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Noted Strategic Planning Execution Guru, Dr. Pete Johnson has been helping companies rethink and reengineer their business and marketing strategies for over three decades. His clients have ranged from corporate boardrooms and small family owned businesses to Pentagon think-tanks and just about everything in between. As a keynote speaker he has addressed more than 2,000 conferences worldwide with audiences from 15 to 5,000.
As a former engineer with IBM and GE (Jack Welch) back in the late 60s and early 70s, Pete identified the pressing need for a more modular, execution-focused strategic planning approach. In 1979 through his work with the American Management Association, he pioneered his unique “Working” strategic planning system which dramatically streamlined the execution process. Since launching his company 31 plus years ago Dr. Pete has personally facilitated over 500 2-Day Planning Retreats and Off-Sites in both the public and private sectors.
Through his unique combination of hands-on experience, natural instincts and practical methodology he’s been instrumental in helping companies transition from the academics of defining “The What” (Vision, Mission, Values, SWOT, BHAG) to the practicalities of accomplishing “The How”. His past client list reads like a Who’s Who of world business. His track-record for producing measurable results is a matter of record. Dr. Pete is StrategicPlanning.com.
Via CNBC, skip to 4:30 in the video below.
Netflix has been making a few moves to separate its DVD business more from its streaming operation, and today brings news of the latest move in that direction: the company has bought the domain name DVD.com, the company has confirmed to us
Last week the domain Channel.com was sold through Sedo for US$ 125,000. The transaction is now complete and we can see the buyer is none other than the multi billion dollar Monsanto. Monsanto operates a brand called ‘Channel’ that is currently being hosted on the domain Channelbio.com.
Until 1999… . The Internet was really taking off and, as I was sitting in my freshman dorm, I wondered if people would actually be willing to buy nuts online. I figured it was worth a shot! But what should I name the site? NewarkNutCompany.com was just too long to type in. I put together a list (including names like eNuts.com and NutsDirect.com), but unfortunately all of them were taken. Hmmm… . I used America Online back then, so I got the idea for Nuts Online. Voila! NutsOnline.com was available.
By 2005, it turned out that, yes, people were buying lots of nuts online! And dried fruit, and seeds, and coffees, and chocolates, and lots of other stuff. Yay! And, by 2011, NutsOnline had become pretty well known across the country for great quality and service across a growing product offering. Our slogan, “We’re more than just nuts,” continues to ring true.
That being said, I can’t tell you the number of times I would make new friends and, before saying goodbye, they would say, “I am excited to check you guys out. Nuts.com, right?” No, NutsOnline!
There was even a time when we spent hours wrapping hundreds of Jordan almonds in tulle circles for The Rachael Ray Show, and she said, “Thanks to Nuts.com for providing the favors.” Noooo!
For more than three years, I had been looking into getting the Nuts.com domain name and the opportunity finally arose this summer. But I continued to debate the transition to Nuts.com for days on end with my wife, my relatives, my friends…NutsOnline.com is my baby and our customers love us. While Nuts.com is definitely easier to remember and easier to type, I wanted to make sure that our loyal customers knew that nothing would change except for our name.
In early October, we decided to stop debating and officially change our name and URL to
Nuts.com in January 2012. The important thing to remember is that we are and will continue to be the same – the same family, the same values, the same quality, and the same level of care. Over time, we will replace the logo and develop new packaging, but we promise that your experience will only continue to improve.
Together, the domain names were purchased by ViSalus for $500,000 and $325,000, respectively. The purchase of “challenge.com” alone is one of the top ten most expensive domain names bought in 2011, through today. At a combined value of $825,000, the two domains together would be the fourth highest purchase over that time, and individually “challenge.com” and “vi.com” are the second and third most expensive buys of domain names this year, behind only the million-dollar “dudu.com.”
With the purchase of dudu.com, we will be able to match our platform’s brand with the exact domain name we need, and migrate from using godudu.com to this shorter version. This purchase means we don’t lose important traffic, and at the same time we ensure that visitors from around the globe will remember our brand’s name.”
EDMONTON, AB, Nov. 11, 2011 /CNW/ – Virtual Universe Corporation (the “Company”) (TSXV-VU), announced today that it has agreed to sell its entire right, title and interest in the domain name VU.COM, together with any unregistered trade-mark rights resulting from the Company’s use of such domain name (the “Domain Name”) to Mortgage Research Center LLC for $700,000 USD (the “Sale”).
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/488970#ixzz1dgtwFM73
Overstock.com officially rebranded itself as O.co about six months ago. It changed the sign on the NFL stadium to which it owns the naming rights, revamped its website with O.co signage, and began an aggressive run of TV commercials that declared, “Overstock.com is now O.co.”
Except that now it’s not.
The company is returning to Overstock.com on the website, in online ads, and in new TV ads for holiday.
Below are recent Salesforce.com acquisitions. Word is, there are more generic name purchases by Salesforce in the pipeline. You have to wonder, what do they know that you don’t?
Data.com – Reported “over US$ 1.5 millions”. Our sources indicate the price to be in the range of US$ 4.7 millions
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