Weighing in on Napster
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Weighing in on Napster

26y Jim Meskauskas

Weighing in on Napster

Jim has a few thoughts about the well-known phenomenon Napster. Everyone and his or her next-door-neighbor's best- friend's veterinarian's hairdresser...

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Alternatives to Testing User Experience
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Alternatives to Testing User Experience

26y Jeffrey Graham

Alternatives to Testing User Experience

Jeffrey's last article focused on qualitative one-on-one testing to guide web development, and he's a strong proponent of this methodology. But many r...

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Avenue A Lands Big International Account
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Avenue A Lands Big International Account

26y Pamela Parker

Avenue A Lands Big International Account

Avenue A's recent strategic alliance bears fruit. Read More...

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Profile-Based Ads: Do They Work?
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Profile-Based Ads: Do They Work?

26y Janet Ryan and Nancy Whiteman

Profile-Based Ads: Do They Work?

The power of profiles is that they enable personalization - the ability of a site to change what a user sees based on previous information about the i...

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EarthLink Creates Marketing Post, Names AOR
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EarthLink Creates Marketing Post, Names AOR

26y Pamela Parker

EarthLink Creates Marketing Post, Names AOR

EarthLink unveils an element of its strategy, in its battle with AOL. Read More...

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Time to Get Back to Basics: the New Basics
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Time to Get Back to Basics: the New Basics

26y Kathy Sharpe

Time to Get Back to Basics: the New Basics

The dot-coms are dead men walking. Everybody knows, but can anyone really claim they're surprised? We've all seen the hundreds of companies with busin...

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Ad Metrics: Where the Rubber Hits the Road
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Ad Metrics: Where the Rubber Hits the Road

26y Tig Tillinghast

Ad Metrics: Where the Rubber Hits the Road

How does your client know that all that money he or she is blowing out the media chute actually has some sort of positive effect on his or her busines...

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A Start-Up Story
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A Start-Up Story

26y Pamela Parker

A Start-Up Story

How and why FaveMail shifted its strategy. Read More

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Euthanizing Internet Content
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Euthanizing Internet Content

26y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

Euthanizing Internet Content

Internet content gets no respect. "Stale equals fail" has been the mantra of web publishing. We could all do a better job at regularly updating our we...

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Industry Reacts to FTC Online Profiling Report
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Industry Reacts to FTC Online Profiling Report

26y Pamela Parker

Industry Reacts to FTC Online Profiling Report

The FTC's recommendations to Congress regarding online profiling areprovoking a mixed reaction. Read More...

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The More They Know...
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The More They Know...

26y Trude Diamond

The More They Know...

Did you ever hear the expression "Knowledge is power"? What does this imply for your use of the customer knowledge you gather to make them into better...

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Branding Without a Brand
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Branding Without a Brand

26y Martin Lindstrom

Branding Without a Brand

Most marketing professionals still believe that true branding is based on the logo. But branding is much more than developing a familiar consumer imag...

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AdStar.com, dbusiness.com to Serve Business Advertisers
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AdStar.com, dbusiness.com to Serve Business Advertisers

26y Pamela Parker

AdStar.com, dbusiness.com to Serve Business Advert...

The classified advertising portal and the business content site joinforces. Read More...

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Flooze-Your-Friends: Acquire Customers and Loyalty
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Flooze-Your-Friends: Acquire Customers and Loyalty

26y Heidi Anderson

Flooze-Your-Friends: Acquire Customers and Loyalty

A viral marketing campaign can be used to acquire new customers, but often the underlying goal is simply to learn more about how viral marketing works...

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Who's Carrying the 3D Torch?
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Who's Carrying the 3D Torch?

26y Bill McCloskey

Who's Carrying the 3D Torch?

The computer graphics industry's annual Siggraph convention is the leading showcase of the year's best computer animation (particularly 3D animation)....

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Are Search Engines Here to Stay?
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Are Search Engines Here to Stay?

26y Paul J. Bruemmer

Are Search Engines Here to Stay?

In response to Richard Hoy's take on the viability of search engine marketing, here's a kinder, gentler picture of the industry. Paul explains how rep...

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Worldwide E-Commerce Penetration Stands at 10 Percent
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Worldwide E-Commerce Penetration Stands at 10 Percent

26y Michael Pastore

Worldwide E-Commerce Penetration Stands at 10 Perc...

A worldwide study of e-commerce by Taylor Nelson Sofres Interactive found that among Internet users around the globe, 10 percent shop online during a ...

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What Does a CLICK Really Mean?
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What Does a CLICK Really Mean?

26y Adam Posman

What Does a CLICK Really Mean?

As a stand-alone measurement, most people would agree that click-through rates do not tell the whole story. Conversions on your ad dollars are what re...

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DoubleClick Brings Ryan Upstairs, Makes O'Connor Chairman
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DoubleClick Brings Ryan Upstairs, Makes O'Connor Chairman

26y Team ClickZ

DoubleClick Brings Ryan Upstairs, Makes O'Connor C...

DoubleClick makes personnel shifts at the top. Read More...

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Public Relations Ethics
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Public Relations Ethics

26y Zhenya Gene Senyak

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Public Relations Eth...

We've been talking about positioning and techniques, successful online programs, and busts. But we haven't come close to the dark side of PR. While it...

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Know When to Think "Inside-the-Box"
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Know When to Think "Inside-the-Box"

26y Neil Cohen

Know When to Think "Inside-the-Box"

Rule breaking is good, and mavericks can be rewarded handsomely for taking risks. But more often, the admonition to "think outside the box" is a repla...

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Six Weeks to Building an E-Commerce Brand
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Six Weeks to Building an E-Commerce Brand

26y Joan Helfman

Six Weeks to Building an E-Commerce Brand

An Internet start-up gave its agency six weeks to launch a site, create a brand, and build a complete integrated marketing communications plan. Broker...

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Canadian Workers Sneaking on Net
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Canadian Workers Sneaking on Net

26y Michael Pastore

Canadian Workers Sneaking on Net

Canadian employees are spending an average of about two hours a week surfing the Web for personal reasons, according to research by Angus Reid Group, ...

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Banks, Brokers Have Strong Future Online
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Banks, Brokers Have Strong Future Online

26y Michael Pastore

Banks, Brokers Have Strong Future Online

Online banks and online brokers still have plenty to look forward to, according to IDC, even though the market for Internet stocks isn't what it used ...

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Personalization and Its Effect on Ad Sales
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Personalization and Its Effect on Ad Sales

26y Janet Ryan and Nancy Whiteman

Personalization and Its Effect on Ad Sales

Janet and Nancy tackle what's meant by the terms "profiling" and "personalization" and what all this means for ad sales the good (higher CPM potential...

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You Had Me at Hello
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You Had Me at Hello

26y Kim MacPherson

You Had Me at Hello

How do you greet a first-time subscriber, buyer, or prospect? If you send an email, what do you include to not only inform, but also keep people inter...

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The Three Rules of Permission
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The Three Rules of Permission

26y Nick Usborne

The Three Rules of Permission

Permission marketing isn't just about "getting" permission. It's not just a box with a check in it or a prospect or customer saying "Yes." These are j...

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New York Times Digital Launches Campaign for Abuzz
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New York Times Digital Launches Campaign for Abuzz

26y Pamela Parker

New York Times Digital Launches Campaign for Abuzz

The New York Times' Internet unit seeks to raise the profile of itscommunity site. Read More...

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