It’s pretty wild right now. A lot of the current economic devastation is real. The world has no shortage of other problems, too. To combat this, governments have injected fiscal stimulus into their economies. Central banks have invented new ways of expanding the money supply. The result has been an increase in asset prices (stocks) and even a rebound of oil prices. Expanded money supply tends to bleed through to other asset classes, as well – primarily the housing...
What a decade it’s been so far! We’ve been through everyone else’s—and our own—humdrum 2020 predictions for PPC and SEO, and…frankly, we’re yawning up a storm! PPC and SEO in 2020 are our actual jobs, and we plan to kick ass at them. Now, movin’ on...
For the second year running, Page Zero is traveling to Ottawa to attend SaaS North, Canada’s foremost event for founders and investors in software-as-a-service companies. Attendees will network, share the latest trends and tactics, and even "match-make" (from an investment standpoint). There are more dollars chasing good ideas than ever before. That’s good for startups that want to raise money at favorable valuations—sometimes pre-revenue. From an investor’s standpoint, it’s challenging. Even the “bargain bin” of...
Whether it’s in the field of trade, tax, foreign investment, antitrust, culture, or anything else, initiatives that block foreign companies from doing business – while often well-meaning, and sometimes aiming for consumer protection, local justice, or even some international development objective – perhaps fail to realize their own flaws. Primary among them is protectionism. In levying grand and bold strictures and fines upon offending (foreign) companies, regulators find themselves deep in (political) wars of tit-for-tat –...
To put it in perspective, the last time Google held its on-campus Google Dance in conjunction with the SMX West conference, George W. Bush was still President. In the Democratic Primaries following Super Tuesday 2008, it was far from clear that Barack Obama would defeat Hillary Clinton for the Presidential nomination. Obama had a slight lead in delegates at that point, and was trailing in popular vote. Despite the very close race, Clinton reluctantly saw...
By Andrew Goodman President and Founder, Page Zero Media @andrew_goodman Subscribe to RSS Weirdest. Client. Ever. Also, Great Client. Have you ever fantasized about your vanity plate? I have. For quite a while, I thought it would be cool to drive around with the plate ADWORDS. In Ontario, where they cram eight letters into a vanity plate, I could even go with PAGEZERO – following the logic of “now they can’t tow me out of my own parking spot.” Or...