http://www.itworld.com/marketing xx http://www.itworld.com/crm/79117/marketing-automation-unique-kid-crm-block You'd think that "marketing automation," like "sales automation," would be part of a CRM system. In theory, sure. But in practice, you need to know how these systems fit together and how they don't. http://www.itworld.com/crm/79117/marketing-automation-unique-kid-crm-block#comments CRM Software Opinion Marketing Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:03:08 -0400 ITworld staff 79117 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/77409/why-users-dumped-your-open-source-app-proprietary-software Open source projects that want more users must learn the ways in which it might "lose to the competition." http://www.itworld.com/open-source/77409/why-users-dumped-your-open-source-app-proprietary-software#comments Open Source Analysis adoption foss Marketing open source Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:50:01 -0400 Esther Schindler 77409 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/73745/law-firms-are-newest-victim-seo-marketing Look out Dewey Cheatem & Howe, the search engine marketers have their sites set on you. Or at least they would if they could find you. http://www.itworld.com/legal/73745/law-firms-are-newest-victim-seo-marketing#comments Internet Legal Opinion Marketing SEO Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:17:08 -0400 abennett 73745 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/68861/link-quickbooks-contacts-verticalresponse-e-mail-marketing One of the chores people hate most when using computers? Reentering information from one system into another system. After all, you're typing on the same computer, right? And data should be shared right? So why have to virtually schlep things like contact information from one system to another to another to another to get your work done? This week, at least two companies upgraded virtual schlepping to automated contact sharing. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/68861/link-quickbooks-contacts-verticalresponse-e-mail-marketing#comments Internet SaaS Small business Software Opinion E-mail e-mail marketing Marketing QuickBooks VerticalResponse Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:28:32 -0400 James Gaskin 68861 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/67071/laptop-gender-wars-what-your-netbook-or-toughbook-says-about-you Like it or not, design, color, form factor, and texture are the new key features for tech products, which begs the question ... Are you OK with using a cute laptop? http://www.itworld.com/hardware/67071/laptop-gender-wars-what-your-netbook-or-toughbook-says-about-you#comments Hardware Personal tech Feature laptop Marketing netbook Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:30:50 -0400 ITworld staff 67071 at http://www.itworld.com