Month: December 2009

• Nearly $20 Billion in E-Commerce Spending, ‘Green Monday’ Expected to be Huge

  According to recent figures released by comScore, nearly $20 billion in e-commerce spending was recorded during the first 41 days of the November to December 2009 holiday season, with Monday expected to be a record-breaking spending day.

• Google is Top Company, Brand in November; Americans Spent 2.75 Days Online

  The Nielsen Company released some data from November earlier this week and revealed that Google was the top parent company, while the average U.S. user spent 2.75 days online during the month.

• Qwik Media Launches New Site

  Qwik Media is pleased to announce the launch of its new corporate site at www.qwikmedia.com. The redesigned site is the result of the company’s desire to embrace a new corporate image to better encapsulate what Qwik is all about: dynamic service, efficiency and quality leads for all advertising partners.

• Battle of The Brands

  Those in our industry seem to fall along two camps with respect to media consumption, those who consume primarily, if only exclusively, demand based content, e.g., online-delivered content. And the old school, often older…

• The Year That Was – Facebook

  There is an old joke which many of the newer marketers, due to their age, might not even get, one almost sure to become obsolete by the time they have kids. It goes, “What is black and white and red all over? A newspaper…

• Arizona’s LeadPile Named Top Ten Performance Marketing Network by Revenue Performance Magazine.

  Revenue Performance Magazine today ranked LeadPile as a Top Ten Performance Marketing Network in the United States in the Advertising and Marketing Category

• Online Ad Spending to Decline for First Time Since 2002

  According to eMarketer, U.S. online advertising spending is expected to drop this year for the first time since 2002. The good news is that an upswing is expected early in 2010.

• News Brief

  HALLMARK: is offering virtual gifts on its Facebook page, one each day via its SocialCalendar

• PC Mall Unit Acquires Data Systems Worldwide

  Sarcom, Inc., a subsidiary of PC Mall Inc., has acquired certain assets of Data Systems Worldwide

• Options Media Acquires Bluetooth Advertising And SMS Technology

  Options Media Group Holdings, Inc. an e-mail service provider, will acquire technology relating to Bluetooth advertising and mass SMS text message broadcasting capabilities from H2O PM, Inc.