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  • Online in Troubled Times

    Under pressure to make every marketing dollar count in this recession, marketers are gravitating to channels that offer measurability, accountability

  • Let’s Make a Deal: Consumers Want to Play Online

    Marketers were expected to drop about $1.86 billion on games, contests and sweepstakes last year, compared to $1.80 billion in 2005, according to Veronis Suhler

  • Avoid E-Mail List Poisoning

    Your marketing efforts could be 100% opt-in and your outbound e-mail could still end up being blocked as spam. The problem: list poisoning

  • Mobile A Sweet Deal for Axe

    Chocoholics Know their Craving can Hit Anytime, anywhere, at home or away. That’s why Axe made sure to launch its choco-themed Dark Temptation body spray

  • Search Ads Get Grabbier

    Yahoo Search doesn’t combine video with other search results as Google does. But that doesn’t mean marketers can’t serve up sound and motion when users go looking for them on Yahoo

  • Economize Those High-Cost Vehicle Tours

    It’s time to step on the gas. Brand-tour marketing may be expensive, but there’s never been a better time to hit the road

  • Why Premiums Work at Retail

    Premiums and incentives are a sure-fire way to gain attention at retail — via online promos, in-pack, as handouts or as mail-in rebate rewards

  • Direct Mail: Did You Know…Volume Fell in 2008?

    86% of executives say B-to-B ads in a down economy helps keep advertisers top-of-mind in their purchase decisions, according to a Yankelovich/Harris study

  • Move to Develop Green Promo Products Blooms

    The move to develop green promotional products is taking root. Imprinted mugs and reusable water bottles are replacing orders for disposable cups and bottles

  • Shop Talk

    Mark Snyder can empathize with Barack Obama, another leader who has taken over in a really tough time. Except Obama didn’t have to worry about Black Friday.