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Saturday, December 01, 2007

More evidence of gift card popularity

U.S. consumers would rather give than receive, and if a present must be bought for them they’d prefer it to be a gift card or cash, according to BIGresearch’s recent American Pulse Survey. >>

Friday, November 30, 2007

Adobe to launch ads in PDF files

A new ad platform is currently in Beta testing by Adobe and Yahoo which could change the way PDF publishers earn revenue. The platform would allow advertisements to be shown in Adobe's PDF file format. The opt-in service would host contextually targeted ads within the documents. >>

Friday, November 30, 2007

Report: Online marketing trends include 1:1 contact

Online marketing isn't just about drawing in new consumers any longer. Instead, marketers should use the 'Net to become better acquainted with current customers. This is one trend noted in a recent Adotas report on online marketing strategies. >>

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Business strategy should include engagement

A new study has found that businesses are increasingly looking to social networking and user-generated channels to improve their levels of customer engagement. >>

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Product videos increase purchase satisfaction

If satisfaction is the difference between expectation and service received, then there are a whole lot of unsatisfied online shoppers in the U.K. at present. >>

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Eyeblaster offers 60 ad-enabled games

Casual gamers may have a surprise the next time to log on to a favorite game. That is because gaming platform Eyeblaster has more than 60 casual games that are advertising enabled. >>

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Spotzer upgrades ready-made ad offerings

Do-it-yourself ad creation may have gotten a touch simpler with an upgrade offered by Spotzer. The online ad company offers ready-made video ads for small and medium sized business who could not otherwise afford video ads. >>

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Monetize PDF content with CPC ads

Yahoo and Adobe Systems have partnered to power a new revenue-making advertising service that will monetize Portable Document Format content. >>

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Which books are marketing executives reading?

Recent research from Anderson Analytics threw up some interesting facts and figures about what members of the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) perceive to be the current buzzwords and marketing trends. >>

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Study: Product tours increase sales conversion rates

A recent study by Coremetrics, on behalf of SellPoint Inc., discovered that on-demand video tours of products can greatly increase sales conversion rates. >>

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Mercedes-Benz embraces rich media

Mercedes-Benz has re-designed its websites with rich-media content with the aim of making them more customer-friendly and sales process-oriented. >>

Monday, November 26, 2007

"Black Friday" strong for American e-tailers

Consumers aren't waiting until the last minute to try online shopping this year. According to online metrics firm comScore, e-tailers saw an increase in shoppers - and spending - on Black Friday 2007 compared to Black Friday 2006. >>

Monday, November 26, 2007

CCC, Newstex partner to license rights to blogs

A recent agreement between Newstex, an online aggregator service and the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) could change the way consumers - and advertisers - look at blogs. The partnership would allow content creators to easily copyright their blogs, making the blog more valuable. >>

Monday, November 26, 2007

EU ponders targeted advertising privacy concerns

European Union regulators have concerns over online privacy and targeted online advertising is about to come under heavy scrutiny. >>

Friday, November 23, 2007

Online shoppers active on Gray Thursday

Not content with waiting for Black Friday to get their bank account back in credit, more and more online businesses are pushing for Thanksgiving Day sales. >>

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