Direct-to-Consumer Sales Seen Increasing
Audience

Direct-to-Consumer Sales Seen Increasing

26y Michael Pastore

Direct-to-Consumer Sales Seen Increasing

The consumer direct channel, which includes not only the Intenet, but also catalogs, direct mail, and interactive television, will account for 12 perc...

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Tracking Traffic
Marketing

Tracking Traffic

26y Cliff Allen

Tracking Traffic

The web allows us to track practically everything a user does. But this is a good-news/bad-news situation. The good news is that we can capture a trem...

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Click-Through Rate, R.I.P.
Media

Click-Through Rate, R.I.P.

26y Jim Meskauskas

Click-Through Rate, R.I.P.

It's finally happened: Click-through is dead. As the proverbial doornail. Finished. Over. Well, perhaps this is overstated, but it IS dead as a metric...

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When the Message Is the Medium
Marketing

When the Message Is the Medium

26y Zhenya Gene Senyak

When the Message Is the Medium

You hear the phrase "Hot Silicon Valley PR agency" and what comes to mind? An agency putting together cutting-edge communications in new media for a h...

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Guerrillas in Our Midst
Marketing

Guerrillas in Our Midst

26y Neil Cohen

Guerrillas in Our Midst

A couple weeks back, in an article on early-stage marketing for start-ups, Neil asked ClickZ readers to share low-cost marketing tactics that have wor...

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The Art of Being Human
Email

The Art of Being Human

26y Kim MacPherson

The Art of Being Human

Due to the ever-growing inbox deluge, email recipients of the future are bound to tune out more and more. So we need to experiment, stay on the cuttin...

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Avenue A, Luminant Worldwide Forge Alliance
Media

Avenue A, Luminant Worldwide Forge Alliance

26y Pamela Parker

Avenue A, Luminant Worldwide Forge Alliance

A media buying firm and a Web development company agree to co-marketone another's services. Read More...

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$6 Trillion in B2B Trade by 2005
Marketing

$6 Trillion in B2B Trade by 2005

26y Michael Pastore

$6 Trillion in B2B Trade by 2005

Internet B2B trade in the year 2000 will represent only 3 percent of the total US B2B non-service market, or $336 billion, but by 2005, it will swell ...

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Permissions Are Not All Created Equal
Marketing

Permissions Are Not All Created Equal

26y Nick Usborne

Permissions Are Not All Created Equal

Permission is a particularly dangerous label. It gives the impression of a depth of consent and relationship that rarely exists except in the mind of ...

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Serving the Small Business Target Market
Marketing

Serving the Small Business Target Market

26y David Gumpert

Serving the Small Business Target Market

Small business is a popular online target market for major corporations, especially the financial services firms. The SBA estimates about 25 million s...

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Fleet Kicks Off Campaign for Online Banking
Media

Fleet Kicks Off Campaign for Online Banking

26y Pamela Parker

Fleet Kicks Off Campaign for Online Banking

Financial services firm Fleet tries to draw customers to its onlinebanking application. Read More...

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Environ.com, VerticalNet Swap Marketing Opportunities
Media

Environ.com, VerticalNet Swap Marketing Opportunities

26y Pamela Parker

Environ.com, VerticalNet Swap Marketing Opportunit...

Two B2B players forge an alliance aimed at cross-pollinating theiraudiences. Read More...

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Use Your Inventory: Low Price, High Dividends
Media

Use Your Inventory: Low Price, High Dividends

26y Adam Posman

Use Your Inventory: Low Price, High Dividends

It's no secret that most major web sites and ad networks don't even come close to selling the majority of their ad inventory. Yet, many sites maintain...

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The Heat Is On
Marketing

The Heat Is On

26y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

The Heat Is On

The Pew Research Center says people are losing interest in television news in favor of the Internet. Fewer people follow national news, and they pay a...

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Online Ad Tracking Company Grabs $11 Million
Media

Online Ad Tracking Company Grabs $11 Million

26y Beth Cox

Online Ad Tracking Company Grabs $11 Million

Orb Communications and Marketing is set to add wireless capabilitiesto its arsenal, with the help of a cash infusion. Read More...

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Contrary Words Worth Hearing
Marketing

Contrary Words Worth Hearing

26y Andy Bourland

Contrary Words Worth Hearing

Andy gets a lot of mail from web site publishers struggling to make their sites more "sticky." Should I use a mascot to give my site personality? Will...

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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
Email

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
Media

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
Marketing

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
Ad Industry Metrics

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
Search

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
Media

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
Marketing

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
Media

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
Media

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
Media

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?
Media

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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