Marketers are Catching On
Saturday, 16 June 2007
Rejoice! According to the DMA, Brand and mass marketers are now using direct techniques in their campaigns in much the same way I’ve advocated before. More than half use one or more direct marketing channels such as search, email, or SEO in conjunction with their brand advertising. According to Peter Johnson of the DMA, “We
- Published in Brand Marketing, Insights / Research, Search
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Upcoming Online Marketing Conferences
Wednesday, 09 May 2007
Lee Odden reminded me of a goal I’ve had to replicate his promotion of industry events, sharing with you though, my perspective. June brings us a great variety of topics with one of the best e-Commerce shows, some divination of our future, and both remedial and advanced search marketing conferences (at one of which I’ll
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Yahoo and Google and Microsoft oh my!
Friday, 04 May 2007
Can anyone keep up with recent news? Acquisition talk following what seems to be the month of mergers, with Hitwise going to Experian and, of course, Google’s pick up of DoubleClick, brings my old stomping grounds and once world’s strongest brand into the limelight. Yahoo! and Microsoft Microsoft is stepping up pursuit of Yahoo! to
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Free Shipping is Not Important
Monday, 23 April 2007
I’ve been out of the office for the past week, welcoming my second daughter home. She arrived 9 days ago and, of course, my mind still turns to the industry that keeps us all employed. As you can imagine, we’ve started receiving gifts and presents from friends and family through FedEx, UPS, and the USPS;
- Published in eCommerce, Insights / Research
Online Industry Events in One Calendar
Thursday, 19 April 2007
For years, I have been frustrated with our industry’s conference and event promotion. Without a single, comprehensive calendar of search and marketing conferences, we’re left to subscribe to every newsletter and publication just to be informed of an upcoming event. Still, we often miss the smaller, local seminars and meetings. This year, I practically neglected
- Published in Change Log, Conferences / Events, Vertical Search, Web 2.0