Custom, Bespoke, Web Content Sales are Slow but Steady

Although custom content sales have slowed since the heady days last Fall when ContentBiz published its Special Report on the industry, Mark Feffer, President and Publisher of Tramp Steamer, says there's definitely room for hope. :: Full Story [ContentBiz.com]

The Internet: After The Hype

Call it a promotional freebie. A grace period. For a good part of 1998 and 1999, just about every dotcom company was grabbing its 15 minutes. All that is coming to an end, says Mark Feffer, founder of Tramp Steamer Media, multimedia publishers. "I believe we're entering a new era of the Web - the Come-to-Jesus Era," says Feffer, a former journalist. "At the end of the 1990s it was a gold rush - a lot of people getting a lot of money for a lot of weird stuff without even worrying about revenue. I don't think that's going to happen any more." :: Full Story [US1 Newspaper]

Content Driven:
Trenton company delivers original articles for Web sites, magazines

Did you ever wonder who writes and develops the specialized content of financial services websites or client-focused business magazines? Some times, dedicated staffs of writers, editors and designers produce in-house publications and deliver the content for Web sites. But there are firms that specialize in producing the news briefs, profiles and product sections for these firms so seamlessly that the average reader would never know the difference. Founded by Mark Feffer in 1997, Trenton-based Tramp Steamer Media takes on the responsibility of providing the most focused and freshest industry-related content for clients like Charles Schwab and Webhire.com. :: Full Story [Princeton, N.J., Packet]