Marchex Acquires Startup Jingle Networks for $62.5M

If you have used Denver Newspaper Agency, Dexknows, or Yellowpages.com then you have used Marchex. This acquisition should allow the ability for all resellers to advertise in places that they couldn’t touch before. If you don’t know about Marchex or the services they provide, I would highly recommend doing some research before you employ a company that uses this platform …

Online advertising breaks the billion dollar barrier

It’s always amazing how traditional (yellow pages or newspaper) media will tell you that usage is still strong and people are still using their products.  Business are wise to usage and their advertising spend reflects the undeniable reality. Combined online display and online classified advertising budgets broke the $billion barrier for the first time in 2010 – outstripping the combined …

Advertisers Demand More Audience Targeting Capabilities

Publishers must step up data offerings – If this sounds like a demand you have please check out the behavioral marketing solutions I offer–>Here. Real-time bidding is still a relatively young method for buying online advertising, but advertisers are getting into the game much faster than publishers, who risk falling behind and losing ad dollars. According to March 2011 research …

Ecommerce Sales on Track for Healthy Growth – eMarketer

The shift began years ago, and all data points to trends continuing…online sales continue to outperform total retail. In 2010, US retail ecommerce sales (excluding travel) rebounded from the recession, posting 14.8% growth, compared with only 1.6% growth in 2009. In 2011, online sales will reach $188 billion, although growth will moderate to 13.7%, resuming a prerecession trend of slower …

Ad Dollars Still Not Following Online and Mobile Usage

Advertisers are not spending as much money on mobile media despite the growing usage, this might just be a great way to spend those surplus dollars in your advertising budget.  With less competitors and more usage it sounds like a winning combination to me. Spending low compared to time spent with digital media Despite the projection that online advertising will …

Facebook Sponsored Stories: A New Era in Online Advertising

Facebook is changing the “Social” advertising landscape again.  3 Years ago, they didn’t know how they would make money off the site, now it seems like revenue streams are endless.  This article was published on searchenginewatch.com, worth a read! Last summer I decided to change things around with my weekly fishing expeditions. Instead of always going for walleye, I would …