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September 28, 2019

New Podcast: “A Drop in the Bucket” with Duda’s Itai Sadan (Video)

In this episode of the Above the Cloud podcast, Duda Co-founder and CEO Itai Sadan talks about the website builder business and how the company plans to use its recent $25 million equity round. This round brings Duda’s fundraising total to $50 million since the company was founded in 2009 by Itai and CTO Amir…

Contributed by: Charles Laughlin

September 19, 2019

What’s the Best SMB Website Builder? Part III: Go Daddy Expands

This is part III in our series on SMB website builders. See the whole series here. We’re starting to sense a pattern. Website builders continue to expand their functionality to gain competitive edge and “one-stop-shop” appeal. This is done for all the reasons explored in Part II of this series, such as greater ARPU and…

Contributed by: Mike Boland

September 18, 2019

What’s the Best SMB Website Builder? Part II: Constant Contact Enters

This is part II in our series on SMB website builders. Part III will publish tomorrow and others will follow. See the whole series here. Email marketing powerhouse Constant Contact this week became the latest entrant to the website-builder competitive landscape. Along with websites, it’s also launching adjacent/complimentary services such as a logo maker, eCommerce…

Contributed by: Mike Boland

September 3, 2019

What’s the Best SMB Website Builder?

Data Scout is LSA’s series that curates and draws meaning from third-party data. Running semi-weekly, it adds an analytical layer to the industry data that we encounter in daily knowledge building. For LSA original data, see the separate Modern Commerce Monitor™️ series. Several SMB marketing components start with presence. You need somewhere for all those…

Contributed by: Mike Boland

August 20, 2019

Automattic Enters the CRM Game

The WordPress universe just got a little bigger… again. Following last week’s acquisition of Tumblr WordPress.com owner Automattic has acquired CRM plugin, ZBS. The latter is a top plugin on the WordPress platform and will now join Automattic’s arsenal of software. The amount of the deal was not disclosed, but we do know that ZBS…

Contributed by: Mike Boland

August 14, 2019

Unpacking Automattic’s Tumblr Acquisition

The WordPress universe just got a little bigger. And the once high-flying micro-publishing darling known as Tumblr has found a home that finally makes sense. WordPress.com owner Automattic this week acquired Tumblr from Verizon Media for “well below $20 million,” according to Axios. Tumblr’s value was once much greater when a Marissa Mayer-era Yahoo! acquired…

Contributed by: Mike Boland

August 1, 2019

On the Heels of Mono Deal, Bauer Acquires Camilyo

In a move that affirms our view that consolidation of the SMB site builder space is well underway, Bauer Media Group has acquired Camilyo. This deal comes just days after we reported that Bauer had acquired Camilyo’s rival, Mono Solutions. These two deals represent a significant roll-up of the small business site builder space, and…

Contributed by: Charles Laughlin

May 31, 2019

Replay: The Future of Search and Why Local is So Important

During the LSA’s most recent webinar, Duane Forrester of Yext discussed the future of search and the four major trends that are driven by platform change. He explained what the search engines are most focused on, as well as how businesses can prepare themselves to succeed in this evolving environment. Here are each of the…

Contributed by: Courtney Dobson

May 16, 2019

GoDaddy’s GoCentral Platform Allows SMBs to Create, Claim Yelp Listings

GoDaddy, the world’s largest website domain name registrar, has made it easier for small businesses to create, claim and manage their online Yelp listings, as well as monitor their reviews, by announcing an integration with the review site through its GoCentral platform. The partnership comes at a time where nearly 9 out of 10 consumers…

Contributed by: Courtney Dobson

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