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AOL, Infinity in Content-Swap Promo

Call it an embedded cross-promotional content deal between Infinity Broadcasting’s old-style radio and IP-based radio within ISP America Online . AOL and Infinity, the radio station holding company, said Tuesday they would team up in a unique cross-marketing campaign to…

Targeted Email: From Spam to Choice Part 6

It is irrefutable that a well designed and executed targeted e-mail campaign produces results with a very positive return on investment (ROI). Frequently, organizations fail to see the bigger potential and assess the endeavor from a long-term strategic perspective. Targeted…

Salesforce.com Pairs CRM Service with Outlook

Customer relationship management concern Salesforce.com Thursday introduced a new offering that bundles its CRM software with Microsoft’s Outlook e-mail software without having to rely on additional server integration. The San Francisco firm said the Outlook Integration solution lets sales and…

Microsoft Strengthens HelpDesk Features in CRM

Looking to add key security features to its new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) product, Microsoft has inked a deal with Network Associates to marry a customer help-desk system into its CRM software. Microsoft CRM, which targets midmarket enterprise customers, will…

ASPs Are Here to Stay, Reports ITAA

ASP customers are happy and likely to continue using application outsourcing services, according to a report released today by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), an Arlington, Va.-based trade group that serves the IT industry.

In-House Market Research

In my last column, I mentioned using new employees to help take a fresh look at your site, to see it with “virgin eyes,” as one reader put it. It’s not that hard to do but requires you to check…

License To Waste

Customer relationship management solutions are gathering dust as Gartner, Inc. found in a December 2002 survey of 631 companies that nearly 42 percent of the total number of software licenses bought by businesses go unused. Furthermore, mounting maintenance fees contribute…