Best Practices for Building Web Surveys
Marketing

Best Practices for Building Web Surveys

26y Jeffrey Graham

Best Practices for Building Web Surveys

Surveys are everywhere on the web. Fact is, however, many surveys on the web are lousy. From the respondent's point of view, they can be annoying, cum...

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And the Winner Is...
Marketing

And the Winner Is...

26y Neil Cohen

And the Winner Is...

One of the popular topics of traditional media these days is the onslaught of dot-com ads during the Super Bowl. As the story goes, it is the big chan...

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The Grand Illusion
Marketing

The Grand Illusion

26y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

The Grand Illusion

You want to look at the numbers before signing over your estate to the cult of one-to-one personalization. Only a handful of case studies on the topic...

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Real Media Goes Down Under with Investment in MediaFusion
Media

Real Media Goes Down Under with Investment in MediaFusion

26y Pamela Parker

Real Media Goes Down Under with Investment in Medi...

Ad network Real Mediaon Thursdaymade a strategic investment in MediaFusion, an Australian ad rep firm,expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific regio...

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Got English?
Marketing

Got English?

26y Len Stein

Got English?

Here we are, safely landed in the new millennium, but have we retired those worn-out 20th-century atoms-and-ink PR tactics? Len doesn't think so. Don'...

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Web Changes Finance Habits of Canadians
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Web Changes Finance Habits of Canadians

26y Michael Pastore

Web Changes Finance Habits of Canadians

A survey of financial Web site users has found Canadian investors are changing their financial habits as a result of access to online investment infor...

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Redtagoutlet.com, ValueVision Strike Marketing Deal
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Redtagoutlet.com, ValueVision Strike Marketing Deal

26y Pamela Parker

Redtagoutlet.com, ValueVision Strike Marketing Dea...

Online closeout retailer redtagoutlet.com on Wednesday strucka deal with ValueVision to co-produce programming forthe channel, which is soon to be re-...

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24/7 Media Sells chinadotcom Shares For $11 Million Profit
Media

24/7 Media Sells chinadotcom Shares For $11 Million Profit

26y Pamela Parker

24/7 Media Sells chinadotcom Shares For $11 Millio...

Advertising firm 24/7 Media onWednesday said it's selling around 150,000 shares of its holdings in chinadotcom Corp., realizing a $11 million gain, am...

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Ten Things I Hate About the Web Business
Marketing

Ten Things I Hate About the Web Business

26y Sean Carton

Ten Things I Hate About the Web Business

Sean had a hard time fighting his way to the office through a 12-inch "dusting" o' the white stuff, so he spewed out another top-ten list covering his...

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Say It Ain't So, Levi Strauss, Say It Ain't So
Marketing

Say It Ain't So, Levi Strauss, Say It Ain't So

26y David Gumpert

Say It Ain't So, Levi Strauss, Say It Ain'...

When David heard Levi Strauss was abandoning the Internet as a distribution outlet, he thought it was a mistake. Sales were above predictions, yet Lev...

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MyPrimeTime.com Selects Age Wave IMPACT as AOR
Media

MyPrimeTime.com Selects Age Wave IMPACT as AOR

26y Pamela Parker

MyPrimeTime.com Selects Age Wave IMPACT as AOR

Baby boomer-focused site MyPrimeTime.com on Tuesday said ithad chosen Age Wave IMPACT, anagency specializing in marketing to older Americans, as its a...

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Internet Pharmaceutical Ads Prove Effective
Ad Industry Metrics

Internet Pharmaceutical Ads Prove Effective

26y Michael Pastore

Internet Pharmaceutical Ads Prove Effective

A study by Cyber Dialogue on the return on investment from Internet pharmaceutical ads found online ads are more effective and give more bang for the ...

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The Price That's Right
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The Price That's Right

26y Dana Blankenhorn

The Price That's Right

The direct marketing experts at the "Billion Dollar Internet Strategy Setting Super Summit" knocked Dana on his tokhes last week. Martin Chenard of Ad...

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Please Don't Egg My House
Media

Please Don't Egg My House

26y Jim Meskauskas

Please Don't Egg My House

Jim received email after email in response to last week's piece, "Attention Sales Staff! Please Read This Before You Call." In fact, he got more respo...

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Is Your Sales Force Covering All The Market?
Media

Is Your Sales Force Covering All The Market?

26y Janet Ryan and Nancy Whiteman

Is Your Sales Force Covering All The Market?

In examining your sales process, if you find that your Internet ad sales team closes essentially every account they go after, be worried. It means the...

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One True Thing
Media

One True Thing

26y Dana Blankenhorn

One True Thing

Dana spent the weekend at an airport hotelin Los Angeles, trying to help 300 business people get their arms around this thing called the Internet. Att...

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Ibelieve.com Starts Nationwide $10 Million Advertising Push
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Ibelieve.com Starts Nationwide $10 Million Advertising Push

26y Pamela Parker

Ibelieve.com Starts Nationwide $10 Million Adverti...

Christian portal iBelieve.com onMonday launched a $10 million nationwide advertising campaign, with buys onboth Christian-oriented and mass media. Rea...

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Sales of Digital Devices Pass $7 Billion
Data insights

Sales of Digital Devices Pass $7 Billion

26y Michael Pastore

Sales of Digital Devices Pass $7 Billion

Sales of personal digital devices, PDAs, MP3 players, and smartphones, passed $7 billion in 1999, according to Strategy Analytics, while PC Data found...

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OnMoney.com Kicks-Off $30 Million Campaign at Super Bowl
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OnMoney.com Kicks-Off $30 Million Campaign at Super Bowl

26y Pamela Parker

OnMoney.com Kicks-Off $30 Million Campaign at Supe...

OnMoney.com Monday said it is kicking off a $30 million broadcast, print and radioadvertising campaign with a commercial during Super Bowl XXXIV. Read...

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Internet Drug Ads Show Stunning ROI
Media

Internet Drug Ads Show Stunning ROI

26y Pamela Parker

Internet Drug Ads Show Stunning ROI

Internet ads targeted at getting consumers to request a particular drugwhen at the doctor's office have been stunningly effective compared toother med...

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Ehhh. . . You've Got Convergence, Doc
Marketing

Ehhh. . . You've Got Convergence, Doc

26y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

Ehhh. . . You've Got Convergence, Doc

America Online's merger with Time Warner allows each company to get a piece of the Internet future they couldn't get alone. Time Warner brings to the ...

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Engage Buys Flycast and AdSmart for $2.5 Billion
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Engage Buys Flycast and AdSmart for $2.5 Billion

26y Pamela Parker

Engage Buys Flycast and AdSmart for $2.5 Billion

Engage Technologies, CMGI's flagship advertising company, onThursday acquired ad networks Flycast Communications and AdSmart, which are both alsomajor...

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Security and the Single Store
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Security and the Single Store

26y Dana Blankenhorn

Security and the Single Store

Five years ago, when the web was new, the idea of having a credit card number stolen online seemed ludicrous. The real danger, we quickly learned, lur...

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Context Is King
Media

Context Is King

26y Tom Hespos

Context Is King

Tom's not a tremendous fan of media plans that are put together solely on the basis of what syndicated research companies say about sites' demographic...

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Customization: Does It Really Fit?
Marketing

Customization: Does It Really Fit?

26y Martin Lindstrom

Customization: Does It Really Fit?

Finally Nike has done what many observers expected the company to do last year. Nike Retail Services, Inc. introduced Nike iD, an interactive site tha...

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When Worlds Collide
Marketing

When Worlds Collide

26y Sean Carton

When Worlds Collide

What happens when worlds collide? Explosions that impact us all. And what's going to be the impact of the collision of the analog and digital worlds? ...

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Intranets.com Kicks Off $10 Million National Campaign
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Intranets.com Kicks Off $10 Million National Campaign

26y Pamela Parker

Intranets.com Kicks Off $10 Million National Campa...

Intranets.com, an idealab!-incubated company that providesfree collaboration sites for businesses, on Tuesdaykicked off a $10 million national adverti...

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Wal-Mart Plays the FUD Game
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Wal-Mart Plays the FUD Game

26y Dana Blankenhorn

Wal-Mart Plays the FUD Game

What's FUD, you ask? It's an acronym that describes the strategy some Internet businesses use to build up buzz and cow the competition: Fear, Uncertai...

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