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  • Coke’s Kruse Control

    Carol Kruse’s world got a lot bigger in 2006. From overseeing interactive marketing for Coca-Cola North America, she stepped up to take charge of marketing

  • Now What?

    The combination of unlimited choice and the ability to find anything and everything quickly has shifted the power from direct marketers to their customers.

  • How Effective?

    Experiential marketing is premised on the notion that consumers are motivated by what they’re encountering. In a best-case scenario they might even be

  • Curmudgeon on Film

    On a recent afternoon at the cinema, we were thrilled to see a shout out to Direct’s own Herschell Gordon Lewis in the new movie In the comedy about a

  • LETTERS to the editor

    MAKE DOWNLOADS UNIQUE(When Is Too Far, December) I loved the column. Thanks for having the to say it. As for your Digital Directive piece, I’m

  • Taking a Flier

    A&P Canada Inc. uses analytics for more than segmentation. It applies the same insights when distributing fliers. Like most supermarket chains, A&P had

  • They’re Nuts

    If your favorite television show got canceled, what would you do? See what else was on? Write a letter of protest? Fans of CBS’ went nuts. Or rather,

  • Back to the Real World

    What do you do after a Web 2.0 promotion turns sour? If you’re Pernod Ricard and want to stress the sophistication of Malibu Rum to a twenty-something

  • Big Game in Big Easy

    When the National Basketball Association decided to hold its All-Star Game in New Orleans this month, the league realized it had to be more than an extended

  • Barracuda Needs a Swift Kick

    Marketers should bury their collective foot in the rear end of Barracuda Networks’ communications department. The Internet security firm certainly deserves