Author

Chief Marketer Staff

  • KEEP IT SHORT AND SHARP

    E-mail messages carrying subject lines of 35 characters or fewer significantly outperform those with more than 35 characters, according to a study released

  • Home Run

    Sports fanatics are die-hard fans. They bellow and chest bump when their team is winning and fire the clicker across the room (emphasized by a high-pitched

  • SHOPPING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

    A broken ankle and too much time being couch-bound led me to do quite a bit of online shopping recently. I learned that even when it’s 2 a.m. and you’re

  • COULD I HAVE A DO-OVER?

    What’s surprising about this survey conducted by staffing firm The Creative Group is that the number isn’t higher, like, say, 10 in 10, with the lone

  • For Employee Incentives, a Downsizing Year

    Voluntary Pay Cuts. Compulsory Furloughs. Doing More With Less. You’d think that this would be a banner year for employee incentive programs. But the

  • Deliverability Woes? Take the Blame Yourself

    About 20% of permission-based e-mails, on average, are treated by Internet service providers as spam, according to a new report. Sound familiar? Well,

  • Beating the Seasonal Odds

    Just like actors who get over being identified with an iconic role think Melissa Half Pint Gilbert or Adam West products can also get typecast as Alouette,

  • Premium Grades

    As with many other marketing channels this year, flat seems to be the new up for companies surveyed in the 2009 Promo Premiums and Incentives survey.

  • Sweet Segments

    Hershey Entertainment and Resorts has increased its revenue by 17% and room bookings by 10% over the past year, thanks to segmenting direct mail to its

  • Open Those Pockets

    Most marketers today are lamenting how difficult it is to keep their brands afloat during these recessionary times. The conversation often turns to depressionary