CAPTIVA ISLAND, Fla. -- A top executive at email service provider WhatCounts said investors remain bullish on the email marketing space, while predicting that consolidation will accelerate over the next year or so. ...Read the whole story
Email marketers may soon have an opportunity to tie campaigns into paid-search ads through a new ad format being tested by Google. It allows consumers who are searching for a specific brand to sign up for an email subscription and newsletter, or coupons and other information or offers -- all from the paid-search ad served up in query results. ...Read the whole story
WordPress.com parent Automattic has found its first full-time chief financial officer: Stuart West. In this newly created role, West will be responsible for the company's global financial strategy, which remains squarely focused on scale. ...Read the whole story
Amazon's Kindle Fire now accounts for more than half of Android-powered tablets in the U.S., according to new data from comScore. Between December and February, the device nearly doubled its share among Android tablets from 29.4% to 54.4%. That's more than three times the share of its nearest rival using the Google platform, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, with 15.4%. ...Read the whole story
CAPTIVA ISLAND, Fla. -- Email marketers are constantly looking for more efficient ways to collect email addresses near the point of retail. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. recruited its store reps to help. ...Read the whole story
Blockbuster has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of violating federal video privacy laws by retaining information about consumers' movie rentals. ...Read the whole story
VIRTUOSO LIFE magazine (a promo for clients of some 330 travel agencies in its "network") turned to its "expert travel advisors" (that would be themselves) ... ...More
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