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Customer, Sell Thyself

If you learned the old rules of marketing ... forget 'em! The Web changes push to pull and puts the customer in command. Here are the new rules.READ»

The Virus of Marketing

When it comes to getting a message out with little time, minimal budgets, and maximum effect, nothing on earth beats a virus.READ»

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Metaphor Marketing

Harvard Business School professor Jerry Zaltman makes pictures that reveal our deepest feelings about your favorite brands. Can he scan your brain and unlock the images that lie within?READ»

Do You Buy the New Marketing?

It's new! It's radical! It's digital! And it's designed for you. That's the pitch from a hot new crop of books on marketing. Together, they amount to a cutting-edge curriculum for connecting with customers.READ»

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New Channels, Old Values

Nordstrom.com is attracting attention for their success on the Web.READ»

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Don't Believe Everything You Read

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The New Lure of Internet Marketing

Web sites need customers -- they just can't spend to get them. The result: marketing schemes in which companies don't pay until customers do. Welcome to the Kickback Economy.READ»

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Will Online Ads Ever Click?

Internet marketers made lots of big (and, in hindsight, dubious) promises about the power of the Web to give companies a uniquely powerful way to chart the performance of their ads. The folks at Avenue A aren't ready to give up on those promises.READ»

More Than a Game

TV advertising is tired. Internet banners have stopped clicking. What's next? Play the "advergame." America's addiction to video games is leading the way to a brand-new advertising platform with astounding click-through rates, play times, and peer-to-peer potential.READ»

Marketing on $0 a Day

Money's scarce, but results still matter. Here's how to get your message out.READ»

The Dirty Little Secret About Spam

What J.P. Morgan Chase and Kraft want is exactly what the guys peddling porn and gambling want: free access to your inbox. That's why there's no easy solution to a problem that could soon make the world's email system crash and burn.READ»

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Calling All Marketers

Those folks who badger you at dinner are probably single moms struggling to get by. Feeling sorry yet?READ»

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Search for Tomorrow

The next generation of online ads promises the most targeted and trackable messages ever. Meet the future of advertising.READ»

Mani Sivasubramanian: Spamming for Good

Our distinctive typing patterns could prove the key to digital security.READ»

Down the Rabbit Hole

Making The Blair Witch Project taught Campfire how to tap the power of curiosity. Meet the puppet masters of viral marketing.READ»

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E-Lab

Previously featured in issue 5, page 105 Experience matters -- now more than ever -- for E-Lab LLC, a savvy research and design consulting group with a singular insight on the consumer experience. In October 1996, when Fast Company ...READ»

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Marketing Effectively With Fewer Resources

E-mail is a powerful way to help small and medium businesses build customer relationships and increase repeat business.READ»

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Peter Cowles Promoted to Associate Publisher Marketing for <em>Fast Company</em> Magazine

New York, June 29, 2006 - Fast Company magazine announced today that Peter Cowles, 37, has been promoted to Associate Publisher Marketing of the magazine, effective immediately. Cowles is based in Fast Company's New York City ...READ»

What a Packaging Makeover Can Do For Your Company

Recently, some of the world's best-known companies have revamped their images through a radical redesign of their product packaging. Just how successful have these makeovers been?READ»

Three Proven Internet Marketing Strategies That Can Help You Make More Money Online

It seems that the online marketers are developing new internet marketing schemes every day. Often, they are offering their new ideas for a price to others at the same time. You probably think that the most useful strategy is to write ...READ»

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A Reintroduction: From Experiential to Entertainment Marketing

Way back last year I introduced myself as the new Experiential Marketing blogger at Fast Company. Though I'm fascinated by the topic, I also found this approach taking me in an overly academic direction as I attempted follow-up ...READ»

Customer-Managed Relationships

In a white paper published this month as part of its new Best Practices Series, Reservoir Partners addresses the impact of do-not-call registries and possible do-not-email legislation on automated outbound customer ...READ»

Let's All Put the Do-Not-Call List on Hold

The simple way to win the skirmish over the do-not-call list (ABCNEWS.com : Embattled Do-Not-Call List Placed on Hold) is this: Whenever a telemarketer calls, answer with enthusiasm and put them on hold. If we spread the word about ...READ»

Ideal Viruses

Riffing off Seth Godin's idea virus concept and adding to the literature surrounding viral marketing, Rebecca Weeks recently considered whether online viral marketing was a friend -- or a foe. Seemingly deciding that it's a good -- ...READ»

What It Takes to Make the Numbers

David Dickey is director of marketing and communications for direct and new initiatives for Sprint. Susan Goodman leads Goodman and Co. Roger Gray works as VP of plan sponsor communications for Scudder Investments. And Andy Sernovitz ...READ»