SYDNEY, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Freelancer.com
today announced that it has acquired Warrior Forum, the world's
largest Internet marketing marketplace and community with over
732,000 members and ranked 225 in Alexa globally[1].
Founded in 1997 by Allen Says, Warrior Forum is the pre-eminent
marketplace and community for Internet marketing professionals
across the globe. Ranked by Alexa as the 225th most visited website
in the world, the site also ranks in the top 150 websites in
the United States and United Kingdom, and top 100 in Australia by traffic1.
With over 732,000 members, Warrior Forum is the largest Internet
marketing forum in the world. The community is comprised of the
world's best Internet marketers, online entrepreneurs, growth
hackers and technology specialists. Warrior Forum's user base
includes Vice Presidents, Chief Marketing and Chief Growth Officers
from some of the top Internet companies in the world.
Warrior Forum is world renowned for the War Room and Warrior
Special Offers (WSOs). The War Room is an elite private discussion
group where the world's best marketers share their experiences and
learnings. WSOs are offers posted in the online marketplace
exclusively by War Room members that are special deals unavailable
anywhere else on the Internet. This marketplace is the largest
online marketing marketplace globally, and includes marketplaces
for buying and selling products & services, websites, domain
names, hiring freelancers and advertising freelance services. It
also includes classified advertising and an affiliate program
database.
Warrior Forum areas include Internet Marketing, Social Media,
eCommerce, Offline Marketing, Dropshipping, Mobile Marketing, Ad
Networks (CPA, CPM, CPL), Adsense, PPC, Search Engine Optimisation,
Product Reviews, Articles, Copywriting, Viral Networks,
Programming, Website Design, Blogs and Joint Ventures.
Warrior Forum Founder Allen Says
said, "I started Warrior Forum back in 1997 with the goal of
creating a community of like minded internet marketers to share
ideas, learn from each other and build their online empires. In
seventeen years our community has grown to over 730,000 members
strong making us the world's largest Internet marketing forum."
"Today I am happy to announce that Warrior Forum will become
part of the Freelancer.com family. I've spent a long time thinking
about this and feel that Freelancer.com will be able to provide
Warrior Forum with the talent, resources, energy and time to take
the site to the next level. I'm pretty excited about what's in
store- and look forward to seeing Warrior Forum grow."
Freelancer Chief Executive Matt
Barrie said, "We are looking forward to working with the
Warrior Forum community to take it to the next phase. Allen has
done a tremendous job over the last 17 years to build the business
to where it is today. Warrior Forum will remain independent, and
we're committed to listening to the community and we'll be
providing a dedicated team and resources to make the marketplace
and forums even better".
Over 7.2 million postings have been made on Warrior Forum to
date.
About Freelancer®
Triple Webby award-winning Freelancer.com is the world's largest
freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace by total number of users
and projects posted. Over 10.8 million registered users have posted
5.8 million projects and contests to date in over 650 areas as
diverse as website development, logo design, marketing,
copywriting, astrophysics, aerospace engineering and manufacturing.
Freelancer Limited is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange
under the ticker ASX:FLN.
About Warrior Forum®
Warrior Forum is the world's largest Internet marketing
marketplace and community. Founded in 1997 by Allen Says, Warrior
Forum has grown to over 732,000 members and is ranked by Alexa in
the top 250 websites globally. Warrior Forum is home to the War
Room, an elite group of marketing professionals, and Warrior
Special Offers (WSOs); marketplaces for buying & selling
products & services, websites, domain names, hiring freelancers
and advertising freelance services. Warrior Forum is the #1 site on
the Internet for discussion around Internet Marketing, Social
Media, eCommerce, Offline Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Ad Networks
(CPA, CPM, CPL), Adsense, PPC, Search Engine Optimisation, Product
Reviews, Copywriting, Viral Networks, Programming, Website Design,
Content Marketing and Joint Ventures. See www.warriorforum.com.
http://www.freelancer.com
[1] As at 12th April 2014 by
www.alexa.com
SOURCE Freelancer.com