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Google Advisor Shuts Down Multiple States

Google Advisor Shuts Down Multiple States

Approximately a month ago I was notified that Google would be reducing their Advisor product to only cover a handful of states. I kept the rumors at bay until I could find more detailed information about the changes. These rumors have now come...

 

Mobile Lead Generation could be Awesome

Mobile Lead Generation could be Awesome

Well, first I wanted to wish everyone a happy adtech. I hope you all are enjoying everything it has to offer by making innumerable connections all over the country that will help grow your business and your professional network. Right. So now...

 

Lead Generation Defined

Recently we argued over what a valid lead is and the numerous reasons why a lead could be returned, but based on a conversation that took place with lead generations own Maestro, Sean Fenlon of DoublePositive, I have decided to further define...

 

Good To Be Back From Vacation

Good To Be Back From Vacation

I am still alive! I wanted to let you all know that I was blessed to take a little vacation last week, hence not making a single post, which is obviously not typical. I gotta say though it was an excellent break from the norm. I rented an RV...

 

SalesForce.com Makes $142M Cash Offer for Lead Generation Company

Salesforce.com announced today that they have made cash offer of $142 million to purchase Jigsaw. Saleforce.com, who recently raised cash through taking on $575 million in debt made it clear by bringing aboard a number of M&A specialists...

 

LeadCritic Maybe Down This Evening for Upgrades

Just wanted to let you all know that LeadCritic may be down for a few hours this evening while I finally make some very needed back end upgrades. Thanks for your patience! See you on the other side. AKPC_IDS += "482,";

 

LendingTree Revenue Tanks.

IAC falls short of analyst expectations due to LendingTree. IAC net income dropped by 24 cents a share, but excludinga few verticals (LendingTree) IAC actually beat estimates by 2 cents. LendingTree revenue fell 41 percent to $63 million because...

 

Education takes on a new significance

Ed-u-ma-ka-shon – The process of being educated informally,  LOL Education seems to be the focus in the mortgage space these days.  This is taking place in all areas of the business.  From the lead vendors and lead management software...

 

Caught In The Smoke

Caught In The Smoke

As some of you know I am located in the “worlds finest city”, San Diego, however the worlds finest city is ablaze and smoke and fire seem to be everywhere. My family and I are amongst the 300,000+ that have been forced out of there...

 

MBA Boston Conference Update

Ok so this Irish-Mexican just got back from the MBA conference in Boston. WOW. This was my first time visiting Boston and I wanted to get the most out of it. My comrade in arms and I took the Sunday night redeye out of LAX and landed early Monday...

 

The LeadCritic Forum is Back

By popular demand the forum is back and better than before, minus all the good info that was in there, sorry. I still feel bad about that. Either way, it is open for registration. Everyone sign up and be active. I am going to need all of your...

 

The Forum is Under Construction

Hello LeadCritic readers, If you have tried to access the forum recently you will know that it is not available. I am currently trying to update the forum to reduce the amount of spam. You may not notice it, but I spend about 15 minutes a night...

 

LeadPoint, “6 Months”?

Last week Good Morning America produced a piece on the subject of working on the weekends. The piece highlights Marc Diana, CEO of LeadPoint and his family. HERE IT IS The interesting part of the video is at the 2:10 minute mark. Marc tells...

 

The Leads Behind LeadPoint, Part 2

I don’t want to dwell to much on LeadPoint, but in response to my last post and a few other post, Lee Gientke sheds some light on their process of signing up new affiliate providers. I always here different, off the wall comments about...

 

Direct Mail The Best ROI Amongst ALL Medias

Direct Mail The Best ROI Amongst ALL Medias

Harte-Hanksurveyed more than 530 companies and found that Direct Marketing and E-mail Marketing delivered the highest ROI amongst all other medias.   The study points out that many companies are following the trend of devoting a majority...

 

Bye, Bye Morinsight:(

I will no longer be authoring any post at Morinsight:(   Specific circumstances are forcing me to  pass the torch to a new anonymous blogger “Lead Critic”. The blog and forum will eventually transfer to a new domain. Your User-names...

 
 
 
 

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