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Recession
Facebook's Value Is Decreasing
By Jordan McCollum - Tue, 07/01/2008 - 2:23pm.
If you’ve forgotten, just nine months ago, Microsoft purchased a 1.6% stake in Facebook for $240 million. Doing the math from that, the total value of Facebook last October was $15B.
Online Ad Business Remains Strong
By Doug Caverly - Mon, 04/28/2008 - 4:02pm.
Whatever sort of recession we're in hasn't yet resulted in any soup lines (or at least not any soup lines that made the evening news). It also hasn't had any horrible effect on online advertising.
WebMD Lowers Revenue, Income Expectations
By Doug Caverly - Thu, 04/24/2008 - 9:33am.
It's more than a little ironic, but WebMD isn't looking too healthy; the company has cut its 2008 financial outlook. On the bright side, there's a possibility that this is only WebMD's problem, as opposed to something representative of the online economy.
Penton Media Disallows Raises, New Workers
By Doug Caverly - Mon, 04/14/2008 - 4:03pm.
The economy's not good, and the powers that be at Penton Media seem sure it's going to grow worse. As a result, the company will not grant raises or hire new employees, and it's looking for other places to save money, as well.
Web Companies May Be Bracing For Recession
By Doug Caverly - Thu, 02/07/2008 - 11:27am.
I had my next few purchases all planned out - a nice alarm clock, a new TV, and a big bookcase. Then signs of a recession began to pile on, and setting aside extra mortgage payments started to seem like the better idea. Many companies are thinking similarly.
How are you Tying up Your Client into a Recession Pitch?
By Jeremy Pepper - Mon, 01/28/2008 - 12:52pm.
An interesting article in the New York Times today - Is It a Recession? Marketers Seem to Think So - highlights how that the marketing industry is ramping up spending, even if this might be a recession (and, well, we cannot say we are in a recession yet, according to statistics).According to the article:
Recession and Online Marketing
By Rene LeMerle - Sun, 01/20/2008 - 11:52pm.
As financial commentary continues to suggest a recession is inevitable, we've decided to run a series of blog posts detailing ways small businesses can leverage the power of search engine and online marketing to weather the recession storm.
SEO Tips for Harder Economic Times
By Lee Odden - Fri, 01/18/2008 - 3:13pm.
In this month’s Target Marketing Magazine, a TopRank authored article on how small businesses can gain a competitive marketing advantage by leveraging content promotion, blogs, social media and universal search was featured.
Searchers Want To Know About The R Word
By Jason Lee Miller - Fri, 01/18/2008 - 1:35pm.
It should be the Frau Blucher of words and if we believe in that marketing genius that was "The Secret" we shouldn't dare throw it out there. Nonetheless, the braver the media gets at using the "r" word, the more people are searching for it.Thus, they're all putting the energy out there like seeds and are waiting to reap the harvest.Recession. There, I said it, now let's get on with it.
Online Advertising Boosted By Writers' Strike?
By Doug Caverly - Wed, 01/16/2008 - 12:38pm. 1 comment
Whether it's true or not, we've heard it again and again: online advertising will do all right in a recession. Now there's more evidence to support the statement, and also a sign that a new-ish factor - the writers' strike - is helping online ads.
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