Rumors of a QuinStreet IPO have been swirling around the space on-again/off-again for years.
But wow it is official:
http://secwatch.com/filings/view.jsp?formid=2469864
I will probably circle back and add more color commentary when I have a few moments, but in the meantime, let me scream BRAVO and CONGRATULATIONS to CEO Doug Valenti and the rest of the QuinStreet team.
Just a [...]

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I believe that any Industry that has a burgeoning Lead ecosystem (Lead Buyers and Lead Sellers growing their relationships together) will eventually experience a drop in Lead Performance across the board simply because there is only a fixed amount of truly interested and highly motivated consumers out there for any product or service. Once [...]

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I guess this process of writing a blog post on the plane ride home from LeadsCon is becoming somewhat of habit for me.  The coverage of LeadsCon from last year’s plane ride is here.
Let’s start this year by expressing genuine respect and admiration for our friend and LeadsCon founder, Jay Weintraub.  Many of us have [...]

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Well so do I…..
In the first week of January, DoublePositive did more transfers than in any week of all of 2008. In the second week (last week), we were only a few transfers short of our best week in the entire four year history of the company (including the Mortgage boom of 2006). [...]

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I’m writing this because I have cracked the code. I know the formula that needs to be applied to measure the total effectiveness of any lead supply channel:

Quality
Quantity
Cost

These are three absolute pillars of the leads industry and when each is quantified individually, [...]

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Private Equity Week reported this past week that LeadPoint has successfully completed its 5th round of funding.  Below is the report from PE Week:
LeadPoint Inc., a Los Angeles-based online leads exchange marketplace, has raised $6 million in Series E funding, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include Redpoint Ventures, Estalea LP and Breakwater Ventures. The [...]

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So, it’s been a while since our last blog post – I guess that is to be expected the first few weeks following an office move.  I have been having lunch individually with each member of the DoublePositive team  as well.  I have crowned the rest of the company as co-CEO during this time.
Internet lead [...]

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So this is the headline I’ve been waiting for (posted just a few short hours ago):
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8U5VNH80.htm
A few folks have wondered why I have not blogged about this Countrywide acquisition by Bank of America as of yet.
It’s because Countrywide has become quite a whipping post lately by the media.
I disagreed, but I’m glad to see that [...]

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HAMILTON INVESTMENT PARTNERS, SOUTHERN CAPITOL VENTURES AND EXISTING DOUBLEPOSITIVE INVESTORS PARTICIPATE IN ROUND
November 15, 2007 – BALTIMORE, MD – DoublePositive Marketing Group, Inc. (www.doublepositive.com), the industry leader in LIVE Hot Transfer Leads for sales organizations, announced today that it has closed an additional $4 Million in venture funding. The financing will help fuel DoublePositive’s growth [...]

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DoublePositive Marketing Group is featured in Business.com’s “Guide to Buying Mortgage Leads.”
The article does a good job of educating mortgage and real estate lead buyers about what to look for in a good lead vendor. Some of the tips include:

“Leads are good, live customers are better. Increasingly, mortgage lead companies are using call centers to [...]

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