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  • ExactTarget Unveils Twitter Tool

    E-mail marketing software-on-demand provider ExactTarget today announced it has developed a tool that allows its clients to integrate their e-mail marketing content with Twitter.

  • Web 2.0: The Jackass’s Bullhorn

    I come from the school of publishing that says: “Never take on a reader. You have all the ammo. So if you do, you’ll look like a petty bully and you’ll lose subscribers.”

    But that rule was crafted in the days of print publications where the only voice readers had was in the letters-to-the-editor section for which editors played gatekeeper and always had the last word if they chose to voice it.

    Moreover, the letters published were those that the editors believed added to the discussion or advanced the debate.

    Enter the reader comments section on publisher Web sites. Out go the gatekeepers. In come the reasons we thought we needed gatekeepers in the first place.

  • Utah Child No-E-Mail Lawsuit Dismissed

    A federal judge in Utah Monday dismissed a lawsuit against the state

  • E-mail’s Tiny Ad Share Gets Smaller: IAB

    While overall U.S. Internet ad spending dropped by 5.3% to $10.9 billion from the first half of 2008 to the first half of 2009, e-mail ad spending became even more of a rounding error than it already was, according to a recent study by the Internet Advertising Bureau.

  • Open Rates Rise Again: Epsilon

    E-mail average open rates have edged up for the fourth quarter in a row, according to a study released today by marketing services provider Epsilon.

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  • Q Interactive Buys Lead-Gen Firm Vente

    Pay-for-performance ad network Q Interactive announced today it has acquired Vente

  • Gunfight at the DMA Corral

    Oh, the irony. A dissident board member of the Direct Marketing Association has launched a campaign against the DMA using the one channel the organization has arguably struggled with most

  • In E-Mail Lists, You Get What You Pay For

    Judging by the sheer number of pitches everyone gets daily from unknown companies shilling shady e-mail lists, it’s safe to say enough marketers are buying these lists to make the fly-by-night firms profitable

  • Kids Still Care About E-Mail: Survey

    Sure, instant messaging and social networks are the communication channels of choice for the 18 to 25-year-old set. But many are highly receptive to permission-based commercial e-mail, according to research from marketing services firm Epsilon