The proud father of two young boys, Paul would describe himself as “another POM in Australian advertising”. CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)Australia, Paul is indeed a veteran of the Australian Media Industry. He has held numerous sales and…
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Online entrepreneurs: Neil Patel, co-founder – KissMetrics
Originally from London, England, Neil is an American entrepreneur that I met a few years ago while I was speaking at a conference in Chicago. He is the co-founder and Marketing VP of KISSmetrics, a web analytics system used by…
Online entrepreneurs: Stevan Premutico, Founder and MD – Dimmi
An astute hospitality marketer with experience across the United States, the UK and Australia, Dimmi Founder, Stevan Premutico has built a successful business borne out of his own first hand frustrations at the inefficiencies of restaurant reservation systems. Since establishing Dimmi…
Is Crowdsourcing becoming overcrowded?
According to Crowdsourcing.org, venture Capitalists invested more than $280 million in 35 Crowdsourcing companies in 2011. This was confirmed by a comprehensive report published in Ferburay 2012 produced by Massolution a research firm specializing in crowdsourcing solutions. After data were…
Online leaders: Frank Grasso, CEO – e-channel
Originally from Melbourne and now leaving in Adelaide, Frank is the CEO and founder of e-channel, one of Australia’s leading providers of search engine marketing and pay per click advertising. While his friends would use the term “stubborn” to describe…
Glancee: Facebook keeps investing in Mobile…
Facebook has just acquired another startup, the location-based mobile app Glancee. Glancee helps you discover the hidden connections you share with the people around you by highlighting people that have friends in common, that went to the same school, that work in…
Online leader: Gillian Muessig, Founding President – SEOMoz
Gillian (aka as @SEOMom on Twitter!) is, with her son (Rand), the co-founder of SEOmoz. Originally a simple blog, SeoMoz has become over the years one of the most respected Search Engine Optimisation companies and now serves as a global…
Is Social Media replacing Journalism?
According to this infographic from Schools.com over 50% of people have learned about breaking news via social media rather than official news source and Social Media has become the third top news sources. But can we trust the news that social…
Australian employees anonymously review their bosses, online
Last week, it was with pleasure that I caught up with Justin Babet. I have known him for years while he was the MD of Xpand, a recruitment firm with activities in Australia and APAC. But this time it wasn’t…
Facebook buys Instagram for $1 Billion!!!
Facebook, has announced the purchase of the mobile photo-sharing service Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. This is an interesting move considering that the 13-employee startup based inSan Franciscohad neither business model nor revenue. So why did FB…