Category: LeadPoint

Steve Okun Leaves LeadPoint and Moves to CyberDefender

LOS ANGELES, June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CyberDefender Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CYDE), an award-winning provider of PC security, Antispyware/Antivirus Software, PC Optimization, PC Support, and Identity Theft Prevention solutions, announced today the hiring of Mr. Steven R. Okun as Senior Vice President of Marketing, a new position at CyberDefender. Mr. Okun will report to [...]

LeadPoint Announces Settlement of Multi-Party Patent Litigation

Irvine and Brentwood, Calif. (April 23, 2009) –LeadPoint, Inc. and Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq: ABTL) today announced that, along with Internet Brands and Insweb Corporation., they have entered into a settlement agreement resolving Autobytel’s lawsuit filed against LeadPoint, Internet Brands and Insweb in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, relating [...]

Key LeadPoint Team Members Rumored to be Exiting

There has been change brewing at the first online lead exchange and it has little to do with their website. Rumors have it that there are a couple of key team members leaving the company.
Steve Horton, VP and General Manager  has been rumored to have put in his notice. Steve, who has been very influential [...]

LeadPoint Updates Site and Launches Beta

Frankly, LeadPoint’s new site design might have been launched weeks or even months ago, but being that I don’t visit the company websites as frequently has you may suspect, I just came across it last week.
Nonetheless, the site is a very nice upgrade from their previously stale and outdated design. lol, I am kidding, their [...]

LeadPoint Is Getting Creative

Let’s have a little fun with this one. Recently, a “hot” new position was posted by industry head hunter NeoHire for the lead exchange LeadPoint. The position is for a Direct Response Optimization Director. For starters, in your best Paris Hilton voice lets all say, “thats Hot”. lol
Okay, all joking aside, what is this position [...]

LeadPoint Closes $6m in Series E Funding

LeadPoint successfully closes $6 million in funding according to Private Equity Hub (If you are not a member you can view Google results here), however their assumed goal of keeping it private was unsuccessful.
This reiterates the fact that ALL companies no matter what the model is, are having a difficult times. It also points to [...]

LeadPoint Now Selling FHA Leads

According to a recent press release LeadPoint is now offering FHA leads to the mortgage mix. These leads are scrubbed against the FHA max loan amount data base and our qualifiedly with two additional questions.
LeadPoint’s new FHA product will use even more conservative loan-to-value (LTV) ratios than required for FHA eligibility. Pre-screened HUD county [...]

The Exchange Model, Dead. Root Up To New Tricks

Is the exchange model dead? No, then why is LeadPoint making flat rate deals outside of the exchange? Is there a reason why they have to attract buyers by not making them bid on leads?
Another ad from Root Exchange popped up on my radar the other day. Why is a lead exchange trying to generate [...]

Lead-gen Industry Spin or Win?

There is no secret that the whole industry is in a spin and companies that reaped incredible growth and profits are now reading a different story. Both lead sellers and buyers are feeling the common industry pain that many of us are all feeling. Many companies have re-focused and are finding ways to grind through [...]

Did LeadPoint Receive Funding??

This popped up in my Alerts the other day and it came unannounced. What is it? It is the listing of LeadPoint as one of Attenunit investments. Anttenunit is a VC firm located in Austin Texas, however the domain name was registered by one of the founders who is located in Santa Barbara, CA. Which [...]