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eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) Better Serving Clients with Web-Based Real Estate Marketing and CRM Software
With the real estate industry on the rise, it is no surprise that agencies are looking for innovative ways to grow their business. In order to better serve clients, companies have to create and maintain a competitive edge. To achieve this, client/customer relationship management (CRM) has become increasingly important and now plays a significant role for real estate operations around the world.
CRM is a strategy used to manage a company’s interactions and relationships with its customers. Real estate CRM can be used to service all clients, including prospects, vendors, buyers, and virtually any other stakeholder. It is important since it allows companies to reach out to a variety of groups via a range of marketing mediums. CRM offers listing management tools, advertising, and professional services to buyers, helping agents to better hold clients for life.
eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI), a rapidly growing Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage, understands the value of advanced CRM and has entered into a strategic relationship with Commissions, Inc. (CINC), a leading provider of web-based real estate marketing and CRM software for agents and teams across North America.
This new system will be put in place in early 2017 and will enable EXPI agents and brokers to create and have real time views of sales funnels, create reminders and pop-ups, maintain customer records and transactions, and much more. EXPI will be the only large brokerage firm where all agents will be granted access to CINC tools and resources without having to pay any additional fees.
Each EXPI agent will be given his or her own consumer website encompassing local MLS data with a CRM platform giving agents the chance to manage their relationships with clients from the start to the end of a sale. Agents will also be introduced to three mobile apps: CINC Agent App, Houses.net, and Open Houses by CINC.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com
eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) Better Serving Clients with Web-Based Real Estate Marketing and CRM Software
With the real estate industry on the rise, it is no surprise that agencies are looking for innovative ways to grow their business. In order to better serve clients, companies have to create and maintain a competitive edge. To achieve this, client/customer relationship management (CRM) has become increasingly important and now plays a significant role for real estate operations around the world.
CRM is a strategy used to manage a company’s interactions and relationships with its customers. Real estate CRM can be used to service all clients, including prospects, vendors, buyers, and virtually any other stakeholder. It is important since it allows companies to reach out to a variety of groups via a range of marketing mediums. CRM offers listing management tools, advertising, and professional services to buyers, helping agents to better hold clients for life.
eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI), a rapidly growing Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage, understands the value of advanced CRM and has entered into a strategic relationship with Commissions, Inc. (CINC), a leading provider of web-based real estate marketing and CRM software for agents and teams across North America.
This new system will be put in place in early 2017 and will enable EXPI agents and brokers to create and have real time views of sales funnels, create reminders and pop-ups, maintain customer records and transactions, and much more. EXPI will be the only large brokerage firm where all agents will be granted access to CINC tools and resources without having to pay any additional fees.
Each EXPI agent will be given his or her own consumer website encompassing local MLS data with a CRM platform giving agents the chance to manage their relationships with clients from the start to the end of a sale. Agents will also be introduced to three mobile apps: CINC Agent App, Houses.net, and Open Houses by CINC.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com
EXPI Better Serving Clients with Web-Based Real Estate Marketing and CRM Software
With the real estate industry on the rise, it is no surprise that agencies are looking for innovative ways to grow their business. In order to better serve clients, companies have to create and maintain a competitive edge. To achieve this, client/customer relationship management (CRM) has become increasingly important and now plays a significant role for real estate operations around the world.
CRM is a strategy used to manage a company’s interactions and relationships with its customers. Real estate CRM can be used to service all clients, including prospects, vendors, buyers, and virtually any other stakeholder. It is important since it allows companies to reach out to a variety of groups via a range of marketing mediums. CRM offers listing management tools, advertising, and professional services to buyers, helping agents to better hold clients for life.
eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI), a rapidly growing Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage, understands the value of advanced CRM and has entered into a strategic relationship with Commissions, Inc. (CINC), a leading provider of web-based real estate marketing and CRM software for agents and teams across North America.
This new system will be put in place in early 2017 and will enable EXPI agents and brokers to create and have real time views of sales funnels, create reminders and pop-ups, maintain customer records and transactions, and much more. EXPI will be the only large brokerage firm where all agents will be granted access to CINC tools and resources without having to pay any additional fees.
Each EXPI agent will be given his or her own consumer website encompassing local MLS data with a CRM platform giving agents the chance to manage their relationships with clients from the start to the end of a sale. Agents will also be introduced to three mobile apps: CINC Agent App, Houses.net, and Open Houses by CINC.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com
Salesforce still mulls bid for Twitter as shareholders resist: sources
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Salesforce.com Inc (CRM.N) is still deliberating whether it should make an offer for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) in the face of resistance from Salesforce shareholders over the strategic merits and valuation of such a deal, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Twitter shares have lost as much as a third of their value since Oct. 5 on concerns the company has attracted less interest from potential acquirers than previously envisaged. It now has a market capitalization of $12 billion.
Salesforce is deliberating whether it is worth making a lowball offer for Twitter in the coming days based on Twitter's stock performance and any news of other bidders, the people said.
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OurPet’s Company (OPCO) Teams with Paulee Cleantec to Drive Innovation in Pet Waste Management
Earlier today, OurPet’s Company (OTCQX: OPCO) announced a partnership with Paulee Cleantec Ltd., an international leader in the development of eco-friendly solutions for the management of human and animal waste. Together, the two companies intend to leverage their extensive intellectual property portfolios to address the rising environmental impact associated with pet waste. According to Dr. Steven Tsengas, chairman and chief executive officer of OPCO, the companies will look toward Paulee Cleantec’s existing proof-of-concept waste management technology, which uses “an exothermic oxidation process to convert animal feces into an odor-free ash fertilizer in less than a minute,” as a starting point in their efforts to “commercialize an initial, portable dog waste product,” along with other future applications.
“We are very pleased to partner with OurPet’s and realize the potential of our technology,” Dr. Oded Halperin, founder and chairman of Paulee Cleantec, added in this morning’s news release. “We look forward to applying our expertise to the partnership, as OurPet’s has the innovative technology, the marketing/sales channels and most of all the strong entrepreneurial drive to bring our mission to success.”
With pet ownership figures being on the rise in recent years, the importance of managing pet waste has become increasingly evident. Municipalities across the country have imposed stiff fines designed to ensure that pet owners properly clean up after their pets, and for good reason. Industry studies have linked pet waste to a number of environmental issues, including contamination of underground water levels, lakes and streams. In total, it’s estimated that as much as 30 percent of the bacteria found in typical water samples and up to 50 percent of the bacteria in the air can be linked to dog waste alone.
These statistics highlight the market potential of an innovative solution to the growing issue of pet waste. According to the American Pet Products Association (http://dtn.fm/mPLS6), about 65 percent of U.S. households, some 79.7 million homes, currently own a pet. This figure is up from just 56 percent in 1988, when the survey was first conducted. All told, companion dogs in the U.S. produce roughly 10 million tons of waste annually, and the cat population results in approximately two million tons of litter sent to landfills each year.
OPCO’s partnership with Paulee Cleantec is just one channel through which the company is currently addressing this environmental concern. OurPet’s has over 170 patents issued or pending, many of which relate directly to pet waste management. The company’s current product offerings in the space include its Switchgrass Natural Cat Litter with BioChar (http://dtn.fm/Eqn3M); manual and semiautomatic cat litter boxes; and the innovative SmartScoop® – Intelligent Litter Box (http://dtn.fm/a9VDE), which uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies to help pet owners better manage the waste activity of their furry friends while simultaneously monitoring pets’ elimination behaviors.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ourpets.com
OurPet’s Company (OPCO) Teams with Paulee Cleantec to Drive Innovation in Pet Waste Management
Earlier today, OurPet’s Company (OTCQX: OPCO) announced a partnership with Paulee Cleantec Ltd., an international leader in the development of eco-friendly solutions for the management of human and animal waste. Together, the two companies intend to leverage their extensive intellectual property portfolios to address the rising environmental impact associated with pet waste. According to Dr. Steven Tsengas, chairman and chief executive officer of OPCO, the companies will look toward Paulee Cleantec’s existing proof-of-concept waste management technology, which uses “an exothermic oxidation process to convert animal feces into an odor-free ash fertilizer in less than a minute,” as a starting point in their efforts to “commercialize an initial, portable dog waste product,” along with other future applications.
“We are very pleased to partner with OurPet’s and realize the potential of our technology,” Dr. Oded Halperin, founder and chairman of Paulee Cleantec, added in this morning’s news release. “We look forward to applying our expertise to the partnership, as OurPet’s has the innovative technology, the marketing/sales channels and most of all the strong entrepreneurial drive to bring our mission to success.”
With pet ownership figures being on the rise in recent years, the importance of managing pet waste has become increasingly evident. Municipalities across the country have imposed stiff fines designed to ensure that pet owners properly clean up after their pets, and for good reason. Industry studies have linked pet waste to a number of environmental issues, including contamination of underground water levels, lakes and streams. In total, it’s estimated that as much as 30 percent of the bacteria found in typical water samples and up to 50 percent of the bacteria in the air can be linked to dog waste alone.
These statistics highlight the market potential of an innovative solution to the growing issue of pet waste. According to the American Pet Products Association (http://dtn.fm/mPLS6), about 65 percent of U.S. households, some 79.7 million homes, currently own a pet. This figure is up from just 56 percent in 1988, when the survey was first conducted. All told, companion dogs in the U.S. produce roughly 10 million tons of waste annually, and the cat population results in approximately two million tons of litter sent to landfills each year.
OPCO’s partnership with Paulee Cleantec is just one channel through which the company is currently addressing this environmental concern. OurPet’s has over 170 patents issued or pending, many of which relate directly to pet waste management. The company’s current product offerings in the space include its Switchgrass Natural Cat Litter with BioChar (http://dtn.fm/Eqn3M); manual and semiautomatic cat litter boxes; and the innovative SmartScoop® – Intelligent Litter Box (http://dtn.fm/a9VDE), which uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies to help pet owners better manage the waste activity of their furry friends while simultaneously monitoring pets’ elimination behaviors.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ourpets.com
OPCO Teams with Paulee Cleantec to Drive Innovation in Pet Waste Management
Earlier today, OurPet’s Company (OTCQX: OPCO) announced a partnership with Paulee Cleantec Ltd., an international leader in the development of eco-friendly solutions for the management of human and animal waste. Together, the two companies intend to leverage their extensive intellectual property portfolios to address the rising environmental impact associated with pet waste. According to Dr. Steven Tsengas, chairman and chief executive officer of OPCO, the companies will look toward Paulee Cleantec’s existing proof-of-concept waste management technology, which uses “an exothermic oxidation process to convert animal feces into an odor-free ash fertilizer in less than a minute,” as a starting point in their efforts to “commercialize an initial, portable dog waste product,” along with other future applications.
“We are very pleased to partner with OurPet’s and realize the potential of our technology,” Dr. Oded Halperin, founder and chairman of Paulee Cleantec, added in this morning’s news release. “We look forward to applying our expertise to the partnership, as OurPet’s has the innovative technology, the marketing/sales channels and most of all the strong entrepreneurial drive to bring our mission to success.”
With pet ownership figures being on the rise in recent years, the importance of managing pet waste has become increasingly evident. Municipalities across the country have imposed stiff fines designed to ensure that pet owners properly clean up after their pets, and for good reason. Industry studies have linked pet waste to a number of environmental issues, including contamination of underground water levels, lakes and streams. In total, it’s estimated that as much as 30 percent of the bacteria found in typical water samples and up to 50 percent of the bacteria in the air can be linked to dog waste alone.
These statistics highlight the market potential of an innovative solution to the growing issue of pet waste. According to the American Pet Products Association (http://dtn.fm/mPLS6), about 65 percent of U.S. households, some 79.7 million homes, currently own a pet. This figure is up from just 56 percent in 1988, when the survey was first conducted. All told, companion dogs in the U.S. produce roughly 10 million tons of waste annually, and the cat population results in approximately two million tons of litter sent to landfills each year.
OPCO’s partnership with Paulee Cleantec is just one channel through which the company is currently addressing this environmental concern. OurPet’s has over 170 patents issued or pending, many of which relate directly to pet waste management. The company’s current product offerings in the space include its Switchgrass Natural Cat Litter with BioChar (http://dtn.fm/Eqn3M); manual and semiautomatic cat litter boxes; and the innovative SmartScoop® – Intelligent Litter Box (http://dtn.fm/a9VDE), which uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies to help pet owners better manage the waste activity of their furry friends while simultaneously monitoring pets’ elimination behaviors.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ourpets.com
Net Element, Inc. (NETE) Subsidiary Enters Agreement with Kazakhstan’s Market Leader in Courier Services
Before the opening bell, Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE), through wholly-owned subsidiary PayOnline, announced the execution of an agreement with ExLine, a leader in the courier services market of Kazakhstan, that will enable online payment acceptance for more than 50,000 of ExLine’s customers. Moving forward, ExLine customers will have access to a customized payment solution powered by PayOnline that includes around-the-clock customer support and compatibility for a range of currencies, including Kazakhstani tenge, Russian rubles, U.S. dollars and euros. In an effort to expedite the process of online payment acceptance, PayOnline’s customized solution also generates an invoice number that can be viewed and recorded directly on the secure payment page.
“For us, the implementation of payment acceptance on the company website is a significant step forward,” Gabit Abaildaev, chief financial officer of ExLine, stated in this morning’s news release. “Despite the fact that PayOnline only recently entered the e-commerce market in Kazakhstan, we have no doubt that our relationship with them will be mutually beneficial.”
The ExLine announcement comes just over a month after news of the opening of PayOnline’s new local office in Kazakhstan. As the largest country in the Central Asian region, Kazakhstan represents a tremendous opportunity for Net Element as the country’s electronic commerce market matures. In 2015, the volume of electronic commerce transactions processed in Kazakhstan exceeded $11 billion, and it is expected to grow exponentially in 2016 and the coming years. Currently, electronic commerce only accounts for about one percent of total commerce in the landlocked country, representing a sizable opportunity for future growth in the region.
“The electronic commerce market of Kazakhstan today reminds me of the Russian e-commerce market in the mid-2000's, when PayOnline began its work in Russia,” Marat Abasaliev, chief executive officer of PayOnline, stated in a news release. “We are pleased that we are able to use the experience we gained in the Russian and other markets to capture a significant share in this emerging market.”
Net Element’s rapid international expansion has resulted in a notable increase in transaction processing volume. Last month, the company announced its transaction processing volumes for the first seven months of 2016. Transactions processed during the period totaled 99 million, which marked a year-over-year increase of 32 percent. Discounting the effects of foreign currency exchange, total dollars processed during the first seven months of 2016 were up 77 percent from the previous year to $1.03 billion. This growth included an 89 percent increase in total transaction dollars processed in emerging markets alongside a 66 percent rise in the same category for North American markets.
For more information, visit www.NetElement.com
Net Element, Inc. (NETE) Subsidiary Enters Agreement with Kazakhstan’s Market Leader in Courier Services
Before the opening bell, Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE), through wholly-owned subsidiary PayOnline, announced the execution of an agreement with ExLine, a leader in the courier services market of Kazakhstan, that will enable online payment acceptance for more than 50,000 of ExLine’s customers. Moving forward, ExLine customers will have access to a customized payment solution powered by PayOnline that includes around-the-clock customer support and compatibility for a range of currencies, including Kazakhstani tenge, Russian rubles, U.S. dollars and euros. In an effort to expedite the process of online payment acceptance, PayOnline’s customized solution also generates an invoice number that can be viewed and recorded directly on the secure payment page.
“For us, the implementation of payment acceptance on the company website is a significant step forward,” Gabit Abaildaev, chief financial officer of ExLine, stated in this morning’s news release. “Despite the fact that PayOnline only recently entered the e-commerce market in Kazakhstan, we have no doubt that our relationship with them will be mutually beneficial.”
The ExLine announcement comes just over a month after news of the opening of PayOnline’s new local office in Kazakhstan. As the largest country in the Central Asian region, Kazakhstan represents a tremendous opportunity for Net Element as the country’s electronic commerce market matures. In 2015, the volume of electronic commerce transactions processed in Kazakhstan exceeded $11 billion, and it is expected to grow exponentially in 2016 and the coming years. Currently, electronic commerce only accounts for about one percent of total commerce in the landlocked country, representing a sizable opportunity for future growth in the region.
“The electronic commerce market of Kazakhstan today reminds me of the Russian e-commerce market in the mid-2000's, when PayOnline began its work in Russia,” Marat Abasaliev, chief executive officer of PayOnline, stated in a news release. “We are pleased that we are able to use the experience we gained in the Russian and other markets to capture a significant share in this emerging market.”
Net Element’s rapid international expansion has resulted in a notable increase in transaction processing volume. Last month, the company announced its transaction processing volumes for the first seven months of 2016. Transactions processed during the period totaled 99 million, which marked a year-over-year increase of 32 percent. Discounting the effects of foreign currency exchange, total dollars processed during the first seven months of 2016 were up 77 percent from the previous year to $1.03 billion. This growth included an 89 percent increase in total transaction dollars processed in emerging markets alongside a 66 percent rise in the same category for North American markets.
For more information, visit www.NetElement.com
NETE Subsidiary Enters Agreement with Kazakhstan’s Market Leader in Courier Services
Before the opening bell, Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE), through wholly-owned subsidiary PayOnline, announced the execution of an agreement with ExLine, a leader in the courier services market of Kazakhstan, that will enable online payment acceptance for more than 50,000 of ExLine’s customers. Moving forward, ExLine customers will have access to a customized payment solution powered by PayOnline that includes around-the-clock customer support and compatibility for a range of currencies, including Kazakhstani tenge, Russian rubles, U.S. dollars and euros. In an effort to expedite the process of online payment acceptance, PayOnline’s customized solution also generates an invoice number that can be viewed and recorded directly on the secure payment page.
“For us, the implementation of payment acceptance on the company website is a significant step forward,” Gabit Abaildaev, chief financial officer of ExLine, stated in this morning’s news release. “Despite the fact that PayOnline only recently entered the e-commerce market in Kazakhstan, we have no doubt that our relationship with them will be mutually beneficial.”
The ExLine announcement comes just over a month after news of the opening of PayOnline’s new local office in Kazakhstan. As the largest country in the Central Asian region, Kazakhstan represents a tremendous opportunity for Net Element as the country’s electronic commerce market matures. In 2015, the volume of electronic commerce transactions processed in Kazakhstan exceeded $11 billion, and it is expected to grow exponentially in 2016 and the coming years. Currently, electronic commerce only accounts for about one percent of total commerce in the landlocked country, representing a sizable opportunity for future growth in the region.
“The electronic commerce market of Kazakhstan today reminds me of the Russian e-commerce market in the mid-2000's, when PayOnline began its work in Russia,” Marat Abasaliev, chief executive officer of PayOnline, stated in a news release. “We are pleased that we are able to use the experience we gained in the Russian and other markets to capture a significant share in this emerging market.”
Net Element’s rapid international expansion has resulted in a notable increase in transaction processing volume. Last month, the company announced its transaction processing volumes for the first seven months of 2016. Transactions processed during the period totaled 99 million, which marked a year-over-year increase of 32 percent. Discounting the effects of foreign currency exchange, total dollars processed during the first seven months of 2016 were up 77 percent from the previous year to $1.03 billion. This growth included an 89 percent increase in total transaction dollars processed in emerging markets alongside a 66 percent rise in the same category for North American markets.
For more information, visit www.NetElement.com
Salesforce's Benioff and Twitter
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Twitter Inc. is expected to field bids this week, and Marc Benioff has been building a case to Salesforce.com Inc. investors and others that his company should be the buyer, according to people familiar with the matter.
Mr. Benioff is looking to make a splashy acquisition that would secure for Salesforce a treasure trove of data as well as a prized consumer brand, according to the people.
Mr. Benioff, whose recent approach to Twitter set off the bidding process, sees the social-media pioneer as an “unpolished jewel” with untapped potential in advertising, e-commerce and other data-rich applications he regards as important to the cloud-software juggernaut’s next phase of growth, the people said.
But the brash CEO, who lost out to Microsoft Corp. in a bitter battle to buy LinkedIn Corp. this spring, faces formidable obstacles. Alphabet Inc.’s Google may bid also, the people said, while media giant Walt Disney Co. has been considering its own offer.
While Twitter could cost upward of $20 billion, or more than a third of Salesforce’s roughly $49 billion market value, it would be more bite-sized for Google, the search powerhouse whose parent sports a market value of more than $500 billion. Disney, meanwhile, has a market capitalization of almost $150 billion.
There is no guarantee any bid will come in high enough to entice Twitter to sell, and the company could remain independent.
Salesforce investors so far have been cool to the prospect of a deal with Twitter, which is beset with challenges. Owning it would also vault Salesforce outside its comfort zone as a provider of cloud-based services for businesses, which helped pioneer the concept of selling software as a service over the internet.
But Mr. Benioff clearly has a gleam in his eye for Twitter, which generates untold reams of data from its hundreds of millions of users and offers potential as a tantalizing turnaround opportunity.
“Data is the currency in software’s new world order,” he said in an interview this past weekend, though he wasn’t specifically speaking about Twitter. “I’m looking hard at unique data-rich companies and what I can do to make them more powerful and innovative if combined with Salesforce.”
At a private dinner recently, Mr. Benioff told a dozen tech CEOs that Twitter is an “unpolished jewel,” according to a person who attended. “Twitter is a great brand,” he told the CEOs, and he wants to “make it a great company,” according to the person.
Like LinkedIn, Twitter could bring Salesforce reams of data to create recommendations and insights for its corporate customers.
Twitter could complement Mr. Benioff’s goal of harnessing more data for artificial-intelligence-driven analysis, as well as allow Salesforce to offer additional services in sales, marketing and e-commerce for the company’s 150,000 customers.
Both Salesforce and its CEO already have ties to Twitter. Mr. Benioff and Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey live in the same San Francisco neighborhood. Salesforce already incorporates Twitter in numerous cloud services for its corporate customers, from service complaints handled through tweets to analysis of tweets on products.
The exuberant Mr. Benioff, who became a billionaire as Salesforce’s stock rose ninefold in the past decade, sees numerous benefits from bringing the companies more closely together. According to a person familiar with his thinking, Mr. Benioff is convinced a strong partner could figure out how to better monetize Twitter’s big user base and fire hose of content, something the social-media company has struggled with.
At first blush, Twitter, a strong consumer brand, seems an unlikely fit for the corporate-focused Salesforce. In acquiring Twitter, Salesforce would take on a host of problems that have dogged the social-media company, including its struggles to reinvigorate user growth and combat some of its users’ abusive behavior.
Twitter would also be a much bigger acquisition than Mr. Benioff has ever done before.
Mr. Benioff’s M&A focus is “the single biggest overhang” on Salesforce stock, UBS Group AG software analyst Brent Thill said. After Salesforce failed to meet its billings forecast and revenue guidance in its most recent quarter, some investors worry about the health of its core business and want the company to focus on that.
Yet, “if Marc goes this big, the market might ultimately give him a pass because he changed the industry,” Mr. Thill said. “Marc has shown vision and backed it up with financial proof. Now he may tell investors that in return for short-term pain, prepare for long-term gain.”
Indeed, Mr. Benioff said in the interview that he would assure investors at the company’s Dreamforce customer conference in San Francisco Wednesday that, regardless of whether it makes a big purchase, Salesforce will continue to deliver “excellent operating results.” He added: “In reality, we’ve not altered our mindful approach to acquisitions.”
Salesforce has made a number of purchases lately. In July, it bought e-commerce specialist Demandware Inc. for $2.8 billion, Salesforce’s largest takeover to date. This week, it agreed to buy San Francisco startup Krux for about $700 million in a bid to bolster the artificial-intelligence capacity in Salesforce’s marketing cloud.
Mr. Benioff said he is spending about 25% of his time on M&A this year.
In addition to the bid for Twitter and the Krux deal, Salesforce is appealing to U.S. and European regulators to scuttle or revise Microsoft’s $26 billion planned acquisition of LinkedIn, another deep well of valuable data. He has complained about the LinkedIn sales process.
Mr. Benioff said his goal was to get Microsoft to open up LinkedIn’s huge repository of individual and company profiles, rather than allow the software giant to wield it as competitive advantage against Salesforce and other enterprise-software companies.
Facebook launches smartphone app for event seekers
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Facebook on Friday released a mobile app for finding local happenings to enjoy with friends.
The Events app tailored for iPhones hit Apple's online shop, with a version "coming soon" for smartphones powered by Google-backed Android software, Facebook product manager Aditya Koolwal said in on online post.
Events is a stand-alone spin on a section at the leading online social network that lets people share plans for concerts, poetry slams, plays or other types of events they are interested in attending.
"When you open Events, you can quickly catch up on new events your friends are interested in, recently-announced events by the Pages you like, and updates from events you're already connected to," Koolwal said.
More than 100 million people daily use Facebook's events section to discover activities they can take part in with friends, according to Koolwal.
The Events app lets people browse for happenings based on factors such as location or interest, and to explore potential outing options with the help of interactive maps.
Plans made in Events are organized on a calendar and shared back to Facebook friends.
California-based Facebook has been building a family of mobile applications to stay tuned into modern lifestyles in which smartphones are used to quickly connect and share with friends or colleagues.
Facebook has a mobile app for the social network, as well as Messenger and WhatsApp messaging programs that each claim more than a billion users.
Facebook also owns photo and video sharing app Instagram, which reported earlier this year that it topped 500 million users.
Net Element, Inc. (NETE) Transforming Points of Sale into Points of Impact
One of the fastest-growing technology companies in Florida, Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE), is providing restaurants with the flexibility they need to keep up with their foodie clients. By anticipating the twists and turns of the restaurant sector, the company is able to develop and deliver innovative, comprehensive, secure, and scalable solutions that push growth for these businesses, solutions that allow restaurateurs to streamline their operations.
Net Element’s operational focus is on mobile payments and transactional services, value-added offerings that have aided the company’s rapid growth in the United States as well as overseas in a number of emerging countries. By recognizing that each market and industry has its own challenges, Net Element has been able to create customized solutions for the restaurant industry, solutions based on market-specific expertise.
A new generation of customer-engaged point-of-sale systems is Net Element’s key offering to restaurants. The company has built smarter, mobile point-of-sale systems (like Aptito and Restoactive) to bring these establishments into the digital age.
Aptito
Aptito is Net Element’s next-generation, iOS cloud-based point-of-sale payments system, the type of comprehensive, digital restaurant management and payment acceptance solution to bring the food and beverage industry into the new age.
With Aptito, restaurateurs can engage with their customers, manage their restaurants remotely, and increase their profitability. Aptito’s visual point-of-sale system delivers a host of features food and beverage businesses can use to streamline their operations. Its mobile ordering allows customers to order directly from their mobile devices, and its digital menus allow customers to order and pay directly from the menu, contact their waiters/waitresses, and recommend dishes to their social networks.
Restoactive
Restoactive is Net Element’s seamless, digital add-on feature for legacy point-of-sale systems. It turns points of sale into points of interaction and boasts a table iPad menu and kiosk that is integration-ready for over a half a million restaurants.
Restoactive’s fully customizable digital and mobile menus improve the customer experience and leave a lingering positive impression. The platform’s stand-alone kiosk enables faster table turnover during peak restaurant hours as it reduces the mistakes made by waiters and waitresses while minimizing the strain on staff members during those hours. Finally, with this mobile point-of-sale system, servers can handle more tables and provide a higher level of customer service, making Restoactive a win-win solution for all parties.
For more information, visit www.NetElement.com
Net Element, Inc. (NETE) Transforming Points of Sale into Points of Impact
One of the fastest-growing technology companies in Florida, Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE), is providing restaurants with the flexibility they need to keep up with their foodie clients. By anticipating the twists and turns of the restaurant sector, the company is able to develop and deliver innovative, comprehensive, secure, and scalable solutions that push growth for these businesses, solutions that allow restaurateurs to streamline their operations.
Net Element’s operational focus is on mobile payments and transactional services, value-added offerings that have aided the company’s rapid growth in the United States as well as overseas in a number of emerging countries. By recognizing that each market and industry has its own challenges, Net Element has been able to create customized solutions for the restaurant industry, solutions based on market-specific expertise.
A new generation of customer-engaged point-of-sale systems is Net Element’s key offering to restaurants. The company has built smarter, mobile point-of-sale systems (like Aptito and Restoactive) to bring these establishments into the digital age.
Aptito
Aptito is Net Element’s next-generation, iOS cloud-based point-of-sale payments system, the type of comprehensive, digital restaurant management and payment acceptance solution to bring the food and beverage industry into the new age.
With Aptito, restaurateurs can engage with their customers, manage their restaurants remotely, and increase their profitability. Aptito’s visual point-of-sale system delivers a host of features food and beverage businesses can use to streamline their operations. Its mobile ordering allows customers to order directly from their mobile devices, and its digital menus allow customers to order and pay directly from the menu, contact their waiters/waitresses, and recommend dishes to their social networks.
Restoactive
Restoactive is Net Element’s seamless, digital add-on feature for legacy point-of-sale systems. It turns points of sale into points of interaction and boasts a table iPad menu and kiosk that is integration-ready for over a half a million restaurants.
Restoactive’s fully customizable digital and mobile menus improve the customer experience and leave a lingering positive impression. The platform’s stand-alone kiosk enables faster table turnover during peak restaurant hours as it reduces the mistakes made by waiters and waitresses while minimizing the strain on staff members during those hours. Finally, with this mobile point-of-sale system, servers can handle more tables and provide a higher level of customer service, making Restoactive a win-win solution for all parties.
For more information, visit www.NetElement.com
NETE Transforming Points of Sale into Points of Impact
One of the fastest-growing technology companies in Florida, Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE), is providing restaurants with the flexibility they need to keep up with their foodie clients. By anticipating the twists and turns of the restaurant sector, the company is able to develop and deliver innovative, comprehensive, secure, and scalable solutions that push growth for these businesses, solutions that allow restaurateurs to streamline their operations.
Net Element’s operational focus is on mobile payments and transactional services, value-added offerings that have aided the company’s rapid growth in the United States as well as overseas in a number of emerging countries. By recognizing that each market and industry has its own challenges, Net Element has been able to create customized solutions for the restaurant industry, solutions based on market-specific expertise.
A new generation of customer-engaged point-of-sale systems is Net Element’s key offering to restaurants. The company has built smarter, mobile point-of-sale systems (like Aptito and Restoactive) to bring these establishments into the digital age.
Aptito
Aptito is Net Element’s next-generation, iOS cloud-based point-of-sale payments system, the type of comprehensive, digital restaurant management and payment acceptance solution to bring the food and beverage industry into the new age.
With Aptito, restaurateurs can engage with their customers, manage their restaurants remotely, and increase their profitability. Aptito’s visual point-of-sale system delivers a host of features food and beverage businesses can use to streamline their operations. Its mobile ordering allows customers to order directly from their mobile devices, and its digital menus allow customers to order and pay directly from the menu, contact their waiters/waitresses, and recommend dishes to their social networks.
Restoactive
Restoactive is Net Element’s seamless, digital add-on feature for legacy point-of-sale systems. It turns points of sale into points of interaction and boasts a table iPad menu and kiosk that is integration-ready for over a half a million restaurants.
Restoactive’s fully customizable digital and mobile menus improve the customer experience and leave a lingering positive impression. The platform’s stand-alone kiosk enables faster table turnover during peak restaurant hours as it reduces the mistakes made by waiters and waitresses while minimizing the strain on staff members during those hours. Finally, with this mobile point-of-sale system, servers can handle more tables and provide a higher level of customer service, making Restoactive a win-win solution for all parties.
For more information, visit www.NetElement.com
Monaker Group (MKGI) Expands Ecosystem by Making API Available to Online Travel Agencies
Recently, Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI), a technology-driven travel company focused on the alternative lodging rental (ALR) market, announced the launch of the Monaker Booking Engine (MBE) and the completion of the Application Program Interface (API) to the MBE. These developments further advance Monaker’s foray into the fastest growing sector of the travel market, alternative lodging rental, which is expected to reach $169 billion by 2019.
With the MBE, Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) will be able to access Monaker’s vast inventory of alternative lodging, timeshares and resort accommodation. Through the API they can go further. Having access to Monaker’s API gives OTAs, tour operators, airlines and cruise originators the ability to build their own apps and sites based on the Monaker databases and libraries. By setting up an API, Monaker is preparing fertile ground for a community to grow around its mission statement of “Travel Made Easy”.
An API is essentially a set of standardized requests designed for a particular program. An API’s protocols tell a software developer the proper way to request a service, such as printing a document, from the program. An API covers the middle ground between software that can only be accessed by the one who wrote it and software with source code that has been made public.
An entertaining piece in a January 2000 issue of Computerworld magazine (http://dtn.fm/rJPZ1) explains APIs by drawing similarities to gaining access to your neighbors’ lawn mowing services if your lawn mower broke down. It’s useless even considering the first of three neighbors, Closed Carl. A high wall with no gate protects his lawn mower so there’s no way of getting to him to even broach the subject. ‘An application like Closed Carl exposes no source code or APIs.’
At the other extreme is Open Oscar. You can enter his yard and borrow his mower without even asking him first. You can, also, alter the mower to suit your tastes by, perhaps, installing a beer cooler on it. ‘An application like Open Oscar has open source code, giving you free reign if you want it.’
The newest neighbor, API Annie, is nice too. You can borrow her mower provided you ask, but, aware of your mechanical prowess, she has asked you not to ‘improve’ her lawn mower. With an application like API Annie, you have access to mowing services, but the lawn mower is off limits.
APIs have the potential to rapidly develop support systems for an enterprise that boost its growth. The first company to capitalize on their potential was Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) when it launched its platform API on February 7, 2000, just about a year into its inception, according to the History of APIs (http://dtn.fm/8OWAy). That API strategy is partly responsible for the company’s present market cap of $48 billion.
Other industry titans subsequently embarked on the API adventure. In June 2005, the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG; GOOGL) Maps API made its appearance. And in 2006, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) launched their APIs. The ecommerce giant’s API portal is called Amazon Web Services.
Just like these successful companies have, Monaker aims to build a healthy ecosystem around its MBE and NextTrip platform. NextTrip is an intuitive, fully comprehensive booking platform for hotels, resorts, vacation rental homes, timeshare rentals, airlines, cruises, tours & land packages, and rental cars. Apart from NextTrip, Monaker’s travel assets now include Maupintour, with over 65 years in tour-guided vacations; Voyage.TV, with its thousands of hours of travel footage shot in over 30 countries around the world; and AlwayOnVacation, with its 250,000 listed properties. With the launch of its API, Monaker is poised for a further stage of development.
For more information, visit www.MonakerGroup.com
Monaker Group (MKGI) Expands Ecosystem by Making API Available to Online Travel Agencies
Recently, Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI), a technology-driven travel company focused on the alternative lodging rental (ALR) market, announced the launch of the Monaker Booking Engine (MBE) and the completion of the Application Program Interface (API) to the MBE. These developments further advance Monaker’s foray into the fastest growing sector of the travel market, alternative lodging rental, which is expected to reach $169 billion by 2019.
With the MBE, Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) will be able to access Monaker’s vast inventory of alternative lodging, timeshares and resort accommodation. Through the API they can go further. Having access to Monaker’s API gives OTAs, tour operators, airlines and cruise originators the ability to build their own apps and sites based on the Monaker databases and libraries. By setting up an API, Monaker is preparing fertile ground for a community to grow around its mission statement of “Travel Made Easy”.
An API is essentially a set of standardized requests designed for a particular program. An API’s protocols tell a software developer the proper way to request a service, such as printing a document, from the program. An API covers the middle ground between software that can only be accessed by the one who wrote it and software with source code that has been made public.
An entertaining piece in a January 2000 issue of Computerworld magazine (http://dtn.fm/rJPZ1) explains APIs by drawing similarities to gaining access to your neighbors’ lawn mowing services if your lawn mower broke down. It’s useless even considering the first of three neighbors, Closed Carl. A high wall with no gate protects his lawn mower so there’s no way of getting to him to even broach the subject. ‘An application like Closed Carl exposes no source code or APIs.’
At the other extreme is Open Oscar. You can enter his yard and borrow his mower without even asking him first. You can, also, alter the mower to suit your tastes by, perhaps, installing a beer cooler on it. ‘An application like Open Oscar has open source code, giving you free reign if you want it.’
The newest neighbor, API Annie, is nice too. You can borrow her mower provided you ask, but, aware of your mechanical prowess, she has asked you not to ‘improve’ her lawn mower. With an application like API Annie, you have access to mowing services, but the lawn mower is off limits.
APIs have the potential to rapidly develop support systems for an enterprise that boost its growth. The first company to capitalize on their potential was Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) when it launched its platform API on February 7, 2000, just about a year into its inception, according to the History of APIs (http://dtn.fm/8OWAy). That API strategy is partly responsible for the company’s present market cap of $48 billion.
Other industry titans subsequently embarked on the API adventure. In June 2005, the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG; GOOGL) Maps API made its appearance. And in 2006, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) launched their APIs. The ecommerce giant’s API portal is called Amazon Web Services.
Just like these successful companies have, Monaker aims to build a healthy ecosystem around its MBE and NextTrip platform. NextTrip is an intuitive, fully comprehensive booking platform for hotels, resorts, vacation rental homes, timeshare rentals, airlines, cruises, tours & land packages, and rental cars. Apart from NextTrip, Monaker’s travel assets now include Maupintour, with over 65 years in tour-guided vacations; Voyage.TV, with its thousands of hours of travel footage shot in over 30 countries around the world; and AlwayOnVacation, with its 250,000 listed properties. With the launch of its API, Monaker is poised for a further stage of development.
For more information, visit www.MonakerGroup.com
MKGI Expands Ecosystem by Making API Available to Online Travel Agencies
Recently, Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI), a technology-driven travel company focused on the alternative lodging rental (ALR) market, announced the launch of the Monaker Booking Engine (MBE) and the completion of the Application Program Interface (API) to the MBE. These developments further advance Monaker’s foray into the fastest growing sector of the travel market, alternative lodging rental, which is expected to reach $169 billion by 2019.
With the MBE, Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) will be able to access Monaker’s vast inventory of alternative lodging, timeshares and resort accommodation. Through the API they can go further. Having access to Monaker’s API gives OTAs, tour operators, airlines and cruise originators the ability to build their own apps and sites based on the Monaker databases and libraries. By setting up an API, Monaker is preparing fertile ground for a community to grow around its mission statement of “Travel Made Easy”.
An API is essentially a set of standardized requests designed for a particular program. An API’s protocols tell a software developer the proper way to request a service, such as printing a document, from the program. An API covers the middle ground between software that can only be accessed by the one who wrote it and software with source code that has been made public.
An entertaining piece in a January 2000 issue of Computerworld magazine (http://dtn.fm/rJPZ1) explains APIs by drawing similarities to gaining access to your neighbors’ lawn mowing services if your lawn mower broke down. It’s useless even considering the first of three neighbors, Closed Carl. A high wall with no gate protects his lawn mower so there’s no way of getting to him to even broach the subject. ‘An application like Closed Carl exposes no source code or APIs.’
At the other extreme is Open Oscar. You can enter his yard and borrow his mower without even asking him first. You can, also, alter the mower to suit your tastes by, perhaps, installing a beer cooler on it. ‘An application like Open Oscar has open source code, giving you free reign if you want it.’
The newest neighbor, API Annie, is nice too. You can borrow her mower provided you ask, but, aware of your mechanical prowess, she has asked you not to ‘improve’ her lawn mower. With an application like API Annie, you have access to mowing services, but the lawn mower is off limits.
APIs have the potential to rapidly develop support systems for an enterprise that boost its growth. The first company to capitalize on their potential was Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) when it launched its platform API on February 7, 2000, just about a year into its inception, according to the History of APIs (http://dtn.fm/8OWAy). That API strategy is partly responsible for the company’s present market cap of $48 billion.
Other industry titans subsequently embarked on the API adventure. In June 2005, the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG; GOOGL) Maps API made its appearance. And in 2006, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) launched their APIs. The ecommerce giant’s API portal is called Amazon Web Services.
Just like these successful companies have, Monaker aims to build a healthy ecosystem around its MBE and NextTrip platform. NextTrip is an intuitive, fully comprehensive booking platform for hotels, resorts, vacation rental homes, timeshare rentals, airlines, cruises, tours & land packages, and rental cars. Apart from NextTrip, Monaker’s travel assets now include Maupintour, with over 65 years in tour-guided vacations; Voyage.TV, with its thousands of hours of travel footage shot in over 30 countries around the world; and AlwayOnVacation, with its 250,000 listed properties. With the launch of its API, Monaker is poised for a further stage of development.
For more information, visit www.MonakerGroup.com
Twitter Troll Steps Out of the Shadow
http://dtn.fm/dRlx4
The story, at first, was all too common on Twitter: A user received a threat from an anonymous troll, and Twitter didn't take it seriously.
In this case, the user was political consultant Peter Daou. Last week, he tweeted a video critical of Donald Trump, and an anonymous troll replied: “drown in your own cum while I slide my blade in your neck.” Daou took the threat seriously, and reported it to Twitter. Shortly after, a Twitter representative told him that the tweet is “not violating the Twitter Rules.” So Daou, like many who have faced Twitter’s wall of indifference, tweeted about the situation.
I saw Daou’s tweet, and retweeted it with a comment of my own: "The surprise is how unsurprising this is."
Related: Can Twitter Censor Terrorists and Trolls Without Silencing Free Speech?
And then a genuinely surprising thing happened.
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Twitter to conclude sale deliberations this month
http://dtn.fm/GdyR5
Twitter Inc has told potential acquirers it is seeking to conclude negotiations about selling itself by the time it reports third-quarter earnings on Oct. 27, according to people familiar with the matter.
The timeline is hugely ambitious in the context of most mergers and acquisitions, given that Twitter began mulling a sale only last month. It is the clearest sign yet that Chief Executive Jack Dorsey is pushing to provide clarity to shareholders and employees over the company's future as quickly as possible.
Binding acquisition offers are due in the next two weeks, and Twitter has already whittled down the field of potential acquirers, the people said this week. Salesforce.com Inc is in the running, while Google parent Alphabet Inc, and Walt Disney Co have also been contemplating bids, the people added.
Recode reported on Wednesday, citing sources it did not identify, that Google would not move forward with a bid to acquire Twitter.
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Twitter now lets you add a Periscope link to your profile
http://dtn.fm/t6wfZ
Twitter is launching a new Periscope integration option for users of the live-streaming platform. Starting today, you have the option to provide a link to your Periscope profile on your Twitter page. The new feature is similar to the Vine profile link Twitter introduced around this time last year.
If you’re a hardcore Periscope user, you’ve probably already provided your profile link within the website field on your Twitter page. Heed our advice when we tell you to delete that and start using this new feature, which has its perks — plus now you can use the website field to link to a separate site of your choosing. As an ardent Twitter user, you’ll want to cram as much info in and around your bio as literally possible.
When you enable the link, it will appear under your bio with a Periscope icon next to it. The best part of the feature is that the icon starts flashing when you start streaming in real-time, indicating that you are “LIVE on Periscope,” and allowing other users to tune in. To activate the link, simply tap “edit profile” on your Twitter profile page and check the box that states “show my Periscope profile.”
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eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) Hosts Third Annual Real Estate Conference after Leadership Change
Fast-growing eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI), owner of unique real estate brokerage firm eXp Realty, recently appointed industry veteran Russ Cofano as its new president and general counsel, a move likely to bring the company added value and more expertise in the real estate field. Cofano, who served as chief strategy officer and general counsel since late June, is replacing Jason Gesing as president. Gesing will stay on as CEO of eXp Realty.
Cofano, a highly experienced real estate professional, is expected to help drive a new chapter of growth for eXp World Holdings and its companies, the group’s CEO and Chairman Glenn Sanford believes. The new president has years of experience in the field, having worked with several major realtors in the U.S. before joining eXp World Holdings.
The decision, which became effective immediately following its September 23 announcement, came just a couple of weeks before eXp Realty’s annual real estate conference in San Antonio, Texas. The third edition of eXpCon, scheduled for October 5-7, has already been sold out and is expected to bring together more than 600 of the brokerage division’s agents and brokers – more than three times the turnout from last year’s event.
The record attendance numbers are indicative of the company’s strength and reflect the Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage’s growing trend this year. eXp Realty has been the driving force behind the entire group’s remarkable growth over the last few months, based largely on its unique cloud-based business model. eXp World Holdings reported record revenues in the first two quarters (more than $7 million in Q1, $13 million in Q2) and a significant increase in its number of agents, topping 1,700 at the end of September. The business model proposed by eXp Realty completely eliminates the costs associated with running a brick-and-mortar office, allowing members to provide more efficient services to consumers while increasing their own profit with lower risk. The beauty of the system is that agents and brokers can operate from the comfort of their own homes without having to worry about franchise fees, desk fees or other similar expenses, as their activity takes place in a cloud-based office environment.
This year’s conference highlights will include keynote addresses from business and real estate gurus such as Rick Miller and Stefan Swanepoel. Miller, who was elected independent director to the eXp Board in July, will deliver the opening keynote address. His experience as CEO or president of various companies ranging from a startup to a nonprofit and his unconventional management approach have made him one of the most notable business leaders of the moment.
Real estate visionary Swanepoel will give his keynote address on the morning of October 6. Author of more than 30 books and reports on the real estate brokerage business, Swanepoel has given over 1,000 talks to one million people throughout his career and currently owns the T3 Sixty Group, a leading real estate multi-solution group that offers consultancy services and produces some of the industry’s most authoritative reports, such as the Swanepoel Power 200, the Swanepoel TRENDS Report, the T3 Risk Guide, the T3 Tech Guide and The Real Estate Confronts series. He also serves as editor-in-chief of SP200, which ranks the most powerful real estate people, and as host of the real estate T3 Summit.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com
eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) Hosts Third Annual Real Estate Conference after Leadership Change
Fast-growing eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI), owner of unique real estate brokerage firm eXp Realty, recently appointed industry veteran Russ Cofano as its new president and general counsel, a move likely to bring the company added value and more expertise in the real estate field. Cofano, who served as chief strategy officer and general counsel since late June, is replacing Jason Gesing as president. Gesing will stay on as CEO of eXp Realty.
Cofano, a highly experienced real estate professional, is expected to help drive a new chapter of growth for eXp World Holdings and its companies, the group’s CEO and Chairman Glenn Sanford believes. The new president has years of experience in the field, having worked with several major realtors in the U.S. before joining eXp World Holdings.
The decision, which became effective immediately following its September 23 announcement, came just a couple of weeks before eXp Realty’s annual real estate conference in San Antonio, Texas. The third edition of eXpCon, scheduled for October 5-7, has already been sold out and is expected to bring together more than 600 of the brokerage division’s agents and brokers – more than three times the turnout from last year’s event.
The record attendance numbers are indicative of the company’s strength and reflect the Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage’s growing trend this year. eXp Realty has been the driving force behind the entire group’s remarkable growth over the last few months, based largely on its unique cloud-based business model. eXp World Holdings reported record revenues in the first two quarters (more than $7 million in Q1, $13 million in Q2) and a significant increase in its number of agents, topping 1,700 at the end of September. The business model proposed by eXp Realty completely eliminates the costs associated with running a brick-and-mortar office, allowing members to provide more efficient services to consumers while increasing their own profit with lower risk. The beauty of the system is that agents and brokers can operate from the comfort of their own homes without having to worry about franchise fees, desk fees or other similar expenses, as their activity takes place in a cloud-based office environment.
This year’s conference highlights will include keynote addresses from business and real estate gurus such as Rick Miller and Stefan Swanepoel. Miller, who was elected independent director to the eXp Board in July, will deliver the opening keynote address. His experience as CEO or president of various companies ranging from a startup to a nonprofit and his unconventional management approach have made him one of the most notable business leaders of the moment.
Real estate visionary Swanepoel will give his keynote address on the morning of October 6. Author of more than 30 books and reports on the real estate brokerage business, Swanepoel has given over 1,000 talks to one million people throughout his career and currently owns the T3 Sixty Group, a leading real estate multi-solution group that offers consultancy services and produces some of the industry’s most authoritative reports, such as the Swanepoel Power 200, the Swanepoel TRENDS Report, the T3 Risk Guide, the T3 Tech Guide and The Real Estate Confronts series. He also serves as editor-in-chief of SP200, which ranks the most powerful real estate people, and as host of the real estate T3 Summit.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com
EXPI Hosts Third Annual Real Estate Conference after Leadership Change
Fast-growing eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI), owner of unique real estate brokerage firm eXp Realty, recently appointed industry veteran Russ Cofano as its new president and general counsel, a move likely to bring the company added value and more expertise in the real estate field. Cofano, who served as chief strategy officer and general counsel since late June, is replacing Jason Gesing as president. Gesing will stay on as CEO of eXp Realty.
Cofano, a highly experienced real estate professional, is expected to help drive a new chapter of growth for eXp World Holdings and its companies, the group’s CEO and Chairman Glenn Sanford believes. The new president has years of experience in the field, having worked with several major realtors in the U.S. before joining eXp World Holdings.
The decision, which became effective immediately following its September 23 announcement, came just a couple of weeks before eXp Realty’s annual real estate conference in San Antonio, Texas. The third edition of eXpCon, scheduled for October 5-7, has already been sold out and is expected to bring together more than 600 of the brokerage division’s agents and brokers – more than three times the turnout from last year’s event.
The record attendance numbers are indicative of the company’s strength and reflect the Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage’s growing trend this year. eXp Realty has been the driving force behind the entire group’s remarkable growth over the last few months, based largely on its unique cloud-based business model. eXp World Holdings reported record revenues in the first two quarters (more than $7 million in Q1, $13 million in Q2) and a significant increase in its number of agents, topping 1,700 at the end of September. The business model proposed by eXp Realty completely eliminates the costs associated with running a brick-and-mortar office, allowing members to provide more efficient services to consumers while increasing their own profit with lower risk. The beauty of the system is that agents and brokers can operate from the comfort of their own homes without having to worry about franchise fees, desk fees or other similar expenses, as their activity takes place in a cloud-based office environment.
This year’s conference highlights will include keynote addresses from business and real estate gurus such as Rick Miller and Stefan Swanepoel. Miller, who was elected independent director to the eXp Board in July, will deliver the opening keynote address. His experience as CEO or president of various companies ranging from a startup to a nonprofit and his unconventional management approach have made him one of the most notable business leaders of the moment.
Real estate visionary Swanepoel will give his keynote address on the morning of October 6. Author of more than 30 books and reports on the real estate brokerage business, Swanepoel has given over 1,000 talks to one million people throughout his career and currently owns the T3 Sixty Group, a leading real estate multi-solution group that offers consultancy services and produces some of the industry’s most authoritative reports, such as the Swanepoel Power 200, the Swanepoel TRENDS Report, the T3 Risk Guide, the T3 Tech Guide and The Real Estate Confronts series. He also serves as editor-in-chief of SP200, which ranks the most powerful real estate people, and as host of the real estate T3 Summit.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com
Moxian, Inc. (MOXC) Enabling the Growth of Social Commerce
The year of 2016 is seeing retailers working toward social media as a form of commerce, with more efforts being made to determine the best way to drive sustainable e-commerce sales through social media. Some of the better known examples of the move to social commerce include Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) allowing customers to add items to their shopping carts with #AmazonCart, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) adding a “Buy” button to make it easier for consumers to purchase items without leaving their social media accounts, and Coca-Cola’s (NYSE: KO) #ShareACoke campaign.
But, the evolution of social commerce truly started in 2012, when Facebook added its collection features. Later, in 2014, Facebook, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), and Tumblr (NASDAQ: YHOO) added “Buy” buttons. In 2015, Facebook added a shoppable page and made messenger payments available, Instagram added a “Shop Now” feature, Pinterest added buyable pins, and Twitter finally expanded its Buy Now partnerships. In 2016, Facebook enabled a feature allowing consumers to buy event tickets on the social media site, and Pinterest added buyable pins open to all SMBs, as well as a Pinterest shopping cart.
In addition to the above developments, according to Sumo Heavy Industries (http://dtn.fm/LFq4h), social media referral traffic to e-commerce sites grew by 198%, with baby products, home furnishings, health and wellness, and automotive purchases being the most influenced by social media. Facebook showed the highest conversion rates for all social media e-commerce traffic at 1.85%, according to Shopify (http://dtn.fm/9wOLd).
Although social commerce is still developing, Sumo Heavy Industries found that it remains a promising channel, with 73% of users who have tried “Buy” buttons saying they would do it again, and one in five people saying they are open to the idea despite not having tried it yet. Also, according to an article published in Marketing Week (http://dtn.fm/0Fts7), out of 2,017 people aged 18 and over who were surveyed, 56% of them like or follow brands because of their products, and research shows that Facebook is the most popular site for direct purchases.
Yet not all businesses are convinced of this new way of selling. Some describe it as “making a mistake” while others have not optimized their websites for mobile use (51%). Not only this, 31% of these organizations have no intention of optimizing their sites, which millennials find increasingly irritating, according to statistics (http://dtn.fm/69fE0).
Fortunately, Moxian, Inc. (OTCQB: MOXC) is in the business of providing social marketing and promotion platforms to aid merchants in growing and advertising their businesses through social media. Moxian incorporates social media, entertainment, and business intelligence. The company is a multi-channel social commerce platform that includes a relationship management system in order to generate knowledge for merchants so they can better interact with their chosen audiences.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Moxian.com
OurPet’s Company (OPCO) Executive Presents Latest Tech Trends at Pet Industry Trade Show in Canada
Before the opening bell, OurPet’s Company (OTCQX: OPCO) highlighted a recent presentation by Kathleen Homyock, the company’s vice president of sales and business development. The presentation, titled “Technology Translated to Pet Fitness, Food and Fun,” was made at last month’s National Pet Industry Trade Show, which was hosted by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (Canada). Homyock used her time at the podium to showcase intelligent technology accessories, such as OPCO’s recently launched OurPets® Intelligent Pet Care™ product line (http://dtn.fm/F64bL), and their ability to help pet owners effectively monitor the health and wellbeing of their pets.
“It is always interesting to speak with industry professionals about how smart technology is changing pet products,” Homyock stated in this morning’s news release. “I was excited to have the opportunity to speak at the show in September and I am even more excited to work for a company that values this technology and continuously works to bring intelligent health and fitness monitoring products into the marketplace.”
To view Homyock’s full presentation, visit http://dtn.fm/0EfMl
The emergence of intelligent technology accessories in the pet industry is particularly intriguing when studying pet ownership statistics. According to research firm Mintel, an impressive 75 percent of Americans in their 30s have dogs, while roughly 51 percent have cats. This figure is substantially higher than that of the overall population, which clocks in at about 50 percent for dogs and 35 percent for cats. All told, today’s young Americans are much more likely to have pets than their predecessors.
This trend is significant, as pet owners between the ages of 18 and 34 have shown the most open to adopting new technologies to care for their furry friends. A 2015 survey by Packaged Facts found that the age group led the way in the use of webcams, smartphones, motion sensors and collars with tracking devices to follow their dogs’ activities. With these technologies already being implemented, the use of dedicated devices leveraging the Internet of Things model is a rapidly growing trend upon which OurPet’s Company is currently positioned to capitalize.
The company’s OurPets® Intelligent Pet Care™ line utilizes smart technology to seamlessly monitor pet health through the use of the free IntelligentPetLink™ smartphone app (http://dtn.fm/6QnA1). The line’s products currently include the SmartScoop – Intelligent Litter Box (http://dtn.fm/E50ip), the SmartLink Feeder – Intelligent Pet Bowl (http://dtn.fm/1SsjU), and the SmartLink Waterer – Intelligent Water Fountain (http://dtn.fm/R3wp3).
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ourpets.com
OurPet’s Company (OPCO) Executive Presents Latest Tech Trends at Pet Industry Trade Show in Canada
Before the opening bell, OurPet’s Company (OTCQX: OPCO) highlighted a recent presentation by Kathleen Homyock, the company’s vice president of sales and business development. The presentation, titled “Technology Translated to Pet Fitness, Food and Fun,” was made at last month’s National Pet Industry Trade Show, which was hosted by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (Canada). Homyock used her time at the podium to showcase intelligent technology accessories, such as OPCO’s recently launched OurPets® Intelligent Pet Care™ product line (http://dtn.fm/F64bL), and their ability to help pet owners effectively monitor the health and wellbeing of their pets.
“It is always interesting to speak with industry professionals about how smart technology is changing pet products,” Homyock stated in this morning’s news release. “I was excited to have the opportunity to speak at the show in September and I am even more excited to work for a company that values this technology and continuously works to bring intelligent health and fitness monitoring products into the marketplace.”
To view Homyock’s full presentation, visit http://dtn.fm/0EfMl
The emergence of intelligent technology accessories in the pet industry is particularly intriguing when studying pet ownership statistics. According to research firm Mintel, an impressive 75 percent of Americans in their 30s have dogs, while roughly 51 percent have cats. This figure is substantially higher than that of the overall population, which clocks in at about 50 percent for dogs and 35 percent for cats. All told, today’s young Americans are much more likely to have pets than their predecessors.
This trend is significant, as pet owners between the ages of 18 and 34 have shown the most open to adopting new technologies to care for their furry friends. A 2015 survey by Packaged Facts found that the age group led the way in the use of webcams, smartphones, motion sensors and collars with tracking devices to follow their dogs’ activities. With these technologies already being implemented, the use of dedicated devices leveraging the Internet of Things model is a rapidly growing trend upon which OurPet’s Company is currently positioned to capitalize.
The company’s OurPets® Intelligent Pet Care™ line utilizes smart technology to seamlessly monitor pet health through the use of the free IntelligentPetLink™ smartphone app (http://dtn.fm/6QnA1). The line’s products currently include the SmartScoop – Intelligent Litter Box (http://dtn.fm/E50ip), the SmartLink Feeder – Intelligent Pet Bowl (http://dtn.fm/1SsjU), and the SmartLink Waterer – Intelligent Water Fountain (http://dtn.fm/R3wp3).
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ourpets.com
OPCO Executive Presents Latest Tech Trends at Pet Industry Trade Show in Canada
Before the opening bell, OurPet’s Company (OTCQX: OPCO) highlighted a recent presentation by Kathleen Homyock, the company’s vice president of sales and business development. The presentation, titled “Technology Translated to Pet Fitness, Food and Fun,” was made at last month’s National Pet Industry Trade Show, which was hosted by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (Canada). Homyock used her time at the podium to showcase intelligent technology accessories, such as OPCO’s recently launched OurPets® Intelligent Pet Care™ product line (http://dtn.fm/F64bL), and their ability to help pet owners effectively monitor the health and wellbeing of their pets.
“It is always interesting to speak with industry professionals about how smart technology is changing pet products,” Homyock stated in this morning’s news release. “I was excited to have the opportunity to speak at the show in September and I am even more excited to work for a company that values this technology and continuously works to bring intelligent health and fitness monitoring products into the marketplace.”
To view Homyock’s full presentation, visit http://dtn.fm/0EfMl
The emergence of intelligent technology accessories in the pet industry is particularly intriguing when studying pet ownership statistics. According to research firm Mintel, an impressive 75 percent of Americans in their 30s have dogs, while roughly 51 percent have cats. This figure is substantially higher than that of the overall population, which clocks in at about 50 percent for dogs and 35 percent for cats. All told, today’s young Americans are much more likely to have pets than their predecessors.
This trend is significant, as pet owners between the ages of 18 and 34 have shown the most open to adopting new technologies to care for their furry friends. A 2015 survey by Packaged Facts found that the age group led the way in the use of webcams, smartphones, motion sensors and collars with tracking devices to follow their dogs’ activities. With these technologies already being implemented, the use of dedicated devices leveraging the Internet of Things model is a rapidly growing trend upon which OurPet’s Company is currently positioned to capitalize.
The company’s OurPets® Intelligent Pet Care™ line utilizes smart technology to seamlessly monitor pet health through the use of the free IntelligentPetLink™ smartphone app (http://dtn.fm/6QnA1). The line’s products currently include the SmartScoop – Intelligent Litter Box (http://dtn.fm/E50ip), the SmartLink Feeder – Intelligent Pet Bowl (http://dtn.fm/1SsjU), and the SmartLink Waterer – Intelligent Water Fountain (http://dtn.fm/R3wp3).
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ourpets.com
Moxian, Inc. (MOXC) Enabling the Growth of Social Commerce
The year of 2016 is seeing retailers working toward social media as a form of commerce, with more efforts being made to determine the best way to drive sustainable e-commerce sales through social media. Some of the better known examples of the move to social commerce include Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) allowing customers to add items to their shopping carts with #AmazonCart, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) adding a “Buy” button to make it easier for consumers to purchase items without leaving their social media accounts, and Coca-Cola’s (NYSE: KO) #ShareACoke campaign.
But, the evolution of social commerce truly started in 2012, when Facebook added its collection features. Later, in 2014, Facebook, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), and Tumblr (NASDAQ: YHOO) added “Buy” buttons. In 2015, Facebook added a shoppable page and made messenger payments available, Instagram added a “Shop Now” feature, Pinterest added buyable pins, and Twitter finally expanded its Buy Now partnerships. In 2016, Facebook enabled a feature allowing consumers to buy event tickets on the social media site, and Pinterest added buyable pins open to all SMBs, as well as a Pinterest shopping cart.
In addition to the above developments, according to Sumo Heavy Industries (http://dtn.fm/LFq4h), social media referral traffic to e-commerce sites grew by 198%, with baby products, home furnishings, health and wellness, and automotive purchases being the most influenced by social media. Facebook showed the highest conversion rates for all social media e-commerce traffic at 1.85%, according to Shopify (http://dtn.fm/9wOLd).
Although social commerce is still developing, Sumo Heavy Industries found that it remains a promising channel, with 73% of users who have tried “Buy” buttons saying they would do it again, and one in five people saying they are open to the idea despite not having tried it yet. Also, according to an article published in Marketing Week (http://dtn.fm/0Fts7), out of 2,017 people aged 18 and over who were surveyed, 56% of them like or follow brands because of their products, and research shows that Facebook is the most popular site for direct purchases.
Yet not all businesses are convinced of this new way of selling. Some describe it as “making a mistake” while others have not optimized their websites for mobile use (51%). Not only this, 31% of these organizations have no intention of optimizing their sites, which millennials find increasingly irritating, according to statistics (http://dtn.fm/69fE0).
Fortunately, Moxian, Inc. (OTCQB: MOXC) is in the business of providing social marketing and promotion platforms to aid merchants in growing and advertising their businesses through social media. Moxian incorporates social media, entertainment, and business intelligence. The company is a multi-channel social commerce platform that includes a relationship management system in order to generate knowledge for merchants so they can better interact with their chosen audiences.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Moxian.com
MOXC Enabling the Growth of Social Commerce
The year of 2016 is seeing retailers working toward social media as a form of commerce, with more efforts being made to determine the best way to drive sustainable e-commerce sales through social media. Some of the better known examples of the move to social commerce include Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) allowing customers to add items to their shopping carts with #AmazonCart, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) adding a “Buy” button to make it easier for consumers to purchase items without leaving their social media accounts, and Coca-Cola’s (NYSE: KO) #ShareACoke campaign.
But, the evolution of social commerce truly started in 2012, when Facebook added its collection features. Later, in 2014, Facebook, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), and Tumblr (NASDAQ: YHOO) added “Buy” buttons. In 2015, Facebook added a shoppable page and made messenger payments available, Instagram added a “Shop Now” feature, Pinterest added buyable pins, and Twitter finally expanded its Buy Now partnerships. In 2016, Facebook enabled a feature allowing consumers to buy event tickets on the social media site, and Pinterest added buyable pins open to all SMBs, as well as a Pinterest shopping cart.
In addition to the above developments, according to Sumo Heavy Industries (http://dtn.fm/LFq4h), social media referral traffic to e-commerce sites grew by 198%, with baby products, home furnishings, health and wellness, and automotive purchases being the most influenced by social media. Facebook showed the highest conversion rates for all social media e-commerce traffic at 1.85%, according to Shopify (http://dtn.fm/9wOLd).
Although social commerce is still developing, Sumo Heavy Industries found that it remains a promising channel, with 73% of users who have tried “Buy” buttons saying they would do it again, and one in five people saying they are open to the idea despite not having tried it yet. Also, according to an article published in Marketing Week (http://dtn.fm/0Fts7), out of 2,017 people aged 18 and over who were surveyed, 56% of them like or follow brands because of their products, and research shows that Facebook is the most popular site for direct purchases.
Yet not all businesses are convinced of this new way of selling. Some describe it as “making a mistake” while others have not optimized their websites for mobile use (51%). Not only this, 31% of these organizations have no intention of optimizing their sites, which millennials find increasingly irritating, according to statistics (http://dtn.fm/69fE0).
Fortunately, Moxian, Inc. (OTCQB: MOXC) is in the business of providing social marketing and promotion platforms to aid merchants in growing and advertising their businesses through social media. Moxian incorporates social media, entertainment, and business intelligence. The company is a multi-channel social commerce platform that includes a relationship management system in order to generate knowledge for merchants so they can better interact with their chosen audiences.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Moxian.com
Twitter (TWTR) Doesn't Need to Be Acquired to Be Successful [VIDEO]
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Twitter (TWTR) doesn't need to be acquired in order to be a successful company in the future, former CEO of the social networking company Dick Costolo said on BloombergTV's "Bloomberg Markets" Monday afternoon.
"I've said for a while that I think Twitter can be a successful, independent company and I've also said that I think the world of the team over there," Costolo said. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey "thinks beautifully and elegantly and clearly about product direction," and the senior leadership team is "tremendous."
"I don't think [an acquisition] is the only possible outcome. I think there are lots of different ways that Twitter can be successful," Costolo claimed.
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OurPet’s Company (OPCO) Positioned for Enhanced Role on Fast Growing Pet Care Market
Already a leading provider of unique and highly innovative pet care solutions ranging from toys to feeding and waste management, Ohio-based OurPet’s Company, Inc. (OTCQX: OPCO) expects to expand its presence on the fast-growing pet care market through a unique line of products designed to awaken a pet’s natural instincts.
The company’s innovative products, as other premium pet care solutions available on the market, cater to the needs of a growing number of customers who are treating their pets like family members and are looking to buy only the most high-end products for them, according to an analysis from industry research report provider Sandler Research (http://dtn.fm/Xxtx2).
The report also shows that the global pet care market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.72% from 2016 to 2020, driven mostly by high profit margins for manufacturers offering a wide range of specialized, premium products. The highest revenue-generating geographic region in the market will be North America, expected to hold more than 40% of the market share.
Despite fierce competition on the pet care market, companies that consistently provide top-quality, premium products will only strengthen their positions, while many vendors will also take action to expand their business to emerging markets such as the Asia-Pacific, Central and South America, the report indicates.
With its unique line of proprietary pet products distributed both in the United States and overseas, OurPet’s Company therefore seems poised for overcoming its competition and becoming a major player on the market of innovative pet care solutions. The company is committed to developing one-of-a-kind products (http://dtn.fm/6NMdJ) that are patented and unparalleled on the market, based on a unique design that focuses on the health and behavioral needs of pets and their owners.
Keeping in line with its dedication to product innovation, OurPet’s Company recently launched a strong showing of game-changing pet products such as the OurPets® Switchgrass Natural Cat Litter™ (http://dtn.fm/7bBA5) – a high-end, all natural and fully biodegradable litter, and the Intelligent Pet Care™ (http://dtn.fm/En6rt) Bluetooth® line of products, which monitor pet behavior via a smartphone app. And despite a slight decline in revenue in Q2 that followed record numbers in Q1, OurPet’s Company anticipates a solid performance and record revenue again in the second half of the year, as a direct consequence of the new product launches.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ourpets.com
OurPet’s Company (OPCO) Positioned for Enhanced Role on Fast Growing Pet Care Market
Already a leading provider of unique and highly innovative pet care solutions ranging from toys to feeding and waste management, Ohio-based OurPet’s Company, Inc. (OTCQX: OPCO) expects to expand its presence on the fast-growing pet care market through a unique line of products designed to awaken a pet’s natural instincts.
The company’s innovative products, as other premium pet care solutions available on the market, cater to the needs of a growing number of customers who are treating their pets like family members and are looking to buy only the most high-end products for them, according to an analysis from industry research report provider Sandler Research (http://dtn.fm/Xxtx2).
The report also shows that the global pet care market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.72% from 2016 to 2020, driven mostly by high profit margins for manufacturers offering a wide range of specialized, premium products. The highest revenue-generating geographic region in the market will be North America, expected to hold more than 40% of the market share.
Despite fierce competition on the pet care market, companies that consistently provide top-quality, premium products will only strengthen their positions, while many vendors will also take action to expand their business to emerging markets such as the Asia-Pacific, Central and South America, the report indicates.
With its unique line of proprietary pet products distributed both in the United States and overseas, OurPet’s Company therefore seems poised for overcoming its competition and becoming a major player on the market of innovative pet care solutions. The company is committed to developing one-of-a-kind products (http://dtn.fm/6NMdJ) that are patented and unparalleled on the market, based on a unique design that focuses on the health and behavioral needs of pets and their owners.
Keeping in line with its dedication to product innovation, OurPet’s Company recently launched a strong showing of game-changing pet products such as the OurPets® Switchgrass Natural Cat Litter™ (http://dtn.fm/7bBA5) – a high-end, all natural and fully biodegradable litter, and the Intelligent Pet Care™ (http://dtn.fm/En6rt) Bluetooth® line of products, which monitor pet behavior via a smartphone app. And despite a slight decline in revenue in Q2 that followed record numbers in Q1, OurPet’s Company anticipates a solid performance and record revenue again in the second half of the year, as a direct consequence of the new product launches.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ourpets.com
OPCO Positioned for Enhanced Role on Fast Growing Pet Care Market
Already a leading provider of unique and highly innovative pet care solutions ranging from toys to feeding and waste management, Ohio-based OurPet’s Company, Inc. (OTCQX: OPCO) expects to expand its presence on the fast-growing pet care market through a unique line of products designed to awaken a pet’s natural instincts.
The company’s innovative products, as other premium pet care solutions available on the market, cater to the needs of a growing number of customers who are treating their pets like family members and are looking to buy only the most high-end products for them, according to an analysis from industry research report provider Sandler Research (http://dtn.fm/Xxtx2).
The report also shows that the global pet care market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.72% from 2016 to 2020, driven mostly by high profit margins for manufacturers offering a wide range of specialized, premium products. The highest revenue-generating geographic region in the market will be North America, expected to hold more than 40% of the market share.
Despite fierce competition on the pet care market, companies that consistently provide top-quality, premium products will only strengthen their positions, while many vendors will also take action to expand their business to emerging markets such as the Asia-Pacific, Central and South America, the report indicates.
With its unique line of proprietary pet products distributed both in the United States and overseas, OurPet’s Company therefore seems poised for overcoming its competition and becoming a major player on the market of innovative pet care solutions. The company is committed to developing one-of-a-kind products (http://dtn.fm/6NMdJ) that are patented and unparalleled on the market, based on a unique design that focuses on the health and behavioral needs of pets and their owners.
Keeping in line with its dedication to product innovation, OurPet’s Company recently launched a strong showing of game-changing pet products such as the OurPets® Switchgrass Natural Cat Litter™ (http://dtn.fm/7bBA5) – a high-end, all natural and fully biodegradable litter, and the Intelligent Pet Care™ (http://dtn.fm/En6rt) Bluetooth® line of products, which monitor pet behavior via a smartphone app. And despite a slight decline in revenue in Q2 that followed record numbers in Q1, OurPet’s Company anticipates a solid performance and record revenue again in the second half of the year, as a direct consequence of the new product launches.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ourpets.com
MissionSMR Leverages Social Technology to Provide Clients with a Powerful, Successful and Radical Outreach Platform
The applications for social technology in the corporate world are moving at warp speed. Once a means of entertainment, e-mail access and online shopping, social technology has become so entrenched within global businesses, that it is unarguably one of the most powerful and yet largely untapped business tools on the planet.
In a McKinsey & Company study of 4,200 companies around the world, 70% report that they currently use social technology in some form or fashion; and 90% of those companies said they were seeing some degree of business benefit. However, only 3% of companies were fully networked to achieve substantial benefits from these technologies.
Recognizing the deep, untapped potential for social technology to improve communications and collaboration within and across enterprises is one thing. Executing a plan to actually participate in and take advantage of the billowing market is quite another.
Social technologies serve as a platform for the key fundamentals of a progressive and thriving outreach strategy. At MissionSMR we help our clients leverage social technology in regards to:
Operations and distribution
Investor Relations
Marketing and Sales
Customer Service
Business Support
As a valued MissionSMR client, your company, initiatives and challenges are taken seriously. The team of professionals is committed to:
Delivering news and key investment highlights to targeted audiences
Establishing presence on prominent investor-oriented sites
Generating buzz with wide distribution and consistent communication
Optimizing and refining social networking strategy
Adding power and reach to existing investor relations programs
Strategic execution and specialized expertise
Proven results and prompt service
MissionSMR leverages the incredible dynamics of social media that set it apart as a leading and preferred means of communication among businesses, investors and consumers. Peeling back layer by layer, the team gets to the core of how your company can fully maximize social media and execute the most effective plan. This is more than a Facebook or Twitter account – this is using a well-established network and fine-tuned strategies to help you get noticed and stay on top.
To learn more, visit www.MissionSMR.com
Twitter Inc Has Heard Your Cries of "What Does That Trending Hashtag Mean?"
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Twitter wants to make it easier for people checking out the site to know what others are talking about.
If you've ever looked at Twitter's (NYSE:TWTR) list of trending topics and had no idea what any of them were -- and wished you did -- you're in luck. Twitter is changing its mobile user interface to provide more details on what's trending, so users can more easily join the conversation. The new trends information can be found in the search tab of Twitter's mobile app.
At the same time, Twitter is retiring the Discover tab (one of my favorite features) to focus more on trends and other features aimed at increasing engagement. The move to ditch Discover in favor of more accessible trends is part of Twitter's efforts to become more user-friendly for people that are new to the platform.
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Issuer Direct Corp. (ISDR) Increasingly Prominent One-Stop-Shop for Targeted PR/IR Engagement, Cloud-Based Compliance, Disclosure Solutions
As one of the leading pioneers in the world of secure, cloud-driven regulatory compliance, as well as investor communication solutions, Issuer Direct (NYSE MKT: ISDR) is currently the go-to Disclosure Management System (DMS) source for thousands of compliance issuers around the world, as well as for hundreds of corporate issuers, which derive substantial advantages from the company’s affordable, but extremely robust suite of branded solutions.
Issuer Direct’s already widely successful toolset stands to remain at the head of the pack alongside players like Certent, which was recently selected by PR Newswire to augment its own flexible XBRL tagging and filing solution with Certent’s own DM tech. Compliance looks to be one of the hottest, fastest-growing segments of the $3 billion and growing legal technology solutions market (http://dtn.fm/x7sO5). There is plenty of room here for an agile, cost-competitive player with advanced technology and a mountain of in-house experience like ISDR, even with bigger sharks like IBM (NYSE: IBM) and SAP (NYSE: SAP) circling the market.
The same kind of rock-solid value brought to the table with ISDR’s proprietary cloud-based DMS framework, so noteworthy for its security, performance and ease of use, is also present in the company’s other offerings, whether we are talking about Issuer Direct’s premier regional, national and global news/communications network, Accesswire®; the company’s extremely robust media, advisor and investor targeting dataset platform, Classify®; or ISDR’s SEC filing marvel, known as Blueprint®.
Accesswire is particularly interesting given that the platform was designed from the ground up specifically for public companies, as well as due to the sheer scale of Accesswire’s end-user footprint and the ease with which public companies can join the Accesswire News Network before almost immediately using it to disseminate messages to that huge audience in real-time. Underlying this supremely attractive megaphone functionality is a powerful analytics engine that exposes information like actual social engagement metrics of a given release, as well as the subsequent/relevant audience targeting solutions, via a highly intuitive dashboard. Putting the power into users’ hands, allowing them to really understand what works (or just how well whatever they are doing is working), ensures confidence in PR budgets and makes the platform an easy sell to public companies who are hungry to engage the investment community.
Because ISDR so intimately understands the regulatory environment, the announcements that need to go to SEDAR or EDGAR are always routed. Accesswire is partnered with the top names in business media today, such as Reuters (NYSE:TRI), The Wall Street Journal (NASDAQ: NWSA) and The New York Times (NYSE: NYT), as well as Stock Exchanges, local newspapers of record, The Associated Press and United Press International, and digital data feeders like Yahoo! Finance (NASDAQ: YHOO) – to name but a few.
Little wonder then that ISDR was recently able to report Q2 revenue growth from its Accesswire press release business of 18 percent (compared to Q1), which was up a handsome 73 percent year-over-year (http://dtn.fm/WCSu6). Accompanied by a 74 percent gross margin for the quarter and an additional $1 million in operational cash flow, the quarterly dividend increase issued back in July on the strength of continued positive earnings and cash flow has substantially encouraged ISDR shareholders to remain bullish about the company’s prospects. Accesswire’s distribution channels line up superbly with the company’s investor network and investor calendar, as well as ISDR’s public company outreach platform, providing unparalleled venue reach that includes the Dow Jones Network and the Factiva system, as well as top broker-dealers. Needless to say, this is a winning proposition to public companies, and business has been very good for Issuer Direct.
In fact, revenues from platform and technology solutions were up 20 percent last quarter when compared to Q1, with both Blueprint and Classify showing marked traction. Even as the traditional Annual Report Service (ARS) business flags amid an ongoing shift to digital over hardcopy, and market commoditization hammers XBRL demand, Issuer Direct has actually prospered. Intelligent restructuring of channel partner agreements in its ARS game, as well as receptivity to the company’s innovative cloud-based offerings, have allowed ISDR to soar where lesser operators may have folded altogether.
Blueprint deserves a closer look here, for instance, due not only to a recent partnership expansion with the London Stock Exchange Group that includes the SEC reporting platform’s license to LSEG’s RNS (regulatory news service), but because the LSEG deal is just the latest example of end-market resonance for Issuer Direct. LSEG’s RNS wanted a way to automate the reformatting of their own systemically generated HTML into SEC EDGAR-compliant documentation, and the readily adaptable Blueprint platform was perfect for the job – a deal which has crystallized an already tight-knit relationship between LSEG and ISDR. Issuer Direct’s CEO, Balbirnie, was keen to point out the number of high profile clients that have already signed on with Blueprint as a hallmark of the platform’s inherent value. The top dog at LSEG/RNS roundly affirmed this conclusion, while also pointing to Blueprint’s scalability as leaving the door open to a host of future applications.
That scalability is a big sell for Blueprint, alongside the platform’s baseline cost-effectiveness and ease of use, as it allows great confidence that ISDR can fulfill the role of trusted regulatory platform provider for years to come (no matter how big or small the client). The ability to handle essentially any document type via a proprietary compliance editing platform like Blueprint, which alleviates the historically time-consuming and cumbersome process of regulatory filing, when combined with the company’s DMS platform, makes for a super-fast, real-time project creation/editing workflow that has to be experienced to be believed. The ironclad value of the company’s DMS platform, engineered to meet and keep up with the ever more stringent demands of regulatory authorities like the SEC, DTCC and FINRA, is further enhanced by dynamic shareholder communication features.
Issuer Direct even offers naturally parallel services such as stock transfer agent and proxy services, as well as full-spectrum document design, formatting and typesetting – the company even does printing/fulfillment with real-time tracking. Transfer agent duties come second nature to an outfit like Issuer Direct, and with the in-house talent to easily handle everything from electronic stock issuance and management, to document preparation and review, ISDR is increasingly seen as a one-stop-shop for a variety of such services.
For more information, visit www.IssuerDirect.com
Laguna Blends, Inc. (CSE: LAG) (OTC: LAGBF) (LB6A.F) is Changing the Network Marketing Game
In the world of Laguna Blends (CSE: LAG) (OTC: LAGBF) (Frankfurt: LB6A.F), things are done differently. Laguna Blends, a network marketing company operating out of Kelowna, British Columbia, is using 3D technology to change the direct sales and network marketing game. Through a simple, interactive platform, the company delivers training and marketing strategies to independent affiliates who in turn use these tools to attract customers and drive sales.
Laguna Blends’ network marketing program has a particular area of focus. It seeks to highlight the nutritional health benefits of hemp-based products while providing high quality product experiences. Laguna develops and produces a line of high-protein-content functional beverages derived from hemp, distributed and sold throughout the United States and Canada.
The company’s leading products include Caffe and Pro369. Caffe, an instant-coffee beverage, is loaded with hemp and whey protein and, with two grams of protein per serving, packs a powerful protein punch. Pro369, on the other hand, is a single-serving hemp protein powder drink mix that comes in a number of flavors.
Laguna Blends sells its protein-packed beverages and other hemp-based products through a network of independent affiliates who help promote its message of finding balance in life. As these affiliates generate retail sales for the company, they can also recruit other affiliates, using the latest tools and technology to build a global business from the comfort of their homes or while traveling on the road.
Laguna Blends embraces a spirit of innovation, adaptability, and leadership when it comes to its technology, applied to product development and online web-based training for affiliates. The company wants to lead the network marketing industry, and it is reaching for that goal by providing a viable, long-lasting business opportunity for its internal and external stakeholders.
For more information, visit www.lagunablends.com
Twitter could reap a nice windfall from Spotify buying SoundCloud
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Spotify's potential acquisition of music streaming service SoundCloud could benefit another struggling internet company: Twitter.
On Wednesday The Financial Times reported that Spotify is in "advanced talks" to acquire SoundCloud for an undisclosed sum.
An acquisition would presumably be good news for SoundCloud, which has struggled to gain traction with its paid streaming service. For Spotify, it would take one more competitor off the market and give the music giant access to SoundCloud's large catalog of 125 million songs.
So where does Twitter come in?
In June Twitter invested $70 million in SoundCloud, according to Recode. At the time, SoundCloud was reportedly valued at $700 million. That means Twitter could stand to reap a nice windfall from the sale if it happens (assuming Soundcloud sells for more than $700 million).
For Twitter, which has struggled to grow its business and has seen its stock get crushed over the past year, a Soundcloud payout would be a rare piece of good news.
And it would represent one more ironic parallel between Twitter and Yahoo, another struggling company whose core business was hated by Wall Street investors but which benefited from an investment in Alibaba.
Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. (GALT) is “One to Watch”
Fibrosis is when connective tissue from an injury or other circumstances thickens and scars, or when there is excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ after it has been exposed to a chronic disease. Unfortunately, the effects of fibrosis cannot be reversed, and there is currently no treatment that stops the disease from getting worse, although some treatments can deal with the symptoms temporarily.
Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GALT) is currently undertaking its phase 2a pilot trial (NASHFX) with GR-MD-02 in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients with advanced fibrosis. Although the study did not meet original expectations, Galectin’s larger scale, one year trial in patients with NASH cirrhosis has already enrolled 162 subjects, and top line results will be reported by the end of December 2017. The company considers it encouraging to see that GR-MD-02 has an important clinical effect in both moderate and severe cases of psoriasis. This further suggests that the substance can play a role for human diseases that could be related to NASH.
Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on the science of galectins, a family of proteins, and drug development. With this expertise, the company creates new therapies for patients suffering from fibrotic diseases and cancer. Galectin works with a variety of partners in order to achieve cost effective and efficient development results within short time frames.
GALT is currently looking to enhance and market its lead compounds in liver fibrosis and cancer immunotherapies. The company has three key areas of focus: studying galectins, developing proprietary compounds for diseases, and advancing its discovery programs. All three work together in order to achieve the overall goal of creating new therapies for fibrotic diseases and cancer.
For more information, visit www.GalectinTherapeutics.com