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  • Macro Economics of Search Advertising

    Scenario: Supply of your product/services is still going strong, but demand has begun to decline as consumers reduce discretionary spending. When the terms €˜recession€™ and €˜depression€™ are being debated as to which one best describes the economy, good advertisers know it is time to change focus.

  • Finding Balance in Search Advertising for 2009

    Corporate budget cuts during recessionary environments are often felt first by advertising initiatives, leading to an increased scrutiny on performance-based metrics such as return-on-advertising-spend (ROAS).

  • Lessons Learned From The Frontlines of eCommerce

    It is hard to escape the platitudes and suggestions that accompany a New Year. The tendency is to look back and try and learn from what has occurred in the past and apply that wisdom towards creating a more fulfilling future.

  • Nielsen Suspends PRISM In-Store Data Development

    The Nielsen Co. has said it will suspend its plans to offer a syndicated in-store data service because of the troubled economic prospects facing many retailers.

  • Advantages of Building a LIST

    Email marketing: it has quickly become one of the hottest new industries of the past decade, with more people than ever before seeing substantial returns on this investment.

  • Lessons Learned From The Frontlines of eCommerce

    It is hard to escape the platitudes and suggestions that accompany a New Year. The tendency is to look back and try and learn from what has occurred in the past and apply that wisdom towards creating a more fulfilling future.

  • MarketLeverage Announces The Online Advertising Industry’s First Affiliate Help Videos

    GreenLinksTM tutorial video program, the online advertising industry’s first interactive video educational tool.

  • Americans Spend 30 Percent of Leisure Time Online

    Internet users in the U.S. spent about 30 percent of their leisure time online in 2008, according to a study conducted by TNS Global.

  • Google Reaches 78 Percent of Americans

    The most recent numbers released by comScore Media Metrix show that Google reaches 78 percent of Americans using the Internet and that online retail sites saw growth despite poor holiday sales.

  • LinkedIn Users Don’t Flirt

    A recent study released by Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 35 percent of U.S. adults ages 18 and older used online social networks in 2008, compared to 65 percent of teenagers 12- to 17-years old.