StrongMail snaps up two...

Email and social media marketing firm StrongMail has acquired Conversa Marketing and Magnetik, two New York-based interactive marketing agencies with services ranging from email and social media marketing to web design and customer relationship management.

McAndrews on Madrona Ve...

Madrona Ventures may invest in more Internet ad start-ups now that former aQuantive CEO Brian McAndrews is on board , but it's unlikely to take much interest in agency pure plays. In a brief talk with ClickZ this morning, McAndrews said the VC firm would consider investing in startups with a services component, but he said there would have to be technology attached in some way. For instance, he said Madrona might look at an analytics firm with in-house data analysts