It's been a blast. It will be a blast This is the final post at BLOG.CMNN.com. Thank you all very much for your loyal readership over the past three years. Don't be sad -- it's all good. As of this morning, I am the editor & administrator of the new Live Current Media blog (in case you missed the big CMNN news this AM, see it here). Please visit me at our new blog h...
Communicate - 3/25/2008 11:19:18 PM
Two new CMNN beta travel sites launched Further to our previous news and my previous post about Brazil.com and Vietnam.com going live in beta, so now has Malaysia.com and Indonesia.com.
Communicate - 3/19/2008 8:57:38 PM
Boris Wertz named BC Entrepreneur of the year in 2005 Boris Wertz, along with AbeBooks' Hannes Blum, was crowned 'Entreprenuer of the year' by BC Business magazine in 2005. You can see the article here. Also, Boris and his company Nexopia were recently featured in a Financial Post article. You can read it here.
Communicate - 3/17/2008 2:38:06 PM
Consumer Internet Pioneer Boris Wertz joins Communicate Board of Directors This morning we announced the appointment of Dr. Boris Wertz to the Communicate.com Board of Directors. The addition of Dr. Wertz exemplifies the ongoing progress we are making to build a top-notch team of Directors and strategically grow the business of developing premium e-commerce and content destinations. Dr. Wertz is a well know...
Communicate - 3/17/2008 10:22:24 AM
Domain name fund.com bought for $10 million A very interesting press release from the wires: Clek Media Inc. ("Clek") today announced that it has brokered the world-record sale of the domain FUND.COM for US$9,999,950 in an all-cash transaction. Clek, a media consulting firm, represented the seller of the domain, assisting in both the negotiation and closing of the t...
Vancouver dot-com moguls profiled The Vancouver Province today had an interesting front page article, "The new Internet millionaires: Big bucks still to be made years after dot-com crash." Read it here.
Communicate - 3/9/2008 11:15:25 PM
Online retail sales growth will be strong despite slowing economy Some good news to end an otherwise gloomy week for the markets, via the CNET News.com blog: Despite a slowing U.S. economy, online retail sales will continue to grow at double-digit rates for the next several years, but it will begin to take a turn toward maturity by 2012, according to new research from JupiterResearch.U.S. online re...
Communicate - 3/7/2008 6:16:53 PM
Pluck plucked for an estimated $50M to $60M Reuters reports: Demand Media, run by former MySpace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt, said on Tuesday it has purchased Web media syndication company Pluck Corp, as part of an expansion of its Internet social media business.A source familiar with the matter said the Pluck deal was valued at between $50 million to $60 million.Via Domain Na...
Communicate - 3/4/2008 7:10:09 PM
Generic domain name sells for $1.66M Domain Name Wire reports: ESS Data Recovery has purchased the domain name DataRecovery.com for $1.659 million, confirms company President Ben Carmitchel. The sale marks the biggest reported sale of the year and shows the promise of a targeted, generic domain name.
Communicate - 2/29/2008 1:40:53 PM
Blame the phone co. For almost a week, our IR/corporate toll free line (866-898-3454) was being redirected to Perfume.com customer service. It is now reaching me directly again. I aplogize for missing many of your calls this week.
Communicate - 2/29/2008 12:27:46 PM
Blame the phone co. For almost a week, our IR/corporate toll free line (866-898-3454) was being redirected to Perfume.com customer service. It is now reaching me directly again. I aplogize for missing many of your calls this week.
Communicate - 2/29/2008 12:21:46 PM
Why I'm psyched about cricket.com, part 2 In the Globe and Mail, Marcus Gee writes: Teams with names like the Delhi Daredevils. Tycoons and Bollywood stars bidding against each other for "icon" players. Teenaged bowlers turned into millionaires overnight. Television contracts worth hundreds of millions.Suddenly awash in new money, Corporate India is shaking up the ...
Communicate - 2/25/2008 5:19:29 PM
Exciting news from CMNN today Click here to read, "Communicate.com Teams with Consumer Engineering Veterans at Wanderspot to Develop New Online Destinations" ----I think this is a fantastic piece of news. The folks behind Wanderspot have built some of the net's best known, most engaging revenue-generating destination sites. CMNN's world class names dese...
Communicate - 2/25/2008 9:31:42 AM
Why I'm psyched about cricket.com, part 2 In the Globe and Mail, Marcus Gee writes: Teams with names like the Delhi Daredevils. Tycoons and Bollywood stars bidding against each other for "icon" players. Teenaged bowlers turned into millionaires overnight. Television contracts worth hundreds of millions.Suddenly awash in new money, Corporate India is shaking up the ...
Communicate - 2/25/2008 9:05:29 AM
Exciting news from CMNN today Click here to read, "Communicate.com Teams with Consumer Engineering Veterans at Wanderspot to Develop New Online Destinations" ----I think this is a fantastic piece of news. The folks behind Wanderspot have built some of the net's best known, most engaging revenue-generating destination sites. CMNN's world class names dese...
Communicate - 2/25/2008 1:17:42 AM
Study: Online retailers provide better customer service and satisfaction The Detroit Free Press reports: Online retailers are delivering the goods and better customer service than traditional stores, according to a University of Michigan study expected to be released today.Customer satisfaction with online retail ... surpassed brick-and-mortar retailers by 12%, according to the American Customer Satisfact...
Communicate - 2/19/2008 2:09:58 PM
'Domain Stock Exchange' launched Click here to find out more. ----I'll have to check in on this periodically to see how it progresses. I guess it's a sign that the market remains strong and lucrative.
Communicate - 2/19/2008 11:31:12 AM
Study: Online retailers provide better customer service and satisfaction The Detroit Free Press reports: Online retailers are delivering the goods and better customer service than traditional stores, according to a University of Michigan study expected to be released today.Customer satisfaction with online retail ... surpassed brick-and-mortar retailers by 12%, according to the American Customer Satisfact...
Communicate - 2/19/2008 5:55:58 AM
'Domain Stock Exchange' launched Click here to find out more. ----I'll have to check in on this periodically to see how it progresses. I guess it's a sign that the market remains strong and lucrative.
Nielson: Number of web shoppers grows by 40% in two years Internet Retailer reports: 875 million consumers worldwide have made purchases on the web, up 40% from 627 million two years ago, according to the Nielsen Global Online Survey. 85% of Internet users have made at least one online purchase. ?The Internet is no longer a niche technology?it is mass media and an utterly integrated part of...
Communicate - 2/13/2008 7:01:11 PM
HotOrNot tis hot; bought for ~$20M TechCrunch reports that the HotOrNot.com, an online photo rating & dating site, has been acquired for an estimated $20 million. According to the article, the site's annual revenue is around $5 million, with approximately $2 million in profit.
Communicate - 2/13/2008 2:46:04 PM
Nielson: Number of web shoppers grows by 40% in two years Internet Retailer reports: 875 million consumers worldwide have made purchases on the web, up 40% from 627 million two years ago, according to the Nielsen Global Online Survey. 85% of Internet users have made at least one online purchase. ?The Internet is no longer a niche technology?it is mass media and an utterly integrated part of...
