Author

Chief Marketer Staff

  • Wild Card Kingdom

    HERE’S ANOTHER example-although somewhat tenuous-of how e-mail marketing is working better than banner ads.In May National Geographic Interactive, Washington,

  • Overlays on Overdrive

    EVEN IN A narrow niche such as diabetic customers, information can provide a competitive edge. Acknowledging this, Franklin Lakes, NJ-based medical supply

  • Points of Switch

    Warner-Lambert faced a challenge two years ago when it wanted to extend sampling of its anti-itch cream Benadryl to reach heavy users. The drugmaker could

  • Conference Schedule

    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 9:00am – 5:00pm – Registration10:00am – 12:30pm – Promotion U Workshop12:30pm -1:30pm – Lunch-on-your-own1:30pm – 5:00pm – Promotion

  • Sitings

    CLEANING UP THE STY www.pigglywiggly.comI don’t much care for the grocer’s online “smiling character,” Mr. Pig whose snout is plastered all over the site.

  • GOING FASTER THAN EVER: Ironman picks up steam and sponsors for its 20th year.

    The first Ironman Triathlon was dreamed up during a Navy awards ceremony as a way to settle a bet about whether bikers or runners were in better shape.

  • Box Top Bingo

    Two straight years of wilting sales have presented U.S. cereal makers with a grim picture. Two of the industry’s heaviest hitters, Kellogg’s and General

  • 100 Voodoo Dolls to Palo Alto?

    IT’S NOT EVERY direct marketer that would have the hubris to run a “Build a shrine to us on your Web site” contest. But then, not every direct marketer

  • Myth Making

    Imagine being handed the assignment of bringing a legend to life – that famous outdoorsman Yukon Jack. The mythical figure is just that, mythical. What

  • Customer-Targeted Marketing Communications

    THIS IS PART three of an excerpt from a chapter on relationship marketing, from the upcoming third edition of David Shepard Associates’ “The New Direct