Chief Marketer Staff

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  Modern-Age Heritage

  Never mind cattle, oil wells and ten-gallon hats: Nothing says Lone Star State like a free checking account. You don’t agree? Neither did Frost Bank of

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  Cooking Light Increases Readership

  What’s more satisfying to Cooking Light magazine’s management than low-fat teriyaki stir fry with jasmine rice? The recipe for that same dish being delivered

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  The New Advertising-DM Connection

  In advertising and marketing circles, a divide always has existed between image advertisers and direct marketers. The methods they use to increase market

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  Block Woos Early Filers, Eschews Super Bowl

  H&R Block is running its first-ever instant-win game to woo early-season clients with a chance to doubles their tax refunds. The Double Your Refund game

• Creative Showcase

  CLIENT Vermont Department of Health AGENCY Kelliher Samets Volk, Burlington, VT The Tobacco Control team at the Vermont Health Department wanted a low-cost

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  Calling India

  It’s only happened to me two or three times that I know of. I called a toll-free number, usually for some sort of customer service, and found myself speaking

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  An Unthinking Ad for a Brainy Shaver?

  Whence cometh this current vogue for ads with no headline? There are some things that never outlive their usefulness. No matter how advanced automobiles

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  Brands on Break: Reapply Often

  You can track the UV index, and the SPF getting swabbed from beach to poolside. You can even estimate the calories consumed times the number of light

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  Surge of Support

  Heavy media attention coupled with technology that can quickly process online donations contributed to windfalls for several charities raising money for

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  Jayme Wins Again

  A direct mail piece written for Utne magazine by Bill Jayme in 1984 has bested its toughest competitor and remains the magazine’s control. The piece,