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  • Swept Away

    I had dinner with a good friend several weeks ago. Over a shared plate of wings and skins, I asked how her mother was doing. She said her mom is afraid

  • Here, There and Everywhere

    It was roughly 40 years ago that sgt. pepper told the band to play and the Beatles ushered in the modern rock era with their most psychedelic album. Not

  • Short and Sweet

    We’d like to give a quick cheer to the Webby Awards, which held its 11th annual presentation last month with a rule we think should be standard: five-word acceptance speeches.

  • Sweet Memories

    Skinny Cow has found the perfect event for consumers to sample its ice cream. It is the only food brand that has a booth at scrapbook conventions where

  • New Jersey Headache

    A bill is moving through the New Jersey legislature that, if enacted, would establish such onerous sweepstakes rules that many brands would likely avoid

  • 24/7: Promo Marketers’ Salary Survey

    There are cases when the job possesses the man even after quitting timeit may affect his attitude toward all of life. Studs Terkel, (1972) The great Chicago

  • Ready, Aim, Shop

    U.S. soldiers in Europe will be getting a surprise this summer. They will be handed a free slice of Land O’Lakes deli cheese when they enter their local

  • Brand and Direct Use the Buddy System

    Once upon a time, brand lived here and direct lived there waaayyyy over there. Today, they’re roommates. Many brand advertisers have begun incorporating

  • Blog Commandments

    In this excerpt from

  • Letters to the Editor

    A HIT AND A MISS? Thanks for Ray Schultz’s thoughtful column (Direct Hit, May). Copywriting is my background. I learned from a seasoned pro who retired