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Website// http://www.geocities.com/naidosnews Subscribe// naidoswrestlingnews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe// naidoswrestlingnews-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com ===================================================================== Table of Contents//================================================== naidO's daily note TOP HEADLINE The latest new from the WWF & the rest of pro-wrestling Article// WWF goes for CRM body slam (Refurbishes ShopZone) Remember... Affiliates ===================================================================== naidO's daily note//================================================= Hello to you and to those just joining. Tell your friends about the BEST newsletter around to subscribe today. Enjoy this latest edition of nWN! -Click for the SmackDown! SPOILERS: http://www.naidosworld.com/tvsmackdown.html -There's a spoiler for SmackDown! just above so consider yourself warned before clicking or pasting it to your browser. Not a lot of news today as far as volume, but the impact of today's news is quite significant. However, I'll let you decide. Enjoy SmackDown! tonight. Linda will have a very special SmackDown! review for you tomorrow as she was actually in Wichita to take in the festivities. Should make for a good read. Take care and remember the next line... LOVE THE NEWSLETTER? PLEASE TELL A FRIEND TO JOIN! Thanks for reading. naidO// All links in this newsletter can be viewed by being clicked (html capable email readers only) or cut and pasted into your browser. ===================================================================== -American Red Cross relief Information To make a blood donation, call (800) GIVE-LIFE or contact your local blood service organization. To help the victims of this and other disasters with a financial contribution, call (800) HELP-NOW. You can also mail donations -- designating "Disaster Relief Fund" on the memo line of the check -- to the American Red Cross, PO Box 37243, Washington DC 20013. ===================================================================== TOP HEADLINE//======================================================= -The WWF is expected to split into separate promotions on January 7, as reported in the current Torch Newsletter. WWF officials are not planning to refer to the second company as WCW, but rather as a second WWF program. "It will be like the American and National Leagues in baseball," one source reports. The company is planning to hold a televised draft to determine the talent pool for both groups. The torch reports that the WWF is still planning on laying off several members of its active roster in January, according to multiple sources. The company is also expected to make several developmental roster cuts in the near future. 1Wrestling reports that roster cuts could happen as early as next week. Source// The Torch ===================================================================== News from the WWF//================================================== -Latest Poll results from WWF.com Who do you think will emerge from Vengeance as the undisputed champion? -Stone Cold 28.61 % -Kurt Angle 6.87 % -The Rock 32.64 % -Chris Jericho 31.87 % Total Votes: 116040 -"Survivor Series Memories" is the new story in the "WWF.com Extra" portion of their website where the title explains it al. Basically, it's a run down of the history of the pay-per-view and the memories therein since its inception. To read it, click http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1097069 -Dave Scherer reports that the one stumbling block between the WWF adding Kevin Nash is Nash's reluctance to work more than 12 dates a month. The WWF would like Nash to work more than 15. It's been said now that the WWF has pulled their offer. Whther it's a negotiation ploy or not remains a mystery. -Scherer also reports that the WWF's offering Scott Steiner below what he thinks he's worth may be a stumbling block in negotiations between the two parties. Scherer speculates that Steiner would pass on a contract if he believes he'll be underpaid. Scherer points out that Big Poppa Pump has saved his money well and isn't starving for money. He says that Stiener could look upon the success of the WWA, whom he's currently touring with or the upstart XWF as alternatives. Nash as well could look to the WWA or XWF as alternatives to the WWFE. -Scherer also points out that Hogan, while it could be a long shot, is gearing up for a return to the WWF for a final run. perhaps in time for WrestleMania. -According to the Torch, the Undertaker had been urging management to turn him heel for some time. Although several agents and creative staff members were against the idea, Vince McMahon sided with Taker. Originally, Taker was scheduled to turn during the Oct. 29 Raw (instead of Kurt Angle). There was also talk of turning him at the WWF at Survivor Series, but apparently the turn was held off so that Taker could be aligned with McMahon. -Triple H was backstage at Monday's Raw and told friends that he has not fully recovered from his quadriceps surgery, although he is close. He is healthy enough to make an appearance at Vengeance, but has made it known that he would prefer to return in January. Source// the obserber, torch and 1wrestling websites ===================================================================== News from the rest of pro-wrestling//================================ -For some strange reason, the ECW subsite is still active. http://www.wcw.com/ecwsite/index.html I thought the company "folded"? Source// naidO ===================================================================== Article//============================================================ WWF goes for CRM body slam (Refurbishes ShopZone) By MARC L. SONGINI Facing sliding revenue and a major restructuring, World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. (WWFE) has rolled out software that it hopes will unite its various customer relationship management (CRM) efforts and let it recapture lost revenue. The Stamford, Conn.-based sports entertainment giant this month went live with applications from Escalate Inc., a Redwood Shores, Calif.- based e-commerce and CRM software vendor, that will power its electronic storefront and catalog, WWFShopZone.com. The system allows WWFE to do things such as automate e-mail campaign management and slice and dice customer data to detect its fans' buying habits by geography, wrestling event or item. It also allows more selective targeting for sales efforts, said CIO Bob Berry. The new system replaces a previous set of applications from a variety of vendors that lacked needed scalability. "Fans want the latest and greatest," said Mark Macchiarulo, vice president of product and brand marketing at the WWFE, and the new setup allows the company to send out e-mail with the latest story lines and product offerings. Without offering much detail on the cost or return on investment, Macchiarulo said the ability to cross-sell and upsell will increase the Web site's profitability by as much as 20%. He noted the Escalate system has unique features: It allows a WWFE employee to paste television content -- such as a T-shirt worn by a wrestler -- directly into the catalog and offer it for sale within minutes. The site, which has experienced 30% to 40% more transactions per day than it had in the few months before the WWFE started using Escalate applications, can now handle three times more traffic than it could before. Another reason the WWFE chose Escalate was because officials felt it would meet the the company's unique e-commerce needs, said WWFE executives. For instance, Escalate will allow the WWFE to do things such as let its suppliers see inventory levels online. Other efforts include building an Oracle Corp.-based data warehouse that eventually will attach to Escalate's marketing applications and the eventual online sale of digitized content from televised matches, Berry said. Other media, entertainment and sports companies have turned to CRM to boost profits, including the National Basketball Association (see story). "It's too soon to tell if CRM applied in the entertainment field will be able to generate the kind of gains you see in typical business-to-business environments," said Louis Columbus, an analyst at Boston-based AMR Research Inc. He noted WWFE is facing sliding revenue after a "really tough quarter." It also took losses from its now-defunct XFL football league. However, the WWFE has a strong customer base, and the revitalized WWFShopZone.com venture could do well if it lets the company blend its various channels. "Companies, especially entertainment and media ones, should have a 360-degree strategy exploiting different forms of media," said Carl Lehmann, an analyst at Stamford, Conn.-based Meta Group Inc. He noted that stars such as Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey have been very successful in tying together various marketing channels using the Web, something WWFE should be able to duplicate. ===================================================================== Remember...========================================================== -Remember that if you've missed any TV Shows, PPV's or more? Go to the following links to read the results. 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