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E-mail Lists Could Benefit From Segmentation

Recent Internet Retailer figures studied by survey software firm Vovici seem to indicate that online retailers who reach their customers through e-mail efforts could benefit from more targeted e-mail lists.

Second Life Growing, Big in Europe

Recent numbers released by comScore Networks indicate that Second Life experienced a 46% increase in the number of users in March 2007 compared to January 2007.

Males Are Hardcore, Females Are Casual

Popcap.com, a Web site that makes various online games available to users, noticed that the vast majority of its worldwide users were female. The precise split was 76% female and 24% male. Apparently, this is not an aberration, but...

True That

Imagine yourself three years ago looking for a market to explore. Yes, 2004, in a world before MySpace and Facebook, a time when New Century still bought leads. You had money, a solid leadership team, and a desire to enter into the...

Quiz Show

If you use Gmail, you probably have noticed an ad showing up more than you might expect. Given its prominence and the seeming lack of relevance to your conversations, you might have wondered whether Coffeefool.com was more...

Strengthen Your Subscriber Base

More important than what you communicate through your e-marketing efforts, is to whom you choose to send it. Your list of email subscribers or recipients does much more than represent a core group of current or potential...

iLegal – The FTC, Incentivized Offers and the

There is quite a bit of concern in the online advertising industry right now around the subject of incentivized offers. Several large companies, including some that are publicly traded, generate large portions of their revenues in the...

The Right (Media) Stuff

In October of last year, Yahoo took many in the ad space by surprise announcing a strategic investment in ad network and exchange Right Media, as it led a $45 million Series B round of financing. While not an...

Intrusive Advertising = Effective Advertising

There is a myth that exists that advertising needs to be intrusive in order to be effective. While this is not an entirely true statement, in most conditions it is correct. There are two types of products advertised in our market: products in...