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Welcome to the February issue of the IMA newsletter, your link to all that's happening within the IMA and beyond.

As 2016 continues to build on momentum within the digital and online space, your IMA continues to evolve in an effort to offer unique and compelling insight for our members. To ignite your creative juices, IMPACT16 is slated for April 6-7 in Grand Cayman. An exciting program is in place that promises to inform and connect members with other like-minded game changers in the digital and online community. In addition, leading ecommerce providers are benefiting from successful funding, while email marketing and other digital marketing platforms are put under the "microscope" and analyzed in an effort to identify and leverage their respective core strengths, and much, much more.

It all adds up to a virtual feast of in-depth, digital marketing know-how and can-do information that's tailored to propel your business forward, and enable you and your team to capture a greater share of the future. Let's make it happen!

Happy readings.

Sinan Kanatsiz, CIM
Chairman
Internet Marketing Association
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