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  • Digital Thoughts – Claria substantially profitable business

    One of my favorite companies was in the news recently. Normally, this would imply Google or Yahoo, but this time the company making the news was one that Google probably doesn’t like.

  • Karma Chameleon

    Since I commute from San Francisco to Silicon Valley everyday, I ventured into the world of Books on CDs (only for a short while though- ADD at its finest).

  • Trends Report – Search Engine Activity and Tools

    Search as an industry is always in the news. And these past few week’s have been no exception. Rather than earnings or user base statistics, the most recent news has focused on feature developments and operational strategy

  • Digital Thoughts – Search Engine Space

    This week’s Trends looks at the search engine space and ends by suggesting a shift in search is on the horizon. Search and the related pay per click advertising have been among the hottest industries on the net.

  • Regal In First Co-Credit Card Deal to Reward Moviegoers

    Moviegoers will soon be rewarded for their patronage under a new venture between theater operator Regal CineMedia Corp., Chase and MasterCard International. Regal Entertainment Group Platinum MasterCard Starting in March, the three companies will …

  • Claim your FREE* X!

    Everyone in this industry has seen the last 2 years of online marketing following a trend of gathering leads by offering “free” goods.

  • Digital Thoughts

    The studio called Terminator 2 “Rise of the Machines.” Internet advertising observers might call 2004 the “Rise of the Network.” True, the rise of the networks doesn’t really have anything to do with the Terminator movie ser

  • Not Vary Right

    A break from Direct marketing talk, The column may be about politics, or sex, religion, lost youth, lost love, or lost lives, but it will be something that relates to you. It will be something that relates to us all.

  • Trends Report – Super Bowl

    One of the best days in advertising recently passed. So unique is this day – it is one of the few times where television viewers look forward to ads. From a marketer’s perspective too, this day is unique.

  • BLINK

    At the top of this week’s New York Times Bestseller List is BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. The author of “The Tipping Point” (great book by the way) explores the importance of hunch, the power of first impressions, and how instinct influences