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Size Matters When it Comes to Agencies Investing in AI

If investing in AI will mark the difference between success and failure for digital agencies in the future, then smaller agencies need to start digging

Acquisitions

Vendasta Acquires Small Business Customer Relationship Platform Broadly

Last week, the Canadian digital marketing platform Vendasta announced another acquisition designed to enlarge its footprint and strengthen its offering. This time, the acquired company

AdCritter

AdCritter Partners with Vendasta, Expands Access to Self-Serve Tools

As the targeted TV and DOOH advertising spaces heat up, two influential industry players are joining forces to provide small and mid-size businesses with a

BigCommerce

Vendasta to Build eComm Sites Powered by BigCommerce

Digital solutions platform Vendasta has launched a new strategic partnership with BigCommerce. The deal involves offering Vendasta’s reseller partners the ability to create commerce-enabled websites

Acquisitions

Big Day in Local Search M&A: Vendasta Acquires Matchcraft

Today we learn that Canadian martech player Vendasta has acquired search, display, and social adtech platform Matchcraft from Advance Local for an undisclosed sum. While

Acquisitions

Vendasta Acquires CalendarHero

Canadian digital solutions platform Vendasta has put some of the C$119.5 million (about US$97 million at the current XR) it raised this spring to use,

Funding

Vendasta Foregoes IPO Route, Lands $100M Private Round Instead

Back in March, white-label SMB tech company Vendasta was making plans to hit the road and sell its proposed $100 million IPO to investors. What

Pandemic Silver Linings

Vendasta Report Highlights Rapid SMB Pandemic Tech Adoption

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic. Roughly one year later, the digital marketing SaaS company Vendasta checked in with

Google My Business

Vendasta Becomes GMB Featured Partner

Vendasta announced today that Google has named it a Google My Business Featured Partner. Vendasta says the status was earned by accurately and efficiently

Customer Lobby

Advice from the Pros: What Business Would I Start Today?

It’s generally accepted wisdom that a good time to start a software business is during a down market. Most of us are old enough to

eCommerce

Vendasta Integrates with Stripe for New Merchant Services Offering

Vendasta has made it possible for its partners to make money while they sleep with a new merchant services integration with the fintech giant Stripe.

ActiveCampaigns

Vendasta Invests in IT Channel, Expands Marketplace Offering

Vendasta made two key announcements this week. One addresses a key priority: building the company’s IT reseller channel. The other involves a notable addition to

franchise

ICYMI: News from Google, SOCi, SurePath and More

A few announcements and news items caught our eye this week. Here is our quick take on each. Google Expands Tools to Helps SMBs Survive

Groupon

ICYMI: What’s New in SMB Tech

“ICYMI (in case you missed it) What’s New in SMB SaaS” is a periodic series on LSA Insider that curates and offers brief commentary on

Conquer Local

New Podcast: “Glengarry Glen George”, featuring George Leith

No matter where George Leith is in the world, he rises at 4 a.m. to hit the gym. And it’s often well into the wee

Boostability

New Podcast: “Selling to SMBs is Hard” Featuring Ted Paff

Our latest podcast is a combination clinic and therapy session for anyone who has ever tried to build software products for small businesses. At the

Boomtime

At #TAS: The SMB SaaS Playbook

In contrast to the morning sessions at this week’s Tech Adoption Summit in San Francisco, the afternoon sessions had a more “playbook” tone to them.

Above the Cloud

Podcast Previews Tech Adoption Summit Speakers and Themes

Some of the biggest challenges facing those building SaaS products for small businesses will be addressed at the upcoming Tech Adoption Summit, Nov. 6-7, at