When it comes to specialist expertise, you can acquire it or hire it. But when does it make sense to seek outside guidance? What should you look for in a partner? And how can you make the relationship work?

More than two-thirds (67%) of the global* online population visits social networks and blogs, and participation in these “member communities” is now the fourth most popular online category - behind search, portals, and PC software, but ahead of personal email use, according to research from Nielsen Online.

The EEC is pushing the term render rate to replace the term open rate. In addition to changing the name the EEC is attempting to standardize how the render rate is calculated.