Integrating Core Competencies

| Jack Schmid

Smart multichannel merchants are using all their core competencies across all selling channels including stores, Websites, and catalogs and they’re finding

BLOGGED DOWN

| MCM staff

Although the benefits of corporate blogs frequently make news in the business and mainstream media, survey respondents hadn’t yet embraced the technology

Seeking SEM stats

| Heather Retzlaff

Advertisers in the U.S. and Canada spent $5.75 billion on search engine marketing (SEM) in 2005, a 44% increase over spending in 2004, according to a

From partner to rival

| MCM staff

Toy manufacturer Hasbro sees the Internet in much the same way many business-to-consumer catalogers regarded it a decade ago: as a new sales opportunity.

Claiming your inheritance

| Liz Kislik

I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt. I also believe in facing difficulties as quickly as possible. Both of these beliefs can help you

INHOUSE VS. OUTSOURCE

| MCM staff

Managing the various components of an SEM campaign tends to be an inside job, according to survey participants. Of those with SEM campaigns or planning

Thoughts that count

| Sherry Chiger

As I write this it’s the day after my birthday. Among my gifts was a plastic gadget from my daughter that allows me to make omelets in the microwave.

Paradise found

| Jim Tierney

The name Wayside Technology Group probably doesn’t ring a bell. But if you are a software professional or a longtime follower of the catalog industry,

Is infoUSA taking over the world?

| Tim Parry

InfoUSA, is seems, is on a mission to consolidate the list management and brokerage industry. The Papillion, NE-based proprietary database compiler announced

WHO’S ON SEARCH?

| MCM staff

More than one-third 37% of respondents to our survey said they engage in pay-per-click or pay-per-call advertising. Of those, 78% were business-to-consumer