Looksmart Signs 3-Year Sponsor Deal With PBS
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Looksmart Signs 3-Year Sponsor Deal With PBS

27y Beth Cox

Looksmart Signs 3-Year Sponsor Deal With PBS

Search site and directory operation LookSmart signed a deal to underwritefive PBS TV programs for three years each, including"Sesame Street" and the "...

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Computer Equipment And Books Lead
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Computer Equipment And Books Lead

27y Jeff Moore

Computer Equipment And Books Lead

Computer equipment and books are the heaviest advertisers on the Internet. The top three are Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Microsoft. Web advertising is...

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Royal Remuneration
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Royal Remuneration

27y Dana Blankenhorn

Royal Remuneration

In the real world, talent is usually paid by the hour or by the piece. A fixed price is set for each unit or hour of labor, and if the business does w...

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What's The Buzz?
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What's The Buzz?

27y John Day

What's The Buzz?

ClickZ Forum members learned more about making web brands successful: good navigation, right tone of voice, consistent messages, and offline media int...

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Done - But Not Finished
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Done - But Not Finished

27y Janet Ryan and Nancy Whiteman

Done - But Not Finished

If you've worked through your ad sales channel decision with help from Janet and Kathy over the past weeks, you should be breathing a sigh of relief, ...

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Online Mortgage Market Looking Flat
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Online Mortgage Market Looking Flat

27y Michael Pastore

Online Mortgage Market Looking Flat

The percentage of Americans who would turn to the Internet as a channel for financing or refinancing a home has stayed remarkably flat since 1996, acc...

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Digital Impact Raises $10 Million
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Digital Impact Raises $10 Million

27y Beth Cox

Digital Impact Raises $10 Million

E-mail marketing company Digital Impact raised $10.6 millionin its latest round of financing, including participation from past investorsInstitutional...

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Home Offices Will Help New Telecom Technologies Grow
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Home Offices Will Help New Telecom Technologies Grow

27y Michael Pastore

Home Offices Will Help New Telecom Technologies Gr...

Work-at-home and online households will fuel the growth of emerging broadband services and home networking solutions, according to a report by IDC. Re...

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NetCreations Inc Files for IPO
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NetCreations Inc Files for IPO

27y Beth Cox

NetCreations Inc Files for IPO

Opt-in e-mail marketing firm NetCreations Inc. filed to raise asmuch as $57.5million in an initial public offering. Read More...

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Promoting The Upside of Aging
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Promoting The Upside of Aging

27y Candace Corlett

Promoting The Upside of Aging

We learned in Part 1 that the baby boomers and over-50 population of women are prime Internet marketing targets. This week, Corlett tells us how to ge...

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Cache Only, Please
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Cache Only, Please

27y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

Cache Only, Please

As Internet traffic and higher-bandwidth content growexponentially, content providers are looking to distributed caching solutions to manage aggregate...

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Between A Rock And A Hard Place
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Between A Rock And A Hard Place

27y Tom Hespos

Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Online advertising is at a critical point. Banner ad effectiveness is at an all-time low. New online marketers experience poor ROI. We need to educate...

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999software.com Launches Campaign With emaildirect
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999software.com Launches Campaign With emaildirect

27y Beth Cox

999software.com Launches Campaign With emaildirect

Discount software store 999software.com Inc. launched a campaignvia emaildirect Inc.'s Value-mail opt-inservice. Read More...

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Free ISPs Causing Subscriptions to Stall in UK
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Free ISPs Causing Subscriptions to Stall in UK

27y Michael Pastore

Free ISPs Causing Subscriptions to Stall in UK

The advent of subscription-free ISPs such as Freeserve has helped slash the growth rate of subscription-based ISPs in Europe from more than 80 percent...

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Grey Advertising Inc. Acquires Beyond Interactive
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Grey Advertising Inc. Acquires Beyond Interactive

27y Beth Cox

Grey Advertising Inc. Acquires Beyond Interactive

Adding another interactive agency to its stable, Grey Advertising Inc. has acquired Beyond Interactive, a full-service online advertising agency. Read...

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A Reality Check for Permission Marketing
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A Reality Check for Permission Marketing

27y Beth Cox

A Reality Check for Permission Marketing

Permission marketers need to remember that a consumer opt-in once isn'texactly a lifetime commitment, says a recent article on ClickZ. Read More...

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More Companies Outsourcing Web Hosting
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More Companies Outsourcing Web Hosting

27y Michael Pastore

More Companies Outsourcing Web Hosting

More companies are outsourcing their Web hosting needs, according to a report by TeleChoice, but the overall satisfaction levels with hosting provider...

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Permission Fades
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Permission Fades

27y Nick Usborne

Permission Fades

Permission marketing is all the rage. It's so cool almost everyone is practicing it. But a lot of people forget how it works. Permission granted once ...

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Escaping the Cult of Click-Through
Marketing

Escaping the Cult of Click-Through

27y Jeffrey Graham

Escaping the Cult of Click-Through

High click-through rates. Clients demand it, media planners live for it, media sites promise it, ad servers measure it. It is, more often than not, th...

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SF Interactive Named Interactive AOR for RemarQ
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SF Interactive Named Interactive AOR for RemarQ

27y Beth Cox

SF Interactive Named Interactive AOR for RemarQ

SF Interactive has been chosen as theinteractive agency of record for RemarQ Communities Inc., a provider of Internetdiscussion services to ISPs and W...

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Penn Media Passes 5 Million Subscribers
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Penn Media Passes 5 Million Subscribers

27y Beth Cox

Penn Media Passes 5 Million Subscribers

E-mail newsletter advertising network PennMedia.com has surpassed 5million opt-in e-mail subscribers after seven months of operation. Read More...

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E-Commerce Hurting the Little Guy
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E-Commerce Hurting the Little Guy

27y Michael Pastore

E-Commerce Hurting the Little Guy

Despite its promise of leveling the playing field and helping the little guy compete, a report by Forrester Research found the Internet is instead con...

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Don't Be A Weasel
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Don't Be A Weasel

27y Nick Usborne

Don't Be A Weasel

A couple of weeks back, Nick expressed his fears about a deluge of offline direct marketers hitting the online world all at the same time. That is, if...

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Austria, Italy Outlaw Spam
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Austria, Italy Outlaw Spam

27y Beth Cox

Austria, Italy Outlaw Spam

The Austrian parliament has passed an amendment to the telecommunications lawthat makes it illegal to send bulk/broadcast or advertising e-mail withou...

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Online Software Sales Grow with Internet
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Online Software Sales Grow with Internet

27y Michael Pastore

Online Software Sales Grow with Internet

Software has always been one of the stronger markets for Internet sales, and a report by IDC found that trend will continue, as the electronic softwar...

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imandi.com Launches First Online Ad Campaign
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imandi.com Launches First Online Ad Campaign

27y Beth Cox

imandi.com Launches First Online Ad Campaign

imandi.com, a consumer infomediary site, haslaunched its first online advertising campaign with help from Seattle-based Adhesive Media. Read More...

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Texas Newspaper Picks USA.NET for Classified Ad E-Mail
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Texas Newspaper Picks USA.NET for Classified Ad E-Mail

27y Beth Cox

Texas Newspaper Picks USA.NET for Classified Ad E-...

USA.NET, a provider of e-mail and advancedmessaging services, has been selected to provide its classified advertisinge-mail service, USA.NET Ad Mail, ...

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Internet Making Life Easier for Business People
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Internet Making Life Easier for Business People

27y Michael Pastore

Internet Making Life Easier for Business People

American businesses are rapidly embracing the Internet as a tool to facilitate communication, collaborate with others, and improve productivity, accor...

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