At the end of June 2010 Econsultancy released its 94-page “Achieving Digital Balance” report where they look into the “best practices for mastering digital strategy and budgets”. There isn’t a tremendous amount of data on affiliate marketing in this report, but enough for me to outline a few interesting points. […]
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New era, paradigm shift, dramatic transformation, or whatever else you’d like to call it, it’s here! The introduction and rapid development of Social Media (SM) and UGC (user-generated content) has changed the marketing landscape and environment forever. Whether you market online or offline, doesn’t matter. If you want to convert
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In September 2009 digital advertising overtook all other channels (including TV) in the United Kingdom [more here]. In October 2009 McKinsey stressed the importance of online retailing in the U.S., forecasting that by the year 2011 online sales will account for over 45% of all US retail sales [more here].
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Interesting forecast data (on global advertising vs interactive marketing) has been published a few days ago by Forrester Research and ZenithOptimedia. Here is my summary: Global advertising market is expected to decline 8.5% this year (North America – 10.3%) Overall advertising budgets will decline as well In 2009 newspaper ad
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I certainly do my sit-ups too, but throughout the work day I keep the following two rules (that help me stay in shape, and keep moving even while working predominantly under sedentary conditions: Squats Regardless of the fact that most of my work is done in front of a computer
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Today has been an absolutely beautiful day in Northern Virginia. The temperature went up as high as 64°F (18°C). The sun was shining, the little breeze was there… and I decided to go to a local trout stocked lake to fish. I didn’t catch anything today, but this doesn’t upset
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