TREVOSE, PA – December 9, 2011 – The Advertising Specialty Institute today launched ASI SmartSales, a customized solution for maximizing sales and revenue opportunities, powered by Oracle exclusively for the promotional products industry.

Growth of Affiliate Marketing Industry Counters Recent Economic Downturn; ClickBank Revenue Paid to Online Entrepreneurs Doubled Between 2008-2011

Forrester Research Forecasts Affiliate Marketing Industry to Reach $4 Billion in Annual Revenues by 2014

A Prosper Mobile Insights mobile survey of 332 smartphone and tablet users conducted from Nov. 29-Dec. 2 found that nearly a quarter of respondents deem their mobile devices “integral” to their holiday shopping experience.

According to the “2012 Marketing Trends Survey” from StrongMail, conducted by Zoomerang, email marketing and social media are set to see the biggest budget increases by marketers in 2012.

According to Kenshoo’s “2011 Online Retail Holiday Shopping Report – Early Edition,” consumers are buying more and are buying more at a time this holiday season. Also, holiday season search advertising budgets were up nearly 30 percent, while the paid-search average cost per click (CPC) was up…

Mobile advertisers’ top campaign goal was to sustain in-market presences, according to Millennial Media’s S.M.A.R.T. (Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting) report for October. Also included was the finding that application download was the top post-click campaign action.

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