Sears, AOL Aim to Boost Signups, Card Use With Promotions
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Sears, AOL Aim to Boost Signups, Card Use With Promotions

26y Christopher Saunders

Sears, AOL Aim to Boost Signups, Card Use With Pro...

Making good on an earlier strategic agreement, the pair aims to promote AOL membershipgift-giving during the holidays with a sweepstakes and incentive...

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marchFIRST Cuts Earnings Forecasts, Will Focus on Marketing, Consulting Business
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marchFIRST Cuts Earnings Forecasts, Will Focus on Marketing, Consulting Bus...

26y Christopher Saunders

marchFIRST Cuts Earnings Forecasts, Will Focus on ...

The company said it will revamp its service offerings after admitting that it will likely post a sizable loss in fourth quarter and 2001. Read More...

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Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners Spins Off Interactive Agency
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Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners Spins Off Interactive Agency

26y Pamela Parker

Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners Spins Off Interactive ...

The traditional agency combines its direct marketing and interactive units into a new entity. Read More...

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WAP, There It Is
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WAP, There It Is

26y Susan Solomon

WAP, There It Is

Some admittedly tongue-in-cheek ideas for pushing content to an unsuspecting mobile world, should you opt for the world of wireless. Read More...

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Avenue A Fires Back at Class Action Suit
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Avenue A Fires Back at Class Action Suit

26y Christopher Saunders

Avenue A Fires Back at Class Action Suit

The company criticized "erroneous" assertions in a privacy lawsuit filed against it -- the second such action targeting an online ad firm in a week. R...

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MyPoints.com Debuts Webcertificates
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MyPoints.com Debuts Webcertificates

26y Christopher Saunders

MyPoints.com Debuts Webcertificates

The loyalty marketer will promote a gift certificate that can be used on- and offline. Read More...

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In Choosing a Partner, Commitment Is Key
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In Choosing a Partner, Commitment Is Key

26y Janet Ryan and Nancy Whiteman

In Choosing a Partner, Commitment Is Key

Are you willing to commit to the right partner? No, Nancy and Janet are not dispensing advice to the lovelorn. They're talking about choosing the righ...

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Aptimus To Acquire XMarkstheSpot
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Aptimus To Acquire XMarkstheSpot

26y Christopher Saunders

Aptimus To Acquire XMarkstheSpot

The online direct marketer said the deal will boost the technology that it uses in its coupon- and reward-serving network. Read More...

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Phase2Media Taps ClickAction for E-mail
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Phase2Media Taps ClickAction for E-mail

26y Christopher Saunders

Phase2Media Taps ClickAction for E-mail

Ad rep firm Phase2Media will offer e-mail marketing products through a deal with the Palo Alto-based firm. Read More...

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How Do You Measure Success?
Email

How Do You Measure Success?

26y Kim MacPherson

How Do You Measure Success?

Is 10 percent click-through from a large email promotion cause for celebration? Maybe not. Kim tells you why it’s important to define your campaign bo...

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Five Important B2B Marketing Concepts for 2001
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Five Important B2B Marketing Concepts for 2001

26y Philip Say

Five Important B2B Marketing Concepts for 2001

With 2001 holding the potential for great advances in e-business, five concepts are important for B2B marketers to consider in the year to come. Read ...

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The Gift of Access
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The Gift of Access

26y Anne Mitchell

The Gift of Access

Want some terrific gift ideas for this holiday season? Here's some recommendations for email and Internet appliances with minimum expense or hassle fo...

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Email Marketing: What Every PR Pro Needs to Know
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Email Marketing: What Every PR Pro Needs to Know

26y Len Stein

Email Marketing: What Every PR Pro Needs to Know

To make it easier for journalists to write about your company or client, PR pros need only follow some key marketing directives to maximize their emai...

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Voted off the Dot-Com Island
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Voted off the Dot-Com Island

26y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

Voted off the Dot-Com Island

Many of this year's dot-com failures were predictable. Since there's more to be learned from failure than from success, here are some lessons from the...

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What Do Publishers Really Sell?
Marketing

What Do Publishers Really Sell?

26y Andy Bourland

What Do Publishers Really Sell?

There is no single factor more important to a site publisher than audience. Andy tells you how to determine which audiences to pursue a relationship w...

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Affiliate Marketing Is Alive and Very Well
Marketing

Affiliate Marketing Is Alive and Very Well

26y Shawn Collins

Affiliate Marketing Is Alive and Very Well

With the closure of several big-name companies has come the closure of several big-name affiliate programs. But don't think the sky is falling on affi...

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Level It Ain't
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Level It Ain't

26y Richard Hoy

Level It Ain't

So the Internet levels the playing field for small businesses, right? Sounds good -- until you consider that successful selling online is tightly tied...

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Feeling Down? Cheer Up, and Pass the Gravy
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Feeling Down? Cheer Up, and Pass the Gravy

26y Dana Blankenhorn

Feeling Down? Cheer Up, and Pass the Gravy

As you sit down to turkey this afternoon, you may not feel there's much to be thankful for. Last year, you felt rich and did work you loved. Now maybe...

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Training the Turkeys
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Training the Turkeys

26y Trude Diamond

Training the Turkeys

Thanksgiving Day, and you're reading work-related stuff. Today is the day for stuffing, not stuff. But since you're here, let's talk turkey. Sometimes...

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Good CRM: The Ticket You're Looking For?
Email

Good CRM: The Ticket You're Looking For?

26y Heidi Anderson

Good CRM: The Ticket You're Looking For?

What's the buzzword du jour? "e-CRM" -- you hear it everywhere. So let's take a look at how Ticketmaster.com turned savvy customer relationship manage...

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Riding out the Crunch
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Riding out the Crunch

26y Tom Hespos

Riding out the Crunch

Internet advertising shakeout? No doubt about it. Tom tells media planners how to minimize risk and make smart business decisions in hard times. Read ...

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PennMedia to Spin Off Research Company
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PennMedia to Spin Off Research Company

26y Christopher Saunders

PennMedia to Spin Off Research Company

E-mail newsletter ad network PennMedia joined the many ad-supported plays moving into the research biz. Read More...

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Content Strategies for Top Search Engine Rankings
Search

Content Strategies for Top Search Engine Rankings

26y Paul J. Bruemmer

Content Strategies for Top Search Engine Rankings

If you're able to capture good-quality, targeted search engine traffic, you're well on your way to reaching your branding and other marketing objectiv...

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MatchLogic Faces Privacy Suit
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MatchLogic Faces Privacy Suit

26y Christopher Saunders

MatchLogic Faces Privacy Suit

Excite@Home's online ad network and technology unit comes under class-action scrutiny for its cookie practices. Read More...

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Six Million Consumers Go Broadband in 2000
Data insights

Six Million Consumers Go Broadband in 2000

26y Michael Pastore

Six Million Consumers Go Broadband in 2000

Experts from Cahners In-Stat and Dataquest agree that cable modems and DSL will drive high-speed Internet market in the US, but the reasons they give ...

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Search Results: More Valuable Than Ad Placements?
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Search Results: More Valuable Than Ad Placements?

26y Adam Posman

Search Results: More Valuable Than Ad Placements?

As unglamorous as search traffic may be from a creative perspective, paid links (especially performance based) continue to offer more options to adver...

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How to Measure the Effectiveness of Email Newsletter Ads
Marketing

How to Measure the Effectiveness of Email Newsletter Ads

26y Cliff Allen

How to Measure the Effectiveness of Email Newslett...

Direct marketers in any medium want to test ad variables. Call it a primal urge to isolate and measure. But for too long, the email newsletter environ...

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Digitalroot Scores Distribution Deal
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Digitalroot Scores Distribution Deal

26y Christopher Saunders

Digitalroot Scores Distribution Deal

The company lands an additional sales channel for its automated,aggregated buying service. Read More...

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