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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/adtech-survey-best-and-worst-online-tactics-budget-plans-for-2008-3512/marketing-sherpa-adtech-budget-planning-survey-2007jpg/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Email marketing from house lists, a top tactic of 47% of marketers in 2006, was cited by 42% in 2007.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/adtech-survey-best-and-worst-online-tactics-budget-plans-for-2008-3512/marketing-sherpa-adtech-budget-planning-survey-2007jpg/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Behavioral targeting offers a stronger ROI than contextual targeting, marketers again said - but in greater proportions: 44% said so (up 10 percentage points from 2006), while 21% cited contextual advertising (down 8 points).</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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