Wendy Melillo

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Survey Says…

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Can idea-generation software designed to help companies solicit consumer feedback be of use in the political realm? Recently, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Vermont gubernatorial candidate Sam Young and the [...]

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On Message

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Raldon Lumpkins, 20, hits the streets of San Francisco today. His mission is to produce articles, blogs and videos of concern to young voters interested in the upcoming presidential election. [...]

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Hustle and Flow

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Americans spend nearly $12 billion a year on bottled water because they think it is a cleaner, more convenient product than tap water. Many young people and high-income consumers also [...]

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Candidates Rethink Web Strategy

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WASHINGTON For all the attention the presidential candidates paid to their Web efforts when launching their campaigns, the contenders may need to rethink their strategies if the sites have little [...]

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POV: It’s Not Easy Being Green

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WASHINGTON The Federal Trade Commission has a message for marketers seeking to turn green advertising claims into gold: self-regulate or else.Consumers have become enamored of the idea that they can [...]

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Virtual Tools Target Travelers

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WASHINGTON Near the indoor amusement park at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, between anchor stores Macy’s and Nordstrom, sits a 30-foot by 13-foot hotel suite from the new Cambria [...]

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Q&A: Chester Writes the Book on Privacy

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WASHINGTON As advertisers unleash powerful new tools that allow them to target ads based on age, gender, political views or taste in movies, complaints about privacy increase.In his new book, [...]

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POV: For Starbucks, WoM Is Not Enough

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WASHINGTON After shunning such a move for years, the decision by Starbucks to roll out a national television ad campaign to build brand awareness is the latest sign that the [...]

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MTVU Expands Online

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WASHINGTON MTV Networks is tapping college students’ interest in social causes in its latest push to beef up the online component of its 24-hour college network. The new initiative is [...]

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Class Act: YouTube Moves Into Education

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WASHINGTON Log onto YouTube, and you can watch Richard Muller, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, illustrate how atoms and heat work (via a spot from Toyota’s [...]