Boom: Facebook Skyrockets on SharesPost, $94 Billion! [Chart]
Well, it looks like private investors aren’t deterred by the prospect of an imminent Facebook IPO. As expected, a SharesPost auction in the white-hot social media company closed yesterday, right...
Is Your Telemarketing Turning Strangers Into Potential Customers?
Turning Strangers into Potential Customers Through Telemarketing Telemarketing. Is yours transforming strangers into potential customers – or merely putting strangers off your product or service? The results could make a...
Wahooly – How You Can Own a Piece of a Start-Up
Wahooly went live last night. Wahooly allows users to become small owners in web-based technologies that will hopefully catch on and be successful. They are tabbed to have over 200...
This is Arguably More Important Than Content…
Content is King! Content is King! Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. I know Thoreau would be envious of your work. Unfortunately, if no one is showing up to see...
This is Why You Need to Watch Pinterest
Facebook may be dominant in traffic, with Google still way ahead on search, but when it comes to referrals, Pinterest is coming into its own. The new social media site...
Twitter Gains Momentum in Brazil
Historically, Brazil has been a tough nut to crack for the top social media companies. Facebook still sees it as a growth market, as revealed in its S-1 this week,...
Foresight Energy Partners Files for $100 Million NYSE IPO
Foresight Energy Partners filed for a $100 mn IPO. The energy company plans to list on NYSE and trade under the symbol FELP. Other details have yet to be revealed,...
The ABC’s of New gTLDs: Prohibited Three-Character Strings
When people talk about how new gTLDs will bring about a world of “.ANYTHING,” it can be easy to overlook the fact that there are certain restrictions on what strings...
Leading Brands to Showcase at Social Media World Forum Europe
Social Media World Forum Europe will include a host of top-level speakers this year at its London event, to be held on March 27-28, 2012. Key brands, including Ford, HSBC,...
Coke Polar Bears to Watch Super Bowl
Coke has come up with a fun marketing plan for Super Bowl Sunday. Their popular Coke Polar Bears will be watching the Super Bowl and commenting on plays and reacting...
AVG Technologies CEO Talks IPO [Video, Photos]
Now that AVG Technologies is public, the company is looking to the future. The CEO cites strong revenue growth as indicative of its future prospects. With the capital it raised...
Why Private Brands Are Un-American and What You Can Do About It
As the U.S. private brands industry collectivelycranesits neck across the pond with an envious smile at the U.K. private brand share success (approximately 47 percent in dollar share), I question...
Nickelodeon Knows ‘How To Rock,’ Tumblr’s News Site, College Grads Get Hourly Jobs
Rock out to Nickelodeon’s ‘How to Rock,’ (the latest tween TV show about music, growing up, and social pressures through a battle of the bands storyline. The sitcom, based on...
Mobile Going Gangbusters as Ad Spending Skyrockets
The handheld revolution is progressing at a breakneck pace, as reflected in survey results that show mobile ad spending exploding. A new study by eMarketer projects mobile ad spending will...
Three Steps to Optimize Birthday Emails
Cake, candles, presents, those funny, cone-shaped cardboard hats . . . we’re all familiar with the typical traditions that accompany our birthdays. Now, though, there’s one more item that’s quickly...








