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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

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Decades later, in 2002, Dutch marketing professor Ale Smidts coined the term “neuromarketing.” Advertisers could take advantage of their lack of self-control. And the privacy debates surrounding online advertising suggest that technology will keep outpacing regulation. This post contains video, click to play]. Image source ).

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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The Past (1985-2002). billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere.

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Exits in Israel 2011: IPOs Pool is Dry, Buy M&A Activity up 134%

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Five M&A deals exceeded $300 million and one deal – the acquisition of online advertising company MediaMind by DG – surpassed the $500 million mark. Three of the IPOs were by life science firms, and the fourth was completed by clean energy company Rosetta Green. M&As and IPOs of Israeli High-Tech Companies $b (2002-2011).

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

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In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. Jocz , you may need to change how you segment your audience: Marketers typically segment according to demographics (“over 40,” say, or “new parent” or “middle income”) or lifestyle (“traditionalist” or “going green”). What the big studies have shown. Premium-brand market leaders [.]

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Exits in Israel 2011: IPOs Pool is Dry, Buy M&A Activity up 134%

VC Cafe

Five M&A deals exceeded $300 million and one deal – the acquisition of online advertising company MediaMind by DG – surpassed the $500 million mark. Three of the IPOs were by life science firms, and the fourth was completed by clean energy company Rosetta Green. M&As and IPOs of Israeli High-Tech Companies $b (2002-2011).

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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Image Credit: Siobhan Green. When we started our company in 2002 we decided that Sonjara would make a great name for our company or product; meaningful and unusual, as well as easy to pronounce and spell. Thanks to Siobhan Green, Sonjara, Inc ! #8 We were looking at off the wall names like Green Flame and things like that.

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12 Questions: Meet Dragan Lon?ar (Belgrade, Serbia)

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The eight is a pixel tree, picked a month ago here on the crowdSPRING by THE SUSTAINABILITY OPERATIONS SUMMIT, after being offered to dozen other green initiatives before, that at one point I started doubting the originality of it… but I was proven wrong. Maybe for one year when I was working in McCann Erickson advertising agency.

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