Despite the global recession, revenues from streamed mobile music services and full-track downloads are expected to exhibit strong growth over the next 5 years, according to a new report from Juniper Research.
Carat Increases Online Ad Forecasts
Everyone wanting to believe the recession won’t hurt online advertising’s growth has been given something new to clutch. A report from Carat, a large media organization, claims spending in this area will actually be higher than it first predicted.
Google Celebrates, Forecasts, And Routes
The search advertising company turned eight years old, and also dropped updates into its Calendar and Transit products.
Google Forecasts $6.5 Billion In ’06 Ads
In a story discussing Google’s forays into other methods of getting ads to users, Google’s top sales executive sees $6.5 billion in advertising revenue for the search advertising company in 2006.
Yahoo! Misses Wall Street Forecasts
Yahoo! released its fourth quarter financial results today, showing that though the Internet media giant had a healthy surge in net profit for the period, the company’s overall performance fell slightly short of Wall Street analysts expectations.
Forecasts of $26 Billion in 2005 Holiday Sales
JupiterResearch released their projections for the coming holiday season and they look promising. The report, “Holiday 2005 Forecast: Addressing The Impact of Macro-Economic Factors on Holiday Online Retail Sales,” examines not only promised higher percentages of sales but also some problems for the coming holiday season.
Sales Effectiveness is Not Measured by Forecasts Alone
Your company has made a sizeable investment in the training, support, expenses, salaries and benefits of sales team members. You’ve also invested in a contact management or SFA application to track and forecast your sales cycle – but is the application actually making your sales team more effective?
OECD Cuts Forecasts
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released a report today reducing its 2005 economic growth forecast for the industrialized world to 2.6% from 2.9%.