George T Bundy

Listed as one of Inc. Magazine's "Fastest Growing Private Companies" for a Fourth Consecutive Year!

BRS Media Inc., a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that helps traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Web, announced today that the company has been included in Inc. Magazine's 2011 "Inc. 5000" list of fastest-growing private companies in the USA.

BRS Media has the honor of being named to the annual ranking of fastest-growing private companies for an astonishing fourth year in a row (2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011). In addition, BRS Media ranked in the Top 75 Media Companies, that featured prominent companies like: Pandora, FriendFinder and Demand Media.

 "We're thrilled to be recognized among the top U.S. privately held businesses yet again, it is truly an honor to be named to the Inc. 5000 list for a fourth consecutive year," remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc. "This prestigious distinction is a testament to our dedication to building a successful online company that provides innovative, cutting edge services to our first class clients and successful partners worldwide. We look forward to even more progress and growth in the coming years."

http://businesswire.mercurynews.com/news/mercurynews/20110824005414/en

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A recent analysis by research firm IBIS World, blogged by Wall Street Journal, looks at 10 industries that appear to be Thriving & Dying.

Top 10 Thriving Industries

Internet Publishing & Broadcasting made list of the Top 10 Thriving Industries, with an over 25% growth in revenue over the past 10 years. Net Broadcasting will being gleaming to see another 6.8% forecast over the next 6 years according to the research firm.

Voice Over Internet Protocol Providers (VoIP) took the # 1 position up over 194% in the past 10 years and look for another +17% growth over the next few years.

Selling Online? Well your in the right business, E-Commerce & Online Auctions saw a 12.2% growth over the past decade and is looking for another 9.4% over then next +6 years.

Now....  Top 10 Dying Industries

The biggest industry profiled by IBIS World is wired telecom carriers, largely due to cell-phones and the Internet. 
 
The Internet also hit Newspaper Publishing, down 28.6% in the past decade and is looking at another 17.6% decline in the next 6 years.
 
Next: Record Stores off over 77% in revenue from 2000-2010 with a projected further decline of over 11% in the next 6 years.

See the full report here: Dying Industries

TechCrunch published a great article on the death of Blockbuster Inc, as the leftovers are scooped up by Dish Network.. Must Read:  Snoozing And Losing: A Blockbuster Failure

(Blockbuster? Remember that store that you drove to, just to pick a VHS or DVD video)

Hitting the nail on the coffin - "Snoozing And Losing" - The failure to embrace new technology and adapt to changes in the market is the leading cause of death for any business.

The slow death of this giant provider of in-home movies lasted well over 6 years. All the while, Blockbuster CEO was declaring: "there was no real threat from......".

The story even digs up a quote, he once made: "I've been frankly confused by this fascination that everybody has with Netflix  ..Netflix doesn't really have or do anything that we can't or don't already do ourselves."

Apparently everyone 'got' Netflix, but him..

Well, let's change just one word: "I've been frankly confused by this fascination that everybody has with Netflix Pandora   ..Netflix Pandora doesn't really have or do anything that we can't or don't already do ourselves."

Little to close to home? 

Remember, Blockbuster was "a mega-chain of blue and gold awnings that decorated much of the country. They had inventory that simply could not be matched."

No company is too big to fail - Like any business, Radio must embrace new technology and adapt to changes.. Both On Air & Online!

Still think there is no value to digital assets? Does the Internet, Mobile & Streaming nonetheless offer no benefit? Internet Radio provides nothing, you can't do yourselves? "Snoozing And Losing"

See you Monday @ RAIN Summit West #rainsummit http://bit.ly/rsw2011

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Taken with picplz.

Taken with picplz.

BRS Media Inc. Named as One of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in
America.

Making the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Companies for the
Third Consecutive Year!

With a remarkable increase in revenue of 136% over the past three years, BRS
Media has the honor of being named to the annual ranking of fastest-growing
private companies for a third year in a row. In addition, BRS Media ranked
in the Top 50 Media Companies, that featured prominent companies like:
Blurb, StumbleUpon and Pandora.

"It is truly an honor to be named to the Inc. 5000 list for the third
consecutive year, we're elated to be recognized among the top U.S. privately
held businesses," remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc.
"This prestigious distinction is a testament to our dedication to building a
successful online company that provides innovative, cutting edge services to
our first class clients and thriving partners worldwide. We look forward to
even more progress and growth in the coming years."

BRS Media has pioneered the 'multimedia' domain space since launching the
.FM & .AM Top Level Domains in 1998. Since that time, BRS Media has been
actively and successfully promoting and marketing dotFM and dotAM to radio
and media companies around the world. Online Radio is among the fastest
growing segments of the Internet, according to Arbitron and Edison Media
Research, reaching 43 million Americans age 12 or older during an average
week.

Full Story at MercuryNews.com:
http://businesswire.mercurynews.com/news/mercurynews/20100831005341/en

I'm unveiling my own customized 'Brand' Link URL Shortener. GTB.fm (http://gtb.fm) will be featured across all my social media updates: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more. 

Progressively more and more innovative companies, organizations, social media apps and individuals are setting up their own branded URL for use across Twitter, Facebook.. ect.

Social Media Optimization (SMO) and extending one's Brand across Social Media has become a necessity across all media platforms.

Online engagement helps extend a brand and leverage social media, and a customized short URL is the first step to Securing your Brand or Online Identity on Social Media

Here are few examples of customized 'Brand' Link URL Shortener(s):

Warner Brother Records (wbr.fm)
SEO.fm (seo.fm)
The New York Times (nyti.ms)
Poll Daddy (poll.fm)
TweetMic (tmic.fm)
AudioBoo (boo.fm)
Pepsi (pep.si)
MakeUseOf (muo.fm)
Media UK (muk.fm)
Rdio UOL Brazil (uol.fm)

and now my own (GTB.fm)