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Business Development Manager
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Company: NeoMedia Technologies
Location: US-FL-Fort Myers
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Employee Type: Full-Time Employee
Industry: Advertising
Sales - Marketing
Manages Others: No
Job Type: Business Development
Marketing
Sales
Req'd Education: 4 Year Degree
Req'd Experience: More than 5 Years
Req'd Travel: Up to 25%
Relocation Covered: No
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BUSINESS UNIT BIO
PaperClick is a patented technology that will change the way companies advertise. By snapping a picture of a barcode or entering a brand name, mobile-users can link to any Web page in seconds. No SMS, URLs, Internet Searches, or phone portals. The phone is now your mouse and the brand name or barcode is now your hyperlink. Surf the Real World! www.paperclick.com
Imagine the possibilities…make a purchase, enter a contest, obtain a rebate, watch a video, get a coupon, and register a product...from a retail outlet, newspaper ad, anywhere! And since it’s a Web page we even provide click-through reporting. What are you waiting for!? Activate your products and marketing collateral today.
DESCRIPTION
Seeking a qualified person whose primary responsibility is to drive the development and growth of revenue from traditional brands, interactive and marketing advertising agencies across all industries.
Responsibilities include:
Targeting and identifying qualified marketing or advertising clients, agency sales strategy development and analysis and building relationships.
Maintain and increase customer base by explaining and educating key decision makers including; Chief Marketing Managers (CMO’s) VP’s of Marketing, Brand Managers advertising or marketing firms for Fortune 500 and 1000 companies on the unique ROI and business opportunities.
Be able to build and establish strong relationships with clients by educating them on trends within mobile marketing.
Interact daily with the marketing team and coordinate meetings with clients and vendors to build strong internal and external relationships and partnerships.
Create and present marketing campaigns that include cost analysis, pricing structures and ROI.
Experience in Advertising or Marketing industry
Managing and designing Ad or Marketing campaigns
Mobile Marketing or Internet Marketing industry experience
Current contacts within Ad Agencies or Marketing Firms
Must be self motivated, creative and demonstrate excellent communication skills
Business Development Managers are rewarded with a competitive base salary, stock options and lucrative team commission plan with unlimited earning potential.
REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree focusing in Marketing and MBA preferred
EXPERIENCE: 7 to 10 years in Sales, Marketing and Business Development experience within the Advertising industry.
LOCATION: Ft. Myers, FL
NeoMedia Technologies offers an outstanding rewards & incentives package that not only includes the standard health and welfare benefits of medical, dental, life, disability and comprehensive time-off 401k plan and Relocation.
At NeoMedia Technologies, we believe that when you love what you do, it shows. And, when you love whom you work for, you can partner to create a successful relationship that will last a lifetime.
NeoMedia Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and fosters a diversity driven workplace.
Received mine this AM. eom
OT Joe, I, like you, rarely post but I've always valued your opinion here: based on reality without all the BS.
That being said…in your post #37914 you wrote “I just don't believe that the paint company adds anything to the bottom line.” In light of the recent news posted by Koko #44459, what’s your opinion of NMPR now?
BTW, Congrats on your new book and Happy Thanksgiving.
(I didn't know we were in the presence of greatness!) :)
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DD This article on comparison shopping via internet was in our local paper today. Paving the path for Neomedia's future!
Updated: 05:47 PM EST
adv09
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Laura Hanson relies on the Internet to make her a smarter shopper even when she isn't planning to buy online.
Before traveling to a conventional store, the San Francisco resident regularly visits an online comparison shopping site to explore prices and review product research so she won't need to embarrass herself with store clerks.
"With these (shopping comparison) sites, I can ask lots of stupid questions in the privacy of my own home," said the 27-year-old Hanson.
Yahoo Inc. runs Hanson's favorite comparison site - just one of many free Internet services that churn out pricing guides and other helpful insights about everything from iPod accessories to kitchen sinks.
The comparison sites are expected to play a central role in the upcoming holiday shopping season when Forrester Research predicts some 2.5 million U.S. households will buy merchandise online for the first time.
To grab more consumer eyeballs, they've laid on new features. Some are tracking more merchandise, others using the latest technology to alert shoppers to moneysaving deals or warn them about fraud risks. Still others supplement their price comparisons with product reviews and hard-to-find coupons.
"We are entering a new era (in comparison shopping)," said Rob Solomon, general manager of Yahoo's shopping site. "Now, we are all trying to figure out ways to differentiate ourselves."
All told, U.S. consumers are expected to spend $18 billion shopping on the Internet between Thanksgiving and Christmas, a 25 percent increase from last year, Forrester estimates.
Feeling the pinch of higher gasoline and home heating bills, even consumers leery of Internet shopping are more likely to visit comparison sites to help steer them toward nearby brick-and-mortar stores with the best deals, predicts e-commerce analyst Heather Dougherty of Nielsen/NetRatings.
All the major comparison sites are free to use; they generate revenue primarily from referral fees for sending prospective customers to online merchants. It's a formula that's attracting big bucks as more consumers rely on the comparison sites.
The two most popular such sites, Shopzilla (formerly BizRate) and Shopping.com, were recently acquired in separate deals worth more than $1.2 billion.
Meanwhile, venture capitalists have financed another wave of entrepreneurs promising to introduce even more useful shopping tools.
Michael Yang and his business partners have already raised $11.7 million for their 9-month-old site, Mountain View, Calif.-based Become.com.
By coupling professional product reviews with pricing guides, Yang is confident he can do even better with Become.com than he did with his first comparison shopping site, MySimon, which he started in 1998 and sold to CNet Networks Inc. for $678 million in 2000.
"Comparison shopping really is on the verge of becoming a mainstream service," Yang said.
Other new-wave comparison sites include:
FatLens.com, which has raised $8 million in venture capital and believes it has come up with a more effective way of finding the best deals for consumers;
Dulance, which enables users to create wish lists and receive electronic notices of hot deals through RSS Web feeds;
ConsumerClub, eDeals and CouponCabin, which all serve up rebates and coupons from a wide assortment of retailers;
Dealio, which offers a shopping toolbar that alerts shoppers when they are about to buy something available at a lower price elsewhere on the Web;
SquareTrade, which offers a shopping sidebar that patrols the prices of online auctions and provides fraud protection.
"We haven't seen a terrible amount of innovation in comparison shopping during the past four or five years," said Talmadge O'Neill, co-founder of Smarter.com, another newcomer to the field. "We are still in the early days. There is a huge pie out there yet to be had."
As they angle for a bigger piece of the action, even long-established comparison sites are rolling out improvements designed to make themselves even more appealing.
Yahoo's shopping channel, shopping.yahoo.com, for instance, is now offering prices and information for about 90 million products, up from 60 million a year ago.
The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company also is encouraging more social interaction on its shopping site by creating financial incentives for consumers to post lists of their personal recommendations. If those recommendations send visitors to a merchant, the referring consumer will receive a slice of Yahoo's commission.
Besides Yahoo's shopping channel, Shopzilla and Shopping.com, other top shopping comparison sites include Google Inc.'s Froogle.com, PriceGrabber, NexTag and ShopLocal.
This group accounted for the bulk of the 49.3 million people who visited comparison sites during September, an 8 percent increase from 45.8 million at the same time last year, according to the most recent data from Nielsen/NetRatings.
At the top of the shopping cart, Shopzilla and Shopping.com each lured nearly 15 million U.S. visitors in September, Nielsen/NetRatings said.
In deals completed during the summer, Cincinnati-based newspaper publisher E.W. Scripps Co. bought Shopzilla for $570 million and online auctioneer eBay Inc. paid $685 million for Shopping.com.
Though they are attracting more traffic, none of the comparison sites so far have been able to establish themselves as indispensable e-commerce hubs. Most online shoppers still begin their research on the home page of a major Internet search engine, such as Google Inc. or Yahoo, forcing the comparison sites to advertise heavily to attract traffic.
"It's been a challenge for any of these sites to engender any kind of consistent loyalty so far," Dougherty said.
11/17/05 17:44 EST
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DD New Scale Technologies, Inc. Secures New Equity Investment to Pursue Mobile Phone Camera Market
October 21, 2005 - Victor, NY - New Scale Technologies, Inc. (www.newscaletech.com) has secured a new equity investment of $700,000 to fund business development into the exploding market for mobile phone cameras. The investors, all from the Rochester area, include Trillium Group’s University Technology Seed Fund, strategic investor Istria, Inc., and several individuals from the recently formed Rochester Angel Network.
“New Scale has an innovative, patented technology that solves a key problem in the high-growth mobile phone camera market,” said José J. Coronas, General Partner at Trillium Group. “We are excited to help New Scale move more quickly to capture this opportunity.”
“The New Scale financing is a real milestone for the Rochester community,” said David Hessler, Entrepreneur in Residence at High Tech Rochester and one of the founding members of the Rochester Angel Network. “It is the result of great collaboration among a high-potential startup company, HTR’s Capital Readiness Program, and local investing groups.”
New Scale manufactures the piezoelectric SQUIGGLE® motor. This patented ultrasonic motor is smaller and more efficient than conventional electromagnetic motors and can be used to add auto focus and optical zoom to tiny phone cameras.
More than 300 million phone cameras will be manufactured in 2005, outpacing the market for larger-sized digital still cameras by a factor of three. The Mobile Imaging Report forecasts that 500 million phone cameras will be shipped in 2008, representing a new market for one billion tiny motors, according to New Scale President and CEO David Henderson.
“Phone cameras will be the dominant way people take pictures in the future,” Henderson said. “Now consumers are demanding better-quality pictures from their phones. Our miniature motors allow phone manufacturers to deliver those high-quality images by adding features such as auto focus and optical zoom, in smaller handsets, with little drain on the batteries.”
New Scale will invest the funds in both product development and business development, concentrating on customized motors and related motion applications for phone cameras. Sample SQUIGGLE motors have already been delivered to a major phone camera manufacturer for testing.
“We have received very positive response from potential customers,” Henderson said. “We offer a unique and disruptive solution for making better phone cameras, and we are pursuing partnerships that will help us move quickly to high-volume production.”
The company expects to add up to ten new positions in its Victor, NY headquarters by the end of 2006. HTR’s Hessler cited the close collaboration of Rochester-based investment organizations to create this job growth and benefit the local economy. “The ability of all these organizations to reach agreement in a short time period creates new opportunities for the Rochester economy, the investors, and New Scale,” Hessler said.
About New Scale Technologies, Inc.
New Scale Technologies, Inc. (www.newscaletech.com) makes miniature ceramic motors that enable our customers to create smaller products. With few parts and no gears, this patented piezoelectric motor design uses ultrasonic vibrations to create precise linear motion. New Scale's miniature motors are simple, robust, efficient, low cost and compatible with extreme environments including vacuum, very cold temperatures, and high magnetic fields. In addition to cameras, they are used in nanotechnology research, microelectronics, optics, lasers, biotechnology, medical devices, aerospace and defense, fluid control, and office/consumer products. The company was founded in 2002 by David Henderson and is located in Victor, NY.
SQUIGGLE is a registered trademark of New Scale Technologies, Inc.
For more information contact:
Fred Haas, Sales Manager, New Scale Technologies
Phone 585-924-4450 x 112
fhaas@newscaletech.com
4 Amigos, from a long time stockholder but infrequent poster! THANKS!!!!!
This was posted b4 but it's worth reading again, esp those new to NEOM:
Pondering Primate
Where do we go from here?
The search wars are heating up and it is becoming clear who is winning. But, what happens when Google runs out of runway space? What happens when the race changes venues?
Will Google see it in time or will it be Microsoft that “gets back to the future”.
Search is finding the best solution/answer and advertising, and advertising, and advertising. Advertising drives search. There will come a point where you cant open up any more windows on your pc. There are only so many programs on your pc (surf, chat, email and now desktop) that you can find ways to advertise on. Then you cant put any more pay-per-clicks on your pc screen, then what happens?
How will search advertising continue this growth once this happens? How will advertisers shift their advertising dollar to the mobile device?
There WILL come a point when there is more internet traffic from mobile devices than pc’s. What happens to search engines then? What happens to the Golden Goose of advertising when people wont be using a search engine to do their surfing?
That screen on your cellphone will be the most coveted piece of real estate to advertisers. How will advertisers advertise then? People wont be using search engines on their phones. What replaces the “keywords” model for the advertising dollars?….PHYSICAL WORLD HYPERLINKS.
The NeoMedia/SAIC Word Registry represents a way to hyperlink every barcode, word, number and spoken word, VIN number, fingerprint and soon, Rfid tag. The Paperclick platform is the browser for the physical world and the hyperlinks represent the way to direct-connect every physical item in the world to the internet.
When a TM owner registers a trademark, barcode, word (phrase) with this registry, it is now part of a universal database and has an electronic identification. So the word Nike now isn’t just a word that search engines can generate keyword revenues from, it now represents a specific URL. This completely changes how and where a search engine can direct a search user. This will also relieve the bitter trademark suits that are approaching the search engines.
3B unique barcodes (every can of 12 oz coke is just 1), 3M Trademarks, 450,000 word (phrases), numbers, fingerprints and soon Rfid tags amount to over 4B interactive websites…. OR over 4B unique hyperlinks. Every 12 oz can of coke in the world is considered just 1 of those 4B. 4B unique hyperlinks all providing a direct connection to the internet without having to use a search engine. Now that the hyperlink owner has a direct connection to his site, outside of advertising, where is the need for search engine optimization? You are already optimized!
When Rfid gets implemented that 4B doubles in the first year alone.
So now every barcode on every can of Coke, the printed word Coke in every magazine, billboard, tshirt ,the spoken word “coke”, and a NeoMedia created code, become a hyperlink, or direct connection to wherever Coke wants you to go. 4 Billion websites and hundreds of billions of physical objects have now found THEIR OWN WAY to direct traffic without using a search engine. How much traffic and advertising will Google miss out on when this happens? Or will MSFT recognize that this is their opening to dominate the mobile world OS?
Companies wont give out websites to go to, they will advertise w/ NeoMedia/SAIC registered words and get a direct connection, bypassing a search engine. They will put a created code on poster, or magazine ad, or registered word on the tv screen. When any user types, scans, says this word, they will be directed to the specific site that company wants you to go.
What happens when the physical world words, barcodes, and spoken word gets registered? SAIC/NeoMedia Technologies Word Registry will be THE “KEYWORDS” for mobile. How does Google sell their “keywords” now ? There wont be algorithms to decipher to put your site at the top of the search request. The registered words will be the direct link. How will Google and other SE’s get a piece of these 4B plus unique hyperlinks? This registry will replace “keywords”. Will you really want to see the first page of 1200 top ten results for a search on your mobile?
Between the slowing growth of pc’s and the number of mobile devices connected to the net, search and advertising will change. What companies will see this first and dominate Phase 2 of the internet. Offer the browser for the physical world?
Phase 1 was about surfing, searching, chat, email. Machine to machine form of communicating. It was revolutionary, it disrupted many industries, it made our economy so much more efficient and it created many new powerful companies. The Ebay, Amazon, , PriceLines found a way to create businesses from Phase 1. They recognized how commerce would change with the introduction of the internet and created businesses to accommodate this change. Not only did they disrupt the traditional method but by utilizing the internet they opened up the boundaries for potential customers.
Now comes Phase 2, and boy I can’t wait. This is what ubiquitous computing is all about. Phase 2 is when every physical item in the world can, and will be, connected to the internet. People are no longer stuck at their office, home pc, they are mobile, using their mobile devices for more than speaking. The combination of a portable microprocessor and trillions of objects having their own link to the net, this is Phase 2.
When you walk down the street, look at how many people have their cell phones/PDA’s in their hand or in their pocket. How many operating systems are now mobile? How many browsers are there that are untapped? Everyone of those cell phones represents an internet user. Another pair of eyes for Google. A way for Google to generate advertising, but how? How can Google continue their search/advertising dominance in the mobile world?
What if MSFT unveils the “browser for the physical world”. The pc’s are “walking”, untethered…. This is transformation.
There are now more mobile devices connected to the net than pc’s. Mobile computing represents a new way to look at how to advertise. How does Google and others get these users to their site when im not at a desk? What does search look like when it’s mobile? How will we surf/search when we are mobile? How do advertisers and service providers generate revenues (more than the 15.00 unlimited web access a Sprint has).
What happens when society is surfing more w/ their mobile device than the pc? What does Google do when this happens? Will they recognize there will be more Google eyes on mobile devices than pc’s? How do you sell keywords for this? What if keywords and trademarks are already registered? The bigger question, as an advertiser, how do I advertise with this new medium?
Advertisers are still trying to catch up with the eyeballs that left tv to the stationary net. What happens when the net shift goes from the pc to the cell phone. Will advertisers realize their new mediums are the supermarket, the restaurant, sporting goods store, billboard, movie poster,…..or in other words, every physical object in the world with a unique identifier.
Google says their database is up to 8B now, MSFT bragging about 5B. The 1B cans of 12 oz Coke represent 1B ways to get to just one site. So instead of offering access to 8B sites, there are now 1B ways (just 1 12 oz can of Coke alone) to get to Coke’s site. Remember search/surf changes when it goes public.
What happens when every can of Coke can be hyper-linked to the net? Or every Elton John CD, or every menu, concert ticket, street sign, business card, bag of Pringles. With a direct link to the net, why do I need to pay Google for this? If I’m Pringles, I don’t need to pay ANY search engine to get me “at the top of the list”. I’m already there and I am interacting w/ my consumer. I now, for a small fee, (by registering a barcode and word in a registry), have one on one interaction with a customer of mine.
Advertisers will now have a service that measures an ads effectiveness immediately. It will merge the advertising in the physical world (magazines, t v, cereal box) with the internet.
How much is this worth to a brand manager? Now every physical item in the world becomes a hyperlink to the net, bypasses any search engine, and is the medium by which advertisers will advertise and conduct e-commerce. What companies will see this first?
Will Google realize their market is finite? The vehicle for their advertising is shrinking and is now becoming mobile? There is a head on collision coming. The search engine and the physical world hyper link are on the path for a head-on collision. Ill put my money on the hyperlink, it is everywhere, doesn’t matter whos OS is, will be marketed by the advertisers, and will give me a direct connection.
MSFT, Symbian, Palm are on all of those untethered pc’s (cellphones/ PDA’s)…where is Google? …texting isn’t direct connect. The question is…who will have the physical world browser/OS for this?
If MSFT realizes this before Google, they could license this ability NOW for the pc side, let the advertisers generate the traffic to an MSN search portal . When the mobile traffic exceeds the PC, MSFT puts this feature on all of their mobile devices and stops Google from entering the physical world. Googles keyword business will be put in serious jeopardy when the Word Registry starts. Google doesn’t have a mobile OS (yet) to implement this. Google is stuck in the electronic world.
MSFT can change the whole dynamic of search, force advertisers to advertise thru the MS portal, limit the Google keyword business, and then lower the boom on Google when MSFT implements this in their mobile OS. MSFT then recaptures their dominance in the OS space, but this time in the mobile device market. They then have the OS for Phase 2, a much bigger market than Phase 1 , which they dominated for years.
Who will recognize this first ? The boys at Google that are finding advertising markets for every part of Phase 1, or MSFT that is looking to dominate the next space, Phase 2, which is much bigger and ubiquitous.
Scott Shaffer
I don't remember seeing this posted. Article from 3/4/05:
http://www.equitygroups.com/otcbb/neom/messages/1889.html
From: NewsBot
Date: March 4, 2005 03:26:26 PM
IT-Global to Sell and License PaperClick Mobile Marketing Products
FT. MYERS, Fla.
NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.
James C. Sivis, 630-435-9200
jsivis@neom.com
or
The Kaminer Group
David A. Kaminer, 914-684-1934
dkaminer@kamgrp.com
NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: NEOM), an innovator in mobile marketing services and patented technologies that provide automatic links to Internet-based information, has added to the international network representing its PaperClick(R) mobile marketing products by contracting with IT-Global, Inc.
NeoMedia (www.neom.com) and IT-Global (www.it-globalstrategy.com) signed a one-year renewable agreement giving IT-Global rights to sell and license PaperClick products, including client and server software, code activation and integration services. IT-Global will focus on the New York tri-state area, where it is based, as well as other areas, domestically and internationally, it serves.
The patented PaperClick mobile marketing services provide global marketers and advertising agencies with the tools and support needed to establish and maintain one-on-one contact with consumers through cell phones and other mobile wireless devices.
'Technology with a Profound Impact'
"This is a premier opportunity for IT-Global to help bring to market a technology that could have one of the most profound impacts on companies and consumers since the development of the Internet," said David Leopold, the company's president.
"I believe PaperClick technology is the definitive answer to one-to-one marketing, and bridges the gap between CRM and the ability to actually influence the purchasing decision at the time the decision is being made," he said. "PaperClick solutions can empower end consumers at-the-point-of-sale through their cell phones, PDA's, and other wireless devices for a seemingly endless array of applications.
"All too often," added Mr. Leopold, "we hear of companies that have lost focus on the consumer and we are about to transition the power directly into their hands while helping companies maximize profits. With PaperClick, everyone wins, and I am very excited about our prospects moving forward."
'Continuing to Grow Sales Channel'
"The cell phone industry has become the delivery point of the mobile marketing industry," said NeoMedia Vice President James Sivis, "and NeoMedia is continuing to expand our list of partners, agents and resellers who focus on mobile marketing.
"Adding competent, aggressive partners such as IT-Global helps expose PaperClick to potential partners and users in the U.S. and around the world," he said.
A Range of Mobile Marketing Solutions
The patented PaperClick technology range of applications for marketers includes:
-- Word Activation, with brand names and tag lines registered in the PaperClick WordRegistry(TM), created by NeoMedia and Fortune(R) 500 innovator SAIC, originator of Internet domain name registration. Words and tag lines can be entered in the PaperClick Mobile Go-Window(TM), a horizontal text-entry bar on the screen of a wireless device, for a one-click link to content from marketers;
-- Created Code Activation, with two-dimensional PaperClick codes created and placed on packaging, literature, ads, posters, etc., to provides a one-click link to marketers' content via popular mobile phones;
-- Existing Code Activation, with the ability to use a camera phone to "take a picture" of already-in-the-market UPC, EAN, JAN and ISBN codes to link to content from marketers.
Available to Marketers, Wireless Carriers, Device Manufacturers
PaperClick mobile marketing services are available to brand managers and marketing/advertising agencies, wireless carriers, and manufacturers of Web-enabled devices including cell phones, SmartPhones and PDA's. For information: (630) 435-9200, Ext. 125, or info1@paperclick.com.
About NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.
NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (www.neom.com) is a developer and international marketer of software and patented technologies, including PaperClick (www.PaperClick.com) PaperClick for Camera Cell Phones and the PaperClick Mobile Go-Window, which link products, print and physical objects directly to targeted online data,. NeoMedia also offers expertise in homeland security and e-authentication applications, and its Systems Integration Group specializes in providing expert-based IT consulting, hardware, and software solutions. NeoMedia's Micro Paint Repair business unit specializes in products and services for the worldwide micro paint repair industry, including a system and processes utilizing proprietary technology.
About IT-Global, Inc.
IT-Global, Inc. (www.it-globalstrategy.com) utilizes a 360-degree IT strategy in understanding corporate initiatives and brings to the table best practice solutions using targeted key partners. Key areas in which IT-Global works with large and mid-size firms include application development, staff augmentation, desktop and network solutions, payroll and benefits administration, and hardware.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With the exception of historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release involve risk and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.
PaperClick is a registered trademark, and PaperClick For Cell Phones, PaperClick Mobile Go-Window and PaperClick WordRegistry are trademarks of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. Other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
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JP, Success, Koko & Personalizit,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
From a daily I-Hub lurker, occasional contributor & Long NEOMite (since 9/11/03)
Personalizit, I have say I was somewhat dismayed to read a few of your posts of late. Seems you are frustrated by the short term PPS but don't lose faith. As far as I know, fundamentally, nothing has changed with NEOM so don't let the short term PPS get you down.
You all have played a large role in keeping me focused on the 'company' rather than 'PPS' and I hate to see you (Personalizit) get discouraged this late in the game.
GLTYA & hope to meet you all someday
OT - Stock raving mad: AMEN!!!!! EOM
It's true, Virgin 'could' conceivably "hold this thing up in court for years" but if I'm not mistaken, NEOM's attorneys are working on a contingency basis. THAT, in itself, speaks volumes concerning what the attorneys think of NEOM's chances...fwiw
This may have already been posted. 5/20/2005 Article mentions NEOM:
http://www.internetweek.com/163106314#_
May 20, 2005
Scanbuy Takes E-Commerce To The Cellular Phone
By Michael Cohn InternetWeek
It's been a few years since the heady days when the wireless Internet first brought a boom in "m-commerce" businesses that launched with great fanfare, but attracted few paying customers. Still, the idea has lived on, and a few mobile commerce companies have managed to hang on, awaiting advances in the speed, capacity and capabilities of the wireless networks and phones.
Founded back in 2000, New York-based Scanbuy is now leveraging the ubiquity of camera phones with its ScanZoom application, which lets users scan bar codes on items they see in stores, so they can comparison shop for the best prices and read product reviews. Fortune magazine recently included Scanbuy in its list of 25 Breakout Companies, and Scanbuy just signed a deal with Telefonica, the fourth largest mobile operator in the world.
Within the next nine to 18 months, Scanbuy's applications will be in 50 million mobile phones, says chief executive Olivier Attia. Right now his company's bar code scanning technology works with about 20 different models.
"Our primary business is providing this technology to the handset manufacturers, to the Nokias of this world," he said. In addition to some Nokia phones, several models of Motorola, Panasonic, Samsung, Sendo, Siemens and Sony Ericsson phones also support Scanbuy's technology.
Scanbuy has developed applications that run on the Symbian OS, Windows Pocket PC, Verizon's Brew technology and Java. Its ScanZoom application connects to PriceGrabber.com or Amazon.com to provide comparative shopping information. If the online price is cheaper than what's being charged in the store, users can buy the item directly through the Internet and have it sent to their homes.
Other Scanbuy applications let users download ring tones, MP3 files and videos when they are shopping for music, as well as customer reviews of products. Another application targets dieters.
"We have applications available on diet management that gather information on ingredients and see if they fit with your diet," Attia said. "If you have some allergies, you can see if it's a product you can eat or not."
Scanbuy also offers business-to-business applications, including inventory management, sales and field-force automation, and security applications. The company recently worked with the Spanish soccer team FC Barcelona to validate fans entering its stadium. The team used Nokia 3650 camera phones to take photos of fans, scan the bar codes on their season passes and membership ID cards, and update the member database.
Scanbuy worked with Nokia through its developer programs to create these types of applications, Nokia media relations manager Keith Nowak said.
"It's not something that was planned when camera phones came out," Nowak said. "When you have an open-development platform like our Series 60 phones, it opens it up to developers' creativity to develop applications. This is the type of application that we didn't foresee."
Scanbuy also has an application called ScanLife that links camera phones to movie posters. A user can scan the bar code on a poster, see information about the movie, including trailers if they have a video phone, and buy tickets.
"This sort of thing is incredibly popular in Japan," Avi Greengart, principal analyst of mobile devices at research firm Current Analysis, said. "There are vending machines in Tokyo where you can buy your soda with a cell phone. The mobile phone-enabled Coke machine lights up and does a dance when you use your phone to buy a product."
Greengart cautions that the mobile phone application needs to add to the overall experience of the transaction to be successful.
"Even though it takes longer to buy a Coke, it's fun and the Japanese love gadgets," he said. "In the US, it's failed because they didn't have the infrastructure. It's a better time to try it now." Scanbuy isn't the first m-commerce application to offer bar code scanning. Back in 1999 and 2000, BarPoint introduced wireless Internet shopping services for the Palm VII, web-enabled cell phones and RIM BlackBerry 950 pagers.
BarPoint used a search engine to access product descriptions, contact information, comparative pricing, reviews and reports on products based on their bar codes. In most cases, users would have to type in the numbers underneath the bar code, but BarPoint also partnered with Symbol Technologies to enable the bar codes to be scanned with one of Symbol's Palm OS-based readers.
A Scottish company, Mobiqa, has been busy lately creating ticketing applications that work with mobile phones. To get tickets to rock concerts last year in Australia, users would send a text message to an advertised phone number. The ticket showed up as a bar code on the screen of their phone, and the ticket taker scanned in the bar code to grant them admission. Another company, NeoMedia Technologies, markets PaperClick, which takes users from a bar code they can scan with a camera phone directly to information on a specific web page.
Like these companies, Scanbuy is trying to make m-commerce into something more than a buzzword and into a service that people will actually use in the United States. Now that camera phones have become so much more popular and better, it has a chance of finding paying customers.
Thank you mudrez, NO to reverse split! Theoretically, a reverse split makes 'sense' BUT theory doesn't take into account the 'human factor'. Hot stocks WILL attract investors regardless of O/S count and as a result PPS will rise. The consequence of reducing shareholder position via 1:10+ R/S reduces potential profit exponentially.
snowblow, it’s evidence my friend, evidence! No one can ever be 100% certain of anything. All we can do it look for clues and evidence that supports the hopeful end result. JP, success, AL, wooger, koko and many others here have provided TONS of evidence (DD). Read it, do your own DD then make a decision whether to buy or sell (if you really own NEOM).
Respectfully
OT kihei, I would be less than prudent to hold a very large position in ANY company if I had as many doubts as you seem to have about NEOM. Just an observation...
GLTY
OT success, Thank you for deleting AirPocket's post!!!! I hope you and the other moderators will continue to do so.
I've had him/her on iggy since his/her 2nd post but unfortunately, it doesn't eliminate the responses. It's evident he/she is a basher (likely professional) so there is nothing anyone can say that will stop the nonsense.
By deleting his/her posts maybe it'll clean up 20% of unnecessary responses and possibly keep a new/insecure investor from being scared into dumping their potential fortune.
You're the best!
Once word registry is up and running, will there be some sort of 'directory' available {X (word) = Y (company)}? Obviously Coke will buy the word 'Coke' but what about the lesser know companies/sites?
OT-Lorex, I appreciate your post and hope you'll continue to do so. Experience determines a persons level of trust/skepticism so don't be discouraged by negative comments.
Mega dittos onthetake! That goes for personalizit, success, JP, smartbiz and any others I may have missed. I too haven't the time/knowledge to add much but I read every post while I continue my dd. I'll post when/if I find anything of interest. Been here at Ihub over 1 year now...
koko, I've enjoyed your posts as well, you'll be great fit with JP & success!
GLTA!
Let the impatient beware and longs prosper! eom
lupetto,
"realize there is going to be a clear winner or too long of a battle"
IMO this one was the former as opposed to the latter. Sir Richard has DEEEEEEEEP pockets and I believe 'if' he thought he had a ice cubes chance in hell to win he'd put up a heavy weight fight.
Appreciate your posts!
Ditto!!!! & THANKS (big thanks) to U success 4 all u do 2! eom
Many thanks movie & william!!! eom
beacon,
NEOM 'may' very well be right about a possible dip. Success' point was only that posts such as his/hers should be carefully worded so as not to cause someone who's sitting on the fence to sell in a panic. It would be similar to yelling "fire" in a crowded theater then someone is trampled to death. I would hate to think someone would read a poorly worded post and lose their chance at wealth via the NEOM wave of the future.
Remember, words mean things...
GLTY!
Bravo lupetto, excellent! eom
No one should be disappointed at the prospect of no PR concerning the Virgin suit. IMO, the only news we'll hear from todays court appearance will be from our 'eyes in the sky' (Movie & Wfla). It's all good!
NEOM Long! GLTA!!
y3maxx,
"I'm not bashing just..."
Typical basher insolence! Iggy 4U
ALYNNB, (concerning OT)
I couldn't have said it better! I too enjoy NEOM posters speculation/opinion's but as you put it:
"I guess the problem is when everyone starts to get completely off the subject, and talk about things completely unrelated."
THAT'S the problem. Posters should at least keep the discussion to NEOM and hopefully, when there's news, the chatter will subside and we'll get back to discussion with substance.
GLTA!!
JP, Thanks for forwarding SINTEF info to CJ. I wasn't sure what, if anything, I should do with the info. It was the first I'd heard of them as well and I wasn't sure if maybe they'd been mentioned b4 on this board...As always, you're right on top of it!
GLTA!
Lesnshawn,
After all the other 'brains' on this thread have taken a look and responded. Maybe I'm missing something...I'll check back later.
Thanks & GLTY Les!
Stvnflt,
33,000 X $50.00 (in a few years) = $1,650,000
Nice retirement fund!
While doing a search I came across a company called SINTEF. Their bar code technology seems very similar to NEOM's? Infringement or different tech???? What am I missing? Anyone...
"...The system thus enhances the user’s mobile experience by making the mobile phone able to interact with physical objects in the “real” world."
http://www.sintef.no/content/page1____1218.aspx
and
http://www.sintef.no/content/page1____3896.aspx
Grace, NICE post! eom
Just ran across this, thought the statement "which in turn makes it possible to make purchases, without opening a purse or wallet..." was interesting. This may have been posted b4:
http://www.adbumb.com/adbumb159.html
"...And, finally, speaking of under the radar: we still favor Cool Savings (CSAV) with their custom coupon technology and solid relationships. But watch out for their competitor NeoMedia Technologies (NEOM), which recently added to its portfolio by acquiring patents for mobile marketing to allow Blackberry, Trio and camera phone users to scan bar codes (which in turn makes it possible to make purchases, “without opening a purse or wallet”). It should be interesting to see who wins that particular race."
You tell em koko! Those of us who rode the PPS all the way down to sub .05 (down 50-75%) appreciate these so called "down" days don’t we! There was a time when a positive move of .01 in a week seemed astronomical.
Patience my friends, patience. You'll soon be rewarded!
GLTA!
OT - JP, congrats! eom
moon2mkt,
Don't feel bad, I am a 'hard core' NEOM long and have been invested since 9/11/03 but last month (4/11) I got greedy for more shares and lost.
As with all OTC stocks, I had watched PPS hit new highs only to fall back 30% or more several times, so when it hit .30 I made a split second (and I might add, FOOLISH) decision to 'gamble' with a portion of my position. I sold 36,500 shares. I figured PPS would surely drop one more time, and then I would buy back in the .15-.20 range therefore increasing my position to 160,000+...didn't happen! Long story short...I had 136,500 shares at .133 average, now I have only 100,000 (@ .074).
Greed got the best of me, I should have never wavered from my original plan to hold, hold, hold & hold but I gambled and lost (even though I did take a small profit, ultimately, I LOST). Then to make matters worse, I refuse to chase it up, minus news. So now I sit broken hearted.
Lesson here: develop a strategy and unless there is a change in the company’s fundamentals, STICKS TO IT!!!
I hate me!
By-the-way, when the imminent news is finally released…I’ll sell the farm and buy NEOM @ any price!
Do I have this correct...I go to retailer 'A' and see a 'must have' DVD player @ $125.00. After scanning the bar code, I discover that retailer 'B' has the same one for $100.00. Retailer 'A' then sells it to me for $100.00. As a result, I save $25.00 and retailer 'A' retains my business. Win win!
Paperclick, I love you!
GLTA!
Just ran across this 2004 article. Just old news or insight into a soon to be released PR? Will it be Microsoft? I think so too...
http://channels.lockergnome.com/mobile/archives/20041118_what_happens_when_search_and_advertising_go...
What Happens When Search And Advertising Go Mobile?
11.18.2004 @ 06:09 PM PT / Lockergnome / Comment / Send to Friends / Google It
The search wars are heating up and it is becoming clear who is winning. But what happens when Google runs out of runway space? What happens when the race changes venues? Will Google see it in time or will it be Microsoft that gets “back to the future?”
Search is finding the best solution/answer and advertising, and advertising, and advertising. Advertising drives search. There will come a point where you can’t open up any more windows on your PC. There are only so many programs on your PC (surf, chat, e-mail and now desktop) that you can find ways to advertise with. When you can’t put any more pay-per-clicks on your PC screen, then what happens?
How will search advertising continue this growth once this happens? How will advertisers shift their advertising dollar to the mobile device?
There WILL come a point when there is more Internet traffic from mobile devices than PCs. What happens to search engines then? What happens to the Golden Goose of advertising when people won't be using a search engine to do their surfing?
That screen on your cellphone will be the most coveted piece of real estate to advertisers. How will advertisers advertise, then? People won't be using search engines on their phones. What replaces the "keywords" model for the advertising dollars? PHYSICAL WORLD HYPERLINKS.
The NeoMedia/SAIC Word Registry represents a way to hyperlink every barcode, word, number and spoken word, VIN number, fingerprint, and soon, RFID tag. The Paperclick platform is the browser for the physical world and the hyperlinks represent the way to directly connect every physical item in the world to the Internet.
When a TM owner registers a trademark, barcode, or word (phrase) with this registry, it is now part of a universal database and has an electronic identification. So the word Nike now isn't just a word that search engines can generate keyword revenues from, it now represents a specific URL. This completely changes how and where a search engine can direct a search user. This will also relieve the bitter trademark suits that are approaching the search engines.
3B unique barcodes (every can of 12 oz coke is just 1), 3M Trademarks, 450,000 word (phrases), numbers, fingerprints and soon RFID tags amount to over 4B interactive Web sites or over 4B unique hyperlinks. Every 12 oz can of coke in the world is considered just 1 of those 4B. 4B unique hyperlinks all providing a direct connection to the Internet without having to use a search engine. Now that the hyperlink owner has a direct connection to his site, outside of advertising, where is the need for search engine optimization? You are already optimized!
When RFID gets implemented that 4B doubles in the first year alone.
So now every barcode on every can of Coke, the printed word Coke in every magazine, billboard, tshirt ,the spoken word "coke," and a NeoMedia created code, become a hyperlink, or direct connection to wherever Coke wants you to go. 4 Billion Web sites and hundreds of billions of physical objects have now found THEIR OWN WAY to direct traffic without using a search engine. How much traffic and advertising will Google miss out on when this happens? Or will MSFT recognize that this is their opening to dominate the mobile world OS?
Companies won't give out Web sites to go to, they will advertise with NeoMedia/SAIC registered words and get a direct connection, bypassing a search engine. They will put a created code on poster, or magazine ad, or registered word on the TV screen. When any user types, scans, says this word, they will be directed to the specific site that company wants you to go.
What happens when the physical world words, barcodes, and spoken word gets registered? SAIC/NeoMedia Technologies Word Registry will be THE "KEYWORDS" for mobile. How does Google sell their "keywords" now? There won't be algorithms to decipher to put your site at the top of the search request. The registered words will be the direct link. How will Google and other SEs get a piece of these 4B plus unique hyperlinks? This registry will replace "keywords." Will you really want to see the first page of 1200 top ten results for a search on your mobile?
Between the slowing growth of PCs and the number of mobile devices connected to the Net, search and advertising will change. What companies will see this first and dominate Phase 2 of the Internet, offering the browser for the physical world?
Phase 1 was about surfing, searching, chat, and e-mail - machine-to-machine forms of communicating. It was revolutionary, it disrupted many industries, it made our economy so much more efficient, and it created many new powerful companies. The eBays, Amazons, and pricelines found a way to create businesses from Phase 1. They recognized how commerce would change with the introduction of the Internet and created businesses to accommodate this change. Not only did they disrupt the traditional methods, but by utilizing the Internet, they opened up the boundaries for potential customers.
Now comes Phase 2, and boy, I can't wait. This is what ubiquitous computing is all about. Phase 2 is when every physical item in the world can, and will be, connected to the Internet. People are no longer stuck at their office, or home PC - they are mobile, using their mobile devices for more than speaking. The combination of a portable microprocessor and trillions of objects having their own link to the Net: This is Phase 2.
When you walk down the street, look at how many people have their cell phones/PDAs in their hand or in their pocket. How many operating systems are now mobile? How many browsers are there that are untapped? Every one of those cell phones represents an Internet user. Another pair of eyes for Google. A way for Google to generate advertising, but how? How can Google continue its search/advertising dominance in the mobile world?
What if MSFT unveils the "browser for the physical world?" The PCs are "walking," untethered. This is transformation.
There are now more mobile devices connected to the Net than PCs. Mobile computing represents a new way to look at how to advertise. How do Google and others get these users to their site when we're not at a desk? What does search look like when it's mobile? How will we surf/search when we are mobile? How do advertisers and service providers generate revenues (more than the $15.00 unlimited Web access Sprint has).
What happens when society is surfing more with the mobile device than the PC? What does Google do when this happens? Will it recognize there will be more Google eyes on mobile devices than PCs? How do you sell keywords for this? What if keywords and trademarks are already registered? The bigger question, as an advertiser: How do I advertise with this new medium?
Advertisers are still trying to catch up with the eyeballs that left TV to the stationary Net. What happens when the Net shift goes from the PC to the cell phone? Will advertisers realize their new mediums are the supermarket, the restaurant, sporting goods store, billboard, movie poster, or, in other words, every physical object in the world with a unique identifier?
Google says its database is up to 8 billion now, MSFT is bragging about 5 billion. The 1 billion cans of 12 oz Coke represent 1 billion ways to get to just one site. So instead of offering access to 8 billion sites, there are now 1 billion ways (just 1 12 oz can of Coke alone) to get to Coke's site. Remember to search/surf changes when it goes public.
What happens when every can of Coke can be hyperlinked to the Net? Or every Elton John CD, or every menu, concert ticket, street sign, business card, or bag of Pringles? With a direct link to the Net, why do I need to pay Google for this? If I'm Pringles, I don't need to pay ANY search engine to get me "at the top of the list." I'm already there and I am interacting with my consumer. I now, for a small fee (by registering a barcode and word in a registry), have one-on-one interaction with a customer of mine.
Advertisers will now have a service that measures an ad's effectiveness immediately. It will merge the advertising in the physical world (magazines, TV, cereal boxes) with the Internet.
How much is this worth to a brand manager? Now every physical item in the world becomes a hyperlink to the Net, bypasses any search engine, and is the medium by which advertisers will advertise and conduct e-commerce. What companies will see this first?
Will Google realize its market is finite? The vehicle for its advertising is shrinking and is now becoming mobile. There is a head-on collision coming. The search engine and the physical world hyperlinks are on the path for a head-on collision. I'll put my money on the hyperlink - it is everywhere, doesn't matter whose OS is what, will be marketed by the advertisers, and will give me a direct connection.
MSFT, Symbian, and Palm are on all of those untethered PCs (cellphones/PDAs). Where is Google? Texting isn't direct connect. The question is, who will have the physical world browser/OS for this?
If MSFT realizes this before Google, it could license this ability NOW for the PC side and let the advertisers generate the traffic to an MSN search portal. When the mobile traffic exceeds the PC, MSFT could put this feature on all of its mobile devices and stop Google from entering the physical world. Google's keyword business will be put in serious jeopardy when the Word Registry starts. Google doesn't have a mobile OS (yet) to implement this. Google is stuck in the electronic world.
MSFT can change the whole dynamic of search, force advertisers to advertise through the MS portal, limit the Google keyword business, and then lower the boom on Google when MSFT implements this in its mobile OS. MSFT then recaptures its dominance in the OS space, but this time in the mobile device market. It then has the OS for Phase 2, a much bigger market than Phase 1, which it dominated for years.
Who will recognize this first? The boys at Google who are finding advertising markets for every part of Phase 1, or MSFT, which is looking to dominate the next space (Phase 2), which is much bigger and ubiquitous? [Scott Shaffer]
OT - billybass1234,
I wholeheartedly believe NEOM & BIPH are 'THE' two BEST OTC stocks in existence. Long in both for a couple years & have seen PPS soar on both of late (for good reason).
There's a lot of good DD on RB-BIPH if you know who the posters are. I listed my membermarked & ignored posters below for your benefit (if you read RB). (Notice one of our NEOM board moderators occasionally post on RB-BIPH).
Success, do you hold a position in BIPH?
GLTY!
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