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Is interest-based targeting replacing demographic targeting as the new model?

February 01, 2012

Demographic marketing has long been the industry standard, but does it have a future? Andrew Bailey, chairman at Proximity North America; Michael Benedek, president and CEO of Datonics; Gary Reisman, principal and founder of NewMediaMetrics; and Liz Deutch, EVP, global director, customer engagement at Draftfcb, weigh in.
 

Will Google's paid ads affect marketers?

January 01, 2012

Google's paid ads: What will the impact be for marketers? Dorothy Weaver, VP of digital marketing services at Acquirgy, and Tej Shah, VP of e-commerce and marketing at Blue Soda Promo, weigh in.
 

Should brands discontinue print catalogs?

December 01, 2011

Two longtime marketers weigh in on whether or not brands should keep print catalogs in their marketing mix.
 

Are toll-free numbers the best for DRTV?

November 01, 2011

Jessica Randazza
, manager of brand experience at Digitas, and AJ Khubani, president and CEO of TeleBrands Corp., discuss whether toll-free numbers are the best for DRTV.
 

Will Google+ boost marketing campaigns?

October 01, 2011

David Erickson, director of e-strategy at Tunheim
, and Arthur Papas, cofounder and CEO of Bullhorn, discuss whether Google+ will boost marketing campaigns.
 

Is the click-through rate a dead metric?

September 01, 2011

Manu Mathew
, cofounder and CEO of Visual IQ,
 and James Burrows, EVP of global sales at e-Miles, discuss whether the click-through rate is a dead metric.
 

Is social media measurement a necessity?

August 01, 2011

Aseem Chandra
, VP of marketing of the Omniture business 
unit at Adobe Systems, and Mathieu Hannouz , senior product marketing manager at Neolane, discuss whether social media measurement is necessary.
 

Do Facebook likes indicate marketer ROI?

July 01, 2011

Chet Barnard, 
CEO of Exit41, and Steve Knapp, director of brand activation and senior partner at Carmichael Lynch, nearly 20 years of agency-side marketing experience, discuss whether Facebook "likes" indicate marketer ROI.
 

Is third-party data tracking acceptable?

June 01, 2011

Dennis Dayman, chief privacy and security officer at Eloqua, and Eric Picard, chief product officer at Traffiq, discuss whether third-party data tracking is acceptable.
 

Should brands outsource all data storage?

May 01, 2011

Tore Steen VP of marketing and business development at Janrain, and Semyon Dukach CEO and chairman of SMTP Inc., discuss whether brands should outsource all data storage.