Connecting With the Reader
Marketing

Connecting With the Reader

25y Joseph Jaffe

Connecting With the Reader

New ClickZ writer Joseph Jaffe introduces himself and sets out in what direction he'll be setting out as he alternates with Blake Rohrbacher to help u...

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IAR Bits and Bytes
Media

IAR Bits and Bytes

25y rumo

IAR Bits and Bytes

B2BWorks, Northern Light team; Framfab completes Volvo work; Cartoon Network launches Nintendo contest. Read More...

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The Ultimate Irony
Analytics

The Ultimate Irony

25y Arthur O'Connor

The Ultimate Irony

Too often, some so-called "CRM guru" denounces hidebound, greedy, stupid corporate executives who refuse to realign their organizations' management re...

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E-Mail Use by Top Firms Highly Inefficient
Ad Industry Metrics

E-Mail Use by Top Firms Highly Inefficient

25y Christopher Saunders

E-Mail Use by Top Firms Highly Inefficient

A study by the IMT Strategies, the Direct Marketing Association and the Association for Interactive Media blasts some long-held assumptions about onli...

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Consumers Turn Backs to Bells and Whistles
Audience

Consumers Turn Backs to Bells and Whistles

25y Michael Pastore

Consumers Turn Backs to Bells and Whistles

U.S. consumers are more likely to revisit Web sites that are fast loading, customizable and more informative than those that offer rich media or conte...

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The Elements of Good Online Customer Service
Marketing

The Elements of Good Online Customer Service

25y Blake Rohrbacher

The Elements of Good Online Customer Service

Most of us need customer service at some time or another. Online, where the customer is alone, good service is vital; and good online customer service...

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Metrics Organization
Analytics

Metrics Organization

25y Janet Ryan

Metrics Organization

The continuing saga of the great metrics challenge... continues. This week, one of our neighbors from the North (where they've actually adopted the me...

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Study: E-mail Use By Top Firms Highly Inefficient
Media

Study: E-mail Use By Top Firms Highly Inefficient

25y Christopher Saunders

Study: E-mail Use By Top Firms Highly Inefficient

A study by the IMT Strategies, the Direct Marketing Association and the Association for Interactive Media blasts some long-held assumptions about onli...

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Online Banking Continues to Disappoint
Marketing

Online Banking Continues to Disappoint

25y ClickZ Stats Staff

Online Banking Continues to Disappoint

Banks offering online services report that only 5 to 10 percent of their customer base use such services, eMarketer found. This means that, for many f...

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Valassis Cuts Off Save.com
Media

Valassis Cuts Off Save.com

25y Christopher Saunders

Valassis Cuts Off Save.com

Despite links to big-name advertisers, spokespeople say demand simply wasn't there. Read More...

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Reality Marketing
Marketing

Reality Marketing

25y Chris Yeh

Reality Marketing

"Survivor"-style reality shows can provide valuable lessons for marketers. Like the contestants, we're engaged in a struggle. There are only so many o...

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Coremetrics, Digital Impact Team Up
Media

Coremetrics, Digital Impact Team Up

25y Christopher Saunders

Coremetrics, Digital Impact Team Up

The firms will push each other's products, in a bid to create a one-stop-shop for e-mail campaign planning, management and tracking. Read More...

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Breaking Through Marketing-Speak and Technobabble
Marketing

Breaking Through Marketing-Speak and Technobabble

25y Philip Say

Breaking Through Marketing-Speak and Technobabble

Buying software is tough business. After all, how are companies supposed to tell the difference between two "J2EE-compliant commerce platforms that su...

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Ryan: Despite Current Woes, Online Ads Have Bright Future
Media

Ryan: Despite Current Woes, Online Ads Have Bright Future

25y Christopher Saunders

Ryan: Despite Current Woes, Online Ads Have Bright...

"All the positive things we need to fundamentally launch the industry are there," said DoubleClick's CEO. "We need to take it to the next level." Read...

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NeoPlanet Focuses on Marketing Applications, Inks Compaq Deal
Media

NeoPlanet Focuses on Marketing Applications, Inks Compaq Deal

25y Christopher Saunders

NeoPlanet Focuses on Marketing Applications, Inks ...

Continuing its shift away from branded browsers, the Tempe, Az.-based firm is concentrating on licensing software for CRM. Read More...

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NetIQ Revamps WebTrends Brand, Product Lineup
Media

NetIQ Revamps WebTrends Brand, Product Lineup

25y Christopher Saunders

NetIQ Revamps WebTrends Brand, Product Lineup

As expected, the Web analytics firm rebrands products it acquired in January. Read More...

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Bridging the Gap: Marketing Versus IT
Email

Bridging the Gap: Marketing Versus IT

25y Jackie Gallogly and Lynne Rolls

Bridging the Gap: Marketing Versus IT

As a marketer, you may feel your relationship with your IT department is strained. As for your email marketing efforts, the IT department -- not the m...

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Study: Companies Missing Out on Viral Marketing Benefits
Media

Study: Companies Missing Out on Viral Marketing Benefits

25y Christopher Saunders

Study: Companies Missing Out on Viral Marketing Be...

E-commerce marketers aren't bothering to track "word-of-mouth," nor are they working to retain truly loyal customers who might serve as brand promoter...

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Think Useful, Not Cool
Marketing

Think Useful, Not Cool

25y Sean Carton

Think Useful, Not Cool

The vast majority of people use technology not for what it is, but for what it does. But most of us who write about technology tend to be early adopte...

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Customer Behavior Continues to Mystify Some Businesses
Audience

Customer Behavior Continues to Mystify Some Businesses

25y Michael Pastore

Customer Behavior Continues to Mystify Some Busine...

Companies considering viral marketing and customer satisfaction when identifying loyal customers can reduce customer acquisition costs by 27 percent a...

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Passion, Part 2
Analytics

Passion, Part 2

25y Eric Norlin

Passion, Part 2

This one is not for the faint of heart, folks. We don't recommend that you read it if you're easily insulted. We know, though, that you're going to re...

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Blueprint for Your Supply Chain Initiatives
Marketing

Blueprint for Your Supply Chain Initiatives

25y Philip Say

Blueprint for Your Supply Chain Initiatives

Short-term ROI and "quick win" projects are prevalent themes for companies looking to improve the efficiency of their supply chains. That is the reali...

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Chinese ISP to Put $9M into IP Billing, Messaging Infrastructure
Media

Chinese ISP to Put $9M into IP Billing, Messaging Infrastructure

25y Stefan Pollard

Chinese ISP to Put $9M into IP Billing, Messaging ...

JiTong Network Communications Corp. awards multi-million dollar contract to Datacraft Asia for rollout of billing, messaging solution across 166 citie...

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E-Mail Marketing to Take Off
Ad Industry Metrics

E-Mail Marketing to Take Off

25y Christopher Saunders

E-Mail Marketing to Take Off

E-mail marketing has seen explosive growth during the past year -- and doesn't show any signs of abating, according to analysts at Aberdeen Group. Rea...

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Study: E-Mail Marketing to Take Off
Media

Study: E-Mail Marketing to Take Off

25y Christopher Saunders

Study: E-Mail Marketing to Take Off

Aberdeen Group predicts that hosted ASP solutions will continue to boom through 2002, while CRM applications will grow in prominence to threaten the m...

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Study: Wireless Ad Sector to Boom in 2006
Media

Study: Wireless Ad Sector to Boom in 2006

25y Christopher Saunders

Study: Wireless Ad Sector to Boom in 2006

Looking at the Western European mobile advertising market, Frost & Sullivan sees lots of potential -- but only after major hurdles are surmounted. Rea...

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IAR Bits and Bytes
Media

IAR Bits and Bytes

25y Christopher Saunders

IAR Bits and Bytes

Digital Impact boosts offerings; Terra Lycos to promote Dannon to kids; Real Media to resell "takeover" ad technology. Read More...

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E-Newsletters: A No-Brainer
Email

E-Newsletters: A No-Brainer

25y Debbie Weil

E-Newsletters: A No-Brainer

Fancy (and expensive) technology isn't always the answer, especially these days. The challenge now is use the Internet and the Web to save or make mon...

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