbiting bodies.
Mark Kabana, Yext (x-Places Scout)
How do you scale an Agency or SMB SaaS business? That's the $200 million question. Scorpion has answers, and they're fire tested. With Corey Quinn's help, we'll unravel the mystery in this fireside chat.
Jamie Adams, Scorpion
Corey Quinn, Corey Quinn, Inc.
Just like search, social media is a moving targets. Add to that a fragmented world of social apps that each require a different playbook. SOCi sits at the center and will tell us how it's done.
Monica Ho, SOCi
What are today’s success factors in bringing a new product or feature to market? From inception to implementation, how is it done today and what are the new realities of product dev cycles?
Nick Hopkins, HIBU
James Morse, Ansira
Geospatial is one of the key ingredients in local marketing? Where does the data come from, what are best practices in using it, and what are key considerations in the age of privacy?
Donny Dye, Placer.AI
Continuing the discusssion of location intelligence and geospatial marketing strategies, we now show rather than tell. Ground Truth tells the story through the lens of client case studies.
Erik Carlson, Groundtruth
Our list of recently-funded SaaS companies should be on your radar. They just got money …How did they get it, and what are they going to do with it?
Luca Sechi, Circumference Group
Kate Reinmiller, Read.AI
Peter Domato, Persistent ID
We're in a famously challenged funding environment. So what are best practices in landing vendure funding, and what are VC's looking for? We talk to both investors and recently-funded startups for first-hand insight.
Emily Steele, Hummingbirds
Jamie Lane, Progress Partners
How can SMBs find the talent they need? And how can platforms lessen adoption friction by bolting their software to local implementation talent? Upwork has Answers.
Nicholas Cosgrove, UpWork
What are PR best practices and top considerations for startups in today's environment? What's the best way to get positive press, pitch product releases to journalists and own the narrative?
Karla Jo Helms, JOTO PR Disruptors™
Mike Boland, Localogy
Dan Hight, Localogy
Kate Reinmiller, Read.AI
Mark Kabana, YEXT (x-Places Scout)
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