Friday, March 05, 2010

Rich Abronson, co-founder and VP Marketing for Gumiyo, to Speak at BIA/Kelsey’s Marketplaces 2010

CALABASAS, CA, March 5, 2010 — Gumiyo today announced that Rich Abronson will be a featured speaker at Marketplaces 2010 (www.kelseygroup.com/marketplaces2010), BIA/Kelsey’s upcoming conference about vertical services and the transition of local advertising from offline to online platforms, March 22-24, 2010, San Diego, California. Mr. Abronson will participate on a panel titled, Critical Tools for Marketplace Success, scheduled at 10 a.m. on day one of the conference.

“Attending BIA/Kelsey Group conferences are always highly enlightening and productive experiences,” states Mr. Abronson. “The attendees are some of the most forward-thinking in the industry, and BIA/Kelsey have been true thought leaders in the mobile space.  I’m looking forward to relating our take on how the mobile channel can be successfully integrated into a variety of classified verticals.”

“We have assembled an extraordinary line-up of speakers for Marketplaces 2010, where we will focus on mobile advertising and social media as next wave opportunities,” said Peter Krasilovsky, vice president and program director, Marketplaces advisory service and conference chairman. “We are fortunate to have Mr. Abronson among our roster of speakers, and we look forward to hiscontribution to this event.”

About Marketplaces 2010
Marketplaces 2010 covers interactive local media with a focus on key developments and opportunities surrounding high-value verticals, such as entertainment, events, automotive, real estate and health. These categories, long underserved by traditional local media, are using the Internet, social media and mobile marketing to effectively target their customers and bring them beyond classifieds and Yellow Pages. For more information, visit http://www.kelseygroup.com/marketplaces2010.

About Gumiyo
Gumiyo is a mobile solutions company and provider of the Mobile Ready Platform, a flexible suite of tools and services that enables nearly any business to combine iPhone applications, SMS, and the Mobile Web to:

  * Launch a consumer-facing mobile presence
  * Publish data, content, inventory and listings to mobile phones
  * Run comprehensive mobile marketing campaigns

As one of the earliest entrants in the field of mobile classifieds and mobile marketing solutions; Gumiyo has built a reputation for expertise in mobile-based programming and strategic planning, mobile content development and monetization, and mobile execution strategies for newspapers and media companies, retail automotive solutions providers, real estate professionals, and marketing agencies.

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