Twitter Needs To Accelerate Monetization

I haven’t said all that much on Twitter thus far. The hype machine on the Internet, meanwhile, does constantly spew stuff about the microblogging service. But I will start covering Twitter once a quarter as part of our Tech Stocks coverage, alongside a few other private companies, including Facebook. Facebook has more than 500 million

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Top 10 Social Web Trends For The Decade

How do you achieve that delicate balance between the old and the new and find both depth and lightness – depth that moves at an emotional and spiritual level, lightness that moves us forward? From Top 10 Tech Trends For The Decade: Over 500 million people on Facebook indicates a massive shift in how consumers

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: i-Jet Media, Silicon Valley, California

i-Jet Media is a social games publisher and social media distribution network. Within the framework of cooperation with social games developers, i-Jet Media examines their games, markets, elaborates on, and adapts games, integrates applications, and provides technical support for users in many world languages.

Thought Leaders In Sales 2.0: Dave Fitzgerald, EVP Of Sales And Marketing, Brainshark (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Sudhindra Chada SM: Is that normally in terms of blogs? DF: Blogging is a big part of it. Twittering is a part of it. Brainshark is a part of it, putting out rich media communications in the community. So, the social media world in my view is just another

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A Real-Time, Multimedia Social Network You Might Not Know: Paltalk CEO Jason Katz (Part 7)

SM: Why did you buy your shares back from Softbank, and why did Softbank allow you to do that? JK: When VCs invest in a business, the have an expectation of a profitable exit. By 2009, Softbank had been invested for five years and we were profitable, but they had not received a return on

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A Real-Time, Multimedia Social Network You Might Not Know: Paltalk CEO Jason Katz (Part 6)

SM: In the ten years you have been in business, how has the business progressed? Where have you made money and gained traction? JK: We have had good traction. In the early years we were viral, explosive, and unique. That lasted for three years and allowed us to launch with no marketing money. When the

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A Real-Time, Multimedia Social Network You Might Not Know: Paltalk CEO Jason Katz (Part 5)

SM: Who do you consider your competitors based on where your business is today? JK: Skype certainly is when it comes to video conferencing. They did a great job with the PC to phone service, although we had that offering before they did. I personally think Skype did a great job recognizing that international calling

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A Real-Time, Multimedia Social Network You Might Not Know: Paltalk CEO Jason Katz (Part 4)

SM: How does your revenue break down between subscription and ads? JK: About 85% of our revenue comes directly from consumers paying. The other 15% is from advertising.