859 posts and columns on sales

And If You Hang Around a Barbershop Long Enough …

… you sit by a cesspool long enough, you are bound to get shit on you.

– From a post on Digiday, entitled “Confessions of a DSP Salesperson”

Samsung Rides Android Past Nokia to Take Sales Lead

in Mobile on May 16 at 11:55 am PT

A two percent decline in mobile phone shipments during the first quarter of 2012 may have hurt some handset vendors, but it did little to slow Samsung.
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Exclusive: Yahoo’s Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion

in News on May 13 at 8:59 am PT

The final shoe — shoe store, really — drops.
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Facebook IPO Docs Could Get Approval This Week, Followed by Road Show With Zuckerberg (No Guarantee on Tie)

in Social on May 1 at 5:58 am PT

Camille, scramble the private jets, stat!
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Yahoo Beats Q1 Expectations (as Expected) — Now, Will New CEO Outline More Strategery on Investor Call?

in News on April 17 at 1:15 pm PT

An upside non-surprise as we await pearls of wisdom from new CEO Scott Thompson.
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News Byte

Zillow to Open Southern California Sales Office

in Commerce on April 16 at 1:32 pm PT

Zillow, which aggregates real estate information online, said it is opening a new sales office in Irvine, Calif., later this summer, with plans to hire up to 100. The Seattle company said the employees will be focused on selling subscriptions to local agents. The office will also have 20 employees from Diverse Solutions, a company Zillow acquired in November.

Nokia’s Lumia 900 Is Out of Stock at AT&T’s Online Store, but Why?

in Mobile on April 16 at 4:30 am PT

Nokia’s new Lumia 900 is temporarily out of stock at AT&T’s online store. Is it because of demand or inventory issues related to the software glitch that troubled the device’s launch?
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IBM Adds Canada’s Varicent to Its Analytics Lineup

in News on April 13 at 7:06 am PT

Big Blue has kicked its deal-making up a few notches this year.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook to Appear as Opening Speaker at the D10 Conference

in D10 on April 10 at 9:00 am PT

Welcome for the first time to the red-hot seat of D: All Things Digital, Mr. Cook!
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It’s Official: Yahoo Reorgs Itself Just Like We Said (Memo Time!)

in News on April 10 at 8:11 am PT

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson just sent this note to Yahoo employees, about a new leadership organization for the company.
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Exclusive: Yahoo’s Chief Product Officer Blake Irving Resigns

in News, April 5, 2012 at 6:28 pm PT

The Hottest Trend in E-Commerce? Clothes.

in Commerce, April 5, 2012 at 1:07 pm PT

Incendio! Pottermore E-Book Sales on Fire.

in Media, April 4, 2012 at 1:52 pm PT

It’s Official: Yahoo Lays Off 2,000 Employees — 14 Percent of Workforce

in News, April 4, 2012 at 6:22 am PT

Yahoo’s Layoffs Tomorrow Morning of up to 2,000 Will Only Be the First Move of a Larger Purge to Come

in News, April 3, 2012 at 3:16 pm PT

Yahoo Layoffs Set to Begin Next Week, Followed by Restructuring the Week After

in News, March 30, 2012 at 9:00 am PT

Yahoo-Geddon: Leaders to Debate Layoffs, Asset Sales, Search Deals and More Today, as a Major Restructuring Looms

in News, March 28, 2012 at 8:02 am PT

Looking for Work? Facebook Wants Salesmen, Google Wants Product People.

in Media, March 27, 2012 at 11:39 am PT

Flash: Apple’s New iPad Popular Among Young, Tech-Savvy Consumers!

in Mobile, March 26, 2012 at 2:50 pm PT

To Mitt: Here’s Your Digital Etch A Sketch

in Commerce, March 23, 2012 at 10:29 am PT

Online Audiences Are Famished for “The Hunger Games” (Though Vampires Still Rule!)

CEO Thompson Tells Yahoos “Real Change Is Coming” (It’s Exclusive Internal Memo Time!)

in News, March 15, 2012 at 5:06 am PT

U.S. Videogame Sales Sank Deeper in February

in News, March 9, 2012 at 10:00 am PT

Sold Out! The $35 Raspberry Pi Mini-Computer.

Sony: We’re Selling a Ton of PlayStation Vitas

in News, February 29, 2012 at 4:00 am PT