Dear Colleague,

It's becoming a channel in itself, it's disrupted all other channels and it has given consumers access to a plethora of information and options. Avenue A/Razorfish EVP of Marketing and Strategy, Darin Brown, coaches us on how to use the Internet to interact with online audiences that are smarter, more empowered, more complex, and more demanding than ever.

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Searching for the Hispanic American




Hispanic Americans constitute a marketing paradox. Collect-
ively, they have a purchasing power of $686 billion. But their family household incomes lag behind the national average. Perhaps that’s why companies spend only $50 million marketing to Hispanics out of the $8 billion spent marketing annually in the United States.
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Targeting by Behavior

When Internet advertising debuted on Hot Wired back in 1994, the promise of 1-to-1 marketing loomed large. The excitement over that first banner ad, its astounding 40% click-through rate and the promise of what was to come made most marketers want to jump right in. However, as with most human behavior, when faced with something new, advertisers reverted back to the familiar by applying old methods to the new medium.

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Demystifying the Semantic Web


How much new business could you capture if every potential client who visited your website found exactly what they sought? If information and navigation were 100% consistent across your entire site? What if your server could understand that the end user’s request for “mountain bike” means the same thing as “bicycle, off-road” and steer them toward what they want? A Semantic Web has the potential to go beyond mere information retrieval to intelligent decision-making, dramatically improving your website’s ability to meet client needs.
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Digital Dashboards and Performance Management

Digital dashboards are no longer a luxury but a necessity for today's competitive enterprise. Executives and managers implement these systems to track the health of their firms or divisions and assure themselves of their position in the marketplace. In order to develop an effective digital dashboard, however, it is essential first to identify the data that gauge company performance, the processes by which this intelligence is collected, and the technology necessary to compile and assess that data into a practical application.
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Avenue A/Razorfish is the largest independent interactive agency and an operating unit of aQuantive, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQNT), a digital marketing services and technology company. Avenue A/Razorfish solutions are entrenched in deep technology, rigorous analytics and a rich understanding of customer needs, including award-winning media planning and buying, search engine marketing, customer targeting and profiling, world-class creative, design and implementation of web-based systems and integrated marketing programs. Avenue A/Razorfish has offices located in major U.S. markets, including New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle. Clients include AstraZeneca, Best Buy, Kraft, Microsoft/MSN, WeightWatchers.com and Wells Fargo. Avenue A/Razorfish utilizes online advertising technology provided by Atlas DMT, also an aQuantive, Inc. family member. For more information, visit us at www.aa-rf.com.


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