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E-Mail ROI Is Falling
Though the return on investment garnered from e-mail marketing operations is still healthy, there has been a downward trend in recent years, and it is forecasted to continue through 2007 and 2008. This is according to the U.S. Direct Marketing Association. In 2005, e-mail marketing ROI was $57.25 for every dollar [...] More...
Fraud 2.0
As though straight out of some biblical parable, for whatever reason, a percentage of those engaging in an activity will do it the good way while a percentage will do it the bad way. In sports or academics, they call it cheating. In our industry, they call it fraud, and [...] More...
A Local Dilemma - Part 1
I recently joined a new gym, and to make sure that I go, I signed up for some training sessions with the intent to go three times per week for as long as it takes until I actually like the gym. For my wallet’s sake, I would like to hit [...] More...
A Lead Dilemma
During his presentation at TARGUSinfo’s most recent online lead quality summit, Terrence Thomas, CMO of eLearners, made a comment that sounded like any other, but some comments end up sticking with you more than others. It’s nothing dire, given eLearners stake in the online lead generation market as both one [...] More...
Affiliate Management 102
In June we wrote an article inspired by some of the most important people in the direct marketing space, account managers. As I wrote then, I still remember my entry into the online space. I was asked whether I wanted to do media buying or become an account manager, which [...] More...
King of Traffix
If you attend Affiliate Summit, you should have come across a company called Hot Rocket Marketing and their affiliate network RocketProfit.com. Then again, given their low key demeanor, you might not have. At Affiliate Summit they had a booth and helped sponsor the blockbuster party, but they did that, it [...] More...
Google CPA Optimizer
Google has entered an arena which comes as no surprise but still a slight shock. The company has made billions of dollars off click based advertising, literally billions. In fact, they make more than a billion dollars each month from advertisers paying pennies per click to tens of dollars. Google’s [...] More...
Push Vs. Pull In Lead Generation
If you follow the public companies within the Internet advertising space, you should have some familiarity with the rise and fall of Valueclick. The stock went from around $13 in the middle of 2006, doubled within five months before the start of this year, and then added roughly 30% more [...] More...
Making The Affiliate Software Switch
I have been in the affiliate space for sometime now and have tried a couple of platforms. After my trials and tribulations, I finally discovered the platform that was a perfect fit for the needs of my company. When I switched affiliate systems I had a number of clients contact [...] More...
Blue Is The New Black
Pretend for a second that you just got back from vacation and didn’t happen to see the flurry of blog posts on Tuesday afternoon and articles yesterday. That way the answer to this question won’t come quite as easily. Even if you do know, see if this doesn’t show the [...] More...
Spotlight
Mobile to the RescueADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — The industry is still wary about mobile advertising — does it work, how significant is the ROI [...] more...
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