Home Access Up in US and UK
Audience

Home Access Up in US and UK

27y Michael Pastore

Home Access Up in US and UK

The folks at PricewaterhouseCoopers asked Internet users from the US, UK, France, and Germany why they go online, how they go online, what they do onc...

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InsWeb Launches Consumer Sweepstakes
Media

InsWeb Launches Consumer Sweepstakes

27y Beth Cox

InsWeb Launches Consumer Sweepstakes

Online insurance marketplace InsWeb launched a national sweepstakesprogram as part of its two-year, $75-million consumer marketing campaign. Read More...

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LendingTree Inc. Chooses Agency Finalists
Media

LendingTree Inc. Chooses Agency Finalists

27y Beth Cox

LendingTree Inc. Chooses Agency Finalists

Online loan marketplace LendingTree Inc. narrowed its searchfor an agency to three finalists for the estimated $50 million account. Read More...

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CMGI Adds Flycast to its Cache of Online Ad Firms
Media

CMGI Adds Flycast to its Cache of Online Ad Firms

27y Bob Woods

CMGI Adds Flycast to its Cache of Online Ad Firms

CMGI Inc. continued to display its appetite for Internet advertising companies Thursday spending $690 million on Flycast Communications Corp. The buy ...

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European Executives Rising to E-Commerce Challenge
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European Executives Rising to E-Commerce Challenge

27y Michael Pastore

European Executives Rising to E-Commerce Challenge

Many of Europe's e-commerce leaders are well-established organizations that have seen significant opportunities and are beginning to capitalize on the...

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No Politics Please: We're Doing "Bidness"
Media

No Politics Please: We're Doing "Bidness"

27y Dana Blankenhorn

No Politics Please: We're Doing "Bidness&#...

When you're trying to do "bidness," as Molly Ivins so quaintly calls it, what you most fear is uncertainty. Politicians, on the other hand, thrive on ...

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Phase2Media Will Rep for NeoPlanet
Media

Phase2Media Will Rep for NeoPlanet

27y Beth Cox

Phase2Media Will Rep for NeoPlanet

Interactive advertising and sales strategy firm Phase2Media has been named theexclusive ad sales representative for NeoPlanet Inc., developer of a des...

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Opt-In E-Mail As A Service
Analytics

Opt-In E-Mail As A Service

27y Jeff Moore

Opt-In E-Mail As A Service

Opt-in e-mail advertising is the most underused form of Internet advertising. Click-through rates are higher, targetability is excellent, and it is co...

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24/7 Media Signs to Use Naviant Precision Marketing
Media

24/7 Media Signs to Use Naviant Precision Marketing

27y Beth Cox

24/7 Media Signs to Use Naviant Precision Marketin...

Ad network 24/7 Media Inc.signed a deal with Naviant, a precision marketing company,giving 24/7 Media rights to Naviant's data for the purpose of serv...

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Excite-ing
Media

Excite-ing

27y Jim Meskauskas

Excite-ing

By the time you read this, the news will probably be wrapping fish in most media buyers' and planners' kitchens. Excite@Home is going to be selling ke...

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Online Financial Services in for a Shakeup
Marketing

Online Financial Services in for a Shakeup

27y Michael Pastore

Online Financial Services in for a Shakeup

More mainstream, risk-averse consumers will change the landscape of the online financial services sector, according to research by Jupiter Communicati...

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How Effective Is Your Advertiser Segmentation?
Media

How Effective Is Your Advertiser Segmentation?

27y Janet Ryan and Nancy Whiteman

How Effective Is Your Advertiser Segmentation?

Janet and Nancy pose a few questions that can help your site determine if your advertiser segmentation is all it could be. So, should advertiser conce...

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NetRatings Files for IPO
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NetRatings Files for IPO

27y Beth Cox

NetRatings Files for IPO

As expected online audience tracking company NetRatings Inc., which has strategicrelationships with NielsenMedia Research Inc. and ACNielsen, filed to...

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Integrated Marketing And The Dead Cat
Marketing

Integrated Marketing And The Dead Cat

27y Jeffrey Graham

Integrated Marketing And The Dead Cat

Imagine a sealed box with a cat inside, rigged with a device that will either kill the cat or let it live. You don't know whether the cat's alive or d...

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Sony Wins Top Honor for Australian Internet Advertising
Media

Sony Wins Top Honor for Australian Internet Advertising

27y Team ClickZ

Sony Wins Top Honor for Australian Internet Advert...

The winners of the creatively named1999 Australian Internet Advertising Awwwards were announced late Thursday,with Sony and Fairfax Online taking seve...

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Getting Mom Online
Media

Getting Mom Online

27y Paul Wasserman

Getting Mom Online

Men and women have contrasting shopping styles -- women like to touch and feel, men see and buy. And these differences are surfacing at the electronic...

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Finance Sector Rules the Java Kingdom
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Finance Sector Rules the Java Kingdom

27y Michael Pastore

Finance Sector Rules the Java Kingdom

More than 60 percent of enterprises will adopt Java applications and technology by 2004, with the finance sector leading the way, according to Gartner...

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MyHome.com Selects DDB Worldwide, Hill and Knowlton
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MyHome.com Selects DDB Worldwide, Hill and Knowlton

27y Beth Cox

MyHome.com Selects DDB Worldwide, Hill and Knowlto...

Home decor e-commerce site MyHome.com for advertising selected DDB Worldwide and Hill and Knowlton for publicrelations and said it plans to launch a $...

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Business-to-Business Ventures Prospering Online
Marketing

Business-to-Business Ventures Prospering Online

27y Michael Pastore

Business-to-Business Ventures Prospering Online

The Internet and B-to-B outfits continue to be a match made in heaven, according to research by ActivMedia, Goldman, Sachs, and the Direct Marketing A...

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Show and Tell For Fun... and Profit
Marketing

Show and Tell For Fun... and Profit

27y Todd Copilevitz

Show and Tell For Fun... and Profit

For the next few minutes forget about opt-in policies, response rates or one-to-one marketing. Let Todd tell you about one of the best ideas he's ever...

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Mediaplex Teams with OTP Software
Media

Mediaplex Teams with OTP Software

27y Beth Cox

Mediaplex Teams with OTP Software

Online advertising company Mediaplex Inc. and OTP Software Inc. said they have teamed upto promote Mediaplex's proprietary mobile Java objects technol...

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Network Direct Partners with JHD Enterprises
Media

Network Direct Partners with JHD Enterprises

27y Beth Cox

Network Direct Partners with JHD Enterprises

Direct marketing firm NetworkDirect said it has addedinteractive public relations firm JHD Enterprises to its network ofresource partners. Read More...

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ACNielsen, NetRatings Plan Global Net Measurement Service
Media

ACNielsen, NetRatings Plan Global Net Measurement Service

27y Beth Cox

ACNielsen, NetRatings Plan Global Net Measurement ...

Market research companyACNielsen Corp. and NetRatings Inc.formed a joint venture tolaunch a global service for tracking audiences, advertising and use...

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Toppling Goliath: An Online Roadmap
Marketing

Toppling Goliath: An Online Roadmap

27y Bobbie Halfin

Toppling Goliath: An Online Roadmap

Amazon's spectacular rise has shown that behemoths like Barnes & Noble are vulnerable, and that upstart Internet-born-and-bred alternatives are often ...

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Gentry Communications Selected by New Career Portal
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Gentry Communications Selected by New Career Portal

27y Beth Cox

Gentry Communications Selected by New Career Porta...

Start-up career portal Superhireway.com selected Gentry Communications as its agency ofrecord for marketing and communications counseling. Read More...

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Beautyscene.com Selects Lot21 and frierson mee + kraft
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Beautyscene.com Selects Lot21 and frierson mee + kraft

27y Beth Cox

Beautyscene.com Selects Lot21 and frierson mee + k...

Beauty and wellness products retailer Beautyscene.com retained frierson mee + kraft and Lot21 Interactive Advertising to providestrategic marketing, a...

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HotBot Integrates LexiQuest Technology
Media

HotBot Integrates LexiQuest Technology

27y Beth Cox

HotBot Integrates LexiQuest Technology

Internet-based linguistics solutions provider LexiQuest Inc. said that Lycos Inc.'sHotBot search engine signed to use itstechnology, "enabling adverti...

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Straw Dogs And Straw Men
Media

Straw Dogs And Straw Men

27y Dana Blankenhorn

Straw Dogs And Straw Men

"Oh Jeesh, you're not going to talk about that Patrick Naughton thing, are you?" Not really. Dana really talks about how the fast, final fall of one o...

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