Is It Possible to Track Ad Spending on the Web?
Media

Is It Possible to Track Ad Spending on the Web?

26y Tom Hespos

Is It Possible to Track Ad Spending on the Web?

Traditional media buyers use competitive spending analysis. It isn't the most accurate thing in the world because it's impossible for any research com...

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OurHouse.com: A Ticket to Mine
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OurHouse.com: A Ticket to Mine

26y Heidi Anderson

OurHouse.com: A Ticket to Mine

We all know renting someone else's opt-in email list can be a successful email marketing tactic. It works for OurHouse.com, which first built up its d...

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Web Privacy "Bug" Bites White House Web Site
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Web Privacy "Bug" Bites White House Web Site

26y Pamela Parker

Web Privacy "Bug" Bites White House Web Site

Concerns over consumer privacy on the Internet touch the nation'shighest office. Read More...

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Choosing the Right Design Partner
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Choosing the Right Design Partner

26y Joy Busse

Choosing the Right Design Partner

As you move into your fourth-, fifth-, and even sixth- generation web-site redos, it's even more crucial that you produce a spectacular web product fo...

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Reports Predict Web Ads Have a Future
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Reports Predict Web Ads Have a Future

26y Michael Pastore

Reports Predict Web Ads Have a Future

Plenty of money will be thrown at online advertising in the coming years, despite a number of hurdles and a slowing growth rate, according to a pair o...

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LookSmart: The Sleeping Giant
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LookSmart: The Sleeping Giant

26y Paul J. Bruemmer

LookSmart: The Sleeping Giant

The goal of driving traffic is at the forefront of every web site's marketing strategy. And we all know a good deal of traffic comes from search engin...

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Engage Makes Moves in Japan
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Engage Makes Moves in Japan

26y Pamela Parker

Engage Makes Moves in Japan

CMGI's flagship advertising company takes charge of its destiny inJapan. Read More...

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Consumer Power Drives Today’s E-conomy
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Consumer Power Drives Today’s E-conomy

26y Sean Carton

Consumer Power Drives Today’s E-conomy

An interesting trend has changed consumer marketing. As more information is available to consumers, they become more jaded, cynical, and savvy about m...

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And the Winner Is: Following Up on the RFP
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And the Winner Is: Following Up on the RFP

26y Jim Meskauskas

And the Winner Is: Following Up on the RFP

After placing your insertion orders, did you ever have a rep from some of the sites that didn't make the final plan call and ask why? It's reasonable ...

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CMGI, Compaq Invest in Engage
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CMGI, Compaq Invest in Engage

26y Pamela Parker

CMGI, Compaq Invest in Engage

CMGI and Compaq make a multi-million investment, shoring up their interest in Engage. Read More...

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PR Tips from the Other Side of the Fence
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PR Tips from the Other Side of the Fence

26y Pamela Parker

PR Tips from the Other Side of the Fence

Or How I Returned From My Summer Vacation Read More

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Email Marketing Glossary: So, What Is It?
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Email Marketing Glossary: So, What Is It?

26y Janet Ryan and Nancy Whiteman

Email Marketing Glossary: So, What Is It?

Email marketing is the hottest game in town. And opinions range from "Is it really smart? to "It's nothing really new." Janet and Nancy give it a new ...

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Permission to Yap Cuts Both Ways
Marketing

Permission to Yap Cuts Both Ways

26y Nick Usborne

Permission to Yap Cuts Both Ways

It makes sense to facilitate and encourage customer feedback. Nick's not talking about chat or toll-free call centers, he's talking about stuff to mak...

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Jupiter: Global Online Ad Spending to Reach $28 Billion
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Jupiter: Global Online Ad Spending to Reach $28 Billion

26y Pamela Parker

Jupiter: Global Online Ad Spending to Reach $28 Bi...

The Internet prognosticators at Jupiter release a glowing reportabout the future of online advertising. But there are caveats. Read More...

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Search Engines
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Search Engines

26y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Search Engines

A few readers took issue with Greg and Emily's tepid enthusiasm for search engine optimization in their last article. So they want to further clarify ...

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Looking for Leverage
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Looking for Leverage

26y Dana Blankenhorn

Looking for Leverage

In politics, having a "controlling legal authority" doesn't guarantee things will go the way you want. You also need leverage. Dana explains the vario...

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Enhancing Your Revenues in a Tight Market
Marketing

Enhancing Your Revenues in a Tight Market

26y Andy Bourland

Enhancing Your Revenues in a Tight Market

Andy talks about an issue near and dear to his heart: pricing. You may be in a competitive area where the CPMs are dropping and wacko competitors with...

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Designing and Packaging Products for E-Business
Marketing

Designing and Packaging Products for E-Business

26y Rick Bruner

Designing and Packaging Products for E-Business

Most marketing managers are failing to rethink their product strategies to reflect the impact of e-business. Yet those who don't adapt their products ...

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Optimize the Creative: Youll Like It
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Optimize the Creative: Youll Like It

26y Tom Hespos

Optimize the Creative: Youll Like It

Media people are used to testing one piece of creative against another to determine the creative factors that contribute to response, then changing me...

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SmarterKids.com: List Rental Done Right
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SmarterKids.com: List Rental Done Right

26y Heidi Anderson

SmarterKids.com: List Rental Done Right

It can be dicey to rent someone else's mailing list. But here's a case where SmarterKids.com rents appropriate lists regularly from PostMasterDirect w...

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The Feminine Net
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The Feminine Net

26y Martin Lindstrom

The Feminine Net

It's time to quit all the rational talk, the clichid graphics, and the "techie" look on today's web sites. The feminine side is starting to dominate t...

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Digital Divide More Economic than Ethnic
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Digital Divide More Economic than Ethnic

26y Michael Pastore

Digital Divide More Economic than Ethnic

The biggest gap in Internet adoption rates in the US exists between rich and poor, not between ethnic groups, according to research by Jupiter Communi...

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End Domain Name Hoarding
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End Domain Name Hoarding

26y Dana Blankenhorn

End Domain Name Hoarding

When the price of something in high-demand is fixed at an artificially low price, hoarding is the natural result. The difference between the set price...

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The Value of Word of Mouth
Ad Industry Metrics

The Value of Word of Mouth

26y Michael Pastore

The Value of Word of Mouth

Word of mouth is largely responsible for the online success of Hotmail, Matt Drudge, and even the early days of Amazon.com, but how can you ensure wor...

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Understanding Advertiser Behavior
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Understanding Advertiser Behavior

26y Richard Hopple

Understanding Advertiser Behavior

The key to unlocking this new medium lies in understanding advertiser behavior; what they actually believe, not what we in the digital media business ...

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Planning the Rich Media Buy
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Planning the Rich Media Buy

26y Karim Sanjabi

Planning the Rich Media Buy

With any campaign, the creative strategy behind the ad is only half the story. Ad placement is the other half, which is often overlooked when dealing ...

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Got Traffic?
Search

Got Traffic?

26y Paul J. Bruemmer

Got Traffic?

Does your marketing plan need search engine traffic? Yes, if you need to generate quantity and quality, if you want a web site promotional method that...

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TMP Worldwide Reorganizes
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TMP Worldwide Reorganizes

26y Dana Blankenhorn

TMP Worldwide Reorganizes

The recruiter is reorganizing its overseas operations. Read More

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