The Kids Are Alright
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The Kids Are Alright

27y Dana Blankenhorn

The Kids Are Alright

There's a basic childishness in covering technology. Like a lesson from an 8-year-old. By the time the kid masters a toy, he's tired of it. This is wh...

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Internet Pumps $507 Billion into US Economy
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Internet Pumps $507 Billion into US Economy

27y Martin Lindstrom

Internet Pumps $507 Billion into US Economy

It pays the bills and feeds the family, but how is the Internet economy doing? The latest installment of an ongoing study by the University of Texas s...

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Report Stresses Value of Repeat Business for Advertisers
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Report Stresses Value of Repeat Business for Advertisers

27y Beth Cox

Report Stresses Value of Repeat Business for Adver...

A new industry report from AdKnowledge says that that within 90days of showing an online ad, fully 48.6 percent of the sales or leadsgenerated by a ca...

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Repeat Business Generates Half of Web Advertising Value
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Repeat Business Generates Half of Web Advertising Value

27y Michael Pastore

Repeat Business Generates Half of Web Advertising ...

The third quarter Online Advertising Report from AdKnowledge found that marketers need to track repeat business to quantify their online ad returns. I...

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Food For Thought
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Food For Thought

27y Cliff Allen

Food For Thought

Loyalty programs have attracted more and more attention since the advent of database marketing and the web. A good loyalty program is one that fits na...

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Comet Systems Launches "Cometized Banners"
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Comet Systems Launches "Cometized Banners"

27y Beth Cox

Comet Systems Launches "Cometized Banners"

Comet Systems, developers of the CometCursor, unveiled the Cometized Banner, a new product for online advertisingthat automatically serves branded cur...

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What's In An Email?
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What's In An Email?

27y Jim Meskauskas

What's In An Email?

"What's in an email? That which we call an email by any other name would smell as sweet." Not exactly how the line goes, but direct email as a media v...

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Gated Cul de Sacs
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Gated Cul de Sacs

27y Dana Blankenhorn

Gated Cul de Sacs

Each Sunday Dana tries to ride his bike in Atlanta. It's frustrating because of the way cities develop with cul de sacs, widened highways and choking ...

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My Seven Best Reasons to Stay Offline
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My Seven Best Reasons to Stay Offline

27y Michael Fischler

My Seven Best Reasons to Stay Offline

Mike read a cute little article called "The Dirty Dozen" in another publication. The columnist reached out and asked various people what they hated mo...

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Real Media Lands 59 New Advertisers
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Real Media Lands 59 New Advertisers

27y Beth Cox

Real Media Lands 59 New Advertisers

Ad network and ad serving technology company Real Media said it landed 59 newadvertisers in September and October in categories including automotive,t...

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Consumers Fear for Their Online Privacy
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Consumers Fear for Their Online Privacy

27y Michael Pastore

Consumers Fear for Their Online Privacy

A report from Forrester Research confirms what most people already believed to be true: privacy fears are holding back Web shopping. But more experien...

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ValueVision Awards Multi-Million Dollar Account to CME
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ValueVision Awards Multi-Million Dollar Account to CME

27y Beth Cox

ValueVision Awards Multi-Million Dollar Account to...

Home shopping network ValueVision International Inc. named CampbellMithun Esty (CME) as its advertising agency of record to develop amulti-million dol...

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ADVO and coolsavings.com Partner
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ADVO and coolsavings.com Partner

27y Beth Cox

ADVO and coolsavings.com Partner

Direct mail marketing company ADVO Inc. and Web coupon and marketingpromotion site CoolSavings are teaming up to launch anintegrated marketing initiat...

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PR Foresight Was 20/20
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PR Foresight Was 20/20

27y Greg Sherwin and Emily Avila

PR Foresight Was 20/20

In an unprecedented public relations gamble, Metabolife has posted its own video recording of an ABC "20/20" interview of CEO Michael Ellis by reporte...

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K2 Design Posts Net Income of $266,000 for 3Q
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K2 Design Posts Net Income of $266,000 for 3Q

27y Beth Cox

K2 Design Posts Net Income of $266,000 for 3Q

Interactive agency K2 Design Inc. posted net income for thethird quarter of $266,000, compared to a loss for the same period last yearof $339,000. Rea...

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LendingTree Selects Mullen for $50 Million Account
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LendingTree Selects Mullen for $50 Million Account

27y Beth Cox

LendingTree Selects Mullen for $50 Million Account

Online loan marketplace LendingTree Inc. selected Mullen as the agency of record for thecompany's $50 million national advertising account. Read More...

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If You Can Dream It - Proceed With Caution
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If You Can Dream It - Proceed With Caution

27y Nick Usborne

If You Can Dream It - Proceed With Caution

A thousand pundits will tell you that the journey to small business success is powered by passion and vision. That's true. In part. However, passion a...

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24/7 Media Offers Millennium Sponsorship Packages
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24/7 Media Offers Millennium Sponsorship Packages

27y Beth Cox

24/7 Media Offers Millennium Sponsorship Packages

Online marketing company and ad network Media Inc. is offering a millenniumsponsorship package called "Win Your Ultimate New Year Resolution" promotio...

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Effective Cross-Promotions
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Effective Cross-Promotions

27y Tom Hespos

Effective Cross-Promotions

Tom has a coffee maker thatmakes espresso, cappuccino and a bunch of other stuff. But he doesn't use all the features because it's not intuitive. Whet...

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Doctors Missing Internet Health Opportunity
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Doctors Missing Internet Health Opportunity

27y Michael Pastore

Doctors Missing Internet Health Opportunity

Patients want to interact with their physicians using Web sites and e-mail, but doctors are missing out on the opportunity, according to Cyber Dialogu...

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MessageMedia Raises $42 Million in a Private Placement
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MessageMedia Raises $42 Million in a Private Placement

27y Beth Cox

MessageMedia Raises $42 Million in a Private Place...

MessageMedia Inc., a provider ofe-mail-based customer relationship management and direct marketing services,closed on a private placement of approxima...

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LinkShare Surpasses 400-Partner Mark
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LinkShare Surpasses 400-Partner Mark

27y Beth Cox

LinkShare Surpasses 400-Partner Mark

Affiliate marketing company Read More

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Lycos Teams with Netcentives for Loyalty Program
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Lycos Teams with Netcentives for Loyalty Program

27y Beth Cox

Lycos Teams with Netcentives for Loyalty Program

Lycos Inc. launched a network-wide rewardsprogram built in conjunction with Netcentives Inc., a provider ofInternet loyalty programs. Read More...

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Naviant, eData.com Sign $56 Million, 5-Year Agreement
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Naviant, eData.com Sign $56 Million, 5-Year Agreement

27y Beth Cox

Naviant, eData.com Sign $56 Million, 5-Year Agreem...

Precision marketing company Naviant signed a $56 million strategicalliance with eData.com, an Internet-based informationtechnology solutions company. ...

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More Than One-Quarter of British Regularly Use Net
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More Than One-Quarter of British Regularly Use Net

27y Michael Pastore

More Than One-Quarter of British Regularly Use Net

More than one-quarter of the adult residents in the UK have used the Internet in the past month, according to the CommerceNet/Nielsen Internet and E-C...

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E-Stamp Launches Campaign Aimed at Small Businesses
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E-Stamp Launches Campaign Aimed at Small Businesses

27y Beth Cox

E-Stamp Launches Campaign Aimed at Small Businesse...

Internet postage company E-Stamp Corp. launched a brand marketingcampaign designed to position the company as the Internet postage providerfor small o...

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Doing the Biz Dev Tango: Part II
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Doing the Biz Dev Tango: Part II

27y Jim Meskauskas

Doing the Biz Dev Tango: Part II

Last week we discussed the move toward more agency involvement in the business development process. As more dotcoms enter the scene with little or no ...

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The Book On First-Mover Advantage
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The Book On First-Mover Advantage

27y Jeff Moore

The Book On First-Mover Advantage

The online book industry is a case study in cornering a market online via first-mover advantage. How can this be? The barriers to entry are low. Books...

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