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Wolfram Alpha: Like Meth to a Mathematician

We first heard about Wolfram Alpha – a new “computational knowledge engine” – in an article on CNN.com about a new era of Internet search that we may be entering. The article lists sites like Twine and hakia – among others with unique qualities – which try to personalize searches, separating out results you would [...]

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An Expert Assessment of Social Media Marketing

We talk a lot about social media marketing. A lot. In the past few weeks alone we’ve published posts on using Twitter to help build a brand, advantages and disadvantages of being a YouTube partner, and statistics on how much MORE money we’ll spend on social network marketing this year. What can we say  – [...]

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Standing Up For What You Believe In

Many Americans were surprised that pastor Rick Warren was going to deliver president Obama’s invocation on Inauguration Day, January 20th, 2009. When Senior Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of CBST (Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, New York City’s Synagogue for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Jews) came to us with the idea of having an alternative invocation video, [...]

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Does Your Company’s Graph, Poll or Chart Need a Makeover?

Make your visual aids more simple and easy-to-use. Don’t you want to get rid of that bowl cut your friend has been sporting since 6th grade? Sometimes visual aids, like people, need a makeover. Among its many benefits, makeovers can give an unsightly graph a quick touch up, get rid of a poll’s unappealing colors [...]

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Social Network Marketing Spending to Increase in 2009

Social Network Marketing Spending to Increase in 2009 Emarketer projected that Social Network Marketing spending in the USA will reach approximately $1.3 billion in 2009. On one hand, the growth for Social Network Marketing has slowed from 2008 to 2009 with the sluggishness being attributed to both the economic downturn as well as the plateau [...]

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Poll: Best Week for E-Commerce Holiday Sales

We’ve written a lot about holiday marketing lately, and we figured it’s time to find out how other online marketers are faring in the face of the financial crunch. As we previously reported, Cyber Monday made gains this year, but according to industry analysts the highest sales of the season may not have come until [...]

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Take Our 2008 Online Marketing Survey

Recently we conducted an in-person survey at the 2008 NY XPO, where we asked passersby – mostly SMB owners – about how Internet marketing is helping them meet their business objectives. The results were varied, but the survey itself was such a success that we decided to open it up to a larger audience. So [...]

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Surprise! Oprah = Higher Open Rate

The results of a last-minute e-mail campaign earlier this month for client Sarabeth’s Kitchen just goes to show that send days and times are all relative. Especially when Oprah is involved. When we learned that Sarabeth’s Legendary Spreadable Fruit was featured in the current issue of O, The Oprah Magazine as one of Oprah’s Top [...]

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Oprah Magazine Thinks Sarabeth's is 'Simply the Best'

Congrats to our client, Sarabeth’s Kitchen, whose delicious food products are featured in the current issue of O, The Oprah Magazine as one of “Oprah’s All-Time Favorite Gifts”! About Sarabeth’s Legendary Spreadable Fruits, Oprah herself said, “The only jams I have in my house are Sarabeth’s. I love every flavor she makes, but the orange-apricot [...]

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Can’t Run With the Big Blogs? That’s OK – There’s Still Room on the Porch

Directing traffic to your blog is like trying to unload tix to an Avril Lavigne concert when the New Kids are performing next door. It’s a formidable task – but it can be done. Considering, though, that 175,000 new blogs a day are added to the estimated 213 million (and counting) existing English-language blogs already [...]

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