Yodle and Ambassador, both out of NYC, were featured in a Kelsey Group press release. Yodle was founded by a friend of a friend of mine and just raised $10MM. And ReachLocal’s $300MM valuation is insane. Funny that these guys, Orange Soda, Webvisible, LocalLaunch, Marchex, and other folks are getting into the local advertising game, […]
The Upcoming Bubble in Local Search Read More »
I first heard of Yodle about 4 years ago, back when it was called NatPal, by Nathaniel Stevens out of UPenn, a friend of Brad Twohig, who is our joint friend. Since then, I’ve seen the company grow from a few dozen clients to a reported 5,000, bring in a CEO (Court Cunningham), and a
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At merely mentioning “Twitter skins” in an earlier blog post, this blog ranks #2 and #3 in Google for searches on “Twitter skins”. And that natural search result drove 8 visitors yesterday, of which several decided to take me up on my offer of a free skin. This is a great example of the positive
Twitter skins– Get one Free! Read More »
For those who haven’t seen this before, a hilarious view of what Facebook might look like in 20 years. But the real question is– what will we folks who are in our 20’s and 30’s be doing when we’re 50 or 60? Will we be using social networks to find discount caskets? We’ll still need
Facebook for old people Read More »
How about making a resolution to not make any more resolutions? Seriously, when you example instances of when people fail versus succeed, a few key traits stand out. I’ll explain at the end of the article– but first… I read a study where patients were told by their doctors that if they didn’t stop smoking
New Years resolutions that don’t fail– and your way out Read More »
I have to admit– the restaurants, hotel suites, and first-class flights are nice. It’s even nicer to be able to tell folks about it, since you’re getting twice the benefit (enjoying plus telling). Is there anything wrong with wanting to enjoy the good life? Does that make me evil or greedy? Hey, you only live
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If Facebook were to charge their 50 million uniques just $2 a month for membership, they would instantly become a billion dollar business. While you as a user might not like the idea of having to pay, given that you’ve invested so much time on the site and that your friends are there, would you
Facebook’s monetization strategy Read More »
A recent study of top ad serving platforms shows that Google holds the first two spots, via their acquisition of DoubleClick and their own AdSense platform. Note that this study pools both display and text ads, plus that DoubleClick and AdSense are both significantly down year-over-year. Blitzlocal has it’s own social ad server technology, which
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The joke we had when I worked at American Airlines is that it’s amazing how much money someone will pay for a free ticket. They’ll even fly unnecessary segments at the end of the year just to keep their premium status or buy a significantly more expensive item for the miles. Enter Amazon.com’s Prime program.
I am a sucker for FREE shipping Read More »
But I am still going anyway. The terrorists seek to stop business and tourism from transpiring. Going to check out Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, and Chandigarh. Will be back in Boulder on December 12th. But hey– we have SMX Sydney in April 2010, featuring Dennis Yu and Gillian Muessig presenting together on metrics and PPC!
India conferences canceled, but Dennis Yu attends anyway! Read More »