In Praise of Independence
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In Praise of Independence

26y Zhenya Gene Senyak

In Praise of Independence

Ah, summertime... finally and fully here. Freed at last from the cold, rain, and mud, we head for the seashore, mountain streams and dreams of freedom...

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Leaving Tracks
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Leaving Tracks

26y Cliff Allen

Leaving Tracks

We all want people to stay on our web site for long periods of time, but people do move on to other sites. So where do they go? What can we learn abou...

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Customer Service: Expense or Opportunity?
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Customer Service: Expense or Opportunity?

26y Nick Usborne

Customer Service: Expense or Opportunity?

To retain permission you've got to keep your customers happy. And keeping your customers happy is, in large part, a factor of how effective you are at...

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Pilot to Co-Pilot
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Pilot to Co-Pilot

26y Kate Kaye

Pilot to Co-Pilot

If you believe the current crop of TV ads, you have to own a new Lexusor a Beamer to have access to bleeding edge car navigation technology. Truth is,...

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The Dissolution of the Web
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The Dissolution of the Web

26y Jeffrey Graham

The Dissolution of the Web

Nobody talks about convergence anymore. Eons (months) ago, industry analysts talked about a future where one device part television, part Internet-acc...

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What Are You Really Offering Your Advertisers?
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What Are You Really Offering Your Advertisers?

26y Andy Bourland

What Are You Really Offering Your Advertisers?

Are you offering your advertisers meaningful access and exposure to your audience? And, ideally, opportunities for fruitful interaction? If not, doing...

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Getting Affiliates to Promote YOU
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Getting Affiliates to Promote YOU

26y Joel Gehman

Getting Affiliates to Promote YOU

You'll encounter more than a few obstacles in launching your affiliate program getting internal approval, selecting vendors, and setting up technical ...

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Offline/Online Disconnect
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Offline/Online Disconnect

26y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

Offline/Online Disconnect

Greg and Emily recently encountered a host of problems while trying to use the online counterparts of traditional offline businesses. Many of these co...

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Payer Organizations Will Propel Online Drug Sales
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Payer Organizations Will Propel Online Drug Sales

26y Michael Pastore

Payer Organizations Will Propel Online Drug Sales

The US market for pharmaceutical, health, and beauty products will explode from less than $250 million in 1999 to more than $18 billion in 2004, accor...

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The Future of Copyright
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The Future of Copyright

26y Martin Lindstrom

The Future of Copyright

We've all heard about the battle between the music industry and Napster, and few of us doubt that we'll see more of the same. What does copyright actu...

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Email Marketing for the Long Term
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Email Marketing for the Long Term

26y Sean Carton

Email Marketing for the Long Term

Don’t get him wrong: Sean knows that email marketing works. At least in the short term. But "permission marketers" need to think about the long haul. ...

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TV Takes Increased Role in Net Access
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TV Takes Increased Role in Net Access

26y Michael Pastore

TV Takes Increased Role in Net Access

If the numbers in Europe are any indication, the most popular Internet appliance will soon be the TV. Interactive TV appliances, digital televisions, ...

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Direct-to-Consumer Sales Seen Increasing
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Direct-to-Consumer Sales Seen Increasing

26y Michael Pastore

Direct-to-Consumer Sales Seen Increasing

The consumer direct channel, which includes not only the Intenet, but also catalogs, direct mail, and interactive television, will account for 12 perc...

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Tracking Traffic
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Tracking Traffic

26y Cliff Allen

Tracking Traffic

The web allows us to track practically everything a user does. But this is a good-news/bad-news situation. The good news is that we can capture a trem...

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When the Message Is the Medium
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When the Message Is the Medium

26y Zhenya Gene Senyak

When the Message Is the Medium

You hear the phrase "Hot Silicon Valley PR agency" and what comes to mind? An agency putting together cutting-edge communications in new media for a h...

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Guerrillas in Our Midst
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Guerrillas in Our Midst

26y Neil Cohen

Guerrillas in Our Midst

A couple weeks back, in an article on early-stage marketing for start-ups, Neil asked ClickZ readers to share low-cost marketing tactics that have wor...

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$6 Trillion in B2B Trade by 2005
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$6 Trillion in B2B Trade by 2005

26y Michael Pastore

$6 Trillion in B2B Trade by 2005

Internet B2B trade in the year 2000 will represent only 3 percent of the total US B2B non-service market, or $336 billion, but by 2005, it will swell ...

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Are You Hurting?
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Are You Hurting?

26y Pamela Parker

Are You Hurting?

The Internet we know and love may be injurious to your health! Many of us desk jockeys suffer from RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury), a general term that...

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Permissions Are Not All Created Equal
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Permissions Are Not All Created Equal

26y Nick Usborne

Permissions Are Not All Created Equal

Permission is a particularly dangerous label. It gives the impression of a depth of consent and relationship that rarely exists except in the mind of ...

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Serving the Small Business Target Market
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Serving the Small Business Target Market

26y David Gumpert

Serving the Small Business Target Market

Small business is a popular online target market for major corporations, especially the financial services firms. The SBA estimates about 25 million s...

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So You Want a Dot-Com Job?
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So You Want a Dot-Com Job?

26y Michael Pastore

So You Want a Dot-Com Job?

A pair of surveys that examine employment in the Internet sector have found good salaries, stock options, health club memberships, and pool tables amo...

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The Heat Is On
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The Heat Is On

26y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

The Heat Is On

The Pew Research Center says people are losing interest in television news in favor of the Internet. Fewer people follow national news, and they pay a...

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Contrary Words Worth Hearing
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Contrary Words Worth Hearing

26y Andy Bourland

Contrary Words Worth Hearing

Andy gets a lot of mail from web site publishers struggling to make their sites more "sticky." Should I use a mascot to give my site personality? Will...

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Fighting Hotline Fraud
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Fighting Hotline Fraud

26y Joel Gehman

Fighting Hotline Fraud

Many of the pay-per-click and pay-per-lead programs are having great difficulty with fraud detection and control. The biggest culprits are web sites r...

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The Ad Agency in the Age of Velocity
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The Ad Agency in the Age of Velocity

26y Chris Maher

The Ad Agency in the Age of Velocity

Since an agency's creative work usually consists of three components: concepts, copy, and designs, why not have an "owner" of one or two of those area...

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Listening to Online Music Leads to Sales
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Listening to Online Music Leads to Sales

26y Michael Pastore

Listening to Online Music Leads to Sales

It's become a debate of chicken-and-the-egg proportions: Do online music options help or hurt CD sales? Until the recording industry can adapt to the ...

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Retailers Versus E-Tailers: Know Your Strong Suit
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Retailers Versus E-Tailers: Know Your Strong Suit

26y Martin Lindstrom

Retailers Versus E-Tailers: Know Your Strong Suit

The race for most retailers today is getting online. But theyre on the wrong track with a focus on beating the online competition. Can retailers reall...

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