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Vote Local, Austin: 18 SXSW panels featuring Austinites that deserve your PanelPicker vote

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E-commerce and online brands are starting to crack digital marketing as the industry has been progressively adopting hyper-personalized advertising. Dosh’s CEO, Ryan Wuerch , says there are three crucial components we need to effectively address to master offline advertising: automation, location, and personalization.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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Mobile advertising became more targeted and user friendly by adapting to the small screen — but advertisers are slow to adopt , with much upside still to come. Startup accelerators modeled after YCombinator and Techstars sprouted up from NYC to Nigeria to New Delhi, spawning hundreds of new startups worldwide.