NetCreations, Parent Acquire Stake in Database Marketing Firm
Media

NetCreations, Parent Acquire Stake in Database Marketing Firm

25y Christopher Saunders

NetCreations, Parent Acquire Stake in Database Mar...

Italian marketer SEAT Pagine Gialle appends a leading CPG database marketing firm to its New York-based e-mail player. Read More...

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Who Are You? Building Instant Credibility
Marketing

Who Are You? Building Instant Credibility

25y Jason Ciment

Who Are You? Building Instant Credibility

We face a challenge from all the visitors and affiliates who find their way onto our sites: Who are we to deserve their attention -- not to mention th...

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Yahoo! to Charge Fees For Personal Ads
Media

Yahoo! to Charge Fees For Personal Ads

25y Christopher Saunders

Yahoo! to Charge Fees For Personal Ads

Continuing its efforts to compensate for waning media revenues, the Web portal will attempt to monetize its Yahoo! Personals traffic with subscription...

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The Client Approval Meeting
Media

The Client Approval Meeting

25y Tig Tillinghast

The Client Approval Meeting

Much of a media buyer's work focuses on preparing for the next approval meeting, each of which tends to have its unique dynamics. The smart marketer w...

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Dare to Be a Customer-Smart Company
Analytics

Dare to Be a Customer-Smart Company

25y Arthur O'Connor

Dare to Be a Customer-Smart Company

Businesses have long realized that not all customers are created equal. But thanks to digital processes technology, they are now beginning to measure,...

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AOL, Talk America Scrap Telecom Marketing Deal
Media

AOL, Talk America Scrap Telecom Marketing Deal

25y Christopher Saunders

AOL, Talk America Scrap Telecom Marketing Deal

For the second time this week, the multi-media giant rethinks an earlier vendor contract. Read More...

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Travelocity.com, Direct Marketing Giant Otto Team in European Venture
Media

Travelocity.com, Direct Marketing Giant Otto Team in European Venture

25y Christopher Saunders

Travelocity.com, Direct Marketing Giant Otto Team ...

The partnership will consolidate the two companies' European travel sites under a single company, supported by Otto's sizable offline promotional clou...

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E-Goverment Makes Strides in Past Year
Ad Industry Metrics

E-Goverment Makes Strides in Past Year

25y ClickZ Stats Staff

E-Goverment Makes Strides in Past Year

E-government, which refers to the delivery of government information and services online through the Internet or other digital means, made good progre...

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Tragedy and Triumph
Marketing

Tragedy and Triumph

25y Jeffrey Graham

Tragedy and Triumph

In the days immediately following the attack, many in the online advertising community rallied to do whatever they could to support the effort of putt...

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Think Fast, Be First
Marketing

Think Fast, Be First

25y Martin Lindstrom

Think Fast, Be First

Within 24 hours of the attack, Amazon had reconfigured its home page. In demonstrating its human face, it has garnered kudos that might otherwise have...

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New CEO, Fewer Employees at Alta Vista
Media

New CEO, Fewer Employees at Alta Vista

25y Beth Cox

New CEO, Fewer Employees at Alta Vista

The search operation abandons its comparison shopping effort, cuts staff and names a MyFamily.com exec as the new boss. Read More...

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Worldwide Cellular Sales Showing Slow Growth
Data insights

Worldwide Cellular Sales Showing Slow Growth

25y Michael Pastore

Worldwide Cellular Sales Showing Slow Growth

Worldwide cellular handset sales will see modest growth in 2001 as Western Europe's market saturation takes effect, but Cahners In-Stat predicts m-com...

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Connecting With the Reader
Marketing

Connecting With the Reader

25y Joseph Jaffe

Connecting With the Reader

New ClickZ writer Joseph Jaffe introduces himself and sets out in what direction he'll be setting out as he alternates with Blake Rohrbacher to help u...

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IAR Bits and Bytes
Media

IAR Bits and Bytes

25y rumo

IAR Bits and Bytes

B2BWorks, Northern Light team; Framfab completes Volvo work; Cartoon Network launches Nintendo contest. Read More...

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Conversion Is Music to My Ears
Analytics

Conversion Is Music to My Ears

25y Bryan Eisenberg

Conversion Is Music to My Ears

Let's step back and take a broader look at the nature of conversion, both as an idea that shapes the exchanges between you and your prospects and more...

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Most Media Failed in the Disaster
Media

Most Media Failed in the Disaster

25y Tig Tillinghast

Most Media Failed in the Disaster

Those having to do with media need to realize that we play an important role. For better or worse, we are the interface between terror and the public....

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Tech PR Agencies Advise "Radio Silence"
Media

Tech PR Agencies Advise "Radio Silence"

25y Christopher Saunders

Tech PR Agencies Advise "Radio Silence"

In the wake of Tuesday's tragedies, Internet and technology public relations firms around the country are asking their clients to hold off on debuting...

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Conversion Is the Name of the Affiliate Game
Marketing

Conversion Is the Name of the Affiliate Game

25y Declan Dunn

Conversion Is the Name of the Affiliate Game

Buy this, do that, learn information, always more, more, more... Guess what? Your customers want less; they want specific choices. They want you to fo...

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Crafting a New Approach to the Internet, Part 2
Marketing

Crafting a New Approach to the Internet, Part 2

25y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

Crafting a New Approach to the Internet, Part 2

Thisweek, Greg and Emily look at what it takes to encourage and motivate organizational change to realize the promise (not the hype) of online busines...

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Bluestreak Buys Engage AdKnowledge
Media

Bluestreak Buys Engage AdKnowledge

25y Christopher Saunders

Bluestreak Buys Engage AdKnowledge

The effort comes as the rich media firm expands its online ad services -- while CMGI's Engage retreats. Read More...

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The Ultimate Irony
Analytics

The Ultimate Irony

25y Arthur O'Connor

The Ultimate Irony

Too often, some so-called "CRM guru" denounces hidebound, greedy, stupid corporate executives who refuse to realign their organizations' management re...

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Consumer-Facing Drug Sites Coming Up Short
Audience

Consumer-Facing Drug Sites Coming Up Short

25y Michael Pastore

Consumer-Facing Drug Sites Coming Up Short

A study of several major pharmaceutical industry direct-to-consumer Web sites byElectronic Ink has found that poor user experience has likely had a ne...

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Gator: Fair Game?
Media

Gator: Fair Game?

25y Adam Posman

Gator: Fair Game?

How far can the industry push the limits to make Web advertising a sustainable medium without overstepping its bounds? We never really seem to get an ...

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Business-Critical Applications Driving Wireless Initiatives
Data insights

Business-Critical Applications Driving Wireless Initiatives

25y Michael Pastore

Business-Critical Applications Driving Wireless In...

Wireless and mobile transactions will account for nearly 20 percent of business-to-business transaction volume and 25 percent of business-to-consumer ...

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E-Mail Use by Top Firms Highly Inefficient
Ad Industry Metrics

E-Mail Use by Top Firms Highly Inefficient

25y Christopher Saunders

E-Mail Use by Top Firms Highly Inefficient

A study by the IMT Strategies, the Direct Marketing Association and the Association for Interactive Media blasts some long-held assumptions about onli...

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Branding Online Is Possible... Now What?
Media

Branding Online Is Possible... Now What?

25y Jim Meskauskas

Branding Online Is Possible... Now What?

So, why is it that no one is listening? You've read all of the press releases. You've seen all the subject lines in emails from the plethora of discus...

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The Elements of Good Online Customer Service
Marketing

The Elements of Good Online Customer Service

25y Blake Rohrbacher

The Elements of Good Online Customer Service

Most of us need customer service at some time or another. Online, where the customer is alone, good service is vital; and good online customer service...

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Tragedy Results In Web News Gridlock
Media

Tragedy Results In Web News Gridlock

25y Christopher Saunders

Tragedy Results In Web News Gridlock

UPDATE: News sites across the Internet struggle to shift server loads and strip out images, in an effort to provide information about Tuesday's traged...

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