Mike Simonsen has a post over at Altos Research about potentially tough times at LendingTree. His article stresses the concern in their being an incumbent, slow moving old style lead machine that needs volume of traffic to survive. Mike's point was … [Read more...]
How Does This Still Happen?
August 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
While Barry Obama may have the audacity to hope, Cory Ruppersberger has the audacity to be stupid. A story in the baltimoresun.com details how young entrepreneurial Cory decided it was a good idea to call people on the National Do Not Call registry … [Read more...]
Bankrate.com Masterful at Managing Investor Expectations
July 8, 2008 By 1 Comment
Amid disappointing news that Bankrate.com (RATE) would cut 2008 revenue guidance by 2%, resetting expectations between $164 to $169 million, some analyst are rushing in with rating upgrades. Why? Because Tom Evans is smart and Bankrate.com has a … [Read more...]
Nextag Surges the Charts as the Top Comparison Shopping Engine
June 12, 2008 By 1 Comment
Channel Dollar's report of Nextag's recent surge in traffic caught my eye. I think this surge is just another indication of NexTag's aggressive style in a timid market. I reported back in February my opinion that NexTag was feeding on the … [Read more...]
BillsIQ Reveals the Secrets of Your Personal Finances
June 11, 2008 By 2 Comments
There are a lot of reasons that the mortgage market is in a mess, but I think one clear influence was and continues to be a lack of customer knowledge. As the mortgage refinance market feasted on historically low rates mortgage lenders (and … [Read more...]
Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo Finds Email Disgusting-Me too…
May 22, 2008 By 2 Comments
Reply all: I think it is disgusting when people, maybe not even people (spambots), ask me for things using form emails that makes it impossible to discern if it is a legitimate request or one reply away from 3000 spam emails a day. That applies … [Read more...]
