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Island Resort Surfs Web for New Customers
Hale Makai Cottages is looking to build on the online and direct marketing efforts it began last year to draw people to the resort.
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Five Deadly Sales Letter Mistakes
An effective sales letter, not surprisingly, achieves the same objectives as an effective salesperson. And just as there are certain mistakes a salesperson wants to be sure to avoid in the selling process, the same holds true for the writer of sales letters. So, dear readers, I present five deadly sales letter mistakes. Eliminate one or more of the common blunders described here and it’s a good bet your response rates will improve.
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Tommy Hilfiger ‘Styles’ Up for Sweeps
Tommy Hilfiger is out with a new campaign designed to build buzz around its revamped juniors line with an instant-win game, which promises a grand-prize trip to New York.
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E-Zine Helps African American Firms Get in the Black
Where do African American entrepreneurs turn for business advice? Many are now going to www.izania.com, a Web site that in one year has experienced a 400% growth in traffic. And many are reading the weekly Izania e-mail newsletter.
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Gold Mine: Ice.com Blogs the Bling
Many marketers are treading gingerly around the notion of adding a blog to their Web site. But don’t count online jewelry retailer Ice.com among the pussyfooters. The Montreal-based e-commerce site has not one but three blogs up and running and linked to its Web pages.
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Crashing Through the Blog-cade
What’s with this explosion of blogs?
Every schoolkid has one. Every would-be author or philosopher has one. Every frustrated lover has one. That’s why a potentially informative medium already has its waters loaded with mud. -
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Arbitron May Resume Radio Measurement in New Orleans
Arbitron Inc. is attempting to resume radio measurement surveys in the hurricane-devastated New Orleans and Gulf Coast markets.
If it is successfully able to measure current audiences in a study conducted between April and June, by mid-July it will release listener demographics that will encourage the channel
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Judge Will Okay Downsized Data Demand from Google
A U.S. federal judge says he will probably give the Department of Justice some of the search data it has asked for from Google, now that government attorneys have greatly reduced the scope of their request.
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Nautilus Re-Issues Financial Figures: Sales, Expenses Increase
The good news in Nautilus Inc.
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Ford Launches Webisodes for Lincoln, Mercury Brands
Ford Motor Co. is boosting two of its brands via Webisodes that promote the new Mercury Milan and Lincoln Zephyr sedans.