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CNN: “Is This the Super Bowl’s Next GoDaddy?”

Posted on the 31 January 2015 by Worldwide @thedomains

CNN asked if Wix Is this the Super Bowl’s next GoDaddy? A company mostly unknown to the public that went public over a year ago, in the article they actually compare and contrast Wix to Apple.

From the article:

But while tech companies like Wix aren’t quite household names, they’ve been betting big on Super Bowl ads for decades.

Most famously, Apple (AAPL, Tech30) did so with its 1984 Super Bowl Ad.

“It was an insane success,” said Kelly O’Keefe, professor of brand strategy at the Virginia Commonwealth University Brand Center.

In those days, Apple was hardly the Goliath it is today. The company had gone public just four years prior. And its Super Bowl ad introduced the Macintosh, its first mass-market personal computer, to the world.

Wix is hoping to take a play from Apple’s book — and make a name for its brand with the 100 million people watching the Super Bowl.

Founded in Israel in 2006, Wix lets businesses and individuals build their own websites — no coding experience required. It has 900 employees, 58 million registered users (80% of whom are small business owners) and offers its services in 11 languages.

Read the full article on CNN


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