The Magnificent U.K. Seven: Part 3
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The Magnificent U.K. Seven: Part 3

25y Laurel Delaney

The Magnificent U.K. Seven: Part 3

Want to know what's what in the U.K. market? What's hot, what's not? In Part 3 of her series, Laurel features the ground-level perspective of a sales ...

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Database Marketing 101: Part 3
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Database Marketing 101: Part 3

25y Kim MacPherson

Database Marketing 101: Part 3

Now that you’ve got a clear sense of the importance of your customer data, it’s time to lay out a solid strategy for building an effective CRM model. ...

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Is 24/7 Media Out of Time?
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Is 24/7 Media Out of Time?

25y Christopher Saunders

Is 24/7 Media Out of Time?

In a few hours, the online marketing industry will learn whether cash-strapped 24/7 Media has managed to pull together enough capital to make it to th...

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The Beef on Business Process Management
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The Beef on Business Process Management

25y Philip Say

The Beef on Business Process Management

What is business process management (BPM)? And how is it relevant to B2B marketing? The challenges are great, but Philip believes those who manage the...

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Volvo Taps Emerging Media in Car Promotion
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Volvo Taps Emerging Media in Car Promotion

25y Christopher Saunders

Volvo Taps Emerging Media in Car Promotion

Aiming to top its earlier online-only launch of the new S60 sedan, Volvo is debuting a Web, WebTV, WAP and PocketPC-based campaign in conjunction with...

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Customer Fright? Or Customer Delight?
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Customer Fright? Or Customer Delight?

25y Rob McEwen

Customer Fright? Or Customer Delight?

Be nice to your customers -- not necessarily because as human beings they all deserve it, but because it's in your self-interest to do so. Now that's ...

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What Is a Rose?
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What Is a Rose?

25y Janet Ryan

What Is a Rose?

You don't have to be Shakespeare to get people to understand you; you just have to define your terms. Read More...

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Debate Over Internet Privacy Far From Over
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Debate Over Internet Privacy Far From Over

25y Michael Pastore

Debate Over Internet Privacy Far From Over

Younger Americans and veteran Internet users are among the least concerned with online privacy, according to a report by eMarketer, but the biggest pr...

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Partnership Beefs Up DoubleClick Research
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Partnership Beefs Up DoubleClick Research

25y Christopher Saunders

Partnership Beefs Up DoubleClick Research

A deal with a D.C.-area startup will provide additional fuel to DoubleClick's plans to rev up its Research division. Read More...

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Mining Nuggets of Knowledge
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Mining Nuggets of Knowledge

25y Janet Ryan

Mining Nuggets of Knowledge

How can you derive meaning from a chaotic world made of vast sets of data points? Well, you could turn to religion... Maybe even ideology. But if you'...

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24/7 Media Talking Possible Acquisition
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24/7 Media Talking Possible Acquisition

25y Christopher Saunders

24/7 Media Talking Possible Acquisition

The firm's COO hints that there's been "interest" in the company -- especially its new broadband unit -- and says it doesn't plan to sell off any of i...

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Mediaplex Taps RealMapping for Location Targeting
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Mediaplex Taps RealMapping for Location Targeting

25y Christopher Saunders

Mediaplex Taps RealMapping for Location Targeting

Using technology from an Amsterdam-based technology firm, Mediaplexsaid it will be able to pinpoint Web surfers to their exact city, in manycases. Rea...

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Hill, Holliday Agrees to Buy SF Interactive
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Hill, Holliday Agrees to Buy SF Interactive

25y Christopher Saunders

Hill, Holliday Agrees to Buy SF Interactive

The Boston-based ad agency plans to snap up the interactive shop and its Washington, D.C. office to expand its online and emerging-media offerings. Re...

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The 'M' in M-Commerce Stands for Marketing
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The 'M' in M-Commerce Stands for Marketing

25y Michael Pastore

The 'M' in M-Commerce Stands for Marketing

When all is said and done, m-commerce may not be commerce at all, but rather another conduit for marketing and CRM that leaves the transactions to oth...

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Keeping Relationships Alive
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Keeping Relationships Alive

25y Dana Blankenhorn

Keeping Relationships Alive

Just as unreasonable expectations and a lack of knowledge can keep you home on Saturday night, the same factors can kill your business relationship. F...

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Start With What You Already Have
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Start With What You Already Have

25y Janet Ryan

Start With What You Already Have

Data analysis is both an art and a science, and though the science of it is critical, so is the art: determining which information will hold the great...

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NBA Aims to Aggregate Web, E-mail, Sales Data
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NBA Aims to Aggregate Web, E-mail, Sales Data

25y Christopher Saunders

NBA Aims to Aggregate Web, E-mail, Sales Data

San Mateo, Calif.-based E.piphany lands a non-traditional client in a sizable market. Read More...

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Havas Brings Circle.com Under its Roof
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Havas Brings Circle.com Under its Roof

25y Christopher Saunders

Havas Brings Circle.com Under its Roof

The underperforming Baltimore-based firm joins Zentropy Partners in the ranks of struggling interactive agencies absorbed by their ad group parents. R...

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IT, Network Spending Headed Up, Despite Economic Slowdown
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IT, Network Spending Headed Up, Despite Economic Slowdown

25y Michael Pastore

IT, Network Spending Headed Up, Despite Economic S...

IT procurement budgets are not being slowed by fears of an economic slowdown, according to a survey of Global 2000 corporations by Gartner Group, Inc....

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More Outsourcers Who Rule From A to Z
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More Outsourcers Who Rule From A to Z

25y Joel Gehman

More Outsourcers Who Rule From A to Z

There's a lot of help to choose from when it comes to affiliate program management. That's why Joel's back with more outsourcers from A to Z (well, to...

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MSN Carpoint, Isuzu Team for Online-Offline Auto Marketing Deal
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MSN Carpoint, Isuzu Team for Online-Offline Auto Marketing Deal

25y Christopher Saunders

MSN Carpoint, Isuzu Team for Online-Offline Auto M...

Microsoft is promoting its automobile dealer CRM tool as a way for auto manufacturers to involve local dealerships in online marketing efforts. Read M...

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Communications, Financial Apps Popular Among ASP Users
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Communications, Financial Apps Popular Among ASP Users

25y Michael Pastore

Communications, Financial Apps Popular Among ASP U...

Communications, financial/accounting, and e-commerce offerings remain the most common types of applications being accessed from an ASP, according to a...

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Pamper the Good Ones... Ignore the Really Bad Ones
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Pamper the Good Ones... Ignore the Really Bad Ones

25y Tom Kuegler

Pamper the Good Ones... Ignore the Really Bad Ones

The 20/80 rule is interpreted in different ways by different people in different industries. But chances are that 20 percent of your customers bring i...

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Online Customer Service Still Has Work to Do
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Online Customer Service Still Has Work to Do

25y Michael Pastore

Online Customer Service Still Has Work to Do

Customer service surveys by ICR, Accenture, and CustomerAsset all agree that online retailers have made improvements with regard to their customer ser...

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Using GuanXi to Maximize Profits
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Using GuanXi to Maximize Profits

25y Vivian Lee

Using GuanXi to Maximize Profits

"GuanXi" describes a relationship developed with customers based on trust. It's similar to one-to-one marketing and personalization. Vivian tells you ...

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Keeping in Contact to Keep Business Strong
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Keeping in Contact to Keep Business Strong

25y Cliff Allen

Keeping in Contact to Keep Business Strong

Losing touch with a valuable business contact might mean starting from ground zero in building a relationship with a prospect or vendor. Cliff offers ...

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What Peer-to-Peer Means to PR
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What Peer-to-Peer Means to PR

25y Len Stein

What Peer-to-Peer Means to PR

Gone forever are the carefree days when linear communications channels dominated the PR landscape. PR pros today face an open-networked online world r...

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Be Fast, Cheap, and Easy
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Be Fast, Cheap, and Easy

25y Trude Diamond

Be Fast, Cheap, and Easy

Your mother may have told you not to be fast, cheap, and easy, but today's economy tells us something quite different. In her farewell column, Trude s...

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