Chief Marketer Staff

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  This Month in 1992

  AS PART OF DIRECT’s 10th anniversary celebration, over the next four issues we’ll share what was making direct marketing headlines during our first decade

• 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.

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  Telecom Tune-up

  BELL ATLANTIC is rolling out a business-to-business retention program in New England that had its origins in New York in 1995. The telecommunications

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  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

• 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

• Calling All Rare Talents

  To all of you multi-disciplined creatives who still can’t decide what you want to be when you grow up or can’t describe your occupation in that little

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  Singing a National Anthem

  AFTER AN ENCOURAGING test launch in California and the Pacific Northwest, cataloger Moon Song went national last month with a 100,000-piece mailing.Owner

• Is Advertising Dead?

  Let’s play a game of Is It Advertising or Promotion?Coca-Cola commits some $50 million of its marketing budget to cash prizes for consumers who find ATM

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  Isn’t It Time to Swat That Stupid Millennium Bug?

  Which is a more powerful influence on human behavior, marketing or science?Based on the hoopla surrounding the forthcoming millennium, marketing is the

• Is There a Promotion Exec in the House?

  Promo’s 1998 Annual Report of the Promotion Industry shows impressive growth – up seven billion dollars, or 10 percent, from last year. This windfall