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  • Anti-Spammers Get Personal

    Ralph Penton is one of the angriest people I’ve ever interviewed. And if the story he tells is remotely true, he has every right to be as outraged as

  • Unsubscribe? It’s a Matter of Trust

    Click here to unsubscribeTo stop receiving this newsletter, reply with in the subject line’To control your preferences, log on to the Web site and go

  • Direct Asks

    What have you bought recently by direct response? I’m a true mail order junkie, and a very eclectic one. Recently I’ve bought wool trousers cuffed and

  • Get to KnowCADM

    WHAT Chicago Association of Direct Marketing MEMBERSHIP Some 1,300 individual members (including marketers from the client side), vendors, suppliers,

  • By the Pound?

    Forget about those silly blinking Cartoon Network signs that caused so much hubbub in Boston. Marketing campaigns crying for our attention in public places

  • Blender Ad Doesn’t Quite Blend

    Quick. If you were paging through a magazine and came across this Breville blender ad, what would your impression be in the first five or 10 seconds?

  • CRAZY DUDES

    It’s impossible not to watch. A man in a white lab coat, safety glasses and a blissed-out grin stares straight into the camera holding a wooden garden

  • Loyalty by Invitation Only

    When it comes to building loyalty, brands increasingly have one thing top of mind: big spenders. There is a growing desire to create programs for the

  • Can, Can

    I’m going to say this straight out, because you’re going to think it in a minute anyway: I’m lazy. I hate ripping labels off cans. I hate doing it for

  • Web Video: DIY for the Little Guy

    Maybe you’re convinced that Web video is worth your company’s marketing attention because YouTube drew more viewers than all the network TV Web sites