Filmtrust Acquires IFILM Software Assets
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Filmtrust Acquires IFILM Software Assets

25y John Townley

Filmtrust Acquires IFILM Software Assets

IFILM and Filmtrust have formed a strategic collaboration to bring enhanced business-to-business online tools to the entertainment industry. Read More...

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Helpful Intrusiveness
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Helpful Intrusiveness

25y Trude Diamond

Helpful Intrusiveness

A longitudinal (and entirely unscientific) study of fussy shoppers (i.e., Trude and her friends) demonstrates that sites' "helpful shopping suggestion...

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NetZero Lands Alliance with NFO Worldwide
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NetZero Lands Alliance with NFO Worldwide

25y Christopher Saunders

NetZero Lands Alliance with NFO Worldwide

The deal with a major offline research firm could boost NetZero's efforts at further monetizing its user base. Read More...

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The Secret to Rich Media Success: Put Marketing First
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The Secret to Rich Media Success: Put Marketing First

25y Bill McCloskey

The Secret to Rich Media Success: Put Marketing Fi...

Marketing counts -- bigtime. And you can see it in the success stories of those companies that do it right and notice its absence in those that don't....

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The Creative Brief... Usually It's Neither
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The Creative Brief... Usually It's Neither

25y Peter Kaufman

The Creative Brief... Usually It's Neither

Nothing can beat the voluminous garbage that passes for creative briefs in agencies and in-house departments the world over. Here's Peter's take on wh...

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E-Procurement Gaining Converts Among Mid-Sized Businesses
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E-Procurement Gaining Converts Among Mid-Sized Businesses

25y Michael Pastore

E-Procurement Gaining Converts Among Mid-Sized Bus...

Mid-sized companies are rapidly turning to new online channels for purchasing and will continue to intensify their e-procurement activity over the nex...

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Getting Connected With Email
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Getting Connected With Email

25y Marcia Yudkin

Getting Connected With Email

In this wired world, you don't have to be a somebody yourself to win the ear of someone with influence. But who are these people, and where do you fin...

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PR Agencies: Join the Viral Messaging Business
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PR Agencies: Join the Viral Messaging Business

25y Michael Grover

PR Agencies: Join the Viral Messaging Business

If you're in PR and you think you're in the "contacting editors" business (a.k.a. getting ink), then you're doomed. The future of PR lies in the "vira...

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Careful Marketers Can Benefit from Online Promotions
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Careful Marketers Can Benefit from Online Promotions

25y Michael Pastore

Careful Marketers Can Benefit from Online Promotio...

Consumers are willing to participate in online promotional programs even it means giving up some personal information, according to a survey by PROMO ...

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Hey Marketers, Content's Back in Style
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Hey Marketers, Content's Back in Style

25y Susan Solomon

Hey Marketers, Content's Back in Style

Is being content-driven and informative back in style? Perhaps the marketing profession should begin to consider what we've finally realized for our w...

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Are Keywords Still Key?
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Are Keywords Still Key?

25y Jim Meskauskas

Are Keywords Still Key?

Search engine keywords are now getting one percent CTR. In a world of ever-decreasing response rates, does this level of performance justify the rates...

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Segmenting Your Product and Market
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Segmenting Your Product and Market

25y Laurel Delaney

Segmenting Your Product and Market

You've identified a product you'd like to sell overseas. Now you've got to do the research. Who are your likely customers? How can you reach them? Wha...

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Survey: Careful Marketers Can Benefit from Online Promotions
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Survey: Careful Marketers Can Benefit from Online Promotions

25y Michael Pastore

Survey: Careful Marketers Can Benefit from Online ...

Consumers are willing to give up some personal information to participate in a promotion, a new study finds. Read More...

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Doctors Waiting for Clinical Uses of Internet
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Doctors Waiting for Clinical Uses of Internet

25y Michael Pastore

Doctors Waiting for Clinical Uses of Internet

Doctors have no problem using the Internet, they're just waiting for the Internet industry to show them how it will help provide value and better care...

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Tracking and Analysis Tools: An Introduction
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Tracking and Analysis Tools: An Introduction

25y Chris McTiernan

Tracking and Analysis Tools: An Introduction

We know a lot about our customers. Yet it's still hard to predict how they'll act or what they'll want. In the next few articles, Chris will be taking...

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Doing Your Part for the Sales Partnership
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Doing Your Part for the Sales Partnership

25y Janet Ryan and Nancy Whiteman

Doing Your Part for the Sales Partnership

Supporting your third-party sales team -- the folks who work at your contracted rep firm or ad network -- is critical to outstanding revenue returns. ...

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ThingWorld Fires 35, Looks For Buyers
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ThingWorld Fires 35, Looks For Buyers

25y Andrea Learned

ThingWorld Fires 35, Looks For Buyers

The Watertown, Mass., company, which manages online marketing campaigns, struggles to survive, despite early backing from CMGI, Intel and Microsoft. R...

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Holiday Race 2000
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Holiday Race 2000

25y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

Holiday Race 2000

Consumers seem to expect more from online businesses during the holidays. Shoppers blow a gasket if a web site slows down during peak traffic. But doe...

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Ad Sales Options for Small-Site Owners
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Ad Sales Options for Small-Site Owners

25y Richard Hoy

Ad Sales Options for Small-Site Owners

You're a small-site owner with ad inventory to sell. But you don't have much money or time. Is using an ad network your only choice? No. Here's a do-i...

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Working With E-Builders
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Working With E-Builders

25y Colin Strasser

Working With E-Builders

It's been a tough couple of months for big web service firms, but following some hiring guidelines can help you avoid being affected by the troubles. ...

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Rival Networks Closes Ad Sales Offices; 12 Laid Off
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Rival Networks Closes Ad Sales Offices; 12 Laid Off

25y Ryan Naraine

Rival Networks Closes Ad Sales Offices; 12 Laid Of...

The sports content publisher moves to outsource its ad sales operation. Read More...

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Electronic Procurement Not Catching on with Fortune 500
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Electronic Procurement Not Catching on with Fortune 500

25y Michael Pastore

Electronic Procurement Not Catching on with Fortun...

Less than one-third of Fortune 500 businesses order strategic goods from online suppliers, according to a study by Hurwitz Group, which also found tha...

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Snowball.com Finds That Sometimes Less ISNT More
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Snowball.com Finds That Sometimes Less ISNT More

25y Heidi Anderson

Snowball.com Finds That Sometimes Less ISNT More

If you publish an email newsletter, you know the conventional wisdom about delivery: Once a week is the maximum an audience can handle. But sometimes ...

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How to Deal With Underdelivery
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How to Deal With Underdelivery

25y Tom Hespos

How to Deal With Underdelivery

Many agency media planners face the problem of underdelivery. Publishers overpromise on volumes, traffic stats aren't valid predictors, and it's not a...

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Internet Appliances Challenging PC Dominance
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Internet Appliances Challenging PC Dominance

25y Michael Pastore

Internet Appliances Challenging PC Dominance

The PC's dominance as the instrument of choice for accessing the Internet and online services is being challenged by alternative online appliances, ac...

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The Revenge of the Brick-and-Mortar Middlemen
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The Revenge of the Brick-and-Mortar Middlemen

25y David Gumpert

The Revenge of the Brick-and-Mortar Middlemen

Even though the Internet businesses promised lower-cost sales than through conventional means, the brick-and- mortars are increasingly discovering tha...

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Managing by Metrics
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Managing by Metrics

25y Matthew G. Nelson

Managing by Metrics

To successfully manage an Internet product, you must constantly monitor its vital signs (a.k.a. metrics). A few straightforward tips can ease integrat...

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Leading Techies to the Training They Want
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Leading Techies to the Training They Want

25y Trude Diamond

Leading Techies to the Training They Want

With the recent shakeout, more techies are looking for jobs. And some know that gaining technical certification can help. Build loyalty (and revenue) ...

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