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  • 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,

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Anniversary Songs

    TWO VENERABLE LIST companies are celebrating their 20th anniversaries this month-proof that there is such a thing as stability in direct marketing.One

  • Office Depot Goes to School

    Office Depot is using direct mail, coupons and sweepstakes to target the 6.5 million national parent-teacher association (PTA) members who buy school

  • 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

  • That’s Entertainment

    High-Speed Duel In an innovative idea, DC Comics and NASCAR will join next month to stage a duel within one of the circuit’s biggest races. The Showdown

  • Fur Industry

    WHILE THE FUR industry is changing to appeal to younger customers, another more subtle-and potentially farther reaching-trend is occurring: greater corporate