Pace Lattin: LinkedIn’s 100M members number isn’t really…real.

LinkedIn, a great networking tool for professionals announced that it hit its 100M member level, signifying according to some analysts how amazing the site is and how what a great IPO this will be. I’m not doubting LinkedIn is a great site, as I use it and highly recommend it as an amazing business tool,...

LivingSocial Promotes Shooting & Drinking (at the same time)

In perhaps one of the strangest things I’ve seen, LivingSocial is promoting a “LivingSocial Adventure” of (and I didn’t make this up) “Shooting and Drinking.”  As someone who carries a firearm full time, I have to wonder what the hell they are thinking. First of all, in...

Why Are Display Advertising Networks having Payment Problems?

One of my clients emailed me recently telling me that he is encountering more and more delayed payments from advertising networks. One major company hasn’t paid their November bill for Video Advertising, and another display network has admitted they are having problems with collections.  I find this to...

RightMedia will Kill Facebook because of Viruses, Malware and Pops.

According to InsideFacebook, the website all about Facebook and Facebook stuff, Facebook has started to institute a proactive white list of advertising providers. These providers, according to InsideFB, are networks that have signed their Terms and Conditions and basically promised to be “really, really...

LivingSocial.com Cuts Adware, Loses almost half of Traffic and Value?

Not sure you remember, but in January I questioned how LivingSocial.com had suddenly caught Groupon in a few months and actually over-passed it suddenly in size.  LivingSocial vs. Groupon For the investors in LivingSocial.com this news was great to them, but not after they read my analysis of some of the...