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Facebook adds to its success as a leading medium for online advertisers

A couple of articles published recently point to further gains by Facebook as a leader in the media market for online advertisers. The first of these, titled Why Google Should Fear Facebook’s New Product Ads, which was written by Garrett… Read more ›

February 19, 2015

Ira Michael Blonder

Social Media

adweek, al urbanski, dark data, direct marketing news, facebook, garrett stone, online advertising, online media, personalization, salesforce, unstructured data

Investors buy up shares of prominent social media ISVs despite slowing user growth

Perhaps investors are changing their taste in prominent social media ISVs. Could the search for a telltale sign of promise have shifted from substantial growth in users to what may be a meaningful increase in revenue? From the after hours… Read more ›

February 5, 2015

Ira Michael Blonder

Investors

barrons, cloud, facebook, financial times, linkedin, saas, social media, tiernan ray, twitter, wall street journal

Marketers look to be succeeding with customer data and have pressing needs to consume more

During Facebook’s Q3 2014 Earnings Conference Call, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO reported $3.2 Billion gross revenue for the quarter, and a 64% year over year increase in their advertising business. In contrast, Google, as Patrick Pichette, Senior Vice President and CFO… Read more ›

November 11, 2014

Ira Michael Blonder

Social Media

consumer non durable goods, facebook, ibm, online chatter, online marketing, social media, unstructured data

Gallup Poll Results on U.S. Consumer Buying Habits Support a Skeptical View of Social Media Business Valuations

Public companies in the Social Media business (facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, etc.) have all implemented global business strategies. Nevertheless, some substantial proportion of the business plans for each of these businesses, over the next near term, depend on sales to… Read more ›

June 30, 2014

Ira Michael Blonder

Social Media

facebook, gallup, google plus, online marketing, social media, state of the american consumer, twitter

Facebook Hires the President of PayPal to Run Its Messaging Business

If anyone needed better indication of a solid management team and business plan at Facebook to support its high market valuation, they may have gotten the right message on June 9, 2014, when the company announced David Marcus, President of… Read more ›

June 18, 2014

Ira Michael Blonder

Staffing

david marcus, ebay, facebook, management, mobile messaging, mobile payments, paypal

Facebook Acquires Pryte, Deepens Its Commitment to Mobile Data Markets

Despite a couple of highly questionable acquisitions earlier in 2014, Facebook’s acquisition of Pryte, a Finish business with a niche in the Over the Top (OTT) content market, looks to be a very smart move, with a lot of promise.… Read more ›

June 11, 2014

Ira Michael Blonder

Small Mobile Devices

emerging markets, facebook, mobile marketing, ott, over the top, pryte

Now that Facebook Leads in Mobile, Where Does that Leave Google?

According to an article titled Facebook Better-Positioned in Mobile than Google per AppNexus Data, Says Oppenheimer, which was written by Tiernan Ray and published on May 6, 2014 on the Barrons web site, Jason Helfstein, an analyst with Oppenheimer &… Read more ›

May 13, 2014

Ira Michael Blonder

mobile click advertising

barrons, facebook, google, jason helfstein, mark zuckerberg, mobile advertising, online advertising, oppenheimer, tiernan ray

A Direct Comparison Between facebook and Twitter May Not Be Useful

Analysts often compare facebook to Twitter. But does such a comparison add real value to our understanding of either business, or their industry? During facebook’s most recent quarterly earnings conference call, Mark Zuckerberg reported “Messenger and Instagram both reached 200… Read more ›

May 9, 2014

Ira Michael Blonder

Cloud

cloud, facebook, instagram, messenger, social media, twitter

facebook Looks Like the Leader in Mobile Advertising

I recently wrote to this blog my opinion on the current market valuations of the “leaders” in the online advertising market. In summary, I think each of these businesses is over valued. So why would I care about just who… Read more ›

May 1, 2014

Ira Michael Blonder

mobile click advertising

facebook, google, mobile advertising

A Couple of Points Worth Careful Consideration from Mark Zuckerberg’s Keynote Presentation, Mobile World Congress 2014

Mark Zuckerberg’s Keynote Presentation to Mobile World Congress, 2014, is much more of a discussion with David Kirkpatrick of Techonomy than an actual address to the audience. Anyone making a study of facebook will likely want to carefully consider a… Read more ›

March 13, 2014 1 Comment

Ira Michael Blonder

Investors

david kirkpatrick, facebook, freemium business model, mark zuckerberg, world internet market

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Investors buy up shares of prominent social media ISVs despite slowing user growth

Facebook Hires the President of PayPal to Run Its Messaging Business

Facebook Acquires Pryte, Deepens Its Commitment to Mobile Data Markets

Now that Facebook Leads in Mobile, Where Does that Leave Google?

A Direct Comparison Between facebook and Twitter May Not Be Useful

facebook Looks Like the Leader in Mobile Advertising

A Couple of Points Worth Careful Consideration from Mark Zuckerberg’s Keynote Presentation, Mobile World Congress 2014