Comments on: SocialMedia Raises $6 Million From IDG

By: ¿Seguirán las inversiones en 2009? « Por toda la Red

¿Seguirán las inversiones en 2009? « Por toda la Red — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:29:23 +0000

[...] unos días me enteraba a través de Techcrunch que Social Media recibía 6 millones de dólares del grupo Inversor IDG. Esta empresa se dedica [...]

By: pradeep

pradeep — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:43:58 +0000

nice post

By: SocialMedia pockets $6 million | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:27:55 +0000

[...] a social network advertiser grabbed $6 million from IDG Ventures along with participation from existing investors, Charles River [...]

By: asim

asim — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:15:42 +0000

Please advice me propoerly and let me know what is the right procedure to make some company read your proposal?
Thanks

By: SocialMedia obtiene una ronda de 6M

SocialMedia obtiene una ronda de 6M — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:48:41 +0000

[...] red de publicidad para redes sociales SocialMedia ha recibido una ronda de financiación de 6 millones de dólares por parte de IDG Ventures y el inversor existente Charles River [...]

By: socialmedian

socialmedian — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:39:04 +0000

If you call going from a $100M valuation to a $20M valuation a good thing for Socialmedia (VCs take similar percentages for their investment), then yes it was a really good outcome.

By: Ivanski

Ivanski — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:45:59 +0000

yeah trying to run this one, let’s see …

By: Ivanski

Ivanski — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:44:05 +0000

yeah, let’s see how this one will go
http://comunalec.com

By: MetricsMan

MetricsMan — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:28:45 +0000

asim… if the companies you are sending it to speak English, maybe you should try to do the same.

By: SocialMediaがIDGより$6Mを調達

SocialMediaがIDGより$6Mを調達 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:00:11 +0000

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By: JohnR

JohnR — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:49:39 +0000

Their days are numbered. I fell for it once – clicking on a survey – but after I realized it was just another marketing ploy, I’ve never clicked again. They had to close this round before everyone realizes their gimmic is only good for first-timers.

By: Shoring Up The Online Advertising Biz

Shoring Up The Online Advertising Biz — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:48:35 +0000

[...] ones are getting bought. Just last night, for instance, Glam Media bought AdaptiveAds. This morning SocialMedia raised $6 million rather than the initial $20 million it was looking for and mobile ad network AdMob raised $12.5 [...]

By: asim

asim — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:09:18 +0000

Dear Entrepreneurs!
We developed a breakthrough technology.
Then I develped a proposal.
To submit this confidential proposal ,I emaild to many companies(marketing,engineering,customer relation department)and I coould not get any reply.
I need to ask you “How you make some company to read and analyse your proposal “.
Please guide me.
thanks

By: Chat Up

Chat Up — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:27:05 +0000

Well I hope that money gets paid back because I’ve had nothing but horror stories trying to get social traffic to convert near as well as Adwords. I’m aware that my offers are most likely the main cause for low CTR’s but I’d love to hear other peoples experience.

By: Monkeybutt

Monkeybutt — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:08:08 +0000

Why take $20M if $6M gets you all the way there…$20M with typical vc preferances (i.e. they get their money back first and more) is a lot of money you gotta pay the man before you collect. Some of you Techcrunch readers dont understand venture capital. This is a big win for Socialmedia.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:46:29 +0000

We all know social media is a great way to help grow a business and everyone is suing but all these sites still come down to the age old dilemma on how to turn a profit.

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:46:13 +0000

No company purposely settles for $6 mil when they’re advertising looking for $20 mil. Sorry Charlie.

By: Nattyb

Nattyb — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:42:51 +0000

Once Social Media can get its hand around effective ad optimization, investing will go through the roof.

By: facelovefinder

facelovefinder — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:40:40 +0000

I think social media has a lot of potential in the world of publicity 2.0.

The term social media is a term that refers to “sharing and discussing information among human beings using the internet tools and web technology like facebook, Twitter, RSS, etc”.

The term “social media” most often refers to activities that integrate technology, telecommunications and social interaction.

Social media can take many different forms, including Internet forums, weblogs, wikis, podcasts, Technologies include: blogs, picture-sharing, vlogs, wall-postings, email, instant messaging, music-sharing, crowdsourcing, and voice over IP, to name a few.

Examples of social media applications are Google Groups (reference, social networking), Wikipedia (reference), MySpace (social networking), Facebook (social networking), YouTube (social networking and video sharing), Avatars United (social networking), Twitter (social networking and microblogging). .

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:20:13 +0000

Geez. Another $6m investors won’t see again.

(was that being too cynical?)

By: Martin Källström

Martin Källström — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:12:49 +0000

Their branding strategy suddenly becomes apparent when they (the company “Social Media”) launch a product called “Word of Mouth”. Presto! Buzzword-compliant business plan! And 5 Gazillion hits on Google already!

By: Scott Mahler-Datex Media

Scott Mahler-Datex Media — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:10:07 +0000

with the rise of social media sites like twitter and Facebook, I think we’ll be seeing more of this type of thing. Big companies buying out or investing in smaller social networking sites. It’s an exciting time in technology, advertising and marketing.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:00:23 +0000

“months thanks to teh launch of a new advertising product called Word of Mouth.”

Your l33t speak just subliminally came out. Gotta jet 2 w3rk.