Hometalk In The News

Hometalk builds a DIY home improvement community
The Hometalk website serves as the brand’s digital hub, where DIYers can explore 169,000 project tutorials on a wide-sweeping range of topics, including how to build, decorate, upcycle, decorate, clean, repair, organize and more.
Google Web Creators
APRIL 2021 | Read more

Live Social Video Doubles Watch Time, Boosts Engagement 10X
Hometalk started using live video on Facebook found that their video watch time more than doubled and engagement grew significantly - as much as 10X.
Forbes
Dec 2019 | Read more

Hometalk raises $15M to grow its DIY community
Hometalk, a DIY community site with just under 10 million monthly users and more than 21 million monthly visits, today announced that it has raised a $15 million growth round led by NFX, with participation from WeWork founder and CEO Adam Neumann and Altair Capital.
TechCrunch
APR 2019 | Read more

6 Tips To Fast-Track Startup Growth
Hometalk's core values and digital initiatives revolve around inspiring people to DIY more, so they can feel empowered to create the home that they love.
Forbes
MAR 2019 | Read more

New "DIY" service: Houston Hometalk
Video article about New DIY Houston Homemaker service
abc13 Eyewitness news
OCT 2018 | Watch now

Company helps you plan, complete some of your DIY projects
From Pinterest to HGTV, many do-it-yourself projects seem easy, but sometimes it can be easier to get in over your head. One company will help you with your project from planning to completion to ensure you get the results you want.
Click2Houston
SEP 2018 | Watch now

DIY company, Hometalk, is bringing an exclusive help service to Houston for home makeover projects
Do you ever look in your house and see a piece of furniture you wish you could fix up, but don't know how? Do-it-yourself website Hometalk is making Houston a launch pad for the 'can do' attitude.
HIAH-TV Houston
MAY 2018 | Watch now

Improving your living space through DIY
Enabling homeowners around the world to tap into the community, share their knowledge and gain other people knowledge
i24NEWS
NOV 2017 | Read more

11 Useful Websites You Should Know About This Holiday Season
As we enter the holiday season I thought I would share with my readers a list of eleven useful sites that you should check out
Inc
NOV 2017 | Read more

Popular DIY Platform ‘Hometalk’ May Be The Next Pinterest & Houzz
Hometalk is the online home improvement DIY community what Uber is to transportation and Airbnb is to hospitality
NoCamels
OCT 2017 | Read more

Why DIY Is a Space Begging to Be Disrupted
Since the early 2000s, we've witnessed a string of disruptive technologies, services, and apps that have shaken up their respective
Inc
OCT 2017 | Read more

With 66M Monthly Visits HomeTalk Is On Its Way To Become The Next Houzz
We picked out the top sites you've never heard of, and for each one compared it to a big name site you almost definitely have heard of
Forbes
AUG 2017 | Read more

The 13 Most Massively Popular Websites You've Never Heard Of
We picked out the top sites you've never heard of, and for each one compared it to a big name site you almost definitely have heard of
Business Insider
JULY 2017 | Read more

Thoughts on building a bootstrapped business
Chief executive officer Yaron Ben Shaul originally launched Hometalk as an engagement platform for customers of Networx, his lead generation
TechCrunch
MAY 2017 | Read more

11 Israeli Startups You Should Know
Hometalk, with offices in Jerusalem and New York, may be the world's largest "Do It Yourself" (DIY)-specific community
Inc
JULY 2017 | Read more

Why the Huge Do-It-Yourself Market Is Just Getting Started
DIY, or Do it Yourself is not new. People have been DIYing since, well since forever, literally. However, like many other things, the internet
Inc
MAY 2017 | Read more

Which Israeli Start-up Will Be Next In The Billion-Dollar Club?
Israelis continue to excel across a wide spectrum of sectors such as cyber security, transportation technologies, energy, water and big data
The Jerusalem Post
MAY 2017 | Read more

Talking Communication with Moe
We're living in an era where we've taken down the mask, where there's no longer these facades around people
Growth Hackers
MAR 2017 | Read more

Hometalk has started a DIY revolution
We help people make their homes better through DIY. With 40 million monthly visits, and a community of six million members, Hometalk is the world’s leading DIY
The Next Web
NOV 2016 | Read more

Women In Business Q&A: Miriam Illions
Miriam Illions is the Co-founder and CMO of Hometalk. Since its launch in 2011, Miriam has grown the site from the ground up to 21 million monthly
The Huffington Post
SEP 2016 | Read more

Do-it-yourself Website Is Becoming A Huge Hit on Social Media
Miriam Illions co-founded Hometalk.com five years ago and calls it the world's largest DIY community. It's a place where people come together to share ideas
Fox5 New York
AUG 2016 | Watch now

The Biggest Mistakes New Entrepreneurs Make
In 1997, I started a company called Alfy, which created digital edutainment content for kids. In the process of creating the product
Forbes
AUG 2016 | Read more

YouTube Faces Challenges as Media Companies Turn to Facebook
Some media companies – including NowThis, The Washington Post, and Hometalk – have shifted their video focus
Business Insider
JUL 2016 | Read more

How Hometalk Capitalized on Facebook Video
Hometalk’s audience has been “nothing to write home about on YouTube,” she said. With the Google-owned video site
The Wall Street Journal
JUL 2016 | Read more