Press Release Hear Personal Stories of Challenge & Triumph during Inaugural Revenue Marketing Summit, January 27 ATLANTA, GA (November 4, 2013) - The Pedowitz Group, the global leader in Revenue Marketing Transformation™, announces its first Revenue Marketing™ Summit, REVTalks, to be held at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis on January 27, 2014. REVTalks is the largest … [Read more...]
Facebook Buys Israeli Start-Up, Onavo, to Boost Global Internet Access
In Facebook's quest to connect the universe or at least the world, the social media titan has acquired Onavo, an Israeli start-up specializing in mobile utility application development. This the first time Facebook will run a research and development center in Israel. Purchase price is estimated to be between $150 - $200 million dollars, giving Facebook the ability to produce … [Read more...]
5 Steps to Accelerating International Growth
Software applications are ideal products to sell online but many merchants limit themselves to only selling into a single country. Whether you’re just starting to sell online or have an established business, selling internationally is an important opportunity for the development of your business overall. In this article we look at some of the key things to consider when seeking … [Read more...]
Are You Asking for It? You’d Better!
Affiliate Marketing is traditionally a sport played best by the big guys - the big beasts of the industry. Companies such as eBates, ShopAthome, RetailMeNot, Vertive or SurfMyAds always are near the top of any affiliate manager’s list when considering who should be targeted. Yet the truth is that there are often huge potential traffic sources that are ignored in this situation. … [Read more...]
Mobit – Changing The Game In Mobile Media?
Does Matomy’s new Mobit platform hold the key to success in mobile performance marketing? Israel-based performance marketing network Matomy Media Group recently launched a new mobile media buying platform called Mobit. It offers conversion tracking, campaign management, near-realtime reporting and a sophisticated analytic “Mobit Insights” function that automatically identifies … [Read more...]
The Future of Performance Marketing: More Consolidation & Better Social Media Lead Generation
Three seemingly disparate events this year — the closing of the Google Affiliate Network (GAN), Facebook introducing CPA buys and Twitter launching Lead Generation Cards — foretell the future of performance marketing. There are two trends moving in parallel: the increasing consolidation of the industry that will result in only a few select full-service players and niche … [Read more...]
Firefox and Third Party Cookie Blocking
Web browser developer Mozilla has made it clear that at some point in the near future they will implement third party cookie blocking by default in Firefox – possibly as soon as Q3-2013. Third party cookies are those set by a different domain to the one that the user is visiting at the time and have a range of applications including analytics solutions. As an example, if the … [Read more...]
The 6 Most Common Mobile Optimization Mistakes & How To Avoid Them
It is predicted that over half of all worldwide traffic will come from mobile devices by 2015. Mobile usage and growth statistics like these are staggering and if you value your business and brand they cannot be ignored. You must be optimizing for mobile. Ineffective mobile traffic optimization will not only expose your business to substantial decreases in potential revenue … [Read more...]
No Growth for CJ As ValueClick Takes A Pounding
Commission Junction's parent company, ValueClick lost almost 20% of its value this week after announcing poor Q2 results. The only bright spot seemed to be their retargeting , with expectations of new revenues from the dismantling of Google Affiliate network being totally downplayed. Wall Street analysts, Needham & Co. said: "We are downgrading ValueClick to HOLD from a … [Read more...]
Apple's Woes Are Good For Performance Marketers
It has been an article of faith for many mobile marketers that virtually all the profits are to be made from consumers using iPhones and iPads. Even though Apple's devices had significantly less market share than Android, they owned the consumers that actually bought products and services via a mobile device. The leading indicator in this area has always been the share of … [Read more...]