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Aug30
Fill these 3 rich media needs and you'll make a fortune

Now that all the research has shown that online advertising is going to explode for years to come and the use of rich media has the highest retention rate for consumers, there is one thing that is keeping it from quickly being adopted: there is a worker shortage in the area. There aren't enough people who know how to "create, sell and measure internet advertising," according to the Financial Times.

The reason I bring this up is because it presents an extraordinary opportunity for those interested in this area to make a lot of money serving this need.

Those interested in this would need to put together a team of people with the obvious skills. The major problem to overcome is the integration of the three skills needed to make this work for companies. This wouldn't necessarily need to be an employee-based business, but could be outsourced as well. You'd have to be the management company and connecting point between all the parties if you outsource.

2 rich media.jpgThose that can create internet advertising with the new realities in mind will be huge winners. Here are the three things that must be mastered to make this work:

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Aug30
Washington Post to Implement New Rich Media Ads
As we've been talking about lately concerning rich media ads; here is a look at one major online company that is making changes to take advantage of this growing trend. Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI) is now planning to offer new rich media ads... Continue Reading
Aug29
8 Rich Media Secrets that will increase your Profits
We're continuing to explore the lucrative area of offering platforms that marketing companies will want to place rich media ads on. The great thing about providing niche sites for marketers to target is that they understand the business completely. They... Continue Reading
Rich media: The other side of the Story
Virtual real estate and ad money While Adsense and other advertising strategies can make some money for you, there is an even better and more profitable way to make money through the ad model. Last post we talked about the... Continue Reading
Four major advantages of rich media marketing
With the Internet being the new marketing frontier, online advertising has been projected to grow exponentially for years to come. What might be surprising to some is that the key area of growth will be in the rich media sector... Continue Reading
Aug28
Is MySpace in Trouble?
We've talked a lot about the problem that all social-networking sites might encounter if they are turned into some type of hybrid amateur/professional site with advertisers creating fake profiles for their brands. The problem is already being discussed at a... Continue Reading
50 percent of fastest growing sites are user-generated
What is great news for the Internet brands that are growing the quickest? It is all about empowering the people. What's great about that is companies are beginning to understand the importance of focusing only on the consumer. This is... Continue Reading
Aug27
The viral campaign that wasn't
With all the online chatter about the movie Snakes on a Plane, it came as a surprise to a lot of people that it didn't perform anywhere near what was expected of it. It's a good lesson for all of... Continue Reading
Aug26
Viral Marketing: People are waiting to spread the Experience
When thinking of viral marketing, some of the big agencies still have difficulty grasping what it really is. Oh, they know the end result: their message being sent all over the Internet by an enormous amount of people. The problem... Continue Reading
Aug25
Some thoughts on Click Fraud
When we think of click fraud, it would help to understand it better if we consider a publicly traded company in the stock market. If you check out a price or listen to analysts talk, they mention things like "this... Continue Reading
Online spend growing at 35 percent clip
Merrill Lynch (MER) released a report on Thursday projecting that online spending will grow to $11.6 billion internationally - a 35 percent growth rate. They added that China should have the highest growth rate at 50%. Close behind will be... Continue Reading
Aug24
13 ways to fight the recent Google AdWords changes - Part 4
Here are another six tips you can use to battle the changes in the Google Adwords dilemna. Doing them, along with the others mentioned, should improve the cost of your keywords: 8.   One thing that you can do to make... Continue Reading
13 ways to fight the recent Google AdWords changes - Part 3
In understanding what it is that Google (GOOG) has done and why, here are some steps you can take to make your page more friendly toward AdWords: 1. This one isn't specifically hard, as all you have to do is... Continue Reading
13 ways to fight the recent Google AdWords changes - Part 2
Improve your landing pages or Google (GOOG) doesn't want your business. This is what they said last month: "As you may recall, we began incorporating advertiser landing page quality into the Quality Score back in December 2005. Following that change,... Continue Reading
13 ways to fight the recent Google AdWords changes - Part 1
With the recent upheaval in the Google AdWords market, some marketers have been scurrying to make sense out of it all and get things as back to normal as possible. With changing the landing page algorithm, Google (GOOG) has caused... Continue Reading
Aug23
The Growing Advertising Opportunity for Bloggers!
With certain bloggers and blog networks learning how to get large audiences, they are beginning to experiment with ways to monetize their growing networks. As a result, advertisers are taking notice and are looking past traditional media outlets to tap... Continue Reading
Aug22
Miller launches online campaign to promote Icehouse Beer
In a bid to increase it reach to young male drinkers, Miller has launched an online campaign to position itself in this demographics' mind. Their beer, named Icehouse, is an ice beer noted for being brewed at very low temperatures,... Continue Reading
The current state of podcasts, RSS feeds and blogs
Ad Age reported on the current state of the Internet the other day and made some enlightening observations. One of the key opening statements they made was that podcasts, RSS feeds and blogs, what many of us think of as... Continue Reading
AOL fires CTO Maureen Govern and two others over Privacy Fiasco
An unidentified source revealed that AOL has fired chief technology officer (CTO) Maureen Govern and two other employees concerning the debacle surrounding revealing private search terms of over 650,000 users on a public web site, according to an AFP report... Continue Reading
Aug21
Google Search Growth Streak Ends in July
Google ended its long run of 11 straight months of growing share in the online search arena. Their share of search in July dropped 1 percent, according to comscore. On the other hand, their closest rivals all gained some during... Continue Reading
Aug20
4 Steps to online success
With the idea that you know what it is you are interested in marketing online, here are the 4 simple keys to all online marketing success: 1. Try it. The first thing that we all must do is to put... Continue Reading
Aug19
EMI Group Plc inks deal with Microsoft's Zune
The British firm EMI Group Plc, announced on Thursday that it had inked a deal with Microsoft Corp.'s Zune, to provide preloaded music videos. Jeff Kempler, executive vice president of EMI unit Virgin Records America, told Reuters, "Apple (AAPL) has... Continue Reading
Marketing to the Multitasking Crowd
The growing trend of people consuming various forms of media at the same time, provides a lot of challenges for any type of marketer. We hear a lot about how it is having such a drastic affect upon traditional media;... Continue Reading
Online Marketing and the "Next Big Thing"
In the online marketing world, the biggest problem many people have is in choosing what they want to promote or market. The problem with online business is that it is extremely cheap and fast to be able to create a... Continue Reading
Aug18
Boeing Cancels Expensive In-Flight Internet Access Service
After pushing for six years, Boeing (BA) has called it quits and cancelled its in-flight broadband internet access. The reason, according to Boeing is that there isn't much demand for the service. The service, called Connexion, will cost the company... Continue Reading
Aug17
30 million Americans turn to Internet for health care information
A report by eMarketer estimates that online ad spend by pharmaceutical companies should increase by almost 25% this year, to around $780 million. They add that it could reach up to $1.3 billion by 2008. They also say that over... Continue Reading
Jeep marketing on social networking sites
Jeep is getting ready to launch its newest vehicle called the Jeep Compass, a smaller SUV which targets the young adult demographic. The unique thing about their marketing campaign is that they are aggressively pursuing the social networking arena focusing... Continue Reading
Aug16
AOL acquires GameDaily from Gigex for around $3 million
AOL, in a move to upgrade its AOL Games network, acquired GameDaily from Gigex. While it has not been substantiated, GameDaily.com claims to be one of the top three visited video gaming sites. The purchase price was around $3 million,... Continue Reading
Aug15
What viral marketing really is
Quite a few people hear about viral marketing and misunderstand what it actually means. The major thing to remember about viral marketing is that it isn't about creating a typical marketing message and then thinking that you can get people... Continue Reading
Aug14
U.K. online advertising expanding fast!
The U.K. Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced recently that online advertising has now become the fourth-largest display advertising market in the U.K. The site stated: "The Report reveals striking evidence that a new ‘networked generation’ is turning away from television,... Continue Reading
What "Heavy" Internet users prefer
Universal McCann released the results of a recent study that revealed the preferences of "heavy" online users - measured by those who used the web a minimum of 11 times weekly. The study showed that almost 33 percent of Americans... Continue Reading
Microsoft offers new Windows Live Writer to make blogging simpler
Microsoft (MSFT) is offering a beta version of a new blogging software as an addition to its new Windows Live service. Although it's created to get people to try out their Windows Live Spaces, it will still work with Blogger,... Continue Reading
Saturday still has highest email open rates
A recent study to find out the statistics concerning click-through and open rates of email campaigns was performed by eROI during the second quarter. Their finding were that Saturday had the highest rates of either category than all other days.... Continue Reading
Demand for online capabilities exploding!
Clients are starting to insist that agencies have a stong, interactive online presence as part of the service they offer. When I commented on the recent purchase of Moxie Interactive by Zenith Media, I mentioned that it should be a... Continue Reading
Aug13
Competitors' activity doesn't necessarily mean success!
All of us watch our online competitors. This is necessary to a point. But one thing we need to be cautious of in watching what they're doing, is not to start a program copying them simply because they're doing it.... Continue Reading
Aug12
Will Earthlink survive?
Earthlink, (ELNK) also searching for its new identity, as AOL has been,  is struggling with the same problem as AOL has. The problem is that the great majority of their business is dialup Internet access. Ispmix.com reports: "Based in Atlanta,... Continue Reading
Aug11
Verizon is offering a new online gaming service
Verizon (VZ) is offering a new beta release of a free online service that empowers users to organize and get involved with games for free over a local area network. The purpose is so that people will have a reason to... Continue Reading
Aug10
Complimentary e-book by Terrific Authors
Rain Today asked 11 marketing experts the question recently "What is the one piece of advice you simply cannot sell without? The result is this this 34-page, complimentary e-book that answers that question. There are sections by: Seth Godin, best-selling... Continue Reading
Another tip on how to market during slow times
We're all probably aware that email still remains one of the lower-cost, high-return marketing strategies that is around. This is in spite of all the negative publicity surrounding the process. Still, it will be awhile before it looses its effectiveness.... Continue Reading
Online research expenditure growing fast
Commenting on The Global Market Research Report, released yearly by ESOMAR, the Center for Medea Research revealed that the use of online studies has grown by 80%. The report, which will be made available in September of 2006, says that... Continue Reading
Aug 9
Google says click-fraud auditors using flawed technology
Google (GOOG) has challenged certain large click-fraud auditing firms of making assertions based upon flawed technology, according to an article in the Financial Times. Essentially Google is saying that they have financial incentive to make things look as bad as... Continue Reading
Learning from the recent Google deal with MySpace
While Wall Street is hyping Google's recent deal with News Corporation (NWS) as a big victory for Google (GOOG) and defeat for Yahoo (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT), there is something that they are missing in the long run. First of... Continue Reading
Aug 8
Study says Technology not helping Customer Service
A recent study by Accenture revealed that new technologies are not helping to improve customer service. In the study whci included over 1,000 UK consumers, it revealed that almost two-thirds of the respondents said that new technology hasn't done much... Continue Reading
WebTrends reports Retailers' Changing Holiday Strategies
WebTrends has reported that online retailers are moving away from promotions based upon prices to market to their loyal customers to efforts that focus on "relationship marketing initiatives such as email marketing and search engine marketing, which allow retailers to... Continue Reading
Google's Search Share Surges Past the 60 Percent Plateau
Google (GOOG), for the first time in its history was responsible for over 60% of searches conducted in the U.S., according to Bill Tancer of Hitwise. Of the leaders in search, Microsoft (MSFT) is the only one to lose search... Continue Reading
Aug 7
What the latest web crawlers prefer
A number of online marketers that used certain tricks and strategies in the past, have found that those same tricks don't work today; especially in reference to keywords and links. One of the tricks in the past was that once... Continue Reading
Aug 6
The Time is Right for Venture Capital
If you believe you've got a killer idea that will become financially successful on the Internet, now is the time to consider pursuing venture capital. A recent article on Forbes.com called The Art Of The Pitch, talks about the current... Continue Reading
Find a New Market in your Current Campaign
Around 6 years ago, a Web site was started called OR-Live.com. Its purpose originally was to offer doctors a way to keep abreast of medical procedures by being able to log on and watch other doctors perform surgeries. Elise Soukup... Continue Reading
Aug 5
E-mail and Targeting Customer Behavior
Phil Leggiere, writing for Behavorial Insider, recently interviewed Elaine O'Gorman, vice president of strategy of Atlanta-based interactive marketing firm Silverpop concerning e-mail advertising. When asked what the status of behavioral targeting in relationship to e-mail marketers is at this time;... Continue Reading
Obsess over your Target Audience
One thing that seasoned online marketers do is to optimize their site primarily for their target audience, not only the search engines. If you don't think this sounds right, think about it for a moment. When someone is writing in... Continue Reading
Aug 4
Are articles still worth writing?
One thing we like to do at thealphamarketer is to keep things in check in the midst of the endless changes happening online. In regard to writing articles or posting on a blog, we need to be careful to understand... Continue Reading
Consumers using spam button to unsubscribe
Return Path conducted a survey recently that revealed that almost 79% of consumers have say they use the "spam" or "junk" button to stop email they say they don't want. This is whether they've signed up for it or not.... Continue Reading
Neglecting forums is a mistake
With the proliferation and talk about social-networking and Web 2.0, it is easy to forget the powerful forerunners of this trend, and leave using them to follow the crowd. What I am specifically talking about is forums. It is one... Continue Reading
Aug 3
Apple, Coke, offering 70 million iTunes free in UK
In a promotional partnership with Apple iTunes (AAPL), Coca-Cola (KO) is offering to give away 70 million iTunes songs in the UK. They are also launching a new music website in Europe, according to CIO, that will be integrated with Apple's... Continue Reading
Video marketing strategy
Book publishers are beginning to branch out with their marketing efforts through streaming, what could be called "book trailers" in the similar vein as movie trailers, hoping to expand their market. Marketing Vox reports:   "Random House, Workman Publishing, Scholastic and... Continue Reading
comScore study shows online spending will grow to $170B in 2006
According to comScore, consumer spending during the first six months of 2006 reached an estimated $80.8 billion, over 20 percent larger than the first six months of 2005. They project that the total spending for the year should reach around... Continue Reading
Does it matter which day to send to your email lists
There has been a lot of talk for years about what the best day to send email messages is. In all my efforts and receiving of emails, along with talking to some of my colleagues, overall there really isn't what... Continue Reading
Aug 2
Time Warner announces most AOL services will be offered for free
The long-awaited decision that AOL will no longer be focusing on its subscription service has finally happened, according to AOL parent Time Warner (TWX). AOL chairman and CEO Jonathan Miller said in a statement, "We'll now be able to maintain... Continue Reading
MSN Spaces is now "Windows Live Spaces"
The new version of MSN Spaces has officially been launched and renamed "Windows Live Spaces." With the growing popularity of social-networking sites, Microsoft (MSFT) has turned to an ad-supported model to challenge its competitors in this field. You are able to... Continue Reading
Internet news used as supplement more than main source
The Alpha Marketer The most recent report by The Pew Research Center For The People & The Press notes that 31 percent of people in the U.S. use the Web three days a week for their news source. Another... Continue Reading
Aug 1
Online activity across age groups
A recent study conducted by Forrester Research (FORR) and cited by MediaPost reports that in certain areas, Gen Y is leading Internet users in a number of online activities, but is not the leader in others.   The study,... Continue Reading
Online community for boomers launched
Jeff Tayler, founder of job site Monster.com, has launched a new community Web site for the boomer generation. It will specifically pursue the interests of the over-50 crowd. Reuters reports: "Instead of career and school sections, Eons.com has interactive games... Continue Reading
British online banking falling way short
A recent study by UK company Transversal revealed that the online services provided by the UK banking industry is dropping in quality. Some are reporting that it's dropped to "an all time low." Transversal sent emails to various company Web sites... Continue Reading

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