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beacs, I agree with everything you said, what I was looking for was your "suggestion on improvement" or the constructive part of your criticism. Now I've got it, "was that the Qode PR would have had much more mileage if it was PRed earlier or well after the dust settled on this TS related drama." I guess I'm not good at reading through the lines, there is no flag on the play.
The right time to release a PR is ASAP, proactive, not reactive. Isn't that what we have been asking management to be?
By the way, I really thought you were involved in the marketing field, my bad.
beacon27, you sound like an intelligent, talented (movies) person, could you expand in some detail on what a good PR strategy might be? I wouldn't have a clue about marketing myself, but I'm thinking you might have some great ideas and concepts in light of your negative opinion of NeoMedias. If so , perhaps you could email those suggestions to the appropriate parties, or better yet maybe you could make a presentation to the company to become the new PR person. Then I am sure the pps would most definetly go up everytime you made a PR release. After all you seem to intuitively have a clear understanding of how things should be done. At least that is how I always interpret negative comments by most people. As always, JMHO, and looking forward to your next release, keep up the good work.
I think Martin Copus would chuckle at this:
Scroll down to the YouTube screen.
Be sure to turn up the volume
http://www.smstextnews.com/2006/09/helloooo_im_in_.html
chartist1: thanks for the tip, and more importantly, the why and how.
JP: thanks for taking the time to post the links
DD: 5 Microcap Super Stocks for 2005
* Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (SPPI)
* eMagin Corp. (EMA)
* Newmarket Technology (NMKT)
* Vital Living (VTLV.ob)
* NeoMedia Technologies (NEOM.OB)
Here is how we build positions in these stocks
Remember that you must fight every human tendency you have—you have to BUY on weakness (especially on lower-than-averge volume) and be ready to sell ONLY on "Christmas Day" melt-ups when 10-20X normal volume comes into the name on the big news event we have been waiting for.
It will take you weeks and weeks to build positions in microcaps—patience is not only a virtue, but a prerequisite. We are looking for higher highs and higher lows. If we get a stock at the bottom of its trading range—GREAT.
But the key is to buy these with limit orders on weakness. If you are trying to build 100,000-share or larger positions, you sometimes will have to use market orders—especially with Pink Sheet listings.
Protect yourself on those orders by only using them on sell-off days.
In short, you can get too cute with these and never get filled. On the other hand, most 20%-50% melt-up days are not sustainable—although a 100%-150% melt-up move in a week is NOT uncommon if mulitiple big news items hit the tape.
So use the trading ranges as your guide. Nibble on returns to support and let your profits ride on 10%-20% up days. This is a higher low higher high game as I said.
These stocks are extremely vulnerable to short- and long-term fundamental business and competitives shifts we call ChangeQuakes. New regulations, diesese outbreaks, court case settlements, debt restructuring, new market listings, huge distribution deals, or, of course, unexpected FDA approvals or technological breakthroughs, and you and I get what I call "Christmas in July" days where these 100%-150% or higher moves on HUGE volume WILL BE SOLD INTO.
But to participate in those monster profits you have to have skin in the game—you gotta have shares you bought on the no news or bad news days.
That's the game—it can be too much fun and very depressing all in the same week.
But I have literraly earned millions of dollars in profits riding the world biggest waves of secular transformational change we call ChangeWaves with these tiny companies, and if you are patient, courageaous and a little bit lucky, I believe you can, too.
http://changewave.com/paidreport/5microcaps/pg_2.html
happydog: the last sentence of the last paragraph
JP: I am not a lawyer, but it appears they disclaim any liability for just about everything, except maybe world peace. Almost sounds like a government operation.
The Editor Tobin Smith, directly or indirectly, owned the following securities which are the subject of the commentary, analysis, opinions, advice, or recommendations in, or which are otherwise mentioned in the newsletter, and those stocks are set forth below:
Date: October 3, 2006
Newsletter: ChangeWave MicroCap Investor, September 5, 2006
Securities Owned By Tobin Smith:
1. Abraxas Petroleum (ABP)
2. DayStar Technologies (DSTI)
3. Imperial Industries (IPII)
4. Integral Technologies (ITKG)
5. Mobilepro Corp. (MOBL)
6. NeoMedia Technologies (NEOM)
7. OMNI Energy Services (OMNI)
8. Pine Valley Mining (PVMCF)
9. Torrent Energy (TREN)
10. X-Change Corp (XCHC)
Unless otherwise indicated above, all of these shares were acquired in market transactions.
The Editor has agreed not to buy or sell any of the above-listed securities within a minimum period of five trading days before or after making any new recommendation, or changing their published recommendation, regarding these securities in their Newsletter (calculated from the date the Newsletter featuring such recommendation is first posted on www.changewave.com/microcap or, if such recommendation is made in the applicable telephone hotline, the date the telephone hotline is first made available to subscribers), unless the market capitalization of the security at the close of business on that date is less than $300 million (the current Standard and Poors’ requirement for inclusion in the S&P SmallCap 600 index) in which case, the Editor has agreed to not buy or sell such security within a minimum period of thirty trading days before or after the applicable date. After the expiration of this period of five or thirty trading days, the Editor may hold, buy or sell such securities, and may cease to own any of the securities listed above. Since the Editor’s personal investing goals and risk tolerance may be different from those discussed in the Newsletter and/or circumstances may have changed by the expiration of the five or thirty day restricted period, the investment actions taken by the editor in the accounts the Editor directly or indirectly owns may vary from (and may even be contrary to) the advice and recommendations in the Newsletter.
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jonesieatl: question, RE: TS MicroCap Investor, email to sell NEOM, not sure if this was discussed already; you seem to be an experienced trader, isn't it an unwritten rule with OTC stocks to always use LIMIT orders, when buying or selling, to prevent manipulation by the market makers? Also don't most of the reputable newsletter writers recommend LIMIT orders to help prevent large movement in a stocks price, especially when they are trying to get their subscribers out of a stock in an orderly fashion? The reason I ask is because TS said " we recommend selling NEOM at MARKET ". Now, if he has hundreds, maybe even thousands of subscribers, he should know the stock is going to plummet as everyone races for the exit. Seems like his PLAN worked to me. Also, would he have notified in advance the MM to be prepared? Is this allowed under SEC rules and regs?
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=13853821
yj, wasn't there a timetable for share registration that had to be met?
Banks, this one's for you:
For all of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers so that you can get in on the ground floor and make some BIG bucks. Watch for these mergers in 2007:
1. Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W. R. Grace Co. will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.
2. Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers join forces and become: Poly, Warner Cracker.
3. 3M will merge with Goodyear and and become: MMMGood.
4. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge and become: ZipAudiDoDa.
5.FedEx is expected to join its major competitor, UPS, and become: FedUP.
6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become: Fairwell Honeychild.
7. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become: Poupon Pants.
8. Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become: Knott NOW!
And finally:
9. Victoria's Secret and Smith & Wesson will merge under the new name : Titty Titty Bang Bang!
NDA: The use of nondisclosure agreements has become almost ubiquitous in the high-tech field, particularly for Internet and computer companies. For example, Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail, made sure that everyone who knew about his start-up company signed a nondisclosure agreement. Over a two-year period he collected over 400 NDAs from employees, friends and roommates. He believes that his secrecy efforts gave him a crucial six-month lead on the competition. He eventually sold Hotmail to Microsoft for a reported $400 million in stock.
YJ: RE: reported volume, could you give your interpretation of these rules if you have the time or interest. What is bold seems to conflict with what I've underlined. I don't understand all of the terminology, but to me it says count once, except for certain transactions, however, it's not clear to me. Maybe I'm reading from the wrong rule book?
Trade Reporting Rules
Broker/dealers can use these guidelines for reporting transactions.
6600. Reporting Transactions In Over-the-Counter Equity Securities
Rule 6600 Series sets forth the trade reporting requirements applicable to members' transactions in equity securities for which real-time trade reporting is not otherwise required (hereinafter referred to as "OTC Equity Securities"). Members shall utilize the Automated Confirmation Transaction ServiceSM(ACTSM) for trade reporting in OTC Equity Securities.
6610. Definitions
1. Terms used in this Rule shall have the same meaning as those defined in the Association's By-Laws and Rules unless otherwise specified herein.
2. "Automated Confirmation Transaction Service" or ACT is the service that, among other things, accommodates reporting and dissemination of last sale reports in OTC Equity Securities. Regarding those OTC Equity Securities that are not eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, the ACT comparison function will not be available. However, ACT will support the entry and dissemination of last sale data on such securities.
3. "Non-Market Maker" means a member of the Association that is not an OTC Market Maker with respect to a particular OTC Equity Security.
4. "OTC Equity Security" means any equity security not classified as a "designated security," for purposes of the Rule 4630 and 4640 Series. This term also includes certain exchange-listed securities that do not otherwise qualify for real-time trade reporting because they are not "eligible securities" as defined in Rule 6410(d). The term "OTC Equity Security" shall not include "restricted securities," as defined by SEC Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933, nor any securities designated in The PORTALSMMarket, the Rule 5300 Series.
5. "OTC Market Maker" means a member of the Association that holds itself out as a Market Maker by entering proprietary quotations or indications of interest for a particular OTC Equity Security in any inter-dealer quotation system, including any system that the Commission has qualified pursuant to Section 17B of the Act. A member is an OTC Market Maker only in those OTC Equity Securities in which it displays market making interest via an inter-dealer quotation system.
6620. Transaction Reporting
1. When and How Transactions are Reported
1. OTC Market Makers shall, within 90 seconds after execution, transmit through ACT last sale reports of transactions in OTC Equity Securities executed during normal market hours. Transactions not reported within 90 seconds after execution shall be designated as late.
2. Non-Market Makers shall, within 90 seconds after execution, transmit through ACT or the ACT service desk (if qualified pursuant to Rule 7010(i)), or if ACT is unavailable due to system or transmission failure, by telephone to the Nasdaq Market Operations Department, last sale reports of transactions in OTC Equity Securities executed during normal market hours. Transactions not reported within 90 seconds after execution shall be designated as late.
3. Transaction Reporting Outside Normal Market Hours
1. Last sale reports of transactions in OTC Equity Securities executed between 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time shall be transmitted through ACT within 90 seconds after execution and shall be designated as ".T" trades to denote their execution outside normal market hours. Last sale reports of transactions in OTC Equity Securities executed between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time shall also be transmitted through ACT within 90 seconds after execution; trades executed and reported after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time shall be designated as ".T" to denote their execution outside normal market hours. Transactions not reported within 90 seconds must include the time of execution on the trade report.
2. Last sale reports of transactions in OTC Equity Securities executed outside the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time shall be reported as follows:
(i) Last sale reports of transactions in American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Canadian issues, or domestic OTC Equity Securities that are executed between midnight and 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time shall be transmitted through ACT between 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on trade date, be designated as ".T" trades to denote their execution outside normal market hours, and be accompanied by the time of execution. The party responsible for reporting on trade date, the trade details to be reported, and the applicable procedures shall be governed, respectively, by paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) below;
(ii) Last sale reports of transactions in ADRs, Canadian issues, or domestic OTC Equity Securities that are executed between 6:30 p.m. and midnight Eastern Time shall be transmitted through ACT on the next business day (T+1) between 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, be designated "as/of" trades to denote their execution on a prior day, and be accompanied by the time of execution. The party responsible for reporting on T+1, the trade details to be reported, and the applicable procedures shall be governed, respectively, by paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) below; and
(iii) Last sale reports of transactions in foreign securities (excluding ADRs and Canadian issues) shall be transmitted through ACT on T+1 regardless of time of execution. Such reports shall be made between 8:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time in the same manner as described in subparagraph (3)(B)(ii) above.
4. All members shall report weekly to the Market Surveillance Department on Form T, last sale reports of transactions in OTC Equity Securities that were not transmitted through ACT, for whatever reason, either on trade date or the next business day. Form T shall be used exclusively as a back-up mode whenever electronic entry of trade data is not feasible due to system malfunctions or other unusual conditions.
5. A pattern or practice of late reporting without exceptional circumstances may be considered conduct inconsistent with high standards of commercial honor and just and equitable principles of trade, in violation of Rule 2110.*
# Which Party Reports A Transaction
1. In transactions between two OTC Market Makers, only the member representing the sell side shall report.
2. In transactions between an OTC Market Maker and a Non-Market Maker, only the OTC Market Maker shall report.
3. In transactions between two Non-Market Makers, only the member representing the sell side shall report.
4. In transactions between a member and a customer, the member shall report.
# Information To Be Reported
Each last sale report shall contain the following information:
1. Symbol of the OTC Equity Security;
2. Number of shares;
3. Price of the transaction as required by paragraph (d) below; and
4. A symbol indicating whether the transaction is a buy, sell, or cross.
# Procedures for Reporting Price and Volume
Members that are required to report pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall transmit last sale reports for all purchases and sales in OTC Equity Securities in the following manner:
1. For agency transactions, report the number of shares and the price excluding the commission charged.
2. For dual agency transactions, report the number of shares only once, and report the price excluding the commission charged.
3.
1. For principal transactions, except as provided in subparagraph (B) hereof, report each purchase and sale transaction separately and report the number of shares and the price. For principal transactions that are executed at a price which includes a mark-up, mark-down or service charge, the price reported shall exclude the mark-up, mark-down or service charge. Such reported price shall be reasonably related to the prevailing market, taking into consideration all relevant circumstances including, but not limited to, market conditions with respect to the OTC Equity Security, the number of shares involved in the transaction, the published bids and offers with size displayed in any inter-dealer quotation system at the time of the execution (including the reporting firm's own quotation), the cost of execution and the expenses involved in clearing the transaction.
2. Exception: A "riskless" principal transaction in which a Non-Market Maker, after having received from a customer an order to buy, purchases the security as principal from another member or customer to satisfy the order to buy or, after receiving from a customer an order to sell, sells the security as principal to another member or customer to satisfy the order to sell, shall be reported as one transaction in the same manner as an agency transaction, excluding the mark- up or mark-down.
# Transactions Not Required To Be Reported
The following types of transactions shall not be reported:
1. Transactions which are part of a primary distribution by an issuer or a registered secondary distribution (other than "shelf distributions") or of an unregistered secondary distribution;
2. Transactions made in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933;
3. Transactions where the buyer and seller have agreed to trade at a price substantially unrelated to the current market for the security;
4. Purchases or sales of securities effected upon the exercise of an option pursuant to the terms thereof or the exercise of any other right to acquire securities at a pre-established consideration unrelated to the current market.
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*Member firms that have the operational capability to report transactions in foreign securities (excluding ADRs and Canadian issues) within 90 seconds of execution, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. Eastern time, may do so at their option. If a firm chooses this option, it need not report the same transaction(s) on T+1 as prescribed by subparagraph (3)(B)(iii).
[Amended by SR-NASD-92-48 eff. Dec. 20, 1993; amended by SR-NASD-93-40 eff. Oct. 7, 1993; amended by SR-NASD-94-53 eff. Oct. 24, 1994; amended by SR-NASD-94-35 eff. Dec. 12, 1994.]
Selected Notices to Members: 93-62, 93-83.
Cross Reference - IM-4632, Transaction Reporting
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6730. Automated Submission Of Trade Data
Each member shall submit the trade data specified in Rule 4615 in automated format as may be prescribed by the Association from time to time with respect to any transaction or transactions involving non-Nasdaq securities that are the subject of a request for information made by the Association.
[Adopted eff. Feb. 13, 1989.]
Selected Notices to Members: 90-29.
6740. Submission Of Rule 15c2-11 Information On Non-Nasdaq Securities
1. Except as provided in SEC Rule 15c2-11(f)(1), (2), (3) and (5) under the Act, no member shall initiate or resume the quotation of a non-Nasdaq security in any quotation medium unless the member has demonstrated compliance with this rule and the applicable requirements for information maintenance under Rule 15c2-11. A member shall demonstrate compliance by making a filing with, and in the form required by, the Association, which filing must be received at least three business days before the member's quotation is published or displayed in the quotation medium.
2. The information to be filed shall contain one copy of all information required to be maintained under SEC Rule 15c2-11(a)(1), (2), (3)(iii), (4)(ii), or (5), including any information that may be required by future amendments thereto. In addition, this filing shall identify the issuer, the issuer's predecessor in the event of a merger or reorganization within the previous 12 months, the type of non-Nasdaq security to be quoted (e.g., ADR, warrant, unit, or common stock), the quotation medium to be used, the member's initial or resumed quotation, and the particular subsection of Rule 15c2-11 with which the member is demonstrating compliance. Additionally, if a member is initiating or resuming quotation of a non-Nasdaq security with a priced entry, the member's filing must specify the basis upon which that priced entry was determined and the factors considered in making that determination.
3. If a member's initial or resumed quotation does not include a priced entry, a member shall supplement its prior filing under this Rule, in the form required by the Association, before inserting a priced entry for the affected non-Nasdaq security in a quotation medium. The supplemental filing shall specify the basis upon which the proposed priced entry was determined and the factors considered in making that determination. The supplemental filing must be received by the Association at least three business days before the member's priced entry first appears in a quotation medium.
4. All filings made with the Association under this Rule must be reviewed and signed by a principal of the member firm.
[Sec. 4 adopted eff. May 1, 1990.]
6750. Minimum Quotation Size Requirements For OTC Equity Securities
1. Every member firm that functions as a market maker in OTC Equity Securities by entering firm quotations into the OTC Bulletin Board Service (OTCBB) (or any other inter-dealer quotation system that permits quotation updates on a real-time basis) must honor those quotations for the minimum size defined in the table below. In this regard, it is the market maker's responsibility to determine the minimum size requirement applicable to its firm bid and/or offer in each of its registered securities (excluding OTC Equity Securities for which the OTCBB will not accept firm quotations). Depending on the price level of the bid or offer, a different minimum size can apply to each side of the market being quoted by the member firm in a given security.
Price (Bid or Offer) Minimum Quote Size
0 - .50* 5,000
0.51 - 1.00 2,500
1.01 - 10.00 500
10.01 - 100.00 200
100.01 - 200.00 100
200.01 - 500.00 25
500.01 - 1000.00 10
1000.01 - 2500.00 5
">2500.01 + 1
* The OTCBB can accept bids/offers expressed in fractions as small as 1/256 or in decimals up to six places. In applying the price test for minimum quotation size, any increment beyond an upper limit in the right hand column will trigger application of the minimum quote size for the next tier. For example, a bid (or offer) of $.505 must be firm for a size of 2,500 shares.
2. For purposes of this Rule, the term "OTC Equity Security" means any equity security not classified as a "designated security" for purposes of the Rule 4630 and 4640 Series, or as an "eligible security," for purposes of the Rule 6400 Series. The term does not include "restricted securities," as defined by SEC Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933, nor any securities designated in the PORTAL Market.
[Adopted eff. Sept. 8, 1993.]
Selected Notices to Members: 93-54.
6900. Reporting Transactions in Direct Participation Programs
All secondary market transactions by members in Direct Participation Program securities other than transactions executed on a registered national securities exchange or through Nasdaq shall be reported to the Association in accordance with the procedures set forth below. All trade tickets shall be time-stamped at the time of execution.
6910. Definitions
The following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of Rule 6900.
1. "Automated Confirmation Transaction Service," or ACT, is the service that, among other things, accommodates reporting of transactions in direct participation programs (DPPs). The ACT comparison function will not be available for those DPPs that are both eligible for quotation in the OTC Bulletin Board and eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the National Securities Clearing Corporation. However, ACT will support the entry and inclusion of transaction data on such securities for reporting purposes.
2. "Date of execution" means the date when the parties to a transaction in a DPP have agreed to all of the essential terms of the transaction, including the price and number of the units to be traded.
3. "Direct participation program" or DPP, means a program which provides for flow-through tax consequences regardless of the structure of the legal entity or vehicle for distribution including, but not limited to, oil and gas programs, real estate programs, agricultural programs, cattle programs, condominium securities, Subchapter S corporate offerings and all other programs of a similar nature, regardless of the industry represented by the program, or any combination thereof. A program may be composed of one or more legal entities or programs but when used herein, the term shall mean each of the separate entities or programs making up the overall program and/or the overall program itself. Excluded from this definition are real estate investment trusts, tax qualified pension and profit sharing plans pursuant to Sections 401 and 403(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and individual retirement plans under Section 408 of that Code, tax sheltered annuities pursuant to the provisions of Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and any company, including separate accounts, registered pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940.
4. "Riskless principal transaction" means a principal transaction where a member, after having received from a customer an order to buy, purchases the security as principal from another member or customer to satisfy the order to buy or, after having received from a customer an order to sell, sells the security as principal to another member or customer to satisfy the order to sell.
5. "Time of execution" means the time when the parties to a transaction in a DPP have agreed to all of the essential terms of the transaction, including the price and number of the units to be traded.
6920. Transaction Reporting
1. When and How Transactions are Reported
1. Reports of secondary market transactions in direct participation programs shall be transmitted through ACT on the next business day ("T+1") after the date of execution between 8:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, be designated "as of" trades to denote their execution on a prior day, and be accompanied by the time of execution. The party responsible for reporting on T+1, the trade details to be reported, and the applicable procedures shall be governed, respectively, by paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) below. Member firms that have the operational capability to report transactions within 90 seconds of execution, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. Eastern Time, may do so at their option. If a firm chooses this option, it need not report the same transaction(s) on T+1 as prescribed above.
2. Members that do not have access to an ACT terminal and average five or fewer trades per day during the previous calendar quarter may use the ACT service desk for trade reporting. Such members shall be required to provide all information required by paragraph (c) of this Rule to the ACT service desk within the same time frames set forth in paragraph (a)(1) above.
3. All members shall report to the Market Regulation Department in Rockville, Maryland on Form T, reports of transactions in DPPs that were not transmitted through ACT, for whatever reason, either on the trade date or the next business day. Form T shall be used exclusively as a back-up mode whenever electronic entry of trade data is not feasible due to system malfunctions or other unusual conditions.
4. A pattern or practice of late reporting without exceptional circumstances may be considered conduct inconsistent with high standards of commercial honor and just and equitable principles of trade, in violation of Rule 2110.
2. Which Party Reports Transactions
1. In transactions between two members, only the member representing the sell side shall report.
2. In transactions between a member and a customer, the member shall report.
3. Information To Be Reported
Each transaction report shall contain the following information:
1. A symbol indicating whether the transaction is a buy, sell, or cross;
2. Number of units;
3. Symbol of the DPP;
4. Price of the transaction as required by paragraph (d) below;
5. A symbol indicating whether the transaction is as principal, riskless principal, or agent;
6. Time of execution; and
7. Contra broker.
4. Procedures for Reporting Price and Volume
Members that are required to report pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall transmit transaction reports for all purchases and sales in DPPs in the following manner:
1. For agency transactions, report the number of units and the price excluding any commission or service charge.
2. For dual agency transactions, report the number of units only once, and report the price excluding any commission or service charge.
3. For principal transactions, except as provided under paragraph (4) below, report each purchase and sale transaction separately and report the number of units and the price. For principal transactions that are executed at a price which includes a mark-up, markdown or service charge, the price reported shall exclude the mark-up, mark-down or service charge. Such reported price shall be reasonably related to the prevailing market, taking into such consideration all relevant circumstances including, but not limited to, market conditions with respect to the DPP, the number of units involved in the transaction, the published bids and offers with size displayed in any quotation system at the time of the execution (including the reporting firm's own quotation), the cost of execution and the expenses involved in clearing the transaction.
4. For riskless principal transactions, report as one transaction in the same manner as an agency transaction, excluding the mark-up, mark-down, or service charge.
5. Transactions Not Required To Be Reported
The following transactions are not required to be reported under the foregoing procedures:
1. Transactions made in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933;
2. Transactions where the buyer and seller have agreed to trade at a price substantially unrelated to the current market for the DPP, e.g., to enable the seller to make a gift; and
3. Transactions executed on a registered national securities exchange or through Nasdaq.
[Adopted by SR-NASD-96-08, SEC Rel. No. 34-38132 (Jan. 07, 1997); 62 F.R. 2204 (Jan. 15, 1997).]
6610. Definitions
Transaction Reporting
Automated Submission of Trade Data
Submission of Rule 15c2-11 Information on non-Nasdaq Securities
Minimum Quotation Size Requirements for OTC Equity Securities
Reporting Transactions in Direct Participation Programs
Definitions
Transaction Reporting in DPPs
OTCBB Service Rules
Rule 15c2-11
Rule 3b-4
Trade Reporting Rules
Rule 15g-9 (Sales Practice Requirements)
Rule 10b-17
Selected NASD Rules
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DD: M:Metrics Press Release
M:METRICS UNVEILS INDUSTRY'S FIRST DEFINITIVE MOBILE MARKETING METRICS
Measurement firm finds that 36.5 million mobile subscribers responded via SMS to an ad
SEATTLE, Wash October 3, 2006 — Across the five countries for which it measures mobile content consumption, M:Metrics found that monthly use of text message short codes in response to ads was as high as 29.1 percent of mobile subscribers. The firm, which today released the first definitive metrics for mobile advertising, found that a sizable percentage of mobile subscribers are responding to short codes placed in advertisements or in other media, with Spain topping the list at 29.1 percent, followed by the UK at 18.5 percent, France at 10.1 percent, the United States at 7 percent and Germany at 3.4 percent.
"These numbers are not unlike what we saw in e-mail response during the mid-1990's as the Web emerged an advertising medium," said Will Hodgman, CEO, M:Metrics, who also founded AdRelevance, the global standard for advertising measurement on the Internet. "The growing adoption of major brands using SMS and the substantial consumer response rates indicate a couple of important trends: mobile as a commercial medium is on steroids; and multimedia convergence is real."
Contests are the leading driver of short code usage, such as game or reality television shows or chances to win free merchandise, with 18 million subscribers across the geographies reporting they participated. Again, Spain shows the highest rate of participation, at 17.8 percent, followed by the UK at 10.6 percent.
The numbers for those who received an SMS ad are even greater. In Spain, 66.8 percent of mobile subscribers reported receiving an SMS ad. France follows at 50.1 percent, then the UK at 36.8 percent, Germany at 29.6 percent and the United States at 12.8 percent. The largest source of the ads by a wide margin is mobile operators.
"Remember the early days of the Internet, when spam was still a meat by-product?" asks Hodgman. "At that time your Internet service provider was the major commercial e-mailer in promoting their services. It appears that the mobile operator is functioning in the same capacity today on mobile. It will not be long before brand advertisers supersede the mobile operators, though, given the robust activity and consumer response rates we are already seeing in the medium after only a few years of the existence of common short codes."
About M:Metrics
M:Metrics is the pioneer in measuring consumer consumption of mobile content and applications, benchmarking the performance of carriers, handset OEMs, platform vendors, media companies and others. M:Metrics monthly syndicated services empower senior executives in the mobile content and wireless applications sector to make better business, creative, and production decisions informed by highly granular and verifiably true measures of subscriber consumption. M:Metrics, Inc is a private, venture funded corporation headquartered in Seattle, Washington with offices in San Francisco, California.
About M:Metrics Data
Based on continually refreshed samples of nationally representative mobile phone consumers, M:Metrics reports summarize market size, device reach, and key demographic and mobile phone usage characteristics. The data presented here is drawn from an extensive survey questionnaire that collects specific device model and carrier subscription information from each month's sample of mobile phone consumers, and also drills down into specific details related to current and past usage of various mobile phone applications and content. Data collected from each sample are statistically balanced and projected to the total national population of mobile phone consumers.
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http://mmetrics.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?article=20061003-sms-shorttext
bb1234: Please correct me if I'm mistaken, taking a picture and sending by email is not a NeoMedia patented technology. This is a photo and or text messaging marketing application by email, offered by many mobile marketers. Here is the link for Official Rules:
http://ewish.elle.com/sweepstakes.php
Beacs, does this reflect whats happening down under?
Mobile data in Australia
As I was writing this post last night thoughts were buzzing through my head about what the mobile data market is like abroad. I wondered if the T-Mobile £7.50 a month for 'unlimited' (1gb) data was an international market leader, or if we were lagging behind.
Not 14 hours later, Dan Warne, News Editor of APC Magazine in Australia added the following comment to my post. I've highlighted it here because it gives a fascinating insight to what's going on in the Australian marketplace at the moment.
"I am sooooo with you.
On the flip-side, it's also so frustrating to see mobile application and device makers who put no work into data optimisation and compression. (The vast majority of mobiles that have 'email built in!' which turns out to be POP3 with no server-side compression and reformatting at all.)
I envy your position in the UK to be able to get unlimited/1GB data for GBP7.50. Here in Australia 1GB costs around $99/mth... (GBP39). And even then, most carriers don't allow it to be used with a SIM card activated for voice, which is an attempt to keep people paying outrageous over-the-air rates for downloaded ringtones and casual web browsing.
Hopefully T-Mobile will get an influx of subscribers BECAUSE of its reasonably-priced data plans and other carriers around the world will sit up and pay attention.
I am starting to get the impression that there is enough consumer interest now for using web and email properly on mobiles that carriers will have to start offering some better value plans. Certainly the first carrier in each country to "break" will lead the charge for all the other carriers I think.
(Incidentally I was fascinated to discover that in Australia, Telstra, probably the most expensive telco in general overall because it's the incumbent ex-monopoly telco, has a plan that offers unlimited email on a Blackberry for $39/mth -- GBP15. I'm yet to find out if this 'unlimited' usage model includes other internet data or only email. If it does, I'm changing to Telstra!"
I've no doubt that they've probably worded the contract to insist that it's email data only, Dan!
September 23, 2006 at 01:12 PM in Mobile Data | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
http://www.smstextnews.com/
Koko, thanks for the great link.
Here is an article from the blog
September 22, 2006
What Do All The Mobile Search Deals Indicate?
There has been a lot of stories lately in the press about mobile search, or more specifically about the deals being done by operators and handset manufacturers such as Nokia around mobile search.
Why is this an important trend that we have to pay attention to? well for one, the Mobile Internet seems to be evolving around a Mobile Search application rather than a browsing one and if you think about it it makes perfect sense. When out and about with only your mobile and likely little time, you are more apt to want to search for specific info rather than simply browse (which is what we do when we have more time, cheap connectivity and a large screen).
Note this: "Mobile Search, according to Nokia, allows users to find search results more quickly than using a wireless browser and discover the web pages directly, since in many cases search will be accessible directly from the menu screen.
Also note that a good search experience hinges on, above all things, a good results page. What does that mean? Well for one it has to be optimized for mobile and it has to be contextually relevant. Incidentally, these are all the elements which we at dotMobi have been concerned with. The search companies need a database of mobile optimized content to search on and allow the users to easily "discover". Well, that also happens to be what dotMobi provides.
I am fascinated by the evolution of search and advertising in mobile. I do believe the trends also show that there will be an intersection of both in mobile.
Here is the logic: Thoughtful advertising -- meaning respectful of users' privacy, un-intrusive, and relevant -- will subsidize good content (meaning well formatted and optimized for mobile). Plentiful content in turn will enable a better mobile search experience since after all this part depends on the search results pages(s).
I for one am watching the trends and the deals among the big players to see if I am right.
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SOG, good to see you laughing. For what it's worth, I think you jumped back in. A man has got to do, what a man has got to do. Take care, and now back to the DD.
Beam, good luck, I've learned when things are over my head, ( which seems to be happening more frequently) I have to let them go. A man has to know his limitations. Some of his stuff was from
another galaxy, amusing, but not within my grasp. A guess the question is, does a woman have limitations? Be careful now that could be a trick question. LOL
SOG,I would like to complement you on your last post, about NeoMedia and Management. Straightforward, calm, rational, well thought-out, a pleasure to read, IMHO. I'm thinking to myself, what could have caused this sudden change in your demeanor? It certainly isn't the PPS. I've thought of three things that might have influenced the tone of your prose. If I may be so bold:
(A) You got lucky last night.
(B) The medication finally kicked in.
(C) You love your new job.
Since I wish the best of luck to you, I hope it's (A) and (C)
Looking forward to more of your posts
Brew, thanks for the discourse, it will be interesting to see how things develop. I wish they could develop a wireless signal that recharged the battery. When not using the phone, dial 242743 (charge). Or when the battery senses it's low on power it automatically connects. I would even be willing to pay a fee. Expedient, hassle-free, no worries, and probably impossible.
Brew, I think this concept has a better chance of mass adoption, versus manually refilling a fuel cell. What say you?
http://www.splashpower.com/Products
I don't think they could agree, to disagree!
Does it sound like these two could be married? or what? LOL
DD: A critique of PP by Raddedas: Monday, August 28, 2006
The Pondering Primate: Reality Is An Inconveniance That Cannot Interfere With My 2nd Hand Ideas
In response to The Pondering Primate: Google And China Mobile To Offer Physical World Connection With QRCodes:
Is it possible that you were getting too misty eyed and bendy kneed about seeing China Mobile, Google and Nokia in a headline together to read the very small article?
Google have nothing to do with the QR codes. QR codes are a way of encoding a URL or other small piece of info - up to 400 chars or so - and you can create them for free. As people have been doing to good effect in Japan for some time. The QR code handling will be done by a subsidiary of China Mobile, not Google; Google aren't involved (sorry, I'm labouring this but it seems neccessary). The key interesting bit of the single paragraph you didn't read is that Nokia will preinstall the QR code software, because *if* the integration is handled well and *if* this drives take up by other handset manufacturers it will become ubiquitous, as in Japan, and it will be successful in a way that 3rd party downloadable add-ons attempting the same task never could be. There is no world beating revenue opportunity here for Google because any URL can be in the code, not just one passing through Google allowing them to track and bill for advertising. They are entirely seperate, as the article makes clear. If anyone is making money from this it will be China Mobile increasing ARPU, something they are no doubt well aware of.
If you are going to comment on news please read the news first, and make it very clear when you are indulging in wild speculation which has nothing to do with it. Some people appear to actually take your blog seriously and you owe it to these people to do some due diligence.
PS Google aren't involved in the QR codes. Get over it.
Inspiration posted by raddedas at 8:41 PM
Bodreaux, seems obvious to me the intent of the article was to bash NeoMedia. These analysts and editors all have agendas. If this technology is as good as we think, it won't matter what they say. jmho
yj, they are just trying to make a living, right?
( you said, Consumers and the "user experience" will determine Qode's success in the marketplace.) can't disagree but, will we get to the marketplace?
There are so many unanswered questions. What puzzles me the most is why the big gorillas haven't partnered with, or purchased NEOM. They don't recognize the power and value of this technology? Are they already two steps ahead developing something better? Has the enginering for this tech been to difficult to work on a mass scale? Are the big money players ie. carriers, media conglomerates,Big Cap Tech companies working in the background trying to squeeze NEOM out? Or in hindsight are we going to look back and see that everything came together at precisely the right moment? Any thoughts?
Another "expert", Shar Van Boskirk, in an interview:
NeoMedia rakes in $2.1M in Q1
July 3, 2006 · In: Mobile Marketing
The recent mobile-marketing acquisition spree of NeoMedia has created a company with a client roster that reads like a who's who of marketers: McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Nokia, Sony and Adidas. But, after more than $60 million in acquisitions, the company's first quarter revenue was a mere $2.1 million. NeoMedia recently bought 12snap for $22 million, Gavitec for $7.2 million, HipCricket for $4.5 million (pending), Sponge for $17.4 million with another $4.4 million if targets are met and Mobot for $10 million. NeoMedia's COO Martin Copus said the company isn't making money yet, but it "believes there is going to be an explosion in the marketplace, and we want to be at the forefront of that explosion when it happens."
Analysts are less than bullish on the company faring well if a boom in mobile marketing does come to pass: Forrester Research's Shar Van Boskirk called the company "a very odd combination" that lacks a plan for a cohesive mobile offering. NeoMedia "is not like the mover and shaker you'd expect in the interactive mobile space," Boskirk said.
(Even the writer of the article, Antony Bruno, the Editor for Fierce Mobile Content, dissed NEOM with the mere $2.1 million)
Phoenix, she represents the "insiders". We, meaning the supporters of NeoMedia, are the outsiders. Mainstream media and or analysts are not aware of NEOM yet. That is why these consultants can get away with the misleading, or inaccurate statements. I would guess that they will continue to dis NEOM and its' products, even after the successful launch of QODE. If successful, NeoMedia will cause a lot of the mobile software companies, that are currently hyped by the "experts" to be unessential. JMHO
DD: JumpTap's Eric McCabe on why mobile search is more about music than sex
For many people, mobile search is what they do when they're about to leave the house, and suddenly realise they've left their Nokia down the back of the sofa. Yet in the mobile industry, it means something different. It's about internet-type search engines on your phone, allowing you to search for content either directly from your handset, or on your mobile operator's portal (think Vodafone Live or O2 Active).
Some big names from the Web world are piling into mobile search, for example Google and Yahoo. But there are also several mobile-only search companies working with operators in this area. One such is U.S. firm JumpTap. I chatted to VP of marketing Eric McCabe to find out more about what people are searching for on their mobiles, and why he thinks his company can compete with the goliaths of the Internet world.
Jumptap “We’re a white-label provider focused purely on mobile search,” says McCabe. “We work with the mobile operators, and offer them a set of products so they can launch their own operator-branded search to their customers. It’s the user-interface, the search engine itself, and then the advertising suite allowing people to do pay-per-click or other forms of advertising.”
The company currently has deals with five North American operators, and are pitching to operators here in Europe at the moment. So what do operators want to do with mobile search? Why would they work with a company like JumpTap?
“Initially, they want some kind of way to help people find more digital content, mostly on their own portals,” says McCabe. “They want to sell more stuff, basically. But they quickly see that they need to offer more to their subscribers.”
According to JumpTap, when people search for something on their operator portal, they’ll find it between 60% and 70% of the time. For example, you might search for ‘Madonna’, and your phone will come back with some ringtones to buy. But what if your search is one of the 30-40% that don’t correspond to a piece of content your operator can sell you?
This is where ‘off-portal’ search starts to become important, where the operator allows you to see search results from people who aren’t part of its portal, and tries to make money by selling advertising around different search terms, much like Google does on the Web. “The operators are all thinking in this direction, and some are moving ahead with it, but they have to figure out a strategy around advertising,” says McCabe.
So what kinds of things are people searching for on their phones? Earlier this year, JumpTap released some research from its users, showing that 58% of mobile searches are for music artists, followed by 12% for adult content, 8% for games, 5% for sports, 5% for TV and then 7% for other stuff.
The company also released its Top 20 most popular searches, which makes for interesting reading:
1. eminem
2. 50 cent
3. sean paul
4. shakira
5. sex
6. metallica
7. family guy
8. porn
9. t.i.
10. madonna
11. playboy
12. tetris
13. reggae
14. rihanna
15. country
16. tv theme
17. theme
18. game theme
19. nhl
20. Disney
McCabe says that this kind of information can directly affect what content operators have on their portals, particularly when they receive the data quick enough to make changes in response.
“We might say ‘hey, a song called SexyBack by Justin Timberlake is one of the top searches, but you’re not showing that many results, so you need to source more content for this particular song’,” says McCabe, who is also vocal about the differences between web search and mobile search (not least because it provides an opportunity to have a crafty dig at rival Google).
“Mobile search is much more about getting to actions and answers, rather than just seeing a long list of links,” he says. “Google’s mobile search is basically their internet results presented on the mobile screen. You still get a million results back.
“We have tried to get people right to a particular piece of content based on the word they’re searching for, and the context that it’s in. If you’re searching for an artist, we’ll bring back a list of images and ringtones. If it’s more of a local thing, we’ll bring back addresses and numbers of restaurants.”
However, McCabe says local search is not that common yet, although this may change in the future. People apparently say they would like to search for local things – maps, directions, restaurants etc – on their mobile, but in practice they’re not doing it much.
But getting back to those big rivals, aren’t companies like Google and Yahoo going to dominate mobile search? Operators like T-Mobile and Vodafone have already been keen to sign deals to put Google on their portals, for example. McCabe says their attitudes are changing, however.
“Their first initiative was to work with Google because they have a great brand, and they thought it would drive more usage,” he says. “What they’re doing now is coming back to us and saying now they understand this market a bit better, they want to work with a white-label provider. And Google is increasingly a competitor for them, offering search but also telecommunications-type services, from VoIP to Wi-Fi to Google Wallet for purchasing things.”
JumpTap might not ever be a brand mobile users will be familiar with in the same way they are with Google and Yahoo – not least because of its policy of providing white-label services to operators – but its technology, and the wider area of mobile search, will become increasingly important in the coming months and years. TechDigest Posted by Stuart Dredge on September 18, 2006
Great insight into how the "operators" are focused, by someone actually working with them. IMHO
DD: http://www.shopqwik.co.uk/site/index.html
ShopQwik Mobile is the new, fast and easy way to browse, book and manage all your travel needs conveniently on your mobile device.
DD: 'Straight-to-mobile' ticket plan, BBC News
Rail travellers could soon be able to use "ticket-to-mobile" technology to buy train tickets, rail company chiefs have announced.
The Association of Train Operating Companies (Atoc) has asked technology firms to develop the means to allow tickets to be sold straight to phones.
The ticket could then be read straight from a passenger's mobile phone.
Atoc is also keen to explore self-printable tickets. Virgin Trains has already begun such a trial scheme.
Atoc director general George Muir said the initiatives were part of a drive to make buying train tickets more convenient for passengers.
"Technology can go a long way to remove the need for passengers to queue at ticket offices or wait for tickets to arrive in the post," he said.
"We are looking to exploit the technology as rapidly and effectively as possible."
Ticket-to-mobile would be a "great advance" for passengers, he said.
Atoc also hopes that, after initial trials, a national standard for home-printed tickets could be rolled out.
On Monday, Virgin Trains launched a trial of print-at-home tickets on two of its busiest routes.
The tickets are now available between London and Birmingham and between London and Manchester.
The advance single tickets are available on trains with spare capacity and the cheapest fares cost £7 for Birmingham and £9 for Manchester.
NEOM, you seem to have a good grasp of NeoMedias' technology, do you think this company traverses? Any comments are welcome, not sure if this has already been discussed.
Cyphermint Launches PayCash Mobile
More secure than credit cards, PayCash Mobile is for people on the move
Marlborough, MA — August 7, 2006 — Cyphermint, Inc., a leading provider of secure electronic payment solutions, introduces PayCash™ Mobile, a secure and innovative mCommerce solution using PayCash technology. Imagine being able to pay for goods and services with your cell phone, to any merchant on your payment list, in seconds!
PayCash Mobile is more secure than credit cards and more convenient to carry than cash. This robust, secure and ubiquitous solution allows any Internet enabled phone to act as a mechanism for payment authorization across a variety of usage scenarios.
PayCash Mobile is not a text messaging service (SMS) where unsecured payment information is sent to third party payment processing services. PayCash Mobile transactions are in real-time and funds are transferred to and from your account instantaneously and securely. It does not require complicated downloading and works with any Internet-enabled device. The user's PayCash account can be managed across any mobile platform such as the cell phone, smartphone, personal computer or any PayCash enabled kiosk day or night, as a supplement and complement to busy and demanding lifestyles.
Imagine calling your local pizza joint and ordering your favorite pie with all the toppings plus extra cheese for delivery. When the pizza is delivered to your door 30 minutes later you simply provide your cell phone number to the driver and the order is processed. All you have to do is add the tip and confirm the amount on your cell phone. Both parties get an instant confirmation. It's that easy; it's that fast. No need to fumble for cash or a credit card to get a slice of the pie!
There are approximately 2 billion mobile phone users worldwide, who already browse the Internet, check their email, and download games and music. The next logical step is to shop and pay for goods and services on their cell phones. PayCash Mobile is a secure, easy to use payment system designed for today's consumers on the move. PayCash mobile is multi-lingual, handles just about any currency and works with any carrier. Today, not only have cell phones and the like become integral parts of their owner's life, the transition from brick and mortar banking to financial applications via the mobile device has made the cell phone more important and reliable than the personal computer.
The account is also linked to a stored value card (SVC), which allows users to load funds into the account as well as withdraw money at any ATM in the network. Users can also easily customize their menu offerings to include shopping, bill payment, subscription services, donations and person-to-person transfers.
"Cyphermint has been developing PayCash Mobile for over two years" said Joe Barboza, President and CEO of Cyphermint. "The concept of cellular financial transactions is just now being looked at by other cellular, payment and eCommerce companies, but Cyphermint continues to lead the market by launching PayCash Mobile for the pre-paid wireless markets, bringing carriers, consumers and merchants together".
Cyphermint was recently awarded the patent for RSA signature, which is used to create a virtual coin to transfer funds from different accounts over the Internet secured by its proprietary 1024 bit encryption.
For mobile payments, the advantages go even further than just ringtones and mobile minutes. Cyphermint has created the PayCash Mall that will enable merchants to offer select goods and services on the mobile, web and kiosk platform simultaneously. "Book of the Week", music and DVD best sellers can be purchased, paid for and shipped to the address on your PayCash account with the touch of a button. "It is like putting your shopping preferences on speed dial," said St.Jones®, Vice President of Marketing at Cyphermint.
For more information about Cyphermint or PayCash Mobile, please contact Joe Barboza at 508-787-4810 or email jbarboza@cyphermint.com. Visit PayCash Mobile at www.paycashmobile.com.
About Cyphermint, Inc.
Headquartered in Marlborough, Mass., Cyphermint is a provider of Global Electronic Cash Payment and e-commerce solutions. Our core technology, PayCash, is used in three major areas: (1), Pre-paid and emerging consumer market, featuring Cyphermint's stored value card for secure retail and e-commerce services for the un-banked, (2) Kiosk Solutions - delivering web-enabled highly secure self-service B2C merchandising systems, and (3) The PayCash Mobile technology that can be used by today's web-enabled wireless devices. The PayCash System provides un-banked consumers access to financial services such as Internet shopping, bill payment and debit cards. Cyphermint's software solutions provide complete turnkey solutions that deliver secure web-enabled transactional, financial self-service and merchandising services to merchants and consumers on the Internet, self-service kiosks and on cell phones, smartphones and Internet-capable PDAs.
http://www.cyphermint.com/news/2006_08_07_paycash_mobile.html
chartist1, thank you for being so generous with your trading tips. What you have explained makes a lot of sense. I liken you to a golfing pro helping me with my swing before a match. The problem is when the game starts and I am standing at the tee, I still swing the golf club like a damn baseball bat.
in4it, I agree, a whole lot of crap. I'd venture a guess that it costs MSFT next to nothing, and that ispott gets a fee for each new email address that they are able to sign up. There is no interaction, it's email period.
http://ispott.com/AboutUs.asp
DD: Another article confirming the friction between the Carriers and the Content Providers. Always comes down to money. Some other interesting Articles also, if anyone feels like reading.
Things I Learned @CTIA
[by james]
Well, I’m back from CTIA for another year, and I have a number of interviews which I’ll write up over the next few days.
Here are some things I learned from this CTIA:
– The mobile content industry loves the carriers. Really it does…oh, it says a few nasty things every now and then, but it’s only in the form of tough love…really, we love you guys. The industry loves the carriers for doing the hard work of acquiring customers, it just wishes that the carriers would share them a little. It loves the fact that the carriers have an efficient billing mechanism in place, it just wishes the carriers wouldn’t charge quite so much for the privilege, and that the carriers would give the industry some sort of metrics about what was being sold, when and to who. The industry loves the fact that the carriers have an environment where piracy is not a huge issue…it just wishes that the carriers would find a way to offer more of the industry’s actual content.
– You don’t need to be a new entrant into the market, you can hire experience. A lot of companies, such as Viva Vision and Vivendi Games, have gone on poaching sprees to boost their management team.
– Arranging to meet people at a large event and then trying to find them on the basis of their name tags won’t work.
– A lack of standards is holding back the mobile content industry, but that’s not going to change so get used to it.
– Downtown LA shuts down when the sun sets.
– LA drivers are very polite…or possibly scared. Either way, the driving experience was a lot more pleasant than I expected.
– People who go to an Apple announcement in the hopes of seeing an “iPhone” are bound to be disappointed.
– MVNO is a four-letter word, so don’t say it.
– If you use the bottled water analogy for overcharging for mobile music often enough it will become perceived wisdom. Or not.
Our CTIA coverage is sponsored by Bango, WapOneline and Xiam.
http://www.moconews.net/2006/09/15/
DD: CTIA 2006 floor show, Day 1
Scroll down to YouTube screen, about 1 minute long.I wonder if NEOM can do this with his phone, and show NeoMedias booth?
http://mobilecrunch.com/2006/09/
DD: European vs. American mobile phone use
http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/2006/09/european-vs-american-mobile-phone-use.html
DD: 54% of Japanese phone users consume ads at least weekly
September 08, 2006
Once it takes off, it REALLY takes off. Last time we saw the numbers at 44%. Now its already at 54%. Who says we can't consume ads on mobile phones? Its the seventh mass media - the most widely spread technology on the planet in the pockets of one third of the planet, and the only mass media we take physically to bed with us. OF COURSE there will be advertising on mobile phones.
But much more powerful than search words in Google, the most powerful advertising platform will appear on mobile phones in the near future as the capacities of the phones grow beyond the basic first editions of 3G phones. In South Korea and Japan today half of all phones are 3G phones with built-in megapixel cameras, built in video recording, MP3 players and full internet access.
So it is inevitable that advertising will apear on the seventh mass media. Yet the speed of adoption is surprising. Already today, according to latest data by infoplant, reported by Wireless Watch Japan tell us that 54% of Japanese mobile phone users consume advertising on a mobile phone - at least once per week.
What we need, as an industry, is to discover the killer content formats for the seventh mass media. Just like TV in then 1950s when it copied radio formats, but then started to invent new ideas that were not possible on the previous four mass media - like game shows, reality TV etc. And just like the internet (the sixth mass media), which first copied previous media formats, like the front page of the newspaper - but today is discovering its killer content formats, like search (cant' do a search on a print edition of the Wall Street Journal) or community sites like myspace (can't do YouTube in the cinema using the movie projection system and silver screen as our media) or massively multiplayer games (can't connect a million simultaneous users to my Playstation2). The new formats appear - and then with them come the revolutionary new advetising opportunities, like Google's ad words.
So for mobile as the seventh mass media, we need to invent the new content formats (don't try to copy TV clips and do football goal highlights, or copy internet web content and banner ads etc) and THEN build the fantastic new advertising ideas to those. The mobile is the MOST POWERFUL mass media ever. Just consider the huge impact of phones to TV. Just one reality TV format, Pop Idol/American Idol/Australian Idol etc has already generated 1.9 BILLION votes worldwide. At 30 cents per vote this is some mobile content any TV producer would kill for.. And thats not even capitalizing on the true power of mobile. Now in South Korea we are seeing true interactivity on digital broadcast direct to mobile. With over 2 million subscribers to broadcast TV to mobile, they are introducing concepts like interactive ads. If you like the blouse on the starlet in the soap opera, just point to it and you'll be linked to the website where you can buy that blouse for yourself !! And no, of course you won't miss your soap. The phone is intelligent enough to pause the soap as you make your purchase.
THIS is the start of the kind of advertising we will see. Nicole Kidman loves the after shave of Brad Pitt? On the bottom of the screen - click here to buy the after shave.... Remember on the web it is not possible to click-to-buy. We need credit cards or paypal accounts to buy on the web. But on the phone click-to-buy is not science fiction, it is totally viable today, as the phone is the only mass media with a built-in payment mechanism.
Posted by Tomi T Ahonen at 12:13 PM in News | Permalink
Success, here is what Oracle just reported:
Facts
2006 Revenue (USD): 14.38B
Net Profit Margin: 23.51%
Operating Margin: 32.94%
Return on Average Assets: 13.60%
Return on Average Equity: 26.16%
2006 Employees: 56,133
You can scroll down to RELATED COMPANIES category and click on any of those companies to get other comparisons.I would venture a guess that the operating expenses of NEOM are a fraction of these huge conglomerates. If you do a quick calculation of REVENUE per EMPLOYEE, it is 256k. Microsoft is 624k. Microsoft Net Profit Margin is 28.45%
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