Some industry experts around the world were asked what the year will hold for the location-based marketing, advertising and commerce space. 24 interesting predictions were received from a variety of experts representing different companies such as Constant Contact, Dstillery, GoDaddy, Kenshoo, Placed, Yext and many more, in a research carried out by Local Search Association. Specifically, these predictions came in from:
- David McIninch, CRO, Acquisio
- Lynn Tornabene, CMO, AffinityX
- Raphaël Iscar, Head of Marketing and Communications, Agendize
- Manish Patel, CEO, Brandify
- Ellen Brezniak, SVP, Customer Operations, Constant Contact
- Ted Paff, CEO, Customer Lobby
- Ravi Sundararaman, Group Product Manager, Marketing, DataSphere
- Anthony J. Vela Jr., Vice President, Senior Media Consultant, Donald R. Harvey Inc.
- Lauren Moores (PhD), VP, Strategy, Dstillery
- Steven Aldrich, Senior Vice President, Business Applications, GoDaddy
- Anna Chandler, SEO Specialist, Go Local Interactive
- Christine Bensen, SVP, Media Strategy, iCrossing
- Nate Young, Director, Business Development, Kenshoo
- Nick Neels, Head of Local Search Marketing, Location3 Media
- David Shim, Founder & CEO, Placed
- Frost Prioleau, CEO, Simpli.fi
- Manpreet Singh, President, TalkLocal
- CJ Arseneau, VP of Marketing, Telmetrics
- Rick Bastian, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development Manager, UpCity
- Jeff Tomlin, CMO, Vendasta
- Grace Chan, VP Product, Wanderful Media
- Sonali Engineer, Manager, Paid Search, We Simplify the Internet (WSI)
- Ginger E. Jones, Co-Owner, WebPunch
- Liz Walton, Director of Marketing, Yext