Comments on: Vonage will need money again!

By: Andy Abramson

Andy Abramson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The number I came up with was taking into consideration the publciczedadvertising budgets that were shopping to new agencies.

By: skibare

skibare — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Vonage in the Best Buys', the OfficeDepots', the Circuit Cities.........Vonage seems to KNOW how to market-I imagine they STOP '''spending''' so much on ADVERTISING and now go for the ramping of REVENUES by getting more and more customers!

Skibare

By: corners

corners — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Even worse than you suggest. Salary is only part of the story–I’m sure they have (or must soon have) a benefits package. Adding that (plus office, travel expense, etc.) and you could easily be at 150-200% of actual salary paid.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Actually, the Forrester report said that Vonage has 450 employees, more than twice your guesstimate.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry, I meant Yankee Group report, not Forrester.

By: Occam's Razor

Occam's Razor — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sucess on the low end (when things to not scale...)

Compare and contrast the following projects, the moral of the story : When you do have have any real technology barrier to entry (ie theVoIP industry), be very carefull of what and how you build, and build in the small,

By: reblog

reblog — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

VoIP Marketing Battles Revving Up

Vonage’s big spending ways has made it somewhat of a “super hero” in the ailing advertising business. The company’s recent account was up for bid, and I have heard that a lot of people were jostling to get a piece...