Marketing Startups

  • Why Silicon Valley startup C1X opened an office in Omaha

    Why Silicon Valley startup C1X opened an office in Omaha

    San Jose-based ad tech startup C1X has opened a new office in Omaha, Nebraska. The company was founded in 2014 by Mukundu Kumaran to improve the marketplace for premium advertisers and publishers. “Our mission is to bring efficiency and data science to digital advertising,” said Perkins. The current auction-based digital advertising model has served premium publishers and advertisers poorly, according…

  • Qneo offers Groupon-like deals for smaller cities

    Qneo offers Groupon-like deals for smaller cities

    Groupon has had its ups and downs in recent months, but the deal-making site remains one of the most popular app in the US. But if you’re looking for local savings outside of a state’s top markets, the offerings start to get a little sparse. The Sioux City startup Qneo is looking to put more…

  • Joojoo wants to free us from the tyranny of the 5-star review

    Joojoo wants to free us from the tyranny of the 5-star review

    Most businesses pay for visibility on platforms like Google, Yelp or Angie’s List. Joojoo offers a better way. St. Louis-based Joojoo is a new web platform and mobile application dedicated to helping people share recommendations within their personal networks. “We’re kind of like the Pinterest for places,” said Brent Cowin, founder of Joojoo. “It’s a social…

  • Social Assurance helps financial services navigate digital marketing

    Social Assurance helps financial services navigate digital marketing

    The company serves over 1,400 financial institutions across the U.S. Lincoln startup Social Assurance is helping banks, insurance companies and financial advisors navigate the choppy waters of customer relations in the digital age. “We provide the software, process, content and strategies to help financial institutions market with confidence,” said Ben Pankonin, CEO and co-founder of…

  • Streamweaver turns Twitch gamers into influence marketers

    Streamweaver turns Twitch gamers into influence marketers

    In 2015 Swedish gamer PewDiePie earned $12 million thanks to more than 47 million subscribers on his YouTube page. More and more, fans are tuning in as gamers livestream games on Twitch.tv, which has more than 1.5 million broadcasters and 100 million visitors a month. Cedar Rapids startup Streamweaver wants to help gamers monetize their followings on…

  • Quickdraw Studios gamifies marketing to drive cultural change

    Quickdraw Studios gamifies marketing to drive cultural change

    In 2015 at a craft beer festival in Wichita, Kan., two graduate students were inspired by a brewery logo to create their own business. Nicolas Gallo and Cody Harryman brainstormed and soon Quickdraw Studios was born. The tech startup emerged as a video game marketing tool built to assist business branding and promotional outreach. Gallo…

  • b.Legal’s Chris Brown and Christina Hergott on marketing for lawyers [VIDEO]

    b.Legal’s Chris Brown and Christina Hergott on marketing for lawyers [VIDEO]

    When Chris Brown and Christina Hergott started b.Legal Marketing in Kansas City they thought building web sites for law firms would be easy. “[We were thinking] ‘Oh, we’re going to build web sites for lawyers. This will be easy,’” said Hergott. “But there’s so many other things that go into it. We can really be a resource for…

  • How RenMind turned a job into a startup

    How RenMind turned a job into a startup

    Several years ago Luke Armstrong was working for National Property Inspections, a property inspection company with 225 franchises across the US and Canada. “I had worked there for five years, helping franchisees with all aspects of marketing, making print materials, designing web sites, really thinking about leveraging dollars across identical business units,” said Armstrong. “I learned so…

  • Bulu goes on hiring spree to expand Bulu Marketplace

    Bulu goes on hiring spree to expand Bulu Marketplace

    Bulu, Inc. is in the midst of a hiring spree as it develops its data analysis platform Bulu Insights into the Bulu Marketplace platform. In the last three weeks Bulu has hired on 7 new employees, reaching a team total (including Bulu Box, Bulu Marketplace, and the warehouse team) of 23. The hires include Matt…

  • Gazella Wifi wants to change the way you interact with public wifi

    Gazella Wifi wants to change the way you interact with public wifi

    Eric Burns has always been a busy man. A business owner, a full-time employee, a serial entrepreneur–at one time he owned a bar and worked full time at Gallup, all while working on multiple side projects. “I really wanted to automate everything [at the bar]; payroll, inventory, everything,” said Burns. “There wasn’t an easy way…