Shaking Hands, Email, and All That Jazz
Analytics

Shaking Hands, Email, and All That Jazz

24y Bryan Eisenberg

Shaking Hands, Email, and All That Jazz

Sealing a deal with a customer online is just as important -- if not more so -- as doing so in the real world. Read More...

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CRM TakesPriority Among IT Investments
Marketing

CRM TakesPriority Among IT Investments

24y Michael Pastore

CRM TakesPriority Among IT Investments

More U.S. businesses will spend $500,000 or more on CRM technology over the next two years than they will on other large-scale infrastructure projects...

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May Woos The Knot.com with Cash, Offline Ties
Media

May Woos The Knot.com with Cash, Offline Ties

24y Christopher Saunders

May Woos The Knot.com with Cash, Offline Ties

The wedding site gets $5 million -- and links to the retail giant's store registries. Read More...

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Who Owns Consumer Data, Advertisers or Publishers?
Analytics

Who Owns Consumer Data, Advertisers or Publishers?

24y Dev Bhatia

Who Owns Consumer Data, Advertisers or Publishers?

The battle between advertisers and publishers over consumer data ownership has been long and bitter. Dev says there's only one possible winner, and it...

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Media Buyers: Will Google Put You Out of Business?
Media

Media Buyers: Will Google Put You Out of Business?

24y Tig Tillinghast

Media Buyers: Will Google Put You Out of Business?

Tig's done the math. He thinks Google's just-launched CPC model (coupled with its stealth technology) could eventually make many agency and sales func...

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TRUSTe Targets Wireless
Media

TRUSTe Targets Wireless

24y Christopher Saunders

TRUSTe Targets Wireless

With the support of AT&T Wireless and other players, the privacy group looks to apply its seal program to the emerging mobile Internet industry. Read ...

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I've Found the Perfect Job for You
Marketing

I've Found the Perfect Job for You

24y Peter Kaufman

I've Found the Perfect Job for You

Peter landed his dream gig. He has some pointers for you to snag the perfect job, too. Read More...

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Execs and Accounts for February 22
Media

Execs and Accounts for February 22

24y Zachary Rodgers

Execs and Accounts for February 22

Dynamics Direct gets a former hotshot exec, a top Web auto site gets a new face, and AtomicPR's client list keeps growing. Read More...

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E-Business Spending Creeping Back
Audience

E-Business Spending Creeping Back

24y Michael Pastore

E-Business Spending Creeping Back

AMR Research's quarterly survey results for the fourth quarter of 2001 show a planned increase in e-business budgets of 9 percent, up from 7 percent i...

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Eye on Spam, Part 1: Unbeatable Scum?
Email

Eye on Spam, Part 1: Unbeatable Scum?

24y Zachary Rodgers

Eye on Spam, Part 1: Unbeatable Scum?

It’s been nearly a decade since spammers and their enemies began evolving competitively. As with the classic cheetah/gazelle model originally formulat...

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Reaching the Target in Unexpected Places
Media

Reaching the Target in Unexpected Places

24y Tessa Wegert

Reaching the Target in Unexpected Places

Although reaching a doctor via a medical site would seem to make sense, a new theory says that approach isn't the most effective. Read More...

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Online Auto Shoppers Tough to Target
Audience

Online Auto Shoppers Tough to Target

24y ClickZ Stats Staff

Online Auto Shoppers Tough to Target

A close examination of the online behavior of auto shoppers by Forrester Research found that the $1 billion that automakers, dealers and independent a...

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Interruption Junction
Media

Interruption Junction

24y Seana Mulcahy

Interruption Junction

Internet advertising clutter? Web intrusiveness? Offline folks should get their own houses in order before throwing stones. Read More...

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E-CRM: The Good News and the Bad News
Analytics

E-CRM: The Good News and the Bad News

24y Arthur O'Connor

E-CRM: The Good News and the Bad News

The news is mostly good, especially the part about CRM not being a complete disaster. Read More...

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U.S. E-Commerce Spikes in Q4 2001
Audience

U.S. E-Commerce Spikes in Q4 2001

24y Michael Pastore

U.S. E-Commerce Spikes in Q4 2001

U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the fourth quarter of 2001 totaled $10.043 billion according to the Department of Commerce, up 13.1 percent from the ...

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Ouch!: Why B2B Acquisition Email Campaigns Can Be Tough
Email

Ouch!: Why B2B Acquisition Email Campaigns Can Be Tough

24y Debbie Weil

Ouch!: Why B2B Acquisition Email Campaigns Can Be ...

Challenges are just the nature of the B2B email marketing beast, but you can definitely make some moves to improve your campaign results. Read More...

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Being Specific About Online Branding
Marketing

Being Specific About Online Branding

24y Jeffrey Graham

Being Specific About Online Branding

Many e-marketers say their online advertising objective is branding. But different kinds of branding objectives dictate very different strategic and t...

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DirectEmployers: Monster Threat?
Media

DirectEmployers: Monster Threat?

24y Kevin Newcomb

DirectEmployers: Monster Threat?

Tired of paying what they consider high fees to for-profit job sites, 25 companies, including IBM and Intel, launch their own career site led by ex-Mo...

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TMP's Monster Cushions Slipping Revenue
Media

TMP's Monster Cushions Slipping Revenue

24y Christopher Saunders

TMP's Monster Cushions Slipping Revenue

Internet unit posted significant year-over-year cushion of growth while its offline recruitment and employment advertising divisions suffered. Read Mo...

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NetRatings, Jupiter Call Off Merger
Media

NetRatings, Jupiter Call Off Merger

24y Erin Joyce

NetRatings, Jupiter Call Off Merger

UPDATE: FTC's anti-trust investigation into the two Web research firms' plans apparently helped scuttle the deal. Jupiter's stock price drops 74 perce...

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Adobe Unveils Branding Ads
Media

Adobe Unveils Branding Ads

24y Christopher Saunders

Adobe Unveils Branding Ads

The software giant debuts a small-scale, targeted campaign aimed at promoting its new focus to New York-area design professionals. Read More...

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B2B = Boring to Branding?
Marketing

B2B = Boring to Branding?

24y Martin Lindstrom

B2B = Boring to Branding?

Think B2B brands are a bore? You don't know one of the best corporate sites on the Web is about ball bearings. Yes, you read that right: ball bearings...

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High Schools Turning to Online Courses
Audience

High Schools Turning to Online Courses

24y ClickZ Stats Staff

High Schools Turning to Online Courses

More than 50 percent of U.S. high schools are currently offering online courses or exploring them for the future, according to a study by IESD. Read M...

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Lipton Brisk Puppets Take Campaign to the Web
Media

Lipton Brisk Puppets Take Campaign to the Web

24y Christopher Saunders

Lipton Brisk Puppets Take Campaign to the Web

In a follow-up to the brand's Super Bowl spot, a sizable offline campaign -- complete with an elaborate mock-documentary -- will detail the former spo...

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In Wake of Security Flap, MS Launches .NET Ads
Media

In Wake of Security Flap, MS Launches .NET Ads

24y Christopher Saunders

In Wake of Security Flap, MS Launches .NET Ads

UPDATE: The software giant is making its pitch to enterprise customers -- just hours after it was forced to respond to high-profile claims of a vulner...

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IAR Bits and Bytes
Media

IAR Bits and Bytes

24y Team ClickZ

IAR Bits and Bytes

Interep cleans up on Web deals; Trilegiant buys Netcentives' patents; Amazing Media signs Excite.com. Read More...

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Survey: Companies Struggle with Online Branding
Media

Survey: Companies Struggle with Online Branding

24y Christopher Saunders

Survey: Companies Struggle with Online Branding

A study conducted by the Conference Board finds that internal disputes play a large role in major brands' efforts to move online. Read More...

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Europeans Took Holiday Shopping Online
Audience

Europeans Took Holiday Shopping Online

24y ClickZ Stats Staff

Europeans Took Holiday Shopping Online

Nearly 5.5 million British adults made online purchases over the Internet in the four weeks leading up to Christmas, a 12 percent increase from the 20...

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