// Amy Carr

Recap: San Diego SHRM Workplace Excellence Awards Event

Red Door’s receiving the top honor in the small business category made the annual San Diego SHRM Workplace Excellence Awards event held on November 11 particularly exciting for us. The San Diego Workplace Excellence Awards educate and enlighten San Diego business leaders on the contributions that exceptional HR practices make to the success and profitability of an organization. The event showcases the true value of the HR profession and the tremendous impact effective it has u [...] Continue Reading

Looking For Creative Talent!!

Attention all of you creative gurus!! Red Door is seeking a contract Senior Art Director and Junior Designer to join our Creative Team. This is an opportunity to join an award-winning, growing digital agency with offices located in downtown San Diego, California with panoramic views of San Diego bay and Petco Park, and just north of downtown Denver, CO in the trendy RiNo district. FREELANCE SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Candidates must have interactive agency experience working wit [...] Continue Reading

ONLINE AD SPENDING EXPECTED TO RISE br /Adweek IQ Daily Brief, Jan. 15, 2003 br / br /Internet ad spending is expected to rise more than 7 percent in 2003, according to a full-year forecast from CMR/TNS Media Intelligence. br / br /Overall ad spending is expected to increase 3.3 percent in 2003 to $117.5 billion, according to CMR. "The spending growth seen in the last half of 2002 was clear evidence of a market rebound, and we believe the current economic upturn, while not robust will continue t [...] Continue Reading

ONLINE AD SPENDING EXPECTED TO RISE Adweek IQ Daily Brief, Jan. 15, 2003 Internet ad spending is expected to rise more than 7 percent in 2003, according to a full-year forecast from CMR/TNS Media Intelligence. Overall ad spending is expected to increase 3.3 percent in 2003 to $117.5 billion, according to CMR. "The spending growth seen in the last half of 2002 was clear evidence of a market rebound, and we believe the current economic upturn, while not robust will continue to be reflected in th [...] Continue Reading

2003 BOOSTS TRAFFIC TO DIET, ASTROLOGY SITES br /Adweek Online, Jan. 8, 2003 br / br /As the new year approached, Web surfers logged on to diet and fitness sites to gear up for their health-related resolutions and astrology sites to see what was in store for 2003. br / br /During the week ending Dec. 29, more than 3.5 million people logged on to various health, fitness and nutrition Web sites at home, according to the latest report from Nielsen/NetRatings. Leading the pack was AOL Health, which [...] Continue Reading

2003 BOOSTS TRAFFIC TO DIET, ASTROLOGY SITES Adweek Online, Jan. 8, 2003 As the new year approached, Web surfers logged on to diet and fitness sites to gear up for their health-related resolutions and astrology sites to see what was in store for 2003. During the week ending Dec. 29, more than 3.5 million people logged on to various health, fitness and nutrition Web sites at home, according to the latest report from Nielsen/NetRatings. Leading the pack was AOL Health, which attracted 805,000 un [...] Continue Reading

INTERNET USERS MORE TRUSTING OF FINANCIAL ACTIONS br /Brandweek Online Newsletter, Thursday, January 2, 2002 br / br /NEW YORK - U.S. consumers are more trusting when conducting online transactions than they were a year ago, with the most dramatic surge in trust associated with conducting financial transactions online, according to the "Consumer Internet Barometer," a new quarterly report on Internet activity. The report is produced jointly by NFO WorldGroup (a division of The Interpublic Grou [...] Continue Reading

INTERNET USERS MORE TRUSTING OF FINANCIAL ACTIONS Brandweek Online Newsletter, Thursday, January 2, 2002 NEW YORK - U.S. consumers are more trusting when conducting online transactions than they were a year ago, with the most dramatic surge in trust associated with conducting financial transactions online, according to the "Consumer Internet Barometer," a new quarterly report on Internet activity. The report is produced jointly by NFO WorldGroup (a division of The Interpublic Group of Cos.), [...] Continue Reading

br /JUPITER RESEARCH STUDY ON BROADBAND ADOPTION br /According to a new study from Jupiter Research, U.S. broadband service providers added approximately 1.3 million net new households in the second quarter of 2002. About 13.1 million households across the country currently use broadband services to connect to the Internet. br / br /The growth of broadband uptake in the U.S. is on pace to meet Jupiter's forecast of 15.4 million households by the end of this year. However, quarterly growth rates [...] Continue Reading

JUPITER RESEARCH STUDY ON BROADBAND ADOPTION According to a new study from Jupiter Research, U.S. broadband service providers added approximately 1.3 million net new households in the second quarter of 2002. About 13.1 million households across the country currently use broadband services to connect to the Internet. The growth of broadband uptake in the U.S. is on pace to meet Jupiter's forecast of 15.4 million households by the end of this year. However, quarterly growth rates have fallen sig [...] Continue Reading

CNET'S DOWNLOAD.COM MOVES TO PAID LISTINGS br /CNet Networks has announced a new program for software vendors who market their software on the company's Download.com web site. Previously free, listings will now cost from $99. But in return, CNet says, vendors will gain enhanced promotional opportunities. Here is the link to the full story: http://www.technologymarketing.com/mc/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1725139 br / [...] Continue Reading

CNET'S DOWNLOAD.COM MOVES TO PAID LISTINGS CNet Networks has announced a new program for software vendors who market their software on the company's Download.com web site. Previously free, listings will now cost from $99. But in return, CNet says, vendors will gain enhanced promotional opportunities. Here is the link to the full story: http://www.technologymarketing.com/mc/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1725139 [...] Continue Reading

From an Adweek daily email report: br /FIRST-HALF INTERNET AD SPENDING RISES br / br /While overall ad spending dropped 0.2 percent for the first half of 2002, Internet ad expenditures rose nearly 2 percent versus the same time a year ago, according to the latest report from CMR. br / br /The New York-based company that tracks ad spending in major media reported that Internet ad revenues reached $1.532 billion for the first half, compared to $1.504 billion a year earlier. Total ad spending for t [...] Continue Reading

From an Adweek daily email report: FIRST-HALF INTERNET AD SPENDING RISES While overall ad spending dropped 0.2 percent for the first half of 2002, Internet ad expenditures rose nearly 2 percent versus the same time a year ago, according to the latest report from CMR. The New York-based company that tracks ad spending in major media reported that Internet ad revenues reached $1.532 billion for the first half, compared to $1.504 billion a year earlier. Total ad spending for the first half came i [...] Continue Reading

According to study results released Jan 2002 by The Maloney Group, chances are most journalists are unhappy with the company's online press center. br / br /The Group examined 125 online newsrooms of Fortune 500 companies for more than 80 Best Practices criteria. The results were dismal. br / br /Here are the criteria that matter: br / br /1. Site Loading Speed br /2. Ease of Navigation from Home Page br /3. Hard-to-Find Media Relations Contacts br /4. The ability to request news br /5. More edu [...] Continue Reading

According to study results released Jan 2002 by The Maloney Group, chances are most journalists are unhappy with the company's online press center. The Group examined 125 online newsrooms of Fortune 500 companies for more than 80 Best Practices criteria. The results were dismal. Here are the criteria that matter: 1. Site Loading Speed 2. Ease of Navigation from Home Page 3. Hard-to-Find Media Relations Contacts 4. The ability to request news 5. More educational information than just releases [...] Continue Reading