It might seem strange for a web company that makes virtually all its money from advertising to be blocking more and more ads from its site, but that’s exactly what Google Inc. is doing. Last year, the search giant killed some 1.7 billion ads that violated its advertising policies, the company said today, more than […]
Category Archives: Business
How 360 Feedback Made me Think Different about Steve Jobs
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Is Facebook Still The Best Social Media Platform For Business?
Facebook has over one billion users so people are allured by the sheer size of the audience. But in reality, there are 325 million people in the US, 75% speak English, and even a smaller amount would be potential customers for you and your business. Since 2006 when it launched to the public (originally for […]
To Solve Its Hardest Problems, Silicon Valley Turns to Physicists
It’s a bad time to be a physicist. At least, that’s what Oscar Boykin says. He majored in physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology and in 2002 he finished a physics PhD at UCLA. But four years ago, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland discovered the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle first […]
Covering Affiliate Summit West #ASW17
It’s time for affiliates annual pilgrimage to my city. Some of the smartest marketers and some real good friends here to network. I’ll be posting about them over the next few days. Checking in at Affiliate Summit. Why aren’t you here? #asw17 A photo posted by Warren Whitlock (@warrenwhitlock) on Jan 14, 2017 at 6:13pm […]
“Chinese Apple” Xiaomi Aims to Exceed $14 Billion Sales
Xiaomi Corp., one of China’s most valuable technology startups, is shooting for more than 100 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) of revenue in 2017, even as it pledged to slow its pace of business expansion and overhaul an online-focused retail strategy. Chief Executive Lei Jun laid out his goals for the year, which include quadrupling its […]
5 Digital Marketing Ideas That Could Improve Your Brand Growth in 2017
How Will Donald Trump’s Presidency Affect Crowdfunding?
13 Ways that Content Is Monetized Online
A good friend contacted me this week and said that he had a relative that had a site that was getting significant traffic and they wanted to see if there were a means of monetizing the audience. The short answer is yes… but I don’t believe the majority of small publishers recognize the opportunity or […]