Surviving Online Consolidation
Marketing

Surviving Online Consolidation

27y Todd Copilevitz

Surviving Online Consolidation

The online world lives and dies by mergers and acquisitions. Every time someone finds a niche, others race to expand the market. That leads to fragmen...

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Profiling Vs. Privacy
Marketing

Profiling Vs. Privacy

27y Cliff Allen

Profiling Vs. Privacy

The increased use of profiles to target web and e-mail audiences brings with it a growing concern over consumer privacy. Unfortunately, we've seen rec...

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The Network Buy
Media

The Network Buy

27y Jim Meskauskas

The Network Buy

Teddy Roosevelt once said, "Speak softly, but carry a big stick." That is what a network buy has at the core of its proposition. An aggregate of small...

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AdValue Launches in UK
Media

AdValue Launches in UK

27y Beth Cox

AdValue Launches in UK

Online media planning agency AdValue launched in theUK, offering "sophisticated online targeting and tracking software" for theEuropean market. Read M...

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Final Warning
Media

Final Warning

27y Dana Blankenhorn

Final Warning

Rich LeFurgy knows more than most of the people in the online ad space have forgotten. He helped found both the Internet Advertising Bureau and the P&...

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Launching An Email Component
Email

Launching An Email Component

27y Kim MacPherson

Launching An Email Component

Imagine that you’re at your favorite online cheesecake store. You find what you’re looking for, add it to your shopping cart and click "buy." As you f...

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NetCreations Raises $42.9 Million in IPO
Media

NetCreations Raises $42.9 Million in IPO

27y Beth Cox

NetCreations Raises $42.9 Million in IPO

Opt-in e-mail marketing company NetCreations Inc. (NTCR) raised $42.9million in an initial public offering of 3.3 million shares. Read More...

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Toppling The PR Paradigm
Marketing

Toppling The PR Paradigm

27y Len Stein

Toppling The PR Paradigm

As push comes to shove over the next few Internet years (read: six months), "mail it and editors will read," the paradigm of 20th century public relat...

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New Report Makes a Case for Interstitial Advertising
Media

New Report Makes a Case for Interstitial Advertising

27y Beth Cox

New Report Makes a Case for Interstitial Advertisi...

Digitrends.net released the secondedition of its Interstitial Advertising Report, calling it an "in-depth lookat controversial, yet highly effective i...

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Netmarket Group Launches $15 Million Campaign
Media

Netmarket Group Launches $15 Million Campaign

27y Beth Cox

Netmarket Group Launches $15 Million Campaign

Netmarket Group Inc. launcheda $15 million fourth quarter ad campaign to promote two of its onlineconsumer commerce properties -- and Hagglezone.com. ...

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Internet CEOs Getting Modest Compensation
Audience

Internet CEOs Getting Modest Compensation

27y Michael Pastore

Internet CEOs Getting Modest Compensation

The average total direct compensation for a chief executive officer at a publicly traded Internet company is a relatively modest $1.74 million, accord...

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First Two Of Six For Christmas
Media

First Two Of Six For Christmas

27y Nick Usborne

First Two Of Six For Christmas

The Christmas selling season is upon us, and Nick doesn't know whether to smile or run for the hills. While considering his options, he decided to wri...

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24/7 Media Loss Rises on Higher Revenues
Media

24/7 Media Loss Rises on Higher Revenues

27y Beth Cox

24/7 Media Loss Rises on Higher Revenues

Ad network 24/7 Media Inc. posted a net loss for thethird quarter of $11.7 million, or $0.55 per share, compared to a net lossattributable to common s...

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WorldBestBuy.com Plans Banner, NASCAR Campaign
Media

WorldBestBuy.com Plans Banner, NASCAR Campaign

27y Beth Cox

WorldBestBuy.com Plans Banner, NASCAR Campaign

International Brands Inc., operator of WorldBestBuy.com, said it is about tolaunch the online mall with a banner campaign on Yahoo! and another 3,500 ...

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Organic Will Open Asia-Pacific Office
Media

Organic Will Open Asia-Pacific Office

27y Beth Cox

Organic Will Open Asia-Pacific Office

Interactive agency and site development firm Organic Inc. said it will open an officein Singapore to serve the Asia Pacific region. Read More...

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The DMA Is Clueless
Media

The DMA Is Clueless

27y Dana Blankenhorn

The DMA Is Clueless

The Direct Marketing Association has never understood the spam issue. It's not their position that rankles, but the thinking behind it. The DMA is thi...

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Profiling Firms Defend Themselves
Media

Profiling Firms Defend Themselves

27y Beth Cox

Profiling Firms Defend Themselves

As the heat appears to be intensifying over the practice of collectingconsumer data from Web users, the industry launched its own plan to allowsurfers...

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Consumers Will Provide Information for Personalization
Ad Industry Metrics

Consumers Will Provide Information for Personalization

27y Michael Pastore

Consumers Will Provide Information for Personaliza...

Surveys by Privacy & American Business , IBM, and @plan found that consumers will give up information for personalization, companies must take car...

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TargitMail, Intline Offer Audio/Video to E-Mail Advertisers
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TargitMail, Intline Offer Audio/Video to E-Mail Advertisers

27y John Townley

TargitMail, Intline Offer Audio/Video to E-Mail Ad...

GTMI, LLC, parent-company for TargitMail.com, and Intline.com, this weekannounced an agreement that would provide fully compatible streamingaudio/vide...

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Personalization and Privacy... Beware the Dark Side
Media

Personalization and Privacy... Beware the Dark Side

27y Bruce Kasanoff

Personalization and Privacy... Beware the Dark Sid...

Which is it? Personalization is good, giving each customer the individualized treatment they deserve. Personalization is bad, infringing on our privac...

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Online Holiday Shoppers to Triple
Audience

Online Holiday Shoppers to Triple

27y Michael Pastore

Online Holiday Shoppers to Triple

Ernst & Young predicts another strong holiday season for online retailers, and why not? PC Data says the rush has already begun, as evidenced by its l...

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ExcessVoice.com
Email

ExcessVoice.com

27y Nick Usborne

ExcessVoice.com

Our lives are drowning in the excess voice of others. TV, radio, billboards, catalogues and, of course, that most excessive of all voice-generators th...

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ICQ Signs With NetCreations
Media

ICQ Signs With NetCreations

27y Beth Cox

ICQ Signs With NetCreations

Opt-in email marketing company NetCreations Inc. signed an exclusivetwo-year agreement with ICQ Inc. to build opt-in e-mail address lists ofinterested...

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It IS Rocket Science
Email

It IS Rocket Science

27y Kim MacPherson

It IS Rocket Science

It’s no wonder that email marketing is such a hot topic these days: When properly planned and targeted, email is the most effective direct response to...

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DMA Calls for Data Collection Disclosure
Media

DMA Calls for Data Collection Disclosure

27y Beth Cox

DMA Calls for Data Collection Disclosure

The Direct Marketing Association isrecommending that online companies notify visitors to their Web sitesof third-party ad servers that collect informa...

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Netpulse Chooses Sabela Media
Media

Netpulse Chooses Sabela Media

27y Beth Cox

Netpulse Chooses Sabela Media

Sabela Media signed a deal with health andfitness network Netpulse Communications Inc. to serve,track and analyze advertising campaignsSabela's techno...

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Talk To Me
Media

Talk To Me

27y Nick Usborne

Talk To Me

If you don't send out an email newsletter from your site, you should. A web site resides at 'your place' -- and is seen only if and when customers and...

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The Intimate Brand
Marketing

The Intimate Brand

27y Martin Lindstrom

The Intimate Brand

The Internet has become much more than search engines and bookstores like Yahoo! and Amazon.com. A range of new online dating sites have appeared in t...

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