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Does the name Scott Hardigree ring a bell? I guess not unless you’re from the US or a European email marketer that knows his sources.

Anyway, Scott, who is a contributor of this blog, is happy and proud. The reason? His company Indiemark has won MailChimp’s template throw.

Now, what do you do when you win such a contest?

You could get drunk, take the whole company for a trip to Vegas or stay cool. I don’t know if Scott got drunk, I don’t know if Indiemark goes Vegas but I do know that Scott knows how to make a fun video and share it on Vimeo.

Watch it below and check if Scott stayed cool.

And, after that, you can read Scott’s posts on his blog or connect with him in our LinkedIn Group.

I posted a text about the rise of performance based online advertising a while ago on my personal blog but, given all the recent positive reports about the growth of online display advertising, I am going to post it here in an adapted and more elaborated way.

Because I don’t know if the rise of the online display ad spend and also of performance-based advertising is good or bad news in a social media world. So, please read and comment away.

When the Internet rose as a “commercial” medium, everything was about the ‘almighty click’. At last a medium that was measurable and had an immediate impact. Internet was seen as the new direct marketing. Email was broadcasting, banners were meant to generate traffic, click, click, click.

Later, research companies – not coincidentally often sponsored by online publishers – made lots of effort to prove that online advertising also has a significant impact on a variety of brand parameters. And of course it does. Everything a brand does has an impact on the brand.

Online advertising is mainstream now and new data from, among others IAB and Econsultancy, show that search, PPC and display ad budgets are on the rise.