Month: November 2006
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We Are the World
Never mind love: If the Direct Marketing Association has its way, direct response will be the international language. The DMA took two steps in this direction
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Back to the Start
LEAD GENERATION HAS LONG BEEN THE NAME OF THE GAME IN BUSINESS-TO-business. The complex decision cycles that precede most purchases and the high cost
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Blooper of the Century
IN A JAW-DROPPING EMBARRASSMENT, the state of Utah has mistakenly divulged kids’ e-mail addresses on its so-called child-protection do-not-e-mail list
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Pet Project
IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOUR animal companion is a cat, dog, fish, hamster or iguana. All pet owners need stuff. Lots of stuff: Kibble, brushes, beds, habitrails,
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Poisoning the Well
IT’S BECOME A CLICH TO SAY that the Web has changed all the rules about how merchants and companies deal with the public. The many ways consumers can
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No Serenity Here
HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE Serenity Prayer? It goes like this: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things
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Joe Torre Needs Help. So Does His Ad
IT’S ALWAYS A SHAME TO SEE A WORTHY NONPROFIT RUN A fundraising ad that just doesn’t do the job. One can’t help thinking that the ad money could have been better spent on the organization’s programs.
I found this ad for the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation in a recent issue of BusinessWeek.
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Brand Makeovers
DID YOU EVER GET THE FEELING that something about your brand wasn’t quite right? It may be time to align your channels or tweak your creative. Case in
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The Yankees’ Bush-League CRM
YANKEE FANS, IT SEEMS, can’t win for winning. According to The New York Times, the New York Yankees are aggressively punishing season ticket holders who
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Growth of DM Spending to Falter
Direct marketing spending and sales growth are going to slow a bit in 2007, according to new research from the Direct Marketing Association. But both