So the big news is that Facebook acquired Instagram for a cool $1 billion dollars (I can't even type that without thinking about Dr. Evil). A billion dollars is a lot. It's big. To put it in context here is how it stacks up with other photo acquisitions over the years. I mean it is […]
Continue reading →Over on the Nebo blog Kevin Howarth is doing a series of interviews that feature marketing thought leaders both locally and nationally. Kevin was gracious to ask me to participate and we had a fun conversation about interactive marketing. Kevin’s interview, with much better graphics than FoG, is being republished here with permission. What do you feel […]
Continue reading →VentureBeat reported today that Fab just closed a $40 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Fab is an oft talked about company in the halls of Half Off Depot. Before today I do not know about the company's pivot from a social network for gay men. Interesting. In Fab's announcement they attributed their success to three […]
Continue reading →So one of my coworkers walked up to me the other day, evidently after perusing my social stream. He: "Man you need a handler." Me: "I think I can handle myself pretty well." Which lead to a nice long discussion about the role of social and my role at Half Off Depot. The reality is, […]
Continue reading →So Half Off Depot is looking for a social media/community manager. I am the hiring manager for the position and have been having a bit of a struggle in finding the right person to fill the role. Last night I took the matter into my own hands. I went into my Twitter account and started […]
Continue reading →Well I took my own advice. I am joining a startup. It is Half Off Depot. Half Off Depot is an Atlanta based social commerce company. We enable merchants to harness the power of social media and the appeal of deal driven commerce to attract and retain customers. Half Off Depot currently operates in two markets. […]
Continue reading →Nice top level summary of a really big and interesting space. So big and interesting that Google, the company with the largest market cap, is the dog. Regardless I think Jim Crowley, the CEO of BuyWithMe, pretty much got it right when he told Crain's "There is room for six of seven large players as well as […]
Continue reading →So back at the beginning of Lent I did something that I am prone to do. A little online experiment. I opened up my social networks. At the time they looked something like this: LinkedIn 892 contacts, 363 requests Twitter 2,774 followers, 331 following Facebook 386 friends, 83 requests Foursquare 88 followers, 120 requests So […]
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