Christopher Saunders

Financial software company Intuit this week announced that online shipping services company Stamps.com‘s Internet postage service will be integrated into coming versions of the company’s personal and small business software packages. Users of Intuit’s Quicken 2001 Basic, Deluxe and Home & Business financial management software will be able to sign up for Stamps.com’s service, enabling […]

Touting its size and its breadth of service offerings, Juno Online Services plans to kick off a new television advertising campaign on Monday, taking on territory not covered in its popular “Everybody’s Getting It” effort. The campaign is slated to begin with four, 15-second spots on the Fox Network and CNBC. Company executives said they […]

Domain name registrar Register.com, and TeleDomains.com, a B2B provider of custom toll-free numbers, Thursday announced a marketing alliance to cross-sell the companies’ services. The deal allows customers of either company to obtain a branded, toll-free number when they register a domain name. For obvious reasons, domain names are one of the most highly prized aspects […]

Ad serving company Real Media secured $30 million in financing from existing investor Advance Internet, a community Web site designer, and its largest stockholder, Swiss on- and offline ad sales company PubliGroupe, offsetting the company’s dwindling cash reserves. According to a statement from company officials, Real Media will use the proceeds to advance its infrastructure […]

Ad serving company Real Media secured $30 million in financing from existing investor Advance Internet, a community Web site designer, and its largest stockholder, Swiss on- and offline ad sales company PubliGroupe, offsetting the company’s dwindling cash reserves. According to a statement from company officials, Real Media will use the proceeds to advance its infrastructure […]

Ad network L90, structured a strategic alignment and marketing deal between start-up vTrails and group forums enabler Delphi.com. Under terms of the agreement, Delphi.com will offer vTrails’ TourBar product to its more than 2.5 community members through co-branding and marketing initiatives, including banner ads placed throughout the site and its forums. TourBar allows Internet users […]

In an all-stock deal valued at close to $95 million, ad network and technology company 24/7 Media, Thursday announced its acquisition of search engine optimization company Website Results. The deal serves to broaden 24/7 Media’s scope of product offerings by making Website Results’ ASP-based search-engine optimization technologies available to clients. The Los Angeles-based company differs […]

With hopes of banking on ad agencies’ increasing role in their clients’ purchasing and use of online marketing tools, marketing technology company Naviant Wednesday announced that it has established a sales team dedicated to the agency channel. The company is wagering that advertising agencies will become a viable distribution channel for their products, which rely […]

AdForce, the ad delivery and management company of CMGI, inked a strategic alliance with wireless messaging and technology company OpenGrid, with the aim of expanding AdForce’s presence on wireless devices. The deal is part of the company’s “AdForce EveryWhere” initiative, which aims to serve ads on wireless devices, interactive television, point-of-sale displays, Internet appliances, and […]

Streaming rich media startup Net-mercial Tuesday announced its intention to enter the ad network space with an affiliate marketing program called Jump.Space. Clicking a link on a network member’s site will serve an interstitial, streaming rich media ad to users, which plays while the next site loads. The ads can incorporate interactive Flash or transactional […]

National discount retailer Target Stores, a division of Target Corp., and America Online, Tuesday rolled out the first promotional and co-marketing initiatives resulting from June’s strategic alliance. Beginning Tuesday, co-branded CD-ROMs featuring a special edition of the AOL service will be made available at in-store kiosks at Target stores nationwide and can be requested at […]

Ad agency Lowe Lintas & Partners will use services provided by direct e-mail providers ClickAction, to enhance its domestic units’ e-mail marketing capabilities, the companies reported Monday. According to terms of the deal, the agency’s digital design unit, Lowe Lintas Interactive, and direct marketing division Lowe Lintas Direct will continue to handle strategy and creative […]