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  • Registering the Draft

    DraftWorldwide took the long road to the PROMO 100 list. But it arrived at No. 1. The Chicago-based agency network has its roots in direct marketing,

  • Belgium’s Karamba Takes Europe

    Belgium-based Karamba took home the Best of Europe prize during the first round of judging for the ninth annual World Pro Awards of Excellence, which

  • Where the Twain Does Meet

    No pitches. No retainers. No awards. No wonder EastWest Creative is still a relative secret. Don’t waste your sympathy. This secret is shaping up to be

  • Bank Shots

    “Honey could you pick up a quart of milk and a line of credit on your way home tonight?” That’s not as odd as it sounds, ever since PremiereGroup put

  • Eeny, Meeny, Miney? No.

    Agency execs tell horror stories about running into the PROMO 100 list during new-business pitches. In the midst of a capabilities presentation, the client

  • Beyond the Weinermobile

    George Leon (below) is, finally, in the Guinness Book of World Records. The Fox Family Worldwide exec bounced his way in with a 5,000-cubic-foot playground

  • Customer, May I?

    MOST MARKETING IS SPAM.TV ads are spam (except for infomercials, surprisingly enough).Direct mail to strangers is spam. So are radio ads and the king

  • Fishing in the Promotional Closet

    I got a late start with my spring cleaning this year, but I really got into it. So much so that, when I was done, I decided to do a little digging in

  • International

    NEW ZEALAND Kids’s Movie a Big Hit Dow Under Krispa Potato Chips is targeting kids five to 12 with a program exploiting global Rugrats mania through a

  • Electronic Buzz

    A year’s worth of free beer and a keg refrigerator for storage is the first prize in a Web contest launched in March by Beer.com, a vertical portal site