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Smells like Licensing Deal
Music publisher Primary Wave has revived the lost art form of the deluxe promotional CD package. The labels don’t do it any more, says Devin Lasker, partner
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It’s Your Reputation, Stupid!
If there’s one concept traditional direct marketers have had trouble grasping, it’s e-mail reputation and how it affects deliverability. The reason? It
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Poor Visibility
To start with: Mea culpa, sorta. In several recent makeovers, I dissected and redid an ad which I later discovered was one of a series of ads. The presumed
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Young But Not Stupid
It Used to be easy in 1992. When Robert Wolfe wanted to attract customers to the first Moosejaw Mountaineering outdoor store in Keego Harbor, MI, he and
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Big Game in Big Easy
When the National Basketball Association decided to hold its All-Star Game in New Orleans this month, the league realized it had to be more than an extended
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They’re Nuts
If your favorite television show got canceled, what would you do? See what else was on? Write a letter of protest? Fans of CBS’ went nuts. Or rather,
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Barracuda Needs a Swift Kick
Marketers should bury their collective foot in the rear end of Barracuda Networks’ communications department. The Internet security firm certainly deserves