Chief Marketer Staff
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Digital
New Products and Services
IdentityTruth.com: a new Web site designed to help consumers safeguard their privacy and identities–IdentityTruth.com, Waltham, MA.
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Agencies
Contestants Angry Over Early Posting of Malibu Rum Video Winner
Entrants to an online contest promoting a new Malibu Rum flavor are angry over the premature release of the winning video.
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Agencies
Max & Erma Promotes International Menu with Online Game
The American restaurant chain Max & Erma’s is using an online games to help introduce a summer menu featuring international fare.
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Agencies
Krystal Pushes MilkQuake, Via Coupons, Social Networking Site
Restaurant chain Krystal is rolling out a new line of ice cream milkshakes for summer and is supporting the effort with coupons and a themed marketing campaign.
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Marketing Arm Taps Morrison to Lead Ipsh
The Marketing Arm has hired Bryon Morrison as president of its wireless marketing agency, ipsh
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Agencies
Zoned for Service: Customer Care Drives Autozone’s Marketing Rally
Autozone Inc. is using a new customer-centric parts look-up system to drive in-store sales, which it plans to soon extend to its Web site.
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Agencies
Driving Force: Maintenance Mailing Program is a Good Vehicle for Nissan
(Direct) For nearly four years, Nissan dealers have gotten response rates better than 4% to mailings promoting parts and service to their more than 20 million customers.
Six to eight times a year, Nissan and Infiniti dealers send customers self-mailers and other packages urging them to visit dealers for inspections, tune-ups and other basic maintenance work, says Doug Thompson, president of The Marketing Store, Nissan’s Toronto-based agency. -
Agencies
My Big Silver Car: Coloring in the Emotional Side of Car Ownership
For those of us without trust funds, the first car we drive is usually not one we would have intentionally chosen for ourselves. How well the auto is marketed is definitely not a factor.
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Agencies
Drive Thru: News to Go
Ad network Jumpstart Automotive Media has joined the EyeWonder Select Publishing Program, which helps media buyers and planners to incorporate rich media into their ad buys.
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News Briefs
ECKRICH: is using its sponsorship of NASCAR’s Team Rensi Motorsports to give key grocers some visibility at a handful of races.