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2010 MEDIA PLANNING GUIDES NOW AVAILABLE!
AICPA Advertising Sales helps marketers plan for the coming year, no rate increases in 2010!
AICPA Corporate Finance Insider Wins 2009 Apex Award for Excellence
Don’t be left out in the cold. Be part of this winning team and reach 90,000 top corporate finance decision-makers today.
AICPA E-Newsletters Completing Record Quarter
New highs for advertising and readership. Auspicious launches for CPAs in retirement planning and corporate finance.
AICPA Executive Roundtable Podcast Series
Beyond the click: Web advertising and marketing trends in the accounting and finance channel.
August 2004 Editorial Focus: Insider E-Newsletters
Best of the Web: Insider™ Top Articles
Bettering Your Banner Ads
Best online ads draw on print techniques.
Broadband and the Acceleration of Internet Advertising
Accountability of this medium is ‘second to none.’
Case Study: Beyond the Click
Impact of online advertising on brand favorability, purchase intent and product attributes for CPAs.
CPA Insider Circulation Tops 160,000
World’s most widely read online publication for CPAs eclipses readership of all other accounting e-publications combined.
CPA Insider Hits Record Month, Quarter for Online Advertising
Microsoft, ADP and Intuit join ranks of AICPA digital advertising clients.
CPA Insider Passes 170,000 Circulation Milestone
New design and navigation blends e-newsletter best practices with sophisticated Web site experience.
CPA Insider Reaches Third Anniversary Milestone
AICPA’s official weekly newsletter is the most widely read online publication for CPAs
CPA Insider Sold Out Through Mid November
Limited space remains in Tax Insider and Career Insider.
CPA Insider™ E-Newsletter to Unveil New Design in May
Expanded advertising positions available in front page upper right
Dare to Share
E-newsletters and Journal of Accountancy add sharing widgets.
Debra Feldman and Lori West Join Insider Group as Columnists
Experts on professional career development and accounting & auditing issues
Drawing More Prospects Into Your Web Site’s Buy Funnel
Diffuse their fears, make them look good and optimize your content pages.
E-mail Marketing Leaps in Economic Downturn
New report finds e-mails continue to deliver healthy returns.
E-mail Newsletters Highly Trusted, Valued by SMBs
Rated important information source for majority of small, mid-size businesses.
E-Marketing Tips from the Front Lines
E-Newsletters still getting through. Monitoring your rivals’ Web marketing campaigns. Why clickers still call.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Use restraint on your Web site and focus on time spent versus page views. Microsites bolster trade shows. Product development via e-newsletters.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Survey: Online to be No. 2 marketing tool by 2008.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Getting the most of your Web site measuring tools.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
E-Mail myths debunked by the experts.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Six e-mail design tips. Engage your recipients. Smart ‘About Us’ techniques.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
The subject line is everything. Your rep gives you the edge. Don’t get overly familiar.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Avoiding site errors that drive prospects away. E-newsletters match print as top source of SMB purchase information. Why you need to think like a search engine.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Simple surveys lift response. Take the ‘we’ out of your copy. Forget left-to-right on the Web.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Improving lead followup, conversions and sales team perception.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Web site calculators solve prospects headaches. Include your toll free number in digital marketing campaigns.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Tracking your site’s hot spots. How FAQs can improve conversions. Don’t let “opt out” mean good-bye.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Spell it out for the C-Suite. Improve your FAQs. The real story on open rates.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Include toll free number in your Web ads. Heavy clickers may distort your Web results. Fix your slow loading pages.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Web copyrighting secrets. Getting e-mail and direct mail to work together. Case studies versus testimonials.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Don’t let bad landing pages strand viable prospects and turn them away for good.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Test before rolling out. Include headshots and toll-free numbers. Hit B2B prospects at lunch.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Podcast listeners more likely to buy. The truth about online registration forms. Why post negative customer feedback on your site?
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Add your Web address to print ads. Get to the point on your site … and do it fast.
E-Marketing Tips from the Front Lines
Understanding why customers bail on you. Critical mistakes B2B sites still make today.
E-Marketing Tips from the Front Lines
Branding gains as Internet advertising goal. Improving the stickiness of your landing pages.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Using your site to up-sell customers, recruit new talent. Try the five-second test.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Toughest part of B2B marketers’ job: matching Web site to complex sales cycle, driving traffic, updating content.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Online leads to offline sales. Draw prospects deeper into your site. Creating better news releases.
E-Marketing Tips from the Front Lines
Learn why customers bail. Keep IT in the loop. Spice up client case studies. Offer demos.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Cultivating repeat visitors on your site. What separates great B2B sites from the rest? Content key to building lists.
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Beyond clicks and visits: how to measure your site’s success (or lack thereof).
E-Marketing Tips From the Front Lines
Beyond clicks and visits: how to measure your site’s success (or lack thereof).
E-MEDIA NEWS: Internet Ad Spending Expected to Hit $12 Billion in 2005
Online advertising spurs offline spending.
E-MEDIA NEWS: IRS and Paisley Consulting Tap Latest E-Newsletter Advertising Unit
’Super waterfall’ offers multi-banner flexibility in desirable top right position of front page.
E-MEDIA NEWS: McCann Revises 2005 Ad Spending Forecast
Sarbox concerns temper overall ad spending estimates, but Internet remains on double-digit growth pace.
E-MEDIA NEWS: Online Ad Sales Reach Record High in Q1
More than two years of strong quarterly growth according to PwC and Internet Advertising Bureau.
E-MEDIA NEWS: Online Advertising Surge Continues
Double digit gains recorded. More Fortune 1000 marketers committing over 10 percent of budgets to the Net.
E-Media: CPA Insider Marks 5-Year Anniversary
Most widely read online weekly for CPAs reaches 175,000 sets of eyes.
E-NEWS: 'Beyond the Click' Research Report Widely Cited
AICPA researchers find marketers may be missing more than 50 percent of online ad response.
E-NEWS: ‘Eyeball Time’ Data Now Available for E-Newsletter Sponsors
All AICPA e-newsletters can provide browsing time on sponsored editorials.
E-NEWS: 2006/2007 Media Kit Available
New pricing structure, ad units and reader demos.
E-NEWS: 2008 Media Kit now available
E-NEWS: AICPA ‘Beyond the Click’ Research Cited by Analysts, Media Sites and Trade Press
CPA Insider publisher on panel for national publishing industry summit.
E-NEWS: AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider to Launch in July
Vertex, Lexis-Nexis and JobsintheMoney.com head sponsor roster
E-News: AICPA Insiders Beat Industry Benchmarks for E-Newsletters
*or* why e-newsletters should continue to be an important part of your media mix!
E-NEWS: AICPA Insiders™ Are An Important Member Experience
E-newsletters among top 3 interactions of members with AICPA’s marketing arm.
E-News: AICPA Insiders™ Win 2010 Marketing Sherpa Award
Video-in-newsletter test wins Marketing Sherpa’s 2010 Best E-Newsletter for a Marketing Purpose Award!
E-NEWS: AICPA Newsletters Post 40 Percent Ad Gain
Reach more than 200,000 CPAs weekly. Typical reader dedicate over 60 minutes ‘mindshare’ per month.
E-NEWS: Are Online Tools More Effective Than Old Media?
McKinsey survey tells more.
E-NEWS: CPA Insider Execs to Present at National Publishing Conference
Telberg, Greve, Berkowitz to lead Folio panel discussion on profitable e-newsletter strategies.
E-NEWS: CPA Insider™ Introduces Sponsored Videos
Timely video “snacks” with popular columnist Rick Telberg now available for sponsorship.
E-NEWS: CPA Insider™ Introduces Sponsored Videos
E-NEWS: CPA Insider™ Newsletter Group to Expand in 2007
New focus on corporate taxation, technology and accounting policy and practice.
E-NEWS: CPA Insider™ Newsletters Delivering Bonus Audience
AICPA’s sponsored e-newsletters exceeding rate base. No additional charge to advertisers.
E-NEWS: Design Test Increases Click Rate by 213%
How you can zero in on this target audience.
E-NEWS: FREE Case Study Available on Maximizing Web Advertising ROI
Free copy of ‘Beyond the Click’ case study reserved for AICPA advertisers.
E-NEWS: Future of Digital Media and Online Publishing
AICPA execs reveal why teaching advertisers how to package their products leads to maximum ROI.
E-NEWS: Insider E-Newsletters Well Above Rate Base
Six percent average bonus distribution. ‘Read time’ data now available on sponsored editorials.
E-NEWS: Insider Newsletters Post 39% Revenue Gain in 2006
Strong debuts by corporate finance and wealth spin-offs fuel growth.
E-NEWS: New AICPA E-newsletters Offer Strong ROI Opportunities
They join successful Insider family of advertising vehicles
E-NEWS: Newsletter Group Adds Niche Titles, New Advertiser Services
Corporate taxation, accounting technology and vendor news releases to the forefront.
E-NEWS: Newsletter Sponsorship Opportunity
Payroll & HR Solutions three-part series starts in September.
E-News: Not Just Members
Zero in on more than 500K top decision-makers who are business professionals from a wide range of backgrounds.
E-News: Over 200,000 Readers With Quality Clicks
The CPA Insider™ has 208,000 active readers now. What does this mean for advertisers?
E-NEWS: Single Sponsor E-Newsletters Now Available
Content rich quarterly alerts featuring our most popular articles.
E-News: Target Technology Decision Makers With TechByte
New AICPA Insider™ concept presents advertisers an opportunity to be visible with technology thought leaders.
E-NEWS: Targeting Top Execs Online
Researchers say it’s the most effective way to reach decision makers during the work day. E-newsletters rank high. 
E-News: Tech, Financial Services Fuel Online Ad Growth
Rebound in financial markets, PC hardware and software bodes well for B2B media.
E-NEWS: Technology Advertising on the Rebound
Online advertising and lead generation at the helm.
E-News: Think Text
Optimization tips for e-newsletters.
E-NEWS: Tipping Point on the Horizon as Internet Ad Spending Sees Double-Digit Growth
Branding and display ads gathering momentum.
E-Newsletter Advertising Up 61-Percent in October
Sprint, ADP, Intuit Master Builder, Hyland Software, Hostway/Registry Pro and Business Software Alliance join as AICPA digital advertising clients.
E-Newsletter Circulation, Delivery Efficiency at Record Levels.
CPA Insider tops 175,000. Career Insider nears 100,000.
E-Newsletter Group to Launch Titles Serving CPAs in Industry and Financial Advisory Services
Corporate Finance Insider and Wealth Management Insider to debut in December
E-Newsletter Reader Profiles Now Available
E-Newsletters Expand Topics, Add Columnists
Spin-offs to cover business & industry, financial planning and more. Experts Rich Lanza and Lloyd Feinstein join as contributors.
E-Newsletters Hit Accelerator to Open 2005
Microsoft sponsorship, new circulation highs and latest reader study results.
Evaluating Internet Marketing: More than 'Clicks and Hits'
How CFOs and controllers can use Internet marketing to bring marketing, technology and finance functions together in making critical strategic investment decisions.
Forecasters Expect Stronger Second Half Ad Spending in 2008
Internet and niche media growth to continue. Olympics and elections to temper slide in traditional media.
Generating Leads Through Online Video
Are you up to speed?
Getting Real: Drivers of Effectiveness in Online Advertising
When consumers are introduced to a brand, there are a series of sequential and cognitive steps that must occur to convert prospects into customers. Not all products and services follow the same timeframe. Here’s why.
Getting Reporters’ Attention in the Internet Age
Five proven tactics.
Industry Experts Bullish on E-Newsletters
AICPA launching spin-offs covering corporate finance and wealth management.
Integrated Marketing, Part 2
What’s in it for me?
Internet Ads Clicking With National Advertisers
More companies shifting or expanding ad budgets to accommodate digital
Internet Chosen for Information, Television for Entertainment
Study compares various media preferences among age groups
Internet Tops Radio As Fourth Biggest Ad Medium
Content leapfrogs communication as primary Web use.
Is Your Web Site Attracting or Repelling Prospects?
Avoiding costly mistakes that drive prospects away
Kiplingers, Robert Half to Sponsor Special Sections in AICPA E-Newsletters
Thomson RIA, Paisley Consulting and JobsintheMoney join advertiser roster for new Corporate Finance Insider.
Larry Hookey Joins AICPA Direct Sales Team from Business Finance Magazine
To manage integrated advertising, sponsorship programs for AICPA magazines, e-newsletters, conferences and Webcasts.
Lockhart Industries and Surgent & Associates to Sponsor Recurring Editorial Sections in AICPA E-Newsletters
Focus on professional image and late-breaking tax prep news for CPAs.
M&A Deal Pace Accelerates in Media and Information Industry
Over $50 billion in transactions booked in 2005 so far.
Magazine Ad Pages Dipped Slightly in 2007
Financial services on the rebound. Tech still lagging the field.
Magazine PIB Ad Pages Down 1% in November, But Revenue Up 4.4%
Year-to-Date, eight of 12 major ad categories posted PIB revenue and page gains.
Marketers: What's Your Take on 2008? TAKE THE SURVEY
Mobile Explodes Even in Recession
New data finds more people downloading mobile apps and combing them in searches.
New Study Highlights Impact of Online Media on Financial Services Sector
Internet Ads have profoundly affected the way consumers choose and interact with financial services
Not Your Grandfather’s Banner Ads
Waterfalls, verticals, white papers, latency, research partnerships. New AICPA digital media kit explains more.
Online Advertising Projected as Fastest-Growing Media in 2004
15.8% increase in Internet advertising projected; 9.3% for all U.S. Advertising.
Online Advertising Surge Continues
Growth noteworthy in an otherwise lackluster media environment.
Online Info Spurs Offline Spending
Online research now generates nearly twice as much offline as it does online. Impact even more dramatic when financial, insurance products factored in.
Online Media Pervasive for Today’s Multi-Tasking Media Consumers
Consumers listening, but maybe not hearing
Online Videos Come Out at the Top for 2008
Growth expected to climb through 2012.
Podcast Acceptance Grows
500 percent growth in advertising and sponsorships projected for the medium by 2011.
Podcast Audience to Double by 2009
Forecasters: As audience grows, advertisers' spend in podcasts increase.
Power of Face-to-Face Events
Why industry-specific events still score high.
Print Dead?
Not yet. How B2B marketers are striking gold.
Print Media Roundup: Multiple B-to-B Media Platforms Gain
Trade magazine revenues essentially flat, but category leaders remain core buys. Time, Inc. folds Business 2.0.
Record Setting Quarter for Internet Advertising
IAB / Pwc report nearly $2.4B in Internet ad revenue in Q2/2004 - up 42.7% from Q2/2003
Report from New York CPA Business & Technology Show
ERP, document management, outsourcing and paperless office dominate
Robust Growth Continues for Web and All U.S. Advertising Market
Ad spending rose 9.1-percent for first half 2004. Internet showed most vigorous year-over-year growth
SAP Teams with AICPA E-Newsletters
Sponsors new ‘CPA Technology Corner’ section in CPA Insider
Savvy B2B Marketers Sell to an ‘Ecosystem of Influence’
Advertising research leader explains.
September 2004 Editorial Focus: Insider E-Newsletters
Small and Medium-Sized Business Barometer Reveals Majority of Businesses Are Generating Sales Online
Key findings reveal businesses rely heavily on their Websites and Internet marketing efforts for positive sales leads.
Small Business Survey Shows Online Critical for Success
Two out of three place high importance on enabling online interactivity
Study: Small Businesses See Clear Benefit to Web Presence
Respondents say their Web sites generate qualified leads and make their businesses healthier, especially during downturns.
The Six Forces Marketers Face
Why marketing needs business process and enterprise systems
Trade Associations Well Positioned in Today’s B2B Media Landscape
Many are market leaders with integrated channels and passionate readers.
U.S. Ad Spending Growth to Continue in 2005
Online advertising remains fastest growing sector. Magazine ad pages continue rebound. Traditional marketers to increase online as spend
Video Still Going Strong During Recession
The “eyes” have it. Google, YouTube draws more than 100 million.
Web Key to Influencing Purchase Decisions Says Intel
New survey says online takes over when buyers start researching purchase decisions.
Web Tips: Getting Prospects to Take Action on Your Site
Avoid common traps that sink B2B sites.
What Baseball and Web Marketing Have in Common
Is it the game, or the ability to measure it, that attracts so much interest?
What's Your Take on 2008? TAKE THE SURVEY
What’s Driving Online Advertising Growth?
Seven factors driving interactive advertising today. Financial services hottest sector.
Who’s Viewing My Videos?
Data on video consumption from AICPA properties and questions you should ask yourself when considering this powerful medium.