Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Customer Concentration

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Customer Concentration
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Customer Concentration [Abstract]  
Customer Concentration
13. Customer Concentration
 
The Company's revenues are highly dependent on two customers, LinkedIn and Apollo Group, Inc. ("Apollo Group" or "Apollo"). The loss of either major customer would materially and adversely affect the Company's business, operating results and financial condition. If Apollo seeks to negotiate its agreement on terms less favorable to the Company and the Company accepts such unfavorable terms, or if the Company seeks to negotiate better terms but is unable to do so, then the Company's business, operating results and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected. As discussed below, our agreement with LinkedIn will terminate on March 24, 2014.

The following table shows significant concentrations in our revenues and accounts receivable for the periods indicated.

   
Percentage of Revenue
During the Years Ended
   
Percentage of Accounts
Receivable at
 
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
LinkedIn
    50 %     -       41 %     -  
Monster
    -       65 %     -       52 %
Apollo
    36 %     31 %     19 %     20 %

Recruitment Revenue
 
Revenues from the Company's recruitment services are recognized when the services are performed, evidence of an arrangement exists, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectability is probable. The Company's recruitment revenue is derived from the Company's agreements through single and multiple job postings, recruitment media, talent recruitment communities, basic and premier corporate memberships, hiring campaign marketing and advertising, e-newsletter marketing and research and outreach services.
  
Our agreement with Monster Worldwide, which expired on December 31, 2012, provided for an annual fixed fee of $4 million that was subject to adjustment based on certain criteria.

On November 12, 2012, we entered into a diversity recruitment partnership agreement with LinkedIn, which became effective on January 1, 2013 and will terminate on March 29, 2014. Pursuant to our agreement, LinkedIn may resell to its customers diversity-based job postings and recruitment advertising on our websites. Our agreement with LinkedIn provided that LinkedIn make fixed quarterly payments to us in the amount of $500,000 per quarter. The fixed quarterly payments were payable regardless of sales volumes or any other performance metric. Under the LinkedIn agreement, we also may have earned commissions for sales of our services by LinkedIn in excess of certain thresholds. We do not obtain information about commissions earned from LinkedIn, if any, until within 60 days following the end of any fiscal quarter. During 2013, we did not receive any additional commissions from LinkedIn. Our revenue derived from the LinkedIn contract during the year ended December 31, 2013 was $2,000,000, the amount of the guaranteed payment.

On December 31, 2013, LinkedIn served the Company notice of termination, effective as of March 29, 2014. LinkedIn did not provide a reason for the termination of the agreement. As part of the termination notice, LinkedIn waived their right under the termination conditions of the contract, to prevent the Company from soliciting the 1,000 accounts on the LinkedIn protected list for a period of one year.

In connection with its acquisition of PSI on September 30, 2013, the Company enhanced its diversity recruitment offerings by creating networking events that assist corporations in their compliance initiatives, while providing diverse professionals with face-to-face time with corporate recruiters. Revenue from the events business was $167,482 for the year ended December 31, 2013.
 
Consumer Advertising and Consumer Marketing Solutions Revenue
 
The businesses and organizations that use the Company's marketing solutions are enabled to target and reach large audiences of diverse professionals and connect to relevant services with solutions that include email marketing, social media, search engines, traffic aggregators and strategic partnerships. Advertising revenue is recognized based upon fixed fees with certain minimum monthly website visits, a fixed fee for revenue sharing agreements in which payment is required at the time of posting, billed based upon the number of impressions recorded on the websites as specified in the customer agreement or through our business relationships with Apollo Group.
 
In September 2011, the Company entered into an agreement with Apollo Group that provides for a fixed monthly fee of $116,667 for services and technical solutions provided by the Company to the University of Phoenix and its students and alumni. The agreement may be renewed annually. The agreement was most recently renewed on February 14, 2014 and will expire on February 28, 2015, unless it is renewed. The primary service provided is for recruitment solutions for the University of Phoenix student and alumni career services. The Company recognized revenue under this agreement in the amount of $1,400,000 during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

In January 2012, the Company launched an advertising and promotion campaign for the University of Phoenix containing digital banners, dedicated email blasts and weekly blogs. The Company guaranteed at least 30,000 visits to the sites over a six month period or was required to refund any shortfall at $5.00 per visit less than 30,000 visits or extend the agreement until the 30,000 visit guarantee is reached. Site visits for the number of users were measured through an outside service which monitored the Company's compliance with such minimum visits requirement. Total fees payable could not exceed $150,000. The Company recognized the lesser of (i) 1/6th of the $150,000 fee per month for each of the 6 months during the minimum measurement period of January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012, or (ii) the cumulative number of visits through the end of such month. The Company recognized revenue under this agreement of $0 and $150,000 during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
On June 11, 2012, we agreed to an insertion order with Apollo Group that replaced the above January 2012 advertising and promotion campaign for the University of Phoenix. The insertion order provided for payment to us of up to $150,000 per month for a period of 12 months based upon the number of persons we referred to the University of Phoenix who expressed an interest in obtaining information about attending the University of Phoenix. There was no guaranteed payment associated with the insertion order for the lead generation for the University of Phoenix. The Company recognized revenue under the insertion order of $39,039 and $346,321 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The insertion order for the lead generation for the University of Phoenix ended by mutual agreement as of June 30, 2013.