Advertising.Com Receives Major Investment
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Advertising.Com Receives Major Investment

26y Josh Schonwald

Advertising.Com Receives Major Investment

A group of big-name investors sinks $57 million into online ad firmAdvertising.com. Read More...

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The Deal with Online Returns
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The Deal with Online Returns

26y Michael Pastore

The Deal with Online Returns

A survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers has found that few shoppers actually return items purchased from online sites, and those that do are not so dissati...

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Wireless Web: Beyond the Hype
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Wireless Web: Beyond the Hype

26y Sean Carton

Wireless Web: Beyond the Hype

If you've read Sean's columns before, you know he's a big booster of the wireless web. A new way of communicating with people any time, anywhere. And ...

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MUYO: The New Beyond the Banner
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MUYO: The New Beyond the Banner

26y Stefanie Nelson

MUYO: The New Beyond the Banner

Beyond the banner has never been exclusive to rich media and interstitials, and yet we often forget that there are other options. Advertisers simply a...

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X.com, Gazooba Team for Viral Marketing Incentives
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X.com, Gazooba Team for Viral Marketing Incentives

26y Pamela Parker

X.com, Gazooba Team for Viral Marketing Incentives

Two firms join forces to reward people for spreading the word. Read More...

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Weighing in on Napster
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Weighing in on Napster

26y Jim Meskauskas

Weighing in on Napster

Jim has a few thoughts about the well-known phenomenon Napster. Everyone and his or her next-door-neighbor's best- friend's veterinarian's hairdresser...

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Free on the Net
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Free on the Net

26y Cliff Allen

Free on the Net

Have you ever wondered if web merchants will continue to give away free and discounted products and services forever? The idea of giving something awa...

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Avenue A Lands Big International Account
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Avenue A Lands Big International Account

26y Pamela Parker

Avenue A Lands Big International Account

Avenue A's recent strategic alliance bears fruit. Read More...

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How To Buy a New Computer
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How To Buy a New Computer

26y Christopher Saunders

How To Buy a New Computer

It could be smarter and safer to buy a computer online, if only to avoid sleazy salespeople wholl sell you something you dont want. You can take your ...

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Time to Get Back to Basics: the New Basics
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Time to Get Back to Basics: the New Basics

26y Kathy Sharpe

Time to Get Back to Basics: the New Basics

The dot-coms are dead men walking. Everybody knows, but can anyone really claim they're surprised? We've all seen the hundreds of companies with busin...

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Industry Reacts to FTC Online Profiling Report
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Industry Reacts to FTC Online Profiling Report

26y Pamela Parker

Industry Reacts to FTC Online Profiling Report

The FTC's recommendations to Congress regarding online profiling areprovoking a mixed reaction. Read More...

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A Start-Up Story
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A Start-Up Story

26y Pamela Parker

A Start-Up Story

How and why FaveMail shifted its strategy. Read More

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Euthanizing Internet Content
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Euthanizing Internet Content

26y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

Euthanizing Internet Content

Internet content gets no respect. "Stale equals fail" has been the mantra of web publishing. We could all do a better job at regularly updating our we...

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The More They Know...
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The More They Know...

26y Trude Diamond

The More They Know...

Did you ever hear the expression "Knowledge is power"? What does this imply for your use of the customer knowledge you gather to make them into better...

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Who's Carrying the 3D Torch?
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Who's Carrying the 3D Torch?

26y Bill McCloskey

Who's Carrying the 3D Torch?

The computer graphics industry's annual Siggraph convention is the leading showcase of the year's best computer animation (particularly 3D animation)....

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Toyota, MindArrow Develop Interactive Brochures
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Toyota, MindArrow Develop Interactive Brochures

26y Pamela Parker

Toyota, MindArrow Develop Interactive Brochures

Multimedia e-mail presentations go out to promote Toyota's new cars. Read More...

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Paying for Personal Data
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Paying for Personal Data

26y Sean Carton

Paying for Personal Data

Most of us don't know it, but the most valuable thing we own is our own information. You know, those vital stats that marketers crave so intently? As ...

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Working Adults Like Online Education
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Working Adults Like Online Education

26y Michael Pastore

Working Adults Like Online Education

A survey of working adults conducted by Opinion Research Corp. revealed that 54 percent believe that college courses offered via the Internet are the ...

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Are Search Engines Here to Stay?
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Are Search Engines Here to Stay?

26y Paul J. Bruemmer

Are Search Engines Here to Stay?

In response to Richard Hoy's take on the viability of search engine marketing, here's a kinder, gentler picture of the industry. Paul explains how rep...

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Bepaid.com Launches Ad Viewing Service
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Bepaid.com Launches Ad Viewing Service

26y Mike Pinzuti

Bepaid.com Launches Ad Viewing Service

Internet users keen on viewing ads get a new way to be rewarded. Read More...

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101 Things to Do With a Dead Dot-Com
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101 Things to Do With a Dead Dot-Com

26y Frank Catalano

101 Things to Do With a Dead Dot-Com

The end has come for many Internet companies, and right on schedule. It's often said nine of ten new businesses fail in the first few years. Why would...

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The Web-to-Print Connection
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The Web-to-Print Connection

26y Cliff Allen

The Web-to-Print Connection

Remember when the word convergence used to mean the combining of television and the web in something like WebTV meets TiVo? While hype about convergen...

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Public Relations Ethics
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Public Relations Ethics

26y Zhenya Gene Senyak

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Public Relations Eth...

We've been talking about positioning and techniques, successful online programs, and busts. But we haven't come close to the dark side of PR. While it...

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You Had Me at Hello
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You Had Me at Hello

26y Kim MacPherson

You Had Me at Hello

How do you greet a first-time subscriber, buyer, or prospect? If you send an email, what do you include to not only inform, but also keep people inter...

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Try Explaining eCRM on an Airplane Banner
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Try Explaining eCRM on an Airplane Banner

26y David Gumpert

Try Explaining eCRM on an Airplane Banner

David was settling back on a low-lying beach chair on Cape Cod when he saw some single-engine planes flying ad banners: a bank, local bands, a job-sea...

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Net Access from Home Offices Soars
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Net Access from Home Offices Soars

26y Michael Pastore

Net Access from Home Offices Soars

Thanks to the Internet, more people have the option of working from home. So it should come as no surprise that the percentage of US home office PC ho...

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Good Morning, Sunshine
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Good Morning, Sunshine

26y Rob McGann

Good Morning, Sunshine

Solar power is no longer the proprietary domain of marooned survivalists, crunchy granola-types, and off-the-gridders. Solar tech got a huge bounce fr...

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Antidote for E-Commerce Mafiosos
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Antidote for E-Commerce Mafiosos

26y Richard Hoy

Antidote for E-Commerce Mafiosos

Merchant account providers have to be the Mafiosos of the e-commerce world. They shake small businesses down as much as possible, use antiquated techn...

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