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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:54:08 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>ion interactive press releases</title><link>http://www.ioninteractive.com/press-releases/</link><description>News from ion interactive</description><copyright>Copyright i-on interactive, inc.</copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Post-click marketing reaches the tipping point</title><category>Feature Releases</category><dc:creator>Susan Delz</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:47:49 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.ioninteractive.com/press-releases/2008/9/26/post-click-marketing-reaches-the-tipping-point.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">266525:2688726:2334098</guid><description><![CDATA[<blockquote>Companies are enthusiastically embracing this strategic approach, and clients are seeing how it directly impacts their online marketing ROI by improving results.”<br>Anna Talerico<br>Executive Vice President, ion interactive</blockquote><strong>BOCA RATON, Florida</strong><strong> —</strong>A series of upcoming events highlight the positive impact of post-click marketing on online advertising campaign results. ion interactive, the post-click marketing company, will kick off a coast-to-coast tour with 8 speaking engagements in Q4. Along with its clients, ion will be speaking at prestigious industry conferences through the end of 2008 including SMX East, Marketing Sherpa&#8217;s BtoB Demand Generation Summits, ad:tech New York and Search Engine Strategies Chicago.<div><br><p>&#8220;A few years ago, ion introduced the concept of post-click marketing,&#8221; said Anna Talerico, executive vice president. “Companies are enthusiastically embracing this strategic approach, and clients are seeing how it directly impacts their online marketing ROI by improving their results.&#8221;</p><p>At each event across the country, conference attendees will get an inside look at the best practices and strategy for creating and implementing conversion-focused post-click marketing programs. Attendees will also gain an understanding of how a strategic post-click framework can positively impact their overall marketing programs. </p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><h3>The Post-Click Marketing Tour: 2008</h3></span></p><p><strong>Marketing Sherpa’s B-to-B Demand Generation Summit — Monday, October 6th, Boston MA</strong></p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><p>ion interactive client Gary Ware, of Overland Storage, will present his post-click success story. The session titled <em>Optimizing SEM Strategies from Keyword to Conversion</em> will take a deep-dive into Overland Storage&#8217;s paid search campaign from the click origination all the way through to conversion.</p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SMX East — Tuesday, October 7th, New York NY</span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;">ion interactive President &amp; CTO, Scott Brinker, will speak on the <em>Landing Pages &amp; Multivariate Testing</em> panel. This panel promises to be gripping as its participants take a look at the good and the bad of multivariate testin</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">g. </span><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Marketing Sherpa’s B-to-B Demand Generation Summit — Monday, October 27th, San Francisco CA</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;">ion interactive client Overland Storage is back on the stage for Marketing Sherpa’s west coast B-to-B Demand Generation Summit in San Francisco.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>eM8 eMarketing Conference — Wednesday, October 29th, Atlanta GA</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ion interactive Executive Vice President, Anna Talerico, will take an inside look at creating conversion focused landing pages for a Web 2.0 world in the session <em>Landing Pages 2.0: Leveraging new techniques for better campaign results.</em></span><br></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>ad:tech New York — Wednesday, November 5th, New York, NY</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Anna Talerico and Scott Brinker will take on ad:tech New York with not one, but two post-click sessions.  Anna will present <em>Better online marketing with Strategic Landing Pages</em> during the Wednesday delegate lunch and Scott will present <em>Landing Pages 2.0 and Post-Click Marketing</em> Wednesday during the conference exhibition.</span><br></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Search Engine Strategies Chicago — Tuesday, December 9th &amp; Thursday, December 11th, Chicago, IL</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Anna Talerico and Scott Brinker will both be back in action at SES Chicago, closing out ion’s post-click tour.  In the session, <em>Ame