Facebook vs Adsense
Facebook is due to IPO within the next two days and the analysts on the street are wondering how Facebook can keep its current multiple long term. Is Facebook the next Groupon? In my opinion, I think Facebook has some interesting plays which could boost revenue in the coming years. Groupon is an accounting mess [...]
Google+ Hangouts on Air and EDU
Google just announced that Google+ Hangouts on Air will be available to everyone worldwide. What is a Google+ Hangout? Google+ is a Google’s social network which is more based on friend discovery which is different than Facebook’s model of being a voyeur on your friend’s lives. Google+ hangouts allow you to have an online video [...]
Edu Lead Gen Long Term
Often I write about how EDU lead gen is being battered by the current administration and the stock market. Today, I wanted to take a slightly different perspective which is more of a long term view. For the past 10 years for-profit EDU companies have had to fight against some major issues to validate what [...]
Can the government trademark “GI Bill?”
On Friday, President Obama issued an executive order that will limit or regulate how for-profit schools will be able to market to and recruit military members. In the order President Obama stated he would like to trademark the term “GI Bill.” The original TradeMark application can be found here. GI Bill Trademark application You can also view [...]
Obama Slams the For-Profit sector over misleading Military members
Friday, April 27, 2012 President Obama will sign an executive order today that will greatly limit the For-Profit EDU sector from marketing towards military members. The order is a result of Senator Tom Harkin’s efforts to curb the for-profit sector from getting too much money from the federal government in the form of federal student [...]