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Noreen Seebacher
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Re: Who is buying?
Noreen Seebacher   3/4/2012 2:43:40 PM
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Thanks for explaining that Rob.

TechStockProspector
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Re: Who is buying?
TechStockProspector   3/4/2012 11:27:55 AM
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iContact might have had the valuation, but not the actual financial strength. It had 2011 revenue of around $48 million, vs. $115 million for Vocus. Plus, Vocus had cash on its balance sheet and cash flow from operations last year totaled $31.1 million.

Noreen Seebacher
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Who is buying?
Noreen Seebacher   3/3/2012 4:24:42 PM
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I'm still trying to understand this deal. Didn't iContact have the bigger predeal valuation? So shouldn't it have been the buyer and not visa versa?

driven
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Re: Dumb move
driven   3/2/2012 10:35:05 AM
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It seems to be holding around $13.50 today. It's a risk play, but it could still bounce, even with the cash and debt issues.

Tenacious
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Re: Dumb move
Tenacious   3/2/2012 10:31:24 AM
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Well it's just hard to see the upside in a company that doesn't have any cash.

Drivewaygirl
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Re: Dumb move
Drivewaygirl   3/2/2012 10:22:33 AM
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I like to think the ones that get wiped out by Google probably didn't deserve to be around in the first place.

Noreen Seebacher
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Re: Dumb move
Noreen Seebacher   3/2/2012 10:10:51 AM
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Ha. How many businesses do you think Google has killed, just because it's made it so easy to do things yourself?

Dex
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Re: Dumb move
Dex   3/2/2012 9:57:33 AM
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Hard for me to see the value in paying a company to provide what I can Google myself in 10 seconds. At worst case, I have an unpaid intern generate a list of media contacts for me.

Scott Raynovich
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Re: Dumb move
Scott Raynovich   3/1/2012 2:14:15 PM
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Tenacious --

Ha -- that is funny!

Just reading about their business model gives me a headache. I don't like business models where it's hard to describe what your value add to the market is.

What is their value add? They are better at bugging you to take a phone call?

--Scott

driven
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Re: Dumb move
driven   3/1/2012 12:04:29 PM
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I agree about the acquisition and yes, Vocus has issues. But this seems like a huge overcorrection, I don't think Vocus will go belly up, so really this may be a decent buy, especially if it goes to $11 or $12.

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