Cutting Back Without Cutting Yourself Off
Marketing

Cutting Back Without Cutting Yourself Off

25y Martin Lindstrom

Cutting Back Without Cutting Yourself Off

In these difficult times of belt-tightening, you may think you know the tried-and-true ways to slash costs -- but the most obvious ways may be fraught...

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Investment in Voice Technology Increases
Marketing

Investment in Voice Technology Increases

25y ClickZ Stats Staff

Investment in Voice Technology Increases

Because it could make the process of typing on a small keypad obsolete, voice recognition technology represents a big step for wireless Internet provi...

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IAR Bits and Bytes
Media

IAR Bits and Bytes

25y rumo

IAR Bits and Bytes

MSN, First USA Promote co-branded Visa Card; Catalog Marketing Services acquires Prefer Network; Cybereps to represent AccuWeather.com. Read More...

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The New Relevance
Media

The New Relevance

25y Jim Meskauskas

The New Relevance

How is advertising going to regain its relevance in the face of the tragic events that have shaken the very core of our culture? Read More...

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The Artful Science of Conversion
Analytics

The Artful Science of Conversion

25y Bryan Eisenberg

The Artful Science of Conversion

Could there be a manual -- laying out steps one by one -- to teach marketers how to lead consumers down the path to conversion? Well, it's not so simp...

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What Drives Metrics?
Analytics

What Drives Metrics?

25y Team ClickZ

What Drives Metrics?

Most reporting software gives users what technology can tell you rather than what you want to know. The difference is an order of magnitude. No one ha...

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FindWhat.com Expands CNET Deal
Media

FindWhat.com Expands CNET Deal

25y rumo

FindWhat.com Expands CNET Deal

The added placement beyond the current search listings on Search.com comes just in time for FindWhat.com. Earlier this year, the company signed a majo...

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Rich Media Firms Point to Growth
Media

Rich Media Firms Point to Growth

25y Christopher Saunders

Rich Media Firms Point to Growth

Amid a major retraction in across-the-boards advertising, groups like Unicast report greater attention from traditional advertisers. Read More...

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Recession Media Buying
Media

Recession Media Buying

25y Tig Tillinghast

Recession Media Buying

Today's decreasing ad budgets, shrinking agencies, and bankrupted media vendors add specific tasks to our responsibilities as we fulfill the role of d...

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How RollingStone.com Turned CPC Into ROI
Marketing

How RollingStone.com Turned CPC Into ROI

25y Declan Dunn

How RollingStone.com Turned CPC Into ROI

Many affiliate programs based on cost-per-click programs try, but fail, to penetrate niche markets and, instead, generate volumes of worthless, possib...

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HP Launches Online Infrastructure Pitch
Media

HP Launches Online Infrastructure Pitch

25y Christopher Saunders

HP Launches Online Infrastructure Pitch

Amulti-million dollar push to promote Hewlett-Packard's infrastructure business debuts in the wake of its announced acquisition of Compaq. Read More...

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Publishing Your Own Newsletter
Email

Publishing Your Own Newsletter

25y Kirill Popov and Loren McDonald

Publishing Your Own Newsletter

Alexis Gutzman gives an in-depth walk-through on how to start your own newsletter. Part one of a multi-part series. Read More...

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Online Brokers Finding It Hard to Hold Customers
Marketing

Online Brokers Finding It Hard to Hold Customers

25y ClickZ Stats Staff

Online Brokers Finding It Hard to Hold Customers

The online trading industry is losing established investors faster than it can replace them, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates, which ...

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MP3.com, Digital Island Team for Geographic Targeting
Media

MP3.com, Digital Island Team for Geographic Targeting

25y Christopher Saunders

MP3.com, Digital Island Team for Geographic Target...

Despite having been around for two years, the technology is only starting to take off. Read More...

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The Silver Lining to the Economic Slowdown
Analytics

The Silver Lining to the Economic Slowdown

25y Arthur O'Connor

The Silver Lining to the Economic Slowdown

CRM software and specialty consulting practices have announced earning downturns and layoffs as corporate clients postpone, re-scope, and cancel CRM i...

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Chinadotcom Unit To Consolidate Marketing Services
Media

Chinadotcom Unit To Consolidate Marketing Services

25y Christopher Saunders

Chinadotcom Unit To Consolidate Marketing Services

The company's new Mezzo division will serve as a centralized sales channel for the portal's mish-mash of online marketing initiatives in an effort to ...

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A New 'New Deal' for the Old 'New Economy'?
Marketing

A New 'New Deal' for the Old 'New Economy'?

25y Rebecca Lieb

A New 'New Deal' for the Old 'New Economy'?

If any good came out of the recent terrorist attacks on this country, it was the galvanization of America. Imagine what could happen if that collectiv...

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The Road to Link Popularity
Search

The Road to Link Popularity

25y Paul J. Bruemmer

The Road to Link Popularity

More and more search engines are using link popularity as a ranking criterion. How do you determine your link popularity, and what can you do with tha...

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Ad Market Woes Push About.com into E-commerce Waters
Media

Ad Market Woes Push About.com into E-commerce Waters

25y rumo

Ad Market Woes Push About.com into E-commerce Wate...

The contracting ad market has forced the niche-topic portal to shave its workforce again and detail plans for a big jump into the e-commerce space. Re...

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Thou Shalt Help Thy Affiliate Partner
Marketing

Thou Shalt Help Thy Affiliate Partner

25y Jim Gribble

Thou Shalt Help Thy Affiliate Partner

The central question is this: How does an affiliate program manager provide members of his or her "sales force" with the tools and support they need t...

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Deconstructing the Employment Contract
Marketing

Deconstructing the Employment Contract

25y Chris Yeh

Deconstructing the Employment Contract

The nature of work has changed forever. Again. So Chris reviews how it used to be in the good-old days and offers some helpful rules on how to work sm...

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Business Unusual
Marketing

Business Unusual

25y Sean Carton

Business Unusual

Uncertainty is driving down consumer spending, causing clients to pull back ad budgets and making all of us reconsider our long-range plans and corpor...

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Use of Wireless Voice, Data Services Increases
Data insights

Use of Wireless Voice, Data Services Increases

25y Michael Pastore

Use of Wireless Voice, Data Services Increases

Before wireless carriers can convince consumers to subscribe to wireless Internet services, they must first demonstrate they can handle voice service....

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DSL May Find Opportunity in Digital TV
Data insights

DSL May Find Opportunity in Digital TV

25y Michael Pastore

DSL May Find Opportunity in Digital TV

DSL has proven to be the most successful broadband access technology, and it stands to gain new users as it develops applications such as digital tele...

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Excite@Home Drops MatchLogic Like a Hot Rock
Media

Excite@Home Drops MatchLogic Like a Hot Rock

25y Andy Chen

Excite@Home Drops MatchLogic Like a Hot Rock

UPDATE: The cash-strapped broadband Internet service provider says its Web marketing subsidiary isn't in its long-term plan. Read More...

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Buy.com Returns to Its Roots
Media

Buy.com Returns to Its Roots

25y Beth Cox

Buy.com Returns to Its Roots

The troubled e-commerce company, bought out by its founder, launches a new marketing campaign aimed at competing on the price front. Read More...

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Back to Basics
Marketing

Back to Basics

25y Martin Lindstrom

Back to Basics

With stock prices falling, jobs being cut, and salaries being renegotiated, even some of the world's most-recognized brands are struggling. In this at...

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’Full Service’? Caveat Emptor
Email

’Full Service’? Caveat Emptor

25y Jackie Gallogly and Lynne Rolls

’Full Service’? Caveat Emptor

Creating a new and successful email marketing campaign on a regular basis is more science now than it ever has been. And not exactly an easy job. Whic...

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