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The proliferation of smartphones, alongside the growth in number of subscribers of 3G network data plans, is having a ripple effect on multiple markets, from mobile apps to hardware enhancements. As media becomes increasingly fragmented, advertisers are focused on multiplatform media strategies in order to capture and retain consumer attention.
Now that Microsoft and Yahoo have finally come to terms on how they will work together to gain turf in the search advertising market, they must convince antitrust regulatory authorities both in the U.S. and in Europe that their union will create more competition — not less. That will be no easy task.
Sony stuck to a forecast for big full-year losses, citing falling gadget prices and a shaky global recovery, even as it posted less-dismal-than-expected results for the fiscal first quarter. The maker of the PlayStation 3 game machine and Walkman portable music player said Thursday it sank to a net loss for April-June of $391 million from a $365 million profit a year earlier.
Helped by deep cost cuts, Motorola on Thursday posted an unexpected profit for the second quarter after several quarters of losses, and said it expected things to keep improving this year. While sales continued to decline from last year, Motorola said the cost cuts, including 8,000 layoffs so far this year, set the stage for a comeback from its long-suffering cellphone unit.
Today’s revenue cycle is broken. Sales reps spend half their time cold-calling leads instead of interacting with interested prospects, while marketing invests its shrinking budget on costly programs and prospect lists that yield low conversion rates. The two departments seemingly operate in separate silos, interacting only when a lead is handed off from marketing to sales.