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?
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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?
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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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How to Join the Online Conversation: Part 2
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How to Join the Online Conversation: Part 2

26y Andrea Learned

How to Join the Online Conversation: Part 2

How do you further engage customers in conversations with you and with each other about you? Learn specific areas where conversations can be joined or...

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Faced With Cash Crunch, marchFIRST Aims to Boost Morale
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Faced With Cash Crunch, marchFIRST Aims to Boost Morale

26y Zachary Rodgers

Faced With Cash Crunch, marchFIRST Aims to Boost M...

With warnings that it needs an infusion of $50 million hanging in the air, marchFIRST instituted an employee stock option re-issuance program to keep ...

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Wireless Play Sonata Lays Off One-Third
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Wireless Play Sonata Lays Off One-Third

26y Ryan Naraine

Wireless Play Sonata Lays Off One-Third

Location-based wireless marketing and content play Sonata today confirmed reports that it has cut one-third of its workforce amid a rough season for a...

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AdFlight to Roll Out Enhanced Engine
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AdFlight to Roll Out Enhanced Engine

26y Christopher Saunders

AdFlight to Roll Out Enhanced Engine

The start-up will offer optimizationfeatures to its self-service ad buying and serving system. Read More...

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Who Is Your E-Fluential?
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Who Is Your E-Fluential?

26y Jeffrey Graham

Who Is Your E-Fluential?

Research shows that the behavioral and attitudinal patterns of certain people called "e-fluentials" can influence others on the Internet. Learn more a...

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Commentary: Are Wireless Marketers Pushing Into the Abyss?
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Commentary: Are Wireless Marketers Pushing Into the Abyss?

26y David Haskin

Commentary: Are Wireless Marketers Pushing Into th...

Remember the push technology debacle? Wireless marketers are, in many ways, repeating the errors of long-gone push vendors. And those who ignore histo...

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