Business Banking Taking to the Net
Marketing

Business Banking Taking to the Net

25y Michael Pastore

Business Banking Taking to the Net

The number of financial institutions using online business banking is expected to more than double within one year and more than triple by 2003, accor...

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This Week's Agenda: Ideas to Dispel the Gloom
Media

This Week's Agenda: Ideas to Dispel the Gloom

25y Dana Blankenhorn

This Week's Agenda: Ideas to Dispel the Gloom

Throughout this summer of Web discontent, Dana has received a steady stream of notes from entrepreneurs pushing new Web ideas designed to make money, ...

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Call for Papers -- Actually, Just an Abstract Would Do
Analytics

Call for Papers -- Actually, Just an Abstract Would Do

25y Janet Ryan

Call for Papers -- Actually, Just an Abstract Woul...

Product placement online is a complex problem, and few have solved it. It's also a perfect example of what online metrics should help us do -- put the...

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Super Affiliate Case Study: $600,000 in Six Weeks
Marketing

Super Affiliate Case Study: $600,000 in Six Weeks

25y Declan Dunn

Super Affiliate Case Study: $600,000 in Six Weeks

Two types of companies exist online: those that test -- and those that lose money. The big challenge with affiliate programs is to find out what works...

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Competition Heats Up In Immature PDA Market
Audience

Competition Heats Up In Immature PDA Market

25y Michael Pastore

Competition Heats Up In Immature PDA Market

Despite the cloudy future of wireless, the languid economy and a revolving door of entrants in the market, global PDA retail revenues will increase fi...

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IAR Bits and Bytes
Media

IAR Bits and Bytes

25y Christopher Saunders

IAR Bits and Bytes

RealTime Media debuts campaign for U.S. Olympic Committee; CoolSavings cuts; Spiderdance and PVI team for joint marketing. Read More...

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How to Make Users Hate Online Advertising
Media

How to Make Users Hate Online Advertising

25y Tom Hespos

How to Make Users Hate Online Advertising

Two debates seem to be going on with respect to the X10 camera campaign. The first is straightforward and centers around whether pop-unders are evil. ...

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Profitability in Publishing
Media

Profitability in Publishing

25y Adam Posman

Profitability in Publishing

In the radically changed world of Internet publishing, profits are scarce and aggressively sought. Sponsored search has become a lucrative business --...

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Account Aggregators May Find Profits Tough to Find
Marketing

Account Aggregators May Find Profits Tough to Find

25y Michael Pastore

Account Aggregators May Find Profits Tough to Find

It seems everyone has thrown their hat into the financial account aggregation ring -- banks, brokerages, credit cards companies and even Internet port...

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Cameo Lands Universal Pictures Deal
Media

Cameo Lands Universal Pictures Deal

25y Christopher Saunders

Cameo Lands Universal Pictures Deal

The Irving, Calif.-based startup aims to offer a way to distribute TV commercials to Internet users, without the use of streaming media. Read More...

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The Perfect Marketing Budget
Marketing

The Perfect Marketing Budget

25y Chris Yeh

The Perfect Marketing Budget

In today's economic reality, you need every project to pay off quickly. You can't afford to take a flier on a long-term investment, where the term may...

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MindArrow Aims to Buy Up Radical Communication
Media

MindArrow Aims to Buy Up Radical Communication

25y Christopher Saunders

MindArrow Aims to Buy Up Radical Communication

For about $3.3 million, the defunct rich media e-mail pioneer's technology could have a new home. Read More...

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A Framework for Reaching Online Customers
Marketing

A Framework for Reaching Online Customers

25y Stephen Diorio

A Framework for Reaching Online Customers

In the third of a three-part series, Stephen discusses in more detail the various customer design points that influence management practices and inves...

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Dominate the Search Engines for the Price of a Happy Meal
Search

Dominate the Search Engines for the Price of a Happy Meal

25y Paul J. Bruemmer

Dominate the Search Engines for the Price of a Hap...

Paul doesn't agree with Commercial Alert's complaint filed recently with the FTC against eight search engines. That complaint drew a parallel between ...

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Scient, iXL to Merge
Media

Scient, iXL to Merge

25y Christopher Saunders

Scient, iXL to Merge

Two troubled interactive shops aim to become a profitable firm, able to compete with big-name offline consultancies. Read More...

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CoolSavings.com Lands Funding
Media

CoolSavings.com Lands Funding

25y Christopher Saunders

CoolSavings.com Lands Funding

The Chicago-based online incentive marketer could nab some much-needed cash, but cedes a chunk of its independence -- and its CEO. Read More...

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Sony, Yahoo! in Marketing Deal
Media

Sony, Yahoo! in Marketing Deal

25y Christopher Saunders

Sony, Yahoo! in Marketing Deal

In an agreement reminiscent of recent AOL efforts, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Web portal will promote Sony's products and films, in return for cross-...

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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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Real Media Founder Debuts Audience Measurement Firm
Media

Real Media Founder Debuts Audience Measurement Firm

25y Christopher Saunders

Real Media Founder Debuts Audience Measurement Fir...

Dave Morgan's "True Audience" startup creates visitor profiles from multiple data channels -- which he says will help publishers boost ad rates. Read ...

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That's Entertainment: Wireless Advertising Is Getting to Be Fun
Media

That's Entertainment: Wireless Advertising Is Getting to Be Fun

25y Nancy Whiteman

That's Entertainment: Wireless Advertising Is Gett...

Wireless advertising will likely be most effective when it's put in the context of something really useful or really fun. So let's take a break from t...

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How About Selling to Your Existing Customer Base?
Email

How About Selling to Your Existing Customer Base?

25y rumo

How About Selling to Your Existing Customer Base?

The true potential of email marketing lies in targeting specific products and services to your existing customer base -- consumers who already know yo...

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Can Companies Turn SMS into Cash?
Media

Can Companies Turn SMS into Cash?

25y Fred Aun

Can Companies Turn SMS into Cash?

Companies have been wondering how to tap into the marketing potential of mobile phones since they fell beneath the size of a brick. With the advent of...

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Online Trading is a Whole New Ballgame
Marketing

Online Trading is a Whole New Ballgame

25y Michael Pastore

Online Trading is a Whole New Ballgame

Far from the days when most anyone could make a buck trading online, a survey of leading full-service and discount online brokerage firms by Deloitte ...

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Discounts, Marketing Practices Working Against E-Tailers
Audience

Discounts, Marketing Practices Working Against E-Tailers

25y Michael Pastore

Discounts, Marketing Practices Working Against E-T...

A survey by Valentine Radford found that online retailers are topping traditional stores in service, but their marketing efforts and practice of provi...

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Square Peg, Round Hole?
Media

Square Peg, Round Hole?

25y Seana Mulcahy

Square Peg, Round Hole?

We eat, sleep, and breathe in a world filled to the brim with news, information, entertainment, and advertising messages streaming through car radios,...

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Wireless: Location Tracking Will Change Everything
Marketing

Wireless: Location Tracking Will Change Everything

25y Eric Picard

Wireless: Location Tracking Will Change Everything

Eric's feeling a little frustrated about the state of wireless when it comes to advertising. The "best" idea he's heard on using the space for marketi...

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Know When to Hold 'Em, and When to Fold 'Em
Marketing

Know When to Hold 'Em, and When to Fold 'Em

25y Chris Yeh

Know When to Hold 'Em, and When to Fold 'Em

A marketer has to have the discipline to know when to quit; to keep going after the point of failure isn't heroic, it's a selfish attempt to avoid adm...

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Speed Tops Cost When U.K. Users Choose ISPs
Audience

Speed Tops Cost When U.K. Users Choose ISPs

25y Michael Pastore

Speed Tops Cost When U.K. Users Choose ISPs

Connection speed/access to the Internet is more important to U.K. Internet users than subscription costs, customer service or even e-mail services, ac...

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