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Jeromy Stallings

Marketing

How Much is Facebook Really Worth, Anyway?

Facebook investor Peter Thiel went public for the first time in Business Week affirming that acquisition talks between Facebook and Twitter did indeed occur last year but that they broke down over how to value the fast-growing social networking site. The deal, pegged in the $500 million range, would have been transacted with Facebook stock -- the valuation of that stock, however, has been a moving target.  Still, the economy has not seriously effected the worth of social networking...no matter what, people are social creatures who…
March 3, 2009
Marketing

Ninthlink Book Review Blog #4: Is There a Mysterious Formula to Success?

When our Twitter friend Ashton Kutcher tweeted that he was reading Malcolm Gladwell's new book, Outliers, we decided to check it out -- after all, that is indeed the power of viral marketing of celebrities on social networks: they endorse a book, band, movie, or product, a boost in interest and sales will naturally occur. In Gladwell's previous book, The Tipping Point, the power of the viral in life was deconstructed, and how word-of-mouth ideas and causes become successful through…
March 1, 2009
Development

Today’s Hot App: Audience Chat

Fans of 24, Two and a Half Men, Nip/Tuck, Life On Mars, Entourge, etc., get ready! Mobile app developer Mobui introduced a new live Audience Chat application soon to be available for a wide variety of mobile devices, including the iPhone, that provides an interface for something viewers already love doing -- chatting, texting, and tweeting their friends during their favorite shows. Network partners such as VH1 can set up show chat rooms to facilitate social viewing, sponsored contests or celebrity-moderated events. The iPhone…
February 27, 2009
Marketing

Audiolife: Sell Your Music Online Today

Musicians have loads of options with which to sell their music and merchandise online. If you're Radiohead, you can afford to give your music away for whatever fans feel like paying and you'll get enough returns to pay the bills. But what about up and coming bands? A new site called Audiolife has the right idea. The site offers tools to build an online storefront for digital tracks, hard copy CDs, ringtones and other goodies that exists as an embeddable widget. So…
February 26, 2009