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Greg O’Brien Joins QuinStreet as Senior Vice President, Business Development

Greg O’Brien Joins QuinStreet as Senior Vice President, Business Development

FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 15, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — QuinStreet, Inc. QNST +0.63% , the leader in vertical marketing and media online, announced that Greg O’Brien has joined the company as senior vice president of business...

 

Experian Agrees to Sell LowerMyBills, ClassesUSA, and Pricegrabber for $175m

Experian Agrees to Sell LowerMyBills, ClassesUSA, and Pricegrabber for $175m

It was announced today that Experian has come to terms with India based Ybrant Digital to sell LowerMyBills, ClassesUSA, and PriceGrabber for $175m. The company combined 2012 revenue ending in march was reported to be $238m, with a EBIT of $20m. The...

 

All Web Leads Announces Significant Changes to Lead Distribution Rules

All Web Leads Announces Significant Changes to Lead Distribution Rules

All Web Leads, a leading online sales lead generation company serving the US Insurance industry, announced today that it is implementing new rules regarding the sale of its leads to its customers in order to increase the quality of leads in...

 

LSF INTERACTIVE AND GEARY GROUP ANNOUNCE MERGER

LSF INTERACTIVE AND GEARY GROUP ANNOUNCE MERGER

San Francisco, CA (April 18, 2012) – LSF Network, Inc., a global online marketing and media buying group, parent of LSF Interactive, and Geary Group, Inc., a San Diego-based leading digital marketing agency announced today they have completed...

 

PerformLine Announces Hire of Industry Veteran David Morgan

PerformLine Announces Hire of Industry Veteran David Morgan

PerformLine, the leading independent provider of compliance monitoring and discovery technologies, announced today that David Morgan has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Business Development. As a recognized leader in the digital...

 

BankRate Acquires InsuranceAgents.com

BankRate Acquires InsuranceAgents.com

According to the Business Journal BankRate has acquired 8 year old insurance lead generation company, InsuranceAgents.com. The Ohio based company is the latest in a string of competitor acquisitions by BankRate. According to the Business Journal...

 

Guy Kawasaki to Keynote TARGUSinfo Interactive Insights Summit

STERLING, Va. – March 13, 2012 – TARGUSinfo, a Neustar company and the trusted real-time information services and analytics provider, announced today the agenda and speakers for its 7th Annual Interactive Insights Summit (IIS) at...

 

Google Kills Mortgage Advisor Product

Google Kills Mortgage Advisor Product

After reducing the states in which Google was allowing users to search for mortgage rates in its Advisor tool, it has recently completely removed the mortgage options. This is good news for many mortgage lead generators who bid on the very competitive...

 

Leads360 Secures $15m in Funding

Capital Validates Leads360′s Focused Approach to Consumer Sales   LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – Feb 3, 2012) – Leads360, the market-leading consumer sales platform, today announced it has completed a $15 million...

 

RateSpecial Named #1 Fastest Growing Private Company

Big news out of Los Angeles California today! Long time lead generation friends, RateSpecial Interactive, was named THE #1 fastest growing private company LA County. A huge congratulations goes out to both Tom and David for taking on the risk...

 

ClickPoint Software Users now have the Ping Tree Function

ClickPoint Software Users now have the Ping Tree Function

A year or two ago I covered a company named ClickPoint Software who had an excellent product that helped experienced marketers break down the doors into the lead generation business. What typically took hundreds of thousands of dollars a build...

 

Who Has the Real Agenda Here? Education Blog Goes Viral

If you have been a long time follower of LeadCritic you know that we cover a handful of dramatic news events within the lead generation space ranging from rumors to murder cases. It seems as though they have been increasing over time too. Well,...

 

TARGUSinfo Acquired by Neustar

STERLING, Va., Oct 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Neustar, Inc. NSR +0.57% and Targus Information Corporation, or TARGUSinfo, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Neustar, a global leader in network...

 

Bankrate to Acquire InsWeb

Big news out of New York. BankRate continues it path to insurance lead generation domination with the acquisition of InsWeb. See release below: read more » AKPC_IDS += "2037,";

 

Revestor sets to Reshape Real Estate Investment Tools

Revestor sets to Reshape Real Estate Investment Tools

A new product plans on hitting the market this year and looks to take a swing at Zillow’s market share. Revestor, brought to you by Bill Lyons promises to bring a new tool to investors that will open the door to quick market valuations...

 

Adchemy Broadens Advertising Technology Partnership With Microsoft

Completes $61 Million Investment Round With Microsoft, August Capital and Mayfield Fund; Will Expand Availability of Adchemy IntentMapTM Technology for Microsoft adCenter Customers   FOSTER CITY, CA–(Marketwire – Sep 21, 2011)...

 

Tree.com Sells RealEstate.com to Market Leader

Tree.com continues to sell off certain assets with its most recent sale of RealEstate.com. Price has not been disclosed yet and there was not mention of the seller in the press release below. Details are to follow. In the press release below: KIRKLAND,...

 

UPDATE: Second Arrest Made in Chris Smith Murder Case

According to the OC Weekly a second arrest has been made in the Smith murder case. 34 year old Kenny Roy Craft was arrested today by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department this morning. Craft, the personal assistant of Edward Shin admitted...

 

Edward Shin Arrested on Suspicion of Killing Chris Smith

Edward Shin Arrested on Suspicion of Killing Chris Smith

One of the biggest scandals to rip through the Lead Generation vertical just got much much bigger. News out of Los Angeles today states that Edward Shin was arrested on the suspicion of murdering Chris Smith. The scandal first came to light...

 

SmartHippo Schedules Shut Down of Site

Approximately 4 years ago we first reported on an up and coming mortgage comparison site called SmartHippo. The site took on the challenge of creating a website that combined real time mortgage rates with a social/community experience mixed...

 
 
 
 

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