It’s All About Targeting
Analytics

It’s All About Targeting

26y Jeff Moore

It’s All About Targeting

The predominant reason people click on ads is interest in the product advertised. Sure, sweepstakes, curiosity-makers, and entertaining ads all have t...

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Network Update
Media

Network Update

26y Jim Meskauskas

Network Update

We've covered the advantages of a network buy before: a wide variety of sites from a vast array of categories, giving unduplicated reach in one stop. ...

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What Do Marketers Really Care About?
Media

What Do Marketers Really Care About?

26y Janet Ryan and Nancy Whiteman

What Do Marketers Really Care About?

What do advertising buyers really care about? While every company has distinct and individual marketing goals, there are a few major categories that m...

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Who Can You Trust on the Internet?
Marketing

Who Can You Trust on the Internet?

26y Martin Lindstrom

Who Can You Trust on the Internet?

Real-world brands versus online-only brands: Which do you think consumers generally have more trust in? One of the problems the Internet world faces t...

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Online Entertainment Industry Poised for Growth
Audience

Online Entertainment Industry Poised for Growth

26y Michael Pastore

Online Entertainment Industry Poised for Growth

Mainstream entertainment with content specifically designed for the Internet will proliferate substantially in the next year, according to Gemini Cons...

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Asset Accumulation, Protection Industries Feeling Net's Impact
Marketing

Asset Accumulation, Protection Industries Feeling Net's Impact

26y Michael Pastore

Asset Accumulation, Protection Industries Feeling ...

Financialservices companies around the world expect the impact of the Internet on the asset accumulation and wealth protection market to accelerate dr...

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Going for the Gusto: Making the Long-Term Buy
Media

Going for the Gusto: Making the Long-Term Buy

26y Jim Meskauskas

Going for the Gusto: Making the Long-Term Buy

For the last few years most online advertising has been either branding or direct response with one thing remaining constant: testing. Because of surp...

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Click2Learn.com Selects WiredEmpire For E-Mail Marketing
Media

Click2Learn.com Selects WiredEmpire For E-Mail Marketing

26y Pamela Parker

Click2Learn.com Selects WiredEmpire For E-Mail Mar...

Click2Learn.com, a provider ofelectronic training technology, on Friday tapped WiredEmpire, a subsidiary of Marketing Services Group, Inc., to handle ...

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Whom, Exactly, Do You Work For?
Media

Whom, Exactly, Do You Work For?

26y Sandeep Krishnamurthy

Whom, Exactly, Do You Work For?

Consumers are interested in minimizing clutter and maximizing incentive, whereas advertisers want to show their ads to as many people in their target ...

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Do They Call It Rich Media Because It Costs So Much?
Media

Do They Call It Rich Media Because It Costs So Much?

26y Jim Meskauskas

Do They Call It Rich Media Because It Costs So Muc...

In the beginning there was the word, and the word was called hypertext, and the word was good enough for those who used the web. But as time went on, ...

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What Is ISP Shakeout?
Media

What Is ISP Shakeout?

26y Dana Blankenhorn

What Is ISP Shakeout?

Ever since the web was spun, in the mid-1990s, analysts have been shocked - SHOCKED! - at the continuing presence of what they derisively call "mom-an...

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Search Engine Keyword Buys Are Essential Campaign Element
Media

Search Engine Keyword Buys Are Essential Campaign Element

26y Pamela Parker

Search Engine Keyword Buys Are Essential Campaign ...

If you're putting together an online advertising campaign, you'd better bebuying keywords on search engines. Read More...

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Don’t Forget to Ask Your Customers
Marketing

Don’t Forget to Ask Your Customers

26y Todd Copilevitz

Don’t Forget to Ask Your Customers

Companies spend a lot of time, energy and money trying to get inside their customers' heads. It starts with a simple question, evolves into a complex ...

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To Protect and Serve: Buying and the Third-Party Ad Server
Media

To Protect and Serve: Buying and the Third-Party Ad Server

26y Jim Meskauskas

To Protect and Serve: Buying and the Third-Party A...

Most web sites use their own proprietary ad-serving technology and software for managing campaign data. They all record data differently and report it...

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Selling the Whole Story
Media

Selling the Whole Story

26y Janet Ryan and Nancy Whiteman

Selling the Whole Story

Interactive sales reps deal exclusively with the interactive media planners and buyers who allocate the interactive budget. These folks never think ab...

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Japanese Internet Use Statistics
Audience

Japanese Internet Use Statistics

26y Michael Pastore

Japanese Internet Use Statistics

Nielsen//NetRatings has released its first audience measurement numbers for Japan. The top Web properties, advertisers, and the average Internet use s...

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FreeShop.com Taps Promotions.com to Drive Traffic
Media

FreeShop.com Taps Promotions.com to Drive Traffic

26y Pamela Parker

FreeShop.com Taps Promotions.com to Drive Traffic

Online direct marketer FreeShop.com Friday struck a one-year, seven-figure deal with Promotions.com, thatwill bring FreeShop.com's free and trial offe...

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24/7 Media Acquires Exactis.com for $490 Million
Media

24/7 Media Acquires Exactis.com for $490 Million

26y Pamela Parker

24/7 Media Acquires Exactis.com for $490 Million

Ad firm 24/7 Media Tuesday bought e-mail marketer Exactis.comin a stock swap valued at $490 million, further bulking up 24/7 for itscompetition with D...

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Every Dot-Com Needs a PR Firm: Have You Got the Nerve?
Marketing

Every Dot-Com Needs a PR Firm: Have You Got the Nerve?

26y Len Stein

Every Dot-Com Needs a PR Firm: Have You Got the Ne...

A recent ezine headline, "Nerve Creates Internal PR Firm," brought crashing home the impact of the dot-com revolution on the public relations business...

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WWW Smackdown: Political Primaries Online, Part 2
Marketing

WWW Smackdown: Political Primaries Online, Part 2

26y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

WWW Smackdown: Political Primaries Online, Part 2

Candidates for U.S. President have taken their campaigns to the Internet like never before. From online fundraising to schmoozing with the digerati (a...

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Dressed for Success - Using the Right Metrics
Media

Dressed for Success - Using the Right Metrics

26y Jim Meskauskas

Dressed for Success - Using the Right Metrics

There are many considerations when either projecting or analyzing the back end of your online ad campaign. Some of Jim's recent campaigns used the fol...

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Lack of Unmetered Internet Access Harming UK
Audience

Lack of Unmetered Internet Access Harming UK

26y Michael Pastore

Lack of Unmetered Internet Access Harming UK

The absence of widespread US-style unmetered access is dramatically slowing the growth of the UK Internet economy, according to a survey by Durlacher....

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Introducing... Site Publishing
Media

Introducing... Site Publishing

26y Ann Handley

Introducing... Site Publishing

With Valentine's Day this week, Ann talks about something near and dear to her heart: site publishing. Pity the much-maligned site publishers. They ha...

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Search Engine Targeting
Marketing

Search Engine Targeting

26y Cliff Allen

Search Engine Targeting

Web marketers have a love/hate relationship with search engines. Those with high rankings and lots of traffic just love 'em. But for most sites, the c...

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An Online Measurement Success Story
Marketing

An Online Measurement Success Story

26y Jeffrey Graham

An Online Measurement Success Story

When negotiating a sponsorship with a major online media property, how do you know if you're getting your money's worth? Jeffrey suggests a success me...

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E-Business Still Experiencing Growing Pains
Audience

E-Business Still Experiencing Growing Pains

26y Michael Pastore

E-Business Still Experiencing Growing Pains

Despite some steps in the right direction, e-business has a long way to go on both sides of the Atlantic, according to surveys of executives in the US...

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Brain Bug Allies With Cronin and Company
Media

Brain Bug Allies With Cronin and Company

26y Pamela Parker

Brain Bug Allies With Cronin and Company

In a classic marriage of the traditional and the Internet age, 53-year-oldmarketing firm Cronin and Co. onThursday teamed up with interactive agency B...

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Keep Your Sales Engines Humming
Media

Keep Your Sales Engines Humming

26y Janet Ryan and Nancy Whiteman

Keep Your Sales Engines Humming

Few businesspeople would deny the importance of prospect screening, but the issue gets divisive when we start looking at where that responsibility res...

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