Q&As

Today we meet Tracy Olley, who does list brokerage for nonprofit organizations and companies in Canada and the U.S. She telecommutes from her home office in British Columbia for New Jersey-based Information Refinery Inc.

7-Eleven is playing sports hard this year as part of its local marketing strategy.

Sears Holdings Corp. named John Walden its first-ever chief customer officer just days after the abrupt departure of Sears Roebuck & Co.’s chief marketing officer Joan Chow.

The U.S. Postal Service in a Federal Register notice Wednesday modified its original proposals for new mailing rules that will take effect with the next rate increase this spring.

Despite repeated warnings from the Federal Trade Commission that so-called child-protection do-not-e-mail registries are dangerous, a Connecticut agency has recommended the state implement one.

A California man has been convicted by a jury in Los Angeles for sending thousands of e-mails to AOL subscribers that looked like they were from the Internet service provider’s billing department and prompted the customers to send personal and credit card information.

SheerVision Inc., an online marketer of surgical loupes and light systems, posted a net loss of $325,768 for the first quarter, compared to a net loss of $131,102 in hr prior-year.

“I do” often translates into “I spend

Bob Kodner, CEO of a foundation repair franchising company, had an epiphany five years ago as he was sitting in traffic. The slogan “a dry crack is a happy crack” popped into his head, and he knew he had marketing gold.

Today, The Crack Team has parlayed that slogan into a Web site selling t-shirts and other paraphernalia that accounts for over 10% of the St Louis-based company’s business.

So, how was your 2006? Meet your sales projections? How about profits? Did you hit your target, blow it away or