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Check here for the latest research about the composition of the online audience, and the effectiveness of various marketing techniques. You will find numbers about specific campaigns, survey results, and analysts' predictions about advertising's future.

The Evolution Of Paid Video Syndication

Tim's Pick: The Evolution Of Paid Video Syndication

Summary: Long-form video (anything longer than 30 seconds) can be distributed using a variety of mechanisms.  As most industry folks are aware, generating incremental audience for these videos has largely revolved around structuring revenue share arrangements with third-party publishers.  Under this arrangement, third-party sites sell the advertising avails and split the revenue with the producer.

Automated Welcome Message Boosts Subscriber Response

Tim's Pick: Automated Welcome Message Boosts Subscriber Response

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Kelly's Running Warehouse, an online specialty retailer of running equipment, has increased subscriber response to its emails by 72% through the simple act of sending an automated welcome message. 

 

Gas Station TV Hits Record 27 Million Monthly Nielsen-Verified Fueling Impressions

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Gas Station TV (www.gstv.com), the largest national away-from-home television network delivering a one-to-one consumer viewing experience, has been delivering Nielsen Pocketpieces to the advertising community for over two years. The most recent report shows GSTV exceeding 26 million monthly Nielsen-verified fueling impressions.

Status update: Facebook logs 500 million members

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Scarcely two years ago, Facebook had 100 million users. Today, that number is dwarfed by the number of friendships confirmed on an average day - 115 million.

Tall Pay Wall for The Times in the U.K. Hits Traffic Hard

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Rupert Murdoch's experiment with a pay wall for The Times newspaper in London has yielded its first results: a two-thirds drop in the brand's market share within the print news and media category since it began demanding registration in May and subsequently erected a tall pay wall on July 2.

Study: Users Willing To Pay For TV Everywhere

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Good news for those TV Everywhere cable proponents: Not only do consumers seem to like the idea, they may even pay extra for it. A new study from The Diffusion Group says 60% of adult broadband users -- 95 million consumers -- are "enthusiastic" about TV Everywhere. More interesting: 34% -- 54 million consumers -- are willing to pay at least $5 extra per month for those services.  

Zogby Poll: Web Users Troubled By Behavioral Targeting

Tim's Pick: Zogby Poll: Web Users Troubled By Behavioral Targeting

Summary: The vast majority of U.S. residents are concerned about online tracking and ad targeting, according to a new Zogby International poll commissioned by telecom consultant Scott Cleland.

 

Eighty percent of the 2,111 adults surveyed by Zogby said they were concerned about companies "recording their online habits and using the data to generate profit through advertising," according to a summary of the results.

YouTube Mobile gets a kick start

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YouTube on Wednesday launched a revamped version of the mobile version of its website, which the company says is now serving 100 million videos a day. The company said that playbacks on mobile devices were up 160% in 2009 over the previous year.

TV's Killer Apps

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Television is the most popular device in the home, and with the addition of interactivity, it's serving up the next wave of killer apps. New research conducted for FourthWall Media reveals that consumers are ready for their TV to do more, resulting in less reliance on their computers.

New BrightLine iTV Report Identifies Hispanic Audience as Early Adopters Within the Advanced TV Advertising Universe

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Hispanic viewers of interactive television are early adopters and more likely to engage with advertisers than the general population, according to a report released today by interactive advertising innovator Brightline iTV.

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