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  • Power to The People – Part 1

    As we wrote last month during our analysis of the Writer’s Guild of America strike, the 101 day work stoppage led to “$1.3 billion in lost revenue by Hollywood-dependent businesses and $750 million in lost…

  • Power to The People – Part 2

    Despite it being the largest corporate employer and having no shortage of detractors, Wal-Mart doesn’t come close to qualifying as a monopoly. Granted, in many areas, especially rural, their presence has greatly reduced the number…

  • Electronic Retailer Magazine Announces LiveEdit Lab, New York

    eMarketer’s Geoff Ramsey and Didit’s Kevin Lee to Deliver Keynotes.

  • The Future of Online Video Advertising – CPA

    With the advent of companies offering video advertising, how do you determine one company from the next? If you are a Direct Response (DR) advertiser they seem to be all the same.

  • Internet Audience in the U.S. is on Upward Path

    There were 188.1 million Internet users in the U.S. during 2007, according to eMarketer. This reflected a growth of 3.4%. In 2008, the audience is expected to grow another 3.1% to 193.9 million, which is approximately two-thirds of the country’s total population.

  • Google Tops U.K. List in January

    A recent report released by comScore World Metrix showed that Google Sites attracted the largest audience of unique visitors in the U.K. during the month of January.

  • Baidu Begins Testing Hi

    While Baidu holds a strong leadership position in China’s search engine market, holding a 60.1% share at the end of the fourth quarter of 2007 (to Google’s 25.9% share), it has yet to set foot in the instant messaging market in its homeland.

  • Ringtones In The News Again

    If a government agency could find itself on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies, Florida’s Attorney General’s CyberFraud Task Force would have a strong case for inclusion. As you might recall, upon…

  • Is being a CEO always this hard?

    When most companies hire a COO, it doesn’t make the front section of the Wall Street Journal, but then again, Facebook doesn’t exactly qualify as “most companies.” Not with its $15 billion valuation and growing bevy…

  • Frustration With Online Sales Reps

    Now that I am back from Affiliate Summit and am somewhat getting caught up on work, it’s all about follow-ups. When I was in sales, one of my first priorities would be to follow-up with as many new viable business opportunities as I could.