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August 9, 2013 11:19 pm GMT
In the past few years, it seems like there's been the explosion of startups trying to convince local businesses to sign up for their marketing or loyalty tools, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area. In fact, LocalOn co-founder Shahbano Imran recalled going door-to-door trying to convince businesses to sign up and discovering that "small businesses are getting pitched by 20 startups a day."As a result, she said LocalOn's initial efforts were "a complete failure" because "nobody wanted to hear from us." Then she and her co-founder David Tolloupov came up with a better way to reach those businesses working with local newspapers and merchant associations.
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YC-Backed LocalOn Works With Newspapers To Give Small Businesses A One-Stop Shop For Online Marketing
In the past few years, it seems like there's been the explosion of startups trying to convince local businesses to sign up for their marketing or loyalty tools, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area. In fact, LocalOn co-founder Shahbano Imran recalled going door-to-door trying to convince businesses to sign up and discovering that "small businesses are getting pitched by 20 startups a day."As a result, she said LocalOn's initial efforts were "a complete failure" because "nobody wanted to hear from us." Then she and her co-founder David Tolloupov came up with a better way to reach those businesses working with local newspapers and merchant associations.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/YUB13G2opUo/
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