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Ford Taps Music Artists for Promos
Ford Motor Co. is tapping the popularity of first-season American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson and country music star Toby Keith by sponsoring the artists’ concert series and unleashing promotions to drive concertgoers to the brand. Dearborn, MI-based …
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Separate Tables
WILL THE LIST BUSINESS WIN WITH Vin? Or will InfoUSA’s acquisition spree ultimately spell trouble for the name-and-address game? This was one of the many
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Look Before You Send
WHENEVER DIRECT MARKETERS SEND MESSAGES TO customers through a Gmail account Google’s free e-mail inbox service they’re potentially exposing those customers
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Pick the Winner – August 06 – Less vs. More
The Growing Up direct mail package for the Institute of Children’s Literature, a home-study school that teaches adults how to write for children, became
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No, It’s Not Marketing. It’s Just Advertising
Are you as numbed as I am by the ridiculous, sometimes impenetrable and too-often obnoxious ads that pepper local television stations and newspapers?
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World Wildlife Fund’s Hard S(h)ell
ANIMAL LOVERS EXPECTING to find a panda under their Mother’s Day tree this year surely were disappointed: The World Wildlife Fund de-emphasized its traditional
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Chain Calls Gift Card Offer a Scam
Dunkin’ Donuts claims that an e-mail from a Florida firm promising a free $25 gift card in return for a completed survey is a scam. It also appears the
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Open for Business? Not Quite
I’m not greedy. I can live quite comfortably on a mere $5 million a year. So I would be very happy to have just 1% of the ad dollars that are largely wasted on ads like this one from American Express.
It makes one think that such corporations must have summer interns they don’t know what to do with. So they give them a job that requires no experience, training or common sense
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Ring and Rank
How does your telecom carrier measure up in online customer service? Not bad, judging from new research by The Customer Respect Group. Of the 55 telecommunications
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CORRECTIONS
International Masters Publishers’ list manager was misidentified in the June 15 feature It’s in the Cards. ALC oversees the company’s file. In The Hidden