Bio: Vahe Habeshian
Posts by Vahe Habeshian:
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Nintendo Profits Double with Strong Wii Sales,
25 Oct 2007 in News
MarketingVOX: Nintendo profits have more than doubled in the past six months ending Sept. 30, from 54.35 billion yen (over $476 million) to 132.42 billion yen ($1.16 billion).
Spurned on by the ever-popular Wii console and DS handheld, sales have j… -
iPhone, U-Verse Make Historic Q3 Growth for AT&T,
25 Oct 2007 in News
MarketingVOX: Thanks to exclusive rights to the iPhone and “terrific progress” with the U-Verse high speed service, AT&T revenues have nearly doubled in the third quarter to $30.1 billion, up from $15.6 billion a year ago.
Mobile Inroads
In Q3, AT&… -
Google Stoic After Facebook Loss; May Find Partner for Wireless Bid,
25 Oct 2007 in News
MarketingVOX: Google is reportedly taking its loss of Facebook’s advertising inventory to Microsoft with a grain of salt.
The search and ad giant is moving deftly onto other ventures, including its potential bid on available wireless spectrum, repo… -
Google Hammers PageRank of Link Sellers, Other Violators,
25 Oct 2007 in News
MarketingVOX: Google appears to have updated its PageRank calculations in such a way to penalize sites that sell links or link heavily within its own networks, reports Forbes.
When webmasters for sites including TechCrunch, Engadget, Washingtonpost… -
Amazon to Investors: We’re Doing Great, Thanks,
25 Oct 2007 in News
MarketingVOX: Amazon issued a statement to investors, saying its retail growth has been strong, and Q4 is expected to be better than last year, reports The Financial Times.
Sales for Q3 were up 41 percent over the previous period, largely helped by… -
Microsoft Drops $240 Million for 1.6% of Facebook,
25 Oct 2007 in News
MarketingVOX: After a long talk and a presumably large number of clammy handshakes all around, Microsoft has agreed to invest $240 million into Facebook for a 1.6 percent stake in the company.
This values the social networking site at $15 billion, … -
Surprise! Yahoo CMO Dunaway to Join Nintendo in November,
25 Oct 2007 in News
MarketingVOX: Former Yahoo CMO Cammie Dunaway came through with her promise to announce where she’ll be headed next after she leaves Yahoo Nov. 1.
Dunaway will join Nintendo as evp of sales and marketing effective Nov. 5, according to AdWeek. She s… -
Study: Search Vital for CPG Brand Building and Both Offline & Online Sales,
24 Oct 2007 in News
MediaBuyerPlanner: A joint study by comScore, Procter & Gamble, Yahoo, and the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) analyzes the role of online search in generating website traffic, brand-building, and driving in-store traffic …
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‘Fake’ Online Reviews Deter Suspicious Shoppers,
24 Oct 2007 in News
MarketingVOX: A new study from PR firm Burson-Marsteller says frequent online shoppers are becoming skeptical of reviews found on shopping sites, reports Brandweek.
Burson surveyed 1,000 online shoppers and found that wariness is setting in regardi… -
Arbitron: Howard Stern Steals No. 1 and No. 2 Spots for Satellite,
24 Oct 2007 in News
MediaBuyerPlanner: The top 10 channels on satellite radio, as measured by Arbitron, were dominated – with the exception of Sirius’s two Howard Stern channels – by XM.
According to the first-ever satellite radio ratings released Tuesday from A…
