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According to the Arketi Group 2007 Web Watch Survey, 84 percent of journalists say they would or already have used blogs as a primary or secondary source for articles. 100% of those (journalists) surveyed say they rely on the Internet to help get their job done. One-quarter of journalists say blogs make their job easier, while 18 percent say insta Read More

Decision-makers seldom, if ever, read brochures or product data sheets or any of the traditional marketing materials. If they're needed at all, such materials should be specifically targeted at lower-level folk (gatekeepers and speedbumps) who worry about such details. When a company decides to sell M2M — which is where the big B2B money is locate Read More

There's a neat little knowledgebase, with substantial informative content, right at your fingertips and you likely don't even know it. The Insight24 directory, which aggregates business and technology webcasts, videos and podcasts, boasts over 5,000 content pieces provided by 160 companies. And we're not talking fluff and marketing spiels. The con Read More

Free shipping, with conditions, is set to be the most popular promotion among online retailers this holiday season, found a study conducted by BizRate Research for Shop.org. Read More

MailerMailer.com's latest Email Marketing Metrics Report looks at how subject lines and personalization affect open and click-through rates. In particular, the report found that subject lines containing 35 characters or less are 28 percent more likely to be opened. Read More

No matter how much customer care training we conduct, some customers will dislike our service. They may become so irate that they confront us face-to-face, venting their frustrations--at times rather loudly and accusingly.

How are we likely to respond? By habit, we become defensive. We talk plenty. We contradict them, and tension rises. Far fro Read More

The audience for mobile Web-based campaigns is growing, and more marketers are experimenting with the medium. But many brand managers are hesitant to commit big budgets. Mobile marketing spending has been on the cusp of a major breakthrough for years. But roadblocks persist.
A Nielsen study cited in Advertising Age found that only 10% of mobile Read More

A new guide from Magazine Publishers of America offers a comprehensive view of the role of media in influencing consumer purchase decisions and online behavior. The report analyzes cross-media accountability data from 32 studies to determine each medium's effectiveness through the purchase funnel. The overall findings indicate that: * Med Read More

It's every company's nightmare: a competitor enters your market with a similar product priced at a fraction of what you currently charge. You need a strategy for beating the low-ballers. So what's the best way to proceed? Read More

To pull ahead of your business competitors, you need to build a detailed profile of their strengths, weaknesses, and relationships with customers. With that information, you can compare the performance of your business with that of your main competitors, measuring factors that are important to quality of service, and use the comparison as the basi Read More