Cents and Sensibility

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW what's happening in direct response, just open your corporate wallet. To get an update on what types of media direct marketers are

The Skinny on Blacklists

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

The Spamhaus Project made international headlines recently because of an ongoing legal dustup with Chicago-based direct marketer e360 Insight. As a result, the spotlight is once again on the self-appointed — some say vigilante — anti-spam cops that run blacklists.

Rewind

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

So much for glacially paced evolution. Promotion marketing took defined strides this past year.

The Meaning of Christmas

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Christmas is back. Not that it ever went anywhere, but retailers are using the name in their marketing after years of preferring the more generic What

Yuletide Lattes

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Call it holiday. Call it Christmas. But there will be a certain festivity at Starbucks this season. The firm is handing out 500,000 Cheer Pass cards,

Ah Choooooooo!

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Want to create brand impact? Hand out an item that can be found in most women's purses, especially at this time of year. Tissues.

I Saw the Light

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Talk about inspiration: Every one of this year's Market Leaders created a groundbreaking campaign, or made some other contribution to the promotional

Web Watch 2.0

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

SURE, THERE'S A LOT OF buzz about Web 2.0. But no one agrees on what it really means. Some say it's a new technology. Others, a social movement. Still

Multichannel Mix

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Direct talked recently with Chris Carrington and Philip Donahue of catalog design firm Lorel Marketing Group about the catalog and multichannel trends they see for 2007.