24/7 Media Expands Wireless Messaging Capabilities
Media

24/7 Media Expands Wireless Messaging Capabilities

26y Christopher Saunders

24/7 Media Expands Wireless Messaging Capabilities

The company will offer Alerts.com's multi-platform opt-in messaging to its clients as a CRM tool. Read More...

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PR Agencies: Join the Viral Messaging Business
Marketing

PR Agencies: Join the Viral Messaging Business

26y Michael Grover

PR Agencies: Join the Viral Messaging Business

If you're in PR and you think you're in the "contacting editors" business (a.k.a. getting ink), then you're doomed. The future of PR lies in the "vira...

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Are Keywords Still Key?
Media

Are Keywords Still Key?

26y Jim Meskauskas

Are Keywords Still Key?

Search engine keywords are now getting one percent CTR. In a world of ever-decreasing response rates, does this level of performance justify the rates...

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Segmenting Your Product and Market
Marketing

Segmenting Your Product and Market

26y Laurel Delaney

Segmenting Your Product and Market

You've identified a product you'd like to sell overseas. Now you've got to do the research. Who are your likely customers? How can you reach them? Wha...

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24/7 Media Pegs Q4 Charges at $150 Million
Media

24/7 Media Pegs Q4 Charges at $150 Million

26y Ryan Naraine

24/7 Media Pegs Q4 Charges at $150 Million

Despite 4Q charges, 24/7 Media says it will meet its own earnings estimates. Read More...

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TheDial Tracks, Verifies Streaming Ads
Media

TheDial Tracks, Verifies Streaming Ads

26y John Townley

TheDial Tracks, Verifies Streaming Ads

Content player TheDial aims to spur adoption of streaming ads, by creating technology to measure them. Read More...

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FreeRide.com Slashes Staff, Spins Off New Company
Media

FreeRide.com Slashes Staff, Spins Off New Company

26y Pamela Parker

FreeRide.com Slashes Staff, Spins Off New Company

The loyalty marketing firm hopes two separate companies will each have stronger focus. Read More...

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Mobile Marketing: New Era, New Questions
Marketing

Mobile Marketing: New Era, New Questions

26y Jeffrey Graham

Mobile Marketing: New Era, New Questions

Nobody knows yet what marketing on devices like Palms or cell phones will look like. Many rules of e-marketing might not apply because a handheld is m...

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Words: The Last, Best Way to Differentiate Yourself Online
Marketing

Words: The Last, Best Way to Differentiate Yourself Online

26y Nick Usborne

Words: The Last, Best Way to Differentiate Yoursel...

While everyone is so busy mortgaging their futures to raise the cash to buy the technology to look the same, nobody is investing in the words that wil...

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Give WAP a Chance
Media

Give WAP a Chance

26y Nick Mayhew and Mark Smith

Give WAP a Chance

WAP hasn't really lived up to everyone in the industry's expectations. However, there are some types of WAP services and sites that are genuinely usef...

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Excite@Home's MatchLogic Forges Alliance with Dynamics Direct
Media

Excite@Home's MatchLogic Forges Alliance with Dynamics Direct

26y Pamela Parker

Excite@Home's MatchLogic Forges Alliance with Dyna...

MatchLogic's database marketing division will give a boost to the rich media e-mail start-up. Read More...

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What Tool to Choose?
Marketing

What Tool to Choose?

26y Tom Kuegler

What Tool to Choose?

There are about a million types of toolsfor establishing the all-powerful opt-in email list, but breaking down the options into three price categories...

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Working With E-Builders
Marketing

Working With E-Builders

26y Colin Strasser

Working With E-Builders

It's been a tough couple of months for big web service firms, but following some hiring guidelines can help you avoid being affected by the troubles. ...

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The Best Is Yet to Come
Marketing

The Best Is Yet to Come

26y Joel Gehman

The Best Is Yet to Come

While a few dot-coms are closing up shop, affiliate marketing looks to be well established among the Top 100 web sites. Take a look at how the web's t...

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A Day in the Life of a Good Media Planner
Media

A Day in the Life of a Good Media Planner

26y Tig Tillinghast

A Day in the Life of a Good Media Planner

How does a good media planner spend her day? To find out, one has to go into the field and observe the planner in her natural habitat. This week's foc...

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Electronic Procurement Not Catching on with Fortune 500
Marketing

Electronic Procurement Not Catching on with Fortune 500

26y Michael Pastore

Electronic Procurement Not Catching on with Fortun...

Less than one-third of Fortune 500 businesses order strategic goods from online suppliers, according to a study by Hurwitz Group, which also found tha...

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ACTV Inks Deals with SeaChange, Microsoft, Qpass
Media

ACTV Inks Deals with SeaChange, Microsoft, Qpass

26y Christopher Saunders

ACTV Inks Deals with SeaChange, Microsoft, Qpass

A player in the interactive TV advertising space gained some sizableground this week, solidifying deals with several major firms. Read More...

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Snowball.com Finds That Sometimes Less ISNT More
Email

Snowball.com Finds That Sometimes Less ISNT More

26y Heidi Anderson

Snowball.com Finds That Sometimes Less ISNT More

If you publish an email newsletter, you know the conventional wisdom about delivery: Once a week is the maximum an audience can handle. But sometimes ...

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How to Deal With Underdelivery
Media

How to Deal With Underdelivery

26y Tom Hespos

How to Deal With Underdelivery

Many agency media planners face the problem of underdelivery. Publishers overpromise on volumes, traffic stats aren't valid predictors, and it's not a...

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Switchboard Launches Self-Service Ad Program
Media

Switchboard Launches Self-Service Ad Program

26y Christopher Saunders

Switchboard Launches Self-Service Ad Program

CBS Switchboard.com joins the growing number of firms launchingautomated ad creation and sales program. Read More...

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The Revenge of the Brick-and-Mortar Middlemen
Marketing

The Revenge of the Brick-and-Mortar Middlemen

26y David Gumpert

The Revenge of the Brick-and-Mortar Middlemen

Even though the Internet businesses promised lower-cost sales than through conventional means, the brick-and- mortars are increasingly discovering tha...

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Information Overload: Challenge of the Future
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Information Overload: Challenge of the Future

26y Gerry McGovern

Information Overload: Challenge of the Future

What are the challenges of an information society? Technology companies say it's all about bandwidth, fast computers, and cheap Internet access. But t...

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WAP: It's Just Not There Yet
Data insights

WAP: It's Just Not There Yet

26y Michael Pastore

WAP: It's Just Not There Yet

A field study of WAP users in the UK by the Nielsen Norman Group found that wireless Internet access has a long way to go before the general public co...

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.Com: The World's Most Expensive Address
Marketing

.Com: The World's Most Expensive Address

26y Martin Lindstrom

.Com: The World's Most Expensive Address

We've got seven new family members to supplement ".com" domain names. So the problem's solved, right? Think again. These new address structures are li...

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Tactics for Structuring an Effective Email Offer
Email

Tactics for Structuring an Effective Email Offer

26y Larry Roth

Tactics for Structuring an Effective Email Offer

In the early days of email, you might have been successful with just a hard offer, but it's not today's popular type of email offer. To build a prospe...

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A Rich Media Great Comes Through
Media

A Rich Media Great Comes Through

26y Bill McCloskey

A Rich Media Great Comes Through

You ever see "The Natural"? After some tough times, the good guy comes through with a homerun that knocks out the stadium lights. Such is the tale of ...

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The Economics of Online Media Pricing
Media

The Economics of Online Media Pricing

26y Adam Posman

The Economics of Online Media Pricing

In the offline world, audience demographics drive media-buying decisions. But online, pricing usually trumps other considerations. What gives? Simple:...

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Holiday 2000 E-Marketing Insights
Media

Holiday 2000 E-Marketing Insights

26y Paul Santello

Holiday 2000 E-Marketing Insights

Forrester predicts $10.7 billion in holiday 2000 online sales in the United States; $19.5 billion worldwide. Here are some insights based on a study b...

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