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What do clients look for from a recruitment agency in terms of its client engagement model?
My current research project focuses around client engagement models in the recruitment sector. I would appreciate any information as to what prospective clients look for from a recruitment agency across a number of areas such as: account management, frequency of updates, content of reports, candidate screening requirements etc. I would be particularly interested to hear from recruitment consultants and discover how their businesses handle the account management process.

Who has a mobile advertising network, or wap portal that would be interested in selling advertising space to our network of clients?
Publicidad Interactiva is a mobile advertising agency with over 50 active wap advertising clients. They currently cannot completely fulfill their traffic needs via the mobile advertising networks and portals that we are running campaigns on and would be very interested in receiving rates, and traffic profiles, for any wap advertising networks, or wap portals, that see this question. Tom Horsey http://www.pi2006.es

Creafi is looking for resellers worldwide
Creafi Communications is one of the world's fastest growing online advertising networks with an inventory of over 5 billion page impressions a month. They are currently looking for resellers worldwide. If you know of any advertising agency, marketing consultancy, or freelance sales staff interested in the online advertising market then please let me know.

How can I estimate the size of the local online display advertising market?
I work in local online advertising, and would like to figure out the size of this market in the Seattle region. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about making an estimate, or know of any resources that would be helpful?

Please take 5 minutes to take part in our "Strategy" survey - FREE results report for all respondees
1. Considering the current economic uncertainty, do you feel you have sufficient information on your customers and markets to successfully drive business success? 2. When did you last check to see whether sales and marketing activity, in actuality, is aligned with strategy? 3. In order of importance, what analysis would you deem most valuable to planing for 2009? a) Customer profile, spend, and profitability b) Competitive landscape c) Information to size the potential and equip sa ...

What % of people are using Lotus Notes? Does anyone have any recent data that breaks down email client usage?
I am searching for a report/study that breaks down email client usage. (ie: Lotus X%, Outlook X%, Thunderbird, etc.) I have seen a report from 2003 but need something more current. Can anyone help?

Beyond the basics of SEO?
Does anyone have a good suggestion for books, websites, seminars, etc. for continued learning of SEO/SEM? I have all the basic understanding to get the job done, I'm AdWords Certified, and I've had success, but I want to take everything to the next level. Thanks!

Please take 5 minutes to take part in our "Strategy" Survey - Results will be published FREE for all respondees
1. Considering the current economic uncertainty, do you feel you have sufficient information on your customers and markets to successfully drive business success? 2. When did you last check to see whether sales and marketing activity, in actuality, is aligned with strategy? 3. In order of importance, what analysis would you deem most valuable to planing for 2009? a) Customer profile, spend, and profitability b) Competitive landscape c) Information to size the potential and equip sa ...

Does anyone have a contact with either a National Account Manager or above for Hertz Equipment Rental? I would like to reach out for lead sharing.

I am looking for a skilled Financial Sales rep. Are you qualified?
I am looking for a sales rep to contact 5000 former clients and present them with a new trading tool. I have provided a link below. Review the link, and if you think you can sell that product to a warm client base please let me know by answering this question or by sending me an email at jobs@stocktradersdaily.com This will be a contract position. Work from home. Set your own hours. You will be paid based on performance. Revenues are recurring and the payout is priced to motivate. He ...

Can anyone come up with a catchy and clever name for a consulting company, advising SME's about their sales, marketing and IT strategy?

Does anyone know any ice cream dairy or dairy powder manufacturer contacts?
I am in the ice cream equipment industry - I desire to discuss a commercial supply arrangement for product suppliers. We have a need for powdered drinks for shakes (in all countries) and smoothies mixes. I need to meet the decision-makers that I can discuss opening a commercial arrangement with. The other project is for a ice cream packer with distribution contacts (any in any country). We have a machine upcharge concept for chain accounts (we are literally about to give machines away) a ...

Can anyone recommend me a company/ contacts details to be able to carry out the Polish frozen strawberry industry condition and the market condition of production quarter in 2008?
Dear All, One of our partner publisher is looking for help/ relevant contacts to be able to carry out the Polish frozen strawberry industry condition and the market condition of production quarter in 2008. Should anyone have a company/person to refer that would be of help, feel free to email me those details, I will forward them to them. Many thanks in advance

Will Microsoft's ad campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld work?
Suzanne Vranica and Robert A. Guth report in the Wall Street Journal (http://is.gd/1Neo): "The software giant's new $300 million advertising campaign, devised by a newly hired ad agency, has been closely guarded. But Mr. Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen, say people close to the situation. He will appear with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in ads and receive about $10 million for the work, they say."<br>Clarification added August 21, 2008 7:09 AM: I just remembered somethin ...

Interested in getting in touch with potential contacts dealing with energy and AMR? Come and join us!
AMR (Automatic Meters Reading) - http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?groupID=164858&sharedKey=670C3A185D04&goback=%2Egdr_1218565700890_1<br>Clarification added August 21, 2008 5:51 AM: goto AMR (Automatic Meters Reading) - http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=164858

Guerilla Marketing - looking to meet gurus (brokers, dealers, etc) for rapid penetration in the foodservice market
You are the master and I am the pupil. I am looking at understanding the foodservice industry infrastructure works by meeting the people that make things happen. I want to learn from you professional movers and shakers - I need mentors in the foodservice industry and this is a good place as any to ask around (I figured that the gurus hang out here). Do you consider yourself a guru? Do you have what it takes?

O.K. Periodicals #2: FAILURE!!!
O.K. Collections, the first issue of O.K. Periodicals, is a great succes. Magazines were sent all around the world. And we're still selling! So if you want to buy one or more (extra) be quick before they are gone. But we shouldn't forget that the the next issue is in stores in about 4 months!! Yes, the second issue of the O.K. Periodicals is coming up and has a brand new theme: FAILURE Next to a wide selection of top 'visual and theoretical' creatives we love to invite everyone else to ...

Would you pay $1.00 to have your name show up in the credits of.....
Would you pay $1.00 to have your name show up in the credits of.....a small independent film that has potential to become a web phenomenon? I ask because I was posed with this question recently and I wasn't sure how to answer. I answered yes and paid my dollar to a gentleman who presented his vision for a very intriguing movie plot that will capture almost everyone's interest... I will share more with the Linked Audience as soon as I gain permission to discuss this independent film ...

Any special product or service that could be sold directly through call centres in Southeastern Europe?

Negative Advertisement of a sucessful brand or product by any channel, Is it a part of promotion, Jealousy of a competitor or this happens by mistake ?
I saw a movie in which a very well renowned matrimonial site was used by an actor and the result from it was horrible, rather he rejected all of the guys on face . actually he was looking for a Groom for his daughter. Now i didnt understand whether company paid them to advertise like that or any of the competitor, in that movie.

What is the future of selling throught call centers is?

Market Research in IT firms

Need information on Certifications
Dear All, I am an MBA (Marketing) + B.E. (Computers). I have 4.8 years of work experience with 2.8 years in Business Development for the US/UK geography. I also have a RFID foundation course certificate and have also completed my Six Sigma Green Belt training. I am thinking of the following certifications: 1. CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management 2. CeMA - Certified eMarketing Associate 3. ITIL/ ITSM Certification I would like to pursue a certification course which would h ...

Can anyone share case studies on online reputation management for individual/corporate? If need be, can remove the client name from it.

Anyone has a benchmark on CPM ads in Europe?
Hello, I'm looking for a benchmark on CPM in Europe... I know that buying CPM advertising is very high in Switzerland, Germany and UK but I'm wondering about other countries also... Any idea to help? Thank you, Nicolas Halftermeyer web & e-commerce manager www.parrot.com

Where can I get good quality freelance writers/ journalists in India?
I'm in search of a few quality freelance writers for a project I'm working on. Would you know of a way to connect to them? Are there groups, forums, sites or associations in India for freelance writers? Any help is appreciated.

Anyone have any luck with outranking sites through advertisement based articles on Google Knol?

What solution do you recommend to effectively measure and manage conversions of PPC campaigns across multiple platforms (Google/Yahoo/MSN)?
At a budget of around max $3,000 a year, I am looking for something straightforward where I can see google, msn, and multiple yahoo accounts, campaigns, adgroups and keywords/ads in a tree structure, or a similarly simple, logical structure. Being able to easily see conversions, ROAS for each of these levels is essential. Normally I would be happy to rely on Google Analytics, but in this specific case that's not an option. I have tried low-budget solutions like Conversion Ruler or JazRe ...

What advice would you give to a small independent consultant like me who wants to set up and sell webinars?
I am trying to get advice from the Linkedin community on the best way to set up webinars and especially webinars in which I can use Mind maps - what's the best practice on this one?

B2B PROSPECTING -"COLD CALLING"?
What works best in your experience: - Salespeople making own calls? - Internal Telemarketing Team? - Outsourced Telemarketing? Please share your ideas, issues, mistakes!, tips and best practices. Anthony Maddalena anthony_maddalena@onesource.com