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Maybe Twitter/Yahoo should team up or Snapchat. Get these teens some ads. Yahoo's mobile strategy is a struggle, maybe some partnerships are in order. I honest
by heimatau 11y ago
Maybe Twitter/Yahoo should team up or Snapchat. Get these teens some ads. Yahoo's mobile strategy is a struggle, maybe some partnerships are in order.
I honestly believe Mayer could do it but since none of their apps are FB/Instagram/WhatsApp nor do they have the traction as these juggernauts, I'd suggest a partnership.
Come on Yahoo. Find a niche, make some money.
Losing these talented people. Maybe it's because they didn't perform or didn't realize the large task they they'd be responsible. Or maybe Mayer only hired them to steward a certain project (this wouldn't explain the quick exits but not all of these exits are quick). Mayer is a work horse. The issue might be with the hires and the difficulty of tasks.
- sirkneeland 11y agoI think that was the idea behind the Tumblr acquisition. It's just really, really hard to buy something "hot" without killing it (by external reputation/customer satisfaction or internal employee exodus) Off the top of my head I can only think of two that worked (Instagram, WhatsApp) and Facebook deserves huge credit for that. I don't think my own employer (Nokia), even in its heyday, ever successfully acquired and integrated a company.
- heimatau 11y agoI agree that is what was behind Tumblr. But it's my belief that integration will take time. Yahoo could get ahold of some of the mobile ads, they've been investing heavily in mobile development. Twitter is about to make a big push with Dorsey (he's smart enough to know that's where he competes) and so is Snapchat, which is why I mentioned them.
- sjg007 11y agoYahoo tried to be a snap chat channel but got voted off the island.