Chief Marketer Staff

• Evaluation in Evolution

  In our fast-forward age, where a sense of personal superiority often rests on having a quicker modem speed than one’s neighbor, it is hard to remember

• Promo News

  Going PRO: OptionOne tops U.S. winners in ’98 World PRO Awards of Excellence.CHICAGO – Minneapolis agency OptionOne snagged the award for Best Promotion

• Agencies

  Sound & Vision

  BOSTON ACOUSTICS INC., Peabody, MA, makes high-end speakers for car and home. With the rise of the PC, it hit upon a new market: computer speakers. But

• Agencies

  Europe Calling

  TO JUDGE BY the way share prices for the sector are dropping, the boom in telemarketing in the United States is over. Whether this is the result of overoptimistic

• Agencies

  Web Site Redux

  COMPUTER direct marketer Insight has been through a lot of changes over the past few years. Now those changes are coming together at its Web site (www.insight.com).The

• Agencies

  B-to-B Catalogs’ Online Customer Service Disappoints

  Business-to-business catalogers have failed to integrate their fulfillment and customer service operations with their online marketing efforts.That’s

• Context vs. Content Marketing

  I love the quote, “There are two kinds of people: Those who talk a lot and those who don’t listen.”There are also two kinds of marketing that apply directly

• Agencies

  PR Opt-Out

  SOME PR PERSON just sent us a questionnaire asking, How do you wish to be contacted by us?Thanks for asking, but we don’t want to be contacted at all.That’s

• Agencies

  DM Goes Global With Charles Prescott

  In July the Direct Marketing Association named Charles A. Prescott, formerly of The Reader’s Digest Association, as its first vice president of international

• How About an Award for Great Legs?

  The annual industry ritual of self-salutation is fast approaching. There’ll be awards in the categories of best this, best that, and best them. However,